August 2015 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

On July 20, 2015, the Office of the Undersecretary for Domestic Finance (the Office) published the Request for Information (RFI) ``Public Input on Expanding Access to Credit Through Online Marketplace Lending,'' which states that comments on the RFI must be submitted on or before August 31, 2015. The Office has determined that an extension of the comment period through September 30, 2015 is appropriate.

On June 23, 2015, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) published a notice of public meeting (NOPM) in the Federal Register announcing the availability of the framework document regarding energy conservation standards for fluorescent lamp ballasts. DOE also held a public meeting presenting the framework document on July 17, 2015. The comment period was scheduled to end August 7, 2015. After receiving a request for an additional two weeks to comment, DOE has decided to reopen the comment period for submitting comments and data in response to the framework document regarding energy conservation standards for fluorescent lamp ballasts. The comment period is extended to September 2, 2015.

The U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors will meet to make such inquiry, as the Board shall deem necessary, into the state of morale and discipline, the curriculum, instruction, physical equipment, fiscal affairs, and academic methods of the Naval Academy. The executive session of this meeting from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on September 28, 2015, will include discussions of new and pending administrative/minor disciplinary infractions and non-judicial punishment proceedings involving Midshipmen attending the Naval Academy to include but not limited to individual honor/conduct violations within the Brigade; the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. For this reason, the executive session of this meeting will be closed to the public.

NRC will convene a meeting of the Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes (ACMUI) on October 8-9, 2015. A sample of agenda items to be discussed during the public session includes: (1) A discussion on training and experience for alpha and beta emitters; (2) a discussion on Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) section 35.1000 licensing guidance for the use of iodine-125 and palladium-103 seeds for localization of non-palpable lesions; (3) a presentation on the proposed revisions to the 10 CFR 35.1000 licensing guidance for Yttrium-90 microspheres brachytherapy; (4) a status update on the decommissioning funding plan requirements for germanium-68/gallium-68 generators; (5) a discussion on the project and upcoming workshops related to patients who are administered radionuclides; (6) a discussion on NUREG 1556, Volume 9, ``Consolidated Guidance About Materials Licenses: Program-Specific Guidance About Medical Use Licensees;'' (7) an update on the current 10 CFR part 35 rulemaking effort; and (8) a presentation on the proposed revisions to the NRC's Abnormal Occurrence Reporting Criteria Policy Statement. The agenda is subject to change. The current agenda and any updates will be available at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/acmui/ meetings/2015.html or by emailing Ms. Sophie Holiday at the contact information below. Purpose: Discuss issues related to 10 CFR part 35 ``Medical Use of Byproduct Material.'' Date and Time for Closed Sessions: October 8, 2015, from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. and October 8, 2015, from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Both sessions on October 8, 2015, will be closed for badging and enrollment for new members to the ACMUI and annual required training. Date and Time for Open Sessions: October 8, 2015, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and October 9, 2015, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Address for Public Meeting: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Two White Flint North Building, Room T2-B3, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. Public Participation: Any member of the public who wishes to participate in the meeting in person or via phone should contact Ms. Holiday using the information below. The meeting will also be webcast live: video.nrc.gov.

The DoD is publishing this notice to announce two days of meetings of the National Commission on the Future of the Army (``the Commission''). The meetings will be partially closed to the public.

This notice announces the intention of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approve the proposed information collection project: ``Pilot Test of the Proposed Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture Version 2.0.'' In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3521, AHRQ invites the public to comment on this proposed information collection. This proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal Register on May 7, 2015 and allowed 60 days for public comment. AHRQ received one comment of substance. The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment.

In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of Health and Human Services, announces plans to submit a new Information Collection Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Prior to submitting the ICR to OMB, OS seeks comments from the public regarding the burden estimate, below, or any other aspect of the ICR.

The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public meeting of its Groundfish Committee to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Recommendations from this group will be brought to the full Council for formal consideration and action, if appropriate.

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's (MAFMC) Scientific and Statistical Committee's (SSC) Scientific Uncertainty Subcommittee will hold a public meeting.

The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold a meeting of its Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) to review stock projections and consider fishing level recommendations for blueline tilefish.

We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) will ask the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve the information collection (IC) described below. As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and as part of our continuing efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, we invite the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on this IC. This IC is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2015. We may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

It is the policy of the Commission to publish settlements which it provisionally accepts under the Consumer Product Safety Act in the Federal Register in accordance with the terms of 16 CFR 1118.20(e). Published below is a provisionally-accepted Settlement Agreement with Johnson Health Tech Co. Ltd. and Johnson Health Tech North America, Inc. containing a civil penalty in the amount of three million dollars ($3,000,000), within thirty (30) days of service of the Commission's final Order accepting the Settlement Agreement.\1\

Summary of Application: Applicants request an order (``Order'') that permits: (a) Actively managed series of certain open- end management investment companies to issue shares (``Shares'') redeemable in large aggregations only (``Creation Units''); (b) secondary market transactions in Shares to occur at the next-determined net asset value plus or minus a market-determined premium or discount that may vary during the trading day; (c) certain series to pay redemption proceeds, under certain circumstances, more than seven days from the tender of Shares for redemption; (d) certain affiliated persons of the series to deposit securities into, and receive securities from, the series in connection with the purchase and redemption of Creation Units; (e) certain registered management investment companies and unit investment trusts outside of the same group of investment companies as the series to acquire Shares; and (f) certain series to create and redeem Shares in kind in a master-feeder structure. The Order would incorporate by reference terms and conditions of a previous order granting the same relief sought by applicants, as that order may be amended from time to time (``Reference Order'').\1\

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is classifying the esophageal thermal regulation device into class II (special controls). The special controls that will apply to the device are identified in this order and will be part of the codified language for the esophageal thermal regulation device's classification. The Agency is classifying the device into class II (special controls) in order to provide a reasonable assurance of safety and effectiveness of the device.