September 11, 2015 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Reader Aids
Document Number: FR-2015-09-11-ReaderAids
Type: Reader Aids
Date: 2015-09-11
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Electronic Stability Control Systems for Heavy Vehicles
Document Number: C1-2015-14127
Type: Rule
Date: 2015-09-11
Agency: Historic Preservation, Advisory Council, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Sunshine Act Meeting
Document Number: 2015-23058
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-09-11
Agency: Rural Utilities Service
Sunshine Act: Notice of Agency Meeting
Document Number: 2015-23057
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-09-11
Agency: National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
Government in the Sunshine Act Meeting Notice
Document Number: 2015-23045
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-09-11
Agency: Arctic Research Commission
Government in the Sunshine Act Meeting Notice
Document Number: 2015-23044
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-09-11
Agency: Arctic Research Commission
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Bluefish Fishery; Quota Transfer
Document Number: 2015-22953
Type: Rule
Date: 2015-09-11
Agency: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Economic Research Service
NMFS announces that the Commonwealth of Virginia is transferring a portion of its 2015 commercial Atlantic bluefish quota to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. This quota adjustment is necessary to comply with the Bluefish Fishery Management Plan quota transfer provisions. This announcement informs the public of the revised commercial quota for each state involved.
Technical Mapping Advisory Council
Document Number: 2015-22950
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-09-11
Agency: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Appalachian States Low-Level Radioactive Waste Commission
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Technical Mapping Advisory Council (TMAC) will meet via conference call on September 29, 2015. The meeting will be open to the public.
Drug Interactions With Hormonal Contraceptives: Public Health and Drug Development Implications; Public Meeting
Document Number: 2015-22949
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-09-11
Agency: Energy Policy and New Uses Office, Agriculture Department, Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Bureau
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing a public meeting entitled ``Drug Interactions with Hormonal Contraceptives: Public Health and Drug Development Implications'' and an opportunity for public comment on the topic of drug interactions with hormonal contraceptives (HCs). The goal of this public meeting is to provide an opportunity for FDA to seek input from experts on the public health concerns associated with use of HCs and interacting drugs that might affect efficacy and safety, pharmacokinetic (PK)/pharmacodynamic (PD) considerations in designing drug interaction studies with HCs during drug development, and approaches to translating the results of drug interaction information into informative labeling and communication. The input received may be used to refine FDA's thinking on HC drug interaction study design and interpretation, and labeling communication on drug interaction risk.
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: 2015-22948
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-09-11
Agency: Aging Administration, Food and Nutrition Service
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: 2015-22947
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-09-11
Agency: Aging Administration, Foreign Agricultural Service
Tetraethylene Glycol; Exemption From the Requirement of a Tolerance
Document Number: 2015-22946
Type: Rule
Date: 2015-09-11
Agency: Department of Agriculture
This regulation establishes an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of tetraethylene glycol (CAS Reg. No. 112- 60-7) when used as an inert ingredient (solvent) in pesticide formulations applied to growing crops. Exponent, Inc. on behalf of Drexel Chemical Company submitted a petition to EPA under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), requesting establishment of an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance. This regulation eliminates the need to establish a maximum permissible level for residues of tetraethylene glycol.
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for the Portland Cement Manufacturing Industry and Standards of Performance for Portland Cement Plants; Correction
Document Number: 2015-22945
Type: Rule
Date: 2015-09-11
Agency: Department of Agriculture
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a final rule in the Federal Register on July 27, 2015, titled National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for the Portland Cement Manufacturing Industry and Standards of Performance for Portland Cement Plants. This final rule makes technical corrections and clarifications to the regulations published in that final rule. The rule also includes a provision describing performance testing requirements when a source demonstrates compliance with the hydrochloric acid (HCl) emissions standard using a continuous emissions monitoring system (CEMS) for sulfur dioxide measurement and reporting.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Document Number: 2015-22944
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-09-11
Agency: Energy Policy and New Uses Office, Agriculture Department, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau
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.
