July 2, 2014 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Reader Aids
Document Number: FR-2014-07-02-ReaderAids
Type: Reader Aids
Date: 2014-07-02
Sunshine Act Meetings
Document Number: 2014-15679
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-07-02
Agency: International Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Guidelines for the Streamlined Process of Applying for Recognition of Section 501(c)(3) Status
Document Number: 2014-15624
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2014-07-02
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
In the Rules and Regulations section of this issue of the Federal Register, the IRS is issuing regulations that provide guidance to organizations that seek recognition of tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The final and temporary regulations amend current regulations to allow the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to adopt a streamlined application process that certain organizations may use to apply for recognition of tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3). The text of those temporary regulations also serves as the text of these proposed regulations.
Guidelines for the Streamlined Process of Applying for Recognition of Section 501(c)(3) Status
Document Number: 2014-15623
Type: Rule
Date: 2014-07-02
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
This document contains final and temporary regulations that provide guidance to eligible organizations seeking recognition of tax- exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (Code). The final and temporary regulations amend current regulations to allow the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to adopt a streamlined application process that eligible organizations may use to apply for recognition of tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3). The text of the temporary regulations also serves as the text of the proposed regulations (REG-110948-14) set forth in the notice of proposed rulemaking on this subject in the Proposed Rules section in this issue of the Federal Register.
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Public Housing Financial Management Template
Document Number: 2014-15590
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-07-02
Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD has submitted the proposed information collection requirement described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. The purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 days of public comment.
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Technical Suitability of Products Program Section 521 of the National Housing Act
Document Number: 2014-15589
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-07-02
Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD has submitted the proposed information collection requirement described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. The purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 days of public comment.
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Mortgagor's Certificate of Actual Cost
Document Number: 2014-15588
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-07-02
Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD is seeking approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the information collection described below. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is requesting comment from all interested parties on the proposed collection of information. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment.
Public Housing Assessment System (PHAS) Capital Fund Interim Scoring Notice: Reinstitution of Five Points for Occupancy Sub-Indicator and Request for Comment
Document Number: 2014-15586
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-07-02
Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development
This notice makes final a prior notice reinstating, temporarily, the award of 5 points for the occupancy sub-indicator of the Capital Fund Program Indicator to all PHAs for the PHAS Capital Fund Program Indicator. This award of points is provided as regulatory relief from a non-statutory element of PHAS and intended to help lessen the impact of decreases in funding in recent appropriations acts. Adding automatic points for the occupancy sub-indicator will allow PHAs to focus on the statutory criteria for assessing performance under the Capital Fund Indicator, which is timely obligation of the Capital Funds and will in no way limit HUD's oversight and monitoring of PHAs. This notice, in order to ensure there is no confusion on this point, is explicit about the fact that the remainder of the Capital Fund Scoring Notice of February 23, 2011 remains in effect and unchanged by this notice, and if the PHA receives 0 points for the timeliness of obligation subindicator, it is not eligible for points for the occupancy subindicator.
Incentive Auction Task Force Seeks Comment on Staff Analysis Regarding Pairwise Approach To Preserving Population Served
Document Number: 2014-15585
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2014-07-02
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The FCC's Incentive Auction Task Force (IATF) seeks comment on the results of a staff analysis on the potential for new aggregate interference in the repacking process and seeks comment on newly released repacking constraint data that uses actual channels.
Submission for OMB Review; 30-Day Comment Request; Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study
Document Number: 2014-15584
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-07-02
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 Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), 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 February 6, 2014, pages 7206-7207, and allowed 60-days for public comment. One public comment was received. The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment. The 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.
Meetings of Humanities Panel
Document Number: 2014-15583
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-07-02
Agency: National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities, Agencies and Commissions
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) will hold twenty-six meetings of the Humanities Panel, a federal advisory committee, during July, 2014 as follows. The purpose of the meetings is for panel review, discussion, evaluation, and recommendation of applications for financial assistance under the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965.
Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Vision
Document Number: 2014-15581
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-07-02
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Department of Transportation
FMCSA announces its decision to renew the exemptions from the vision requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations for 17 individuals. FMCSA has statutory authority to exempt individuals from the vision requirement if the exemptions granted will not compromise safety. The Agency has concluded that granting these exemption renewals will provide a level of safety that is equivalent to or greater than the level of safety maintained without the exemptions for these commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers.
Vermont; Major Disaster and Related Determinations
Document Number: 2014-15580
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-07-02
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 Vermont (FEMA-4178-DR), dated June 11, 2014, and related determinations.
