Semiannual Regulatory Agenda, 37475-37476 [2016-12970]
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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 111 (Thursday, June 9, 2016)] [Unknown Section] [Pages 37475-37476] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2016-12970] [[Page 37243]] Vol. 81 Thursday, No. 111 June 9, 2016 Part II Regulatory Information Service Center ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Semiannual Regulatory Agenda Federal Register / Vol. 81 , No. 111 / Thursday, June 9, 2016 / Unified Agenda [[Page 37244]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- REGULATORY INFORMATION SERVICE CENTER Introduction to the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions AGENCY: Regulatory Information Service Center. ACTION: Introduction to the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Spring 2016 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. Publication of the Spring 2016 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions represents a key component of the regulatory planning mechanism prescribed in Executive Order 12866 ``Regulatory Planning and Review'' (58 FR 51735) and incorporated by reference in the President's Executive Order 13563, ``Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review,'' issued on January 18, 2011 (76 FR 3821). The Regulatory Flexibility Act requires that agencies publish semiannual regulatory agendas in the Federal Register describing regulatory actions they are developing that may have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities (5 U.S.C. 602). In the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (Unified Agenda) agencies report regulatory actions upcoming in the next year. Executive Order 12866 ``Regulatory Planning and Review,'' signed September 30, 1993 (58 FR 51735), and Office of Management and Budget memoranda implementing section 4 of that Order establish minimum standards for agencies' agendas, including specific types of information for each entry. The Unified Agenda helps agencies fulfill these requirements. All Federal regulatory agencies have chosen to publish their regulatory agendas as part of the Unified Agenda. The complete Unified Agenda for spring 2016, which contains the regulatory agendas for 57 Federal agencies, is available to the public at https://reginfo.gov. The spring 2016 Unified Agenda publication appearing in the Federal Register consists of agency regulatory flexibility agendas, in accordance with the publication requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. Agency regulatory flexibility agendas contain only those Agenda entries for rules that are likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities and entries that have been selected for periodic review under section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. ADDRESSES: Regulatory Information Service Center (MVE), General Services Administration, 1800 F Street NW., MVE, Room 2219F, Washington, DC 20405. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information about specific regulatory actions, please refer to the agency contact listed for each entry. To provide comment on or to obtain further information about this publication, contact: John C. Thomas, Executive Director, Regulatory Information Service Center (MVE), General Services Administration, 1800 F Street NW., MVE, Room 2219F, Washington, DC 20405, (202) 482-7340. You may also send comments to us by email at: RISC@gsa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Table of Contents Introduction to the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions I. What is the Unified Agenda? II. Why is the Unified Agenda published? III. How is the Unified Agenda organized? IV. What information appears for each entry? V. Abbreviations VI. How can users get copies of the Plan and the Agenda? Agency Agendas Cabinet Departments Department of Agriculture Department of Commerce Department of Defense Department of Education Department of Energy Department of Health and Human Services Department of Homeland Security Department of Housing and Urban Development Department of the Interior Department of Justice Department of Labor Department of Transportation Department of the Treasury Other Executive Agencies Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board Environmental Protection Agency General Services Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration Small Business Administration Joint Authority Department of Defense/General Services Administration/National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Federal Acquisition Regulation) Independent Regulatory Agencies Commodity Futures Trading Commission Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Consumer Product Safety Commission Federal Communications Commission Federal Maritime Commission Federal Reserve System Nuclear Regulatory Commission Securities and Exchange Commission Surface Transportation Board Introduction to the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions I. What is the Unified Agenda? The Unified Agenda provides information about regulations that the Government is considering or reviewing. The Unified Agenda has appeared in the Federal Register twice each year since 1983 and has been available online since 1995. The complete Unified Agenda is available to the public at https://reginfo.gov. The online Unified Agenda offers user-friendly flexible search tools and a vast historical database. The spring 2016 Unified Agenda publication appearing in the Federal Register consists of agency regulatory flexibility agendas, in accordance with the publication requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. Agency regulatory flexibility agendas contain only those Agenda entries for rules that are likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities and entries that have been selected for periodic review under section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. Printed entries display only the fields required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act. Complete agenda information for those entries appears, in a uniform format, in the online Unified Agenda at https://reginfo.gov. These publication formats meet the publication mandates of the Regulatory Flexibility Act and Executive Order 12866. The complete online edition of the Unified Agenda includes regulatory agendas from 57 Federal agencies. Agencies of the United States Congress are not included. The following agencies have no entries identified for inclusion in the printed regulatory flexibility agenda. The regulatory agendas of these agencies are available to the public at https://reginfo.gov. Department of State Department of Veterans Affairs Agency for International Development Commission on Civil Rights Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled Corporation for National and Community Service Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Institute of Museum and Library Services National Archives and Records Administration National Endowment for the Arts National Endowment for the Humanities [[Page 37245]] National Science Foundation Office of Government Ethics Office of Management and Budget Office of Personnel Management Office of the United States Trade Representative Peace Corps Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Railroad Retirement Board Social Security Administration Farm Credit Administration Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Federal Housing Finance Agency Federal Maritime Commission Federal Trade Commission Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council National Credit Union Administration National Indian Gaming Commission National Transportation Safety Board The Regulatory Information Service Center compiles the Unified Agenda for the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), part of the Office of Management and Budget. OIRA is responsible for overseeing the Federal Government's regulatory, paperwork, and information resource management activities, including implementation of Executive Order 12866 (incorporated by reference in Executive Order 13563). The Center also provides information about Federal regulatory activity to the President and his Executive Office, the Congress, agency officials, and the public. The activities included in the Unified Agenda are, in general, those that will have a regulatory action within the next 12 months. Agencies may choose to include activities that will have a longer timeframe than 12 months. Agency agendas also show actions or reviews completed or withdrawn since the last Unified Agenda. Executive Order 12866 does not require agencies to include regulations concerning military or foreign affairs functions or regulations related to agency organization, management, or personnel matters. Agencies prepared entries for this publication to give the public notice of their plans to review, propose, and issue regulations. They have tried to predict their activities over the next 12 months as accurately as possible, but dates and schedules are subject to change. Agencies may withdraw some of the regulations now under development, and they may issue or propose other regulations not included in their agendas. Agency actions in the rulemaking process may occur before or after the dates they have listed. The Unified Agenda does not create a legal obligation on agencies to adhere to schedules in this publication or to confine their regulatory activities to those regulations that appear within it. II. Why is the Unified Agenda published? The Unified Agenda helps agencies comply with their obligations under the Regulatory Flexibility Act and various Executive orders and other statutes. Executive Order 12866 Executive Order 12866 entitled ``Regulatory Planning and Review,'' signed September 30, 1993, (58 FR 51735), requires covered agencies to prepare an agenda of all regulations under development or review. The Order also requires that certain agencies prepare annually a regulatory plan of their ``most important significant regulatory actions,'' which appears as part of the fall Unified Agenda. Executive Order 13497, signed January 30, 2009 (74 FR 6113), revoked the amendments to Executive Order 12866 that were contained in Executive Order 13258 and Executive Order 13422. Executive Order 13563 Executive Order 13563 entitled ``Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review,'' issued on January 18, 2011, supplements and reaffirms the principles, structures, and definitions governing contemporary regulatory review that were established in Executive Order 12866, which includes the general principles of regulation and public participation, and orders integration and innovation in coordination across agencies; flexible approaches where relevant, feasible, and consistent with regulatory approaches; scientific integrity in any scientific or technological information and processes used to support the agencies' regulatory actions; and retrospective analysis of existing regulations. Regulatory Flexibility Act The Regulatory Flexibility Act requires agencies to identify those rules that may have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities (5 U.S.C. 602). Agencies meet that requirement by including the information in their submissions for the Unified Agenda. Agencies may also indicate those regulations that they are reviewing as part of their periodic review of existing rules under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 610). Executive Order 13272 entitled ``Proper Consideration of Small Entities in Agency Rulemaking,'' signed August 13, 2002, (67 FR 53461), provides additional guidance on compliance with the Act. Executive Order 13132 Executive Order 13132 entitled ``Federalism,'' signed August 4, 1999, (64 FR 43255), directs agencies to have an accountable process to ensure meaningful and timely input by State and local officials in the development of regulatory policies that have ``federalism implications'' as defined in the Order. Under the Order, an agency that is proposing a regulation with federalism implications, which either preempt State law or impose non-statutory unfunded substantial direct compliance costs on State and local governments, must consult with State and local officials early in the process of developing the regulation. In addition, the agency must provide to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget a federalism summary impact statement for such a regulation, which consists of a description of the extent of the agency's prior consultation with State and local officials, a summary of their concerns and the agency's position supporting the need to issue the regulation, and a statement of the extent to which those concerns have been met. As part of this effort, agencies include in their submissions for the Unified Agenda information on whether their regulatory actions may have an effect on the various levels of government and whether those actions have federalism implications. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-4, title II) requires agencies to prepare written assessments of the costs and benefits of significant regulatory actions ``that may result in the expenditure by State, local, and tribal governments, in the aggregate, or by the private sector, of $100,000,000 or more . . . in any 1 year . . . .'' The requirement does not apply to independent regulatory agencies, nor does it apply to certain subject areas excluded by section 4 of the Act. Affected agencies identify in the Unified Agenda those regulatory actions they believe are subject to title II of the Act. Executive Order 13211 Executive Order 13211 entitled ``Actions Concerning Regulations That Significantly Affect Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use,'' signed May 18, 2001, (66 FR 28355), directs agencies to provide, to the extent possible, information regarding the adverse effects that agency actions may have on the supply, distribution, and use of energy. Under the Order, the agency must prepare and submit a Statement of Energy Effects to the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, for ``those matters identified as significant energy actions.'' As part of [[Page 37246]] this effort, agencies may optionally include in their submissions for the Unified Agenda information on whether they have prepared or plan to prepare a Statement of Energy Effects for their regulatory actions. Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act The Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (Pub. L. 104-121, title II) established a procedure for congressional review of rules (5 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), which defers, unless exempted, the effective date of a ``major'' rule for at least 60 days from the publication of the final rule in the Federal Register. The Act specifies that a rule is ``major'' if it has resulted, or is likely to result, in an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more or meets other criteria specified in that Act. The Act provides that the Administrator of OIRA will make the final determination as to whether a rule is major. III. How is the Unified Agenda organized? Agency regulatory flexibility agendas are printed in a single daily edition of the Federal Register. A regulatory flexibility agenda is printed for each agency whose agenda includes entries for rules which are likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities or rules that have been selected for periodic review under section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. Each printed agenda appears as a separate part. The parts are organized alphabetically in four groups: Cabinet departments; other executive agencies; the Federal Acquisition Regulation, a joint authority; and independent regulatory agencies. Agencies may in turn be divided into sub-agencies. Each agency's part of the Agenda contains a preamble providing information specific to that agency. Each printed agency agenda has a table of contents listing the agency's printed entries that follow. The online, complete Unified Agenda contains the preambles of all participating agencies. In the online Agenda, users can select the particular agencies whose agendas they want to see. Users have broad flexibility to specify the characteristics of the entries of interest to them by choosing the desired responses to individual data fields. To see a listing of all of an agency's entries, a user can select the agency without specifying any particular characteristics of entries. Each entry in the Unified Agenda is associated with one of five rulemaking stages. The rulemaking stages are: 1. Prerule Stage--actions agencies will undertake to determine whether or how to initiate rulemaking. Such actions occur prior to a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) and may include Advance Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRMs) and reviews of existing regulations. 2. Proposed Rule Stage--actions for which agencies plan to publish a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking as the next step in their rulemaking process or for which the closing date of the NPRM Comment Period is the next step. 3. Final Rule Stage--actions for which agencies plan to publish a final rule or an interim final rule or to take other final action as the next step. 4. Long-Term Actions--items under development but for which the agency does not expect to have a regulatory action within the 12 months after publication of this edition of the Unified Agenda. Some of the entries in this section may contain abbreviated information. 5. Completed Actions--actions or reviews the agency has completed or withdrawn since publishing its last agenda. This section also includes items the agency began and completed between issues of the Agenda. Long-Term Actions are rulemakings reported during the publication cycle that are outside of the required 12-month reporting period for which the Agenda was intended. Completed Actions in the publication cycle are rulemakings that are ending their lifecycle either by Withdrawal or completion of the rulemaking process. Therefore, the Long-Term and Completed RINs do not represent the ongoing, forward- looking nature intended for reporting developing rulemakings in the Agenda pursuant to Executive Order 12866, section 4(b) and 4(c). To further differentiate these two stages of rulemaking in the Unified Agenda from active rulemakings, Long-Term and Completed Actions are reported separately from active rulemakings, which can be any of the first three stages of rulemaking listed above. A separate search function is provided on https://reginfo.gov to search for Completed and Long-Term Actions apart from each other and active RINs. A bullet () preceding the title of an entry indicates that the entry is appearing in the Unified Agenda for the first time. In the printed edition, all entries are numbered sequentially from the beginning to the end of the publication. The sequence number preceding the title of each entry identifies the location of the entry in this edition. The sequence number is used as the reference in the printed table of contents. Sequence numbers are not used in the online Unified Agenda because the unique Regulation Identifier Number (RIN) is able to provide this cross-reference capability. Editions of the Unified Agenda prior to fall 2007 contained several indexes, which identified entries with various characteristics. These included regulatory actions for which agencies believe that the Regulatory Flexibility Act may require a Regulatory Flexibility Analysis, actions selected for periodic review under section 610(c) of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, and actions that may have federalism implications as defined in Executive Order 13132 or other effects on levels of government. These indexes are no longer compiled, because users of the online Unified Agenda have the flexibility to search for entries with any combination of desired characteristics. The online edition retains the Unified Agenda's subject index based on the Federal Register Thesaurus of Indexing Terms. In addition, online users have the option of searching Agenda text fields for words or phrases. IV. What information appears for each entry? All entries in the online Unified Agenda contain uniform data elements including, at a minimum, the following information: Title of the Regulation--a brief description of the subject of the regulation. In the printed edition, the notation ``Section 610 Review'' following the title indicates that the agency has selected the rule for its periodic review of existing rules under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 610(c)). Some agencies have indicated completions of section 610 reviews or rulemaking actions resulting from completed section 610 reviews. In the online edition, these notations appear in a separate field. Priority--an indication of the significance of the regulation. Agencies assign each entry to one of the following five categories of significance. (1) Economically Significant As defined in Executive Order 12866, a rulemaking action that will have an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more or will adversely affect in a material way the economy, a sector of the economy, productivity, competition, jobs, the environment, public health or safety, or State, local, or tribal governments or communities. The definition of an ``economically significant'' rule is similar but not identical to the definition of a ``major'' [[Page 37247]] rule under 5 U.S.C. 801 (Pub. L. 104-121). (See below.) (2) Other Significant A rulemaking that is not Economically Significant but is considered Significant by the agency. This category includes rules that the agency anticipates will be reviewed under Executive Order 12866 or rules that are a priority of the agency head. These rules may or may not be included in the agency's regulatory plan. (3) Substantive, Nonsignificant A rulemaking that has substantive impacts but is neither Significant, nor Routine and Frequent, nor Informational/ Administrative/Other. (4) Routine and Frequent A rulemaking that is a specific case of a multiple recurring application of a regulatory program in the Code of Federal Regulations and that does not alter the body of the regulation. (5) Informational/Administrative/Other A rulemaking that is primarily informational or pertains to agency matters not central to accomplishing the agency's regulatory mandate but that the agency places in the Unified Agenda to inform the public of the activity. Major--whether the rule is ``major'' under 5 U.S.C. 801 (Pub. L. 104-121) because it has resulted or is likely to result in an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more or meets other criteria specified in that Act. The Act provides that the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs will make the final determination as to whether a rule is major. Unfunded Mandates--whether the rule is covered by section 202 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-4). The Act requires that, before issuing an NPRM likely to result in a mandate that may result in expenditures by State, local, and tribal governments, in the aggregate, or by the private sector of more than $100 million in 1 year, agencies, other than independent regulatory agencies, shall prepare a written statement containing an assessment of the anticipated costs and benefits of the Federal mandate. Legal Authority--the section(s) of the United States Code (U.S.C.) or Public Law (Pub. L.) or the Executive order (E.O.) that authorize(s) the regulatory action. Agencies may provide popular name references to laws in addition to these citations. CFR Citation--the section(s) of the Code of Federal Regulations that will be affected by the action. Legal Deadline--whether the action is subject to a statutory or judicial deadline, the date of that deadline, and whether the deadline pertains to an NPRM, a Final Action, or some other action. Abstract--a brief description of the problem the regulation will address; the need for a Federal solution; to the extent available, alternatives that the agency is considering to address the problem; and potential costs and benefits of the action. Timetable--the dates and citations (if available) for all past steps and a projected date for at least the next step for the regulatory action. A date displayed in the form 06/00/14 means the agency is predicting the month and year the action will take place but not the day it will occur. In some instances, agencies may indicate what the next action will be, but the date of that action is ``To Be Determined.'' ``Next Action Undetermined'' indicates the agency does not know what action it will take next. Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required--whether an analysis is required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) because the rulemaking action is likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities as defined by the Act. Small Entities Affected--the types of small entities (businesses, governmental jurisdictions, or organizations) on which the rulemaking action is likely to have an impact as defined by the Regulatory Flexibility Act. Some agencies have chosen to indicate likely effects on small entities even though they believe that a Regulatory Flexibility Analysis will not be required. Government Levels Affected--whether the action is expected to affect levels of government and, if so, whether the governments are State, local, tribal, or Federal. International Impacts--whether the regulation is expected to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise may be of interest to the Nation's international trading partners. Federalism--whether the action has ``federalism implications'' as defined in Executive Order 13132. This term refers to actions ``that have substantial direct effects on the States, on the relationship between the national government and the States, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities among the various levels of government.'' Independent regulatory agencies are not required to supply this information. Included in the Regulatory Plan--whether the rulemaking was included in the agency's current regulatory plan published in fall 2015. Agency Contact--the name and phone number of at least one person in the agency who is knowledgeable about the rulemaking action. The agency may also provide the title, address, fax number, email address, and TDD for each agency contact. Some agencies have provided the following optional information: RIN Information URL--the Internet address of a site that provides more information about the entry. Public Comment URL--the Internet address of a site that will accept public comments on the entry. Alternatively, timely public comments may be submitted at the governmentwide e-rulemaking site, https:// www.regulations.gov. Additional Information--any information an agency wishes to include that does not have a specific corresponding data element. Compliance Cost to the Public--the estimated gross compliance cost of the action. Affected Sectors--the industrial sectors that the action may most affect, either directly or indirectly. Affected sectors are identified by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes. Energy Effects--an indication of whether the agency has prepared or plans to prepare a Statement of Energy Effects for the action, as required by Executive Order 13211 ``Actions Concerning Regulations That Significantly Affect Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use,'' signed May 18, 2001 (66 FR 28355). Related RINs--one or more past or current RIN(s) associated with activity related to this action, such as merged RINs, split RINs, new activity for previously completed RINs, or duplicate RINs. Some agencies that participated in the fall 2015 edition of The Regulatory Plan have chosen to include the following information for those entries that appeared in the Plan: Statement of Need--a description of the need for the regulatory action. Summary of the Legal Basis--a description of the legal basis for the action, including whether any aspect of the action is required by statute or court order. Alternatives--a description of the alternatives the agency has considered or will consider as required by section 4(c)(1)(B) of Executive Order 12866. Anticipated Costs and Benefits--a description of preliminary estimates of the anticipated costs and benefits of the action. [[Page 37248]] Risks--a description of the magnitude of the risk the action addresses, the amount by which the agency expects the action to reduce this risk, and the relation of the risk and this risk reduction effort to other risks and risk reduction efforts within the agency's jurisdiction. V. Abbreviations The following abbreviations appear throughout this publication: ANPRM--An Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking is a preliminary notice, published in the Federal Register, announcing that an agency is considering a regulatory action. An agency may issue an ANPRM before it develops a detailed proposed rule. An ANPRM describes the general area that may be subject to regulation and usually asks for public comment on the issues and options being discussed. An ANPRM is issued only when an agency believes it needs to gather more information before proceeding to a notice of proposed rulemaking. CFR--The Code of Federal Regulations is an annual codification of the general and permanent regulations published in the Federal Register by the agencies of the Federal Government. The Code is divided into 50 titles, each title covering a broad area subject to Federal regulation. The CFR is keyed to and kept up to date by the daily issues of the Federal Register. E.O.--An Executive order is a directive from the President to Executive agencies, issued under constitutional or statutory authority. Executive orders are published in the Federal Register and in title 3 of the Code of Federal Regulations. FR--The Federal Register is a daily Federal Government publication that provides a uniform system for publishing Presidential documents, all proposed and final regulations, notices of meetings, and other official documents issued by Federal agencies. FY--The Federal fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30. NPRM--A Notice of Proposed Rulemaking is the document an agency issues and publishes in the Federal Register that describes and solicits public comments on a proposed regulatory action. Under the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 553), an NPRM must include, at a minimum: a statement of the time, place, and nature of the public rulemaking proceeding; a reference to the legal authority under which the rule is proposed; and either the terms or substance of the proposed rule or a description of the subjects and issues involved. PL (or Pub. L.)--A public law is a law passed by Congress and signed by the President or enacted over his veto. It has general applicability, unlike a private law that applies only to those persons or entities specifically designated. Public laws are numbered in sequence throughout the 2-year life of each Congress; for example, PL 110-4 is the fourth public law of the 110th Congress. RFA--A Regulatory Flexibility Analysis is a description and analysis of the impact of a rule on small entities, including small businesses, small governmental jurisdictions, and certain small not- for-profit organizations. The Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) requires each agency to prepare an initial RFA for public comment when it is required to publish an NPRM and to make available a final RFA when the final rule is published, unless the agency head certifies that the rule would not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. RIN--The Regulation Identifier Number is assigned by the Regulatory Information Service Center to identify each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda, as directed by Executive Order 12866 (section 4(b)). Additionally, OMB has asked agencies to include RINs in the headings of their Rule and Proposed Rule documents when publishing them in the Federal Register, to make it easier for the public and agency officials to track the publication history of regulatory actions throughout their development. Seq. No.--The sequence number identifies the location of an entry in the printed edition of the Unified Agenda. Note that a specific regulatory action will have the same RIN throughout its development but will generally have different sequence numbers if it appears in different printed editions of the Unified Agenda. Sequence numbers are not used in the online Unified Agenda. U.S.C.--The United States Code is a consolidation and codification of all general and permanent laws of the United States. The U.S.C. is divided into 50 titles, each title covering a broad area of Federal law. VI. How can users get copies of the Agenda? Copies of the Federal Register issue containing the printed edition of the Unified Agenda (agency regulatory flexibility agendas) are available from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954. Telephone: (202) 512-1800 or 1-866-512-1800 (toll-free). Copies of individual agency materials may be available directly from the agency or may be found on the agency's Web site. Please contact the particular agency for further information. All editions of The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions since fall 1995 are available in electronic form at https://reginfo.gov, along with flexible search tools. The Government Printing Office's GPO FDsys Web site contains copies of the Agendas and Regulatory Plans that have been printed in the Federal Register. These documents are available at https:// www.fdsys.gov. Dated: May 18, 2016. John C. Thomas, Executive Director. [FR Doc. 2016-12869 Filed 6-8-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6820-27-P [[Page 37249]] Vol. 81 Thursday, No. 111 June 9, 2016 Part III Department of Agriculture ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Office of the Secretary ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Semiannual Regulatory Agenda Federal Register / Vol. 81 , No. 111 / Thursday, June 9, 2016 / Unified Agenda [[Page 37250]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Office of the Secretary 2 CFR Subtitle B, Ch. IV 5 CFR Ch. LXXIII 7 CFR Subtitle A; Subtitle B, Chs. I-XI, XIV-XVIII, XX, XXV- XXXVIII, XLII 9 CFR Chs. I-III 36 CFR Ch. II 48 CFR Ch. 4 Semiannual Regulatory Agenda, Spring 2016 AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA. ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This agenda provides summary descriptions of significant and not significant regulations being developed in agencies of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in conformance with Executive Orders (E.O.) 12866 ``Regulatory Planning and Review,'' and 13563 ``Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review.'' The agenda also describes regulations affecting small entities as required by section 602 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, Public Law 96-354. This agenda also identifies regulatory actions that are being reviewed in compliance with section 610(c) of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. We invite public comment on those actions as well as any regulation consistent with Executive Order 13563. USDA has attempted to list all regulations and regulatory reviews pending at the time of publication except for minor and routine or repetitive actions, but some may have been inadvertently missed. There is no legal significance to the omission of an item from this listing. Also, the dates shown for the steps of each action are estimated and are not commitments to act on or by the date shown. USDA's complete regulatory agenda is available online at www.reginfo.gov. Because publication in the Federal Register is mandated for the regulatory flexibility agendas required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 602), USDA's printed agenda entries include only: (1) Rules that are likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities; and (2) Rules identified for periodic review under section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information on any specific entry shown in this agenda, please contact the person listed for that action. For general comments or inquiries about the agenda, please contact Michael Poe, Office of Budget and Program Analysis, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250, (202) 720-3257. Dated: March 18, 2016. Michael Poe, Legislative and Regulatory Staff. Agricultural Marketing Service--Proposed Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1......................... National Organic Program, 0581-AD20 Organic Pet Food Standards. 2......................... National Organic Program, 0581-AD31 Organic Apiculture Practice Standard, NOP-12- 0063. 3......................... National Organic Program-- 0581-AD34 Organic Aquaculture Standards. 4......................... NOP; Organic Livestock and 0581-AD44 Poultry Practices. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Agricultural Marketing Service--Final Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5......................... National Organic Program, 0581-AD08 Origin of Livestock, NOP- 11-0009. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service--Proposed Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6......................... Plant Pest Regulations; 0579-AC98 Update of General Provisions. 7......................... Bovine Spongiform 0579-AD10 Encephalopathy and Scrapie; Importation of Small Ruminants and Their Germplasm, Products, and Byproducts. 8......................... Brucellosis and Bovine 0579-AD65 Tuberculosis; Update of General Provisions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service--Final Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9......................... Scrapie in Sheep and Goats 0579-AC92 10........................ Importation of Wood 0579-AD28 Packaging Material From Canada. 11........................ Establishing a Performance 0579-AD71 Standard for Authorizing the Importation and Interstate Movement of Fruits and Vegetables. 12........................ Agricultural Bioterrorism 0579-AE08 Protection Act of 2002; Biennial Review and Republication of the Select Agent and Toxin List. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [[Page 37251]] Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service--Completed Actions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 13........................ Lacey Act Implementation 0579-AD11 Plan; Definitions for Exempt and Regulated Articles. 14........................ Exportation of Live 0579-AE00 Animals, Hatching Eggs, and Animal Germplasm From the United States. 15........................ Importation of Tomato 0579-AE06 Plantlets in Approved Growing Media From Mexico. 16........................ Importation of 0579-AE10 Phalaenopsis Spp. Plants for Planting in Approved Growing Media From China to the Continental United States. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration--Proposed Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 17........................ Undue Preference and 0580-AB27 Advantage. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration--Final Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 18........................ Scope and Unfair Practices 0580-AB25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Food and Nutrition Service--Proposed Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 19........................ Modernizing Supplemental 0584-AE37 Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Benefit Redemption Systems. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Food and Nutrition Service--Final Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 20........................ National School Lunch and 0584-AE09 School Breakfast Programs: Nutrition Standards for All Foods Sold in School, as Required by the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010. 21........................ Child Nutrition Programs: 0584-AE25 Local School Wellness Policy Implementation Under the Healthy, Hunger- Free Kids Act of 2010. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Food and Nutrition Service--Completed Actions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 22........................ Child and Adult Care Food 0584-AE18 Program: Meal Pattern Revisions Related to the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Food Safety and Inspection Service--Proposed Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 23........................ Elimination of Trichina 0583-AD59 Control Regulations and Consolidation of Thermally Processed, Commercially Sterile Regulations. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Food Safety and Inspection Service--Completed Actions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 24........................ Mandatory Inspection of 0583-AD36 Fish of the Order Siluriformes and Products Derived From Such Fish. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [[Page 37252]] Forest Service--Long-Term Actions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 25........................ Management of Surface 0596-AD03 Activities Associated With Outstanding Mineral Rights on National Forest System Lands (Directive). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Forest Service--Completed Actions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 26........................ Ski Area--D Clauses: 0596-AD14 Resource and Improvement Protection, Water Facilities, and Water Rights (Directive). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Office of Procurement and Property Management--Proposed Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 27........................ Designation of Biobased 0599-AA24 Product Categories for Federal Procurement, Round 11. 28........................ Designation of Biobased 0599-AA25 Product Categories for Federal Procurement, Round 12. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Proposed Rule Stage 1. National Organic Program, Organic Pet Food Standards Legal Authority: 7 U.S.C. 6501 Abstract: The National Organic Program (NOP) establishes national standards governing the marketing of organically produced agricultural products. In 2004, the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) initiated the development of organic pet food standards, which had not been incorporated into the NOP regulations, by forming a task force which included pet food manufacturers, organic consultants, etc. Collectively, these experts drafted organic pet food standards consistent with the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990, Food and Drug Administration requirements, and the Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) Model Regulations for Pet and Specialty Pet Food. The AAFCO regulations are scientifically based regulations for voluntary adoption by State jurisdictions to ensure the safety, quality, and effectiveness of feed. In November 2008, the NOSB approved a final recommendation for organic pet food standards incorporating the provisions drafted by the pet food task force. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 09/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Miles McEvoy, Deputy Administrator, USDA National Organic Program, Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250, Phone: 202 720-3252. RIN: 0581-AD20 2. National Organic Program, Organic Apiculture Practice Standard, NOP- 12-0063 Legal Authority: 7 U.S.C. 6501 Abstract: This action proposes to amend the USDA organic regulations to reflect an October 2010 recommendation submitted to the Secretary by the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) concerning the production of organic apicultural (or beekeeping) products. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 09/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Miles McEvoy, Deputy Administrator, USDA National Organic Program, Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250, Phone: 202 720-3252. RIN: 0581-AD31 3. National Organic Program--Organic Aquaculture Standards Legal Authority: 7 U.S.C. 6501 to 6522 Abstract: This action proposes to establish standards for organic production and certification of farmed aquatic animals and their products in the USDA organic regulations. This action would also add aquatic animals as a scope of certification and accreditation under the National Organic Program (NOP). This action is necessary to establish standards for organic farmed aquatic animals and their products which would allow U.S. producers to compete in the organic seafood market. This action is also necessary to address multiple recommendations provided to USDA by the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB). From 2007 through 2009, the NOSB made five recommendations to establish standards for the certification of organic farmed aquatic animals and their products. Finally, the U.S. currently has organic standards equivalence arrangements with Canada and the European Union (EU). Both Canada and the EU established standards for organic aquaculture products. Because the U.S. does not have organic aquaculture standards, the U.S. is unable to include aquaculture in the scope of these arrangements. Establishing U.S. organic aquaculture may provide a basis for expanding those trade partnerships. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 08/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Miles McEvoy, Deputy Administrator, USDA National Organic Program, Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing [[Page 37253]] Service, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250, Phone: 202 720-3252. RIN: 0581-AD34 4. NOP; Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices Legal Authority: 7 U.S.C. 6501 to 6522 Abstract: This action proposes to establish standards that support additional practice standards for organic livestock and poultry production. This action would add provisions to the USDA organic regulations to address and clarify livestock and poultry living conditions (for example, outdoor access, housing environment and stocking densities), health care practices (for example physical alterations, administering medical treatment, euthanasia), and animal handling and transport to and during slaughter. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 04/13/16 81 FR 21955 NPRM Comment Period End............. 06/13/16 ....................... Final Action........................ 10/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Miles McEvoy, Deputy Administrator, USDA National Organic Program, Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250, Phone: 202 720-3252. RIN: 0581-AD44 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Final Rule Stage 5. National Organic Program, Origin of Livestock, NOP-11-0009 Legal Authority: 7 U.S.C. 6501 Abstract: The current regulations provide two tracks for replacing dairy animals which are tied to how dairy farmers transition to organic production. Farmers who transition an entire distinct herd must thereafter replace dairy animals with livestock that has been under organic management from the last third of gestation. Farmers who do not transition an entire distinct herd may perpetually obtain replacement animals that have been managed organically for 12 months prior to marketing milk or milk products as organic. The proposed action would eliminate the two-track system and require that upon transition, all existing and replacement dairy animals from which milk or milk products are intended to be sold, labeled, or represented as organic must be managed organically from the last third of gestation. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 04/28/15 80 FR 23455 NPRM Comment Period End............. 07/27/15 ....................... Final Action........................ 05/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Miles McEvoy, Deputy Administrator, USDA National Organic Program, Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250, Phone: 202 720-3252. RIN: 0581-AD08 BILLING CODE 3410-02-P DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Proposed Rule Stage 6. Plant Pest Regulations; Update of General Provisions Legal Authority: 7 U.S.C. 450; 7 U.S.C. 2260; 7 U.S.C. 7701 to 7772; 7 U.S.C. 7781 to 7786; 7 U.S.C. 8301 to 8817; 19 U.S.C. 136; 21 U.S.C. 111; 21 U.S.C. 114a; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 42 U.S.C. 4331 and 4332 Abstract: We are proposing to revise our regulations regarding the movement of plant pests. We are proposing criteria regarding the movement and environmental release of biological control organisms, and are proposing to establish regulations to allow the importation and movement in interstate commerce of certain types of plant pests without restriction by granting exceptions from permitting requirements for those pests. We are also proposing to revise our regulations regarding the movement of soil. This proposed rule replaces a previously published proposed rule, which we are withdrawing as part of this document. This proposal would clarify the factors that would be considered when assessing the risks associated with the movement of certain organisms and facilitate the movement of regulated organisms and articles in a manner that also protects U.S. agriculture. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Notice of Intent To Prepare an 10/20/09 74 FR 53673 Environmental Impact Statement. Notice Comment Period End........... 11/19/09 ....................... NPRM................................ 05/00/16 ....................... NPRM Comment Period End............. 07/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Colin Stewart, Assistant Director, Pests, Pathogens, and Biocontrol Permits, PPQ, Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, 4700 River Road, Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1236, Phone: 301 851-2237. RIN: 0579-AC98 7. Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy and Scrapie; Importation of Small Ruminants and Their Germplasm, Products, and Byproducts Legal Authority: 7 U.S.C. 450; 7 U.S.C. 1622; 7 U.S.C. 7701 to 7772; 7 U.S.C. 7781 to 7786; 7 U.S.C. 8301 to 8317; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 31 U.S.C. 9701 Abstract: This rulemaking would amend the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and scrapie regulations regarding the importation of live sheep, goats, and wild ruminants and their embryos, semen, products, and byproducts. The proposed scrapie revisions regarding the importation of sheep, goats, and susceptible wild ruminants for other than immediate slaughter are similar to those recommended by the World Organization for Animal Health in restricting the importation of such animals to those from scrapie-free regions or certified scrapie-free flocks. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 05/00/16 ....................... NPRM Comment Period End............. 07/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Langston Hull, Senior Staff Veterinary Medical Officer, Animal Permitting and Negotiating Services, VS, Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, 4700 River Road, Unit 39, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231, Phone: 301 851-3300. RIN: 0579-AD10 [[Page 37254]] 8. Brucellosis and Bovine Tuberculosis; Update of General Provisions Legal Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1622; 7 U.S.C. 8301 to 8317; 15 U.S.C. 1828; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 31 U.S.C. 9701 Abstract: This rulemaking would consolidate the regulations governing bovine tuberculosis (TB), currently found in 9 CFR part 77, and those governing brucellosis, currently found in 9 CFR part 78. As part of this consolidation, we are proposing to transition the TB and brucellosis programs away from a State status system based on disease prevalence. Instead, States and tribes would implement an animal health plan that identifies sources of the diseases within the State or tribe and specifies mitigations to address the risk posed by these sources. The consolidated regulations also would set forth standards for surveillance, epidemiological investigations, and affected herd management that must be incorporated into each animal health plan, with certain limited exceptions; conditions for the interstate movement of cattle, bison, and captive cervids; and conditions for APHIS approval of tests for bovine TB or brucellosis. Finally, the rulemaking would revise the import requirements for cattle and bison to make these requirements clearer and ensure that they more effectively mitigate the risk of introduction of the diseases into the United States. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 12/16/15 80 FR 78461 NPRM Comment Period End............. 03/15/16 ....................... NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 03/11/16 81 FR 12832 NPRM Comment Period Extended End.... 05/16/16 ....................... Final Rule.......................... 02/00/17 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Langston Hull, Senior Staff Veterinary Medical Officer, Animal Permitting and Negotiating Services, VS, Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, 4700 River Road, Unit 39, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231, Phone: 301 851-3300. C. William Hench, Senior Cattle Health Specialist, Cattle Health Center, Surveillance, Preparedness, and Response, VS, Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, 2150 Centre Avenue, Building B-3E20, Fort Collins, CO 80526, Phone: 970 494-7378. RIN: 0579-AD65 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Final Rule Stage 9. Scrapie in Sheep and Goats Legal Authority: 7 U.S.C. 8301 to 8317 Abstract: This rulemaking would amend the scrapie regulations by changing the risk groups and categories established for individual animals and for flocks. It would simplify, reduce, or remove certain recordkeeping requirements. This action would provide designated scrapie epidemiologists with more alternatives and flexibility when testing animals in order to determine flock designations under the regulations. It would also make the identification and recordkeeping requirements for goat owners consistent with those for sheep owners. These changes would affect sheep and goat producers and State governments. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 09/10/15 80 FR 54659 NPRM Comment Period End............. 11/09/15 ....................... NPRM Comment Period Reopened........ 11/16/15 80 FR 70718 NPRM Comment Period Reopened End.... 12/09/15 ....................... Final Action........................ 07/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Diane Sutton, Sheep, Goat, Cervid, and Equine Health Center; Surveillance, Preparedness, and Response Services, VS, Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, 4700 River Road, Unit 43, Riverdale, MD 20737-1235, Phone: 301 851- 3509. RIN: 0579-AC92 10. Importation of Wood Packaging Material From Canada Legal Authority: 7 U.S.C. 450; 7 U.S.C. 7701 to 7772; 7 U.S.C. 7781 to 7786; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a Abstract: This rulemaking will amend the regulations for the importation of unmanufactured wood articles with regard to the exemption that allows wood packaging material from Canada to enter the United States without first meeting the treatment and marking requirements of the regulations that apply to wood packaging material from all other countries. This action is necessary in order to prevent the dissemination and spread of pests via wood packaging material from Canada. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 12/02/10 75 FR 75157 NPRM Comment Period End............. 01/31/11 ....................... Final Rule.......................... 09/00/16 ....................... Final Action Effective.............. 10/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: John Tyrone Jones, Trade Director, Forestry Products, Phytosanitary Issues Management, PPQ, Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, 4700 River Road, Unit 140, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231, Phone: 301 851-2344. RIN: 0579-AD28 11. Establishing a Performance Standard for Authorizing the Importation and Interstate Movement of Fruits and Vegetables Legal Authority: 7 U.S.C. 450; 7 U.S.C. 7701 to 7772; 7 U.S.C. 7781 to 7786; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a Abstract: This rulemaking will amend our regulations governing the importations of fruits and vegetables by broadening our existing performance standard to provide for consideration of all new fruits and vegetables for importation into the United States using a notice-based process. Rather than authorizing new imports through proposed and final rules and specifying import conditions in the regulations, the notice- based process uses Federal Register notices to make risk analyses available to the public for review and comment, with authorized commodities and their conditions of entry subsequently being listed on the Internet. It also will remove the region- or commodity-specific phytosanitary requirements currently found in these regulations. Likewise, we are proposing an equivalent revision of the performance standard in our regulations governing the interstate movements of fruits and vegetables from Hawaii and the U.S. territories (Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) and the removal of commodity-specific phytosanitary requirements from those regulations. This action will allow for the consideration of requests to authorize the importation or interstate movement of new fruits and vegetables in a manner that enables a more flexible and responsive regulatory approach to [[Page 37255]] evolving pest situations in both the United States and exporting countries. It will not, however, alter the science-based process in which the risk associated with importation or interstate movement of a given fruit or vegetable is evaluated or the manner in which risks associated with the importation or interstate movement of a fruit or vegetable are mitigated. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 09/09/14 79 FR 53346 NPRM Comment Period End............. 11/10/14 ....................... NPRM Comment Period Reopened........ 12/04/14 79 FR 71973 NPRM Comment Period End............. 01/09/15 ....................... NPRM Comment Period Reopened........ 02/06/15 80 FR 6665 NPRM Comment Period End............. 03/10/15 ....................... Final Rule.......................... 08/00/16 ....................... Final Rule Effective................ 10/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Nicole Russo, Assistant Director, Regulatory Coordination and Compliance, PPQ, Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, 4700 River Road, Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1236, Phone: 301 851-2159. RIN: 0579-AD71 12. Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act of 2002; Biennial Review and Republication of The Select Agent and Toxin List Legal Authority: 7 U.S.C. 8401 Abstract: In accordance with the Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act of 2002, we are soliciting public comment regarding the list of select agents and toxins that have the potential to pose a severe threat to animal or plant health, or to animal or plant products. The Act requires the biennial review and republication of the list of select agents and toxins and the revision of the list as necessary. Accordingly, we are soliciting public comment on the current list of select agents and toxins in our regulations and suggestions regarding any addition or reduction of the animal or plant pathogens currently on the list of select agents. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ANPRM............................... 02/27/15 80 FR 10627 ANPRM Comment Period End............ 04/28/15 NPRM................................ 01/19/16 81 FR 2762 NPRM Comment Period End............. 03/21/16 Final Action........................ 11/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Freeda Isaac, National Director, Agriculture Select Agent Services, Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, 4700 River Road, Unit 2, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231, Phone: 301 851-3300. RIN: 0579-AE08 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Completed Actions 13. Lacey Act Implementation Plan; Definitions for Exempt and Regulated Articles Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 3371 et seq. Abstract: We are adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim final rule that established definitions for the terms common cultivar and common food crop and several related terms. The 2008 amendments to the Lacey Act expanded its protections to a broader range of plant species; extended its reach to encompass products, including timber, that derive from illegally harvested plants; and required that importers submit a declaration at the time of importation for certain plants and plant products. Common cultivars and common food crops are among the categorical exclusions to the provisions of the Act. The Act does not define the terms common cultivar and common food crop but instead gives authority to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of the Interior to define these terms by regulation. The interim final rule specifically requested comment on definitions of two related terms: commercial scale and tree. This document responds to comments we received on those definitions. Completed: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Reason Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Affirmation of Interim Final Rule... 01/25/16 81 FR 3939 Affirmation of Interim Final Rule 01/25/16 Effective. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Parul Patel, Phone: 301 851-2351. RIN: 0579-AD11 14. Exportation of Live Animals, Hatching Eggs, and Animal Germplasm From the United States Legal Authority: 7 U.S.C. 8301 to 8317; 19 U.S.C. 1644a(c); 21 U.S.C. 136, 136a, and 618; 46 U.S.C. 3901 and 3902 Abstract: We are revising the regulations pertaining to the exportation of livestock from the United States. Among other things, we are removing most of the requirements for export health certifications, tests, and treatments from the regulations, and instead directing exporters to follow the requirements of the importing country regarding such processes and procedures. We are retaining only those export health certification, testing, and treatment requirements that we consider necessary to have assurances regarding the health and welfare of livestock exported from the United States. We also are allowing pre- export inspection of livestock to occur at facilities other than an export inspection facility associated with the port of embarkation, under certain circumstances, and replacing specific standards for export inspection facilities and ocean vessels with performance standards. These changes will provide exporters and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) with more flexibility in arranging for the export of livestock from the United States while continuing to ensure the health and welfare of the livestock. Additionally, if APHIS knows that an importing country requires an export health certificate endorsed by the competent veterinary authority of the United States for any animal other than livestock, including pets, or for any hatching eggs or animal germplasm, we are requiring that the animal, hatching eggs, or animal germplasm have such a health certificate to be eligible for export from the United States. This change will help ensure that all animals, hatching eggs, and animal germplasm exported from the United States meet the health requirements of the countries to which they are destined. Finally, we are making editorial amendments to the regulations to make them easier to understand and comply with. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 02/26/15 80 FR 10398 NPRM Comment Period End............. 04/27/15 Final Rule.......................... 01/20/16 81 FR 2967 Final Rule Effective................ 02/19/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [[Page 37256]] Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Jack Taniewski, Director for Animal Export, National Import Export Services, VS, Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, 4700 River Road, Unit 39, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231, Phone: 301 851-3300. RIN: 0579-AE00 15. Importation of Tomato Plantlets in Approved Growing Media From Mexico Legal Authority: 7 U.S.C. 450; 7 U.S.C. 7701 to 7772; 7 U.S.C. 7781 to 7786; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a Abstract: This rulemaking amends the regulations governing the importation of plants for planting to authorize the importation of tomato plantlets from Mexico in approved growing media, subject to a systems approach. The systems approach consists of measures currently specified for tomato plants for planting not imported in growing media, as well as measures specific to all plants for planting imported into the United States in approved growing media. Additionally, the plantlets must be imported into greenhouses in the continental United States and the importers of the plantlets from Mexico or the owners of the greenhouses in the continental United States must enter into compliance agreements regarding the conditions under which the plants from Mexico must enter and be maintained within the greenhouses. This rule allows for the importation into the continental United States of tomato plantlets from Mexico in approved growing media, while providing protection against the introduction of plant pests. The rule also allows the imported greenhouse plantlets to produce tomato fruit for commercial sale within the United States. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 03/05/15 80 FR 11946 NPRM Comment Period End............. 05/04/15 Final Rule.......................... 10/02/15 80 FR 59557 Final Rule Effective................ 11/02/15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Lydia Colo[oacute]n, PPQ, Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, 4700 River Road, Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1236, Phone: 301 851-2302. RIN: 0579-AE06 16. Importation of Phalaenopsis SPP. Plants for Planting in Approved Growing Media From China to the Continental United States Legal Authority: 7 U.S.C. 450; 7 U.S.C. 7701 to 7772; 7 U.S.C. 7781 to 7786; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a Abstract: This rulemaking amends the regulations governing the importation of plants for planting to authorize the importation of Phalaenopsis spp. plants for planting from China in approved growing media into the continental United States, subject to a systems approach. The systems approach consists of measures that are currently specified in the regulations as generally applicable to all plants for planting authorized for importation into the United States in approved growing media. This rule allows for the importation of Phalaenopsis spp. plants for planting from China in approved growing media, while providing protection against the introduction of quarantine plant pests. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 06/01/15 80 FR 30959 NPRM Comment Period End............. 07/31/15 Final Rule.......................... 02/11/16 81 FR 7195 Final Rule Effective................ 03/14/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Lydia Col[oacute]n, PPQ, Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, 4700 River Road, Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1236, Phone: 301 851-2302. RIN: 0579-AE10 BILLING CODE 3410-34-P DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) Proposed Rule Stage 17. Undue Preference and Advantage Legal Authority: Pub. L. 110-246; 7 U.S.C. 181-229c Abstract: Title XI of the 2008 Farm Bill required the Secretary of Agriculture to issue a number of regulations under the P&S Act. Among these instructions, the 2008 Farm Bill directed the Secretary to identify criteria to be considered in determining whether an undue or unreasonable preference or advantage has occurred in violation of the P&S Act. In June of 2010, the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) published a proposed rule addressing this statutory requirement along with several other rules required by the 2008 Farm Bill. Proposed 201.211 to the regulations under the P&S Act would have established criteria that the Secretary may consider in determining if conduct would violate section 202(b) of the P&S Act (undue or unreasonable preference or advantage). While many commenters provided examples of similarly situated poultry growers and livestock producers receiving different treatment, other commenters were concerned about the impacts of the provision on marketing arrangements and other beneficial contractual agreements. Beginning with the FY 2012 appropriations act, USDA was precluded from working on certain proposed regulatory provisions related to the P&S Act, including criteria in this proposal regarding undue or unreasonable preferences or advantages. Consequently, GIPSA did not finalize this rule in 2011. The prohibitions are not included in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016. This rulemaking is necessary to fulfill statutory requirements. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Proposed Rule....................... 09/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Raymond Dexter Thomas II, Lead Regulatory Analyst, Department of Agriculture, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Room 2530-South, Washington, DC 20250, Phone: 202 720-6529, Fax: 202 690-2173, Email: r.dexter.thomas@usda.gov. RIN: 0580-AB27 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) Final Rule Stage 18. Scope and Unfair Practices Legal Authority: Pub. L. 110-246; 7 U.S.C. 181 to 229c Abstract: In June of 2010, GIPSA published a proposal to amend section 201.3 of the regulations issued under the Packers and Stockyards Act (P&S Act), 1921, as amended. This proposed change responds to guidance from the courts. The courts, in addressing [[Page 37257]] litigation brought by poultry growers alleging harm, have said that GIPSA's statements regarding the appropriate application of subsections 202(a) and 202(b) are not entitled to deference in the absence of regulation addressing whether the P&S Act prohibits all unfair practices, or only those causing harm or a likelihood of harm to competition. The amendment to 201.3 will establish GIPSA's interpretation of the statute which will then be entitled to judicial deference. Section 201.210 will illustrate by way of examples types of conduct GIPSA would consider unfair, unjustly discriminatory, or deceptive. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Final Rule.......................... 09/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Raymond Dexter Thomas II, Lead Regulatory Analyst, Department of Agriculture, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Room 2530-South, Washington, DC 20250, Phone: 202 720-6529, Fax: 202 690-2173, Email: r.dexter.thomas@usda.gov. RIN: 0580-AB25 BILLING CODE 3410-EN-P DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Proposed Rule Stage 19. Modernizing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Benefit Redemption Systems Legal Authority: Pub. L. 113-79 Abstract: The Agricultural Act of 2014 (Pub. L. 113-79, the Farm Bill) amended the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (the FNA) to include new requirements regarding the acceptance and processing of SNAP client benefits by all non-exempt retailers participating in SNAP. Statutory changes will modernize EBT systems and ensure greater program integrity. The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) also plans to revise certain SNAP regulations for which multiple State agencies have sought and received approval of waivers. The revisions will streamline program administration, offer greater flexibility to State agencies, and improve customer service. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 11/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Charles H. Watford, Regulatory Review Specialist, Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, 3101 Park Center Drive, Alexandria, VA 22302, Phone: 703 605-0800, Email: charles.watford@fns.usda.gov. Lynnette M. Thomas, Chief, Planning and Regulatory Affairs Branch, Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, 3101 Park Center Drive, Alexandria, VA 22302, Phone: 703 605-4782, Email: lynnette.thomas@fns.usda.gov. RIN: 0584-AE37 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Final Rule Stage 20. National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs: Nutrition Standards for All Foods Sold in School, as Required by the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 Legal Authority: Pub. L. 111-296 Abstract: This rule codifies the two provisions of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act (Pub. L. 111-296; the Act) under 7 CFR parts 210 and 220. Section 208 requires the Secretary to promulgate regulations to establish science-based nutrition standards for all foods sold in schools. The nutrition standards apply to all food sold outside the school meal programs, on the school campus, and at any time during the school day. Section 203 requires schools participating in the National School Lunch Program to make available to children free of charge, as nutritionally appropriate, potable water for consumption in the place where meals are served during meal service. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 02/08/13 78 FR 9530 NPRM Comment Period End............. 04/09/13 ....................... Interim Final Rule.................. 06/28/13 78 FR 39067 Interim Final Rule Effective........ 08/27/13 ....................... Interim Final Rule Comment Period 10/28/13 ....................... End. Final Action........................ 05/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Charles H. Watford, Regulatory Review Specialist, Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, 3101 Park Center Drive, Alexandria, VA 22302, Phone: 703 605-0800, Email: charles.watford@fns.usda.gov. Lynnette M. Thomas, Chief, Planning and Regulatory Affairs Branch, Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, 3101 Park Center Drive, Alexandria, VA 22302, Phone: 703 605-4782, Email: lynnette.thomas@fns.usda.gov. RIN: 0584-AE09 21. Child Nutrition Programs: Local School Wellness Policy Implementation Under the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 Legal Authority: Pub. L. 111-296 Abstract: This final rule codifies a provision of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act (Pub. L. 111-296; the Act) under 7 CFR parts 210 and 220. Section 204 of the Act requires each local educational agency (LEA) to establish, for all schools under its jurisdiction, a local school wellness policy. The Act requires that the wellness policy include goals for nutrition, nutrition education, physical activity, and other school-based activities that promote student wellness. In addition, the Act requires that local educational agencies ensure stakeholder participation in development of their local school wellness policies, and periodically assess compliance with the policies, and disclose information about the policies to the public. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 02/26/14 79 FR 10693 NPRM Comment Period End............. 04/28/14 ....................... Final Action........................ 05/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Charles H. Watford, Regulatory Review Specialist, Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, 3101 Park Center Drive, Alexandria, VA 22302, Phone: 703 605-0800, Email: charles.watford@fns.usda.gov. Lynnette M. Thomas, Chief, Planning and Regulatory Affairs Branch, Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, 3101 Park Center Drive, Alexandria, VA 22302, Phone: 703 605-4782, Email: lynnette.thomas@fns.usda.gov. RIN: 0584-AE25 [[Page 37258]] DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Completed Actions 22. Child and Adult Care Food Program: Meal Pattern Revisions Related to the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 Legal Authority: Pub. L. 111-296 Abstract: This final rule will implement section 221 of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-296; the Act). It requires USDA to review and update, no less frequently than once every 10 years, requirements for meals served under the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) to ensure those meal patterns are consistent with the most recent Dietary Guidelines for Americans and relevant nutrition science. Completed: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Reason Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Final Action........................ 