May 5, 2014 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Surveying, Leveling, or Alignment Laser Products; Draft Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff; Availability
Document Number: 2014-10189
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-05-05
Agency: Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
The Food and Drug administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of the draft guidance entitled ``Surveying, Leveling, or Alignment Laser Products.'' This draft guidance, in question and answer format, is intended for manufacturers of laser products and outlines the FDA's proposed approach regarding the applicability of FDA's performance standard regulations to surveying, leveling, or alignment (SLA) laser products. SLA lasers are a subcategory of specific-purpose laser products that transmit laser radiation through open space for surveying, alignment, or leveling purposes. The draft guidance is not final nor is in effect at this time.
Black Hills National Forest Advisory Board
Document Number: 2014-10188
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-05-05
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Forest Service
The U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service intends to re-establish the Black Hills National Forest Advisory Board (Board). The purpose is to obtain advice and recommendations on a broad range of forest issues such as forest plan revisions or amendments, forest health including fire management and mountain pine beetle infestations, travel management, forest monitoring and evaluation, recreation fees, and site-specific projects having forest wide implications. The Forest Service is also seeking nominations for individuals to be considered as committee members. The public is invited to submit nominations for membership.
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
Document Number: 2014-10187
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-05-05
Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services
Independent Review Panel on Military Medical Construction Standards; Notice of Federal Advisory Committee Meeting
Document Number: 2014-10186
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-05-05
Agency: Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary
The Department of Defense is publishing this notice to announce the following Federal Advisory Committee meeting of the Independent Review Panel on Military Medical Construction Standards (``the Panel'').
Comment Request for Information Collection for Form ETA-9089, Application for Permanent Employment Certification (OMB Control Number 1205-0451), Extension of Currently Approved Collection
Document Number: 2014-10185
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-05-05
Agency: Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor
The Department of Labor (DOL), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program helps ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format, reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized, collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed. Currently, ETA is soliciting comments concerning the collection of data about Form ETA-9089, Application for Permanent Employment Certification (OMB Control Number 1205-0451), which expires August 31, 2014. The form is used in DOL's employment-based immigration program by employers to request permission to bring foreign workers to the United States as immigrants, and in the Department of Homeland Security's National Interest Waiver (NIW) program by individuals applying for a waiver of the job offer requirement if the waiver is deemed to be in the national interest.
Notice of Meeting, Front Range Resource Advisory Council
Document Number: 2014-10184
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-05-05
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Front Range Resource Advisory Council (RAC), will meet as indicated below.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection; eComments Requested; Notice of Appeal From a Decision of an Immigration Judge
Document Number: 2014-10183
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-05-05
Agency: Department of Justice
The Department of Justice (DOJ), Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal Register Volume 79, Number 37, page 10563, on February 25, 2014, allowing for a 60 day comment period.
Notice of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Advisory Committee Meeting
Document Number: 2014-10182
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-05-05
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Advisory Committee (GSENMAC) will meet as indicated below.
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Initiation of a 5-Year Status Review of the Short-Tailed Albatross
Document Number: 2014-10181
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-05-05
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, are initiating a 5- year status review under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), of the short-tailed albatross. A 5-year status review is based on the best scientific and commercial data available at the time of the review; therefore, we are requesting submission of any such information that has become available since the last review for the species.
Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of Customs and Border Protection (COAC)
Document Number: 2014-10180
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-05-05
Agency: Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
The Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of Customs and Border Protection (COAC) will meet on May 22, 2014, in Miami, FL. The meeting will be open to the public.
Record of Decision for the KC-46A Formal Training Unit (FTU) and First Main Operating Base (MOB 1) Beddown Final Environmental Impact Statement
Document Number: 2014-10176
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-05-05
Agency: Department of Defense, Department of the Air Force
On April 22, 2014, the United States Air Force signed the ROD for the KC-46A Formal Training Unit (FTU) and First Main Operating Base (MOB 1) Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS). The ROD states the Air Force decision to implement the Preffered Alternative to beddown eight (8) KC-46A Primary aircraft authorized (PAA) with associated construction at Altus Air Force Base (AFB) for the FTU and beddown thirtysix (36) KC-46A PAA with associated construction at McConnell AFB for MOB-1. The decision was based on matters discussed in the FEIS, inputs from the public and regulatory agencies, and other relevant factors. The FEIS was made available to the public on March 21, 2014 through a NOA in the Federal Register (Volume 79, Number 55, Page 15741) with a wait period that ended on April 21, 2014. The ROD documents only the decision of the Air Force with respect to the proposed Air Force actions analyzed in the FEIS. Authority: This NOA is published pursuant to the regulations (40 CFR Part 1506.6) implementing the provisions of the NEPA of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321, et seq.) and the Air Force's Environmental Impact Analysis Process (EIAP) (32 CFR Parts 989.21(b) and 989.24(b)(7)).
