December 2014 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

NMFS announces that the Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) has submitted Amendment 14 to the Coastal Pelagic Species (CPS) Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for review by the Secretary of Commerce. The purpose of Amendment 14 is to specify an estimate of maximum sustainable yield (MSY) for the northern subpopulation of northern anchovy in the CPS FMP.

The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of the twenty seventh meeting of the RTCA Special Committee 213, Enhanced Flight Vision Systems/Synthetic Vision Systems (EFVS/SVS).

This is notice, in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR part 404, that the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, is contemplating the grant of a start-up exclusive commercialization license to practice the inventions embodied in U.S. Patent Application 61/172,099 entitled ``Anti-human ROR1 Antibodies'' [HHS Ref. E-097-2009/0-US-01], U.S. Patent Application No. 13/990,977 entitled, ``Chimeric Rabbit/Human ROR1 Antibodies'' filed June 7, 2013 [HHS Ref. No. E-039-2011/0], U.S. Patent Application 60/703,798 entitled ``Mutated Pseudomonas Exotoxins with Reduced Antigenicity'' [HHS Ref. E-262-2005/0-US-01], U.S. Patent Application 60/969,929 entitled ``Deletions in Domain II of Pseudomonas Exotoxin A that Remove Immunogenic Epitopes with Affecting Cytotoxic Activity'' [HHS Ref. E- 292-2007/0-US-01], U.S. Patent Application 61/241,620 entitled ``Improved Pseudomonas Exotoxin A with Reduced Immunogenicity'' [HHS Ref. E-269-2009/0-US-01], U.S. Patent Application 61/483,531 entitled ``Recombinant Immunotoxin Targeting Mesothelin'' [HHS Ref. E-117-2011/ 0-US-01], U.S. Patent Application 61/495,085 entitled ``Pseudomonas Exotoxin A with Less Immunogenic T-Cell/or B-Cell Epitopes'' [HHS Ref. E-174-2011/0-US-01], U.S. Patent Application 61/535,668 entitled ``Pseudomonas Exotoxin A with Less Immunogenic B-Cell Epitopes'' [HHS Ref. E-263-2011/0-US-01], and any PCT, US or foreign applications claiming benefit of the technology families, to Magnifygen, Inc. The patent rights in these inventions have been assigned to the Government of the United States of America. The prospective exclusive license territory may be worldwide and the field of use may be limited to the development and use of immunotoxins comprising an anti-tyrosine kinase-like orphan receptor 1 monoclonal antibody designated as 2A2, R11, R12, or Y31 and Pseudomonas exotoxin A for the treatment of human cancers as claimed within the scope of the Licensed Patent Rights. For avoidance of doubt, the Licensed Field of Use excludes the development of antibody-drug conjugates and bispecific antibodies comprising said antibodies.

The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Advisory Committee (RE&EEAC) will hold a meeting by teleconference on Tuesday, January 13, 2015. The meeting is open to the public and the call-in information will be provided upon request.

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.

The Department of State has submitted the information collection described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we are requesting comments on this collection from all interested individuals and organizations. The purpose of this notice is to allow 30 days for public comment.

The Department of Commerce (``Department'') is terminating the Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Investigation on Certain Hot- Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel Products from the Russian Federation (``Agreement''), rescinding the 2013-2014 administrative review of the agreement, and issuing an antidumping duty (``AD'') order on hot-rolled steel products from the Russian Federation. The Department is directing the suspension of liquidation to begin on December 19, 2014.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) invites nominations from a diverse range of qualified candidates to be considered for appointment to its Mobile Sources Technical Review Subcommittee (MSTRS). Vacancies are anticipated to be filled by October 2015. Sources in addition to this Federal Register Notice may also be utilized in the solicitation of nominees.

The Commission is adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that removed regulatory limits on the aggregate amounts that an individual may contribute to federal candidates and political committees in each two-year election cycle. The Commission is taking this action in light of the Supreme Court's recent decision in McCutcheon v. FEC, which held that the aggregate contribution limits are unconstitutional.

The Department of the Interior is seeking nominations for individuals to be Committee members or alternates on the U.S. Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative Advisory Committee. We seek nominees who can represent stakeholder constituencies from government, civil society, and industry so that we can fill current vacancies and create a roster of candidates in case future vacancies occur.

This notice announces the availability of EPA's final/interim registration review decisions. Registration review is EPA's periodic review of pesticide registrations to ensure that each pesticide continues to satisfy the statutory standard for registration, that is, that the pesticide can perform its intended function without causing unreasonable adverse effects on human health or the environment. Through this program, EPA is ensuring that each pesticide's registration is based on current scientific and other knowledge, including its effects on human health and the environment.

This regulation establishes an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of the microbial insecticide Beauveria bassiana strain ANT-03 in or on all food commodities when used in accordance with label directions and good agricultural practices. Technology Sciences Group, Inc., agent for Anatis Bioprotection Inc., submitted a petition to EPA under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), requesting an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance. This regulation eliminates the need to establish a maximum permissible level for residues of Beauveria bassiana strain ANT-03.

In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, and the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the Southeast Oregon Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet as indicated below: