December 31, 2015 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Reader Aids
Document Number: FR-2015-12-31-ReaderAids
Type: Reader Aids
Date: 2015-12-31
Sunshine Act Meetings: January 2016
Document Number: 2015-33089
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-12-31
Agency: National Labor Relations Board, Agencies and Commissions
Sunshine Act Meetings
Document Number: 2015-33082
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-12-31
Agency: Election Assistance Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Share Insurance and Appendix
Document Number: 2015-33056
Type: Rule
Date: 2015-12-31
Agency: National Credit Union Administration, Agencies and Commissions
Control Policy: End-User and End-Use Base
Document Number: 2015-33049
Type: Rule
Date: 2015-12-31
Agency: Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security
Capital Maintenance
Document Number: 2015-33048
Type: Rule
Date: 2015-12-31
Agency: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Agencies and Commissions
The Commerce Control List
Document Number: 2015-33047
Type: Rule
Date: 2015-12-31
Agency: Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security
Direct Single Family Housing Loans and Grants
Document Number: 2015-33043
Type: Rule
Date: 2015-12-31
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Rural Housing Service
Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research Grants Program
Document Number: 2015-33041
Type: Rule
Date: 2015-12-31
Agency: Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Special Research Grants Program
Document Number: 2015-33039
Type: Rule
Date: 2015-12-31
Agency: Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Construction and Repair
Document Number: 2015-33038
Type: Rule
Date: 2015-12-31
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency, Rural Business-Cooperative Service, Rural Housing Service, Rural Utilities Service
Construction and Repair
Document Number: 2015-33037
Type: Rule
Date: 2015-12-31
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency, Rural Business-Cooperative Service, Rural Housing Service, Rural Utilities Service
Electric System Construction Policies and Procedures
Document Number: 2015-33020
Type: Rule
Date: 2015-12-31
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Rural Utilities Service
Dairy Products
Document Number: 2015-33019
Type: Rule
Date: 2015-12-31
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation
Dairy Promotion Program
Document Number: 2015-33018
Type: Rule
Date: 2015-12-31
Agency: Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
Walnuts Grown in California
Document Number: 2015-33016
Type: Rule
Date: 2015-12-31
Agency: Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
Common Crop Insurance Regulations
Document Number: 2015-33015
Type: Rule
Date: 2015-12-31
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Section 512 Study: Notice and Request for Public Comment
Document Number: 2015-32973
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-12-31
Agency: Library of Congress, Agencies and Commissions
The United States Copyright Office is undertaking a public study to evaluate the impact and effectiveness of the DMCA safe harbor provisions contained in 17 U.S.C. 512. Among other issues, the Office will consider the costs and burdens of the notice-and-takedown process on large- and small-scale copyright owners, online service providers, and the general public. The Office will also review how successfully section 512 addresses online infringement and protects against improper takedown notices. To aid in this effort, and to provide thorough assistance to Congress, the Office is seeking public input on a number of key questions.
Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability
Document Number: 2015-32971
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-12-31
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Notice of Availability of the Final White-Tailed Deer Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement, Fire Island National Seashore, New York
Document Number: 2015-32970
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-12-31
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
The National Park Service (NPS) announces the availability of the Final White-tailed Deer Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (Final Plan/EIS) for Fire Island National Seashore, New York. The Final Plan/EIS identifies Alternative D as the NPS preferred alternative. When approved, the management plan will guide management of white-tailed deer at Fire Island National Seashore through the use of integrated tools and strategies to control the deer population and support preservation of the natural and cultural landscape, protection and restoration of native vegetation and other natural and cultural resources.
Medicare Program; End-Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System, and Quality Incentive Program; Correction
Document Number: 2015-32967
Type: Rule
Date: 2015-12-31
Agency: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services
This document corrects technical and typographical errors that appeared in the final rule published in the Federal Register on November 6, 2015, entitled ``Medicare Program; End-Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System, and Quality Incentive Program.''