04/25/16 81 FR 24348 Final Action Effective.............. 06/24/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Charles H. Watford, Phone: 703 605-0800, Email: charles.watford@fns.usda.gov. Lynnette M. Thomas, Phone: 703 605-4782, Email: lynnette.thomas@fns.usda.gov. RIN: 0584-AE18 BILLING CODE 3410-30-P DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) Proposed Rule Stage 23. Elimination of Trichina Control Regulations and Consolidation of Thermally Processed, Commercially Sterile Regulations Legal Authority: Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA); Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA) Abstract: The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is proposing to amend the Federal meat inspection regulations to eliminate the requirements for both ready-to-eat (RTE) and not-ready-to-eat (NRTE) pork and pork products to be treated to destroy trichina (Trichinella spiralis) because the regulations are inconsistent with the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) regulations, and these prescriptive regulations are no longer necessary. If this supplemental proposed rule is finalized, FSIS will end its Trichinella Approved Laboratory Program (TALP program) for the evaluation and approval of non-Federal laboratories that use the pooled sample digestion technique to analyze samples for the presence of trichina. FSIS is also proposing to consolidate the regulations on thermally processed, commercially sterile meat and poultry products (i.e., canned food products containing meat or poultry). Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 05/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Dr. Daniel L. Engeljohn, Assistant Administrator, Office of Policy and Program Development, Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., 349-E JWB, Washington, DC 20250, Phone: 202 205-0495, Fax: 202 720-2025, Email: daniel.engeljohn@fsis.usda.gov. RIN: 0583-AD59 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) Completed Actions 24. Mandatory Inspection of Fish of the Order Siluriformes and Products Derived From Such Fish Legal Authority: Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA) (21 U.S.C. 601 to 695); Pub. L. 110-246, sec 11016; Pub. L. 113-79, sec 12106 Abstract: The 2008 Farm Bill (Pub. L. 110-246, sec. 11016), amended the Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA) to make ``catfish'' a species amenable to the FMIA and, therefore, subject to Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) inspection. In addition, the 2008 Farm Bill gave FSIS the authority to define the term ``catfish.'' On February 24, 2011, FSIS published a proposed rule that outlined a mandatory catfish inspection program and presented two options for defining ``catfish.'' The 2014 Farm Bill (Pub. L. 113-79, sec. 12106), amended the FMIA to remove the term ``catfish'' and to make ``all fish of the order Siluriformes'' subject to FSIS jurisdiction and inspection. As a result, FSIS inspection of Siluriformes is mandated by law and non- discretionary. Completed: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Reason Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Final Action........................ 12/02/15 80 FR 75589 Final Action Effective.............. 03/01/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Daniel L. Engeljohn, Phone: 202 205-0495, Fax: 202 720-2025, Email: daniel.engeljohn@fsis.usda.gov. RIN: 0583-AD36 BILLING CODE 3410-DM-P DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service (FS) Long-Term Actions 25. Management of Surface Activities Associated With Outstanding Mineral Rights on National Forest System Lands (Directive) Legal Authority: EPA 1992 Abstract: Close to 11,000,000 acres (approximately 6 percent) of National Forest System (NFS) lands overlie severed (split) mineral estates owned by a party other than the Federal Government. More than 75 percent of these lands are in the Eastern Region (Forest Service Regions 8 and 9). There are two kinds of severed mineral estates, generally known as ``private rights'': reserved and outstanding. Reserved mineral rights are those retained by a grantor in a deed conveying land to the United States. Outstanding mineral rights are those owned by a party other than the surface owner at the time the surface was conveyed to the United States. Because these are non- Federal mineral interests, the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management has no authority for or role in managing development activities associated with such interests. States have the authority and responsibility for regulating development of the private mineral estate. Various Secretary's Rules and Regulations (years of 1911, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1947, 1950, and 1963) and Forest Service regulations at 36 CFR 251.15 provide direction for the use of NFS lands for mineral development activities associated with the exercise of reserved mineral rights. These existing rules for reserved minerals development activities also include requirements for protection of NFS resources. Currently, there are no formal regulations governing the use of NFS lands for activities associated with the exercise of outstanding mineral rights underlying those lands. The Energy [[Page 37259]] Policy Act of 1992, section 2508, directed the Secretary of Agriculture to apply specified terms and conditions to surface-disturbing activities related to development of oil and gas on certain lands with outstanding mineral rights on the Allegheny National Forest, and promulgate regulations implementing that section. The Forest Service initiated rulemaking for the use of NFS lands for development activities associated with both reserved and outstanding minerals rights with an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) in the Federal Register on December 29, 2008. Comments from the public in response to the ANPRM conveyed a high level of concern about the broad scope of the rule, along with a high level of concern about effects of a broad rule on small businesses and local economies. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ANPRM............................... 12/29/08 73 FR 79424 ANPRM Comment Period End............ 02/27/09 ....................... ----------------------------------- NPRM................................ To Be Determined ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: LaRenda C. King, Phone: 202 205-6560, Email: larendacking@fs.fed.us. RIN: 0596-AD03 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service (FS) Completed Actions 26. Ski Area--D Clauses: Resource and Improvement Protection, Water Facilities, and Water Rights (Directive) Legal Authority: FSH 2709.11 Abstract: On November 8, 2011, the Forest Service issued an interim directive (FSH 2709.11-2011-3) including a revised clause to address the ownership of water rights developed on National Forest System (NFS) lands for use by ski area permit holders. On March 6, 2012, a second interim directive (FSH 2709.11-2012-1) for the revised ski area water rights clause was issued, superseding the 2011 version. The National Ski Areas Association filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado on March 12, 2012, opposing use of the revised clause. On December 19, 2012, the court ruled that the Forest Service had erred in not providing an opportunity for notice and comment on the interim directive and that the agency needed to conduct a Regulatory Flexibility Act analysis of the impact of the directive on small business entities that hold ski area permits. The court vacated the interim directive and enjoined enforcement of the 2011 and 2012 clauses in permits containing them. The directive addresses the development of water facilities on NFS lands; the ownership of preexisting and future water rights; mechanisms to ensure sufficient water remains for ski areas on NFS lands; and measures necessary to protect NFS lands and resources. The Forest Service published the proposed ski area water rights clause in the Federal Register for public notice and comment. To identify interests and views from a diverse group of stakeholders regarding a revised water rights clause for ski areas, the Forest Service held four stakeholder meetings in April 2013. The input from the stakeholder sessions was considered in the development of the final water rights clause for ski areas. Completed: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Reason Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Final Directive..................... 12/30/15 80 FR 81508 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: LaRenda C. King, Phone: 202 205-6560, Email: larendacking@fs.fed.us. RIN: 0596-AD14 BILLING CODE 3410-11-P DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Office of Procurement and Property Management (OPPM) Proposed Rule Stage 27. Designation of Biobased Product Categories for Federal Procurement, Round 11 Legal Authority: Pub. L. 113-79 Abstract: This proposed rule will designate, for preferred procurement under the Federal Biobased Products Preferred Procurement Program, approximately 10 intermediate ingredient or feedstock product categories. An intermediate ingredient or feedstock is defined by the BioPreferred Program as a material or compound made in whole or in significant part from biological products. Typical intermediate ingredient or feedstock product categories will include renewable chemicals; plastic resins; chemical binders; oils, fats, and waxes; and fibers and fabrics. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 06/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Marie Wheat, Department of Agriculture, Office of Procurement and Property Management, Washington, DC 20250, Phone: 202 239-4502, Email: marie.wheat@dm.usda.gov. RIN: 0599-AA24 28. Designation of Biobased Product Categories for Federal Procurement, Round 12 Legal Authority: Pub. L. 113-79 Abstract: This proposed rule will designate, for preferred procurement under the Federal Biobased Products Preferred Procurement Program, approximately eight complex assembly product categories. A complex assembly is defined by the BioPreferred program as a system of distinct materials and components assembled to create a finished product with specific functional intent where some or all of the system inputs contain some amount of biobased material or feedstock. Typical complex assembly product categories will include products such as upholstered office chairs and other office furniture; mattresses; backpacks; boots; and other camping gear. The specific product categories to be included in this rulemaking are under investigation by the Office of Procurement and Property Management, but technical information is expected to be available to support the designation of about eight product categories. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 08/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Marie Wheat, Department of Agriculture, Office of Procurement and Property Management, Washington, DC 20250, Phone: 202 239-4502, Email: marie.wheat@dm.usda.gov. RIN: 0599-AA25 [FR Doc. 2016-12899 Filed 6-8-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410-98-P [[Page 37261]] Vol. 81 Thursday, No. 111 June 9, 2016 Part IV Department of Commerce ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Semiannual Regulatory Agenda Federal Register / Vol. 81 , No. 111 / Thursday, June 9, 2016 / Unified Agenda [[Page 37262]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Office of the Secretary 13 CFR Ch. III 15 CFR Subtitle A; Subtitle B, Chs. I, II, III, VII, VIII, IX, and XI 19 CFR Ch. III 37 CFR Chs. I, IV, and V 48 CFR Ch. 13 50 CFR Chs. II, III, IV, and VI Spring 2016 Semiannual Agenda of Regulations AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Commerce. ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: In compliance with Executive Order 12866, entitled ``Regulatory Planning and Review,'' and the Regulatory Flexibility Act, as amended, the Department of Commerce (Commerce), in the spring and fall of each year, publishes in the Federal Register an agenda of regulations under development or review over the next 12 months. Rulemaking actions are grouped according to prerulemaking, proposed rules, final rules, long-term actions, and rulemaking actions completed since the fall 2015 agenda. The purpose of the Agenda is to provide information to the public on regulations that are currently under review, being proposed, or issued by Commerce. The agenda is intended to facilitate comments and views by interested members of the public. Commerce's spring 2016 regulatory agenda includes regulatory activities that are expected to be conducted during the period April 1, 2016, through March 31, 2017. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Specific: For additional information about specific regulatory actions listed in the agenda, contact the individual identified as the contact person. General: Comments or inquiries of a general nature about the agenda should be directed to Asha Mathew, Chief Counsel for Regulation, Office of the Assistant General Counsel for Legislation and Regulation, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230, telephone: 202-482-3151. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Commerce hereby publishes its spring 2016 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions pursuant to Executive Order 12866 and the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601 et seq. Executive Order 12866 requires agencies to publish an agenda of those regulations that are under consideration pursuant to this order. By memorandum of February 19, 2016, the Office of Management and Budget issued guidelines and procedures for the preparation and publication of the spring 2016 Unified Agenda. The Regulatory Flexibility Act requires agencies to publish, in the spring and fall of each year, a regulatory flexibility agenda that contains a brief description of the subject of any rule likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities, and a list that identifies those entries that have been selected for periodic review under section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. In addition, beginning with the fall 2007 edition, the Internet became the basic means for disseminating the Unified Agenda. The complete Unified Agenda is available online at www.reginfo.gov, in a format that offers users a greatly enhanced ability to obtain information from the Agenda database. Because publication in the Federal Register is mandated for the regulatory flexibility agendas required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act, Commerce's printed agenda entries include only: (1) Rules that are in the Agency's regulatory flexibility agenda, in accordance with the Regulatory Flexibility Act, because they are likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities; and (2) Rules that the Agency has identified for periodic review under section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. Printing of these entries is limited to fields that contain information required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act's Agenda requirements. Additional information on these entries is available in the Unified Agenda published on the Internet. Within Commerce, the Office of the Secretary and various operating units may issue regulations. Among these operating units, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Bureau of Industry and Security, and the Patent and Trademark Office issue the greatest share of Commerce's regulations. A large number of regulatory actions reported in the Agenda deal with fishery management programs of NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). To avoid repetition of programs and definitions, as well as to provide some understanding of the technical and institutional elements of NMFS' programs, an ``Explanation of Information Contained in NMFS Regulatory Entries'' is provided below. Explanation of Information Contained in NMFS Regulatory Entries The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) (the Act) governs the management of fisheries within the Exclusive Economic Zone of the United States (EEZ). The EEZ refers to those waters from the outer edge of the State boundaries, generally 3 nautical miles, to a distance of 200 nautical miles. For fisheries that require conservation and management measures, eight Regional Fishery Management Councils (Councils) prepare Fishery Management Plans (FMPs) for the fisheries within their respective areas. Regulations implementing these FMPs regulate domestic fishing and foreign fishing where permitted. Foreign fishing may be conducted in a fishery in which there is no FMP only if a preliminary fishery management plan has been issued to govern that foreign fishing. In the development of FMPs, or amendments to FMPs, and their implementing regulations, the Councils are required by law to conduct public hearings on the draft plans and to consider the use of alternative means of regulating. The Council process for developing FMPs and amendments makes it difficult for NMFS to determine the significance and timing of some regulatory actions under consideration by the Councils at the time the semiannual regulatory agenda is published. Commerce's spring 2016 regulatory agenda follows. Kelly Welsh, General Counsel. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration--Proposed Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 29........................ Amendment 5b to the Highly 0648-BD22 Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan. [[Page 37263]] 30........................ Implementation of a 0648-BD59 Program for Transshipments by Large Scale Fishing Vessels in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. 31........................ Regulatory Amendment 16 to 0648-BD78 the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper- Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region. 32........................ Omnibus Acceptable 0648-BE65 Biological Catch Framework Adjustment. 33........................ Modification of the 0648-BE77 Temperature-Dependent Component of the Pacific Sardine Harvest Guideline Control Rule To Incorporate New Scientific Information. 34........................ Reductions in Fishing 0648-BF01 Capacity for Lobster Management Areas 2 and 3. 35........................ Pacific Coast Groundfish 0648-BF12 Trawl Rationalization Program; Widow Rockfish Reallocation in the Individual Fishing Quota Fishery. 36........................ Amendment 18 to the 0648-BF26 Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan (Section 610 Review). 37........................ Allow the Use of Longline 0648-BF42 Pot Gear in the Gulf of Alaska Sablefish Individual Fishing Quota Fishery. 38........................ Atlantic Highly Migratory 0648-BF49 Species; Atlantic Blacknose Shark Commercial Retention Limit. 39........................ Amendment 113 to the FMP 0648-BF54 for Groundfish of the BSAI Management Area To Establish a Catcher Vessel Fishing Period and Shoreside Processing Delivery Requirements for Aleutian Islands Pacific Cod. 40........................ Regulatory Amendment 25 to 0648-BF61 the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper- Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region. 41........................ Specification of 0648-BF64 Management Measures for Atlantic Herring for the 2016-2018 Fishing Years. 42........................ Amendment 19 to the 0648-BF72 Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery Management Plan (FMP). 43........................ Amendment 17A to the 0648-BF77 Fishery Management Plan for the Shrimp Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico, U.S. Waters. 44........................ Framework Amendment 1 to 0648-BF81 the Dolphin and Wahoo Fishery Management Plan of the Atlantic. 45........................ Omnibus Essential Fish 0648-BF82 Habitat Amendment 2. 46........................ Amendment 103 to the 0648-BF84 Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska to Reapportion Chinook Salmon Prohibited Catch in the Gulf of Alaska Trawl Fisheries. 47........................ Framework Adjustment 3 to 0648-BF87 the Northeast Skate Complex Fishery Management Plan. 48........................ 2016-2018 Spiny Dogfish 0648-BF88 Fishery Specifications. 49........................ 2016 Summer Flounder, 0648-BF89 Scup, and Black Sea Bass Recreational Harvest Measures (Section 610 Review). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration--Final Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 50........................ Amendment 7 to the 2006 0648-BC09 Consolidated Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan. 51........................ Amendment 39 to the 0648-BD25 Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico. 52........................ Amendment 28 to the 0648-BD68 Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico (Section 610 Review). 53........................ Amendment 35 to the 0648-BE70 Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region. 54........................ Pacific Coast Groundfish 0648-BE90 Fishing Capacity Reduction Loan Refinance (Section 610 Review). 55........................ Amendment 109 to the 0648-BF05 Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the BSAI To Facilitate Development of Groundfish Fisheries for Small Vessels in the Western Alaska Community Development Quota Program. 56........................ Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries 0648-BF09 Conservation and Management Act; Seafood Import Monitoring Program. 57........................ Process for Divestiture of 0648-BF11 Excess Quota Shares (Section 610 Review). 58........................ Implementation of Salmon 0648-BF25 Bycatch Management Measures for the Bering Sea Pollock Fishery. 59........................ Cost Recovery Authorized 0648-BF35 Payment Methods. 60........................ Amendment 102 to the 0648-BF36 Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska. 61........................ 2016-2018 Specifications 0648-BF53 and Management Measures for the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery Management Plan. 62........................ Framework Adjustment 27 to 0648-BF59 the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery Management Plan. 63........................ Revisions to the Pacific 0648-BF60 Halibut Catch Sharing Plan, Codified Regulations, and Annual Management Measures for 2016 and Beyond. 64........................ Framework Action To Modify 0648-BF70 the Gag Minimum Size Limits, Recreational Season, and Black Grouper Minimum Size Limits in the Gulf of Mexico (Section 610 Review). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration--Long-Term Actions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 65........................ Comprehensive Fishery 0648-BD32 Management Plan for Puerto Rico. 66........................ Comprehensive Fishery 0648-BD33 Management Plan for St. Croix. 67........................ Comprehensive Fishery 0648-BD34 Management Plan for St. Thomas/St. John. 68........................ Designate Critical Habitat 0648-BC45 for the Hawaiian Insular False Killer Whale Distinct Population Segment. 69........................ Designation of Critical 0648-BC56 Habitat for the Arctic Ringed Seal. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [[Page 37264]] National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration--Completed Actions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 70........................ Fishery Management Plan 0648-AS65 for Regulating Offshore Marine Aquaculture in the Gulf of Mexico. 71........................ Atlantic Highly Migratory 0648-BA17 Species; Future of the Atlantic Shark Fishery. 72........................ Implement the 2010 Shark 0648-BB02 Conservation Act Provisions and Other Regulations in the Atlantic Smoothhound Shark Fishery. 73........................ Implementation of the 0648-BD54 Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission Resolution To Establish a Vessel Monitoring System Program in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. 74........................ Amendment 7 to the FMP for 0648-BD76 the Dolphin Wahoo Fishery of the Atlantic and Amendment 33 to the FMP for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic. 75........................ Amendment 8 to the Fishery 0648-BD81 Management Plan for Coral, Coral Reefs, and Live/Hard Bottom Habitats of the South Atlantic Region. 76........................ Cost Recovery from 0648-BE05 Amendment 80, CDQ Groundfish and Halibut, American Fisheries Act and Aleutian Islands Pollock, and the Freezer Longline Coalition Pacific Cod Fisheries Management Programs. 77........................ Generic Accountability 0648-BE38 Measure and Dolphin Allocation Amendment for the South Atlantic Region. 78........................ International Fisheries; 0648-BE84 Western and Central Pacific Fisheries for Highly Migratory Species; Fishing Effort and Catch Limits and other Restrictions and Requirements. 79........................ Revision of Skate Maximum 0648-BE85 Retainable Amounts in the Gulf of Alaska Groundfish Fishery. 80........................ Amendment 44 to the 0648-BE98 Fishery Management Plan for Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs to Modify Right of First Refusal Provisions of the Crab Rationalization Program. 81........................ Framework Amendment 3 to 0648-BF14 the Fishery Management Plan for the Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Region. 82........................ Framework Amendment to the 0648-BF21 Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico to Modify Greater Amberjack Allowable Harvest and Management Measures. 83........................ Framework Amendment to the 0648-BF33 Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico for Red Snapper Commercial Quota Retention for 2016. 84........................ Designation of Critical 0648-AY54 Habitat for the North Atlantic Right Whale. 85........................ Endangered and Threatened 0648-BB30 Species: Designation of Critical Habitat for Threatened Lower Columbia River Coho Salmon and Puget Sound Steelhead. 86........................ Revisions to Hawaiian 0648-BD97 Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Regulations. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Patent and Trademark Office--Proposed Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 87........................ Trademark Fee Adjustment.. 0651-AD08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Proposed Rule Stage National Marine Fisheries Service 29. Amendment 5B to the Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.; 16 U.S.C. 971 et seq. Abstract: This rulemaking would propose management measures for dusky sharks based on the latest stock assessment, taking into consideration comments received on the proposed rule and Amendment 5 to the 2006 Consolidated Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan. This rulemaking considers a range of commercial and recreational management measures in both directed and incidental shark fisheries including, among other things, gear modifications, time/area closures, permitting, shark identification requirements, and reporting requirements. NMFS determined dusky sharks are still overfished and still experiencing overfishing and originally proposed management measures to end overfishing and rebuild dusky sharks in a proposed rule for Draft Amendment 5 to the 2006 Consolidated Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan. That proposed rule also contained management measures for scalloped hammerhead, sandbar, blacknose and Gulf of Mexico blacktip sharks. NMFS decided to move forward with Draft Amendment 5's management measures for scalloped hammerhead, sandbar, blacknose and Gulf of Mexico blacktip sharks in a final rule and final amendment that will now be referred to as ``Amendment 5a'' to the 2006 Consolidated Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan. Dusky shark management measures will be addressed in this separate, but related, action and will be referred to as ``Amendment 5b.'' Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 10/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Alan Risenhoover, Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Room 13362, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910, Phone: 301 713-2334, Fax: 301 713-0596, Email: alan.risenhoover@noaa.gov. RIN: 0648-BD22 30. Implementation of a Program for Transshipments by Large Scale Fishing Vessels in the Eastern Pacific Ocean Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 951 et seq.; 16 U.S.C. 971 et seq. Abstract: This rule would implement the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission program to monitor transshipments by large-scale tuna fishing vessels, and would govern transshipments by U.S. large-scale tuna fishing vessels and carrier, or receiving, vessels. The rule would establish: criteria for transshipping in port; criteria for transshipping at sea by longline vessels to an authorized carrier vessel [[Page 37265]] with an Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission observer onboard and an operational vessel monitoring system; and require the Pacific Transshipment Declaration Form, which must be used to report transshipments in the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission Convention Area. This rule is necessary for the United States to satisfy its international obligations under the 1949 Convention for the Establishment of an Inter-American Tropical Tuna, to which it is a Contracting Party. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 10/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: William Stelle Jr., Regional Administrator, West Coast Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 7600 Sand Point Way Northeast, Building 1, Seattle, WA 98115. Phone: 206 526-6150. Email: will.stelle@noaa.gov. RIN: 0648-BD59 31. Regulatory Amendment 16 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Abstract: Regulatory Amendment 16 contains an action to address the prohibition on the use of black sea bass pots annually from November 1 through April 30 that was implemented through Regulatory Amendment 19. The prohibition was a precautionary measure to prevent interactions between black sea bass pot gear and whales listed under the Endangered Species Act during large whale migrations and the right whale calving season off the southeastern coast. The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, through Regulatory Amendment 16, is considering removal of the closure, changing the length of the closure, and changing the area of the closure. The goal is to minimize adverse socio-economic impacts to black sea bass pot endorsement holders while maintaining protection for Endangered Species Act-listed whales in the South Atlantic region. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 07/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Roy E. Crabtree, Regional Administrator, Southeast Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 263 13th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, Phone: 727 824-5305, Fax: 727 824-5308, Email: roy.crabtree@noaa.gov. RIN: 0648-BD78 32. Omnibus Acceptable Biological Catch Framework Adjustment Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Abstract: This action would make two administrative adjustments to the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's (Council) Omnibus Annual Catch Limit Amendment: (1) Adjust the Council's risk policy so that the Scientific and Statistical Committee may apply an average probability of overfishing when recommending multi-year Acceptable Biological Catches; and (2) make all of the Council's fishery management plans consistent in allowing new status determination criteria (overfishing definitions, etc.) to be accepted as the best available scientific information. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 07/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: John K. Bullard, Regional Administrator, Greater Atlantic Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 55 Great Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930, Phone: 978 281-9287, Email: john.bullard@noaa.gov. RIN: 0648-BE65 33. Modification of the Temperature-Dependent Component of the Pacific Sardine Harvest Guideline Control Rule To Incorporate New Scientific Information Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Abstract: Pursuant to a recommendation of the Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) under the Magnuson-Stevens Act, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is proposing to use a new temperature index to calculate the temperature parameter of the Pacific sardine harvest guideline control rule under the Fishery Management Plan. The harvest guideline control rule, in conjunction with the overfishing limit and acceptable biological catch control rules, is used to set annual harvest levels for Pacific sardine. The temperature parameter is calculated annually. NMFS determined that a new temperature index is more statistically sound and this action will adopt that index. This action also will revise the upper temperature limit to allow for additional sardine harvest where prior guidelines set catch unnecessarily low. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 07/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: William Stelle Jr., Regional Administrator, West Coast Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 7600 Sand Point Way Northeast, Building 1, Seattle, WA 98115, Phone: 206 526-6150, Email: will.stelle@noaa.gov. RIN: 0648-BE77 34. Reductions in Fishing Capacity for Lobster Management Areas 2 and 3 Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 5101 et seq. Abstract: This action proposes several reductions in fishing capacity for Lobster Management Areas 2 and 3. The proposed measures include: Caps on the number of traps that can be actively fished; caps on the number of traps associated with a permit (i.e., allowing trap banking); and caps on the number of traps or permits issued to a given owner. This action is intended to assist in rebuilding the Southern New England lobster stock. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 07/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: John K. Bullard, Regional Administrator, Greater Atlantic Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 55 Great Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930, Phone: 978 281-9287, Email: john.bullard@noaa.gov. RIN: 0648-BF01 35. Pacific Coast Groundfish Trawl Rationalization Program; Widow Rockfish Reallocation in the Individual Fishing Quota Fishery Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Abstract: In January 2011, NMFS implemented the groundfish trawl rationalization program (a catch share program) for the Pacific coast groundfish limited entry trawl fishery. The program was implemented through Amendments 20 and 21 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan and the corresponding implementing regulations. Amendment [[Page 37266]] 20 established the trawl rationalization program, which includes an Individual Fishing Quota program for limited entry trawl participants, and Amendment 21 established fixed allocations for limited entry trawl participants. During implementation of the trawl individual fishing quota program, widow rockfish was overfished and the initial allocations were based on its overfished status and management as a non-target species. NMFS declared the widow rockfish rebuilt in 2011 and, accordingly, the Pacific Fishery Management Council has now recommended actions to manage the increased abundance of widow rockfish. The action would reallocate individual fishing quota widow rockfish quota share to facilitate directed harvest and would lift the moratorium on widow rockfish quota share trading. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 12/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: William Stelle Jr., Regional Administrator, West Coast Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 7600 Sand Point Way Northeast, Building 1, Seattle, WA 98115, Phone: 206 526-6150, Email: will.stelle@noaa.gov. RIN: 0648-BF12 36. Amendment 18 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan (Section 610 Review) Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Abstract: Amendment 18 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan would make necessary minor administrative adjustments to several groundfish sectors, as well as minor adjustments to fishing activity designed to protect fishery resources while maximizing flexibility and efficiency. Specifically, it would include the following management measures: Creating an accumulation limit for either the holdings of Potential Sector Contribution or of Northeast multispecies permits; creating a sub-annual catch limit that Handgear A permits could enroll in and other measures pertaining to fishing with Handgear A permits; adjusting what fishery data are considered confidential, specifically the price of annual catch entitlement transferred within a sector or leased between sectors; establishing an inshore/offshore boundary within the Gulf of Maine with associated measures, including creation of a Gulf of Maine cod sub-annual catch limit, adjusting the Gulf of Maine Gear Restricted Area boundary to align with the inshore/offshore boundary, and creating declaration time periods for fishing in the inshore or offshore areas; and establishing a Redfish Exemption Area, in which vessels could fish with a smaller mesh net than the standard mesh size, targeting redfish. