February 22, 2016 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Commission is noticing a recent Postal Service filing concerning an amendment to Parcel Select & Parcel Return Service Contract 5 negotiated service agreement. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.

The Commission is noticing a recent Postal Service filing concerning an amendment to Priority Mail Contract 146 negotiated service agreement. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.

Under the Clean Air Act (CAA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a June 1, 2015, request by Indiana to revise the State Implementation Plan to incorporate changes to the particulate matter (PM) rules contained in Title 326 of the Indiana Administrative Code. The proposal affects sources of PM in the state of Indiana.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the District of Columbia. The revision caps emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOX) from large non-electric generating units (non-EGUs) to meet the requirements of EPA's NOX SIP Call. EPA is approving this revision to cap emissions of NOX from non- EGUs in accordance with the requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA).

This is notice, in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i), that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is contemplating the grant of a an exclusive license to practice the following invention as embodied in the following patent applications: (1) E-194-1999/0, Collins et al., ``Production of Attenuated Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccines Involving Modification of M2 ORF2'', U.S. Provisional Patent Application Number 60/143,097, filed July 9, 1999, PCT Patent Application Number PCT/US2000/18534, filed July 7, 2000, U.S. Patent Application Number 09/611,829 (now U.S. Patent Number 6,713,066), and U.S. Patent Application Number 11/011,502 (now U.S. Patent Number 7,485,440), (2) E-135-2010/0, Collins et al., ``Genetically Stable Live Attenuated Vaccine for Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) with an Attenuation and Temperature Sensitive Phenotype Conferred by an Amino Acid Deletion'', U.S. Provisional Patent Application Number 61/624,010, filed April 13, 2012, PCT Patent Application Number PCT/US2013/030836, filed March 13, 2013, United States Patent Application Number 14/ 394,226, filed October 13, 2014, European Patent Application Number 13712641.3, filed March 13, 2013, (3) E-216-2014/0, Collins et al., ``Versions of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Vaccine Candidate LID Delta M2-2 with Increased Attenuation'', U.S. Provisional Patent Application Number 62/266,199, filed December 11, 2015, (4) E-241-2014/ 0, Collins et al., ``Improved RSV F Protein for Expression from a Heterologous Vector'', U.S. Provisional Patent Application Number 62/ 105,667, filed January 20, 2015, PCT Patent Application Number PCT/ US2016/014154, filed January 20, 2016, and (5) E-037-2016/0, Collins et al., ``Attenuated RSV Vaccine Strains in which the NS1 and/or NS2 Genes have been Shifted to Promoter-Distal Positions'', U.S. Provisional Patent Application Number 62/266,206, filed December 11, 2015, to Sanofi Pasteur, Inc., having a place of business in Swiftwater, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. The patent rights in this invention have been assigned to the United States of America.

We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all The Boeing Company Model 767 airplanes. This AD was prompted by reports of cracking at a central part of the structure. This AD requires repetitive inspections of the skin hidden by the upper and lower splice fittings on both sides of the fuselage, and corrective action if necessary. We are issuing this AD to detect and correct fatigue cracking of the hidden fuselage skin and cracking, corrosion, and other damage to the splice fittings and adjacent visible fuselage skin and structure that could lead to loss of a primary load path between the fuselage and the wing box, and consequent reduced structural integrity of the airplane.

The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) is proposing to repeal its Regulation C, which was issued to implement the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). Title X of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) transferred rulemaking authority for a number of consumer financial protection laws, including HMDA, from the Board to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau). In December 2011, the Bureau published an interim final rule establishing its own Regulation C to implement HMDA, which substantially duplicated the Board's Regulation C. In October 2015, the Bureau finalized the interim final rule and expanded and revised its Regulation C, pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Act. HMDA requires covered financial institutions to collect and report loan data in connection with residential mortgage applications and loans. Although the Board retains authority to issue some consumer financial protection rules, all rulemaking authority under HMDA concerning mortgage loan transactions was transferred to the Bureau. Accordingly, the Board is proposing to repeal its Regulation C and the Official Staff Commentary that accompanies the regulation.

NASA is proposing to amend its regulations to implement section 872 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009, as the statute applies to grants and cooperative agreements. The revision is part of NASA's retrospective plan under Executive Order (EO) 13563 completed in August 2011.

The Coast Guard is establishing an interim rule, providing for temporary moving security zones around vessels being escorted by one or more Coast Guard or other Federal, State, or local law enforcement assets, on the navigable waters of the Lower Mississippi River, New Orleans, LA. This rule follows the interim rule that published in the Federal Register on February 5, 2015, re-establishing the same moving security zone regulations necessary for the safe transit and mooring of vessels requiring escort protection by the Coast Guard for security reasons as well as the safety and security of personnel and port facilities. Entry into, remaining in or transiting through these zones is prohibited for all vessels, mariners, and persons unless specifically authorized by the Captain of the Port New Orleans or a designated representative. The Coast Guard seeks comments on this interim rule specific to making this rule a permanent final rule.