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska; Fixed-Gear Commercial Halibut and Sablefish Fisheries; Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Crab Rationalization Program; Cost Recovery Authorized Payment Methods
Document Number: 2015-32966
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2015-12-31
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS issues a proposed rule to revise the authorized methods for payment of cost recovery fees for the Halibut and Sablefish Individual Fishing Quota Program and the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Crab Rationalization Program. This proposed rule is necessary to improve data security procedures and to reduce administrative costs of processing cost recovery fee payments. The proposed rule is intended to promote the goals and objectives of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982, the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands, the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska, the Fishery Management Plan for Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs, and other applicable laws.
Privacy Act of 1974; Systems of Records-Republication of HUD's Routine Use Inventory Notice
Document Number: 2015-32964
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-12-31
Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development
Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), notice is hereby given that the Department of Housing and Urban Development proposes to update and combine into one notice its Routine Use Inventory notice published in the Federal Register on July 17, 2012 at 72 FR 52572. The subsequent revisions will: (1) Implement substantive revisions for ``two'' of the original routine use statements, to provide greater clarity of what is to be expected by the disclosure requirements; (2) encompass editorial updates to the original formatted routine use statements to ensure that these statements are up-to-date and constructed in a format that is easier to understand and use; and (3) assign a specific ``category'' to each routine use condition to allow each condition to be sorted and referenced by a specific heading relevant to its disclosure purpose. This notice proposal supersedes and retires the Department's Routine Use Inventory published in the Federal Register on July 17, 2012, and supplements prior instances translated by former systems of records.
Fortress Investment Group LLC-Continuance in Control Exemption-Ohio River Partners LLC
Document Number: 2015-32961
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-12-31
Agency: Surface Transportation Board, Department of Transportation
Ohio River Partners LLC-Acquisition and Operation Exemption-Hannibal Development, LLC
Document Number: 2015-32960
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-12-31
Agency: Surface Transportation Board, Department of Transportation
Roanoke Southern, LLC-Acquisition and Operation Exemption-Norfolk Southern Railway Company
Document Number: 2015-32959
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-12-31
Agency: Surface Transportation Board, Department of Transportation
Prompt Payment Interest Rate; Contract Disputes Act
Document Number: 2015-32957
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-12-31
Agency: Fiscal Service, Public Debt Bureau, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
For the period beginning January 1, 2016, and ending on June 30, 2016, the prompt payment interest rate is 2\1/2\ per centum per annum.
Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company
Document Number: 2015-32956
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-12-31
Agency: Federal Reserve System, Agencies and Commissions
Proposed Information Collection (Transfer of Scholastic Credit (Schools) (FL-315)) Activity: Comment Request
Document Number: 2015-32955
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-12-31
Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs
The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed revision of a currently approved collection, and allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice. This notice solicits comments on information needed for students to transfer course credit from one school to another school.
Agency Information Collection: Collection (Requirement To Present Certain Health Information for a Service Dog
Document Number: 2015-32954
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-12-31
Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information and allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice. This notice solicits comments on the information needed for Veterans, Veteran Representatives and health care providers to request reimbursement from the federal government for emergency services at a private institution.
Proposed Collection: Comment Request
Document Number: 2015-32952
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-12-31
Agency: Department of Defense, Department of the Army
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of Warrior Transition Command announces a proposed public information collection and seeks public comment on the provision thereof. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have the practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the information collection on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Request for Information for the 2016 Trafficking in Persons Report
Document Number: 2015-32950
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-12-31
Agency: Department of State
The Department of State (``the Department'') requests written information to assist in reporting on the degree to which the United States and foreign governments comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking in persons (``minimum standards'') that are prescribed by the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, (Div. A, Pub. L. 106-386) as amended (``TVPA''). This information will assist in the preparation of the Trafficking in Persons Report (``TIP Report'') that the Department submits annually to the U.S. Congress on governments' level of compliance with the minimum standards. Foreign governments that do not comply with the minimum standards and are not making significant efforts to do so may be subject to restrictions on nonhumanitarian, nontrade-related foreign assistance from the United States, as defined by the TVPA. Submissions must be made in writing to the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons at the Department of State by January 19, 2016. Please refer to the ADDRESSES, Scope of Interest, and Information Sought sections of this Notice for additional instructions on submission requirements.
