June 13, 2014 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Reader Aids
Document Number: FR-2014-06-13-ReaderAids
Type: Reader Aids
Date: 2014-06-13
Sunshine Act Meeting
Document Number: 2014-14067
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-06-13
Agency: Broadcasting Board of Governors, Agencies and Commissions
The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) will be meeting at the time and location listed above. The Board will vote on a consent agenda consisting of the minutes of the April 11, 2014 meeting and a resolution honoring a former member for her service on the Board. The Board will also discuss and consider a resolution on Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty's Balkan Service. The BBG will receive a presentation providing an overview of the Office of Cuba Broadcasting and convene a panel to discuss the challenges and road to a Latin America democracy. This meeting will be available for public observation via streamed webcast, both live and on-demand, on the BBG's public Web site at www.bbg.gov. Information regarding this meeting, including any updates or adjustments to its starting time, can also be found on the Agency's public Web site. The public may also attend this meeting in person at the address listed above as seating capacity permits. Member of the public seeking to attend the meeting in person must register at https:// bbgboardmeetingjune2014.eventbrite.com by 12:00 p.m. (e.s.t.) on June 19. For more information regarding viewing the meeting online or attending it in person, please contact BBG Public Affairs at (202) 203- 4400 or by email at pubaff@bbg.gov.
LifeHealthCare, Inc., Smartlinx, Inc., and Total Apparel Group, Inc.; Order of Suspension of Trading
Document Number: 2014-13988
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-06-13
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Sunshine Act Meeting
Document Number: 2014-13968
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-06-13
Agency: Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Application for Recertification of Cook Inlet Regional Citizens' Advisory Council
Document Number: 2014-13928
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-06-13
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard announces the availability of, and seeks comments on, the application for recertification submitted by the Cook Inlet Regional Citizen's Advisory Council (CIRCAC) for September 1, 2014, through August 31, 2015. Under the Oil Terminal and Tanker Environmental Oversight Act of 1990, the Coast Guard may certify on an annual basis, an alternative voluntary advisory group in lieu of a Regional Citizens' Advisory Council for Cook Inlet, Alaska. This advisory group monitors the activities of terminal facilities and crude oil tankers under the Cook Inlet program established by the statute. The current certification for CIRCAC will expire August 31, 2014.
Changes in Flood Hazard Determinations
Document Number: 2014-13926
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-06-13
Agency: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
This notice lists communities where the addition or modification of Base Flood Elevations (BFEs), base flood depths, Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) boundaries or zone designations, or the regulatory floodway (hereinafter referred to as flood hazard determinations), as shown on the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), and where applicable, in the supporting Flood Insurance Study (FIS) reports, prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for each community, is appropriate because of new scientific or technical data. The FIRM, and where applicable, portions of the FIS report, have been revised to reflect these flood hazard determinations through issuance of a Letter of Map Revision (LOMR), in accordance with Title 44, Part 65 of the Code of Federal Regulations (44 CFR Part 65). The LOMR will be used by insurance agents and others to calculate appropriate flood insurance premium rates for new buildings and the contents of those buildings. For rating purposes, the currently effective community number is shown in the table below and must be used for all new policies and renewals.
Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations for Warren County, Pennsylvania (All Jurisdictions)
Document Number: 2014-13925
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2014-06-13
Agency: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is withdrawing its proposed rule concerning proposed flood elevation determinations for Warren County, Pennsylvania (All Jurisdictions).
Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations for McKean County, Pennsylvania (All Jurisdictions)
Document Number: 2014-13924
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2014-06-13
Agency: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is withdrawing its proposed rule concerning proposed flood elevation determinations for McKean County, Pennsylvania (All Jurisdictions).
Arkansas; Major Disaster and Related Determinations
Document Number: 2014-13922
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-06-13
Agency: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Arkansas (FEMA-4174-DR), dated April 29, 2014, and related determinations.
Tennessee; Amendment No. 1 to Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration
Document Number: 2014-13915
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-06-13
Agency: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Tennessee (FEMA-4171-DR), dated April 11, 2014, and related determinations.
