September 4, 2013 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Reader Aids
Document Number: FR-2013-09-04-ReaderAids
Type: Reader Aids
Date: 2013-09-04
Federal Property Suitable as Facilities to Assist the Homeless
Document Number: C1-2013-20287
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-09-04
Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development
Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996: Announcement of Negotiated Rulemaking Committee Meeting
Document Number: 2013-21610
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2013-09-04
Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development
This notice announces the second meeting of the negotiated rulemaking committee.
Sunshine Act Meetings
Document Number: 2013-21506
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-09-04
Agency: Postal Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Ennis, MT
Document Number: 2013-21501
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2013-09-04
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
This action proposes to establish Class E airspace at Ennis- Big Sky Airport, Ennis, MT. Controlled airspace is necessary to accommodate aircraft using new Area Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning System (GPS) standard instrument approach procedures at Ennis-Big Sky Airport, Ennis, MT. The FAA is proposing this action to enhance the safety and management of aircraft operations at the airport.
Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Star, NC
Document Number: 2013-21500
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2013-09-04
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
This action proposes to establish Class E Airspace at Star, NC, to accommodate a new Area Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) serving Montgomery County Airport. This action would enhance the safety and airspace management of Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations within the National Airspace System.
Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Chatom, AL
Document Number: 2013-21498
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2013-09-04
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
This action proposes to establish Class E Airspace at Chatom, AL, to accommodate the Area Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedures at Roy Wilcox Airport. This action would enhance the safety and airspace management of Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations at the airport.
Open Meeting of the Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board
Document Number: 2013-21494
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-09-04
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology
The Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) will meet Wednesday, October 9, 2013, from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Thursday, October 10, 2013, from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, and Friday, October 11, 2013, from 8:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time. All sessions will be open to the public.
Notice of Public Meeting-Intersection of Cloud Computing and Mobility Forum and Workshop
Document Number: 2013-21489
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-09-04
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announces the Intersection of Cloud and Mobility Forum and Workshop to be held on Tuesday, October 1, Wednesday, October 2, and Thursday, October 3, 2013. The format is a three-day forum with breakout sessions held each day. The NIST Intersection of Cloud and Mobility Forum and Workshop will bring together leaders and innovators from industry, academia and government in an interactive format that combines keynote presentations, panel discussions, interactive breakout sessions, and open discussion. The forum and workshop are open to the general public. NIST invites organizations to display posters and participate as exhibitors as described in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below.
Fisheries Off West Coast States; Highly Migratory Fisheries; California Drift Gillnet Fishery; Sperm Whale Interaction Restriction
Document Number: 2013-21487
Type: Rule
Date: 2013-09-04
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS is issuing temporary regulations under the authority of Section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA) to: implement an immediate closure of the California thresher shark/swordfish drift gillnet (mesh size >=14 inches) (DGN) fishery if one sperm whale is observed killed or seriously injured in DGN gear off California, and require all DGN fishing vessels to carry a NMFS-trained observer from August 15, 2013 to January 31, 2014 in a 100% observer coverage area (Zone). The Zone covers nearly all areas in the U.S. exclusive economic zone (EEZ) deeper than the 1,100 fathoms (fm) (2,012 meters (m)) depth contour. Owners/operators of vessels intending to fish with DGN gear will be required to install, activate, carry and operate a vessel monitoring system (VMS) prior to embarking on a DGN fishing trip after the effective date of this rule.
Nondiscrimination Provisions
Document Number: 2013-21486
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2013-09-04
Agency: Office of Personnel Management
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing to update various nondiscrimination provisions appearing in title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, to provide greater consistency and reflect current law.
Taking of Threatened or Endangered Marine Mammals Incidental to Commercial Fishing Operations; Issuance of Permit
Document Number: 2013-21485
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-09-04
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
In accordance with the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS hereby issues a permit for a period of three years to authorize the incidental, but not intentional, taking of individuals of three stocks of marine mammals listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) by the California (CA) thresher shark/ swordfish drift gillnet (DGN) fishery (>=14 inch mesh) and the incidental, but not intentional, taking of individuals from one stock by the Washington/Oregon/California (WA/OR/CA) sablefish pot fishery.
Permanent Advisory Committee to Advise the U.S. Commissioners to the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission; Meeting Announcement
Document Number: 2013-21484
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-09-04
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS announces a meeting of the Permanent Advisory Committee (PAC) to advise the U.S. Commissioners to the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) on October 28-October 29, 2013. Meeting topics are provided under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice.
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Annual Catch Limits and Accountability Measures
Document Number: 2013-21479
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2013-09-04
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS announces that the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council has submitted the Recreational Accountability Measures Omnibus Amendment incorporating a draft Environmental Assessment, for review by the Secretary of Commerce. NMFS is requesting comments from the public on the Recreational Accountability Measures Omnibus Amendment, which was developed by the Council to modify the accountability measures for the Atlantic mackerel, Atlantic bluefish, summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass recreational fisheries.
Report to Congress on Abnormal Occurrences: Fiscal Year 2012, Revision 1; Dissemination of Information
Document Number: 2013-21477
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-09-04
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program Final Performance Report
Document Number: 2013-21476
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-09-04
Agency: Department of Education
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is proposing an extension of an existing information collection.
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Withdrawal
Document Number: 2013-21475
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-09-04
Agency: Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary
On Thursday, August 29, 2013 (78 FR 53428-53429), the Department of Defense published a notice titled Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request. Subsequent to the publication of the notice in the Federal Register, DoD discovered that the notice should not have published in the Federal Register. This notice withdraws the previous submission that published on Thursday, August 29, 2013.
Records Schedules; Availability and Request for Comments
Document Number: 2013-21472
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-09-04
Agency: National Archives and Records Administration, Agencies and Commissions
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) publishes notice at least once monthly of certain Federal agency requests for records disposition authority (records schedules). Once approved by NARA, records schedules provide mandatory instructions on what happens to records when no longer needed for current Government business. They authorize the preservation of records of continuing value in the National Archives of the United States and the destruction, after a specified period, of records lacking administrative, legal, research, or other value. Notice is published for records schedules in which agencies propose to destroy records not previously authorized for disposal or reduce the retention period of records already authorized for disposal. NARA invites public comments on such records schedules, as required by 44 U.S.C. 3303a(a).
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
Document Number: 2013-21468
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-09-04
Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
Document Number: 2013-21467
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-09-04
Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Bluefish Fishery; Quota Transfer
Document Number: 2013-21466
Type: Rule
Date: 2013-09-04
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS announces that the State of North Carolina is transferring a portion of its 2013 commercial bluefish quota to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. By this action, NMFS adjusts the quotas and announces the revised commercial quota for each state involved.
Certain Kitchen Appliance Shelving and Racks From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2011-2012
Document Number: 2013-21464
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-09-04
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
The Department of Commerce (``Department'') is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain kitchen appliance shelving and racks from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') for the period of review (``POR'') September 1, 2011, through August 31, 2012. The review covers one exporter of subject merchandise, New King Shan (Zhu Hai) Wire Co., Ltd. (``New King Shan''). We have preliminarily found that New King Shan did not make sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value (``NV'').
Federal Open Market Committee; Domestic Policy Directive of July 30-31, 2013
Document Number: 2013-21463
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-09-04
Agency: Federal Reserve System, Agencies and Commissions
Schedules for Atlantic Shark Identification Workshops and Protected Species Safe Handling, Release, and Identification Workshops
Document Number: 2013-21462
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-09-04
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Free Atlantic Shark Identification Workshops and Protected Species Safe Handling, Release, and Identification Workshops will be held in October, November, and December of 2013. Certain fishermen and shark dealers are required to attend a workshop to meet regulatory requirements and to maintain valid permits. Specifically, the Atlantic Shark Identification Workshop is mandatory for all federally permitted Atlantic shark dealers. The Protected Species Safe Handling, Release, and Identification Workshop is mandatory for vessel owners and operators who use bottom longline, pelagic longline, or gillnet gear, and who have also been issued shark or swordfish limited access permits. Additional free workshops will be conducted during 2014 and will be announced in a future notice.
