January 28, 2014 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Reader Aids
Document Number: FR-2014-01-28-ReaderAids
Type: Reader Aids
Date: 2014-01-28
Sunshine Act Meeting Notice
Document Number: 2014-01711
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-01-28
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Advanced Pipe Fitting Technologies Inc., Order of Suspension of Trading
Document Number: 2014-01681
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-01-28
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Jinhao Motor Company; Order of Suspension of Trading
Document Number: 2014-01680
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-01-28
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Order of Suspension of Trading; in the Matter of New Dragon Asia Corp.
Document Number: 2014-01677
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-01-28
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Sunshine Act Meetings
Document Number: 2014-01654
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-01-28
Agency: Federal Election Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Applications for New Awards; Rehabilitation Training: Rehabilitation Long-Term Training Program-Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling
Document Number: 2014-01617
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-01-28
Agency: Department of Education
On November 5, 2013, we published in the Federal Register a notice inviting applications for new awards under the Rehabilitation Training: Rehabilitation Long-Term Training ProgramVocational Rehabilitation Counseling competition. That notice established a February 3, 2014, deadline for the submission of applications, a 90-day application period in total, and a deadline of April 4, 2014, for intergovernmental review. We are extending both deadlines by one day.
Sunshine Act Meeting
Document Number: 2014-01616
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-01-28
Agency: Department of Justice, Parole Commission
Sunshine Act Meetings
Document Number: 2014-01615
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-01-28
Agency: Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Submission for Review: Revision of an Existing Information Collection, USAJOBS®, OMB Control No. 3206-0219 Correction
Document Number: 2014-01610
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-01-28
Agency: U.s. Office of Personnel Management
The purpose of this change is to correct an error in the original notice which listed the comment period as 60 days. The correct comment period for this notice is 30 days.
Advisory Committee on Supply Chain Competitiveness: Notice of Public Meeting
Document Number: 2014-01603
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-01-28
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed topics of discussion for a public meeting of the Advisory Committee on Supply Chain Competitiveness (Committee).
Notice of Request To Release Airport Property
Document Number: 2014-01602
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-01-28
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the release of land at the Colonel James Jabara Airport (AAO), Wichita, Kansas, under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 47107(h)(2).
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: 2014-01601
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-01-28
Agency: Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary
As part of an effort to streamline the process to seek feedback from the public on service delivery, DFAS has submitted a Generic Information Collection Request (Generic ICR): ``Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery '' to OMB for approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee
Document Number: 2014-01599
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-01-28
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee (MERPAC) will meet on March 11, 2014 and March 12, 2014 in Dania Beach, FL, to discuss various issues related to the training and fitness of merchant marine personnel. This meeting will be open to the public.
Request for Comment on Proposed Changes to the Survey of New Manufactured (Mobile) Home Placements Data Collection Methodology
Document Number: 2014-01594
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-01-28
Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development
This notice announces that HUD is soliciting public comments regarding changes to the data collection methodology for Survey of New Manufactured (Mobile) Home Placements, commonly referred to as the Manufactured Homes Survey. The goal of the data collection methodology changes is to reduce survey costs while continuing to produce statutorily-mandated estimates of prices of manufactured housing for the nation and for states, as well as important characteristics of new units produced and sold.
Agency Information Collection Activities
Document Number: 2014-01593
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-01-28
Agency: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Agencies and Commissions
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC or Commission) announces that it intends to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for a three-year extension without change of the Elementary- Secondary Staff Information Report (EEO-5).
Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Oak Ridge Reservation
Document Number: 2014-01592
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-01-28
Agency: Department of Energy
This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Oak Ridge Reservation. 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, Portsmouth
Document Number: 2014-01590
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-01-28
Agency: Department of Energy
This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Portsmouth. 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, Northern New Mexico
Document Number: 2014-01588
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-01-28
Agency: Department of Energy
This notice announces a combined meeting of the Environmental Monitoring and Remediation Committee and Waste Management Committee of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Northern New Mexico (known locally as the Northern New Mexico Citizens' Advisory Board [NNMCAB]). 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.
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Louisiana; Interstate Transport of Fine Particulate Matter
Document Number: 2014-01587
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2014-01-28
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA is proposing to approve a portion of a State Implementation Plan (SIP) submittal from the State of Louisiana to address Clean Air Act (CAA or Act) requirements that prohibit air emissions which will contribute significantly to nonattainment or interfere with maintenance in any other state for the 2006 fine particulate matter (PM2.5) national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS). EPA proposes to determine that the existing SIP for Louisiana contains adequate provisions to prohibit air pollutant emissions from significantly contributing to nonattainment or interfering with maintenance of the 2006 24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS (2006 PM2.5 NAAQS) in any other state as required by the Act.