New Addresses and Telephone Numbers for Regional Offices; Jurisdictional Changes
Document Number: 2014-13914
Type: Rule
Date: 2014-06-13
Agency: Federal Labor Relations Authority, Agencies and Commissions
This document amends regulations of the Federal Labor Relations Authority and the General Counsel of the Federal Labor Relations Authority to reflect changes in the addresses and phone numbers of Regional Offices, and to provide for changes in the geographical jurisdictions of five of the seven Regional Directors concerning unfair labor practice charges and representation petitions.
Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Lake Washington, Seattle, WA
Document Number: 2014-13904
Type: Rule
Date: 2014-06-13
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard has issued a temporary deviation from the operating schedule that governs the Evergreen Point Floating (State Route 520 (SR 520)) Bridge across Lake Washington at Seattle, WA. This deviation is necessary to accommodate University of Washington commencement ceremony traffic. This deviation allows the bridge to remain in the closed position to allow safe movement of event participants.
Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition; Determinations: “Mysticism and Music in Iran: The Art of Ostad Elahi (1895-1974)”
Document Number: 2014-13903
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-06-13
Agency: Department of State
Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of October 1, 1999, and Delegation of Authority No. 236-3 of August 28, 2000 (and, as appropriate, Delegation of Authority No. 257 of April 15, 2003), I hereby determine that the objects to be included in the exhibition ``Mysticism and Music in Iran: The Art of Ostad Elahi (1895-1974),'' imported from abroad for temporary exhibition within the United States, are of cultural significance. The objects are imported pursuant to loan agreements with the foreign owners or custodians. I also determine that the exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, from on or about August 4, 2014, until on or about January 11, 2015, and at possible additional exhibitions or venues yet to be determined, is in the national interest. I have ordered that Public Notice of these Determinations be published in the Federal Register.
Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: “Ancient Luxury and the Roman Silver Treasure From Berthouville”
Document Number: 2014-13902
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-06-13
Agency: Department of State
Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of October 1, 1999, and Delegation of Authority No. 236-3 of August 28, 2000 (and, as appropriate, Delegation of Authority No. 257 of April 15, 2003), I hereby determine that the objects to be included in the exhibition ``Ancient Luxury and the Roman Silver Treasure from Berthouville,'' imported from abroad for temporary exhibition within the United States, are of cultural significance. The objects are imported pursuant to a loan agreement with the foreign owner or custodian. I also determine that the exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California, from on or about November 19, 2014, until on or about August 17, 2015, and at possible additional exhibitions or venues yet to be determined, is in the national interest. I have ordered that Public Notice of these Determinations be published in the Federal Register.
Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: “Monet and the Seine: Impressions of a River”
Document Number: 2014-13901
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-06-13
Agency: Department of State
Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of October 1, 1999, and Delegation of Authority No. 236-3 of August 28, 2000 (and, as appropriate, Delegation of Authority No. 257 of April 15, 2003), I hereby determine that the objects to be included in the exhibition ``Monet and the Seine: Impressions of a River,'' imported from abroad for temporary exhibition within the United States, are of cultural significance. The objects are imported pursuant to loan agreements with the foreign owners or custodians. I also determine that the exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at the Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma, from on or about June 29, 2014, until on or about September 21, 2014, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, Texas, from on or about October 26, 2014, until on or about February 1, 2015, and at possible additional exhibitions or venues yet to be determined, is in the national interest. I have ordered that Public Notice of these Determinations be published in the Federal Register.
Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability
Document Number: 2014-13899
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-06-13
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans; Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-Employer Plans; Interest Assumptions for Valuing and Paying Benefits
Document Number: 2014-13896
Type: Rule
Date: 2014-06-13
Agency: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, Agencies and Commissions
This final rule amends the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's regulations on Benefits Payable in Terminated Single- Employer Plans and Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans to prescribe interest assumptions under the benefit payments regulation for valuation dates in July 2014 and interest assumptions under the asset allocation regulation for valuation dates in the third quarter of 2014. The interest assumptions are used for valuing and paying benefits under terminating single-employer plans covered by the pension insurance system administered by PBGC.
