July 22, 2015 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Reader Aids
Document Number: FR-2015-07-22-ReaderAids
Type: Reader Aids
Date: 2015-07-22
Sunshine Act Meetings
Document Number: 2015-18099
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-07-22
Agency: Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
Captive Nations Week, 2015
Document Number: 2015-18095
Type: Proclamation
Date: 2015-07-22
Agency: Census Bureau
Receipt of Test Data Under the Toxic Substances Control Act
Document Number: 2015-18008
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-07-22
Agency: Department of Agriculture
EPA is announcing its receipt of test data submitted pursuant to a test rule issued by EPA under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). As required by TSCA, this document identifies each chemical substance and/or mixture for which test data have been received; the uses or intended uses of such chemical substance and/or mixture; and describes the nature of the test data received. Each chemical substance and/or mixture related to this announcement is identified in Unit I. under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
Sedaxane; Pesticide Tolerances
Document Number: 2015-17999
Type: Rule
Date: 2015-07-22
Agency: Department of Agriculture
This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of sedaxane as a seed treatment for cotton, undelinted seed; cotton, gin byproducts; and beet, sugar. Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).
Notice of Agreements Filed
Document Number: 2015-17998
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-07-22
Agency: Rural Utilities Service
Notice of Request for Additional Information; Correction
Document Number: 2015-17997
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-07-22
Agency: Rural Utilities Service
The Federal Maritime Commission published a document in the Federal Register on July 17, 2015, indicating it has formally requested that the parties to the Pacific Ports Operational Improvements Agreement (FMC Agreement Nos. 201227-002 and 201227-003) provide additional information pursuant to 46 U.S.C. 40304(d). This action prevents the Agreement amendment from becoming effective as originally scheduled. The notice erroneously did not list each of the parties to the Agreement.
Request for Nominations for the Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail Advisory Council
Document Number: 2015-17994
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-07-22
Agency: Farm Service Agency, Election Assistance Commission
The National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, is seeking nominations for individuals to be considered for appointment to the Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail Advisory Council.
Pesticides; Risk Management Approach To Identifying Options for Protecting the Monarch Butterfly; Notice of Extension of Comment Period
Document Number: 2015-17993
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-07-22
Agency: Department of Agriculture
EPA issued a notice in the Federal Register of June 24, 2015, concerning the document ``Risk Management Approach to Identifying Options for Protecting the Monarch Butterfly.'' This notice extends the comment period for 30 days, from July 24, 2015 to August 24, 2015. Crop Life America, Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment, and the California Crops Council requested an extension of the comment period to allow sufficient time to analyze the subject document and assemble relevant information.
South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project, Phase 2; Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge; Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report
Document Number: 2015-17991
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-07-22
Agency: Farm Service Agency, Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), in coordination with the California State Coastal Conservancy, announce the availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement/ Environmental Impact Report (DEIS/EIR) for Phase 2 of the South Bay Salt Pond (SBSP) Restoration Project at the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Refuge) in Alameda, Santa Clara, and San Mateo Counties, California. The DEIS/EIR, which we prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), describes and analyzes the alternatives identified for Phase 2 of the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project.
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Wireless Industrial Technology Konsortium, Inc.
Document Number: 2015-17989
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-07-22
Agency: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Government Ethics Office
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-PXI Systems Alliance, Inc.
Document Number: 2015-17987
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-07-22
Agency: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Government Ethics Office
Extension of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Security Programs for Foreign Air Carriers
Document Number: 2015-17986
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-07-22
Agency: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Fish and Wildlife Service
This notice announces that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has forwarded the Information Collection Request (ICR), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number 1652-0005, abstracted below to OMB for review and approval of an extension of the currently approved collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its expected burden. TSA published a Federal Register notice, with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments, of the following collection of information on April 14, 2015, (80 FR 20003). This information collection is mandatory for foreign air carriers and must be submitted prior to entry into the United States.
