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

The Committee is proposing to add products to the Procurement List that will be furnished by the nonprofit agency employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and deletes products and services previously furnished by such agencies.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is granting an exemption to allow a departure from the certification information of Tier 1 of the generic design control document (DCD) and is issuing License Amendment No. 50 to Combined Licenses (COLs), NPF-93 and NPF- 94. The COLs were issued to South Carolina Electric & Gas Company, (the licensee); for construction and operation of the Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station (VCSNS) Units 2 and 3, located in Fairfield County, South Carolina. The granting of the exemption allows the changes to Tier 1 information asked for in the amendment. Because the acceptability of the exemption was determined in part by the acceptability of the amendment, the exemption and amendment are being issued concurrently.

This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of OKLAHOMA (FEMA-4274-DR), dated 07/15/2016. Incident: Severe Storms and Flooding. Incident Period: 06/11/2016 through 06/13/2016. Effective Date: 08/24/2016. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 09/13/2016. Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date: 04/17/2017.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'' or ``SEC'') intends to issue an order pursuant to section 206 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the ``Advisers Act'') and rule 206(4)- 5 thereunder (the ``SEC Pay to Play Rule'') finding that the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (``MSRB'') rule G-37 (the ``MSRB Pay to Play Rule'') imposes substantially equivalent or more stringent restrictions on municipal advisors than the SEC Pay to Play Rule imposes on investment advisers and is consistent with the objectives of the SEC Pay to Play Rule.

The Commission adopts this Report and Order to implement a historic consensus proposal for ensuring that people with hearing loss have full access to innovative handsets.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a final plant-specific supplement, Supplement 57, to NUREG-1437, ``Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants'' (GEIS), regarding the renewal of Exelon Generation Company, LLC, operating licenses NPF-11 and NPF-18 for an additional 20 years of operation for LaSalle County Station, Units 1 and 2 (LSCS).

Applicant seeks an order declaring that it has ceased to be an investment company. Applicant has transferred its assets to Tax- Exempt Bond Fund of America and, on June 17, 2016, made a final distribution to its shareholders based on net asset value. Expenses of $161,000 incurred in connection with the reorganization were paid by applicant's investment adviser. Filing Date: The application was filed on June 20, 2016. Applicant's Address: 6455 Irvine Center Drive, Irvine, California 92618.

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 inventions described and claimed in U.S. Patent No. 7,075,295 entitled ``Magnetic Field Response Sensor for Conductive Media,'' NASA Case No. LAR-16571-1; U.S. Patent No. 7,589,525 entitled ``Magnetic Field Response Sensor for Conductive Media,'' NASA Case No. LAR-16571-2; and U.S. Patent No. 7,759,932 entitled ``Magnetic Field Response Sensor for Conductive Media,'' NASA Case No. LAR-16571-3, to Remcal Products having its principal place of business in Warrington, PA. The fields of use may be limited to, but not necessarily limited to, nondestructive evaluation and testing of manufactured products (including molded plastic parts, rubber parts, extruded parts and machined parts) using hand-held probes and/or custom-designed test assemblies. 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.

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has submitted the following public information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995: Blanket Justification for NEA Funding Application Guidelines and Reporting Requirements. Copies of this ICR, with applicable supporting documentation, may be obtained by visiting www.Reginfo.gov.

The Commission is amending the Hart-Scott-Rodino (``HSR'') Premerger Notification Rules (the ``Rules'') that require the parties to certain mergers and acquisitions to file reports with the Federal Trade Commission (``the Commission'' or ``FTC'') and the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (``the Assistant Attorney General'' or ``DOJ'') (together the ``Antitrust Agencies'' or ``Agencies'') and to wait a specified period of time before consummating such transactions. These amendments update the Rules to allow for submission of the Premerger Notification and Report Form (``Form'') and accompanying documents (together the ``HSR Filing'') on digital video/versatile disc (``DVD''), and clarify the Instructions to the Form.