Administrative Wage Garnishment
Document Number: 2014-15579
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2014-07-02
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to amend EPA's claims collection standards to include administrative wage garnishment. This rule amends the EPA's debt collection regulations to implement the administrative wage garnishment (AWG) provisions of the Debt Collection Act of 1982, as amended by the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 (DCIA). The proposed rule will allow the EPA to garnish non-Federal wages to collect delinquent non-tax debts owed the United States without first obtaining a court order. In the Rules and Regulations section of this Federal Register we are approving an amendment to EPA's regulations on claims collection standards by using administrative wage garnishment as a direct final rule without a prior proposed rule. If we receive no adverse comment, the direct final rule will go into effect and we will not take further action on this proposed rule.
Administrative Wage Garnishment
Document Number: 2014-15578
Type: Rule
Date: 2014-07-02
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking direct final action to amend EPA's claims collection standards to implement the administrative wage garnishment provisions of the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1982, as amended by the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 (DCIA). The direct final rule will allow the EPA to garnish non-Federal wages to collect delinquent non-tax debts owed the United States without first obtaining a court order.
Parts and Accessories Necessary for Safe Operation; Application for an Exemption From Mobileye, Inc.
Document Number: 2014-15577
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-07-02
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Department of Transportation
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) requests public comment on an application for exemption from Mobileye, Inc. (Mobileye) to allow interstate motor carrier to install Mobileye's camera-based collision avoidance system (CAS) system at either the bottom or top of the windshield, within the swept area of the windshield wipers. FMCSA's current regulations require that antennae, transponders, and similar devices to be located not more than 6 inches below the upper edge of the windshield, outside the area swept by the windshield wipers, and outside the driver's sight lines to the road and highway signs and signals. Mobileye intends to install these devices as part of a CAS development program in up to several hundred thousand commercial motor vehicles. Mobileye believes this mounting position will maintain a level of safety that is equivalent to or greater than the level of safety achieved without the exemption.
Florida; Amendment No. 5 to Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration
Document Number: 2014-15576
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-07-02
Agency: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for State of Florida (FEMA-4177-DR), dated May 6, 2014, and related determinations.
Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes: Meeting Notice
Document Number: 2014-15575
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-07-02
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will convene a teleconference meeting of the Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes (ACMUI) on August 20, 2014, to discuss the revisions to the ACMUI bylaws. Meeting information, including a copy of the agenda and handouts, will be available at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc- collections/acmui/meetings/2014.html. The agenda and handouts may also be obtained by contacting Ms. Sophie Holiday using the information below.
Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2011-2012
Document Number: 2014-15574
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-07-02
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
On December 26, 2013, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published its Preliminary Results of the 2011-2012 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet, and strip from the People's Republic of China (PRC).\1\ The period of review (POR) is November 1, 2011, through October 31, 2012. This review covers six producers/exporters of subject merchandise: (1) Shaoxing Xiangyu Green Packing Co. Ltd. (``Green Packing''); (2) Tianjin Wanhua Co., Ltd. (``Wanhua''); (3) Fuwei Films (Shandong) Co. Ltd. (``Fuwei Films''); (4) Sichuan Dongfang Insulating Material Co., Ltd. (``Dong Fang''); and (5) DuPont Teijin Films China Limited, DuPont Hongji Films Foshan Co., Ltd., and DuPont Teijin Hongji Films Ningbo Co., Ltd (``collectively the ``DuPont Group''). Green Packing and Wanhua are the selected mandatory respondents. We invited interested parties to comment on our Preliminary Results. Based on our analysis of the comments received, we made certain changes to our margin calculations for Green Packing. The final dumping margins for this review are listed in the ``Final Results'' section below.
Regulatory Treatment of Non-Safety Systems for Passive Advanced Light Water Reactors
Document Number: 2014-15572
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-07-02
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a final revision to the following section of NUREG-0800, ``Standard Review Plan for the Review of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants: LWR Edition'' Section 19.3, ``Regulatory Treatment of Non- Safety Systems (RTNSS) for Passive Advanced Light Water Reactors.''
Indiana; Amendment No. 2 to Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration
Document Number: 2014-15571
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-07-02
Agency: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Indiana (FEMA-4173-DR), dated April 22, 2014, and related determinations.
Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Vision
Document Number: 2014-15570
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-07-02
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Department of Transportation
FMCSA announces its decision to renew the exemptions from the vision requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations for 4 individuals. FMCSA has statutory authority to exempt individuals from the vision requirement if the exemptions granted will not compromise safety. The Agency has concluded that granting these exemption renewals will provide a level of safety that is equivalent to or greater than the level of safety maintained without the exemptions for these commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers.
