Agencies and Commissions July 2023 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Commission will consider a Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking which would adopt rules to enhance Tribal communities' access to the E-Rate program by streamlining certain program rules, making Tribal college and university libraries eligible for E-Rate support, and reducing administrative burdens in the program. The Commission will also seek comment on ways to further improve and simplify program rules for all E- Rate applicants. 2.................. Public Safety and Title: Ensuring the Homeland Security. Reliability and Resiliency of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (PS Docket No. 23-5); Amendments to Part 4 of the Commission's Rules Concerning Disruptions to Communications (PS Docket No. 15-80); Implementation of the National Suicide Hotline Improvement Act of 2018 (WC Docket No. 18- 336). Summary: The Commission will consider a Report and Order to ensure that when there is a communications service outage that potentially affects people's ability to reach the 988 Lifeline, the Commission and those who provide life-saving 988 crisis intervention services receive timely and actionable information. 3.................. Media................. Title: Amendment of Parts 73 and 74 of the Commission's Rules to Establish Rules for Digital Low Power Television and Television Translator Stations (MB Docket No. 03-185). Summary: The Commission will consider a Report and Order allowing a limited group of existing channel 6 low power television stations to continue to provide analog FM radio service as an ancillary or supplementary service under specified rules.

This rule finalizes, without change, the U.S. Small Business Administration's (SBA or Agency) November 17, 2022, interim provisions that adjusted monetary-based industry size standards (i.e., receipts- and assets-based) for inflation. Specifically, this rule finalizes three interim final actions adopted in the November 17, 2022 rule. First, this rule finalizes an additional 13.65 percent inflation increase to the industry-based monetary small business size standards to account for the inflation that occurred since the last adjustment to size standards for inflation in 2019. Second, this rule finalizes inflation adjustments to three program-specific monetary size standards: the size standards for sales or leases of government property, the size standards for stockpile purchases, and the alternative size standard based on tangible net worth and net income for the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program. Third, this rule finalizes inflation adjustments to the economic disadvantage thresholds applicable to the 8(a) Business Development and Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business programs, and the dollar limit for combined total 8(a) contracts.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC, the Commission) received and is considering approval of an application filed by General Electric Company (GE), GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas, LLC (GEHA), and Global Nuclear Fuel-Americas, LLC (GNF-A) (together, the Applicants) on May 30, 2023, as supplemented by letters dated June 20 and June 26, 2023. The application seeks NRC approval of the indirect transfer of Facility Operating License No. R-33 for the Nuclear Test Reactor at the Vallecitos Nuclear Center (VNC) in Sunol, California; Possession Only License No. DPR-1 for the Vallecitos Boiling Water Reactor at the VNC; Possession Only License No. DR-10 for the Empire State Atomic Development Associates Vallecitos Experimental Superheat Reactor at the VNC; Possession Only License No. TR-1 for the GE Test Reactor at the VNC; Special Nuclear Material License Nos. SNM-960 and SNM-1270 for the VNC; Special Nuclear Material License No. SNM-1097 for the Wilmington Fuel Manufacturing Facility in Wilmington, North Carolina; Special Nuclear Material License No. SNM-2500 for the Morris Operation Independent Spent Fuel Storage Facility in Grundy County, Illinois, near Morris, Illinois; and Export License Nos. XR135, XSNM1662, XSNM03135, XSNM3398, XCOM1124, XSNM3785, and XSNM3066 from GE, the parent company of the license holders, GEHA and GNF-A, to a recently created wholly-owned subsidiary of GE named GE Vernova, LLC that will then be spun-off and will no longer be part of GE. The application contains sensitive unclassified non-safeguards information (SUNSI).

The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) is adopting a proposal to extend for three years, with revision, the Joint Statement for Assessing the Diversity Policies and Practices of Entities Regulated by the Agencies. (FR 2100; OMB No. 7100-0368).

Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission (``Commission'') has determined not to review an initial determination (``ID'') (Order No. 7) of the presiding administrative law judge (``ALJ''), finding all respondents in default. The Commission requests written submissions from the parties, interested government agencies, and other interested persons on the issues of remedy, the public interest, and bonding, under the schedule set forth below.

Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined to find Glo Extracts of Los Angeles, California in default and issue a limited exclusion order (``LEO'') barring entry of certain oil-vaping cartridges, components thereof, and products containing the same that are imported by or on behalf of six respondents: Glo Extracts; BulkCarts.com of Canton, Michigan; Greenwave Naturals LLC (``Greenwave Naturals'') of Austin, Texas; Cartridgesforsale.com of Ypsilanti, Michigan; HW Supply, LLC (``HW Supply'') of Ypsilanti, Michigan; and Obsidian Supply, Inc. (``Obsidian Supply'') of Irvine, California (collectively, the ``Defaulting Respondents''). The Commission has also determined to issue cease and desist orders (``CDOs'') against the Defaulting Respondents. The investigation is terminated.

The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) invites comment on a proposal to extend for three years, without revision, the Reporting Requirements Associated with Regulation XX (FR XX; OMB No. 7100-0363).

Public meeting: U.S. Election Assistance Commission.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued an exemption in response to a request dated May 17, 2023, from TMI-2 Solutions, LLC (TMI-2S), for the Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 2 (TMI-2), that permits TMI-2S to investigate, trace, and report to the NRC any low-level radioactive waste shipment or part of a shipment for which acknowledgement of receipt is not received by TMI-2S within 45 days after transfer, rather than the 20 day requirement that is currently delineated in the NRC's regulations.

In this document, the Federal Communication Commission's Media Bureau, Video Division (Bureau) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in response to a petition for rulemaking filed by Sinclair Media Licensee, LLC (Petitioner), the licensee of KCFW-TV (Station or KCFW- TV), channel 9, Kalispell, Montana, requesting the substitution of channel 17 for channel 9 at Kalispell in the Table of TV Allotments. For the reasons set forth in the Report and Order referenced below, the Bureau amends FCC regulations to substitute channel 17 for channel 9 at Kalispell.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC, the Commission) received and is considering approval of an application filed by STP Nuclear Operating Company (STPNOC, the current licensee), acting on behalf of Constellation Energy Generation, LLC (CEG) and NRG South Texas LP (NRG South Texas) and its parent companies, on June 12, 2023. The application seeks NRC approval of the indirect transfer of possession-only non-operating interests in Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-76 and NPF-80 for South Texas Project (STP), Units 1 and 2, respectively, and its generally licensed independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI) from NRG South Texas to CEG and conforming amendments. NRG South Texas currently owns a 44 percent share of STP and holds possession-only rights in the NRC licenses. The application contains sensitive unclassified non-safeguards information (SUNSI).

Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has received a complaint entitled Certain Icemaking Machines and Components Thereof, DN 3687; the Commission is soliciting comments on any public interest issues raised by the complaint or complainant's filing pursuant to the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has recently submitted a request for renewal of an existing collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. The information collection is entitled, NRC Form 629, ``Authorization for Payment by Credit Card.''

As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal Maritime Commission (Commission) invites comments on the information collection related to Licensing, Financial Responsibility Requirements and General Duties for Ocean Transportation Intermediaries and Related Forms. This notice announces a renewal of an existing collection and includes a minor update to the collection based on an increase in the number of entities required to respond.