Obstetrics and Gynecology Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting
Document Number: 2015-17985
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-07-22
Agency: Energy Policy and New Uses Office, Agriculture Department, Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Bureau
Hydrofluorocarbon Blends and Components Thereof From the People's Republic of China: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation
Document Number: 2015-17984
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-07-22
Agency: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Defense Intelligence Agency
Certain Polyester Staple Fiber From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2013-2014
Document Number: 2015-17983
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-07-22
Agency: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Defense Intelligence Agency
The Department of Commerce (the ``Department'') is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain polyester staple fiber from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''), for the period of review (``POR''), June 1, 2013, to May 31, 2014.
Quarterly Update to Annual Listing of Foreign Government Subsidies on Articles of Cheese Subject to an In-Quota Rate of Duty
Document Number: 2015-17982
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-07-22
Agency: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Defense Intelligence Agency
Cuba: Implementing Rescission of State Sponsor of Terrorism Designation
Document Number: 2015-17981
Type: Rule
Date: 2015-07-22
Agency: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation
This rule amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to implement the rescission of Cuba's designation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism. Specifically, this rule removes anti-terrorism (AT) license requirements from Cuba and eliminates references to Cuba as a State Sponsor of Terrorism, but maintains preexisting license requirements for all items subject to the EAR unless authorized by a license exception. This rule also removes Cuba from Country Group E:1 (terrorist supporting countries), which makes Cuba eligible for a general 25 percent de minimis level and portions of four license exceptions. The Secretary of State rescinded the designation of Cuba as a State Sponsor of Terrorism on May 29, 2015.
Freeport LNG Development, L.P.; Application for Blanket Authorization To Export Previously Imported Liquefied Natural Gas on a Short-Term Basis
Document Number: 2015-17980
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-07-22
Agency: Rural Housing Service
The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) gives notice of receipt of an application (Application), filed on June 25, 2015, by Freeport LNG Development, L.P. (Freeport LNG), requesting blanket authorization to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) previously imported into the United States from foreign sources in an amount up to the equivalent of 24 billion cubic feet (Bcf) of natural gas on a short-term or spot market basis for a two-year period commencing on July 19, 2015.\1\ Freeport LNG seeks authorization to export the LNG from the Freeport LNG Terminal located on Quintana Island, Texas, to any country with the capacity to import LNG via ocean-going carrier and with which trade is not prohibited by U.S. law or policy. Freeport LNG states that it does not seek authorization to export any domestically produced natural gas or LNG. DOE/FE notes that Freeport LNG currently holds a blanket authorization to import LNG from various international sources by vessel in an amount up to the equivalent of 30 Bcf of natural gas.\2\ Freeport LNG is requesting this authorization both on its own behalf and as agent for other parties who hold title to the LNG at the time of export. The Application was filed under section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA). Additional details can be found in Freeport LNG's Application, posted on the DOE/FE Web site at: http: //energy.gov/fe/downloads/freeport- lng-development-lp-fe-dkt-no-15-103-lng. Protests, motions to intervene, notices of intervention, and written comments are invited.
Fisheries Off West Coast States; Modifications of the West Coast Commercial Salmon Fisheries; Inseason Actions #14 and #15
Document Number: 2015-17969
Type: Rule
Date: 2015-07-22
Agency: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Economic Research Service
NMFS announces two inseason actions in the ocean salmon fisheries. These inseason actions modified the commercial salmon fisheries in the area from the U.S./Canada border to the Oregon/ California border.
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Ocean Perch in the West Yakutat District of the Gulf of Alaska
Document Number: 2015-17968
Type: Rule
Date: 2015-07-22
Agency: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Economic Research Service
NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific ocean perch in the West Yakutat District of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2015 total allowable catch of Pacific ocean perch in the West Yakutat District of the GOA.
Delta-Bienville Resource Advisory Committee
Document Number: 2015-17965
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-07-22
Agency: Aging Administration, Food Safety and Inspection Service
The Delta-Bienville Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet in Forest, Mississippi. The committee is authorized under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (the Act) and operates in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The purpose of the committee is to improve collaborative relationships and to provide advice and recommendations to the Forest Service concerning projects and funding consistent with Title II of the Act. Additional RAC information, including the meeting agenda and the meeting summary/ minutes can be found at the following Web site: https:// fsplaces.fs.fed.us/fsfiles/unit/wo/secure_rural_schools.nsf/R AC/ ADA00765529071A58825754A0055730D?OpenDocument.