Applications for New Awards; Elementary and Secondary School Counseling Programs
Document Number: 2014-13895
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-06-13
Agency: Department of Education
For certain applicants, the Department reopens the Elementary and Secondary School Counseling Programs grant competition to extend the deadline for submitting applications and the deadline for intergovernmental review. On April 27 and 28, 2014, certain prospective applicants were adversely affected by severe weather in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, and Mississippi, which prevented them from submitting applications by the original deadline date of April 28, 2014.
Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations
Document Number: 2014-13894
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2014-06-13
Agency: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
On October 7, 2010, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) published in the Federal Register a proposed rule that included modified Base (1% annual-chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) for the locations along Cypress Creek Ditch and Victory Lake in Clay County, Arkansas. FEMA is no longer proposing these flood elevation determination changes along Cypress Creek Ditch and Victory Lake as identified in the above-referenced rulemaking publication.
Monosodium Glutamate From the People's Republic of China: Amended Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value of the Antidumping Duty Investigation
Document Number: 2014-13893
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-06-13
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is amending the preliminary determination of the less-than-fair-value investigation of monosodium glutamate (``MSG'') from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') to correct certain ministerial errors.\1\ The period of investigation (``POI'') is January 1, 2013, through June 30, 2013.
Polyester Staple Fiber From Taiwan: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2012-2013
Document Number: 2014-13892
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-06-13
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on polyester staple fiber (PSF) from Taiwan. The period of review (POR) is May 1, 2012, through April 30, 2013. The review covers two producers/exporters of the subject merchandise, Far Eastern New Century Corporation (FENC) and Nan Ya Plastics Corporation (Nan Ya). We preliminarily find that FENC has not sold subject merchandise at less than normal value and that Nan Ya had no shipments during the POR. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
Final Flood Hazard Determinations; Correction
Document Number: 2014-13891
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-06-13
Agency: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
On March 20, 2014, FEMA published in the Federal Register a final flood hazard determination notice that contained an erroneous table. This notice provides corrections to that table, to be used in lieu of the information published at 79 FR 15598. The table provided here represents the final flood hazard determinations and communities affected for Poweshiek County, Iowa, and Incorporated Areas, and Douglas County, Nebraska, and Incorporated Areas. Flood hazard determinations, which may include additions or modifications of Base Flood Elevations (BFEs), base flood depths, Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) boundaries or zone designations, or regulatory floodways on the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) and where applicable, in the supporting Flood Insurance Study (FIS) reports have been made final for the communities listed in the table below. The FIRM and FIS report are the basis of the floodplain management measures that a community is required either to adopt or to show evidence of having in effect in order to qualify or remain qualified for participation in the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). In addition, the FIRM and FIS report are used by insurance agents and others to calculate appropriate flood insurance premium rates for buildings and the contents of those buildings.
Changes in Flood Hazard Determinations
Document Number: 2014-13888
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-06-13
Agency: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
New or modified Base (1% annual-chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs), base flood depths, Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) boundaries or zone designations, and/or regulatory floodways (hereinafter referred to as flood hazard determinations) as shown on the indicated Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) for each of the communities listed in the table below are finalized. Each LOMR revises the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), and in some cases the Flood Insurance Study (FIS) reports, currently in effect for the listed communities. The flood hazard determinations modified by each LOMR will be used to calculate flood insurance premium rates for new buildings and their contents.
Changes in Flood Hazard Determinations
Document Number: 2014-13887
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-06-13
Agency: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
New or modified Base (1% annual-chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs), base flood depths, Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) boundaries or zone designations, and/or regulatory floodways (hereinafter referred to as flood hazard determinations) as shown on the indicated Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) for each of the communities listed in the table below are finalized. Each LOMR revises the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), and in some cases the Flood Insurance Study (FIS) reports, currently in effect for the listed communities. The flood hazard determinations modified by each LOMR will be used to calculate flood insurance premium rates for new buildings and their contents.
i-Health, Inc. and Martek Biosciences Corporation; Analysis of Proposed Consent Order To Aid Public Comment
Document Number: 2014-13886
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-06-13
Agency: Federal Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The consent agreement in this matter settles alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices. The attached Analysis of Proposed Consent Order to Aid Public Comment describes both the allegations in the draft complaint and the terms of the consent orderembodied in the consent agreement that would settle these allegations.