President's Export Council Subcommittee on Export Administration; Notice of Open Meeting
Document Number: 2013-21461
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-09-04
Agency: Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Student Assistance General Provisions-Subpart E-Verification Student Aid Application Information
Document Number: 2013-21460
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-09-04
Agency: Department of Education
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is proposing; an extension of an existing information collection.
Appraisal Subcommittee of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council; Notice of Meeting
Document Number: 2013-21457
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-09-04
Agency: Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council, Agencies and Commissions
Alaska Native Claims Selection
Document Number: 2013-21456
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-09-04
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that an appealable decision will be issued by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to Evansville, Inc. The decision approves the surface estate in the lands described below for conveyance pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601, et seq.). The subsurface estate in these lands will be conveyed to Doyon, Limited when the surface estate is conveyed to Evansville, Inc. The lands are in the vicinity of Evansville, Alaska, and are located in:
Appraisal Subcommittee of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council; Notice of Meeting
Document Number: 2013-21454
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-09-04
Agency: Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council, Agencies and Commissions
Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid Meeting
Document Number: 2013-21451
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-09-04
Agency: Agency for International Development, Agencies and Commissions
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is hereby given of a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid (ACVFA).
Privacy Act Systems of Records; Phytosanitary Certificate Issuance and Tracking System
Document Number: 2013-21449
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-09-04
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Office of the Secretary
We are withdrawing a Privacy Act System of Records notice published on August 9, 2013, (78 FR 48642-48644). The system of records was the Phytosanitary Certificate Issuance and Tracking System, USDA- APHIS-13. The August 9, 2013, notice was a duplicate notice published in error; in this document, we are withdrawing the August 9, 2013, notice from publication.
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: 2013-21448
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-09-04
Agency: Department of Agriculture
Endangered Species; Marine Mammals; Issuance of Permits
Document Number: 2013-21446
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-09-04
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), have issued the following permits to conduct certain activities with endangered species, marine mammals, or both. We issue these permits under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA).
Endangered Species; Receipt of Applications for Permit
Document Number: 2013-21445
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-09-04
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities with endangered species. With some exceptions, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) prohibits activities with listed species unless Federal authorization is acquired that allows such activities.
Notice of Permit Applications Received Under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-541)
Document Number: 2013-21444
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-09-04
Agency: National Science Foundation, Agencies and Commissions
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish a notice of permit applications received to conduct activities regulated under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. NSF has published regulations under the Antarctic Conservation Act at Title 45 Part 670 of the Code of Federal Regulations. This is the required notice of permit applications received.
Wrangell-Petersburg Resource Advisory Committee; Meeting
Document Number: 2013-21443
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-09-04
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Forest Service
The Wrangell-Petersburg Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet by video-teleconference in Wrangell, Alaska and Petersburg, Alaska. The committee is authorized under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (the Act) and operates in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The purpose of the Committee is to improve collaborative relationships and to provide advice and recommendations to the Forest Service concerning projects and funding consistent with Title II of the Act. The meeting is open to the public. The purpose of the meeting is to review progress of previously funded projects and, if the Act is reauthorized, to review project proposals and make recommendations for allocation of anticipated Title II funding to projects.