Silicon Metal From the Russian Federation: Continuation of Antidumping Duty Order
Document Number: 2014-15567
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-07-02
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
As a result of the determinations by the Department of Commerce (the Department) and the International Trade Commission (ITC) that revocation of the antidumping duty order on silicon metal from the Russian Federation (Russia), would likely lead to a continuation or recurrence of dumping and material injury to an industry in the United States, the Department is publishing a notice of continuation for this antidumping duty order.
Mississippi; Amendment No. 1 to Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration
Document Number: 2014-15566
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-07-02
Agency: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Mississippi (FEMA-4175-DR), dated April 30, 2014, and related determinations.
Commercial Driver's License Standards: Application for Exemption; Daimler Trucks North America (Daimler)
Document Number: 2014-15563
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-07-02
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Department of Transportation
FMCSA announces that Daimler Trucks North America (Daimler) has requested an exemption for one commercial motor vehicle (CMV) driver from the Federal requirement to hold a commercial driver's license (CDL). Daimler requests the exemption for Dr. Wolfgang Bernhard, head of the Daimler Trucks and Bus Division, who will test drive CMVs for Daimler within the United States. Dr. Bernhard holds a valid German CDL and wants to test drive Daimler vehicles on U.S. roads to better understand product requirements in ``real world'' environments, and verify results. Daimler believes the requirements for a German CDL ensure that operation under the exemption will likely achieve a level of safety equivalent to or greater than the level that would be obtained in the absence of the exemption.
Non-Oriented Electrical Steel From the People's Republic of China, Germany, Japan, and Sweden: Postponement of Final Determinations of Sales at Less Than Fair Value
Document Number: 2014-15562
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-07-02
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is postponing the deadline for issuing the final determinations in the less-than- fair-value (``LTFV'') investigations of non-oriented electrical steel from the People's Republic of China (``the PRC''), Germany, Japan, and Sweden and is extending the provisional measures from a four-month period to a period not more than six months in duration.
Suspension of Community Eligibility
Document Number: 2014-15561
Type: Rule
Date: 2014-07-02
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.
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Program Integrity: Exchange, Premium Stabilization Programs, and Market Standards; Amendments to the HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2014; Correcting Amendment
Document Number: 2014-15560
Type: Rule
Date: 2014-07-02
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
In the October 30, 2013 issue of the Federal Register (78 FR 65046), we published a final rule entitled, ``Program Integrity: Exchange, Premium Stabilization Programs, and Market Standards; Amendments to the HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2014.'' The effective date was December 30, 2013. This correcting amendment corrects technical and typographical errors identified in the October 30, 2013 final rule.
Certain Frozen Fish Fillets From the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Amended Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2011-2012
Document Number: 2014-15559
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-07-02
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is amending the final results of the ninth administrative review on certain frozen fish fillets (``fish fillets'') from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (``Vietnam'') to correct certain ministerial errors.\1\ The period of review (``POR'') is August 1, 2011, through July 31, 2012.
Amendment of Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail Advisory Council Meeting Date
Document Number: 2014-15558
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-07-02
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. Appendix 1-16), notice is hereby given of the change in date for the June 3, 2014, meeting of the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail Advisory Council.
Notice of Decision; Gallatin County, MT, Request for Waiver
Document Number: 2014-15555
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-07-02
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
This document notifies the public that the Federal Aviation Administration has granted a waiver to Gallatin County, MT pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 40125(d). The waiver enables Gallatin County to contract for a public aircraft operation to conduct search and rescue operations without complying with the 90-day lease minimum required under 49 U.S.C. 40102(a)(41)(D).
Additional Designations, Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act
Document Number: 2014-15554
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-07-02
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 entity whose property and interests in property have been blocked pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (``Kingpin Act'') (21 U.S.C. 1901- 1908, 8 U.S.C. 1182).
Wind and Water Power Program: Guidance for Hydroelectric Incentive Payments
Document Number: 2014-15553
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-07-02
Agency: Department of Energy
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) invites public comment on its draft Guidance for EPAct 2005 Section 242 Program. The guidance describes how DOE intends to provide incentive payments to the owners or operators of qualified hydroelectric facilities for electric energy generated and sold for a specified 10-year period as authorized under section 242 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
Designation of 2 Individuals Pursuant to Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001, “Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten To Commit, or Support Terrorism.”
