October 24, 2014 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Reader Aids
Document Number: FR-2014-10-24-ReaderAids
Type: Reader Aids
Date: 2014-10-24
Providing an Order of Succession Within the Social Security Administration
Document Number: 2014-25568
Type: Administrative Order
Date: 2014-10-24
Agency: Executive Office of the President
Providing an Order of Succession Within the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Document Number: 2014-25564
Type: Administrative Order
Date: 2014-10-24
Agency: Executive Office of the President
Sunshine Act Meeting
Document Number: 2014-25519
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-10-24
Agency: Federal Election Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Sunshine Act Notice
Document Number: 2014-25494
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-10-24
Agency: Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Sunshine Act Notice
Document Number: 2014-25493
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-10-24
Agency: Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, Agencies and Commissions
174th Meeting of the Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans; Notice of Meeting-Revised
Document Number: 2014-25444
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-10-24
Agency: Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department of Labor
Amendment of the External Compliance Program Discrimination Complaint Files, EPA-21
Document Number: 2014-25417
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-10-24
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 USC 552a), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is giving notice that it is amending the External Compliance Program Discrimination Complaint Files system of records. The system is being amended to change the (1) system name; (2) addresses of system locations and system managers; (3) categories of individuals covered by the system; (4) routine uses; and (5) storage, retrievability and safeguard requirements.
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Uniform Procurement Identification; Correction
Document Number: 2014-25416
Type: Rule
Date: 2014-10-24
Agency: Department of Defense, General Services Administration, Agencies and Commissions, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a correction to FAR Case 2012- 023; Uniform Procurement Identification (Item III), which was published in the Federal Register at 79 FR 61739, October 14, 2014.
Privacy Act of 1974; Consolidation of Department of Homeland Security United States Citizenship and Immigration Services E-Verify Self Check System of Records
Document Number: 2014-25408
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-10-24
Agency: Department of Homeland Security, Office of the Secretary
In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of Homeland Security is giving notice that it proposes to consolidate the following Privacy Act system of records notice, Department of Homeland Security/United States Citizenship and Immigration Services013 E- Verify Self Check (76 FR 9034, February 16, 2011), into the existing Department of Homeland Security system of records notices titled Department of Homeland Security/ALL-037 E-Authentication Records System of Records (79 FR 46857, August 11, 2014) and Department of Homeland Security/United States Citizenship and Immigration Services011 E- Verify Program System of Records (79 FR 46852, August 11, 2014). As a result of this consolidation, DHS is removing DHS/USCIS-013 from its inventory of systems of records.
Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting
Document Number: 2014-25390
Type: Rule
Date: 2014-10-24
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
North Carolina Area Maritime Security Advisory Committee; Vacancies
Document Number: 2014-25386
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-10-24
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
This notice requests individuals interested in serving on the North Carolina Area Maritime Security Committee (AMSC) to submit their applications for membership, to the Captain of the Port, North Carolina.
Safety Zone: Semisubmersible Loading Operation Safety Zone, South San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, CA
Document Number: 2014-25383
Type: Rule
Date: 2014-10-24
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone in the navigable waters of South San Francisco Bay in support of the Semisubmersible Loading Operation taking place between October 14 and 23, 2014 for a 24-hour period. This safety zone is established to ensure the safety of workers, mariners, and other vessels transiting the area from the dangers associated with the loading operations. Unauthorized persons or vessels are prohibited from entering into, transiting through, or remaining in the safety zone without permission of the Captain of the Port or their designated representative.
Sunshine Act Meeting
Document Number: 2014-25381
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-10-24
Agency: Broadcasting Board of Governors, Agencies and Commissions
The Broadcasting Board of Governors (Board) will be meeting at the time and location listed above. The Board will vote on a consent agenda consisting of the minutes of its August 13, 2014 meeting and a resolution to propose Board meeting dates in 2015. The Board will consider establishing a new Board special committee on the future of the Voice of America. The Board will convene a panel discussion titled, ``What's the Secret to Media Brand Loyalty? Storytelling in the Digital Age.'' This meeting will also be available for public observation via streamed webcast, both live and on-demand, on the agency'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. Members of the public seeking to attend the meeting in person must register at https:// bbgboardmeetingoctober2014.eventbrite.com by 12:00 p.m. (EDT) on October 29. For more information, please contact BBG Public Affairs at (202) 203-4400 or by email at pubaff@bbg.gov.