New Entrant Safety Assurance Program Operational Test
Document Number: 2013-21442
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-09-04
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Department of Transportation
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announces an operational test of procedural changes to the New Entrant Safety Assurance Program. The operational test began in July 2013 and will be in effect for up to 12 months. It is applicable to new entrant motor carriers domiciled in the States of California, Florida, Illinois, Montana, New York and the Canadian Provinces contiguous to Montana and New York. The operational test procedures allow FMCSA to complete an off-site safety audit of eligible new entrant motor carriers that can demonstrate basic safety management controls by submitting compliance documentation as requested by FMCSA. The purpose of the operational test is to compare off-site and on-site new entrant safety audits in terms of resource allocation and subsequent safety performance of new entrant motor carriers.
Request for Information: Collection and Use of Nonfatal Workplace Violence Information from the National Crime Victimization Survey
Document Number: 2013-21441
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-09-04
Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) of the Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice (DOJ), are collaborating to request public comments to inform BJS's approach in collecting and reporting data related to nonfatal workplace violence in the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). NIOSH and BJS request input on these issues. The instructions for submitting comments can be found at www.regulations.gov. Written comments submitted to the Docket will be used to inform BJS with the planning and collection of workplace violence data in the NCVS. Dates: Public Comment Period: Comments must be received by November 27, 2013 to be considered by BJS and NIOSH. Addresses: Written comments: You may submit comments by any of the following methods: Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Mail: NIOSH Docket Office, Robert A. Taft Laboratories, MS-C34, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226. Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name and docket number [CDC-2013-0020; NIOSH-269]. All relevant comments, including any personal information provided, will be posted without change to https://www.regulations.gov. All information received in response to this notice will be available for public examination and copying at the NIOSH Docket Office, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226.
Eastern States: Filing of Plats of Survey
Document Number: 2013-21440
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-09-04
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
On Thursday, January 3, 2013, there was published in the Federal Register, Volume 78, Number 2, on pages 318-319 a notice entitled ``Eastern States: Filing of Plats of Survey, North Carolina''. Said notice referenced the stay of the plat of the dependent resurvey of a portion of the Qualla Indian Boundary, land held in trust for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in Swain County, in the state of North Carolina. This survey was accepted December 19, 2012. The protest against the survey was dismissed on August 16, 2013 and the plat of survey accepted December 19, 2012, was officially filed in Eastern States Office, Springfield, Virginia, at 7:30 a.m., on August 16, 2013. Copies of the plat will be made available upon request and prepayment of the reproduction fee of $7.50 per copy.
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Permits; Low-Effect Habitat Conservation Plan for the Utah Prairie Dog in Iron County, Utah
Document Number: 2013-21438
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-09-04
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), received a permit application from the Iron County Commission and are announcing the availability of a Draft Low-effect Habitat Conservation Plan for the Utah prairie dog in Iron County, Utah, for review and comment by the public and Federal, Tribal, State, and local governments. We request comment on the draft low-effect HCP.
Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Paducah
Document Number: 2013-21437
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-09-04
Agency: Department of Energy
This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Paducah. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this meeting be announced in the Federal Register.
Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Savannah River Site
Document Number: 2013-21436
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-09-04
Agency: Department of Energy
This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Savannah River Site. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this meeting be announced in the Federal Register.
Privacy Act of 1974: System of Records
Document Number: 2013-21435
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-09-04
Agency: Department of Commerce, Office of the Secretary
In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, the Department of Commerce proposes to amend the system of records entitled ``COMMERCE/DEPARTMENT-20, Biographical Files,'' to include social network sites, which will provide Department of Commerce employees new ways to connect and share information, and solicit and receive feedback freely with the public; change the name of the system of records to ``Biographical Files and Social Networks''; update routine uses; update practices for electronically storing, retrieving, and safeguarding records in the System; and generally update the system's notice. We invite public comment on the amended system announced in this publication.
Solicitation of Written Comments on Draft National Action Plan for Adverse Drug Event Prevention
Document Number: 2013-21434
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-09-04
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
The Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion is soliciting public comment on the draft National Action Plan for Adverse Drug Event Prevention.
National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics: Meeting Standards Subcommittee
Document Number: 2013-21433
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-09-04
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
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