Notice of Issuance of Final Determination Concerning Storage Infrastructure Solution System
Document Number: 2015-17963
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-07-22
Agency: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Disability Employment Policy Office
This document provides notice that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') has issued a final determination concerning the country of origin of the VistA imaging tier II storage infrastructure solution (``VistA Storage Solution'') manufactured and distributed by Merlin International (``Merlin''). Based upon the facts presented, CBP has concluded that the United States will be the country of origin of the VistA Storage Solution for purposes of U.S. Government procurement.
Meeting on American Indian/Alaska Native Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health Issues
Document Number: 2015-17962
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-07-22
Agency: Energy Policy and New Uses Office, Agriculture Department, National Drug Control Policy Office
The Indian Health Service (IHS) is seeking broad public input as it begins efforts to advance and promote the health needs of the American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community.
Notice of Realty Action: Application for Conveyance of Federally Owned Mineral Interests in Pima County, Arizona; Correction
Document Number: 2015-17961
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-07-22
Agency: Farm Service Agency, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
This action corrects the land description referenced in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of a notice published in the Federal Register on Thursday, February 12, 2015 (80 FR 7877). On page 7877, column 3, line 67 of the notice, which reads, ``THENCE, North 89 degrees 25 minutes 53 seconds West, 3297.38 feet to a point on the North line of Section 21,'' is hereby corrected to read, ``THENCE, North 1 degree 20 minutes 28 seconds West, 3297.38 feet to a point on the North line of Section 21.''
Division of Behavioral Health, Office of Clinical and Preventive Services; Methamphetamine and Suicide Prevention Initiative; Correction
Document Number: 2015-17960
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-07-22
Agency: Energy Policy and New Uses Office, Agriculture Department, National Drug Control Policy Office
The Indian Health Service published a document in the Federal Register on July 8, 2015, for the FY 2015 Methamphetamine and Suicide Prevention Initiative. The notice contained four incorrect broad objectives for Purpose Area #2.
Commission To Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities; Announcement of Meetings
Document Number: 2015-17954
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-07-22
Agency: Engraving and Printing Bureau
The Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities (CECANF), a Federal Advisory Committee established by the Protect Our Kids Act of 2012, Public Law 112-275, will hold a meeting open to the public on Thursday, August 6, 2015 and Friday, August 7, 2015 in New York, New York.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments for the Renewal of an Information Collection
Document Number: 2015-17951
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-07-22
Agency: Historic Preservation, Advisory Council, Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia
The FHWA invites public comments about our intention to request approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a new information collection, which is summarized below under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. We are required to publish this notice in the Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice of Commission Staff Attendance
Document Number: 2015-17948
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-07-22
Agency: Rural Housing Service, Rural Telephone Bank
Notice of Intent To Grant an Exclusive License
Document Number: 2015-17943
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-07-22
Agency: Aging Administration
This notice is issued in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(e) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i). NASA hereby gives notice of its intent to grant an exclusive license in the United States to practice the invention described and claimed in U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62/ 116,742, titled ``A Method and Stamp for Repeatable Image Correlation Micro Patterning and Resulting Specimen Produced Therefrom,'' NASA Case No. LAR-18577-1, and any nonprovisional patent applications resulting therefrom, to 1900 LLC, having its principal place of business in Clemson, South Carolina. Certain patent rights in this invention have been assigned to the United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The prospective exclusive license will comply with the terms and conditions of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7.
Notice of Intent To Grant a Partially Exclusive License
Document Number: 2015-17942
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-07-22
Agency: Aging Administration
This notice is issued in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(e) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i). NASA hereby gives notice of its intent to grant a partially exclusive license in the United States to practice the invention described and claimed in U.S. Patent No. 8,977,482 B2 entitled ``Method and Apparatus for Generating Flight-Optimizing Trajectories,'' NASA Case No. LAR-18077-1; U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62/058,390 entitled ``Traffic Aware Planner (TAP) Human Machine Interface (HMI) Version 4,'' NASA Case No. LAR-18551-P; and U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62/058,423 entitled ``Traffic Aware Planner (TAP) Human Machine Interface (HMI) Version 4,'' NASA Case No. LAR-18551-P2, to Alaska Airlines, Incorporated having its principal place of business in Seattle, Washington. The fields of use may be limited to, but not necessarily limited to, aircraft owned and operated by Alaska Airlines, Incorporated. The patent rights in these inventions have been assigned to the United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The prospective partially exclusive license will comply with the terms and conditions of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7.
Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received
Document Number: 2015-17941
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-07-22
Agency: Historic Preservation, Advisory Council, African Development Foundation
This notice contains a summary of a petition seeking relief from specified requirements of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR). The purpose of this notice is to improve the public's awareness of, and participation in, this aspect of the FAA's regulatory activities. Neither publication of this notice nor the inclusion or omission of information in the summary is intended to affect the legal status of the petition or its final disposition.
New Postal Product
Document Number: 2015-17940
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-07-22
Agency: Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
The Commission is noticing a recent Postal Service filing concerning an additional Global Expedited Package Services 3 negotiated service agreement. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.
Periodic Reporting
Document Number: 2015-17939
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2015-07-22
Agency: Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
The Commission is noticing a recent Postal Service filing requesting that the Commission initiate an informal rulemaking proceeding to consider changes to analytical principles relating to periodic reports (Proposal Three). This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.
Open Meeting of the Federal Advisory Committee on Insurance
Document Number: 2015-17938
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-07-22
Agency: National Nuclear Security Administration
This notice announces that the Department of the Treasury's Federal Advisory Committee on Insurance (``Committee'') will convene a meeting on Thursday, August 6, 2015, in the Cash Room, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20220, from 1:00-5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The meeting is open to the public, and the site is accessible to individuals with disabilities.
Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review
Document Number: 2015-17931
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-07-22
Agency: Historic Preservation, Advisory Council, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below is being forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. A Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on this information collection was published on April 20, 2015 (80 FR 21796).
Performance Standards for Ionizing Radiation Emitting Products; Fluoroscopic Equipment; Correction; Confirmation of Effective Date
Document Number: 2015-17930
Type: Rule
Date: 2015-07-22
Agency: Energy Policy and New Uses Office, Agriculture Department, Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Bureau
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is confirming the effective date of August 26, 2015, for the direct final rule that appeared in the Federal Register of April 13, 2015. The direct final rule amends a Federal performance standard for ionizing radiation to correct a drafting error regarding fluoroscopic equipment measurement. We are taking this action to ensure clarity and improve the accuracy of the regulations. This document confirms the effective date of the direct final rule.
Notice of Information Collection
Document Number: 2015-17927
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-07-22
Agency: Aging Administration
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).
Privacy Act of 1974; Systems of Records
Document Number: 2015-17924
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-07-22
Agency: Federal Bureau of Investigation
Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (FRTIB) is proposing to: (1) Retire five systems of records; (2) create new general routine uses; (3) revise the purpose and routine uses of four existing systems of records; and (4) establish two new systems of records. The revisions implemented under this republication are corrective and administrative changes that refine and streamline previously published system of records notices.
Revised Critical Infrastructure Protection Reliability Standards
Document Number: 2015-17920
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2015-07-22
Agency: Rural Housing Service, Rural Telephone Bank
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) proposes to approve seven critical infrastructure protection (CIP) Reliability Standards: CIP-003-6 (Security Management Controls), CIP-004-6 (Personnel and Training), CIP-006-6 (Physical Security of BES Cyber Systems), CIP-007-6 (Systems Security Management), CIP-009-6 (Recovery Plans for BES Cyber Systems), CIP-010-2 (Configuration Change Management and Vulnerability Assessments), and CIP-011-2 (Information Protection). The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) submitted the proposed Reliability Standards in response to the Commission's Order No. 791. The proposed Reliability Standards address the cyber security of the bulk electric system and improve upon the current Commission-approved CIP Reliability Standards. In addition, the Commission proposes to direct NERC to develop certain modifications to Reliability Standard CIP-006-6 and to develop requirements addressing supply chain management.
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