Receipt of Several Pesticide Petitions Filed for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals In or On Various Commodities
Document Number: 2014-25376
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2014-10-24
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This document announces the Agency's receipt of several initial filings of pesticide petitions requesting the establishment or modification of regulations for residues of pesticide chemicals in or on various commodities.
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of Halibut Prohibited Species Catch Allowances in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area
Document Number: 2014-25366
Type: Rule
Date: 2014-10-24
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS is reallocating projected unused amounts of the 2014 halibut prohibited species catch (PSC) allowance from the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands trawl (BSAI) limited access sector to the Amendment 80 cooperatives in the BSAI management area. This action is necessary to allow the Amendment 80 cooperatives to fully harvest their 2014 groundfish allocations.
Exelon Generation Company, LLC; Limerick Generating Station, Units 1 and 2
Document Number: 2014-25365
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-10-24
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued renewed facility operating license Nos. NPF-39 and NPF-85 to Exelon Generation Company, LLC (the licensee), the operator of the Limerick Generating Station, Units 1 and 2 (Limerick). Renewed facility operating license Nos. NPF-39 and NPF-85 authorize operation of Limerick by the licensee at reactor core power levels not in excess of 3515 megawatts thermal for each unit, in accordance with the provisions of the Limerick renewed licenses and technical specifications. In addition, the NRC has prepared a record of decision (ROD) that supports the NRC's decision to renew facility operating license Nos. NPF-39 and NPF-85.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; Arson and Explosives Training Registration Request
Document Number: 2014-25364
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-10-24
Agency: Department of Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
The Department of Justice (DOJ), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) will submit 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. This proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal Register Volume 79, Number 162, page 49541 on August 21, 2014, allowing for a 60 day comment period.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; Police Check Inquiry and Pre-Screening Qualifications Certification
Document Number: 2014-25363
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-10-24
Agency: Department of Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
The Department of Justice (DOJ), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) will submit 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. This proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal Register Volume 79, Number 162, page 49539 on August 21, 2014, allowing for a 60 day comment period.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; Application for Restoration of Explosives Privileges
Document Number: 2014-25362
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-10-24
Agency: Department of Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
The Department of Justice (DOJ), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) will submit 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. This proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal Register Volume 79, Number 162, page 49539 on August 21, 2014, allowing for a 60 day comment period.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; Records and Supporting Data: Importation, Receipt, Storage, and Disposition by Explosives Importers, Manufacturers, Dealers, and Users Licensed Under Title 18 U.S.C. Chapter 40 Explosives
Document Number: 2014-25361
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-10-24
Agency: Department of Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
The Department of Justice (DOJ), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) will submit 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. This proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal Register Volume 79, Number 162, page 49540 on August 21, 2014, allowing for a 60 day comment period.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; Application for Registration of Firearms Acquired by Certain Government Entities
Document Number: 2014-25360
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-10-24
Agency: Department of Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
The Department of Justice (DOJ), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) will submit 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. This proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal Register Volume 79, Number 162, page 49538 on August 21, 2014, allowing for a 60 day comment period.
Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Advisory Panel
Document Number: 2014-25359
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-10-24
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS solicits nominations for the Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Advisory Panel (AP). NMFS consults with and considers the comments and views of the HMS AP when preparing and implementing Fishery Management Plans (FMPs) or FMP amendments for Atlantic tunas, swordfish, sharks, and billfish. Nominations are being sought to fill approximately one-third (11) of the seats on the HMS AP for a 3-year appointment. Individuals with definable interests in the recreational and commercial fishing and related industries, environmental community, academia, and non-governmental organizations are considered for membership on the HMS AP.
