November 4, 2015 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Agency Information Collection Activities: Customs and Border Protection Recordkeeping Requirements
Document Number: 2015-28062
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-11-04
Agency: Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the Department of Homeland Security will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act: Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Recordkeeping Requirements. This is a proposed extension of recordkeeping requirements that were previously approved. CBP is proposing these requirements be extended with no change to the burden hours or to the recordkeeping required. This document is published to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Application-Permit-Special License Unlading-Lading-Overtime Services
Document Number: 2015-28061
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-11-04
Agency: Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the Department of Homeland Security will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act: Application-Permit-Special License Unlading-Lading-Overtime Services (CBP Form 3171). CBP is proposing that this information collection be extended with no change to the burden hours or to the information collected. This document is published to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Declaration for Free Entry of Returned American Products
Document Number: 2015-28060
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-11-04
Agency: Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the Department of Homeland Security will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act: Declaration for Free Entry of Returned American Products (CBP Form 3311). CBP is proposing that this information collection be extended with no change to the burden hours or to the information collected. This document is published to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Deferral of Duty on Large Yachts Imported for Sale
Document Number: 2015-28059
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-11-04
Agency: Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the Department of Homeland Security will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act: Deferral of Duty on Large Yachts Imported for Sale. CBP is proposing that this information collection be extended with no change to the burden hours or to the information collected. This document is published to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies.
Notice of Federal Review of the Connecticut Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons With Disabilities
Document Number: 2015-28058
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-11-04
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Representatives of the Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AIDD), Administration for Community Living (ACL), will be conducting a federal review on December 1-4, 2015 of the Connecticut Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities (OPA). AIDD is soliciting comments from interested parties on your experiences with the work, program, and strategies employed by OPA in meeting the needs of individuals with developmental disabilities and their families in Connecticut. You are encouraged to share your experiences by way of any of the following methods: Email: Clare.Barnett@acl.hhs.gov. Telephone: 202-357-3426. Mail Comments To: Clare Barnett, Program Specialist, Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Administration for Community Living, One Massachusetts Avenue NW., Room 4204, Washington, DC 20201. Comments should be received by December 4, 2015 in order to be included in the final report.
Comprehensive Child Welfare Information System
Document Number: 2015-28057
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2015-11-04
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families
The Administration for Children and Families reopens the comment period for the notice of proposed rulemaking entitled, ``Comprehensive Child Welfare Information System.'' We take this action to respond to requests from the public for more time to submit comments. The notice of proposed rulemaking and our request for comments appeared in the Federal Register on August 11, 2015. We initially set October 13, 2015 as the deadline for the comment period. The Web site for submitting public comments, https:// www.regulations.gov, experienced technical difficulties and was unavailable for periods of time during the several days prior to this deadline and many commenters reported difficulty submitting their comments using this mechanism. To allow the public more time, we are reopening the comment period for an additional 7 days.
Notice of Open Public Hearing
Document Number: 2015-28055
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-11-04
Agency: U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Notice is hereby given of the following public hearing of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. Name: William A. Reinsch, Chairman of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. The Commission is mandated by Congress to investigate, assess, and report to Congress annually on ``the national security implications of the economic relationship between the United States and the People's Republic of China.'' Pursuant to this mandate, the Commission will hold an official public release of the Commission's 2015 Annual Report to Congress on November 18, 2015. Purpose of Meeting: Pursuant to this mandate, the Commission will hold an official public conference in Washington, DC to release the 2015 Annual Report on November 18, 2015. The Commission is subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) with the enactment of the Science, State, Justice, Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 that was signed into law on November 22, 2005 (Public Law 109-108). In accord with FACA, meetings of the Commission to make decisions concerning the substance and recommendations of its 2015 Annual Report to Congress are open to the public. Topics Addressed: The Commission's 2015 Annual Report contains the following chapters and sections:
Public Inquiry on Service Performance Measurement Data
Document Number: 2015-28054
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-11-04
Agency: Postal Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Commission is establishing a public inquiry to receive comments regarding the Postal Service's service performance measurement data. This notice informs the public of this proceeding, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
Document Number: 2015-28053
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-11-04
Agency: Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary
The Office of the Secretary of Defense proposes to alter a system of records, DWHS P45, entitled ``OSD/Joint Staff Voluntary Leave Transfer Program Records'' to manage the OSD/Joint Staff Voluntary Leave Transfer (VLTP) program. Employees experiencing a personal or family medical emergency, who have exhausted their own leave, may apply to be a recipient of annual leave donated by other Federal employees, or from leave donors in other Federal agencies eligible to participate in the program. Employees may donate annual leave to an approved leave recipient in their own agency or in another Federal agency covered by the provisions of the program.
Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Exempted Fishing, Scientific Research, Display, Shark Research Fishery, and Chartering Permits; Letters of Acknowledgment
Document Number: 2015-28051
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-11-04
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS announces its intent to issue Exempted Fishing Permits (EFPs), Scientific Research Permits (SRPs), Display Permits, Letters of Acknowledgment (LOAs), Shark Research Fishery Permits, and Chartering Permits for Atlantic highly migratory species (HMS) in 2016. Exempted fishing permits and related permits would authorize collection of a limited number of tunas, swordfish, billfishes, and sharks (collectively known as HMS) from Federal waters in the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of Mexico for the purposes of scientific data collection, bycatch research, and public display. Chartering permits allow the collection of HMS on the high seas or in the Exclusive Economic Zone of other nations under certain conditions. Generally, EFPs and related permits will be valid from the date of issuance through December 31, 2016, unless otherwise specified, subject to the terms and conditions of individual permits.
Low-Effect Habitat Conservation Plan for Seven Covered Species, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Land, Inyo and Mono Counties, California
Document Number: 2015-28050
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-11-04
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), advise the public that we are extending the public review and comment period for the draft low effect habitat conservation plan (draft HCP) for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power's operations, maintenance, and management activities on its land in Inyo and Mono Counties, California, and draft Environmental Action Statement/Low Effect Screening Form.
Notice of Public Meeting, Eastern Montana Resource Advisory Council Meeting
Document Number: 2015-28049
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-11-04
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Eastern Montana Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet as indicated below.
National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions
Document Number: 2015-28048
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-11-04
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
The National Park Service is soliciting comments on the significance of properties nominated before October 10, 2015, for listing or related actions in the National Register of Historic Places.
International Labour Office (ILO) Reference Radiographs; Reopening of Comment Period
Document Number: 2015-28047
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-11-04
Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services
On April 6, 2015, the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), published a notice in the Federal Register [80 FR 18427] announcing a collaboration with the Labour Inspection, Labour Administration and Occupational Safety and Health Branch of the International Labour Office (ILO) in developing a set of digital reference radiographs for the ILO International Classification of Radiographs of Pneumoconiosis (ILO Classification). Today we are announcing the re-opening of the public comment period for an additional 60 days.
South Carolina Disaster Number SC-00031
Document Number: 2015-28046
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-11-04
Agency: Small Business Administration, Agencies and Commissions
This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of SOUTH CAROLINA (FEMA-4241-DR), dated 10/05/2015. Incident: Severe Storms and Flooding. Incident Period: 10/01/2015 through 10/23/2015. Effective Date: 10/27/2015. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 12/04/2015. EIDL Loan Application Deadline Date: 07/05/2016.
Cicero Central Railroad, L.L.C.-Lease Exemption-Illinois Central Railroad Company
Document Number: 2015-28044
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-11-04
Agency: Surface Transportation Board, Department of Transportation
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: 2015-28043
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-11-04
Agency: Department of Commerce
Washington Disaster #WA-00059
Document Number: 2015-28042
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-11-04
Agency: Small Business Administration, Agencies and Commissions
This is a notice of an Administrative declaration of a disaster for the State of WASHINGTON dated 10/28/2015. Incident: Wildfires, Incident Period: 08/09/2015 through 09/10/2015, Effective Date: 10/28/2015, Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 12/28/2015, Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date: 07/28/2016.
Watco Holdings, Inc.-Continuance in Control Exemption-Cicero Central Railroad, L.L.C.
Document Number: 2015-28039
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-11-04
Agency: Surface Transportation Board, Department of Transportation
Certain Windshield Wipers and Components Thereof Notice of Request for Statements on the Public Interest
Document Number: 2015-28032
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-11-04
Agency: International Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Notice is hereby given that the presiding administrative law judge has issued a final initial determination and recommended determination on remedy and bonding in the above-captioned investigation. The Commission is soliciting comments on public interest issues raised by the recommended relief, specifically a limited exclusion order against certain windshield wipers and components thereof, imported by respondents Trico Products Corporation of Rochester Hills, Michigan; Trico Products of Brownsville, Texas; and Trico Componentes SA de CV of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico. This notice is soliciting public interest comments from the public only. Parties are to file public interest submissions pursuant to 19 CFR 210.50(a)(4).
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: 2015-28031
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-11-04
Agency: Department of Commerce
Certain Steel Grating From China
Document Number: 2015-28018
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-11-04
Agency: International Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Determination of Distributive Share When Partner's Interest Changes; Correction
Document Number: 2015-28015
Type: Rule
Date: 2015-11-04
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
This document contains corrections to final regulations (TD 9728) that were published in the Federal Register on Monday, August 3, 2015 (80 FR 45865). The final regulations are regarding the determination of a partner's distributive share of partnership items of income, gain, loss, deduction, and credit when a partner's interest varies during a partnership taxable year.
Determination of Distributive Share When Partner's Interest Changes; Correction
Document Number: 2015-28014
Type: Rule
Date: 2015-11-04
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
This document contains corrections to final regulations (TD 9728) that were published in the Federal Register on Monday, August 3, 2015 (80 FR 45865). The final regulations regarding the determination of a partner's distributive share of partnership items of income, gain, loss, deduction, and credit when a partner's interest varies during a partnership taxable year.
Treatment of Certain Transfers of Property to Foreign Corporations; Correction
Document Number: 2015-28013
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2015-11-04
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
This document contains corrections to a notice of proposed rulemaking (REG-139483-13) that was published in the Federal Register on Wednesday, September 16, 2015 (80 FR 55568). The proposed regulations are relating to certain transfers of property by United States persons to foreign corporations.