Procurement List; Addition
Document Number: 2015-32949
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-12-31
Agency: Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled, Agencies and Commissions
This action adds a product to the Procurement List that will be furnished by nonprofit agency employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
Procurement List; Proposed Deletions
Document Number: 2015-32948
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-12-31
Agency: Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled, Agencies and Commissions
The Committee is proposing to delete products from the Procurement List that was previously furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities. Comments Must Be Received on or Before: 1/30/2016.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Fast Track Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery
Document Number: 2015-32947
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-12-31
Agency: Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary
As part of a Federal Government-wide effort to streamline the process to seek feedback from the public on service delivery, we are seeking comment on the development of the following proposed Generic Information Collection Request (Generic ICR): ``Fast Track Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery'' for approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et. seq.). This notice announces our intent to submit this collection to OMB for approval and solicits comments on specific aspects for the proposed information collection. A copy of the draft supporting statement is available at www.regulations.gov (see Docket ID: DoD-2015-OS-0143).
Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries Off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Trawl Rationalization Program; 2016 Cost Recovery
Document Number: 2015-32946
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-12-31
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
This action provides participants in the Pacific coast groundfish trawl rationalization program with the 2016 fee percentages and ``MS pricing'' needed to calculate the required payments for trawl rationalization program cost recovery fees due in 2016. For calendar year 2016, NMFS announces the following fee percentages by sector: 3.0 percent for the Shorebased Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Program; 2.5 percent for the MS Coop Program; and 0.7 percent for the Catcher/ Processer (C/P) Coop Program. For 2016, the MS pricing to be used as a proxy by the C/P Coop Program is: $0.11/lb for Pacific whiting.
Negotiation of a Reciprocal Defense Procurement Memorandum of Understanding With the Ministry of Defense of Japan
Document Number: 2015-32945
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-12-31
Agency: Defense Acquisition Regulations System, Department of Defense
On behalf of the U.S. Government, DoD is contemplating negotiating and concluding a Reciprocal Defense Procurement Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Defense of Japan. DoD is requesting industry feedback regarding its experience in public defense procurements conducted by or on behalf of the Japanese Ministry of Defense or Armed Forces.
2016 Rate Changes for the Basetime, Overtime, Holiday, and Laboratory Services Rates
Document Number: 2015-32944
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-12-31
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing the 2016 rates that it will charge meat and poultry establishments, egg products plants, and importers and exporters for providing voluntary, overtime, and holiday inspection and identification, certification, and laboratory services. The 2016 basetime, overtime, holiday, and laboratory services rates will be applied beginning the first FSIS pay period approximately 30 days after the publication of this notice. This pay period begins on February 7, 2016.