Northern States Power Company; Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant; Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation
Document Number: 2014-25356
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-10-24
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering issuance of an exemption for special nuclear materials (SNM) license number SNM-2506 issued initially in July 1993 and held by Northern States Power Company, a Minnesota corporation (NSPM or the licensee) doing business as Xcel Energy, for the operation of the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant (PINGP) independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI).
Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability
Document Number: 2014-25355
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-10-24
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Rhode Island; Decommissioning of Stage II Vapor Recovery Systems
Document Number: 2014-25354
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2014-10-24
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management. This revision includes regulatory amendments that allow gasoline dispensing facilities (GDFs) to decommission their Stage II vapor recovery systems as of December 25, 2013, and a demonstration that such removal is consistent with the Clean Air Act and EPA guidance. This revision also includes regulatory amendments that strengthen Rhode Island's requirements for Stage I vapor recovery systems at GDFs. The intended effect of this action is to propose approval of Rhode Island's revised vapor recovery regulations.
2014 Fall Joint Meeting of the Ozone Transport Commission and the Mid-Atlantic Northeast Visibility Union
Document Number: 2014-25352
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-10-24
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the joint 2014 Fall Meeting of the Ozone Transport Commission (OTC) and the Mid-Atlantic Northeast Visibility Union (MANE- VU). The meeting agenda will include topics regarding reducing ground- level ozone precursors and matters relative to Regional Haze and visibility improvement in Federal Class I areas in a multi-pollutant context.
Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Small Business Lending Fund (SBLF)
Document Number: 2014-25351
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-10-24
Agency: Department of the Treasury
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on an extension of an existing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Markets, within the Department of the Treasury, is soliciting comments concerning the New Issue Bond Program and Temporary Credit and Liquidity Program.
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Report of Additional Classification and Rate
Document Number: 2014-25350
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-10-24
Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD is seeking approval for the proposed information collection requirement described below, and will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.
Certain Communications or Computing Devices and Components Thereof; Notice of Correction Concerning a Commission Determination Not To Review an Initial Determination Granting Intervenor Status to Google, Inc.
Document Number: 2014-25349
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-10-24
Agency: International Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Correction is made to the investigation number and caption for notice 79 FR 62465 which was published on Friday, October 17, 2014. The investigation number should be corrected from 337-TA-884 to 337-TA-925, and the caption should be corrected from Certain Consumer Electronics with Display and Processing Capabilities to Communications or Computing Devices and Components Thereof.
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection; New Construction Subterranean Termite Protection for New Homes
Document Number: 2014-25348
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-10-24
Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development
The proposed information collection requirement described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.
Meetings
Document Number: 2014-25347
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-10-24
Agency: Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, Agencies and Commissions
The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) plans to hold its regular committee and Board meetings in Washington, DC, Tuesday and Wednesday, November 18-19, 2014 at the times and location listed below.
Massachusetts Department of Transportation-Acquisition Exemption-Pan Am Southern LLC
Document Number: 2014-25346
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-10-24
Agency: Surface Transportation Board, Department of Transportation
Humboldt Bay Power Plant, Unit No. 3
Document Number: 2014-25345
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-10-24
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering issuance of an exemption from certain emergency planning (EP) requirements for License No. DPR-7 held by Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E, the licensee) for the possession of the Humboldt Bay Power Plant, Unit 3. PG&E is requesting the exemptions from specific emergency planning requirements by letter dated August 14, 2012.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Report on Current Employment Statistics
Document Number: 2014-25344
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-10-24
Agency: Department of Labor, Office of the Secretary
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) sponsored information collection request (ICR) titled, ``Report on Current Employment Statistics,'' to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval for continued use, without change, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). Public comments on the ICR are invited.