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Weather Modification Activities Reports
Document Number: 2014-10174
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-05-05
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; NIST Summer Institute for Middle School Science Teachers and NIST Research Experience for Teachers Application Requirements
Document Number: 2014-10173
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-05-05
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology
The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: 2014-10172
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-05-05
Agency: Department of Commerce
Notice of Determinations Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
Document Number: 2014-10167
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-05-05
Agency: Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor
Investigations Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
Document Number: 2014-10165
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-05-05
Agency: Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor
Notice on Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sales
Document Number: 2014-10164
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-05-05
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
Pursuant to the authority vested in the Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management by the joint bidding provisions of 30 CFR 556.41, each entity within one of the following groups are restricted from bidding with any entity in any of the other following groups at Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas lease sales to be held during the bidding period May 1, 2014, through October 31, 2014. This List of Restricted Joint Bidders will cover the period May 1, 2014, through October 31, 2014, and replace the prior list published on October 28, 2013, which covered the period of November 1, 2013, through April 30, 2014.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Other Utility/Contractor/Vendor Worker Access Request Form
Document Number: 2014-10163
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-05-05
Agency: Bonneville Power Administration, Department of Energy
BPA is submitting to OMB for clearance, a proposal for the collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed collection will allow BPA to gather information from contractors and service vendors, to be used by BPA to document compliance with NERC Standard CIP-004-3 by maintaining a list of personnel given authorized cyber access or unescorted physical access into BPA's Critical Cyber Assets, based on those personnel having the appropriate level of personnel risk assessment, training, and security awareness.
Information Collection; Certified State Mediation Program
Document Number: 2014-10161
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-05-05
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Farm Service Agency (FSA) is requesting comments from all interested individuals and organizations on an extension with a revision of a currently approved information collection that supports the Certified State Mediation Program. The information collection is necessary to ensure that the grant program is administered properly. The collection of information is used to determine whether participants meet the eligibility requirements to be a recipient of grant funds. Lack of adequate information to make the determination could result in the improper administration of Federal grant funds.
Suspension of Community Eligibility
Document Number: 2014-10158
Type: Rule
Date: 2014-05-05
Agency: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
This rule identifies communities where the sale of flood insurance has been authorized under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) that are scheduled for suspension on the effective dates listed within this rule because of noncompliance with the floodplain management requirements of the program. If the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) receives documentation that the community has adopted the required floodplain management measures prior to the effective suspension date given in this rule, the suspension will not occur and a notice of this will be provided by publication in the Federal Register on a subsequent date. Also, information identifying the current participation status of a community can be obtained from FEMA's Community Status Book (CSB). The CSB is available at https:// www.fema.gov/fema/csb.shtm.
Final Flood Elevation Determinations
Document Number: 2014-10157
Type: Rule
Date: 2014-05-05
Agency: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
Base (1% annual-chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and modified BFEs are made final for the communities listed below. The BFEs and modified BFEs are the basis for the floodplain management measures that each community is required either to adopt or to show evidence of being already in effect in order to qualify or remain qualified for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).
Final Flood Elevation Determinations
Document Number: 2014-10156
Type: Rule
Date: 2014-05-05
Agency: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
Base (1% annual-chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and modified BFEs are made final for the communities listed below. The BFEs and modified BFEs are the basis for the floodplain management measures that each community is required either to adopt or to show evidence of being already in effect in order to qualify or remain qualified for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).
Enrollment and Retention of Participants in NIH-Funded Clinical Trials-Notice of Meeting
Document Number: 2014-10154
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-05-05
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will hold a teleconference with interested stakeholders to gather perspectives on issues related to the enrollment and retention of research participants in NIH-funded clinical trials. The stakeholder input will inform the planning of an NIH workshop on this topic that will be scheduled this summer.
Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Under OMB Review
Document Number: 2014-10153
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-05-05
Agency: Small Business Administration, Agencies and Commissions
The Small Business Administration (SBA) is publishing this notice to comply with requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), which requires agencies to submit proposed reporting and recordkeeping requirements to OMB for review and approval, and to publish a notice in the Federal Register notifying the public that the agency has made such a submission. This notice also allows an additional 30 days for public comments.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Notice of Closed Meeting
Document Number: 2014-10152
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-05-05
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Under OMB Review
Document Number: 2014-10150
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-05-05
Agency: Small Business Administration, Agencies and Commissions
The Small Business Administration (SBA) is publishing this notice to comply with requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), which requires agencies to submit proposed reporting and recordkeeping requirements to OMB for review and approval, and to publish a notice in the Federal Register notifying the public that the agency has made such a submission. This notice also allows an additional 30 days for public comments.
Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Under OMB Review
Document Number: 2014-10149
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-05-05
Agency: Small Business Administration, Agencies and Commissions
The Small Business Administration (SBA) is publishing this notice to comply with requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), which requires agencies to submit proposed reporting and recordkeeping requirements to OMB for review and approval, and to publish a notice in the Federal Register notifying the public that the agency has made such a submission. This notice also allows an additional 30 days for public comments.
Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel (SEP): Initial Review
Document Number: 2014-10145
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-05-05
Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services
This document corrects a notice that was published in the Federal Register on April 17, 2014 (79 FR 21759). The time and date should read as follows:
Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel (SEP): Initial Review
Document Number: 2014-10144
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-05-05
Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services
This document corrects a notice that was published in the Federal Register on April 17, 2014 (79 FR 21759-21760). The time and date should read as follows:
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Document Number: 2014-10142
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-05-05
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; New Collection Certification of Compliance With the Statutory Eligibility Requirements of the Violence Against Women Act as Amended and the Prison Rape Elimination Act for Applicants to the STOP (Services* Training* Officers* Prosecutors) Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program
Document Number: 2014-10126
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-05-05
Agency: Department of Justice
The Department of Justice (DOJ), Office on Violence Against Women, will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal Register Volume 79, Number 17, page 10557, on February 25, 2014, allowing for a 60 day comment period.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; New Collection OVW Peer Reviewer Database
Document Number: 2014-10125
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-05-05
Agency: Department of Justice
The Department of Justice (DOJ), Office on Violence Against Women, will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed information collection is published to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies.
Radio Broadcasting Services; Toquerville, Utah
Document Number: 2014-10124
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2014-05-05
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
This document requests comments on a Petition for Rule Making filed by JER Licenses, LLC, winning bidder in Auction 93 for Channel 281C3 at Peach Spring, Arizona. The petition proposes the substitution of Channel 246C for vacant Channel 280C at Toquerville, Utah to accommodate the hybrid application requesting the downgrade of the new FM station, from Channel 281C3 to Chanel 280A at Peach Springs, Arizona. A staff engineering analysis indicates that Channel 246C can be allotted to Toquerville, Utah consistent with the minimum distance separation requirements of the Commission's Rules with a site restriction located 46.7 kilometers (29 miles) northeast of Toquerville. The reference coordinates are 37-34-28 NL and 112-56-33 WL.
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Delaware; Regional Haze Five-Year Progress Report State Implementation Plan
Document Number: 2014-10111
Type: Rule
Date: 2014-05-05
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Delaware through the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC). Delaware's SIP revision addresses requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA) and EPA's rules that require states to submit periodic reports describing progress towards reasonable progress goals (RPGs) established for regional haze and a determination of the adequacy of the state's existing implementation plan addressing regional haze (regional haze SIP). EPA is approving Delaware's SIP revision on the basis that it addresses the progress report and adequacy determination requirements for the first implementation period for regional haze.
