Agencies and Commissions April 2016 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

On March 14, 2016, the Department of Commerce published notice in the Federal Register of a negative final determination of subsidies in connection with the subject investigation concerning polyethylene terephthalate resin from Oman (81 FR 13321). Accordingly, the countervailing duty investigation concerning polyethylene terephthalate resin from Oman (Investigation No. 701-TA-533 (Final)) is terminated.

The Small Business Administration (SBA) has updated the SBA Model Form of Agreement of Limited Partnership for an SBIC Issuing Debentures Only (``Model Version 3.0''). This update reflects comments received from the public in response to notices SBA published in the Federal Register on April 22, 2014 and June 26, 2015. The Model Version 3.0 is available on SBA's Web site and is effective for all SBIC applicants as of October 1, 2016.

The Legal Services Corporation (``LSC'') intends to revise the LSC Grant Assurances for calendar year 2017 Basic Field Grants and is soliciting public comment on the proposed changes. The proposed revisions affect Grant Assurances 7, 15, 20, and 22. The proposed LSC Grant Assurances for calendar year 2017 Basic Field Grants, in redline format indicating the proposed changes to the current ``LSC 2016 Grant Assurances,'' are available at https://grants.lsc.gov/sites/default/ files/Grants/ReferenceMaterials/2017-GrantAssurances-Proposed .pdf.

This is a notice of an Administrative declaration of a disaster for the State of Oklahoma dated 03/29/2016. Incident: Severe Winter Storms and Flooding. Incident Period: 12/26/2015 through 01/05/2016. Effective Date: 03/29/2016. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 05/31/2016. Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date: 12/29/2016.

Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Regulatory Secretariat Division will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a previously approved information collection.

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is issuing a final rule amending its Rules and Regulations concerning administrative claims made pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA). The rule reflects structural changes within the NLRB that impact the NLRB's processing of claims, the current address for submission of claims to the NLRB, the impact of a claimant's submission of an amended claim, and the effect on a claimant of the NLRB's payment of a claim.

The Commission is noticing a recent Postal Service filing concerning the addition of Priority Mail & Parcel Select Contract 1 to the competitive product list. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) received and is considering approval of six amendment requests. The amendment requests are for Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1, 2, and 3, Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1, H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant, Unit No. 2, Indian Point Nuclear Generating, Unit Nos. 2 and 3, River Bend Station, Unit 1, and Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2. For each amendment request, the NRC proposes to determine that the amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration. In addition, each amendment request contains sensitive unclassified non-safeguards information (SUNSI).

This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Louisiana (FEMA-4263-DR), dated 03/13/ 2016. Incident: Severe Storms and Flooding. Incident Period: 03/08/2016 and continuing. Effective Date: 03/25/2016. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 05/12/2016. EIDL Loan Application Deadline Date: 12/13/2016.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted the request of Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Entergy, the licensee), to withdraw its application dated August 20, 2015, for a proposed amendment to Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-59, for the James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant (JAF), located in Oswego County, New York. The proposed amendment would have revised the JAF Technical Specification (TS) to extend primary containment Type A and Type C leak rate test frequencies.

This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Texas (FEMA-4266-DR), dated 03/19/ 2016. Incident: Severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding. Incident Period: 03/07/2016 and continuing. Effective Date: 03/25/2016. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 05/18/2016. EIDL Loan Application Deadline Date: 12/19/2016.

This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of Pennsylvania (FEMA-4267-DR), dated 03/23/2016. Incident: Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm. Incident Period: 01/22/2016 through 01/23/2016. Effective Date: 03/23/2016. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 05/23/2016. Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date: 12/23/2016.

The Commission is noticing a recent Postal Service filing concerning the addition of Priority Mail Contract 203 to the competitive product list. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.

The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board or Federal Reserve) invites comment on a proposal to revise the FR Y-7Q by collecting fourteen new data items to monitor compliance with enhanced prudential standards for foreign banking organizations (FBOs) adopted pursuant to Subparts N and O of Regulation YY (12 CFR part 252). The proposal would require an FBO with total consolidated assets of $50 billion or more to report the new data items in order to determine whether the FBO meets capital adequacy standards at the consolidated level that are consistent with the Basel capital framework. On June 15, 1984, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) delegated to the Board authority under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) to approve of and assign OMB control numbers to collection of information requests and requirements conducted or sponsored by the Board. In exercising this delegated authority, the Board is directed to take every reasonable step to solicit comment. In determining whether to approve a collection of information, the Board will consider all comments received from the public and other agencies.

On June 15, 1984, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) delegated to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) its approval authority under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), to approve of and assign OMB numbers to collection of information requests and requirements conducted or sponsored by the Board. Board- approved collections of information are incorporated into the official OMB inventory of currently approved collections of information. Copies of the PRA Submission, supporting statements and approved collection of information instruments are placed into OMB's public docket files. The Federal Reserve may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection that has been extended, revised, or implemented on or after October 1, 1995, unless it displays a currently valid OMB number.

The Commission is noticing a recent Postal Service filing concerning the addition of Priority Mail Contract 201 to the competitive product list. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.

The Commission is noticing a recent Postal Service filing concerning the addition of Priority Mail Contract 202 to the competitive product list. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.