Request for Nominations of Experts To Augment the Science Advisory Board Chemical Assessment Advisory Committee for the Review of the EPA's Draft Toxicological Review of Benzo[a]pyrene
Document Number: 2014-01586
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-01-28
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office requests public nominations of scientific experts to augment the SAB Chemical Assessment Advisory Committee (CAAC) for the review of the EPA's draft Toxicological Review of Benzo[a]pyrene in Support of Summary Information on the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS).
Georgia-Pacific Hardwood Site; Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina; Notice of Amended Settlement
Document Number: 2014-01585
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-01-28
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Under 122(h) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), the United States Environmental Protection Agency has amended a settlement entered into with Castpa, LLC and W.C. Development, Inc. that addresses past costs concerning the Georgia-Pacific Hardwood Site located in Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina. The Agency had previously entered into a settlement in 2008 addressing costs from a fund-lead Removal Action taken by EPA at the Site. The amendment to the settlement reduces the past cost owed to the Agency based on an ability to pay by the settling parties.
Certain Vision-Based Driver Assistance System Cameras and Components Thereof: Institution of Investigation
Document Number: 2014-01583
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-01-28
Agency: International Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on December 23, 2013, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Magna Electronics Inc. of Auburn Hills, Michigan. The complaint alleges violations of section 337 based upon the importation into the United States, the sale for importation, and the sale within the United States after importation of certain vision-based driver assistance system cameras and components thereof by reason of infringement of U.S. Patent No. 8,116,929 (``the '929 patent'') and U.S. Patent No. 8,593,521 (``the '521 patent''). The complaint further alleges that an industry in the United States exists as required by subsection (a)(2) of section 337. The complainant requests that the Commission institute an investigation and, after the investigation, issue a limited exclusion order and a cease and desist order.
Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request
Document Number: 2014-01582
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-01-28
Agency: Federal Reserve System, Agencies and Commissions
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), pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.16, to approve of and assign OMB control numbers to collection of information requests and requirements conducted or sponsored by the Board under conditions set forth in 5 CFR 1320 Appendix A.1. Board-approved collections of information are incorporated into the official OMB inventory of currently approved collections of information. Copies of the Paperwork Reduction Act 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 control number.
Importation of Fresh Bananas From the Philippines Into Hawaii and U.S. Territories
Document Number: 2014-01581
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2014-01-28
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
We are proposing to amend the regulations concerning the importation of fruits and vegetables to allow the importation of fresh bananas from the Philippines into Guam, Hawaii, and the Northern Mariana Islands. As a condition of entry, the bananas would have to be produced in accordance with a systems approach that would include requirements for importation of commercial consignments, monitoring of fruit flies to establish low-prevalence places of production, harvesting only of hard green bananas, and inspection for quarantine pests by the national plant protection organization of the Philippines. The bananas would also have to be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate with an additional declaration stating that they were grown, packed, inspected, and found to be free of quarantine pests in accordance with the proposed requirements. This action would allow the importation of bananas from the Philippines while continuing to protect against the introduction of plant pests into Guam, Hawaii, and the Northern Mariana Islands.
Provision of Certain Temporary and Limited Sanctions Relief in Order To Implement the Joint Plan of Action of November 24, 2013 Between the P5+1 and the Islamic Republic of Iran
Document Number: 2014-01580
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-01-28
Agency: Department of State
On November 24, 2013, the United States and its partners in the P5+1France, the United Kingdom, Russia, China, and Germany reached an initial understanding with Iran that halts progress on its nuclear program and rolls it back in key respects. In return, the P5+1 committed to provide limited, temporary, and targeted sanctions relief to Iran. This Notice outlines the U.S. Government (USG) actions taken to implement the sanctions relief aspects of this understanding.
Public Meeting on the Proposed Heeia Site for a National Estuarine Research Reserve in Hawaii
Document Number: 2014-01578
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-01-28
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The Office of Planning, Hawaii Coastal Zone Management Program and the University of Hawaii with the support of the Estuarine Reserves Division of the Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (OCRM), National Ocean Service (NOS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), U.S. Department of Commerce, will hold a public meeting for the purpose of receiving comments on the preliminary recommendation that the Heeia estuary be proposed for designation as a National Estuarine Research Reserve in Hawaii.
National Freight Advisory Committee: Notice of Public Webinar Meeting
Document Number: 2014-01577
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-01-28
Agency: Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary
This notice announces a public meeting of the National Freight Advisory Committee (NFAC). The NFAC will provide information, advice, and recommendations to the U.S. Secretary of Transportation on matters relating to U.S. freight transportation, including implementation of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21), Public Law 112-141.
Global Markets Advisory Committee
Document Number: 2014-01575
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-01-28
Agency: Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announces that on February 12, 2014, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., the Global Markets Advisory Committee (GMAC) will hold a public meeting at the CFTC's Washington, DC, headquarters. The GMAC will discuss the CFTC staff's advisory issued on November 14, 2013, related to the CFTC's cross- border guidance addressing the applicability of certain Commission regulations.
