March 2023 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The General Services Administration is issuing this final rule to make a technical amendment to the General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation. A policy referenced within a clause covering personal identification verification requirements has an updated number and title.

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) publishes notice of certain Federal agency requests for records disposition authority (records schedules). We publish notice in the Federal Register and on regulations.gov for records schedules in which agencies propose to dispose of records they no longer need to conduct agency business. We invite public comments on such records schedules.

On February 6, 2023, the USDA published a notice in the Federal Register soliciting nominations for membership on the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF). In the notice, FSIS stated that the nomination period would close on March 15, 2023. FSIS is extending the nomination period until April 17, 2023, to provide interested persons with additional time to submit their nomination packages.

The Department of State has submitted the information collection described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 we are requesting comments on this collection from all interested individuals and organizations. The purpose of this Notice is to allow 30 days for public comment.

This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of Vermont (FEMA- 4695-DR), dated 03/20/2023. Incident: Severe Storm and Flooding. Incident Period: 12/22/2022 through 12/24/2022.

The National Park Service is soliciting electronic comments on the significance of properties nominated before March 11, 2023, for listing or related actions in the National Register of Historic Places.

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the rules and regulations of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (Commission), and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), that a meeting of the Puerto Rico Advisory Committee to the Commission will convene by virtual web conference on Monday, March 27, 2023, at 3:30 p.m. Atlantic Time/Eastern Time. The purpose is to continue discussion on their project on the civil rights impacts of the Insular Cases in Puerto Rico.

Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: I hereby determine that certain objects being imported from abroad pursuant to agreements with their foreign owners or custodians for temporary display in the exhibition ``Canova: Sketching in Clay'' at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, and at possible additional exhibitions or venues yet to be determined, are of cultural significance, and, further, that their temporary exhibition or display within the United States as aforementioned is in the national interest. I have ordered that Public Notice of these determinations be published in the Federal Register.

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all The Boeing Company Model 747-400, -400D, and -400F series airplanes. This AD was prompted by the FAA's analysis of the Model 747 airplane fuel system reviews conducted by the manufacturer, and by the determination that new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations are necessary. This AD requires revising the existing maintenance or inspection program, as applicable, to incorporate new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.

The Federal Trade Commission (``Commission'') is issuing rules pursuant to the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (``Act'') to provide procedures for the Commission's oversight of the annual budget of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (``Authority'').

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry entitled ``Clinical Trial Considerations to Support Accelerated Approval of Oncology Therapeutics.'' The purpose of this guidance is to provide recommendations to sponsors of anti-cancer drugs or biological products on considerations for designing trials intended to support accelerated approval. The accelerated approval pathway is commonly used for approval of oncology drugs due to the serious and life-threatening nature of cancer. Although single-arm trials have been commonly used to support accelerated approval, a randomized controlled trial is the preferred approach as it provides a more robust efficacy and safety assessment and allows for direct comparisons to an available therapy. This guidance describes considerations for designing, conducting, and analyzing data for trials intended to support accelerated approvals of oncology therapeutics.

The NCUA Board (Board) is amending the Subordinated Debt rule (current rule), which it finalized in December 2020 with an effective date of January 1, 2022. This final rule makes two changes related to the maturity of Subordinated Debt Notes and Grandfathered Secondary Capital. Specifically, this final rule replaces the maximum permissible maturity of Subordinated Debt Notes with a requirement that any credit union seeking to issue Subordinated Debt Notes with maturities longer than 20 years demonstrate how such instruments would continue to be considered ``debt.'' This final rule also extends the Regulatory Capital treatment of Grandfathered Secondary Capital to the later of 30 years from the date of issuance or January 1, 2052. This extension will align the Regulatory Capital treatment of Grandfathered Secondary Capital with the maximum permissible maturity for any secondary capital issued by low-income credit unions (LICUs) under the 2022 U.S. Department of the Treasury's (Treasury) Emergency Capital Investment Program (ECIP) or other programs administered by the U.S. Government. In addition, the Board is making four minor modifications to other sections of the current rule to make it more user-friendly and flexible.

The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is adopting a final rule amending and reissuing the Belarus Sanctions Regulations to implement an August 9, 2021 Belarus- related Executive order and incorporate a directive regarding sovereign debt issued pursuant to the August 9, 2021 Belarus-related Executive order. This rule also updates and adds new definitions, updates and adds general licenses, and updates interpretative guidance, among other changes.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving the majority of revisions to Regulation Number 3 of the Code of Colorado Regulations (CCR) submitted to the EPA by the State of Colorado on March 22, 2021. The revisions that the EPA is finalizing approval on include updated references to other sections of the CCR that were moved to a new location, as well as changes to Regulation 3 to reflect digitalization of public notice and comment procedures. The EPA is not finalizing approval of revisions that reflect changes made by Colorado to update dates of incorporation by reference (IBR) of sections of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) for the reasons outlined in section I of the preamble of this final rule. The EPA is taking this action pursuant to the Clean Air Act (CAA).

This action amends Very High Frequency (VHF) Omnidirectional Range (VOR) Federal airways V-126, V-156, V-233, and V-422, and revokes VOR Federal airways V-340 and V-371. The FAA is taking this action due to the planned decommissioning of the VOR portion of the Knox, IN (OXI), VOR/Distance Measuring Equipment (VOR/DME) navigational aid (NAVAID). The Knox VOR is being decommissioned in support of the FAA's VOR Minimum Operational Network (MON) program.

This action amends Very High Frequency (VHF) Omnidirectional Range (VOR) Federal airways V-268 and V-474, revokes Jet Route J-518 and VOR Federal airway V-119, and establishes Area Navigation (RNAV) route Q-178. The FAA is taking this action due to the planned decommissioning of the VOR portion of the Indian Head, PA, VOR/Tactical Air Navigation (VORTAC) navigational aid (NAVAID). The Indian Head VOR is being decommissioned in support of the FAA's VOR Minimum Operational Network (MON) program.