January 2014 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

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Academic Research Council Solicitation of Applications for Membership
Document Number: 2014-01607
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-01-29
Agency: Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection
Section 1013(b)(1) of the Consumer Financial Protection Act, 12 U.S.C. 5493(b)(1), establishes the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (``Bureau'') Office of Research and assigns to it the responsibility of researching, analyzing, and reporting on topics relating to the Bureau's mission, including developments in markets for consumer financial products and services, consumer awareness, and consumer behavior. The Bureau established the Academic Research Council as a technical advisory body comprised of scholars to provide the Office of Research with guidance as it performs its responsibilities. Director Richard Cordray invites qualified individuals to apply for appointment to the Academic Research Council. Appointments to the Council are typically for two years. However, the Director may amend the Council charter from time to time during the charter terms, as the Director deems necessary to accomplish the purpose of the Council. There are two vacancies on the Academic Research Council. Bureau expects to announce the selection of new members in March 2014.
Export Administration Regulations: Editorial Clean-Up of References to Foreign Trade Regulations
Document Number: 2014-01604
Type: Rule
Date: 2014-01-29
Agency: Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to harmonize it with revisions made to the Census Bureau's Foreign Trade Regulations (FTR) by correcting citations, nomenclature, and procedures set forth in the EAR.
Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Hillsborough River, Tampa, FL
Document Number: 2014-01600
Type: Rule
Date: 2014-01-29
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard has issued a temporary deviation from the operating schedule that governs the Hillsborough Avenue Bridge across the Hillsborough River, mile 4.8, at Tampa, Florida, to facilitate repairs. The deviation is necessary to provide repair personnel the time needed to safely remove equipment on the bridge prior to opening. This deviation allows the bridge a limited opening providing 20 feet of vertical clearance if four hours advanced notice is given. Special arrangements with the bridge owner can be made for full openings.
Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC) Meeting Notice
Document Number: 2014-01584
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-01-29
Agency: Department of State
Agency Information Collection Activities: Information Collection Renewal; Submission for OMB Review; Record and Disclosure Requirements
Document Number: 2014-01365
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-01-29
Agency: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
The OCC, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on the renewal of an information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. The OCC is soliciting comment concerning the renewal of an information collection titled, ``Record and Disclosure Requirements Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Regulations B, C, E, M, Z, and DD and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Regulation CC.'' The OCC is also giving notice that it is sending the collection to OMB for review.
Indaziflam; Pesticide Tolerances
Document Number: 2014-01363
Type: Rule
Date: 2014-01-29
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of indaziflam in or on coffee, banana, and palm oil. Bayer Crop Science requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).
Multiemployer Plans; Valuation and Notice Requirements
Document Number: 2014-01337
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2014-01-29
Agency: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, Agencies and Commissions
PBGC is proposing to amend its multiemployer regulations to make the provision of information to PBGC and plan participants more efficient and effective and to reduce burden on plans and sponsors. The amendments would reduce the number of actuarial valuations required for certain small terminated but not insolvent plans, shorten the advance notice filing requirements for mergers in situations that do not involve a compliance determination, and remove certain insolvency notice and update requirements. The amendments are a result of PBGC's regulatory review under Executive Order 13563 (Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review).
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Payment in Local Currency (Afghanistan) (DFARS Case 2013-D029)
Document Number: 2014-01278
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2014-01-29
Agency: Defense Acquisition Regulations System, Department of Defense
DoD is proposing to amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to incorporate into the DFARS policies and procedures concerning payment for contracts for performance in Afghanistan.
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Storage, Treatment, and Disposal of Toxic or Hazardous Materials-Statutory Update (DFARS Case 2013-D013)
Document Number: 2014-01277
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2014-01-29
Agency: Defense Acquisition Regulations System, Department of Defense
DoD is proposing to amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to conform with statute, amend the clause prescriptions, and update the basic and alternate clause for the prohibition on storage, treatment, and disposal of toxic or hazardous materials.
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Limitation on Use of Cost-Reimbursement Line Items (DFARS Case 2013-D016)
Document Number: 2014-01276
Type: Rule
Date: 2014-01-29
Agency: Defense Acquisition Regulations System, Department of Defense
DoD is issuing an interim rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement a section of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013, which prohibits DoD from entering into cost-type contracts for production of major defense acquisition programs.
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Proposal Adequacy Checklist Revision (DFARS Case 2013-D033)
Document Number: 2014-01274
Type: Rule
Date: 2014-01-29
Agency: Defense Acquisition Regulations System, Department of Defense
DoD is issuing a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to remove a redundant item from the solicitation provision, Proposal Adequacy Checklist.
Pesticides; Consideration of Spray Drift in Pesticide Risk Assessment: Notice of Availability and Request for Comment
Document Number: 2014-01234
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-01-29
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA is announcing the availability of two draft guidance documents for public comment. These documents describe how off-site spray drift will be evaluated for ecological and human health risk assessments for pesticides. Once final, these guidance documents will be posted on EPA's Web site, to ensure consistent risk assessment practices and provide transparency for pesticide registrants and other interested stakeholders.
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.
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