Polyvinyl Alcohol From Taiwan: Notice of Court Decision Not in Harmony With Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Revocation of Antidumping Duty Order
Document Number: 2014-01574
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-01-28
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
On December 18, 2013, the United States Court of International Trade (the Court or CIT) sustained the Department of Commerce's (the Department) final results of the remand redetermination relating to the less than fair value investigation of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) from Taiwan, in Chang Chun Petrochemical Co. Ltd. v. United States, Court No. 11-00095, Slip. Op. 13-151 (CIT 2013). Consistent with the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) in Timken Co. v. United States, 893 F.2d 337 (Fed. Cir. 1990) (Timken), as clarified by Diamond Sawblades Mfrs. Coalition v. United States, 626 F.3d 1374 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (Diamond Sawblades), the Department is notifying the public that the final CIT judgment in this case is not in harmony with the Department's Final Determination and is amending its Final Determination in the investigation of PVA from Taiwan covering the period of investigation (POI) of July 1, 2003, through June 30, 2004, with respect to the weighted-average dumping margin assigned to Chang Chun Petrochemical Co. Ltd. (CCPC).\1\
Additional Designations, Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act
Document Number: 2014-01571
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-01-28
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control
The U.S. Department of the Treasury 's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the name of one individual whose property and interests in property has been blocked pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (``Kingpin Act'') (21 U.S.C. 1901-1908, 8 U.S.C. 1182).
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Document Number: 2014-01570
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-01-28
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request: Guidance on Sound Incentive Compensation Policies
Document Number: 2014-01569
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-01-28
Agency: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Agencies and Commissions
In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35), the FDIC may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, the FDIC invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on renewal of an existing information collection, as required by the PRA. On October 22, 2013 (78 FR 62632), the FDIC requested comment for 60 days on renewal of its information collection entitled Guidance on Sound Incentive Compensation Policies, which is currently approved under OMB Control No. 3064-0175. No comments were received on the proposal to renew. The FDIC hereby gives notice of submission to OMB of its request to renew the collection.
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Child Restraint Systems, Child Restraint Systems-Side Impact Protection, Incorporation by Reference
Document Number: 2014-01568
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2014-01-28
Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of Transportation
This NPRM proposes to amend Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 213, ``Child restraint systems,'' to adopt side impact performance requirements for all child restraint systems designed to seat children in a weight range that includes weights up to 18 kilograms (kg) (40 pounds (lb)). NHTSA is issuing this NPRM to ensure that child restraints provide a minimum level of protection in side impacts by effectively restraining the child, preventing harmful head contact with an intruding vehicle door or child restraint structure, and by attenuating crash forces to the child's head and chest. This NPRM is also issued toward fulfillment of a statutory mandate set forth in the ``Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act'' (July 6, 2012), directing the Secretary of Transportation to issue a final rule amending FMVSS No. 213 to improve the protection of children seated in child restraint systems during side impacts.
Privacy Act of 1974, CMS Computer Match No. 2013-03, HHS Computer Match No. 1314, SSA Computer Match No. 1048, IRS Project No. 241
Document Number: 2014-01566
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-01-28
Agency: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services
In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, this notice announces the establishment of a Computer Matching Program that CMS plans to conduct with the Social Security Administration (SSA) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), a Bureau of the Department of Treasury.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Public Comment Request
Document Number: 2014-01564
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-01-28
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration
In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects (Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995), the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announces plans to submit an Information Collection Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Prior to submitting the ICR to OMB, HRSA seeks comments from the public regarding the burden estimate, below, or any other aspect of the ICR.
Submission for OMB Review; 30-Day Comment Request; Multidisciplinary Treatment Planning (MTP) Within the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Community Cancer Centers Program
Document Number: 2014-01563
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-01-28
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for review and approval of the information collection listed below. This proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal Register on November 1, 2013, Vol. 78, P. 65675 and allowed 60-days for public comment. No public comments were received. The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment. The National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health, 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 control number. Direct Comments to OMB: Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the item(s) contained in this notice, especially regarding the estimated public burden and associated response time, should be directed to the: Office of Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory Affairs, OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov or by fax to 202-395-6974, Attention: NIH Desk Officer. Comment Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection are best assured of having their full effect if received within 30-days of the date of this publication.
Safety Zone; BWRC Southwest Showdown Three; Parker, AZ
Document Number: 2014-01562
Type: Rule
Date: 2014-01-28
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone within the Lake Moolvalya region of the navigable waters of the Colorado River in Parker, Arizona in support of the Blue Water Resort and Casino (BWRC) and Arizona Drag Boat Association Southwest Showdown Three high speed boat race. This safety zone is necessary to provide for the safety of the participants, crew, spectators, participating vessels, and other vessels and users of the waterway. Persons and vessels are prohibited from entering into, transiting through, or anchoring within this safety zone unless authorized by the Captain of the Port, or his designated representative.
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