June 11, 2014 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Department of the Air Force announces a proposed public information collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the information collection on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology.

The Director of the Caribbean Environmental Protection Division (CEPD), Environmental Protection AgencyRegion 2 (EPA), is issuing this Notice of a Draft National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) general permit, PRR040000/PRR04000F, for discharges from small municipal separate storm sewer systems (small MS4) from urbanized areas within the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to waters of the United States. This draft NPDES general permit establishes Notice of Intent (NOI) requirements, standards, prohibitions and management practices for discharges of storm water from small MS4s urbanized areas. A prior Notice of Availability of a draft general permit was issued by EPA in November 2005. EPA has substantially modified the draft general permit and is issuing a new draft general permit pursuant to 40 CFR part 124.

This notice announces a meeting of the DOE/NSF Nuclear Science Advisory Committee (NSAC). The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meetings be announced in the Federal Register.

In March 2004, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (the Agencies) jointly released a document entitled ``What You Need to Know About Mercury in Fish and Shellfish'' (the 2004 advice). FDA and EPA are now announcing a draft update that contains both advice and supplemental questions and answers for those who want to understand the advice in greater detail. FDA and EPA are establishing a public docket and seeking public comment on both the substance of the advice and how best to frame the advice for consumers so that it is both understandable and influential. In addition to inviting public comments, the Agencies intend to seek the input of the FDA Advisory Committee on Risk Communication in a meeting open to the public. The Agencies may also hold public meetings in various locations around the country. Information about any such meetings will be published in the Federal Register once dates and locations are confirmed.

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM or We) is announcing that the information collection request for the restriction on financial interests of State employees has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and reauthorization. The information collection package was previously approved and assigned clearance number 1029-0067. This notice describes the nature of the information collection activity and the expected burden and cost.

The Department of the Navy (DoN), after carefully weighing the purpose and need for the proposed action, the operational and readiness requirements, the manpower requirements and costs, and the potential environmental consequences of effects of the proposed action announces its decision to support and conduct the homebasing of P-8A squadrons as identified in Alternative 1 in the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS). Alternative 1 provides for the homebasing of six fleet squadrons and the Fleet Replacement Squadron at Naval Air Station (NAS) Jacksonville, Florida, and six fleet squadrons at NAS Whidbey Island, Washington. This alternative also includes a permanent rotating squadron detachment at Marine Corps Base Hawaii Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, with periodic squadron detachments to Naval Base Coronado, California.

The inventions listed below are assigned to the United States Government as represented by the Secretary of the Navy and are made available for licensing by the Department of the Navy. The following inventions are available for licensing: Navy Case No. 102004: Symmetric schema instantiation method for use in a case-based reasoning system//Navy Case No. 102005: Process of fabricating transparent interferometric visible spectrum modulator//Navy Case No. 102010: System and method for producing a sample having a monotonic doping gradient of a diffusive constituent or interstitial atom or molecule//Navy Case No. 102018: Transmission security method using random chirp rate modulation//Navy Case No. 102019: System and method for acceleration effect correction using turbo-encoded data with cyclic redundancy check//Navy Case No. 102027: Correlated GPS pseudo range error estimation method//Navy Case No. 102041: Automated process for synthesis of carbon nanotubes in air//Navy Case No. 102059: Surface sediment core catcher//Navy Case No. 102077: Reinforcement learning- based distributed network routing method utilizing integrated tracking and selective sweeping//Navy Case No. 102084: Method for creating free standing nano-perforated graphene filter//Navy Case No. 102095: Method for determining the rotation rate of a resonator using a periodic frequency comb//Navy Case No. 102144: Coherent wideband channel generation from multiple received channels//Navy Case No. 102146: Flexible, low profile kink resistant fiber optic spice tension sleeve//Navy Case No. 102148: Acoustic airspeed measurement system and method//Navy Case No. 102179: Dipole moment term for an electrically small antenna//Navy Case No. 102193: Method and apparatus for measurement of physical properties of matter under simultaneous control of radio frequency and variable temperatures//Navy Case No. 102215: Sensor signal processing using cascade coupled oscillators//Navy Case No. 102247: Ping control optimization method for multi-static active acoustic networks//Navy Case No. 102274: Reduced profile leaky wave antenna//Navy Case No. 102285: Bearing-only tracking for horizontal linear arrays with rapid, accurate initiation and a robust track accuracy threshold//Navy Case No. 102297: 2D arrays of diamond shaped cells having multiple Josephson junctions//Navy Case No. 102300: Composable situational awareness visualization system//Navy Case No. 102316: Non-data-aided joint time and frequency offset estimation method for OFDM systems using channel order based regression//Navy Case No. 102389: Steerable parasitic antenna array//Navy Case No. 102478: Beta voltaic semiconductor diode fabricated from a radioisotope//Navy Case No. 102533: Method of maintaining an ad hoc communications network between a base and a mobile platform//Navy Case No. 102552: Noise-assisted reprogrammable nanomechanical logic gate and method//Navy Case No. 102560: System for amplifying flow-induced vibration energy using boundary layer and wake flow control//Navy Case No. 102585: Magnetic microparticles used for extraction of chemical and biological agents//Navy Case No. 102591: Buoyancy assisted motor-generator//Navy Case No. 102601: Bacteria identification by phage induced impedance fluctuation analysis//Navy Case No. 102603: Method for bathymetric navigation chart validation// Navy Case No. 102604: Algorithm for extraction of atmospheric channel parameters based on imaging theory and image quality//Navy Case No. 102678: Variable buoyancy buoy and deployment methods//Navy Case No. 102679: Self-stabilizing buoy and deployment methods//Navy Case No. 102776: Device for maximizing packing density with cylindrical objects in cylindrical cavities//Navy Case No. 102777: Method of extrinsic camera calibration utilizing a laser beam//Navy Case No. 102778: Thermal stabilization method for silicon circuits//Navy Case No. 102786: Systems and methods for real-time horizon detection in images// Navy Case No. 102880: Communication assets survey and mapping tool// Navy Case No. 102901: Method for analyzing GUI design affordances//Navy Case No. 102903: Biased estimation of symbol timing offset in OFDM systems//Navy Case No. 102955: Layered superconductor device.