Hazardous Materials: New York City Permit Requirements for Transportation of Certain Hazardous Materials
Document Number: 2015-28012
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-11-04
Agency: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Department of Transportation
PHMSA is extending the period for comments on the American Trucking Associations, Inc.'s (ATA) application for a preemption determination concerning the requirements of the New York City Fire Department for a permit to transport certain hazardous materials by motor vehicles through New York City, or for transshipment from New York City, and the fee for the permit.
Air Plan Approval and Air Quality Designation; TN; Reasonably Available Control Measures and Redesignation for the TN Portion of the Chattanooga 1997 Annual PM2.5
Document Number: 2015-28009
Type: Rule
Date: 2015-11-04
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving the portion of a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Tennessee, through the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC), on October 15, 2009, that addresses reasonably available control measures (RACM), including reasonably available control technology (RACT), for the Tennessee portion of the Chattanooga, TN-GA-AL nonattainment area for the 1997 fine particulate matter (PM2.5) national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) (hereinafter referred to as the ``Chattanooga TN-GA-AL Area'' or ``Area''). Additionally, EPA is taking three separate final actions related to Tennessee's November 13, 2014 request to redesignate the Tennessee portion of the Area to attainment for the 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS and associated SIP revision containing a plan for maintaining attainment of the standard in the Chattanooga TN-GA-AL Area. In these three actions, EPA is determining that the Area is continuing to attain the 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS; approving and incorporating the State's plan for maintaining attainment of the standard in the Area, including the 2025 motor vehicle emission budgets (MVEBs) for nitrogen oxides (NOX) and PM2.5 for the Tennessee portion of this Area, into the SIP; and redesignating the Tennessee portion of the Area to attainment for the 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS. In addition to the four final actions described above, EPA is also finding the 2025 MVEBs for the Tennessee portion of the Area adequate for the purposes of transportation conformity.
Notice of Request for the Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection
Document Number: 2015-28000
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-11-04
Agency: Federal Transit Administration, Department of Transportation
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the intention of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to renew the following information collection:
Subsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska; Rural Determinations, Nonrural List
Document Number: 2015-27996
Type: Rule
Date: 2015-11-04
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
This rule revises the list of nonrural areas in Alaska identified by the Federal Subsistence Board (Board). Only residents of areas that are rural are eligible to participate in the Federal Subsistence Management Program on public lands in Alaska. Based on a Secretarial review of the rural determination process, and the subsequent change in the regulations governing this process, the Board is revising the current nonrural determinations to the list that existed prior to 2007. Accordingly, the community of Saxman and the area of Prudhoe Bay will be removed from the nonrural list. The following areas continue to be nonrural, but their boundaries will return to their original borders: the Kenai Area; the Wasilla/Palmer area; the Homer area; and the Ketchikan area.
Subsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska; Rural Determination Process
Document Number: 2015-27994
Type: Rule
Date: 2015-11-04
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
The Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior are revising the regulations governing the rural determination process for the Federal Subsistence Management Program in Alaska. The Secretaries have removed specific guidelines, including requirements regarding population data, the aggregation of communities, and a decennial review. This change will allow the Federal Subsistence Board (Board) to define which communities or areas of Alaska are nonrural (all other communities and areas would, therefore, be rural). This new process will enable the Board to be more flexible in making decisions and to take into account regional differences found throughout the State. The new process will also allow for greater input from the Subsistence Regional Advisory Councils (Councils), Federally recognized Tribes of Alaska, Alaska Native Corporations, and the public.
Securities Investor Protection Corporation
Document Number: 2015-27921
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2015-11-04
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Securities Investor Protection Corporation (``SIPC'') filed proposed rules with the Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission''). SIPC proposes to adopt the SIPC Series 600 Rules, entitled ``Rules Relating to Supplemental Report of SIPC Membership,'' in accordance with paragraph (e)(4) of Rule 17a-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Exchange Act''). The Commission is publishing the proposed rules for public comment. Because SIPC rules have the force and effect as if promulgated by the Commission, those rules are published in Title 17 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
Diethofencarb; Pesticide Tolerance
Document Number: 2015-27891
Type: Rule
Date: 2015-11-04
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This regulation establishes a tolerance for residues of diethofencarb in or on banana. Sumitomo Chemical Company requested this tolerance under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).
Nicosulfuron; Pesticide Tolerances
Document Number: 2015-27887
Type: Rule
Date: 2015-11-04
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of nicosulfuron in or on sorghum, grain, forage; sorghum, grain, grain; and sorghum, grain, stover. E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).
Professional Conduct of Attorneys Practicing Under the Cognizance and Supervision of the Judge Advocate General
Document Number: 2015-26982
Type: Rule
Date: 2015-11-04
Agency: Department of Defense, Department of the Navy
The Department of the Navy (DoN) is issuing a final rule to comport with current policy as stated in JAG Instruction 5803.1 (Series) governing the professional conduct of attorneys practicing under the cognizance and supervision of the Judge Advocate General. The rule generally aligns with the American Bar Association Model Rules of Professional Conduct.
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