National Estuarine Research Reserve System
Document Number: 2015-32942
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-12-31
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Under 15 CFR 921.33(d), notice is hereby given that the Stewardship Division, Office for Coastal Management, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce approves the Mission-Aransas, Texas National Estuarine Research Reserve Management Plan revision. The Mission- Aransas Reserve revised plan will replace the plan approved in 2006. The revised management plan outlines the administrative structure; the research/monitoring, stewardship, education, and training programs of the reserve; and the plans for future land acquisition and facility development to support reserve operations. The Mission-Aransas Reserve takes an integrated approach to management, linking research, education, coastal training, and stewardship functions. The Reserve has outlined how it will manage administration and its core program providing detailed actions that will enable it to accomplish specific goals and objectives. Since the last management plan, the Reserve has built out its core programs and monitoring infrastructure; constructed several facilities including a L.E.E.D. certified Estuarine Research Center that serves as the reserve headquarters and includes laboratories, offices, classrooms, interpretative areas and dormitories; and built new partnerships with organizations along the Coastal Bend of Texas. On October 1, 2015, NOAA issued a notice of a thirty day public comment period for the Mission-Aransas Reserve revised plan (80 FR 59138). Responses to the written and oral comments received, and an explanation of how comments were incorporated into the final revised plan, are available in Appendix K to the revised plan (https:// missionaransas.org/sites/default/files/manerr/files/final_201 5- 2020_manerr_management_plan_appendices_dec_2015.pdf). With the approval of this management plan, the Mission-Aransas Reserve will increase their total acreage from 185,708 acres to 186,189. The change is attributable to the recent acquisitions of several parcels by Reserve partners, totaling 481 acres. All of the proposed additions are owned by existing Reserve partners and will be managed for long-term protection and conservation value. These parcels have high ecological value and will enhance the Reserve's ability to provide increased opportunities for research, education, and stewardship. The revised management plan will serve as the guiding document for the expanded 186,189 acre Mission-Aransas Reserve for the next five years. The 2015-2020 Mission-Aransas, Texas Reserve Management Plan, which contains a more detailed description of the boundary change and acquired parcels, is available at (https:// sites.cns.utexas.edu/manerr/about/management-plan). The impacts of the revised management plan have not changed and the initial Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) prepared at the time of designation is still valid. NOAA has made the determination that the revision of the management plan will not have a significant effect on the human environment and therefore qualifies for a categorical exclusion under NOAA Administrative Order 216-6. An environmental assessment will not be prepared.
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism; Notice of Meeting
Document Number: 2015-32941
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-12-31
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Proposed Collection; 60 Day Comment Request; The Framingham Heart Study (NHLBI)
Document Number: 2015-32940
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-12-31
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. Written comments and/or suggestions from the public and affected agencies are invited on one or more of the following points: (1) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the function of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
National Institute on Drug Abuse; Notice of Closed Meeting
Document Number: 2015-32939
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-12-31
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
National Institute on Drug Abuse; Notice of Meeting
Document Number: 2015-32938
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-12-31
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
National Institute on Drug Abuse; Notice of Closed Meeting
Document Number: 2015-32937
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-12-31
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
National Cancer Institute; Amended Notice of Meeting
Document Number: 2015-32936
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-12-31
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
National Cancer Institute; Notice of Closed Meetings
Document Number: 2015-32935
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-12-31
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Judicial Proceedings Since Fiscal Year 2012 Amendments Panel (Judicial Proceedings Panel); Notice of Federal Advisory Committee Meeting
Document Number: 2015-32934
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-12-31
Agency: Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary
The Department of Defense is publishing this notice to announce the following Federal Advisory Committee meeting of the Judicial Proceedings since Fiscal Year 2012 Amendments Panel (``the Judicial Proceedings Panel'' or ``the Panel''). The meeting is open to the public.
National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity
Document Number: 2015-32933
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-12-31
Agency: Department of Education
This notice lists the members of the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI). This notice is required under Section 114(e) (1) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA).
Entergy Operations, Inc.; Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station
Document Number: 2015-32932
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-12-31
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing exemptions in response to a February 13, 2015, request from Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (ENO or the licensee). The licensee requested that Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station (Vermont Yankee) be granted a permanent partial exemption from regulations that require retention of records for certain systems, structures, and components (SSCs) until the termination of the operating license.
Request for Information: Certification Frequency and Requirements for the Reporting of Quality Measures Under CMS Programs
Document Number: 2015-32931
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-12-31
Agency: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services
This request for information seeks public comment regarding several items related to the certification of health information technology (IT), including electronic health records (EHR) products used for reporting to certain CMS quality reporting programs such as, but not limited to, the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) Program and the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS). In addition, we are requesting feedback on how often to require recertification, the number of clinical quality measures (CQMs) a certified Health IT Module should be required to certify to, and testing of certified Health IT Module(s).
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