Adequacy Determination for the Cache County PM2.5
Document Number: 2015-22942
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-09-11
Agency: Department of Agriculture
In this notice, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is notifying the public that the EPA has found the following adequate for transportation conformity purposes: The Cache County, Logan, UT-ID PM2.5 Attainment Plan, Utah State Implementation Plan Section IX. Part A.23 and its motor vehicle emissions budgets (MVEB). As more fully explained in the Supplementary Information section of this notice, this finding will affect future transportation conformity determinations.
Reportable Events and Certain Other Notification Requirements
Document Number: 2015-22941
Type: Rule
Date: 2015-09-11
Agency: Broadcasting Board of Governors
In 2013, PBGC proposed to establish risk-based safe harbors that would exempt most companies and plans from many of its reportable events requirements and target reporting toward the minority of plan sponsors and plans presenting the most substantial risk of involuntary or distress termination. After holding a hearing on the proposal, and carefully considering the public's written and oral comments, PBGC is publishing this final rule to make the requirements of the sponsor risk-based safe harbor more flexible, make the funding level for satisfying the well-funded plan safe harbor lower and tied to the variable-rate premium, and add public company waivers for five events. The waiver structure under the final rule will further reduce unnecessary reporting requirements, while at the same time better targeting PBGC's resources to plans that pose the greatest risks to the pension insurance system. PBGC anticipates the final rule will exempt about 94 percent of plans and sponsors from many reporting requirements and result in a net reduction in reporting to PBGC. This rulemaking is a result of PBGC's regulatory review under Executive Order 13563.
California Disaster # CA-00237
Document Number: 2015-22940
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-09-11
Agency: Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation
This is a notice of an Administrative declaration of a disaster for the State of CALIFORNIA dated 09/03/2015. Incident: Rocky Fire. Incident Period: 07/29/2015 through 08/14/2015. Effective Date: 09/03/2015. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 11/02/2015. Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date: 06/03/2016.
Illinois Disaster #IL-00046
Document Number: 2015-22939
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-09-11
Agency: Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation
This is a notice of an Administrative declaration of a disaster for the State of Illinois dated 09/03/2015. Incident: Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes. Incident Period: 06/07/2015 through 07/31/2015. Effective Date: 09/03/2015. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 11/02/2015. Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date: 06/03/2016.
Center for Scientific Review Notice of Closed Meetings
Document Number: 2015-22938
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-09-11
Agency: Energy Policy and New Uses Office, Agriculture Department, Antitrust Division
Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
Document Number: 2015-22937
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-09-11
Agency: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Economic Research Service
The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Pacific Council) Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) Groundfish Subcommittee will hold a work session to review stock assessments for black rockfish off Oregon, new harvest specification projections for arrowtooth flounder, an updated rebuilding analysis for yelloweye rockfish, and a new proposed methodology for determining big skate harvest specifications.
New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
Document Number: 2015-22936
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-09-11
Agency: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Economic Research Service
The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public meeting of its Observer Policy Committee meeting 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.
Fisheries of the South Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean; Southeast Data, Assessment, and Review (SEDAR); Public Meeting
Document Number: 2015-22935
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-09-11
Agency: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Economic Research Service
The SEDAR Steering Committee will meet to discuss the SEDAR process and assessment schedule. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reapportionment of the 2015 Gulf of Alaska Pacific Halibut Prohibited Species Catch Limits for the Trawl Deep-Water and Shallow-Water Fishery Categories
Document Number: 2015-22934
Type: Rule
Date: 2015-09-11
Agency: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Economic Research Service
NMFS is reapportioning the seasonal apportionments of the 2015 Pacific halibut prohibited species catch (PSC) limits for the trawl deep-water and shallow-water species fishery categories in the Gulf of Alaska. This action is necessary to account for the actual halibut PSC use by the trawl deep-water and shallow-water species fishery categories from May 15, 2015 through June 30, 2015. This action is consistent with the goals and objectives of the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska.
Interpretation of Notification Requirements To Exclude Model Aircraft
Document Number: 2015-22933
Type: Rule
Date: 2015-09-11
Agency: Commodity Credit Corporation
This document provides the NTSB's interpretation of the applicability of the agency's regulations concerning aircraft accident notification requirements to unmanned aircraft. The regulations define ``unmanned aircraft accident'' and require notifications of accidents that fulfill the criteria included in the definition. By this Notice, the NTSB clarifies it does not consider model aircraft to fall within the regulatory definition of unmanned aircraft accident, for purposes of required notification.
Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability
Document Number: 2015-22932
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-09-11
Agency: Department of Agriculture
Agency Information Collection Activities: Announcement of Board Approval Under Delegated Authority and Submission to OMB
Document Number: 2015-22931
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-09-11
Agency: Air Force Department
Notice is hereby given of the final approval of proposed information collections by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) under OMB delegated authority, as per 5 CFR 1320.16 (OMB Regulations on Controlling Paperwork Burdens on the Public). Board-approved collections of information are incorporated into the official OMB inventory of currently approved collections of information. Copies of the Paperwork Reduction Act Submission, supporting statements and approved collection of information instrument(s) are placed into OMB's public docket files. The Federal Reserve 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.
Procurement List; Proposed Addition
Document Number: 2015-22930
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-09-11
Agency: Forest Service
The Committee is proposing to add a service to the Procurement List that will be provided by a nonprofit agency employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
Missouri Disaster Number MO-00076
Document Number: 2015-22928
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-09-11
Agency: Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation
This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of Missouri (FEMA-4238-DR), dated 08/07/2015. Incident: Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding. Incident Period: 05/15/2015 through 07/27/2015. Effective Date: 08/31/2015. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 10/06/2015. Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date: 05/07/2016.
National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity Meeting
Document Number: 2015-22925
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-09-11
Agency: Rural Business-Cooperative Service
This notice sets forth the agenda for the December 16, 17, and 18, 2015, meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI), and provides information to members of the public on submitting written comments and on requesting to make oral comments at the meeting. The notice of this meeting is required under section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) and section 114(d)(1)(B) of the Higher Education Act (HEA) of 1965, as amended.
Notice of Availability of Government-Owned Inventions; Available for Licensing
Document Number: 2015-22921
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-09-11
Agency: National Agricultural Library, Risk Management Agency
The inventions listed below are assigned to the United States Government, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy and are available for domestic and foreign licensing by the Department of the Navy. The following patents are available for licensing: Patent No. 9,054,544: ACCESSORY MOUTNING APPARATUS FOR A VEHICLE//Patent No. 9,083,078: UNIVERSAL ANTENNA MOUNTING BRACKET//Patent No. 9,079,211: INTERGRANULAR CORROSION (IGC) AND INTERGRANULAR STRESS CORROSION CRACKING (IGSCC) RESISTANCE IMPROVEMENT METHOD FOR METALLIC ALLOYS// Patent No. 9,080,989: WHISKER MANUFACTURING, DETECTION, RESPONSE, AND COMPOUND MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD//Patent No. 9,081,409: EVENT DETECTION CONTROL SYSTEM FOR OPERATING A REMOTE SENSOR OR PROJECTILE SYSTEM//Patent No. 9,083,418: VERSATILE ANTENNA RECEIVED SIGNAL STRENGTH MEASUREMENT SYSTEM NOT AFFECTING PATTERN AND RECEIVER PERFORMANCE.
Meeting of the Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
Document Number: 2015-22920
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-09-11
Agency: Energy Policy and New Uses Office, Agriculture Department
As stipulated by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is hereby giving notice that a meeting of the Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (the Advisory Council) is scheduled for September 29, 2015, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET. The meeting will be open to the public; a public comment session will be held during the meeting. Pre-registration is required for members of the public who wish to attend the meeting and who wish to participate in the public comment session. Individuals who wish to attend the meeting and/or send in their public comment via email should email CARB@hhs.gov. Registration information is available on the Web site https:// www.hhs.gov/ash/ carb/ and must be completed by September 21, 2015; all in-person attendees must pre-register by this date. Additional information about registering for the meeting and providing public comment can be obtained at https://www.hhs.gov/ash/carb/.