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards; Notice of Meeting
Document Number: 2014-25343
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-10-24
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Combined Notice of Filings #1
Document Number: 2014-25342
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-10-24
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Data Users Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting and Agenda
Document Number: 2014-25341
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-10-24
Agency: Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Record Retention Requirements
Document Number: 2014-25338
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2014-10-24
Agency: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Agencies and Commissions
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (``FDIC'') is proposing a rule with request for comments that would implement section 210(a)(16)(D) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act). This statutory provision requires the promulgation of a regulation establishing schedules for the retention by the FDIC of the records of a covered financial company (i.e., a financial company for which the FDIC has been appointed receiver pursuant to title II of the Dodd-Frank Act) as well as the records generated by the FDIC in the exercise of its title II orderly liquidation authority (title II) with respect to such covered financial company.
Restrictions on Sale of Assets by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Document Number: 2014-25337
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2014-10-24
Agency: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Agencies and Commissions
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is proposing to amend our regulations. Part 340 implements section 11(p) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act. Under section 11(p), individuals or entities whose acts or omissions have, or may have, contributed to the failure of an insured depository institution cannot buy the assets of that failed insured depository institution from the FDIC. The proposed revisions to part 340 will help to clarify its purpose, scope and applicability, and will make it more consistent in our regulations, the parallel provision in the FDIC's Orderly Liquidation Authority regulations that implements section 210(r) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act by placing restrictions on sales of assets of a covered financial company by the FDIC. Sections of part 340 became effective on July 1, 2014.
Transferred OTS Regulations Regarding Securities of State Savings Associations
Document Number: 2014-25336
Type: Rule
Date: 2014-10-24
Agency: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Agencies and Commissions
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is adopting a final rule to rescind and remove regulations for securities of State savings associations and all references thereto, and revise regulations for securities of nonmember insured banks, to extend their applicability to State savings associations. The regulations revised in this rule were included in the regulations that were transferred to the FDIC from the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) on July 21, 2011, in connection with the implementation of applicable provisions of Title III of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act). The FDIC received no comments on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking published on April 21, 2014 and is adopting it as a final rule with minor technical changes. As a result, all State nonmember banks and State savings associations having securities registered pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act) will be subject to the disclosure and filing requirements in FDIC regulations.
Procurement List Proposed Additions and Deletion
Document Number: 2014-25335
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-10-24
Agency: Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled, Agencies and Commissions
The Committee is proposing to add products and a service to the Procurement List that will be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and deletes a product previously furnished by such agency.
Procurement List Additions and Deletions
Document Number: 2014-25334
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-10-24
Agency: Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled, Agencies and Commissions
This action adds products and services to the Procurement List that will be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and deletes products from the Procurement List previously furnished by such agencies.
Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company
Document Number: 2014-25333
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-10-24
Agency: Federal Reserve System, Agencies and Commissions
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Savings and Loan Holding Companies
Document Number: 2014-25332
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-10-24
Agency: Federal Reserve System, Agencies and Commissions
North American Free Trade Agreement, Article 1904 NAFTA Panel Reviews; First Request for Panel Review
Document Number: 2014-25331
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-10-24
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
On October 16, 2014, Grupo Simec, Orge S.A. DE C.V., and Orge S.A. DE C.V. (``Simec'') filed a First Request for Panel Review with the United States Section of the NAFTA Secretariat pursuant to Article 1904 of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Panel Review was requested of the U.S. Department of Commerce's final determination regarding Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from Mexico: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Final Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances; July 1, 2012-June 30, 2013. This determination was published in the Federal Register (79 FR 54967), on September 15, 2014. The NAFTA Secretariat has assigned Case Number USA-MEX-2014-1904-01 to this request.
IFR Altitudes; Miscellaneous Amendments
Document Number: 2014-25330
Type: Rule
Date: 2014-10-24
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
This amendment adopts miscellaneous amendments to the required IFR (instrument flight rules) altitudes and changeover points for certain Federal airways, jet routes, or direct routes for which a minimum or maximum en route authorized IFR altitude is prescribed. This regulatory action is needed because of changes occurring in the National Airspace System. These changes are designed to provide for the safe and efficient use of the navigable airspace under instrument conditions in the affected areas.
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