Energy Conservation Program: Certification of Commercial Heating, Ventilation, and Air-Conditioning (HVAC), Water Heating (WH), and Refrigeration (CRE) Equipment
Document Number: 2014-10085
Type: Rule
Date: 2014-05-05
Agency: Department of Energy
The U.S. Department of Energy is revising and expanding its existing regulations governing certifying compliance with the applicable energy conservation standards and the reporting of related ratings for commercial heating, ventilating, air-conditioning (HVAC), water heating (WH), and refrigeration equipment covered by EPCA. As part of this final rule, DOE is revising the information certified to the Department for each basic model of commercial HVAC, WH, and refrigeration equipment to reflect the negotiated outcomes of the Commercial Certification Working Group.
Notice of Funding Availability for the Rural Energy for America Program
Document Number: 2014-10054
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-05-05
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Rural Business-Cooperative Service
This Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) announces the acceptance of applications under the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) for Fiscal Year 2014 for financial assistance as follows: grants, guaranteed loans, and combined grants and guaranteed loans for the development and construction of renewable energy systems and for energy efficiency improvement projects. The Notice also announces the availability of mandatory budget authority carried over from Fiscal Year 2013 of approximately $24.7 million and $3.5 million of discretionary budget authority made available by Fiscal Year 2014 appropriations. The budget authority will support the above referenced REAP activities, for approximately $12.38 million in grant program level and approximately $57.8 million in guaranteed loan program level. The funding being announced does not include mandatory funding provided by the Agricultural Act of 2014 (2014 Farm Bill). The Rural Business- Cooperative Service (Agency) intends to publish a final rule for REAP later this fiscal year. The final rule will modify the interim rule for REAP based on comments received on the interim rule, which was published in the Federal Register on April 14, 2011 (76 FR 21110), and the proposed rule, which was published on April 12, 2013 (78 FR 22044). The Agency will publish a subsequent notice announcing the mandatory funds for fiscal year 2014 provided by the 2014 Farm Bill simultaneously with the final rule. The 2014 Farm Bill repealed the authority for the feasibility study component of REAP and also removed the ability to provide assistance for flexible fuel pumps. Therefore applications for flexible fuel pumps and feasibility studies will not be determined eligible or awarded funds in Fiscal Year 2014 under REAP.
Political Activity-State or Local Officers or Employees; Federal Employees Residing in Designated Localities; Federal Employees
Document Number: 2014-09628
Type: Rule
Date: 2014-05-05
Agency: Office of Personnel Management
OPM is issuing a final rule to incorporate in its political activity regulations the amendments to the Hatch Act added by the Hatch Act Modernization Act of 2012. The final rule also updates the contact information for the United States Office of Special Counsel, the Federal agency authorized by statute to investigate and prosecute allegations of Hatch Act violations, and to issue advisory opinions concerning permitted and prohibited political activities under the Hatch Act. Finally, the final rule updates our regulations to conform to current Federal employee political activity provisions.
Technical Amendments to Inadvertent Errors in Air Quality Designations for Fine Particles, Ozone, Lead, Nitrogen Dioxide and Sulfur Dioxide
Document Number: 2014-09272
Type: Rule
Date: 2014-05-05
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking direct final action to make technical amendments to address several minor, inadvertent and nonsubstantive errors in the regulatory text establishing the air quality designations for certain areas in fourteen states for the 1997 Fine Particles (PM2.5) National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS), the 2008 Ozone NAAQS, the 2008 Lead NAAQS, the 2010 Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) NAAQS and the 2010 Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) NAAQS. The states are: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Tennessee, Washington and Wisconsin. This action does not change the designation for any area.
Technical Amendments to Inadvertent Errors in Air Quality Designations for Fine Particles, Ozone, Lead, Nitrogen Dioxide and Sulfur Dioxide
Document Number: 2014-09271
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2014-05-05
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This action proposes technical amendments to address several minor, inadvertent and nonsubstantive errors in the regulatory text establishing the air quality designations for certain areas in fourteen states for the 1997 Fine Particles (PM2.5) National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS), the 2008 Ozone NAAQS, the 2008 Lead NAAQS, the 2010 Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) NAAQS and the 2010 Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) NAAQS. The states are: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Tennessee, Washington and Wisconsin. This action does not propose to change the designation for any area. In the ``Rules'' section of this Federal Register, we are making the same technical amendments as a direct final rule without a prior proposed rule. If we receive no adverse comment, we will not take further action on this proposed rule.
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