The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) sponsored information collection request (ICR) titled, ``Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 1996-62, Process for Expedited Approval of an Exemption for Prohibited Transaction,'' to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval for continued use, without change, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. Public comments on the ICR are invited.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of the guidance entitled ``Global Unique Device Identification Database (GUDID): Guidance for Industry''. FDA has updated sections of the document, ``Global Unique Device Identification (GUDID): Draft Guidance for Industry'' in order to finalize the sections with the most questions from GUDID submitters. The guidance includes information about how device labelers (in most instances, the device manufacturer) will interface with the GUDID by establishing GUDID accounts and beginning their initial submissions. Draft guidance sections on the device identifier (DI) module have not been finalized in this document and will be addressed in a future document.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined the regulatory review period for Vandetanib and is publishing this notice of that determination as required by law. FDA has made the determination because of the submission of an application to the Director of Patents and Trademarks, Department of Commerce, for the extension of a patent which claims that human drug product.

The Department of Agriculture (USDA) is adopting, as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that decreased the assessment rate established for the California Olive Committee (Committee) for the 2014 and subsequent fiscal years from $21.16 to $15.21 per ton of assessable olives handled. The Committee locally administers the marketing order, which regulates the handling of olives grown in California. Assessments upon olive handlers are used by the Committee to fund reasonable and necessary expenses of the program. The fiscal year began January 1 and ends December 31. The assessment rate will remain in effect indefinitely unless modified, suspended, or terminated.

The Hispanic Council on Federal Employment (Council) is cancelling the June 19, 2014 Council meeting and will hold its next Council meetings on July 15 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. at the location shown below. The Council is an advisory committee composed of representatives from Hispanic organizations and senior government officials. Along with its other responsibilities, the Council shall advise the Director of the Office of Personnel Management on matters involving the recruitment, hiring, and advancement of Hispanics in the Federal workforce. The Council is co-chaired by the Chief of Staff of the Office of Personnel Management and the Chair of the National Hispanic Leadership Agenda (NHLA). The meeting is open to the public. Please contact the Office of Personnel Management at the address shown below if you wish to present material to the Council at any of the meetings. The manner and time prescribed for presentations may be limited, depending upon the number of parties that express interest in presenting information. Location: U.S. Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E St. NW., Washington, DC 20415.

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the U.S. Coast Guard intends to submit an Information Collection Request (ICRs) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), requesting approval of a revision to the following collection of information: 1625-0005, Application and Permit to Handle Hazardous Materials. Our ICR describes the information we seek to collect from the public. Before submitting this ICR to OIRA, the Coast Guard is inviting comments as described below.

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 the U.S. Coast Guard is forwarding Information Collection Requests (ICRs), abstracted below, to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), requesting approval of a revision to the following collection of information: 1625-0008, Regattas and Marine Parades. Review and comments by OIRA ensure we only impose paperwork burdens commensurate with our performance of duties.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry entitled ``Drug Supply Chain Security Act Implementation: Identification of Suspect Product and Notification.'' The draft guidance addresses new provisions in the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the FD&C Act), as amended by the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA). The draft guidance is intended to aid certain trading partners (manufacturers, repackagers, wholesale distributors, and dispensers) in identifying a suspect product and terminating notifications regarding illegitimate product. This draft guidance identifies specific scenarios that could significantly increase the risk of a suspect product entering the pharmaceutical distribution supply chain; provides recommendations on how trading partners can identify the product and determine whether the product is a suspect product as soon as practicable; and for product that has been determined to be illegitimate, or (for manufacturers) has a high risk of illegitimacy, sets forth the process by which trading partners should notify FDA of illegitimate product and how they must terminate the notifications, in consultation with FDA.

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.