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 07/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: John K. Bullard, Regional Administrator, Greater Atlantic Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 55 Great Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930, Phone: 978 281-9287, Email: john.bullard@noaa.gov. RIN: 0648-BF26 37. Allow The Use of Longline Pot Gear in the Gulf of Alaska Sablefish Individual Fishing Quota Fishery Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.; 16 U.S.C. 773 et seq. Abstract: This action would amend Federal regulations to allow fishermen to use longline pot gear to harvest sablefish in the Gulf of Alaska Individual Fishing Quota fishery. Hook-and-line gear is currently the only authorized gear type in the sablefish Individual Fishing Quota fishery. The action would authorize Individual Fishing Quota fishermen to use either longline pot gear or hook-and-line gear in the sablefish Individual Fishing Quota fishery. Some fishermen would like to use longline pot gear because it is less prone to whale interactions than hook-and-line gear. Whales can remove sablefish from hook-and-line gear, which reduces fishing efficiency and increases costs for sablefish Individual Fishing Quota fishermen because the whale interactions damage hook-and-line gear and reduce sablefish catch rates. However, whales cannot remove sablefish from longline pot gear, and the action to authorize longline pot gear in the sablefish Individual Fishing Quota fishery is intended to reduce fishery interactions with whales and reduce the negative impacts of whale interactions on the sablefish Individual Fishing Quota fleet. The action would establish management measures to minimize conflicts between hook-and-line and longline pot gear on the fishing grounds and to prevent significant consolidation of sablefish Individual Fishing Quota onto fewer vessels. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 07/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: James Balsiger, Regional Administrator, Alaska Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 709 West Ninth Street, Juneau, AK 99801, Phone: 907 586-7221, Fax: 907 586-7465, Email: jim.balsiger@noaa.gov. RIN: 0648-BF42 38. Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Blacknose Shark Commercial Retention Limit Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.; 16 U.S.C. 971 et seq. Abstract: This rule would evaluate the management measures for blacknose sharks in the Atlantic region. It would consider, among other things, a range of commercial management measures in both directed and incidental shark fisheries including, but not limited to, retention limits. In addition, this action would address commercial retention limits to help prevent early closures of the non-blacknose small coastal shark management group and fully utilize the quota. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 09/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Alan Risenhoover, Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Room 13362, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910, Phone: 301 713-2334, Fax: 301 713-0596, Email: alan.risenhoover@noaa.gov. RIN: 0648-BF49 39. Amendment 113 to the FMP for Groundfish of the BSAI Management Area to Establish a Catcher Vessel Fishing Period and Shoreside Processing Delivery Requirements for Aleutian Islands Pacific Cod Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Abstract: This rule would restrict participation in the Aleutian Islands Pacific cod fishery. This action is necessary to provide stability to catcher vessels that participate in the Aleutian Islands Pacific cod fishery and the [[Page 37267]] shoreside processors to which they deliver, and to the communities in which these processors are located. Specifically, this rule would establish catch limits for Pacific cod in the Aleutian Islands and the Bering Sea. The revised allocation is intended to provide catcher vessels with a sufficient opportunity to harvest Pacific cod in an inshore fishery by restricting participation in the fisheries by catcher processors that can harvest significantly larger volumes of Pacific cod further offshore. This rule may include provisions to relieve the restrictions on catcher processor participation if catcher vessels would not be able to harvest the allocation or Aleutian Islands shoreside processors would not be able to process catcher vessel harvests of Pacific cod. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 07/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: James Balsiger, Regional Administrator, Alaska Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 709 West Ninth Street, Juneau, AK 99801, Phone: 907 586-7221, Fax: 907 586-7465, Email: jim.balsiger@noaa.gov. RIN: 0648-BF54 40. Regulatory Amendment 25 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Abstract: This rule proposes management changes recommended by the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council to blueline tilefish, yellowtail snapper, and black sea bass in the South Atlantic Region. This rule would increase the annual catch limit and optimum yield for blueline tilefish based on a new acceptable biological catch recommendation from the South Atlantic Council's Scientific and Statistical Committee. This action also proposes an increase to the current commercial trip limit and changing the recreational bag limit for blueline tilefish. Currently, the fishing year for yellowtail snapper is based on the calendar year. This rule proposes a summer/ early fall start date of the fishing year to protect the yellowtail snapper stock during the spawning season and provide economic benefits for commercial fishermen. Lastly, this rule proposes an increase to the black sea bass recreational bag limit to increase the chance the recreational annual catch limit will be landed and ensure that optimum yield is being achieved. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 08/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Roy E. Crabtree, Regional Administrator, Southeast Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 263 13th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, Phone: 727 824-5305, Fax: 727 824-5308, Email: roy.crabtree@noaa.gov. RIN: 0648-BF61 41. Specification of Management Measures for Atlantic Herring for the 2016-2018 Fishing Years Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Abstract: The Atlantic herring fishery specifications are annual catch amounts for the 2016-2018 fishing years, January-December. These specifications are required by regulation to be set for 3 years. If implemented, these specifications will change the current catch limit levels and will continue to prevent overfishing of the herring resource and achieve optimum yield. The catch limits established in these specifications set a constant catch amount available to the industry that provides a stable allowable catch for 3-year business planning purposes. In addition, the specifications add catch that was not caught under last year's catch limit for one management area and reduce catch that exceeded the catch limits set in other management areas. Finally, the specifications set annual gear-specific and area-specific catch caps for river herring and shad, consistent with Framework Adjustment 3 to the Atlantic Herring Fishery Management Plan. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 07/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: John K. Bullard, Regional Administrator, Greater Atlantic Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 55 Great Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930, Phone: 978 281-9287, Email: john.bullard@noaa.gov. RIN: 0648-BF64 42. Amendment 19 to the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery Management Plan (FMP) Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Abstract: Amendment 19 would incorporate a specifications process into the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery Management Plan and change the start of the fishing year. Developing specifications to set annual or biennial allocations will allow for a more efficient process for setting annual allocations than currently possible through framework adjustments. By adjusting the start of the scallop fishing year, NMFS would be able to implement simple specifications actions at the start of the fishing year on a more consistent basis. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 07/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: John K. Bullard, Regional Administrator, Greater Atlantic Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 55 Great Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930, Phone: 978 281-9287, Email: john.bullard@noaa.gov. RIN: 0648-BF72 43. Amendment 17A to the Fishery Management Plan for the Shrimp Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico, U.S. Waters Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Abstract: This rule would implement the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council's decision to extend the Council-imposed moratorium on new federal commercial shrimp permits for 10 years. The moratorium began in 2006 and will expire in 2016 if no action is taken. This action is necessary to protect federally managed Gulf of Mexico shrimp stocks while promoting catch efficiency, economic efficiency and stability. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 07/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Roy E. Crabtree, Regional Administrator, Southeast Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 263 13th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, Phone: 727 824-5305, Fax: 727 824-5308, Email: roy.crabtree@noaa.gov. [[Page 37268]] RIN: 0648-BF77 44. Framework Amendment 1 to the Dolphin and Wahoo Fishery Management Plan of the Atlantic Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Abstract: Dolphin Wahoo 1 would establish a commercial trip limit after a specified percentage of the commercial sector annual catch limit has been reached and would continue until the end of the fishing year or until the entire commercial annual catch limit is met, whichever comes first. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 07/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Roy E. Crabtree, Regional Administrator, Southeast Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 263 13th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, Phone: 727 824-5305, Fax: 727 824-5308, Email: roy.crabtree@noaa.gov. RIN: 0648-BF81 45. Omnibus Essential Fish Habitat Amendment 2 Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Abstract: This rulemaking would update the essential fish habitat and habitat areas of particular concern designation for all of the New England Fishery Management Council's managed species. This rule will also propose revisions to the system of habitat management areas, update groundfish seasonal spawning closures, and establish Dedicated Habitat Research Areas. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 11/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: John K. Bullard, Regional Administrator, Greater Atlantic Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 55 Great Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930, Phone: 978 281-9287, Email: john.bullard@noaa.gov. RIN: 0648-BF82 46. Amendment 103 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska To Reapportion Chinook Salmon Prohibited Catch in the Gulf of Alaska Trawl Fisheries Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.; 16 U.S.C. 3631 et seq.; 16 U.S.C. 773 et seq.; Pub. L. 08-199 Abstract: This action would allow NMFS to reapportion unused Chinook salmon prohibited species catch within and between trawl sectors in the Gulf of Alaska groundfish fisheries to reduce the potential for early fishery closures. Amendments 93 and 97 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska and implementing regulations established Chinook salmon prohibited species catch limits for pollock and non-pollock trawl fisheries. If a sector reaches a prohibited species catch limit, the fishery is closed for the remainder of the fishing year currently, the fishery management plan and regulations do not allow NMFS to reapportion unused Chinook salmon prohibited species catch among trawl sectors. Specifically, this action would: Allow NMFS to reapportion remaining Chinook salmon prohibited species catch among trawl catcher vessel sectors and from the trawl catcher/processor sector to trawl catcher vessel sectors based on criteria established for inseason reapportionments and within specified limits; increase management flexibility without exceeding the current overall 32,500 Chinook salmon prohibited species catch limit or negating the current prohibited species catch limits under Amendments 93 and 97; and increase the likelihood that groundfish resources are more fully harvested, and minimize the adverse socioeconomic impacts of the fishery closures on harvesters, processors, and communities. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 07/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: James Balsiger, Regional Administrator, Alaska Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 709 West Ninth Street, Juneau, AK 99801, Phone: 907 586-7221, Fax: 907 586-7465, Email: jim.balsiger@noaa.gov. RIN: 0648-BF84 47. Framework Adjustment 3 to the Northeast Skate Complex Fishery Management Plan Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Abstract: This action, developed by the New England Fishery Management Council, includes skate fishery specifications for the 2016- 2017 fishing years, and a new seasonal quota allocation in the skate wing fishery. In summary, the Council proposes: An annual catch limit for skate of 31,081 metric tons, an overall total allowable landings of 12,590 metric tons, status quo possession limits for the skate wing and bait fisheries, the addition of a seasonal quota allocation, and NMFS authority to close the fishery in-season if the seasonal quota is reached. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 10/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No. Agency Contact: John K. Bullard, Regional Administrator, Greater Atlantic Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 55 Great Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930, Phone: 978 281-9287, Email: john.bullard@noaa.gov. RIN: 0648-BF87 48. 2016-2018 Spiny Dogfish Fishery Specifications Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Abstract: The proposed action includes spiny dogfish fishery specifications for the 2016-2018 fishing years, as recommended by the Mid-Atlantic and New England Fishery Management Councils. In summary, the Councils propose: spiny dogfish annual catch limits of 51.9 million lb for 2016, 50.7 million lb for 2017, and 49.8 million lb for 2018 (decreases from 62.3 million lb in 2015); coastwide commercial quotas of 40.4 million lb for 2016, 39.1 million lb for 2017, and 38.2 million lb for 2018 (decreases from 50.6 million lb in 2015); and spiny dogfish trip limits of 5,000 lb (status quo). Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 07/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: John K. Bullard, Regional Administrator, Greater Atlantic Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 55 Great Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930, Phone: 978 281-9287, Email: john.bullard@noaa.gov. RIN: 0648-BF88 [[Page 37269]] 49. 2016 Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Recreational Harvest Measures (Section 610 Review) Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Abstract: This rule would propose management measures such as recreational possession limits, minimum fish sizes, and seasonal closures to achieve recreational harvest limits for the 2016 summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass recreational fisheries. The recreational harvest limits for these species have been established in a separate rulemaking. This rule proposes the management measures the Council has recommended to help ensure recreational harvest is constrained to those harvest limits. This rule will also propose modifications to the commercial scup incidental possession limits to more closely align with the current conditions of the fishery. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 07/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: John K. Bullard, Regional Administrator, Greater Atlantic Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 55 Great Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930, Phone: 978 281-9287, Email: john.bullard@noaa.gov. RIN: 0648-BF89 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Final Rule Stage National Marine Fisheries Service 50. Amendment 7 to the 2006 Consolidated Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.; 16 U.S.C. 971 et seq. Abstract: Amendment 7 focused on bluefin tuna fishery management issues consistent with the need to end overfishing and rebuild the stock. Measures in Amendment 7 addressed several of the longstanding challenges facing the fishery and analyzed, among other things, revisiting quota allocations; reducing and accounting for dead discards; adding or modifying time/area closures or gear-restricted areas; and improving the reporting and monitoring of dead discards and landings in all categories. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Notice.............................. 04/23/12 77 FR 24161 Notice.............................. 06/08/12 77 FR 34025 NPRM................................ 08/21/13 78 FR 52032 NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 09/18/13 78 FR 57340 Public Hearing...................... 11/05/13 78 FR 66327 NPRM Comment Period Reopened........ 12/11/13 78 FR 75327 Public Hearing...................... 12/26/13 78 FR 78322 Final Rule.......................... 12/02/14 79 FR 71509 Notice of Public Webinars........... 12/16/14 79 FR 74652 Final Rule.......................... 12/30/14 79 FR 78310 Final Rule.......................... 02/04/15 80 FR 5991 Final Rule Effective................ 02/04/15 ....................... Notice.............................. 05/07/15 80 FR 26196 Final Action--Next Stage 12/00/16 ....................... Undetermined. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Alan Risenhoover, Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Room 13362, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910, Phone: 301 713-2334, Fax: 301 713-0596, Email: alan.risenhoover@noaa.gov. RIN: 0648-BC09 51. Amendment 39 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Abstract: The purpose of this action is to facilitate management of the recreational red snapper component in the reef fish fishery by reorganizing the federal fishery management strategy to better account for biological, social, and economic differences among the regions of the Gulf of Mexico. Regional management would enable regions and their associated communities to specify the optimal management parameters that best meet the needs of their local constituents thereby addressing regional socio-economic concerns. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Notice.............................. 05/13/13 78 FR 27956 Next Stage Undetermined............. 12/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Roy E. Crabtree, Regional Administrator, Southeast Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 263 13th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, Phone: 727 824-5305, Fax: 727 824-5308, Email: roy.crabtree@noaa.gov. RIN: 0648-BD25 52. Amendment 28 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico (Section 610 Review) Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Abstract: NMFS proposed to implement management measures as requested by the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council in Amendment 28 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico. The Council voted to reallocate the Gulf of Mexico (Gulf) 2016 and 2017 red snapper stock annual catch limit between the commercial and recreational sectors from 51:49 percent to 48.5:51.5 percent, respectively. As a result of the revised sector allocations proposed in Amendment 28, this rule would revise the red snapper commercial and recreational quotas (which are equivalent to the annual catch limits) and the recreational annual catch targets. This rule would also set the Federal charter vessel/headboat and private angling component quotas and annual catch targets based on the revised recreational sectors annual catch limit and annual catch target. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Notice.............................. 12/24/15 80 FR 80310 NPRM................................ 01/25/16 81 FR 4010 NPRM Comment Period End............. 03/10/16 ....................... Final Action........................ 07/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Roy E. Crabtree, Regional Administrator, Southeast Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 263 13th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, Phone: 727 824-5305, Fax: 727 824-5308, Email: roy.crabtree@noaa.gov. RIN: 0648-BD68 53. Amendment 35 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Abstract: Amendment 35 would consider removing black snapper, dog snapper, mahogany snapper, and schoolmaster from the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region because these species have extremely low commercial landings in [[Page 37270]] state and Federal waters. Almost all harvest (recreational and commercial) occurs in South Florida, and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has agreed that if the four species are removed from the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region they will extend state regulations for those species into Federal waters. Additionally, the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) desires consistent regulations for snapper-grouper species caught primarily in South Florida. Removing the four subject species would establish a consistent regulatory environment in Federal and state waters off southern Florida where they are most frequently encountered. Amendment 35 would also clarify, in accordance with the Council's intent, regulations governing use of golden tilefish longline endorsements. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Notice.............................. 02/05/16 81 FR 6222 NPRM................................ 03/04/16 81 FR 11502 NPRM Comment Period End............. 04/04/16 ....................... Final Action........................ 07/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Roy E. Crabtree, Regional Administrator, Southeast Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 263 13th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, Phone: 727 824-5305, Fax: 727 824-5308, Email: roy.crabtree@noaa.gov. RIN: 0648-BE70 54. Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishing Capacity Reduction Loan Refinance (Section 610 Review) Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.; 16 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.; 5 U.S.C. 561 et seq. Abstract: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) issued proposed regulations to refinance the voluntary fishing capacity reduction loan program implemented in 2004 in the Pacific Coast groundfish Federal limited-entry trawl, Washington coastal Dungeness crab, and California pink shrimp fisheries (collectively known hereafter as the refinanced reduction fisheries). The refinance loan of up to $30 million could establish a new industry fee system for future landings of the refinanced reduction fisheries. Upon publishing a final rule and receipt of an appropriation, NMFS would conduct three referenda to refinance the existing debt obligation in each of the refinanced reduction fisheries. If a referendum in one, two, or all three of the fisheries is successful, that fishery's current loan will be repaid in full and a new loan in the amount of the principal and interest balance as of the date of funding will be issued. The terms were prescribed in the 2015 National Defense Authorization Act and include a 45-year term to maturity, interest charged at a current Treasury interest rate, and a maximum repayment fee of 3 percent of ex- vessel value. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 08/07/15 80 FR 46941 NPRM Comment Period End............. 09/08/15 ....................... Final Action........................ 12/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Brian Pawlak, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910, Phone: 301 427-8621, Email: brian.t.pawlak@noaa.gov. RIN: 0648-BE90 55. Amendment 109 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bsai To Facilitate Development of Groundfish Fisheries for Small Vessels in the Western Alaska Community Development Quota Program Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Abstract: This action would amend the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area and revise regulations governing the groundfish and halibut fisheries managed under the Western Alaska Community Development Quota Program in order to support increased participation in the groundfish Community Development Quota fisheries (primarily Pacific cod) by catcher vessels less than or equal to 46 feet (14.0 m) length overall using hook-and- line gear. This action is necessary to promote the goals of the Community Development Quota Program, to increase participation by residents of Community Development Quota communities in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area groundfish and halibut fisheries, and to support economic development in western Alaska. This action would benefit the six Community Development Quota groups and the operators of the small catcher vessels that the Community Development Quota groups authorize to fish on their behalf by reducing the costs of participating in the groundfish and halibut Community Development Quota fisheries. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Notice.............................. 01/21/16 81 FR 3374 NPRM................................ 02/08/16 81 FR 6489 NPRM Comment Period End............. 03/09/16 ....................... Final Action........................ 07/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: James Balsiger, Regional Administrator, Alaska Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 709 West Ninth Street, Juneau, AK 99801, Phone: 907 586-7221, Fax: 907 586-7465, Email: jim.balsiger@noaa.gov. RIN: 0648-BF05 56. Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Conservation and Management Act; Seafood Import Monitoring Program Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1857 Abstract: On March 15, 2015, the Presidential Task Force on Combating Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing and Seafood Fraud (Task Force), co-chaired by the Departments of Commerce and State, published its action plan to implement Task Force recommendations for a comprehensive framework of integrated programs to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing and seafood fraud. The plan identifies actions that will strengthen enforcement, create and expand partnerships with state and local governments, industry, and non-governmental organizations, and create a traceability program to track seafood from harvest to entry into U.S. commerce, including the use of existing traceability mechanisms. As part of that plan, NMFS proposes regulatory changes to improve the administration of the MSA prohibition on the entry into interstate or foreign commerce of any fish taken in violation of any foreign law or regulation. The rule includes adjustments to permitting and reporting requirements to provide for traceability of seafood products offered for entry into the U.S. supply chain, and to ensure that these products were lawfully acquired and are properly labeled. Requirements for an international trade permit and reporting on the origin of certain imported or exported fishery products were previously established by regulations applicable to a number of specified fishery products. This rulemaking would extend those existing permitting and reporting requirements to [[Page 37271]] additional fish species and seafood products. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 02/05/16 81 FR 6210 NPRM Comment Period End............. 04/05/16 ....................... Final Action........................ 08/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: John Henderschedt, Director, Office for International Affairs and Seafood Inspection, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 1315 East West Highway, Room 10362, Silver Spring, MD 20910, Phone: 301 427-8314, Email: john.henderschedt@noaa.gov. RIN: 0648-BF09 57. Process for Divestiture of Excess Quota Shares (Section 610 Review) Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Abstract: In January 2011, the National Marine Fisheries Service implemented the groundfish trawl rationalization program (a catch share program) for the Pacific coast groundfish limited entry trawl fishery. The program was implemented through Amendments 20 and 21 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan and the corresponding implementing regulations. Amendment 20 established the trawl rationalization program, which includes an Individual Fishing Quota program for limited entry trawl participants, and Amendment 21 established fixed allocations for limited entry trawl participants, with limits on how much quota each participant can accumulate. Under current regulations, quota share owners must divest quota shareholdings that exceed individual accumulation limits by November 30, 2015. This action makes minor procedural modifications to the program regulations to clarify how divestiture of excess quota share could occur. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 09/02/15 80 FR 53088 NPRM Comment Period End............. 10/02/15 Final Rule Effective................ 11/04/15 Final Rule.......................... 11/10/15 80 FR 69138 Final Action........................ 10/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: William Stelle Jr., Regional Administrator, West Coast Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 7600 Sand Point Way Northeast, Building 1, Seattle, WA 98115, Phone: 206 526-6150, Email: will.stelle@noaa.gov. RIN: 0648-BF11 58. Implementation of Salmon Bycatch Management Measures for the Bering Sea Pollock Fishery Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Abstract: Regulatory Amendment 110 would make substantive changes to the management of salmon bycatch in the Bering Sea pollock fishery to minimize salmon bycatch in the pollock fishery to the extent practicable. Currently, Chinook and chum salmon bycatch are managed under two different programs, which have led to inefficiencies and do not allow the pollock fishery the flexibility to modify their harvest patterns and practices to effectively minimize both Chinook and chum salmon bycatch. This regulation would make salmon bycatch management more effective, comprehensive, and efficient by increasing flexibility to respond to changing conditions and providing greater incentives to reduce bycatch of both salmon species. This regulation would provide the flexibility to harvest pollock in times and places that best achieve salmon avoidance and to adapt to changing conditions quickly. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Notice.............................. 01/08/16 81 FR 897 NPRM................................ 02/03/16 81 FR 5681 NPRM Comment Period End............. 03/04/16 Final Action........................ 07/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: James Balsiger, Regional Administrator, Alaska Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 709 West Ninth Street, Juneau, AK 99801, Phone: 907 586-7221, Fax: 907 586-7465, Email: jim.balsiger@noaa.gov. RIN: 0648-BF25 59. Cost Recovery Authorized Payment Methods Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1862; 16 U.S.C. 773; Pub. L. 108-447; Pub. L. 109-241; Pub. L. 109-479; Pub. L. 111-281 Abstract: This rule would amend authorized payment methods in existing cost recovery fee programs for the halibut, sablefish, and crab catch share programs. The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act authorizes and requires the collection of cost recovery fees for fishery management programs that issue a permit allocating exclusive harvest privileges. Cost recovery fees recover the actual costs directly related to the management, data collection, and enforcement of the programs. Permit holders are required to submit cost recovery fee payments to NMFS annually. NMFS undertook a security review of the cost recovery fee payment process and developed the rule to improve security procedures for protecting sensitive financial information and to reduce costs associated with administering the cost recovery programs. The proposed rule eliminated manual processing of credit card information and required use of the Federal government's online payment system, pay.gov, for permit holders paying by credit card. The proposed rule also eliminated payments by paper check or money order and require the use of pay.gov beginning in 2020. The rule is expected to reduce the administrative costs of processing fee payments, and this reduction in costs would reduce the total amount of cost recovery fees collected from participants in the halibut, sablefish, and crab catch share programs. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 12/31/15 80 FR 81798 NPRM Comment Period End............. 02/01/16 Final Action........................ 07/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: James Balsiger, Regional Administrator, Alaska Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 709 West Ninth Street, Juneau, AK 99801, Phone: 907 586-7221, Fax: 907 586-7465, Email: jim.balsiger@noaa.gov. RIN: 0648-BF35 60. Amendment 102 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Abstract: This rule would modify the basis for NMFS to place small catcher/processors in partial coverage in the North Pacific Groundfish and Halibut Observer Program (Observer Program). Under this action, NMFS would classify a catcher/processor as small and eligible for partial coverage for one year based on whether the catcher/processor had an average weekly production less than a specified threshold. This action would decrease the cost of observer coverage [[Page 37272]] for catcher/processors that process small amounts of groundfish relative to the rest of the fleet. Approximately nine vessels could be affected by this action and we expect all newly qualified vessels would choose to participate in partial coverage for the upcoming fishing year. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Notice.............................. 12/17/15 80 FR 78705 NPRM................................ 12/29/15 80 FR 81262 Correction.......................... 01/22/16 81 FR 3775 NPRM Comment Period End............. 01/28/16 Final Action........................ 07/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: James Balsiger, Regional Administrator, Alaska Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 709 West Ninth Street, Juneau, AK 99801, Phone: 907 586-7221, Fax: 907 586-7465, Email: jim.balsiger@noaa.gov. RIN: 0648-BF36 61. 2016-2018 Specifications and Management Measures for the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery Management Plan Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Abstract: This action establishes catch levels and associated management measures for the 2016-2018 fishing years for species managed under the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery Management Plan. The proposed rule: Lowered the Atlantic mackerel quota by 56 percent to 9,177 metric tons (mt) for the next three years; lowered the cap on river herring and shad catch in the mackerel fishery from 89 mt to 82 mt for the next three years; increased the trigger for when 3- inch mesh is required for longfin squid-butterfish moratorium permits holders from 2,500 lb to 5,000 lb; clarified that 5-inch (square or diamond) or greater strengtheners may be used outside the 3-inch mesh to avoid breaking nets during large hauls; and suspended the pre-trip notification system requirement for longfin squid-butterfish moratorium permit holders. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 01/22/16 81 FR 3768 NPRM Comment Period End............. 02/22/16 Final Action........................ 07/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: John K. Bullard, Regional Administrator, Greater Atlantic Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 55 Great Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930, Phone: 978 281-9287, Email: john.bullard@noaa.gov. RIN: 0648-BF53 62. Framework Adjustment 27 to the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery Management Plan Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Abstract: The purpose of Framework 27 is to set management measures for the scallop fishery for the 2016 fishing year, including the annual catch limits and annual catch targets for the limited access and limited access general category fleets, as well as days-at-sea allocations and sea scallop access area trip allocations. Allocations in the proposed rule were similar to or slightly higher than previous years. In addition, Framework 27 would implement additional measures to protect small scallops for future harvest. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 02/24/16 81 FR 9151 NPRM Comment Period End............. 03/25/16 Final Action........................ 07/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: John K. Bullard, Regional Administrator, Greater Atlantic Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 55 Great Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930, Phone: 978 281-9287, Email: john.bullard@noaa.gov. RIN: 0648-BF59 63. Revisions to the Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan, Codified Regulations, and Annual Management Measures for 2016 and Beyond Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 773 et seq. Abstract: This action is NMFS annual rulemaking regarding halibut fishing on the U.S. West Coast, implementing the Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan (Plan). The Plan governs the allocation of the annual halibut quota for the West Coast fisheries, which is set by the International Pacific Halibut Commission and approved by NOAA Fisheries. For 2016 and beyond, the Pacific Fishery Management Council has recommended several minor changes to the portion of the Plan covering sport fishery seasons and retention rules; and modifications to the processes for implementing inseason actions and sport fishery closures. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 02/19/16 81 FR 8466 NPRM Comment Period End............. 03/10/16 Final Action........................ 07/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: William Stelle Jr., Regional Administrator, West Coast Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 7600 Sand Point Way Northeast, Building 1, Seattle, WA 98115, Phone: 206 526-6150, Email: will.stelle@noaa.gov. RIN: 0648-BF60 64. Framework Action To Modify the Gag Minimum Size Limits, Recreational Season, and Black Grouper Minimum Size Limits in the Gulf of Mexico (Section 610 Review) Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Abstract: The proposed framework action modified the recreational minimum size limit for gag and black grouper from 22 inches total length (inches) to 24 inches. Additionally, the proposed action modified the gag recreational fishing season from July 1 through December 2, to June 1 through December 31. The intent is to extend the recreational fishing season. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 03/03/16 81 FR 11166 NPRM Comment Period End............. 04/04/16 Final Action........................ 07/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Roy E. Crabtree, Regional Administrator, Southeast Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 263 13th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, Phone: 727 824-5305, Fax: 727 824-5308, Email: roy.crabtree@noaa.gov. RIN: 0648-BF70 [[Page 37273]] DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Long-Term Actions National Marine Fisheries Service 65. Comprehensive Fishery Management Plan for Puerto Rico Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Abstract: This comprehensive Puerto Rico Fishery Management Plan will incorporate, and modify as needed, federal fisheries management measures presently included in each of the existing species-based U.S. Caribbean Fishery Management Plans (Spiny Lobster, Reef Fish, Coral, and Queen Conch Fishery Management Plans) as those measures pertain to Puerto Rico exclusive economic zone waters. The goal of this action is to create a Fishery Management Plan tailored to the specific fishery management needs of Puerto Rico. If approved, this new Puerto Rico Fishery Management Plan, in conjunction with similar comprehensive Fishery Management Plans being developed for St. Croix and St. Thomas/ St. John, will replace the Spiny Lobster, Reef Fish, Coral and Queen Conch Fishery Management Plans presently governing the commercial and recreational harvest in U.S. Caribbean exclusive economic zone waters. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 09/00/17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Roy E. Crabtree, Phone: 727 824-5305, Fax: 727 824- 5308, Email: roy.crabtree@noaa.gov. RIN: 0648-BD32 66. Comprehensive Fishery Management Plan for St. Croix Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Abstract: This comprehensive St. Croix Fishery Management Plan will incorporate, and modify as needed, federal fisheries management measures presently included in each of the existing species-based U.S. Caribbean Fishery Management Plans (Spiny Lobster, Reef Fish, Coral, and Queen Conch Fishery Management Plans) as those measures pertain to St. Croix exclusive economic zone waters. The goal of this action is to create a Fishery Management Plan tailored to the specific fishery management needs of St. Croix. If approved, this new St. Croix Fishery Management Plan, in conjunction with similar comprehensive Fishery Management Plans being developed for Puerto Rico and St. Thomas/St. John, will replace the Spiny Lobster, Reef Fish, Coral and Queen Conch Fishery Management Plans presently governing the commercial and recreational harvest in U.S. Caribbean exclusive economic zone waters. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 09/00/17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Roy E. Crabtree, Phone: 727 824-5305, Fax: 727 824- 5308, Email: roy.crabtree@noaa.gov. RIN: 0648-BD33 67. Comprehensive Fishery Management Plan for St. Thomas/St. John Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Abstract: This comprehensive St. Thomas/St. John Fishery Management Plan will incorporate, and modify as needed, federal fisheries management measures presently included in each of the existing species- based U.S. Caribbean Fishery Management Plans (Spiny Lobster, Reef Fish, Coral, and Queen Conch Fishery Management Plans) as those measures pertain to St. Thomas/St. John exclusive economic zone waters. The goal of this action is to create a Fishery Management Plan tailored to the specific fishery management needs of St. Thomas/St. John. If approved, this new St. Thomas/St. John Fishery Management Plan, in conjunction with similar comprehensive Fishery Management Plans being developed for St. Croix and Puerto Rico, will replace the Spiny Lobster, Reef Fish, Coral and Queen Conch Fishery Management Plans presently governing the commercial and recreational harvest in U.S. Caribbean exclusive economic zone waters. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 09/00/17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Roy E. Crabtree, Phone: 727 824-5305, Fax: 727 824- 5308, Email: roy.crabtree@noaa.gov. RIN: 0648-BD34 68. Designate Critical Habitat for the Hawaiian Insular False Killer Whale Distinct Population Segment Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. Abstract: This action would designate critical habitat for the Hawaiian insular false killer whale distinct population segment, pursuant to section 4 of the Endangered Species Act. Proposed critical habitat would be designated in the main Hawaiian islands. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 04/00/18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Donna Wieting, Phone: 301 427-8400. RIN: 0648-BC45 69. Designation of Critical Habitat for the Arctic Ringed Seal Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. Abstract: The National Marine Fisheries Service published a final rule to list the Arctic ringed seal as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in December 2012. The ESA requires designation of critical habitat at the time a species is listed as threatened or endangered, or within one year of listing if critical habitat is not then determinable. This rulemaking would designate critical habitat for the Arctic ringed seal. The critical habitat designation would be in the northern Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort seas within the current range of the species. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 12/03/14 79 FR 71714 Proposed Rule....................... 12/09/14 79 FR 73010 Notice of Public Hearings........... 01/13/15 80 FR 1618 Comment Period Extended............. 02/02/15 80 FR 5498 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Final Action........................ To Be Determined ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Donna Wieting, Phone: 301 427-8400. RIN: 0648-BC56 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Completed Actions 70. Fishery Management Plan for Regulating Offshore Marine Aquaculture in the Gulf of Mexico Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Abstract: The purpose of this fishery management plan was to develop a regional permitting process for regulating and promoting [[Page 37274]] environmentally sound and economically sustainable aquaculture in the Gulf of Mexico exclusive economic zone. This fishery management plan consisted of ten actions, each with an associated range of management alternatives, which will facilitate the permitting of an estimated 5 to 20 offshore aquaculture operations in the Gulf of Mexico over the next 10 years, with an estimated maximum annual production of up to 64 million pounds. By establishing a regional permitting process for aquaculture, the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will be positioned to achieve their primary goal of increasing maximum sustainable yield and optimum yield of federal fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico by supplementing harvest of wild caught species with cultured product. This rulemaking outlined a regulatory permitting process for aquaculture in the Gulf of Mexico, including: (1) Required permits; (2) duration of permits; (3) species allowed; (4) designation of sites for aquaculture; (5) reporting requirements; and (6) regulations to aid in enforcement. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Notice of Availability.............. 06/04/09 74 FR 26829 NPRM................................ 08/28/14 79 FR 26829 NPRM Comment Period Reopened........ 11/13/14 79 FR 67411 Final Action........................ 01/13/16 81 FR 1761 Final Action Effective.............. 02/12/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Roy E. Crabtree, Regional Administrator, Southeast Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 263 13th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, Phone: 727 824-5305, Fax: 727 824-5308, Email: roy.crabtree@noaa.gov. RIN: 0648-AS65 71. Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Future of the Atlantic Shark Fishery Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.; 16 U.S.C. 971 et seq. Abstract: The National Marine Fisheries Service adjusted the regulations governing the U.S. Atlantic shark fishery to address current fishery issues and identify specific shark fishery goals for the future. This action considered potential changes to the quota and/ or permit structure that are currently in place for the Atlantic shark fishery, and various catch share programs such as limited access privilege programs, individual fishing quotas, and sectors for the Atlantic shark fishery. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ANPRM............................... 09/20/10 75 FR 57235 ANPRM Comment Period End............ 01/14/11 Notice.............................. 05/27/14 79 FR 30064 NPRM................................ 01/20/15 80 FR 2648 Notice.............................. 03/09/15 80 FR 12394 Final Action........................ 08/18/15 80 FR 50073 Final Action Effective.............. 08/18/15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Alan Risenhoover, Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Room 13362, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910, Phone: 301 713-2334, Fax: 301 713-0596, Email: alan.risenhoover@noaa.gov. RIN: 0648-BA17 72. Implement the 2010 Shark Conservation Act Provisions and Other Regulations in the Atlantic Smoothhound Shark Fishery Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Abstract: This rule implemented Amendment 9 to the Atlantic shark and smoothhound shark fisheries and the measures in Amendment 3 and the 2011 Highly Migratory Species trawl rule in the Atlantic smoothhound shark fishery. The rule fully implemented smoothhound shark quota measures as well as the Savings Clause of the Shark Conservation Act. The Shark Conservation Act included a provision that allows, under specific conditions, smooth dogfish sharks to be landed without fins attached (versus the Shark Conservation Act as a whole that requires sharks to be landed with fins naturally attached). The final rule balanced this statutory provision that provides operating flexibility for smooth dogfish fisherman with the need to ensure effective shark conservation and management. The rule also made changes to the shark gillnet vessel monitoring system requirement to aid the industry by limiting the scope of vessel monitoring systems. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 08/07/14 79 FR 46217 NPRM Comment Period End............. 11/14/14 Final Action........................ 11/24/15 80 FR 73128 Final Rule.......................... 12/18/15 80 FR 78969 Final Action Effective.............. 03/15/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Alan Risenhoover, Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Room 13362, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910, Phone: 301 713-2334, Fax: 301 713-0596, Email: alan.risenhoover@noaa.gov. RIN: 0648-BB02 73. Implementation of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission Resolution To Establish a Vessel Monitoring System Program in the Eastern Pacific Ocean Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.; 16 U.S.C. 951 et seq. Abstract: This rule implemented the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission's Resolution intended to require owners and operators of tuna-fishing vessels to have installed, activate, carry and operate vessel monitoring system units (also known as mobile transmitting units). This regulation applies to owners and operators of tuna-fishing vessels 24 meters or more in length operating in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The vessel monitoring system units have to be type-approved and authorize the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission and National Marine Fisheries Service to receive and relay transmissions (also called position reports) from the vessel monitoring system unit. Vessel monitoring systems may enhance the safety of some vessels by allowing the vessels location to be tracked, which could assist in rescue efforts. This regulation applies to commercial vessels only and not recreational or charter vessels. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 02/06/14 79 FR 7152 Correction.......................... 02/25/14 79 FR 10465 Proposed Rule....................... 05/19/15 80 FR 28572 Comment Period End.................. 06/18/15 Final Action........................ 10/07/15 80 FR 60533 Final Action Effective.............. 01/01/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: William Stelle Jr., Regional Administrator, West Coast Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric [[Page 37275]] Administration, 7600 Sand Point Way Northeast, Building 1, Seattle, WA 98115, Phone: 206 526-6150, Email: will.stelle@noaa.gov. RIN: 0648-BD54 74. Amendment 7 to the FMP for the Dolphin Wahoo Fishery of the Atlantic and Amendment 33 to the FMP for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Abstract: Dolphin Wahoo Amendment 7 and Snapper-Grouper Amendment 33 allows recreational fishermen to bring dolphin and wahoo fillets from The Bahamas into the U.S. waters and updated regulations that currently allow recreational fishermen to bring snapper-grouper fillets from the Bahamas into U.S. waters. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Notice.............................. 09/17/15 80 FR 55819 NPRM................................ 10/07/15 80 FR 60601 NPRM Comment Period End............. 11/06/15 ....................... Final Action........................ 12/28/15 80 FR 80686 Final Action Effective.............. 01/27/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No. Agency Contact: Roy E. Crabtree, Regional Administrator, Southeast Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 263 13th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, Phone: 727 824-5305, Fax: 727 824-5308, Email: roy.crabtree@noaa.gov. RIN: 0648-BD76 75. Amendment 8 to the Fishery Management Plan for Coral, Coral Reefs, and Live/Hard Bottom Habitats of the South Atlantic Region Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Abstract: Coral Amendment 8 modified the boundaries of the Oculina Bank Habitat Area of Particular Concern, the Stetson-Miami Terrace Coral Habitat Area of Particular Concern, and the Cape Lookout Coral Habitat Area of Particular Concern to protect deepwater coral ecosystems. The amendment also implemented a transit provision through the Oculina Bank Habitat Area of Particular Concern for fishing vessels with rock shrimp onboard. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Notice.............................. 05/20/14 79 FR 28880 NPRM................................ 06/03/14 79 FR 31907 Correction.......................... 07/01/14 79 FR 37269 Final Rule.......................... 07/17/15 80 FR 42423 Final Rule Correction............... 08/04/15 80 FR 46205 Final Rule Effective................ 08/17/15 ....................... Final Rule Correction............... 10/07/15 80 FR 60565 Final Rule Effective................ 10/07/15 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Roy E. Crabtree, Regional Administrator, Southeast Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 263 13th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, Phone: 727 824-5305, Fax: 727 824-5308, Email: roy.crabtree@noaa.gov. RIN: 0648-BD81 76. Cost Recovery From Amendment 80, CDQ Groundfish and Halibut, American Fisheries Act and Aleutian Islands Pollock, and the Freezer Longline Coalition Pacific Cod Fisheries Management Programs Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.; Pub. L. 109-241; Pub. L. 109-479 Abstract: The National Marine Fisheries Service implemented a limited access permit program cost recovery fee for Amendment 80, Western Alaska Community Development Quota groundfish and halibut, American Fisheries Act and Aleutian Islands Pollock, and the Pacific Cod Freezer Longline Coalition fisheries management programs in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands. The purpose of this action was to comply with Section 304(d) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, which authorizes and requires the National Marine Fisheries Service to collect fees for limited access permit programs and the Western Alaska Community Development Quota program.The fees collected will be used to recover the actual costs directly related to the management, data collection, and enforcement of these programs that are incurred by the National Marine Fisheries Service. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 01/07/15 80 FR 935 NPRM Comment Period End............. 02/06/15 ....................... Final Action........................ 01/05/16 81 FR 150 Final Action Effective.............. 02/04/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: James Balsiger, Regional Administrator, Alaska Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 709 West Ninth Street, Juneau, AK 99801, Phone: 907 586-7221, Fax: 907 586-7465, Email: jim.balsiger@noaa.gov. RIN: 0648-BE05 77. Generic Accountability Measure and Dolphin Allocation Amendment for the South Atlantic Region Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Abstract: Amendment 34 and Amendment 9 established modifications to accountability measures for snapper-grouper species and golden crab to create a more consistent regulatory environment while ensuring overfishing does not occur. Amendment 8 modified sector allocations for dolphin. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Notice.............................. 07/15/15 80 FR 41472 NPRM................................ 09/29/15 80 FR 58448 NPRM Comment Period End............. 10/29/15 ....................... Final Action........................ 01/22/16 81 FR 3731 Final Action Effective.............. 02/22/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Roy E. Crabtree, Regional Administrator, Southeast Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 263 13th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, Phone: 727 824-5305, Fax: 727 824-5308, Email: roy.crabtree@noaa.gov. RIN: 0648-BE38 78. International Fisheries; Western and Central Pacific Fisheries for Highly Migratory Species; Fishing Effort and Catch Limits and Other Restrictions and Requirements Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 6901 et seq. Abstract: This rule established a framework under which the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) could specify limits on fishing effort and catches, as well as spatial and temporal restrictions on particular fishing activities, in U.S. fisheries for highly migratory fish species in the western and central Pacific Ocean. NMFS will issue the specifications as needed to implement conservation and management measures adopted by the Commission for the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean. The rule also requires that U.S. fishing vessels of a certain size obtain International Maritime Organizational numbers, and prohibits U.S. longline fishing vessels from using [[Page 37276]] shark lines, which are used in some fisheries to target sharks. This action was necessary for the United States to satisfy its obligations under the Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean, to which it is a Contracting Party. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 07/23/15 80 FR 43694 NPRM Comment Period End............. 08/07/15 ....................... Final Action........................ 10/01/15 80 FR 59037 Final Action Effective.............. 11/30/15 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Michael Tosatto, Regional Administrator, Pacific Islands Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 1845 Wasp Boulevard, Building 176, Honolulu, HI 96818, Phone: 808 725-5000, Email: michael.tosatto@noaa.gov. RIN: 0648-BE84 79. Revision of Skate Maximum Retainable Amounts in the Gulf of Alaska Groundfish Fishery Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Abstract: This rule reduced the maximum retainable amount of incidentally caught skates in directed fisheries for groundfish in the Gulf of Alaska to 5 percent, which allows a vessel to retain skates in an amount up to 5 percent of the weight of the target groundfish species onboard the vessel. The skate maximum retainable amount is intended to limit harvest of skates to the intrinsic rate of incidental catch of skates in Gulf of Alaska groundfish fisheries and to provide a disincentive for vessels to target skates. Skate harvests have increased in recent years and have exceeded the acceptable biological catch in some areas. This action was necessary to enhance conservation and management of skates by decreasing the incentive for vessels to target skates and to slow the harvest rate of skates. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 07/10/15 80 FR 39734 NPRM Comment Period End............. 08/10/15 ....................... Final Action........................ 12/28/15 80 FR 80695 Final Action Effective.............. 01/27/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: James Balsiger, Regional Administrator, Alaska Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 709 West Ninth Street, Juneau, AK 99801, Phone: 907 586-7221, Fax: 907 586-7465, Email: jim.balsiger@noaa.gov. RIN: 0648-BE85 80. Amendment 44 to the Fishery Management Plan for Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs To Modify Right of First Refusal Provisions of the Crab Rationalization Program Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.; Pub. L. 109-241; Pub. L. 109-479 Abstract: This rule amended the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Crab Rationalization Program through two actions intended to benefit eligible crab communities by enhancing opportunities to retain community historical processing interests in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands crab fisheries. The action modified the right of first refusal provisions that provide eligible crab community entities with the opportunity to purchase processor quota shares and other associated assets proposed for sale. The first action affects about 21 processor quota shareholders. The rule requires all persons holding processor quota share to provide annual notification to NMFS regarding the status of the right of first refusal for all processor quota share holdings. The second action amends regulations to separate the combined individual fishing quota/individual processor quota application into two applications, and revised reporting requirements for crab cooperatives. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 10/22/15 80 FR 63950 NPRM Comment Period End............. 11/23/15 ....................... Final Action........................ 01/13/16 81 FR 1557 Final Action Effective.............. 02/12/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: James Balsiger, Regional Administrator, Alaska Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 709 West Ninth Street, Juneau, AK 99801, Phone: 907 586-7221, Fax: 907 586-7465, Email: jim.balsiger@noaa.gov. RIN: 0648-BE98 81. Framework Amendment 3 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Region Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Abstract: This rule modified trip limits, accountability measures, electronic reporting requirements, and gillnet permit requirements for commercial king mackerel landed by gillnet in the Gulf of Mexico. This action was necessary to increase efficiency, stability, and accountability, and to reduce the potential for regulatory discards in the commercial king mackerel gillnet component of the fishery. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 10/07/15 80 FR 60605 NPRM Comment Period End............. 11/06/15 ....................... Final Action........................ 12/17/15 80 FR 78670 Final Action Effective.............. 01/19/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Roy E. Crabtree, Regional Administrator, Southeast Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 263 13th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, Phone: 727 824-5305, Fax: 727 824-5308, Email: roy.crabtree@noaa.gov. RIN: 0648-BF14 82. Framework Amendment to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico To Modify Greater Amberjack Allowable Harvest and Management Measures Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Abstract: The intent of this action is to end overfishing and rebuild the Gulf of Mexico greater amberjack stock. A 2014 stock assessment indicated the Gulf of Mexico greater amberjack stock remains overfished and is undergoing overfishing. Allowable harvest was reduced and will remain constant until changed based on new scientific information. To better constrain catches to the allowable harvest levels, the recreational minimum size limit was increased from 30 inches fork length to 34 inches fork length, and the commercial trip limit was reduced from 1,923 pounds gutted weight to 1,500 pounds gutted weight. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 09/17/15 80 FR 55821 NPRM Comment Period End............. 10/19/15 ....................... [[Page 37277]] Final Action........................ 12/02/15 80 FR 75432 Final Action Effective.............. 01/04/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Roy E. Crabtree, Regional Administrator, Southeast Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 263 13th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, Phone: 727 824-5305, Fax: 727 824-5308, Email: roy.crabtree@noaa.gov. RIN: 0648-BF21 83. Framework Amendment to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico for Red Snapper Commercial Quota Retention for 2016 Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Abstract: Pursuant to the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council's request, this rule provided authority to withhold 4.9 percent of the 2016 red snapper commercial annual catch limit prior to distribution to the Individual Fishing Quota Program, in anticipation that this percentage may be reallocated to the recreational sector. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 10/19/15 80 FR 63190 NPRM Comment Period End............. 11/03/15 ....................... Final Action........................ 11/27/15 80 FR 73999 Final Action Effective.............. 12/28/15 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No. Agency Contact: Roy E. Crabtree, Regional Administrator, Southeast Region, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 263 13th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, Phone: 727 824-5305, Fax: 727 824-5308, Email: roy.crabtree@noaa.gov. RIN: 0648-BF33 84. Designation of Critical Habitat for the North Atlantic Right Whale Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. Abstract: The National Marine Fisheries Service revised the critical habitat designation for the North Atlantic right whale. This designation resulted in an expansion of critical habitat in the northeast feeding area (Gulf of Maine-Georges Bank region) and the southeast calving area (Florida to North Carolina) compared to what was designated in 1994 for right whales. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 02/20/15 80 FR 9313 NPRM Comment Period End............. 04/21/15 ....................... Final Action........................ 01/27/16 81 FR 4837 Final Action Effective.............. 02/26/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Donna Wieting, Director, Office of Protected Resources, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910, Phone: 301 427-8400. RIN: 0648-AY54 85. Endangered and Threatened Species: Designation of Critical Habitat for Threatened Lower Columbia River Coho Salmon and Puget Sound Steelhead Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. Abstract: This action designated critical habitat for lower Columbia River coho salmon and Puget Sound steelhead, currently listed as threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. The areas designated include freshwater and estuarine habitat in Oregon and Washington. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 01/14/13 78 FR 2725 NPRM Comment Period End............. 04/15/13 ....................... Final Action........................ 02/24/16 81 FR 9251 Final Action Effective.............. 03/25/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Donna Wieting, Director, Office of Protected Resources, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910, Phone: 301 427-8400. RIN: 0648-BB30 86. Revisions to Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Regulations Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.; Pub. L. 102-587 Abstract: In 2010, the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS) initiated a review of the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary management plan, to evaluate substantive progress toward implementing the goals for the sanctuary, and to make revisions to its management plan and regulations as necessary to fulfill the purposes and policies of the National Marine Sanctuaries Act (NMSA) and the Hawaiian Islands National Marine Sanctuary Act (HINMSA; title II, subtitle C, Pub. L. 102587). ONMS intends to publish a proposed rule and draft EIS that proposes to expand the scope of the sanctuary to ecosystem based management rather than concentrating on only humpback whales. In addition, possible boundary expansion will be discussed. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Notice.............................. 07/14/10 75 FR 40759 NPRM................................ 03/26/15 80 FR 16223 Notice.............................. 04/29/15 80 FR 23742 NPRM Comment Period End............. 06/19/15 ....................... Withdrawn........................... 03/14/16 81 FR 13303 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Edward Lindelof, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910, Phone: 240 533-0641, Email: edward.lindelof@noaa.gov. RIN: 0648-BD97 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Proposed Rule Stage 87. Trademark Fee Adjustment Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 1113; 15 U.S.C. 1123; 35 U.S.C. 2; Section 10 of AIA Pub. L. 112-29 Abstract: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) takes this action to set and adjust Trademark fee amounts to provide the Office with a sufficient amount of aggregate revenue to recover its aggregate cost of operations while helping the Office maintain a sustainable funding model, ensure integrity of the Trademark register, promote efficiency of processes, and incentivize electronic communications. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 05/00/16 ....................... NPRM Comment Period End............. 07/00/16 ....................... Final Action........................ 11/00/16 ....................... Final Action Effective.............. 01/00/17 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [[Page 37278]] Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Jennifer Chicoski, Administrator for Trademark Policy and Procedure, Department of Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office, Commissioner for Trademarks, P.O. Box 1451, Alexandria, VA 22313, Phone: 571 272-8943, Fax: 571 273-8943, Email: jennifer.chicoski@uspto.gov. RIN: 0651-AD08 [FR Doc. 2016-12900 Filed 6-8-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-12-P [[Page 37279]] Vol. 81 Thursday, No. 111 June 9, 2016 Part V Department of Defense ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Semiannual Regulatory Agenda Federal Register / Vol. 81 , No. 111 / Thursday, June 9, 2016 / Unified Agenda [[Page 37280]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 32 CFR Chs. I, V, VI, and VII 33 CFR Ch. II 36 CFR Ch. III 48 CFR Ch. II Improving Government Regulations; Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD). ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Department of Defense (DoD) is publishing this semiannual agenda of regulatory documents, including those that are procurement- related, for public information and comments under Executive Order 12866 ``Regulatory Planning and Review''. This agenda incorporates the objective and criteria, when applicable, of the regulatory reform program under the Executive Order and other regulatory guidance. It contains DoD regulations initiated by DoD components that may have economic and environmental impact on State, local, or tribal interests under the criteria of Executive Order 12866. Although most DoD regulations listed in the agenda are of limited public impact, their nature may be of public interest and, therefore, are published to provide notice of rulemaking and an opportunity for public participation in the internal DoD rulemaking process. Members of the public may submit comments on individual proposed and interim final rulemakings at www.regulations.gov during the comment period that follows publication in the Federal Register. This agenda updates the report published on November 19, 2015, and includes regulations expected to be issued and under review over the next 12 months. The next agenda is scheduled to be published in the fall of 2016. The complete Unified Agenda will be available online at www.reginfo.gov. Because publication in the Federal Register is mandated for the regulatory flexibility agendas required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 602), the Department of Defense's printed agenda entries include only: (1) Rules that are in the Agency's regulatory flexibility agenda, in accordance with the Regulatory Flexibility Act, because they are likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities; and (2) any rules that the Agency has identified for periodic review under section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. Printing of these entries is limited to fields that contain information required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act's agenda requirements. Additional information on these entries is in the Unified Agenda available online. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information concerning the overall DoD regulatory improvement program and for general semiannual agenda information, contact Ms. Patricia Toppings, telephone 571-372-0485, or write to Office of the Deputy Chief Management Officer, Directorate for Oversight and Compliance, Regulatory and Audit Matters Office, 9010 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-9010, or email: patricia.l.toppings.civ@mail.mil. For questions of a legal nature concerning the agenda and its statutory requirements or obligations, write to Office of the General Counsel, 1600 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-1600, or call 703- 697-2714. For general information on Office of the Secretary regulations, other than those which are procurement-related, contact Ms. Morgan Park, telephone 571-372-0489, or write to Office of the Deputy Chief Management Officer, Directorate of Oversight and Compliance, Regulatory and Audit Matters Office, 9010 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301- 9010, or email: morgan.e.park.civ@mail.mil. For general information on Office of the Secretary regulations which are procurement-related, contact Ms. Jennifer Hawes, telephone 571-372-6115, or write to Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy, Defense Acquisition Regulations System, Room 3B941, 3060 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-3060, or email: jennifer.l.hawes2.civ@mail.mil. For general information on Department of the Army regulations, contact Ms. Brenda Bowen, telephone 703-428-6173, or write to the U.S. Army Records Management and Declassification Agency, ATTN: AAHS-RDR-C, Casey Building, Room 102, 7701 Telegraph Road, Alexandria, Virginia 22315-3860, or email: brenda.s.bowen.civ@mail.mil. For general information on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers regulations, contact Mr. Chip Smith, telephone 703-693-3644, or write to Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Policy and Legislation), 108 Army Pentagon, Room 2E569, Washington, DC 20310-0108, or email: charles.r.smith567.civ@mail.mil. For general information on Department of the Navy regulations, contact CDR Noreen Hagerty-Ford, telephone 703-614-7408, or write to Department of the Navy, Office of the Judge Advocate General, Administrative Law Division (Code 13), Washington Navy Yard, 1322 Patterson Avenue SE., Suite 3000, Washington, DC 20374-5066, or email: noreen.hagerty-ford@navy.mil. For general information on Department of the Air Force regulations, contact Bao-Anh Trinh, telephone 703-614-8500, or write the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, Chief, Information Dominance/Chief Information Officer (SAF CIO/A6), 1800 Air Force Pentagon, Washington, DC 20330-1800, or email: usaf.pentagon.saf-cio-a6.mbx.af-foia@mail.mil. For specific agenda items, contact the appropriate individual indicated in each DoD component report. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This edition of the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions is composed of the regulatory status reports, including procurement-related regulatory status reports, from the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) and the Departments of the Army and Navy. Included also is the regulatory status report from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, whose civil works functions fall under the reporting requirements of Executive Order 12866 and involve water resource projects and regulation of activities in waters of the United States. In addition, this agenda, although published under the reporting requirements of Executive Order 12866, continues to be the DoD single- source reporting vehicle, which identifies regulations that are currently applicable under the various regulatory reform programs in progress. Therefore, DoD components will identify those rules which come under the criteria of the: a. Regulatory Flexibility Act; b. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; c. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995. Those DoD regulations, which are directly applicable under these statutes, will be identified in the agenda and their action status indicated. Generally, the regulatory status reports in this agenda will contain five sections: (1) Prerule stage; (2) proposed rule stage; (3) final rule stage; (4) completed actions; and (5) long-term actions. Where certain regulatory actions indicate that small entities are affected, the effect on these entities may not necessarily have significant economic impact on a [[Page 37281]] substantial number of these entities as defined in the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601(6)). Although not a regulatory agency, DoD will continue to participate in regulatory initiatives designed to reduce economic costs and unnecessary burdens upon the public. Comments and recommendations are invited on the rules reported and should be addressed to the DoD component representatives identified in the regulatory status reports. Although sensitive to the needs of the public, as well as regulatory reform, DoD reserves the right to exercise the exemptions and flexibility permitted in its rulemaking process in order to proceed with its overall defense-oriented mission. The publishing of this agenda does not waive the applicability of the military affairs exemption in section 553 of title 5 U.S.C. and section 3 of Executive Order 12866. Executive Order 13563 recognizes the importance of maintaining a consistent culture of retrospective review and analysis throughout the executive branch. DoD's retrospective review plan is intended to identify certain significant rules that are obsolete, unnecessary, unjustified, excessively burdensome, or counterproductive and can be accessed at: https://www.regulations.gov/ #!docketDetail;D=DOD-2011-OS-0036. Dated: March 13, 2016. David Tillotson III, Assistant Deputy Chief Management Officer. Office of Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs--Final Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 88........................ TRICARE; Reimbursement of 0720-AB47 Long Term Care Hospitals. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) Office of Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs (DODOASHA) Final Rule Stage 88. TRICARE; Reimbursement of Long Term Care Hospitals Legal Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 10 U.S.C. ch 55 Abstract: The rule implements the statutory provision in 10 U.S.C. 1079(j)(2) that TRICARE payment methods for institutional care shall be determined to the extent practicable in accordance with the same reimbursement rules as those that apply to payments to providers of services of the same type under Medicare. This rule implements a reimbursement methodology similar to that furnished to Medicare beneficiaries for services provided by long-term care hospitals. The revisions to this rule will be reported in future status updates as part of DoD's retrospective plan under Executive Order 13563, completed in August 2011. DoD's full plan can be accessed at: https:// www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=DOD-2011-OS-0036. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 01/26/15 80 FR 3926 NPRM Comment Period End............. 03/27/15 ....................... Final Action........................ 08/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Ann N. Fazzini, Department of Defense, Office of Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs, 1200 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301, Phone: 303 676-3803. RIN: 0720-AB47 [FR Doc. 2016-12901 Filed 6-8-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 5001-06-P [[Page 37283]] Vol. 81 Thursday, No. 111 June 9, 2016 Part VI Department of Education ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Semiannual Regulatory Agenda Federal Register / Vol. 81 , No. 111 / Thursday, June 9, 2016 / Unified Agenda [[Page 37284]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of the Secretary 34 CFR Subtitles A and B Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Department of Education. ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Secretary of Education publishes a semiannual agenda of Federal regulatory and deregulatory actions. The agenda is issued under the authority of section 4(b) of Executive Order 12866, ``Regulatory Planning and Review.'' The purpose of the agenda is to encourage more effective public participation in the regulatory process by providing the public with early information about the regulatory actions we plan to take. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions or comments related to specific regulations listed in this agenda should be directed to the agency contact listed for the regulations. Other questions or comments on this agenda should be directed to LaTanya Cannady, Program Specialist, or Hilary Malawer, General Counsel, Division of Regulatory Services, Office of the General Counsel, Department of Education, Room 6C128, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20202-2241; telephone: (202) 401-9676 (LaTanya Cannady) or (202) 401-6148 (Hilary Malawer). Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) or a text telephone (TTY) may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800- 877-8339. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 4(b) of Executive Order 12866, dated September 30, 1993, requires the Department of Education (ED) to publish, at a time and in a manner specified by the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, an agenda of all regulations under development or review. The Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 602(a), requires ED to publish, in October and April of each year, a regulatory flexibility agenda. The regulatory flexibility agenda may be combined with any other agenda that satisfies the statutory requirements (5 U.S.C. 605(a)). In compliance with the Executive order and the Regulatory Flexibility Act, the Secretary publishes this agenda. For each set of regulations listed, the agenda provides the title of the document, the type of document, a citation to any rulemaking or other action taken since publication of the most recent agenda, and planned dates of future rulemaking. In addition, the agenda provides the following information: An abstract that includes a description of the problem to be addressed, any principal alternatives being considered, and potential costs and benefits of the action. An indication of whether the planned action is likely to have significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities as defined by the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601(6)). A reference to where a reader can find the current regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations. A citation of legal authority. The name, address, and telephone number of the contact person at ED from whom a reader can obtain additional information regarding the planned action. In accordance with ED's Principles for Regulating listed in its regulatory plan (78 FR 1361, published January 8, 2013), ED is committed to regulations that improve the quality and equality of services to its customers. ED will regulate only if absolutely necessary and then in the most flexible, most equitable, least burdensome way possible. Interested members of the public are invited to comment on any of the items listed in this agenda that they believe are not consistent with the Principles for Regulating. Members of the public are also invited to comment on any uncompleted actions in this agenda that ED plans to review under section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 610) to determine their economic impact on small entities. This publication does not impose any binding obligation on ED with regard to any specific item in the agenda. ED may elect not to pursue any of the regulatory actions listed here, and regulatory action in addition to the items listed is not precluded. Dates of future regulatory actions are subject to revision in subsequent agendas. Electronic Access to This Document The entire Unified Agenda is published electronically and is available online at www.reginfo.gov. James Cole, Jr., General Counsel. Office of Postsecondary Education--Proposed Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 89........................ Borrower Defense.......... 1840-AD19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Office of Postsecondary Education--Completed Actions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 90........................ Title IV of the HEA-- 1840-AD14 Program Integrity and Improvement. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [[Page 37285]] DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (ED) Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE) Proposed Rule Stage 89. Borrower Defense Legal Authority: Section 455(h) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended Abstract: The Department has begun negotiated rulemaking to develop proposed regulations for determining which acts or omissions of an institution of higher education a borrower may assert as a defense to repayment of a loan made under the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Federal Direct Loan) Program and identify the consequences of such borrower defenses for borrowers, institutions, and the Secretary. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Notice of Intent to Establish 08/20/15 80 FR 50588 Negotiated Rulemaking Committee. NPRM................................ 06/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Annmarie Weisman, Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Room 6W245, Washington, DC 20202, Phone: 202 453-6712, Email: annmarie.weisman@ed.gov. RIN: 1840-AD19 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (ED) Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE) Completed Actions 90. Title IV of the HEA--Program Integrity and Improvement Legal Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1001; 20 U.S.C. 1002; 20 U.S.C. 1091; 20 U.S.C. 1094; 20 U.S.C. 1099c; 20 U.S.C. 1070a; 20 U.S.C. 1087b; 20 U.S.C. 1087d; 20 U.S.C. 1087e; 20 U.S.C. 1088 Abstract: The Department issued regulations for the Federal Student Aid programs, authorized under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA). We are regulating in the following areas: cash management of funds provided under the title IV Federal Student Aid programs, clock-to-credit hour conversion, and repeat coursework. Completed: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Reason Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Final Action........................ 10/30/15 80 FR 67126 Final Action Effective.............. 07/01/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Nathan Arnold, Phone: 202 453-7874, Email: nathan.arnold@ed.gov. RIN: 1840-AD14 [FR Doc. 2016-12902 Filed 6-8-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000-01-P [[Page 37287]] Vol. 81 Thursday, No. 111 June 9, 2016 Part VII Department of Energy ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Semiannual Regulatory Agenda Federal Register / Vol. 81 , No. 111 / Thursday, June 9, 2016 / Unified Agenda [[Page 37288]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 10 CFR Chs. II, III, and X 48 CFR Ch. 9 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions AGENCY: Department of Energy. ACTION: Semi-annual regulatory agenda. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) has prepared and is making available its portion of the semi-annual Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (Agenda) pursuant to Executive Order 12866, ``Regulatory Planning and Review,'' and the Regulatory Flexibility Act. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Agenda is a government-wide compilation of upcoming and ongoing regulatory activity, including a brief description of each rulemaking and a timetable for action. The Agenda also includes a list of regulatory actions completed since publication of the last Agenda. The Department of Energy's portion of the Agenda includes regulatory actions called for by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, the American Energy Manufacturing Technical Corrections Act and programmatic needs of DOE offices. The Internet is the basic means for disseminating the Agenda and providing users the ability to obtain information from the Agenda database. DOE's Spring 2016 Agenda can be accessed online by going to www.reginfo.gov. Agenda entries reflect the status of activities as of approximately May 31, 2016. Publication in the Federal Register is mandated by the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 602) only for Agenda entries that require either a regulatory flexibility analysis or periodic review under section 610 of that Act. DOE's regulatory flexibility agenda is made up of five rulemakings setting energy efficiency standards for the following products: General Service Lamps Walk-In Coolers and Freezers Commercial Packaged Boilers Cooking Products Residential Furnaces Miscellaneous Refrigeration Equipment P. Croley, General Counsel. Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy--Proposed Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 91........................ Energy Conservation 1904-AD01 Standards for Commercial Packaged Boilers. 92........................ Energy Conservation 1904-AD09 Standards for General Service Lamps. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy--Final Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 93........................ Test Procedures for Light- 1904-AC67 Emitting Diode Lamps. 94........................ Energy Efficiency 1904-AC81 Standards for Residential Dehumidifiers. 95........................ Energy Conservation 1904-AD11 Standards for Commercial Warm Air Furnaces. 96........................ Energy Conservation 1904-AD28 Standards for Ceiling Fans. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy--Completed Actions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 97........................ Energy Conservation 1904-AC54 Standards for Commercial and Industrial Pumps. 98........................ Energy Conservation 1904-AC87 Standards for Residential Ceiling Fan Light Kits. 99........................ Energy Conservation 1904-AC88 Standards for Residential Boilers. 100....................... Standards for Refrigerated 1904-AD00 Bottled or Canned Beverage Vending Machines. 101....................... Energy Conservation 1904-AD31 Standards for Commercial Pre-Rinse Spray Valves. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Defense and Security Affairs--Proposed Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 102....................... Chronic Beryllium Disease 1992-AA39 Prevention Program. 103....................... Workplace Substance Abuse 1992-AA53 Programs at DOE Sites. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [[Page 37289]] DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EE) Proposed Rule Stage 91. Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Packaged Boilers Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6313(a)(6)(C) Abstract: EPCA, as amended by AEMTCA, requires the Secretary to determine whether updating the statutory energy conservation standards for commercial packaged boilers is technically feasible and economically justified and would save a significant amount of energy. If justified, the Secretary will issue amended energy conservation standards for such equipment. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Notice of Proposed Determination 08/13/13 78 FR 49202 (NOPD). NOPD Comment Period End............. 09/12/13 Notice of Public Meeting and 09/03/13 78 FR 54197 Framework Document Availability. Framework Document Comment Period 10/18/13 End. Notice of Public Meeting and 11/20/14 79 FR 69066 Preliminary Analysis. Preliminary Analysis Comment Period 01/20/15 End. Withdrawal of NOPD.................. 08/25/15 80 FR 51487 NPRM................................ 03/24/16 81 FR 15836 NPRM Comment Period End............. 05/23/16 NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 05/04/16 81 FR 26747 NPRM Comment Period Extended End.... 06/22/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: James Raba, Office of Building Technologies Program, EE-5B, Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585, Phone: 202 586-8654, Email: jim.raba@ee.doe.gov. RIN: 1904-AD01 92. Energy Conservation Standards for General Service Lamps Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6295(i)(6)(A) and (B) Abstract: Amendments to Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 direct DOE to conduct two rulemaking cycles to evaluate energy conservation standards for GSLs, the first of which must be initiated no later than January 1, 2014. EPCA specifically states that the scope of the rulemaking is not limited to incandescent lamp technologies. EPCA also states that DOE must consider in the first rulemaking cycle the minimum backstop requirement of 45 lumens per watt for general service lamps (GSLs) effective January 1, 2020. This rulemaking constitutes DOE's first rulemaking cycle. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Framework Document Availability; 12/09/13 78 FR 73737 Notice of Public Meeting. Framework Document Comment Period 01/23/14 End. Framework Document Comment Period 01/23/14 79 FR 3742 Extended. Framework Document Comment Period 02/07/14 Extended End. Preliminary Analysis; Notice of 12/11/14 79 FR 73503 Public Meeting. Preliminary Analysis Comment Period 02/09/15 End. Preliminary Analysis Comment Period 01/30/15 80 FR 5052 Extended. Preliminary Analysis Comment Period 02/23/15 Extended End. Notice of Public Meeting; Webinar... 03/15/16 81 FR 13763 NPRM................................ 03/17/16 81 FR 14528 NPRM Comment Period End............. 05/16/16 Final Action........................ 12/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Lucy DeButts, Office of Buildings Technologies Program, EE-5B, Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585, Phone: 202 287-1604 Email: lucy.debutts@ee.doe.gov. RIN: 1904-AD09 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EE) Final Rule Stage 93. Test Procedures for Light-Emitting Diode Lamps Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6294(a)(6); 42 U.S.C. 6293 Abstract: EPCA, as amended by EISA 2007, requires the Secretary to create test procedures for light emitting diode (LED) lamps that accurately represent the energy consumption of this product. This rulemaking is supporting the implementation by the Federal Trade Commission of labeling provisions under 42 U.S.C. 6294(a)(6), as well as the ongoing general service lamps rulemaking, which includes LED lamps. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 04/09/12 77 FR 21038 NPRM Comment Period End............. 06/25/12 Supplemental NPRM................... 06/03/14 79 FR 32019 Supplemental NPRM Comment Period End 08/04/14 Second Supplemental NPRM............ 06/26/14 79 FR 36242 Second Supplemental NPRM Comment 08/04/14 Period End. Third Supplemental NPRM............. 07/09/15 80 FR 39644 Third Supplemental NPRM Comment 08/10/15 Period End. Final Action........................ 07/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Lucy DeButts, Office of Buildings Technologies Program, EE-5B, Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585, Phone: 202 287-1604, Email: lucy.debutts@ee.doe.gov. RIN: 1904-AC67 94. Energy Efficiency Standards for Residential Dehumidifiers Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6295(m) and (cc) Abstract: EPCA requires the Secretary to determine whether updating the statutory energy conservation standards for residential dehumidifiers is technically feasible and economically justified and would result in significant energy savings. If these criteria are met, the Secretary will issue amended energy conservation standards. [[Page 37290]] Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Notice of Public Meeting and 08/17/12 77 FR 49739 Framework Document Availability. Framework Document Comment Period 08/28/12 77 FR 51943 Extended. Framework Document Comment Period 10/17/12 Extended End. Notice of Public Meeting and 05/22/14 79 FR 29380 Preliminary Analysis. Preliminary Analysis Comment Period 07/21/14 End. NPRM................................ 06/03/15 80 FR 31646 NPRM Comment Period End............. 08/03/15 Final Action........................ 05/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: John Cymbalsky, Office of Building Technologies Program, EE-5B, Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585, Phone: 202 287-1692, Email: john.cymbalsky@ee.doe.gov. RIN: 1904-AC81 95. Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Warm Air Furnaces Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6313(a)(6)(C)(i) and (vi); 42 U.S.C. 6316; 42 U.S.C. 6295(p)(4) Abstract: EPCA, as amended by AEMTCA, requires the Secretary to determine whether updating the statutory energy conservation standards for commercial warm air furnaces is technically feasible and economically justified and would save a significant amount of energy. If justified, the Secretary will issue amended energy conservation standards for this type of equipment. On April 1, 2015, DOE published a notice announcing the creation of a working group under the Appliance Standards Federal Rulemaking Advisory Committee (ASRAC). (80 FR 17363) to potentially develop negotiated standards. DOE has since published a direct final rule and supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking that embodies the standards-related aspects of the recommendations submitted to (and approved by) ASRAC. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Request for Information (RFI)....... 05/02/13 78 FR 25627 RFI Comment Period End.............. 06/03/13 NPRM................................ 02/04/15 80 FR 6182 NPRM Comment Period End............. 04/06/15 Notice of Intent to Form Working 04/01/15 80 FR 17363 Group. Notice of Public Meeting for Working 05/07/15 80 FR 26199 Group. Direct Final Rule................... 01/15/16 81 FR 2420 Supplemental NPRM................... 01/15/16 81 FR 2111 Direct Final Rule and SNPRM Comment 05/04/16 Period End. Direct Final Rule Effective......... 05/16/16 Final Action........................ 06/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: John Cymbalsky, Office of Building Technologies Program, EE-5B, Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585, Phone: 202 287-1692, Email: john.cymbalsky@ee.doe.gov. RIN: 1904-AD11 96. Energy Conservation Standards For Ceiling Fans Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6295(ff) Abstract: EPCA authorizes the Secretary to determine whether updating the statutory energy conservation standards for ceiling fans is technically feasible and economically justified and would result in significant energy savings. If these criteria are met, the Secretary may issue amended energy conservation standards for ceiling fans. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 01/13/16 81 FR 1688 NPRM Comment Period End............. 03/14/16 NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 03/15/16 81 FR 13763 NPRM Comment Period Extended End.... 04/14/16 Final Action........................ 07/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Lucy DeButts, Office of Buildings Technologies Program, EE-5B, Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585, Phone: 202 287-1604, Email: lucy.debutts@ee.doe.gov. RIN: 1904-AD28 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EE) Completed Actions 97. Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial and Industrial Pumps Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6311(1)(A) Abstract: EPCA, as amended, authorizes the Secretary to determine whether establishing energy conservation standards for commercial and industrial pumps is technically feasible and economically justified and would save a significant amount of energy. On June 13, 2013, DOE published a notice of intent to establish a negotiated rulemaking working group for the commercial and industrial pumps rulemaking under the Appliance Standards and Rulemaking Federal Advisory Committee (ASRAC) in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) and the Negotiated Rulemaking Act (NRA) to negotiate proposed Federal standards for the energy efficiency of commercial and industrial pumps (78 FR 44036). The purpose of the working group was to discuss and, if possible, reach consensus on a proposed rule for the energy efficiency of commercial and industrial pumps. The working group negotiated standard levels that were accepted by ASRAC on July 7, 2014. As a result, DOE has proposed to adopt the working groups' recommendations. Completed: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Reason Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Final Action........................ 01/26/16 81 FR 4368 Final Action Effective.............. 03/28/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: John Cymbalsky, Phone: 202 287-1692, Email: john.cymbalsky@ee.doe.gov. RIN: 1904-AC54 98. Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Ceiling Fan Light Kits Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6295(ff)(5) Abstract: EPCA authorizes the Secretary to determine whether updating the statutory energy conservation standards for ceiling fan light kits is technically feasible and economically justified and would result in significant energy savings. If the criteria are met, the Secretary may issue [[Page 37291]] amended energy conservation standards for these products. Completed: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Reason Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Final Action........................ 01/06/16 81 FR 580 Final Action Effective.............. 03/07/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Lucy DeButts, Phone: 202 287-1604, Email: lucy.debutts@ee.doe.gov. RIN: 1904-AC87 99. Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Boilers Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6295(f)(4)(C); 42 U.S.C. 6295(m)(1); 42 U.S.C. 6295(gg)(3) Abstract: EPCA, as amended by EISA 2007, requires the Secretary to determine whether updating the statutory energy conservation standards for residential boilers is technically feasible and economically justified and would result in significant conservation of energy. If justified, the Secretary will issue amended energy conservation standards for residential boilers. Completed: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Reason Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Final Action........................ 01/15/16 81 FR 2320 Final Action Effective.............. 03/15/16 ....................... Final Action; Technical Correction.. 01/27/16 81 FR 4574 Final Action; Technical Correction 01/27/16 ....................... Effective. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: John Cymbalsky, Phone: 202 287-1692, Email: john.cymbalsky@ee.doe.gov. RIN: 1904-AC88 100. Standards for Refrigerated Bottled or Canned Beverage Vending Machines Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6295(m)(1) Abstract: EPCA, as amended by AEMTCA 2012, requires the Secretary to determine whether updating the statutory energy conservation standards for refrigerated beverage vending machines is technologically feasible and economically justified. The Secretary issued amended energy conservation standards on January 8, 2016. Completed: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Reason Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Final Action........................ 01/08/16 81 FR 1028 Final Action Effective.............. 03/08/16 ....................... Final Rule; Correcting Amendment.... 04/25/16 81 FR 24009 Final Rule; Correcting Amendment 04/25/16 ....................... Effective. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: John Cymbalsky, Phone: 202 287-1692, Email: john.cymbalsky@ee.doe.gov. RIN: 1904-AD00 101. Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Pre-Rinse Spray Valves Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6295(m) Abstract: EPCA, as amended by EPACT 2005, requires the Secretary to determine whether amending the statutory energy conservation standards for commercial pre-rinse spray valves is technologically feasible and economically justified. If justified, the Secretary will issue amended energy conservation standards for commercial prerinse spray valves. Completed: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Reason Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Notice of Data Availability (NODA).. 11/12/15 80 FR 69888 NODA Comment Period End............. 12/04/15 ....................... Final Action........................ 01/27/16 81 FR 4748 Final Action Effective.............. 03/28/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Ashley Armstrong, Phone: 202 586-6590, Email: ashley.armstrong@ee.doe.gov. RIN: 1904-AD31 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Defense and Security Affairs (DSA) Proposed Rule Stage 102. Chronic Beryllium Disease Prevention Program Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2201(i)(3), and (p); 42 U.S.C. 2282c; 29 U.S.C. 668; 42 U.S.C. 7107 et seq.; 50 U.S.C. 2401 et seq.; E.O. 12196 Abstract: The Department of Energy is amending its current chronic beryllium disease prevention program regulation. The proposed amendments would improve and strengthen the current provisions and continue to be applicable to DOE Federal and contractor employees who are, were, or potentially were exposed to beryllium at DOE sites. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 05/00/16 ....................... NPRM Comment Period End............. 07/00/16 ....................... Final Action........................ 07/00/17 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Jacqueline D. Rogers, Industrial Hygienist, AU-11, Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585, Phone: 202 586-4714, Email: jackie.rogers@hq.doe.gov. RIN: 1992-AA39 103. Workplace Substance Abuse Programs at Doe Sites Legal Authority: 41 U.S.C. 701 et seq.; 41 U.S.C. 2012, 2013, 2051, 2061, 2165, 2201b, 2201i, and 2201p; 42 U.S.C. 5814 and 5815; 42 U.S.C. 7151, 7251, and 7256; 50 U.S.C. 2401 et seq. Abstract: The Department of Energy is amending its regulation related to workplace substance abuse programs at DOE sites. The proposed amendments would address drug and alcohol abuse; testing workers in certain sensitive positions; development and approval of a workplace substance abuse program; employee assistance programs; and training. The proposed amendments would improve and strengthen the substance abuse programs; and enhance consistency with advances in similar rules and other Federal drug and alcohol programs that place similar requirements on the private sector. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 12/00/16 ....................... NPRM Comment Period End............. 03/00/17 ....................... Final Action........................ 12/00/17 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Jacqueline D. Rogers, Industrial Hygienist, AU-11, Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585, Phone: 202 586-4714, Email: jackie.rogers@hq.doe.gov. RIN: 1992-AA53 [FR Doc. 2016-12903 Filed 6-8-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450-01-P [[Page 37293]] Vol. 81 Thursday, No. 111 June 9, 2016 Part VIII Department of Health and Human Services ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Semiannual Regulatory Agenda Federal Register / Vol. 81 , No. 111 / Thursday, June 9, 2016 / Unified Agenda [[Page 37294]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Office of the Secretary 21 CFR Ch. I 25 CFR Ch. V 42 CFR Chs. I-V 45 CFR Subtitle A; Subtitle B, Chs. II, III, and XIII Regulatory Agenda AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS. ACTION: Semiannual Regulatory Agenda. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 and Executive Order (EO) 12866 require the semiannual issuance of an inventory of rulemaking actions under development throughout the Department, offering for public review summarized information about forthcoming regulatory actions. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wilma Robinson, Deputy Executive Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, 200 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20201; (202) 690-5627. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is the Federal Government's lead agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves. HHS enhances the health and well-being of Americans by promoting effective health and human services and by fostering sound, sustained advances in the sciences underlying medicine, public health, and social services. This Agenda presents the rulemaking activities that the Department expects to undertake in the foreseeable future to advance this mission. The Agenda furthers several Departmental goals, including strengthening health care; advancing scientific knowledge and innovation; advancing the health, safety, and well-being of the American people; increasing efficiency, transparency, and accountability of HHS programs; and strengthening the nation's health and human services infrastructure and workforce. HHS has an agency-wide effort to support the Agenda's purpose of encouraging more effective public participation in the regulatory process. For example, to encourage public participation, we regularly update our regulatory Web page (https://www.HHS.gov/regulations) which includes links to HHS rules currently open for public comment, and also provides a ``regulations toolkit'' with background information on regulations, the commenting process, how public comments influence the development of a rule, and how the public can provide effective comments. HHS also actively encourages meaningful public participation in its retrospective review of regulations, through a comment form on the HHS retrospective review Web page (https://www.HHS.gov/ RetrospectiveReview). The rulemaking abstracts included in this paper issue of the Federal Register cover, as required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980, those prospective HHS rulemakings likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. The Department's complete Regulatory Agenda is accessible online at https:// www.RegInfo.gov. Wilma Robinson, Deputy Executive Secretary to the Department. Office for Civil Rights--Final Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 104....................... Nondiscrimination Under 0945-AA02 the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology-- Proposed Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 105....................... ONC Health IT 0955-AA00 Certification Program: Enhanced Oversight and Accountability. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Food and Drug Administration--Proposed Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 106..................... Over-the-Counter (OTC) 0910-AF31 Drug Review--Cough/Cold (Antihistamine) Products. 107..................... Over-the-Counter (OTC) 0910-AF69 Drug Review--Topical Antimicrobial Drug Products. 108..................... Updated Standards for 0910-AG09 Labeling of Pet Food. 109..................... Format and Content of 0910-AG96 Reports Intended to Demonstrate Substantial Equivalence. 110..................... Mammography Quality 0910-AH04 Standards Act; Regulatory Amendments. 111..................... Investigational New Drug 0910-AH07 Application Annual Reporting. 112..................... Requirements for Tobacco 0910-AH22 Product Manufacturing Practice. 113..................... Use of Ozone Depleting 0910-AH36 Substances (Section 610 Review). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Food and Drug Administration--Final Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 114....................... Requirements for Foreign 0910-AA49 and Domestic Establishment Registration and Listing for Human Drugs, Including Drugs That Are Regulated Under a Biologics License Application, and Animal Drugs. 115....................... Postmarketing Safety 0910-AA97 Reporting Requirements for Human Drug and Biological Products. 116....................... Medical Gas Containers and 0910-AC53 Closures; Current Good Manufacturing Practice Requirements. [[Page 37295]] 117....................... Food Labeling: Revision of 0910-AF22 the Nutrition and Supplement Facts Labels. 118....................... Food Labeling: Serving 0910-AF23 Sizes of Foods That Can Reasonably Be Consumed At One Eating Occasion; Dual- Column Labeling; Updating, Modifying, and Establishing Certain RACCs. 119....................... Abbreviated New Drug 0910-AF97 Applications and 505(b)(2). 120....................... ``Tobacco Products'' 0910-AG38 Subject to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as Amended by the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. 121....................... Human Subject Protection; 0910-AG48 Acceptance of Data From Clinical Investigations for Medical Devices. 