Document Number: 2014-15552
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-07-02
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control
The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the names of 2 individuals whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001, ``Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten To Commit, or Support Terrorism.''
Proposed Aggregate Production Quotas for Schedule I and II Controlled Substances and Assessment of Annual Needs for the List I Chemicals Ephedrine, Pseudoephedrine, and Phenylpropanolamine for 2015
Document Number: 2014-15549
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-07-02
Agency: Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice
The Drug Enforcement Administration proposes to establish the 2015 aggregate production quotas for controlled substances in schedules I and II of the Controlled Substances Act and assessment of annual needs for the list I chemicals ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine.
Schedules of Controlled Substances: Placement of Tramadol Into Schedule IV
Document Number: 2014-15548
Type: Rule
Date: 2014-07-02
Agency: Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice
With the issuance of this final rule, the Deputy Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration places the substance 2- [(dimethylamino)methyl]-1-(3-methoxyphenyl)cyclohexanol (tramadol), including its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers, into schedule IV of the Controlled Substances Act. This scheduling action is pursuant to the Controlled Substances Act which requires that such actions be made on the record after opportunity for a hearing through formal rulemaking. This action imposes the regulatory controls and administrative, civil, and criminal sanctions applicable to schedule IV controlled substances on persons who handle (manufacture, distribute, dispense, import, export, engage in research, conduct instructional activities with, or possess) or propose to handle tramadol.
Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: Authorized Program Revision Approval, State of California
Document Number: 2014-15547
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-07-02
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This notice announces the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA's) approval of the State of California's request to revise its EPA Administered Permit Programs: The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System EPA-authorized program to allow electronic reporting.
Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: Authorized Program Revision Approval, State of Idaho
Document Number: 2014-15546
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-07-02
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This notice announces the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA's) approval of the State of Idaho's request to revise its State Operating Permit Programs EPA-authorized program to allow electronic reporting.
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Potomac River Tunnel in the National Capital Region
Document Number: 2014-15542
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-07-02
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
Pursuant to Section 102 (2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), the National Park Service) and DC Water as co-lead agencies are preparing an Environmental Impact Statement for the Potomac River Tunnel in the National Capital Region. The area affected is within the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, Rock Creek Park, and National Mall and Memorial Parks in Washington, DC. The purpose of this EIS is to analyze the impacts of constructing a tunnel and supporting infrastructure for capture, conveyance, and storage of combined sewer overflows when the combined sewer system capacity is exceeded.
Intent To Request Approval From OMB of One New Public Collection of Information: Application To Participate in the Screening Partnership Program (SPP)
Document Number: 2014-15541
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-07-02
Agency: Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) invites public comment on a new Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below that we will submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its expected burden. The collection involves an application completed by airports desiring to opt-out of federal passenger and baggage screening, and preferring that a qualified private screening company perform screening functions.
Transfer of Inbound Surface Parcel Post (at UPU Rates) to Competitive Product List
Document Number: 2014-15540
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-07-02
Agency: Postal Service, Agencies and Commissions
The Postal Service hereby provides notice that it has filed a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to transfer Inbound Surface Parcel Post (at UPU rates) from the market-dominant product list to the competitive product list.
Special Conditions: Bombardier Aerospace, Models BD-500-1A10 and BD-500-1A11 Series Airplanes; Automatic Speed Protection for Design Dive Speed
Document Number: 2014-15539
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2014-07-02
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
This action proposes special conditions for the Bombardier Aerospace Models BD-500-1A10 and BD-500-1A11 series airplanes. These airplanes will have a novel or unusual design feature associated with a reduced margin between design cruising speed, VC/ MC, and design diving speed, VD/MD, based on the incorporation of a high speed protection system that limits nose down pilot authority at speeds above VD/ MD. The applicable airworthiness regulations do not contain adequate or appropriate safety standards for this design feature. These proposed special conditions contain the additional safety standards that the Administrator considers necessary to establish a level of safety equivalent to that established by the existing airworthiness standards.
