January 27, 2014 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Defense Health Agency proposes to alter an existing system of records, EDHA 22, entitled ``Medical Situational Awareness in the Theater (MSAT)'' in its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended. This system provides information to medical commanders and their staff on personnel readiness status before and during deployment and sustainment, patient tracking from initial point of care and enroute to CONUS military treatment facilities, medical surveillance of illness, injury rates and trends for theater, syndromic, and chemical biological, radiological, and nuclear surveillance of individuals for early warning alerts.

Announcement is made of the availability for licensing of the invention set forth in U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 13/880,227, entitled ``Plasmodium Falciparum Circumsporozoite Vaccine Gene Optimization for Soluble Protein Expression,'' filed on June 11, 2013. The United States Government, as represented by the Secretary of the Army, has rights to this invention.

This document contains proposed regulations relating to the requirement to maintain minimum essential coverage enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, as amended by the TRICARE Affirmation Act and Public Law 111-173. These proposed regulations affect individual taxpayers who may be liable for the shared responsibility payment for not maintaining minimum essential coverage. This document also provides notice of a public hearing on these proposed regulations.

Announcement is made of the availability for licensing of the invention set forth in U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 13/773,776, entitled ``Dynamic Exoskeletal Orthosis,'' filed on February 22, 2013. The United States Government, as represented by the Secretary of the Army, has rights to this invention.

The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is re- scheduling a public meeting of its Herring Advisory Panel to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Recommendations from this group will be brought to the full Council for formal consideration and action, if appropriate.

We are superseding Airworthiness Directives (ADs) AD 2000-17- 05 and AD 2001-04-09 for all the Boeing Company Model 767 airplanes. AD 2000-17-05 required a functional check of the shear rivets in all six elevator power control actuator (PCA) bellcrank assemblies to determine the condition of the shear rivets; and replacement or rework of the bellcrank assemblies, if necessary. AD 2001-04-09 required repetitive testing of the elevator control system to determine if an elevator PCA is rigged incorrectly due to yielded or failed shear rivets in a bellcrank assembly for the elevator PCA, and follow-on actions if necessary. Since we issued ADs 2000-17-05 and 2001-04-09, a terminating modification has been designed. This new AD requires an inspection to determine the part numbers and condition of the bellcrank assemblies; modification or replacement of the PCA bellcrank assembly, if necessary; and a repetitive functional test and mis-rig check, and corrective actions if necessary. We are issuing this AD to prevent continued operation with yielded or failed shear rivets in the elevator PCA bellcrank assemblies, and to prevent certain failures or jams in the elevator system from causing a hardover of the elevator surface, resulting in a significant pitch upset and possible loss of control of the airplane.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA).

The North American Wetlands Conservation Council (Council) will meet via telephone to select North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) grant proposals for recommendation to the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission (Commission). This teleconference is open to the public, and interested persons may present oral or written statements.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking direct final action to approve a revision to the Kansas State Implementation Plan (SIP) and Operating Permits Program. EPA is approving a revision to the Kansas rule entitled ``Annual Emissions Fee.'' These revisions align the State's reporting requirements with the Federal Air Emissions Reporting Requirements Rule (AERR).

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is requesting comment on proposed guidelines, to be issued as an appendix to its safety and soundness standards regulations, establishing minimum standards for the design and implementation of a risk governance framework for large insured national banks, insured Federal savings associations, and insured Federal branches of foreign banks with average total consolidated assets of $50 billion or more and minimum standards for a board of directors in overseeing the framework's design and implementation (Guidelines). The standards contained in the Guidelines would be enforceable by the terms of a Federal statute that authorizes the OCC to prescribe operational and managerial standards for national banks and Federal savings associations. In addition, as part of our ongoing efforts to integrate the regulations of the OCC and those of the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), the OCC is also requesting comment on its proposal to make its safety and soundness standards regulation applicable to both national banks and Federal savings associations and to remove the comparable Federal savings association regulations as unnecessary. Other technical changes to the safety and soundness standards regulation are also proposed.