Schedules of Controlled Substances: Removal of [123
Document Number: 2015-22919
Type: Rule
Date: 2015-09-11
Agency: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Agency for International Development
With the issuance of this final rule, the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration removes [\123\I]ioflupane from the schedules of the Controlled Substances Act. This action is pursuant to the Controlled Substances Act which requires that such actions be made on the record after an opportunity for a hearing through formal rulemaking. Prior to the effective date of this rule, [\123\I]ioflupane was, by definition, a schedule II controlled substance because it is derived from cocaine via ecgonine, both of which are schedule II controlled substances. This action removes the regulatory controls and administrative, civil, and criminal sanctions applicable to controlled substances, including those specific to schedule II controlled substances, on persons who handle (manufacture, distribute, reverse distribute, dispense, conduct research, import, export, or conduct chemical analysis) or propose to handle [\123\I]ioflupane.
Notice of Agreement Filed
Document Number: 2015-22912
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-09-11
Agency: Rural Utilities Service
Notice of Request for Additional Information
Document Number: 2015-22909
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-09-11
Agency: Rural Utilities Service
Public Land Order No. 7840; Revocation of Withdrawal Created by Executive Order No. 5732, California
Document Number: 2015-22908
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-09-11
Agency: Farm Service Agency, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
This order revokes in its entirety the withdrawal created by Executive Order No. 5732 dated October 14, 1931, which withdrew 40 acres of public land from settlement, location, sale, or entry for use as a lookout station in connection with cooperative forest protection work. The withdrawal for the lookout station is no longer needed. This action will restore the land to operation of the public land laws.
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Gold Bar Mine Project, Eureka County, NV
Document Number: 2015-22907
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-09-11
Agency: Farm Service Agency, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (NEPA), and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Mount Lewis Field Office, Battle Mountain, Nevada, intends to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and by this notice is announcing the beginning of the scoping process to solicit public comments and identify issues.
Indiana Boxcar Corporation-Continuance in Control Exemption-Camp Chase Railway Company, LLC
Document Number: 2015-22906
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-09-11
Agency: Historic Preservation, Advisory Council, Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
Camp Chase Railway Company, LLC-Acquisition and Operation Exemption-Camp Chase Railroad Company
Document Number: 2015-22905
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-09-11
Agency: Historic Preservation, Advisory Council, Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: 2015-22904
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-09-11
Agency: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
Onshore Oil and Gas Operations; Federal and Indian Oil and Gas Leases; Site Security
Document Number: 2015-22903
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2015-09-11
Agency: Farm Service Agency, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
On July 13, 2015, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) published in the Federal Register a proposed rule to establish minimum standards for site security at oil and gas facilities located on Federal and Indian (except Osage Tribe) lands. This proposed rule would replace Onshore Oil and Gas Order No. 3, Site Security (Order 3), with new regulations that would be codified in the Code of Federal Regulations. It includes provisions intended to ensure that oil and gas produced from Federal and Indian oil and gas leases are properly and securely handled, to ensure accurate measurement, production accountability, and royalty payments, and to prevent theft and loss. The changes proposed as part of this proposed rule would allow the BLM to strengthen its policies governing production verification and accountability by updating Order 3's requirements to address changes in technology and industry practices that have occurred in the 25 years since Order 3 was issued, and to respond to recommendations made by the Government Accountability Office with respect to the BLM's production verification efforts. This notice extends the public comment period for 28 days beyond the initial comment-period deadline on the proposed rule.
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Publicly Owned Treatment Works (Renewal)
Document Number: 2015-22902
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-09-11
Agency: Department of Agriculture
The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an information collection request (ICR), ``NESHAP for Publicly Owned Treatment Works (40 CFR part 63, subpart VVV) (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No. 1891.07, OMB Control No. 2060-0428), to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through September 30, 2015. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register (79 FR 30117) on May 27, 2014 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given below, including its estimated burden and cost to the public. An Agency may neither conduct nor sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Petroleum Dry Cleaners (Renewal)
Document Number: 2015-22901
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-09-11
Agency: Department of Agriculture
The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an information collection request (ICR), ``NSPS for Petroleum Dry Cleaners (40 CFR part 60, subpart JJJ) (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No. 0997.11, OMB Control No. 2060-0079), to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through September 30, 2015. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register (79 FR 30117) on May 27, 2014 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given below, including its estimated burden and cost to the public. An Agency 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.
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