Request for Comments Concerning an Environmental Review of the Proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Agreement
Document Number: 2014-15537
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-07-02
Agency: Office of the United States Trade Representative
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), through the Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC), is initiating an environmental review of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership agreement (T-TIP), a free trade agreement under negotiation between the United States and the European Union. The TPSC invites written comments from the public on the topics that should be included in the scope of the environmental review, including potential positive or negative environmental effects that might result from the trade agreement and potential implications for U.S. environmental laws and regulations. The TPSC also welcomes public views on appropriate methodologies and sources of data for conducting the review. The review will be conducted consistent with the relevant procedures of Executive Order 13141: Environmental Review of Trade Agreement and its implementing guidelines. Persons submitting written comments should provide as much detail as possible on the manner and degree to which the subject matter they propose for inclusion in the review may raise significant environmental issues that should be considered in the context of the negotiations. Public comments on environmental issues submitted in response to a notice published in the Federal Register on April 1, 2013, requesting comments from the public regarding the T-TIP will be taken into account in preparing the environmental review and do not need to be resubmitted.
Florida; Amendment No. 3 to Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration
Document Number: 2014-15536
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-07-02
Agency: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Florida (FEMA-4177-DR), dated May 6, 2014, and related determinations.
Draft 2014 Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local, and Tribal Entities
Document Number: 2014-15535
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-07-02
Agency: Management and Budget Office, Executive Office of the President
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) requests comments on its Draft 2014 Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations, available at: https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/inforeg_ regpol_reports_congress/. The Draft Report is divided into two parts. Part I contains two chapters. Chapter I examines the benefits and costs of major Federal regulations issued in fiscal year 2013 and summarizes the benefits and costs of major regulations issued between October 2003 and September 2013. It also discusses regulatory impacts on State, local, and tribal governments, small business, wages, and economic growth. Chapter II offers recommendations for regulatory reform. Part II summarizes agency compliance with the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act. OMB requests that comments be submitted electronically to OMB by September 2, 2014 through www.regulations.gov.
Inflation Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalties
Document Number: 2014-15533
Type: Rule
Date: 2014-07-02
Agency: Federal Maritime Commission, Agencies and Commissions
This rule implements the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended by the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996. The rule adjusts for inflation the maximum amount of each statutory civil penalty subject to Federal Maritime Commission (Commission) jurisdiction in accordance with the requirements of that Act.
Notice of Agreements Filed
Document Number: 2014-15532
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-07-02
Agency: Federal Maritime Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Reimbursement for Caskets and Urns for Burial of Unclaimed Remains in a National Cemetery
Document Number: 2014-15531
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2014-07-02
Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs
The Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration (NCA) proposes to amend its regulations to establish a new program to furnish caskets and urns for the interment of the remains of veterans with no known next-of-kin (NOK) where sufficient financial resources are not available for this purpose. This rulemaking is necessary to implement new statutory authority by establishing procedures to provide reimbursement for privately purchased caskets or urns and to otherwise administer the new program. This proposed rule would implement a portion of the Dignified Burial and Other Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act of 2012 (the Act).
Airworthiness Directives; the Boeing Company Airplanes
Document Number: 2014-15530
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2014-07-02
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
We are revising an earlier proposed airworthiness directive (AD) for certain The Boeing Company Model 767-200, -300, -300F, and - 400ER airplanes. The NPRM proposed to require an inspection of the wing fuel tank access doors to determine whether impact-resistant access doors are installed in the correct locations, and to replace incorrectly installed doors with impact-resistant access doors. The NPRM also proposed to require an inspection for stencils and index markers on impact-resistant access doors, and application of new stencils or index markers if necessary. In addition, the NPRM proposed to require revising the maintenance program to incorporate changes to the airworthiness limitations section. The NPRM was prompted by reports indicating that a standard access door was located where an impact- resistant access door was required, and stencils were missing from some impact-resistant access doors. This action revises the NPRM by adding airplanes to the applicability. We are proposing this supplemental NPRM (SNPRM) to prevent foreign object penetration of the fuel tank from uncontained engine failure or tire debris, which could cause a fuel leak near an ignition source (e.g., hot brakes or engine exhaust nozzle), consequently leading to a fuel-fed fire. Since these actions impose an additional burden over that proposed in the NPRM, we are reopening the comment period to allow the public the chance to comment on these proposed changes.
Special Conditions: Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Model 767-2C Airplane; Interaction of Fuel Systems and Structures
Document Number: 2014-15526
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2014-07-02
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
This action proposes special conditions for the Boeing Model 767-2C airplane. This airplane will have novel or unusual design features when compared to the state of technology envisioned in the airworthiness standards for transport category airplanes. These design features include the addition of four body fuel tanks and a modified fuel management system that, directly or as a result of failure or malfunction, could affect the airplane's structural performance. The applicable airworthiness regulations do not contain adequate or appropriate safety standards for these design features. These proposed special conditions contain the additional safety standards that the Administrator considers necessary to establish a level of safety equivalent to that established by the existing airworthiness standards.
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