Sunshine Act Meeting
Document Number: 2014-13883
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-06-13
Agency: Federal Election Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Mississippi; Major Disaster and Related Determinations
Document Number: 2014-13882
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-06-13
Agency: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Mississippi (FEMA-4175-DR), dated April 30, 2014, and related determinations.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Claim for Continuance of Compensation
Document Number: 2014-13881
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-06-13
Agency: Department of Labor, Office of the Secretary
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs sponsored information collection request (ICR) revision titled, ``Claim for Continuance of Compensation,'' to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval for use in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). Public comments on the ICR are invited.
Investigations Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
Document Number: 2014-13879
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-06-13
Agency: Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Respirator Program Records
Document Number: 2014-13873
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-06-13
Agency: Department of Labor, Office of the Secretary
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) sponsored information collection request (ICR) titled, ``Respirator Program Records,'' 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.
Indiana; Major Disaster and Related Determinations
Document Number: 2014-13872
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-06-13
Agency: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Indiana (FEMA-4173-DR), dated April 22, 2014, and related determinations.
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Document Number: 2014-13871
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-06-13
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families
Notice of Petition for Declaratory Order
Document Number: 2014-13869
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-06-13
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Combined Notice of Filings #2
Document Number: 2014-13868
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-06-13
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Combined Notice of Filings #1
Document Number: 2014-13867
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-06-13
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Eastern States: Filing of Plat of Survey
Document Number: 2014-13865
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-06-13
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will file the plat of survey of the lands described below in the BLM-Eastern States office in Springfield, Virginia, 30 calendar days from the date of publication in the Federal Register.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Crisis Counseling Assistance and Training Program
Document Number: 2014-13864
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-06-13
Agency: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
The Federal Emergency Management Agency, 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 a revision of a currently approved information collection. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning the Crisis Counseling Assistance and Training Program which provides funding in response to a State's request for crisis counseling services for a presidentially declared major disaster.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Document Number: 2014-13863
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-06-13
Agency: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing an opportunity for the public to comment on CMS' intention to collect information from the public. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA), federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information (including each proposed extension or reinstatement of an existing collection of information) and to allow 60 days for public comment on the proposed action. Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding our burden estimates or any other aspect of this collection of information, including any of the following subjects: (1) The necessity and utility of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of the agency's functions; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology to minimize the information collection burden.
Notice of Intent to Grant Exclusive License
Document Number: 2014-13862
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-06-13
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Agencies and Commissions
This notice is issued in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(e) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i). NASA hereby gives notice of its intent to grant an exclusive license in the United States to practice the invention described and claimed in U.S. Patent 7,621,670, entitled Unbalanced- Flow, Fluid-Mixing Plug with Metering Capabilities and U.S. Patent 7,347,089, entitled Gas Volume Contents Within A Container, Smart Volume Instrument, to APlus-QMC, LLC, having its principal place of business in McDonough, GA. The patent rights in these inventions as applicable have been assigned to the United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The prospective exclusive license will comply with the terms and conditions of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7. NASA has not yet made a determination to grant the requested license and may deny the requested license even if no objections are submitted within the comment period.
Notice of Intent to Grant Exclusive License
Document Number: 2014-13861
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-06-13
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Agencies and Commissions
This notice is issued in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(e) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i). NASA hereby gives notice of its intent to grant an exclusive license in the United States to practice the invention described and claimed in U.S. Patent 6,424,470 entitled Panoramic Refracting Optic (PRO) and U.S. Patent 6,580,567 entitled Panoramic Refracting Conical Optic to Linc Research, Inc., having its principal place of business in Huntsville, AL. The patent rights in these inventions as applicable have been assigned to the United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The prospective exclusive license will comply with the terms and conditions of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7. NASA has not yet made a determination to grant the requested license and may deny the requested license even if no objections are submitted within the comment period.
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