2015 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is withdrawing VA's proposed rulemaking, published in the Federal Register on November 28, 2014, to amend its regulation that governs VA services that are not subject to copayment requirements for inpatient hospital care or outpatient medical care. Specifically, the proposed rule would have amended the regulation to exempt mental health peer support services from having any required copayment. VA received no adverse comments concerning the proposed rule or its companion substantially identical direct final rule published in the Federal Register on the same date. In a companion document in this issue of the Federal Register, we are confirming that the direct final rule became effective on January 27, 2015. Accordingly, this document withdraws as unnecessary the proposed rule.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted the request of Tennessee Valley Authority (the licensee) to withdraw its application dated October 2, 2013, for a proposed amendment to DPR-77 and DPR-79. The proposed amendment would have revised Units 1 and 2 Technical Specification (TS) 3.7.5, ``Ultimate Heat Sink.''

As a result of the determinations by the Department of Commerce (the ``Department'') and the International Trade Commission (the ``ITC'') that revocation of the antidumping duty (``AD'') order on barium chloride from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') would likely lead to a continuation or recurrence of dumping and material injury to an industry in the United States, the Department is publishing a notice of continuation of the antidumping duty order.

The Department of Commerce (the Department) is amending the final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on large residential washers (LRWs) from Mexico to correct ministerial errors. The period of review (POR) is August 3, 2012, through January 31, 2014.

This notice, in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 37 CFR part 404.7, that the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, is contemplating the grant of an exclusive patent license to Astrocyte Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (``Astrocyte''), a company incorporated under the laws of Delaware and having an office in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to practice the following inventions embodied in the following patent applications: US Provisional Patent Appl. No. 60/176,373 entitled, ``Methanocarba cycloalkyl nucleoside analogues,'' filed 14 Jan 2000 [HHS reference E-176-1999/0-US-01]; Intl. Appl. No. PCT/US01/00981, entitled, ``Methanocarba cycloalkyl nucleoside analogues,'' filed 12 Jan 2001 [HHS reference E-176-1999/0-PCT-02]; Australia Patent No. 2001230913, issued 13 Oct 2005 [HHS reference E- 176-1999/0-AU-03]; Canada Patent No. 2.397,366, issued 15 Mar 2011 [HHS reference E-176-1999/0-CA-04]; European Patent Appl. No. 01903043.6 entitled, filed 12 Jan 2001 [HHS Ref No E-176-1999/0-EP-05]; US Patent No. 7,087,589, issued 8 Aug 2006 [HHS reference E-176-1999/0-US-06]; US patent No. 7,790,735, issued 8 Aug 2006 [HHS reference E-176-1999/0-US- 07]; and Great Britain patent No. 1252160, issued 16 Aug 2006 [HHS reference E-176-1999/0-US-08]. The patent rights in these inventions have been assigned to the United States of America. The territories included in this license may be worldwide. The field of use may be related to ``Use of the patent rights in the development and sale of therapeutics for cerebral trauma, stroke, and neurodegenerative disorders.''

The New Mexico State Office of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is proposing to establish supplementary rules within public lands in New Mexico.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 3) and the office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations at 5 CFR part 1320, this notice announces the Agricultural Research Service's (ARS) intent to seek reinstatement of the ARS Animal Health National Program Assessment Survey, renamed as the Agricultural Research Service National Program Assessment Survey and expanded so that it can be used by other ARS National Programs. This voluntary information collection will give the beneficiaries of ARS research the opportunity to provide input on the impact of the research conducted by ARS in the last National Program cycle for each of the respective National Programs. This input will be used for planning the research agenda for the next 5-year program cycle.

In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) is soliciting public comment on the currently approved information collection, FERC-725 [Certification of Electric Reliability Organization; Procedures for Electric Reliability Standards]. The Commission previously issued a Notice in the Federal Register (80 FR 50846, 8/21/2015) requesting public comments. The Commission received no comments on the FERC-725 and is making this notation in its submittal to OMB.

The Yavapai Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet in Prescott, Arizona. The committee is authorized under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (the Act) and operates in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The purpose of the committee is to improve collaborative relationships and to provide advice and recommendations to the Forest Service concerning projects and funding consistent with Title II of the Act. Additional RAC information, including the meeting agenda and the meeting summary/ minutes can be found at the following Web site: https://www.fs.usda.gov/ main/prescott/workingtogether/advisorycommittees.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish notice of permits issued under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. This is the required notice.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish a notice of permit applications received to conduct activities regulated under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. NSF has published regulations under the Antarctic Conservation Act at title 45 part 671 of the Code of Federal Regulations. This is the required notice of permit applications received.