122....................... Focused Mitigation 0910-AG63 Strategies To Protect Food Against Intentional Adulteration. 123....................... Supplemental Applications 0910-AG94 Proposing Labeling Changes for Approved Drugs and Biological Products. 124....................... Food Labeling; Gluten-Free 0910-AH00 Labeling of Fermented, Hydrolyzed, or Distilled Foods. 125....................... General and Plastic 0910-AH14 Surgery Devices: Sunlamp Products. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Food and Drug Administration--Long-Term Actions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 126....................... Laser Products; Amendment 0910-AF87 to Performance Standard. 127....................... Requirements for the 0910-AG59 Testing and Reporting of Tobacco Product Constituents, Ingredients, and Additives. 128....................... Radiology Devices; 0910-AH03 Designation of Special Controls for the Computed Tomography X-Ray System. 129....................... Regulations on Human Drug 0910-AH10 Compounding Under Sections 503A and 503B of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Food and Drug Administration--Completed Actions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 130....................... Standards for the Growing, 0910-AG35 Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption. 131....................... Foreign Supplier 0910-AG64 Verification Program. 132....................... Sanitary Transportation of 0910-AG98 Human and Animal Food. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services--Proposed Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 133....................... Hospital and Critical 0938-AS21 Access Hospital (CAH) Changes to Promote Innovation, Flexibility, and Improvement in Patient Care (CMS-3295-P) (Rulemaking Resulting From a Section 610 Review). 134....................... Merit-Based Incentive 0938-AS69 Payment System (MIPS) and Alternative Payment Models (APMs) in Medicare Fee-for-Service (CMS-5517- P) (Section 610 Review). 135....................... Hospital Inpatient 0938-AS77 Prospective Payment System for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long- Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and FY 2017 Rates (CMS-1655-F) (Section 610 Review). 136....................... CY 2017 Home Health 0938-AS80 Prospective Payment System Rate Update; Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model; and Home Health Quality Reporting Requirements (Section 610 Review). 137....................... CY 2017 Revisions to 0938-AS81 Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Medicare Part B (CMS-1654-P) (Section 610 Review). 138....................... CY 2017 Hospital 0938-AS82 Outpatient PPS Policy Changes and Payment Rates and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System Policy Changes and Payment Rates (CMS-1656- P) (Section 610 Review). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services--Final Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 139....................... Emergency Preparedness 0938-AO91 Requirements for Medicare and Medicaid Participating Providers and Suppliers (CMS-3178- F) (Section 610 Review). 140....................... Reform of Requirements for 0938-AR61 Long-Term Care Facilities (CMS-3260-F) (Rulemaking Resulting From a Section 610 Review). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services--Long-Term Actions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 141....................... Conditions of 0938-AG81 Participation for Home Health Agencies (CMS-3819- F) (Rulemaking Resulting From a Section 610 Review). [[Page 37296]] 142....................... Medicare Clinical 0938-AS33 Diagnostic Laboratory Test Payment System (CMS- 1621-F) (Section 610 Review). 143....................... Imaging Accreditation (CMS- 0938-AS62 3309-P) (Section 610 Review). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services--Completed Actions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 144....................... Covered Outpatient Drugs 0938-AQ41 (CMS-2345-FC) (Completion of a Section 610 Review). 145....................... CY 2016 Revisions to 0938-AS40 Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Medicare Part B (CMS-1631-FC) (Completion of a Section 610 Review). 146....................... CY 2016 Hospital 0938-AS42 Outpatient PPS Policy Changes and Payment Rates and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System Policy Changes and Payment Rates (CMS-1633- FC) (Completion of a Section 610 Review). 147....................... Comprehensive Care for 0938-AS64 Joint Replacement (CMS- 5516-F) (Completion of a Section 610 Review). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Final Rule Stage 104. Nondiscrimination Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 18116 Abstract: This final rule implements prohibitions against discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, and disability as provided in section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act. Section 1557 provides protection from discrimination in health programs and activities of covered entities. This section also identifies additional forms of Federal financial assistance to which the section will apply. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 09/08/15 80 FR 54172 NPRM Comment Period End............. 11/09/15 Final Action........................ 05/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Eileen Hanrahan, Senior Civil Rights Analyst, Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights, 200 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20201, Phone: 202 205-4925, Email: eileen.hanrahan@hhs.gov. RIN: 0945-AA02 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) Proposed Rule Stage 105. ONC Health IT Certification Program: Enhanced Oversight and Accountability Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined Abstract: The rulemaking introduces modifications and new requirements under the ONC Health IT Certification Program (``Program''), including provisions related to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)'s role in the Program. The proposed rule proposes to establish processes for ONC to directly review health IT certified under the Program and take action when necessary, including requiring the correction of non- conformities found in health IT certified under the Program and suspending and terminating certifications issued to Complete EHRs and Health IT Modules. The proposed rule includes processes for ONC to authorize and oversee accredited testing laboratories under the Program. It also includes a provision for the increased transparency and availability of surveillance results. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 03/02/16 81 FR 11056 NPRM Comment Period End............. 05/02/16 ....................... Final Action........................ 10/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Michael Lipinski, Policy Analyst, Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Room 729D, Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20201, Phone: 202 690-7151. RIN: 0955-AA00 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Proposed Rule Stage 106. Over-the-Counter (OTC) Drug Review--Cough/Cold (Antihistamine) Products Legal Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321p; 21 U.S.C. 331; 21 U.S.C. 351 to 353; 21 U.S.C. 355; 21 U.S.C. 360; 21 U.S.C. 371 Abstract: FDA will be proposing a rule to add the common cold indication to certain over-the-counter (OTC) antihistamine active ingredients. This proposed rule is the result of collaboration under the U.S.-Canada Regulatory Cooperation Council (RCC) as part of efforts to reduce unnecessary duplication and differences. This pilot exercise will help determine the feasibility of developing an ongoing mechanism for alignment in review and adoption of OTC drug monograph elements. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Reopening of Administrative Record.. 08/25/00 65 FR 51780 Comment Period End.................. 11/24/00 NPRM (Amendment) (Common Cold)...... 01/00/17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [[Page 37297]] Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Janice Adams-King, Regulatory Health Project Manager, Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, WO 22, Room 5416, 10903 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20993, Phone: 301 796-3713, Fax: 301 796-9899, Email: janice.adams-king@fda.hhs.gov. RIN: 0910-AF31 107. Over-the-Counter (OTC) Drug Review--Topical Antimicrobial Drug Products Legal Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321p; 21 U.S.C. 331; 21 U.S.C. 351 to 353; 21 U.S.C. 355; 21 U.S.C. 360; 21 U.S.C. 371 Abstract: The OTC drug review establishes conditions under which OTC drugs are considered generally recognized as safe and effective, and not misbranded. After a final monograph (i.e., final rule) is issued, only OTC drugs meeting the conditions of the monograph, or having an approved new drug application, may be legally marketed. This action addresses antimicrobial agents in consumer antiseptic hand wash. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM (Healthcare)................... 06/17/94 59 FR 31402 Comment Period End.................. 12/15/95 NPRM (Consumer Hand Wash Products).. 12/17/13 78 FR 76443 NPRM (Consumer Hand Wash) Comment 06/16/14 Period End. NPRM (Healthcare Antiseptic)........ 05/01/15 80 FR 25166 NPRM Comment Period End (Healthcare 10/28/15 Antiseptic). NPRM (Consumer Hand Rub)............ 06/00/16 Final Rule (Consumer Hand Wash)..... 09/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Janice Adams-King, Regulatory Health Project Manager, Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, WO 22, Room 5416, 10903 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20993, Phone: 301 796-3713, Fax: 301 796-9899, Email: janice.adams-king@fda.hhs.gov. RIN: 0910-AF69 108. Updated Standards for Labeling of Pet Food Legal Authority: 21 U.S.C. 343; 21 U.S.C. 371; Pub. L. 110-85, sec 1002(a)(3) Abstract: FDA is proposing updated standards for the labeling of pet food that include nutritional and ingredient information, as well as style and formatting standards. FDA is taking this action to provide pet owners and animal health professionals more complete and consistent information about the nutrient content and ingredient composition of pet food products. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 10/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: William Burkholder, Veterinary Medical Officer, Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, Center for Veterinary Medicine, MPN-4, Room 2642, HFV-228, 7519 Standish Place, Rockville, MD 20855, Phone: 240 402-5900, Email: william.burkholder@fda.hhs.gov. RIN: 0910-AG09 109. Format and Content of Reports Intended To Demonstrate Substantial Equivalence Legal Authority: 21 U.S.C. 387e(j); 21 U.S.C. 387j(a); secs 905(j) and 910(a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act Abstract: This regulation would establish the format and content of reports intended to demonstrate substantial equivalence. This regulation also would provide information as to how the Agency will review and act on these submissions. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 09/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Annette L. Marthaler, Regulatory Counsel, Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, Center for Tobacco Products, Document Control Center, Building 71, Room G335, 10903 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20993, Phone: 877 287-1373, Fax: 877 287-1426, Email: ctpregulations@fda.hhs.gov. RIN: 0910-AG96 110. Mammography Quality Standards Act; Regulatory Amendments Legal Authority: 21 U.S.C. 360i; 21 U.S.C. 360nn; 21 U.S.C. 374(e); 42 U.S.C. 263b Abstract: FDA is proposing to amend its regulations governing mammography. The amendments would update the regulations issued under the Mammography Quality Standards Act of 1992 (MQSA). FDA is taking this action to address changes in mammography technology and mammography processes that have occurred since the regulations were published in 1997 and to address breast density reporting to patient and health care providers. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 08/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Nancy Pirt, Regulatory Counsel, Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, WO 66, Room 4438, 10903 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20993, Phone: 301 796-6248, Fax: 301 847- 8145, Email: nancy.pirt@fda.hhs.gov. RIN: 0910-AH04 111. Investigational New Drug Application Annual Reporting Legal Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321; 21 U.S.C. 331; 21 U.S.C. 351; 21 U.S.C. 352; 21 U.S.C. 353; 21 U.S.C. 355(i); 21 U.S.C. 371(a); 42 U.S.C. 262(a) Abstract: This proposed rule would revise the requirements concerning annual reports submitted to investigational new drug applications (INDs) by replacing the current annual reporting requirement with a requirement that is generally consistent with the format, content, and timing of submission of the development safety update report devised by the International Conference on Harmonization of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH). Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 10/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Ebla Ali Ibrahim, Project Manager, Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, Center for Drug [[Page 37298]] Evaluation and Research, Building 51, Room 6302, 10903 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20993, Phone: 301 796-3691, Email: ebla.ali- ibrahim@fda.hhs.gov. RIN: 0910-AH07 112. Requirements for Tobacco Product Manufacturing Practice Legal Authority: 21 U.S.C. 371; 21 U.S.C. 387b; 21 U.S.C. 387f Abstract: FDA is proposing requirements that govern the methods used in, and the facilities and controls used for, the pre-production design validation, manufacture, packing, and storage of tobacco products. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ANPRM............................... 03/19/13 78 FR 16824 ANPRM Comment Period End............ 05/20/13 ....................... NPRM................................ 12/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Darin Achilles, Regulatory Counsel, Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Avenue, Document Control Center, Building 71, Room G335, Silver Spring, MD 20993, Phone: 877 287-1373, Fax: 301 595-1426, Email: ctpregulations@fda.hhs.gov. RIN: 0910-AH22 113. Use of Ozone Depleting Substances (Section 610 Review) Legal Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321; 21 U.S.C. 331; 21 U.S.C. 335; 21 U.S.C. 342; 21 U.S.C. 346a; 21 U.S.C. 348; 21 U.S.C. 351; 21 U.S.C. 352; 21 U.S.C. 355; 21 U.S.C. 360b; 21 U.S.C. 361; 21 U.S.C. 371; 21 U.S.C. 372; 21 U.S.C. 374; 15 U.S.C. 402; 15 U.S.C. 409 Abstract: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) is proposing to amend its regulation (21 CFR 2.125) on uses of ozone- depleting substances (ODSs), including chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), to remove designations for certain products as essential uses under the Clean Air Act. Essential-use products are exempt from FDA's ban on the use of CFC propellants in FDA-regulated products and the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) ban on the use of CFCs and other ODSs in pressurized dispensers. This action, if finalized, will remove essential use exemptions for sterile aerosol talc administered intrapleurally by thoracoscopy for human use, metered-dose atropine sulfate aerosol human drugs administered by oral inhalation, and anesthetic drugs for topical use on accessible mucous membranes of humans where a cannula is used for application. FDA is proposing this action because alternative products that do not use ODSs are now available and because these products are no longer being marketed in approved versions that contain ODSs. On June 29, 2015, FDA published a notice and request for comment concerning its tentative conclusion that these products are no longer an essential use under the Clean Air Act (80 FR 36937). The Agency received no comments concerning removal of essential use designations for sterile aerosol talc and metered-dose atropine sulfate, and is proposing to remove these designations by direct final rule and a companion proposed rule in the event adverse comments are received. FDA received one comment concerning removal of anesthetic drugs for topical use in response to its 2015 notice and request for comment, and is proposing to remove this exemption through a separate notice. Because these products are not currently sold in the approved form, no significant economic impact is anticipated. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 08/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No. Agency Contact: Daniel Orr, Regulatory Counsel, Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, Building 51 Room 5199, 10993 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20993, Phone: 240 402-0979, Email: daniel.orr@fda.hhs.gov. RIN: 0910-AH36 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Final Rule Stage 114. Requirements for Foreign and Domestic Establishment Registration and Listing for Human Drugs, Including Drugs That Are Regulated Under a Biologics License Application, and Animal Drugs Legal Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321 and 331; 21 U.S.C. 351 to 353; 21 U.S.C. 355 to 356c; 21 U.S.C. 360 and 360b; 21 U.S.C. 360c to 360f; 21 U.S.C. 360h to 360j; 21 U.S.C. 371 and 374; 21 U.S.C. 379e and 381; 21 U.S.C. 393; 15 U.S.C. 1451 to 1561; 42 U.S.C. 262 and 264; 42 U.S.C. 271; and sec 122; Pub. L. 105-115, 11 Stat. 2322 (21 U.S.C. 355 note) Abstract: The rule will reorganize, consolidate, clarify, and modify current regulations concerning who must register establishments and list human drugs, including certain biological drugs, and animal drugs. These regulations contain information on when, how, and where to register drug establishments and list drugs, and what information must be submitted. They also address National Drug Codes. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 08/29/06 71 FR 51276 NPRM Comment Period End............. 02/26/07 ....................... Final Action........................ 07/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: David Joy, Senior Regulatory Counsel, Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, 10903 New Hampshire Avenue, Building 51, Room 6254, Silver Spring, MD 20993, Phone: 301 796-2242, Email: david.joy@fda.hhs.gov. RIN: 0910-AA49 115. Postmarketing Safety Reporting Requirements for Human Drug and Biological Products Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 216; 42 U.S.C. 241; 42 U.S.C. 242a; 42 U.S.C. 262 and 263; 42 U.S.C. 263a to 263n; 42 U.S.C. 264; 42 U.S.C. 300aa; 21 U.S.C. 321; 21 U.S.C. 331; 21 U.S.C. 351 to 353; 21 U.S.C. 355; 21 U.S.C. 360; 21 U.S.C. 360b to 360j; 21 U.S.C. 361a; 21 U.S.C. 371; 21 U.S.C. 374; 21 U.S.C. 375; 21 U.S.C. 379e; 21 U.S.C. 381 Abstract: The final rule would amend the postmarketing expedited and periodic safety reporting regulations for human drugs and biological products to revise certain definitions and reporting formats as recommended by the International Conference on Harmonisation and to define new terms; to add to or revise current reporting requirements; to revise certain reporting time frames; and to propose other revisions to these regulations to enhance the quality of safety reports received by FDA. These revisions were proposed as part of a single rulemaking (68 FR 12406) to clarify and revise both premarketing and postmarketing safety reporting requirements for human drug and biological products. FDA plans to finalize the premarket and postmarket safety reporting requirements in separate final rules. Premarketing safety reporting requirements were finalized in a separate final rule published on [[Page 37299]] September 29, 2010 (75 FR 59961). This final rule applies to postmarketing safety reporting requirements. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 03/14/03 68 FR 12406 NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 06/18/03 ....................... NPRM Comment Period End............. 07/14/03 ....................... NPRM Comment Period Extension End... 10/14/03 ....................... Final Action........................ 03/00/17 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Jane E. Baluss, Regulatory Counsel, Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, WO 51, Room 6362, 10903 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, Phone: 301 796-3469, Fax: 301 847-8440, Email: jane.baluss@fda.hhs.gov. RIN: 0910-AA97 116. Medical Gas Containers and Closures; Current Good Manufacturing Practice Requirements Legal Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321; 21 U.S.C. 351 to 21 U.S.C. 353 Abstract: The Food and Drug Administration is amending its current good manufacturing practice regulations and other regulations to clarify and strengthen requirements for the label, color, dedication, and design of medical gas containers and closures. Despite existing regulatory requirements and industry standards for medical gases, there have been repeated incidents in which cryogenic containers of harmful industrial gases have been connected to medical oxygen supply systems in hospitals and nursing homes and subsequently administered to patients. These incidents have resulted in death and serious injury. There have also been several incidents involving high-pressure medical gas cylinders that have resulted in death and injuries to patients. These amendments, together with existing regulations, are intended to ensure that the types of incidents that have occurred in the past, as well as other types of foreseeable and potentially deadly medical gas accidents, do not occur in the future. FDA has described a number of proposals in the proposed rule including requiring that gas use outlet connections on portable cryogenic medical gas containers be securely attached to the valve body. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 04/10/06 71 FR 18039 NPRM Comment Period End............. 07/10/06 ....................... Final Action........................ 07/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Patrick Raulerson, Regulatory Counsel, Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, WO 51, Room 6368, 10903 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, Phone: 301 796-3522, Fax: 301 847-8440, Email: patrick.raulerson@fda.hhs.gov. RIN: 0910-AC53 117. Food Labeling: Revision of the Nutrition and Supplement Facts Labels Legal Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321; 21 U.S.C. 343; 21 U.S.C. 371 Abstract: FDA is amending the labeling regulations for conventional foods and dietary supplements to provide updated nutrition information on the label to assist consumers in maintaining healthy dietary practices. The rule would modernize the nutrition information found on the Nutrition Facts label, as well as the format and appearance of the label. On July 27, 2015, FDA issued a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking accepting comments on limited additional provisions until October 13, 2015. Also on July 27, 2015, FDA reopened the comment period on the proposed rule as to specific documents until September 25, 2015. In addition, in response to requests for the raw data related to FDA's consumer studies on the nutrition label, FDA issued a notice on September 10, 2015 to make the raw data available for comment until October 13, 2015 and extended the comment period for the July 27, 2015 reopening as to specific documents to October 13, 2015. On October 20, 2015, FDA extended the comment period for the consumer studies and the supplemental proposal to October 23, 2015. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ANPRM............................... 07/11/03 68 FR 41507 ANPRM Comment Period End............ 10/09/03 ....................... Second ANPRM........................ 04/04/05 70 FR 17008 Second ANPRM Comment Period End..... 06/20/05 ....................... Third ANPRM......................... 11/02/07 72 FR 62149 Third ANPRM Comment Period End...... 01/31/08 ....................... NPRM................................ 03/03/14 79 FR 11879 NPRM Comment Period End............. 06/02/14 ....................... Reopening of Comment Period as to 07/27/15 80 FR 44302 Specific Documents. NPRM Comment Period End as to 09/25/15 ....................... Specific Documents. Supplemental NPRM to Solicit Comment 07/27/15 80 FR 44303 on Limited Additional Provisions. Supplemental NPRM to Solicit Comment 10/13/15 ....................... on Limited Additional Provisions Comment Period End. Administrative Docket Update; 09/10/15 80 FR 54446 Extension of Comment Period. Administrative Docket Update; 10/13/15 ....................... Comment Period End. NPRM Reopening of Comment Period for 10/20/15 80 FR 63477 Certain Documents. NPRM Reopening of Comment Period for 10/23/15 ....................... Certain Documents Comment Period End. Final Action........................ 05/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Blakeley Fitzpatrick, Interdisciplinary Scientist, Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, HFS-830, 5100 Paint Branch Parkway, College Park, MD 20740, Phone: 240 402-5429, Email: nutritionprogramstaff@fda.hhs.gov. RIN: 0910-AF22 118. Food Labeling: Serving Sizes of Foods That Can Reasonably Be Consumed at One Eating Occasion; Dual--Column Labeling; Updating, Modifying, and Establishing Certain RACCS Legal Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321; 21 U.S.C. 343; 21 U.S.C. 371; Pub. L. 101-535, sec 2(b)(1)(A) Abstract: FDA is amending its labeling regulations for foods to provide update, modify, and establish Reference Amounts Customarily Consumed (RACCs) for certain food categories. This [[Page 37300]] rule would provide consumers with nutrition information based on the amount of food that is customarily consumed, which would assist consumers in maintaining healthy dietary practices. In addition to updating, modifying, and establishing certain RACCs, FDA is amending the definition of a single-serving containers; amending the label serving size for breath mints; and providing for dual-column labeling under certain circumstances, which would provide nutrition information per serving and per container or unit, as applicable; and making technical amendments to various aspects fo the serving size regulations. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ANPRM............................... 04/04/05 70 FR 17010 ANPRM Comment Period End............ 06/20/05 ....................... NPRM/Comment Period Extended........ 03/03/14 79 FR 11989 NPRM Comment Period End............. 06/02/14 ....................... NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 05/27/14 79 FR 29699 NPRM Comment Period End............. 08/01/14 ....................... Final Action........................ 05/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Cherisa Henderson, Nutritionist, Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, HFS-830, 5100 Paint Branch Parkway, College Park, MD 20740, Phone: 240 402-5429, Fax: 301 436-1191, Email: nutritionprogramstaff@fda.hhs.gov. RIN: 0910-AF23 119. Abbreviated New Drug Applications and 505(B)(2) Legal Authority: Pub. L. 108-173, title XI; 21 U.S.C. 355; 21 U.S.C. 371 Abstract: This proposed rule would make changes to certain procedures for Abbreviated New Drug Applications and related applications to patent certifications, notice to patent owners and application holders, the availability of a 30-month stay of approval, amendments and supplements, and the types of bioavailability and bioequivalence data that can be used to support these applications. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 02/06/15 80 FR 6802 NPRM Comment Period End............. 05/07/15 ....................... NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 04/24/15 80 FR 22953 NPRM Comment Period Extended End.... 06/08/15 ....................... Final Action........................ 08/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Janice L. Weiner, Senior Regulatory Counsel, Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Building 51, Room 6268, 10903 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, Phone: 301 796- 3601, Fax: 301 847-8440, Email: janice.weiner@fda.hhs.gov. RIN: 0910-AF97 120. ``Tobacco Products'' Subject to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as Amended by the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act Legal Authority: 21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.; The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; Pub. L. 111-31; The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act Abstract: The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (Tobacco Control Act) provides the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authority to regulate cigarettes, cigarette tobacco, roll-your-own tobacco, and smokeless tobacco. The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act), as amended by the Tobacco Control Act, permits FDA to issue regulations deeming other tobacco products to be subject to the FD&C Act. This rule would deem additional products meeting the statutory definition of ``tobacco product'' to be subject to the FD&C Act, and would specify additional restrictions. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 04/25/14 79 FR 23142 NPRM Comment Period End............. 07/09/14 ....................... NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 06/24/14 79 FR 35711 NPRM Comment Period Extended End.... 08/08/14 ....................... Final Action........................ 05/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Gerie Voss, Senior Regulatory Counsel, Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, Center for Tobacco Products, Document Control Center, Building 71, Room G335, 10903 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20993, Phone: 877 287- 1373, Fax: 301 595-1426, Email: ctpregulations@fda.hhs.gov. RIN: 0910-AG38 121. Human Subject Protection; Acceptance of Data From Clinical Investigations for Medical Devices Legal Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321; 21 U.S.C. 331; 21 U.S.C. 351; 21 U.S.C. 352; 21 U.S.C. 360; 21 U.S.C. 360c; 21 U.S.C. 360e; 21 U.S.C. 360i; 21 U.S.C. 360j; 21 U.S.C. 371; 21 U.S.C. 374; 21 U.S.C. 381; 21 U.S.C. 393; 42 U.S.C. 264; 42 U.S.C. 271; . . . Abstract: This rule will amend FDA's regulations on acceptance of data for medical devices to require that clinical investigations submitted in support of a premarket approval application, humanitarian device exemption application, an investigational device exemption application, or a premarket notification submission be conducted in accordance with good clinical practice if conducted outside the United States. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 02/25/13 78 FR 12664 NPRM Comment Period End............. 05/28/13 ....................... Final Action........................ 05/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Soma Kalb, Biomedical Engineer, Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Building 66, Room 1534, 10903 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20993, Phone: 301 796-6359, Email: soma.kalb@fda.hhs.gov. RIN: 0910-AG48 122. Focused Mitigation Strategies To Protect Food Against Intentional Adulteration Legal Authority: 21 U.S.C. 331; 21 U.S.C. 342; 21 U.S.C. 350g; 21 U.S.C. 350i; 21 U.S.C. 371; 21 U.S.C. 374; Pub. L. 111-353 Abstract: This rule would require domestic and foreign food facilities that are required to register under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to address hazards that may be intentionally introduced by acts of terrorism. These food facilities would be required to identify and implement focused mitigation strategies to significantly minimize or prevent significant vulnerabilities identified at actionable process steps in a food operation. [[Page 37301]] Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 12/24/13 78 FR 78014 NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 03/25/14 79 FR 16251 NPRM Comment Period End............. 03/31/14 NPRM Comment Period Extended End.... 06/30/14 Final Rule.......................... 06/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Jody Menikheim, Supervisory General Health Scientist, Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-005), 5100 Paint Branch Parkway, College Park, MD 20740, Phone: 240 402-1864, Fax: 301 436-2633, Email: fooddefense@fda.hhs.gov. RIN: 0910-AG63 123. Supplemental Applications Proposing Labeling Changes for Approved Drugs and Biological Products Legal Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321; 21 U.S.C. 331; 21 U.S.C. 352; 21 U.S.C. 353; 21 U.S.C. 355; 21 U.S.C. 371; 42 U.S.C. 262; . . . Abstract: This rule would amend the regulations regarding new drug applications (NDAs), abbreviated new drug applications (ANDAs), and biologics license application (BLAs) to revise and clarify procedures for changes to the labeling of an approved drug to reflect certain types of newly acquired information in advance of FDA's review of such change. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 11/13/13 78 FR 67985 NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 12/27/13 78 FR 78796 NPRM Comment Period End............. 01/13/14 NPRM Comment Period Extended End.... 03/13/14 NPRM Comment Period Reopened........ 02/18/15 80 FR 8577 NPRM Comment Period Reopened End.... 04/27/15 Final Rule.......................... 04/00/17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Janice L. Weiner, Senior Regulatory Counsel, Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Building 51, Room 6268, 10903 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, Phone: 301 796- 3601, Fax: 301 847-8440, Email: janice.weiner@fda.hhs.gov. RIN: 0910-AG94 124. Food Labeling; Gluten-Free Labeling of Fermented, Hydrolyzed, or Distilled Foods Legal Authority: sec 206 of the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act; 21 U.S.C. 343(a)(1); 21 U.S.C. 321(n); 21 U.S.C. 371(a) Abstract: This proposed rule would establish requirements concerning compliance for using a ``gluten-free'' labeling claim for those foods for which there is no scientifically valid analytical method available that can reliably detect and accurately quantify the presence of 20 parts per million (ppm) gluten in the food. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 11/18/15 80 FR 71990 NPRM Comment Period Reopened........ 02/16/16 81 FR 3751 Comment Period Extended............. 02/22/16 81 FR 8869 Final Action........................ 04/00/17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Carol D'Lima, Staff Fellow, Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Room 4D022, HFS 820, 5100 Paint Branch Parkway, College Park, MD 20740, Phone: 240 402-2371, Fax: 301 436- 2636, Email: carol.dlima@fda.hhs.gov. RIN: 0910-AH00 125. General and Plastic Surgery Devices: Sunlamp Products Legal Authority: 21 U.S.C. 360j(e) Abstract: This proposed rule would apply device restrictions to sunlamp products. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 12/22/15 80 FR 79493 NPRM Comment Period End............. 03/21/16 Final Action........................ 11/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Ian Ostermiller, Regulatory Counsel, Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, Building 66 Room 5515, 10903 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20993, Phone: 301 796-5678, Email: ian.ostermiller@fda.hhs.gov. RIN: 0910-AH14 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Long-Term Actions 126. Laser Products; Amendment to Performance Standard Legal Authority: 21 U.S.C. 360hh to 360ss; 21 U.S.C. 371; 21 U.S.C. 393 Abstract: FDA is proposing to amend the 2013 proposed rule for the performance standard for laser products, which will amend the performance standard for laser products to achieve closer harmonization between the current standard and the recently amended International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) standard for laser products and medical laser products. The amendment is intended to update FDA's performance standard to reflect advancements in technology. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 06/24/13 78 FR 37723 NPRM Comment Period End............. 09/23/13 NPRM (Reproposal)................... 06/00/17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Erica Blake, Regulatory Counsel, Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, WO 66, Room 4426, 10903 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20993, Phone: 301 796-6248, Fax: 301 847- 8145, Email: erica.blake@fda.hhs.gov. RIN: 0910-AF87 127. Requirements for the Testing and Reporting of Tobacco Product Constituents, Ingredients, and Additives Legal Authority: 21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.; 21 U.S.C. 387; The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act Abstract: The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended by the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, requires the Food and Drug Administration to promulgate regulations that require the testing and reporting of tobacco product constituents, ingredients, and additives, including smoke constituents, that the [[Page 37302]] Agency determines should be tested to protect the public health. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 06/00/17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Laura Rich, Senior Regulatory Counsel, Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, Center for Tobacco Products, Building 71, G335, 10903 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20993, Phone: 877 287-1373, Email: ctpregulations@fda.hhs.gov. RIN: 0910-AG59 128. Radiology Devices; Designation of Special Controls for the Computed Tomography X-Ray System Legal Authority: 21 U.S.C. 360c Abstract: The proposed rule would establish special controls for the computed tomography (CT) X-ray system. A CT X-ray system is a diagnostic X-ray imaging system intended to produce cross-sectional images of the body through use of a computer to reconstruct an image from the same axial plane taken at different angles. High doses of ionizing radiation can cause acute (deterministic) effects such as burns, reddening of the skin, cataracts, hair loss, sterility, and, in extremely high doses, radiation poisoning. The design of a CT X-ray system should balance the benefits of the device (i.e., the ability of the device to produce a diagnostic quality image) with the known risks (e.g., exposure to ionizing radiation). FDA is establishing proposed special controls, which are necessary to provide reasonable assurance of the safety and effectiveness of a class II CT X-ray system. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 05/00/17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Erica Blake, Regulatory Counsel, Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, WO 66, Room 4426, 10903 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20993, Phone: 301 796-6248, Fax: 301 847- 8145, Email: erica.blake@fda.hhs.gov. RIN: 0910-AH03 129. Regulations on Human Drug Compounding Under Sections 503A and 503B of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act Legal Authority: 21 U.S.C. 353a; 21 U.S.C. 353b; 21 U.S.C. 371 Abstract: FDA will propose regulations to define and implement certain statutory conditions under which compounded products may qualify for exemptions from certain requirements. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 12/00/17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Sarah Rothman, Consumer Safety Officer, Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Building 51, Room 5197, 10903 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20993, Phone: 301 796-3536, Email: sarah.rothman@fda.hhs.gov. RIN: 0910-AH10 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Completed Actions 130. Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption Legal Authority: 21 U.S.C. 342; 21 U.S.C. 350h; 21 U.S.C. 371; 42 U.S.C. 264; Pub. L. 111-353 (signed on January 4, 2011) Abstract: This rule will establish science-based minimum standards for the safe production and harvesting of those types of fruits and vegetables that are raw agricultural commodities for which the Secretary has determined that such standards minimize the risk of serious adverse health consequences or death. The purpose of the rule is to reduce the risk of illness associated with fresh produce. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 01/16/13 78 FR 3503 NPRM Comment Period End............. 05/16/13 NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 04/26/13 78 FR 24692 NPRM Comment Period Extended End.... 09/16/13 NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 08/09/13 78 FR 48637 NPRM Comment Period Extended End.... 11/15/13 Notice of Intent To Prepare an 08/19/13 78 FR 50358 Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Rule. Notice of Intent To Prepare 11/15/13 Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Rule Comment Period End. NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 11/20/13 78 FR 69605 NPRM Comment Period Extended End.... 11/22/13 Environmental Impact Statement for 03/11/14 79 FR 13593 the Proposed Rule; Comment Period Extended. Environmental Impact Statement for 04/18/14 the Proposed Rule; Comment Period Extended End. Supplemental NPRM................... 09/29/14 79 FR 58433 Supplemental NPRM Comment Period End 12/15/14 Final Action--Draft Environmental 01/14/15 80 FR 1852 Impact Statement. Final Action--Draft Environmental 03/13/15 Impact Statement Comment Period End. Final Action Effective.............. 01/26/16 Final Rule.......................... 11/27/15 80 FR 74353 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Samir Assar, Supervisory Consumer Safety Officer, Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Office of Food Safety, 5100 Paint Branch Parkway, College Park, MD 20740, Phone: 240 402-1636, Email: samir.assar@fda.hhs.gov. RIN: 0910-AG35 [[Page 37303]] 131. Foreign Supplier Verification Program Legal Authority: 21 U.S.C. 384a; title III, sec 301 of FDA Food Safety Modernization Act; Pub. L. 111-353, establishing sec 805 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) Abstract: This rule describes what a food importer must do to verify that its foreign suppliers produce food that is as safe as food produced in the United States. FDA is taking this action to improve the safety of food that is imported into the United States. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 07/29/13 78 FR 45729 NPRM Comment Period End............. 11/26/13 NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 11/20/13 78 FR 69602 NPRM Comment Period Extended End.... 01/27/14 Supplemental NPRM................... 09/29/14 79 FR 58573 Supplemental NPRM Comment Period End 12/15/14 Final Rule.......................... 11/27/15 80 FR 74225 Final Rule Effective................ 01/27/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Brian L. Pendleton, Senior Policy Advisor, Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, Office of Policy, WO 32, Room 4245, 10903 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, Phone: 301 796-4614, Fax: 301 847-8616, Email: brian.pendleton@fda.hhs.gov. RIN: 0910-AG64 132. Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Food Legal Authority: 21 U.S.C. 350e; 21 U.S.C. 373; 21 U.S.C. 331; 21 U.S.C. 342; 21 U.S.C. 371; . . . Abstract: This rule would establish requirements for parties including shippers, carriers by motor vehicle or rail vehicle, and receivers engaged in the transportation of food, including food for animals, to use sanitary transportation practices to ensure that food is not transported under conditions that may render the food adulterated. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ANPRM............................... 04/30/10 75 FR 22713 ANPRM Comment Period End............ 08/30/10 NPRM................................ 02/05/14 79 FR 7005 NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 05/23/14 79 FR 29699 NPRM Comment Period End............. 05/31/14 NPRM Comment Period Extended End.... 07/30/14 Final Rule.......................... 04/06/16 81 FR 20092 Final Rule Effective................ 06/06/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Michael E. Kashtock, Supervisory Consumer Safety Officer, Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Office of Food Safety, 5100 Paint Branch Parkway, College Park, MD 20740, Phone: 240 402-2022, Fax: 301 346-2632, Email: michael.kashtock@fda.hhs.gov. RIN: 0910-AG98 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Proposed Rule Stage 133. Hospital and Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Changes to Promote Innovation, Flexibility, and Improvement in Patient Care (CMS-3295-P) (Rulemaking Resulting From a Section 610 Review) Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302; 42 U.S.C. 1395hh and 1395rr Abstract: This proposed rule would update the requirements that hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) must meet to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. These proposals are intended to conform the requirements to current standards of practice and to support improvements in quality of care, reduce barriers to care, and reduce some issues that may exacerbate workforce shortage concerns. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 05/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No. Agency Contact: CDR Scott Cooper, Senior Technical Advisor, Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Center for Clinical Standards and Quality, Mail Stop S3-01-02, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244, Phone: 410 786- 9465, Email: scott.cooper@cms.hhs.gov. RIN: 0938-AS21 134. Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Alternative Payment Models (APMS) in Medicare Fee-For-Service (CMS-5517-P) (Section 610 Review) Legal Authority: Pub. L. 114-10, sec 101 Abstract: This proposed rule would implement provisions of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) related to MIPS and APMs. Section 101 of MACRA authorizes a new MIPS, which repeals the Medicare sustainable growth rate and improves Medicare payments for physician services. MACRA consolidates the current programs of the Physician Quality Reporting System, the Value-Based Modifier, and the Electronic Health Records Incentive Program into one program, MIPS, that streamlines and improves on the three distinct incentive programs. Additionally, MACRA authorizes incentive payments for providers who participate in eligible APMs. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 05/09/16 81 FR 28161 NPRM Comment Period End............. 06/27/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: James Sharp, Health Insurance Specialist, Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation Center, MS: WB-06-05, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244, Phone: 410 786-7388, Email: james.sharp@cms.hhs.gov. RIN: 0938-AS69 135. Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and FY 2017 Rates (CMS-1655-F) (Section 610 Review) Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302; 42 U.S.C. 1395hh Abstract: This annual final rule revises the Medicare hospital inpatient and long-term care hospital prospective payment systems for operating and capital-related costs. This rule implements changes arising from our continuing experience with these systems. Timetable: [[Page 37304]] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 04/27/16 81 FR 24946 NPRM Comment Period End............. 06/17/16 Final Action........................ 08/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Donald Thompson, Deputy Director, Division of Acute Care, Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Center for Medicare, MS: C4-01-26, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244, Phone: 410 786-6504, Email: donald.thompson@cms.hhs.gov. RIN: 0938-AS77 136. CY 2017 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update; Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model; and Home Health Quality Reporting Requirements (Section 610 Review) Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302; 42 U.S.C. 1395hh Abstract: This annual proposed rule would update the 60-day national episode rate, the national per-visit rates used to calculate low utilization payment adjustments (LUPAs), and outlier payments under the Medicare prospective payment system for home health agencies. The rule would also update the provisions of the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) program. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 06/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Hillary Loeffler, Deputy Director, Division of Home Health and Hospice, Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Center for Medicare, MS: C5-07-22, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244, Phone: 410 786-0456, Email: hillary.loeffler@cms.hhs.gov. RIN: 0938-AS80 137. CY 2017 Revisions to Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Medicare Part B (CMS-1654-P) (Section 610 Review) Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302; 42 U.S.C. 1395hh; Pub. L. 114-10 Abstract: This annual proposed rule would revise payment polices under the Medicare physician fee schedule, and make other policy changes to payment under Medicare Part B. These changes would apply to services furnished beginning January 1, 2017. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 06/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Ryan Howe, Director, Division of Practitioner Services, Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Center for Medicare, MS: C4-01-15, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244, Phone: 410 786-3355, Email: ryan.howe@cms.hhs.gov. RIN: 0938-AS81 138. CY 2017 Hospital Outpatient PPS Policy Changes and Payment Rates and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System Policy Changes and Payment Rates (CMS-1656-P) (Section 610 Review) Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302; 42 U.S.C. 1395hh Abstract: This annual proposed rule would revise the Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system to implement statutory requirements and changes arising from our continuing experience with this system. The rule describes changes to the amounts and factors used to determine payment rates for services. In addition, the rule would change the ambulatory surgical center payment system list of services and rates. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 07/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Marjorie Baldo, Health Insurance Specialist, Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Center for Medicare, MS: C4-03-06, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244, Phone: 410 786-4617, Email: marjorie.baldo@cms.hhs.gov. RIN: 0938-AS82 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Final Rule Stage 139. Emergency Preparedness Requirements for Medicare and Medicaid Participating Providers and Suppliers (CMS-3178-F) (Section 610 Review) Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1821; 42 U.S.C. 1861ff (3)(B)(i)(ii); 42 U.S.C. 1913(c)(1) et al Abstract: This rule finalizes emergency preparedness requirements for Medicare and Medicaid participating providers and suppliers to ensure that they adequately plan for both natural and man-made disasters and coordinate with Federal, State, tribal, regional, and local emergency preparedness systems. This rule ensures providers and suppliers are adequately prepared to meet the needs of patients, residents, clients, and participants during disasters and emergency situations. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 12/27/13 78 FR 79082 NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 02/21/14 79 FR 9872 NPRM Comment Period End............. 03/31/14 ....................... Final Action........................ 12/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Janice Graham, Health Insurance Specialist, Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Center for Clincial Standards and Quality, Mail Stop S3-02-01, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244-1850, Phone: 410 786-8020, Email: janice.graham@cms.hhs.gov. RIN: 0938-AO91 140. Reform of Requirements for Long-Term Care Facilities (CMS-3260-F) (Rulemaking Resulting From a Section 610 Review) Legal Authority: Pub. L. 111-148, sec 6102; 42 U.S.C. 263a; 42 U.S.C. 1302; 42 U.S.C. 1395hh; 42 U.S.C. 1395rr Abstract: This final rule revises the requirements that long-term care facilities must meet to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. These changes are necessary to reflect the substantial advances that have been made over the past several years in the theory and practice of service delivery and safety. The rule is also an integral part of CMS efforts to achieve broad- [[Page 37305]] based improvements both in the quality of health care furnished through federal programs, and in patient safety, while at the same time reducing procedural burdens on providers. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 07/16/15 80 FR 42167 NPRM Comment Period Extension....... 09/15/15 80 FR 55284 NPRM Comment Period End............. 09/14/15 ....................... NPRM Comment Period Extended End.... 10/14/15 ....................... Final Action........................ 09/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Ronisha Blackstone, Health Insurance Specialist, Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Center for Clinical Standards and Quality, MS: S3- 02-01, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244, Phone: 410 786- 6882, Email: ronisha.blackstone@cms.hhs.gov. RIN: 0938-AR61 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS) Long-Term Actions Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 141. Conditions of Participation for Home Health Agencies (CMS-3819-F) (Rulemaking Resulting From a Section 610 Review) Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302; 42 U.S.C. 1395x; 42 U.S.C. 1395cc(a); 42 U.S.C. 1395hh; 42 U.S.C. 1395bb Abstract: This final rule revises the conditions of participation (CoPs) that home health agencies (HHAs) must meet in order to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. The requirements focus on the care delivered to patients by HHAs, reflect an interdisciplinary view of patient care, allow HHAs greater flexibility in meeting quality care standards, and eliminate unnecessary procedural requirements. These changes are an integral part of our overall effort to achieve broad-based, measurable improvements in the quality of care furnished through the Medicare and Medicaid programs, while at the same time eliminating unnecessary procedural burdens on providers. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 03/10/97 62 FR 11005 NPRM Comment Period End............. 06/09/97 ....................... Second NPRM......................... 10/09/14 79 FR 61163 NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 12/01/14 79 FR 71081 NPRM Comment Period End............. 12/08/14 ....................... NPRM Comment Period Extended End.... 01/07/15 ....................... Final Action........................ 10/00/17 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No. Agency Contact: Danielle Shearer, Health Insurance Specialist, Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Center for Clinical Standards & Quality, 7500 Security Boulevard, MS: S3-02-01, Baltimore, MD 21244, Phone: 410 786- 6617, Email: danielle.shearer@cms.hhs.gov. RIN: 0938-AG81 142. Medicare Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Test Payment System (CMS- 1621-F) (Section 610 Review) Legal Authority: Pub. L. 113-93, sec 216 Abstract: This final rule revises the Medicare payment system for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests and implements other changes required by section 216 of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 10/01/15 80 FR 59385 NPRM Comment Period End............. 11/25/15 ....................... Final Action........................ 10/00/18 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Valerie Miller, Deputy Director, Division of Ambulatory Services, Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Center for Medicare, Mail Stop C4-01- 26, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244, Phone: 410 786-4535, Email: valerie.miller@cms.hhs.gov. Sarah Harding, Health Insurance Specialist, Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Center for Medicare, MS: C4-01-26, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244, Phone: 410 786-4535, Email: sarah.harding@cms.hhs.gov. RIN: 0938-AS33 143. Imaging Accreditation (CMS-3309-P) (Section 610 Review) Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1395hh; 42 U.S.C. 1102 Abstract: This proposed rule would establish standards for Imaging Accreditation. These proposed standards would address qualifications for clinical personnel, standards to ensure that suppliers have established policies and procedures governing the use of equipment in furnishing the technical component of advanced diagnostic imaging, and the establishment and maintenance of a quality assurance and quality control program to ensure reliability, clarity, and accuracy of the diagnostic images. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ To Be Determined ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Sonia Swancy, Health Insurance Specialist, Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Center for Clinical Standards and Quality, MS: S3- 02-01, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244, Phone: 410 786- 8445, Email: sonia.swancy@cms.hhs.gov. RIN: 0938-AS62 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS) Completed Actions Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 144. Covered Outpatient Drugs (CMS-2345-FC) (Completion of a Section 610 Review) Legal Authority: Pub. L. 111-48, sec 2501; Pub. L. 111-48, 2503; Pub. L. 111-48, 3301(d)(2); Pub. L. 111-152, sec 1206; Pub. L. 111-8, sec 221 Abstract: This final rule revises requirements pertaining to Medicaid reimbursement for covered outpatient drugs to implement provisions of the Affordable Care Act. This rule also revises other requirements related to covered outpatient drugs, including key aspects of Medicaid coverage, payment, and the drug rebate program. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 02/02/12 77 FR 5318 NPRM Comment Period End............. 04/02/12 ....................... Final Action........................ 02/01/16 81 FR 5170 [[Page 37306]] Final Action Effective.............. 04/01/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Wendy Tuttle, Health Insurance Specialist, Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Center for Medicaid and State Operations, Mail Stop S2-14-26, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244, Phone: 410 786- 8690, Email: wendy.tuttle@cms.hhs.gov. RIN: 0938-AQ41 145. CY 2016 Revisions to Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Medicare Part B (CMS-1631-FC) (Completion of a Section 610 Review) Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 405(a), 1302, 1395x, 1395y(a), 1395ff, 1395kk, 1395rr and 1395ww(k); 42 U.S.C. 263a; 42 U.S.C. 1395m, 1395hh, and 1395ddd; 42 U.S.C. 1395w-101 through 1395w-152, and 1395nn; ... Abstract: This annual final rule revises payment polices under the Medicare physician fee schedule, and makes other policy changes to payment under Medicare Part B. These changes apply to services furnished beginning January 1, 2016. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 07/15/15 80 FR 41686 NPRM Comment Period End............. 09/08/15 ....................... Final Action........................ 11/16/15 80 FR 70886 Final Action Effective.............. 01/01/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Ryan Howe, Director, Division of Practitioner Services, Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Center for Medicare, MS: C4-01-15, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244, Phone: 410 786-3355, Email: ryan.howe@cms.hhs.gov. RIN: 0938-AS40 146. CY 2016 Hospital Outpatient PPS Policy Changes and Payment Rates and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System Policy Changes and Payment Rates (CMS-1633-FC) (Completion of a Section 610 Review) Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302, 1395m, 1395hh, and 1395ddd Abstract: This annual final rule revises the Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system to implement statutory requirements and changes arising from our continuing experience with this system. The rule describes changes to the amounts and factors used to determine payment rates for services. In addition, the rule changes the ambulatory surgical center payment system list of services and rates. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 07/08/15 80 FR 39200 NPRM Comment Period End............. 08/31/15 ....................... Final Action........................ 11/13/15 80 FR 70298 Final Action Effective.............. 01/01/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Marjorie Baldo, Health Insurance Specialist, Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Center for Medicare, MS: C4-03-06, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244, Phone: 410 786-4617, Email: marjorie.baldo@cms.hhs.gov. RIN: 0938-AS42 147. Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CMS-5516-F) (Completion of a Section 610 Review) Legal Authority: Social Security Act, sec 1115A Abstract: This final rule implements a new Medicare Part A and B payment model under section 1115A of the Social Security Act, called the Comprehensive Care Joint Replacement Model, in which acute care hospitals in certain selected geographic areas receive retrospective bundled payments for episodes of care for lower extremity joint replacement or reattachment of a lower extremity. All related care within 90 days of hospital discharge from the joint replacement procedures would be included in the episode of care. We believe this model furthers our goals in improving the efficiency and quality of care for Medicare beneficiaries for these common medical procedures. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 07/14/15 80 FR 41198 NPRM Comment Period End............. 09/08/15 ....................... Final Action........................ 11/24/15 80 FR 73273 Final Action Effective.............. 01/15/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Claire Schreiber, Health Insurance Specialist, Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation, MS: WB- 08-62, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244, Phone: 410 786- 8939, Email: claire.schreiber@cms.hhs.gov. RIN: 0938-AS64 [FR Doc. 2016-12904 Filed 6-8-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4150-03-P [[Page 37307]] Vol. 81 Thursday, No. 111 June 9, 2016 Part IX Department of Homeland Security ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Semiannual Regulatory Agenda Federal Register / Vol. 81 , No. 111 / Thursday, June 9, 2016 / Unified Agenda [[Page 37308]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Office of the Secretary 6 CFR Chs. I and II [DHS Docket No. OGC-RP-04-001] Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DHS. ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This regulatory agenda is a semiannual summary of current and projected rulemakings, existing regulations, and completed actions of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its components. This agenda provides the public with information about DHS's regulatory activity. DHS expects that this information will enable the public to be more aware of, and effectively participate in, the Department's regulatory activity. DHS invites the public to submit comments on any aspect of this agenda. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: General Please direct general comments and inquiries on the agenda to the Regulatory Affairs Law Division, Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 245 Murray Lane, Mail Stop 0485, Washington, DC 20528-0485. Specific Please direct specific comments and inquiries on individual regulatory actions identified in this agenda to the individual listed in the summary of the regulation as the point of contact for that regulation. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DHS provides this notice pursuant to the requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (Pub. L. 96-354, Sept. 19, 1980) and Executive Order 12866 ``Regulatory Planning and Review'' (Sept. 30, 1993) as incorporated in Executive Order 13563 ``Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review'' (Jan. 18, 2011), which require the Department to publish a semiannual agenda of regulations. The regulatory agenda is a summary of current and projected rulemakings, as well as actions completed since the publication of the last regulatory agenda for the Department. DHS's last semiannual regulatory agenda was published on December 15, 2015, at 80 FR 77971. Beginning in fall 2007, the Internet became the basic means for disseminating the Unified Agenda. The complete Unified Agenda is available online at www.reginfo.gov. The Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 602) requires Federal agencies to publish their regulatory flexibility agendas in the Federal Register. A regulatory flexibility agenda shall contain, among other things, a brief description of the subject area of any rule which is likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. DHS's printed agenda entries include regulatory actions that are in the Department's regulatory flexibility agenda. Printing of these entries is limited to fields that contain information required by the agenda provisions of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. Additional information on these entries is available in the Unified Agenda published on the Internet. The semiannual agenda of the Department conforms to the Unified Agenda format developed by the Regulatory Information Service Center. Dated: March 18, 2016. Christina E. McDonald, Associate General Counsel for Regulatory Affairs. Office of the Secretary--Proposed Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 148....................... Chemical Facility Anti- 1601-AA69 Terrorism Standards (CFATS). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Office of the Secretary--Long-Term Actions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 149....................... Ammonium Nitrate Security 1601-AA52 Program. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services--Proposed Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 150....................... Requirements for Filing 1615-AB98 Motions and Administrative Appeals. 151....................... U.S. Citizenship and 1615-AC09 Immigration Services Fee Schedule. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services--Final Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 152....................... Retention of EB-1, EB-2, 1615-AC05 and EB-3 Immigrant Workers and Program Improvements Affecting Highly-Skilled H-1B Alien Workers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [[Page 37309]] U.S. Coast Guard--Proposed Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 153....................... Commercial Fishing 1625-AB85 Vessels--Implementation of 2010 and 2012 Legislation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ U.S. Coast Guard--Final Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 154....................... Inspection of Towing 1625-AB06 Vessels. 155....................... Transportation Worker 1625-AB21 Identification Credential (TWIC); Card Reader Requirements. 156....................... Seafarers' Access to 1625-AC15 Maritime Facilities. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ U.S. Coast Guard--Long-Term Actions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 157....................... Numbering of Undocumented 1625-AA14 Barges. 158....................... Outer Continental Shelf 1625-AA18 Activities. 159....................... Updates to Maritime 1625-AB38 Security. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ U.S. Coast Guard--Completed Actions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 160....................... Discharge Removal 1625-AA02 Equipment for Vessels Carrying Oil. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ U.S. Customs and Border Protection--Final Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 161....................... Implementation of the Guam- 1651-AA77 CNMI Visa Waiver Program (Section 610 Review). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ U.S. Customs and Border Protection--Long-Term Actions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 162....................... Importer Security Filing 1651-AA70 and Additional Carrier Requirements (Section 610 Review). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transportation Security Administration--Proposed Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 163....................... Security Training for 1652-AA55 Surface Mode Employees. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transportation Security Administration--Long-Term Actions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 164....................... General Aviation Security 1652-AA53 and Other Aircraft Operator Security. 165....................... Standardized Vetting, 1652-AA61 Adjudication, and Redress Services. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transportation Security Administration--Completed Actions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 166....................... Passenger Screening Using 1652-AA67 Advanced Imaging Technology. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [[Page 37310]] U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement--Completed Actions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 167....................... Improving and Expanding 1653-AA72 Training Opportunities for F-1 Nonimmigrant Students with STEM Degrees and Cap-Gap Relief for All Eligible F- 1 Students (Completion of a Section 610 Review). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Federal Emergency Management Agency--Proposed Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 168....................... Updates to Floodplain 1660-AA85 Management and Protection of Wetlands Regulations to Implement Executive Order 13690 and the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS) Office of the Secretary (OS) Proposed Rule Stage 148. Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) Legal Authority: Sec 550 of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2007 Pub. L. 109-295, as amended Abstract: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) previously invited public comment on an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) for potential revisions to the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) regulations. The ANPRM provided an opportunity for the public to provide recommendations for possible program changes. DHS is reviewing the public comments received in response to the ANPRM, after which DHS intends to publish a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ANPRM............................... 08/18/14 79 FR 48693 ANPRM Comment Period End............ 10/17/14 NPRM................................ 09/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Jon MacLaren, Chief, Rulemaking Section, Department of Homeland Security, National Protection and Programs Directorate, Infrastructure Security Compliance Division (NPPD/ISCD), 245 Murray Lane, Mail Stop 0610, Arlington, VA 20528-0610, Phone: 703 235-5263, Fax: 703 603-4935, Email: jon.m.maclaren@hq.dhs.gov. RIN: 1601-AA69 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS) Office of the Secretary (OS) Long-Term Actions 149. Ammonium Nitrate Security Program Legal Authority: Pub. L. 110-161, 2008 Consolidated Appropriations Act, section 563 Abstract: This rulemaking will implement the December 2007 amendment to the Homeland Security Act entitled ``Secure Handling of Ammonium Nitrate.'' The amendment requires the Department of Homeland Security to ``regulate the sale and transfer of ammonium nitrate by an ammonium nitrate facility...to prevent the misappropriation or use of ammonium nitrate in an act of terrorism.'' Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ANPRM............................... 10/29/08 73 FR 64280 Correction.......................... 11/05/08 73 FR 65783 ANPRM Comment Period End............ 12/29/08 ....................... NPRM................................ 08/03/11 76 FR 46908 Notice of Public Meetings........... 10/07/11 76 FR 62311 Notice of Public Meetings........... 11/14/11 76 FR 70366 NPRM Comment Period End............. 12/01/11 ....................... Next Action Undetermined............ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Jon MacLaren, Chief, Rulemaking Section, Department of Homeland Security, National Protection and Programs Directorate, Infrastructure Security Compliance Division (NPPD/ISCD), 245 Murray Lane, Mail Stop 0610, Arlington, VA 20528-0610, Phone: 703 235-5263, Fax: 703 603-4935, Email: jon.m.maclaren@hq.dhs.gov. RIN: 1601-AA52 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS) U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Proposed Rule Stage 150. Requirements for Filing Motions and Administrative Appeals Legal Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552; 5 U.S.C. 552a; 8 U.S.C. 1101; 8 U.S.C. 1103; 8 U.S.C. 1304; 6 U.S.C. 112 Abstract: This proposed rule proposes to revise the requirements and procedures for the filing of motions and appeals before the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), and its Administrative Appeals Office (AAO). The proposed changes are intended to streamline the existing processes for filing motions and appeals and will reduce delays in the review and appellate process. This rule also proposes additional changes necessitated by the establishment of DHS and its components. The proposed changes are intended to promote simplicity, accessibility, and efficiency in the administration of USCIS appeals. The Department also solicits public comment on proposed changes to the AAO's appellate jurisdiction. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 04/00/17 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Charles ``Locky'' Nimick, Deputy Chief, Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Administrative Appeals Office, 20 Massachusetts Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20529-2090, Phone: 703 224-4501, Email: charles.nimick@usics.dhs.gov. RIN: 1615-AB98 [[Page 37311]] 151. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Fee Schedule Legal Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1356(m) Abstract: This rule will propose to adjust the fee schedule for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) immigration and naturalization benefit applications and petitions, including nonimmigrant applications and visa petitions. These fees fund the cost of processing applications and petitions for immigration benefits and services, and USCIS' associated operating costs. USCIS is revising these fees because the current fee schedule does not adequately recover the full costs of services provided by USCIS. Without an adjustment of the fee schedule, USCIS cannot provide adequate capacity to process all applications and petitions in a timely and efficient manner. The fee review is undertaken pursuant to the requirements of the Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990 (CFO Act), 31 U.S.C. 901-03. The CFO Act requires each agency's chief financial officer (CFO) to ``review, on a biennial basis, the fees, royalties, rents, and other charges imposed by the agency for services and things of value it provides, and make recommendations on revising those charges to reflect costs incurred by it in providing those services and things of value.'' Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 05/04/16 81 FR 26904 NPRM Comment Period End............. 07/05/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Joseph D. Moore, Chief Financial Officer, Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Suite 4018, 20 Massachusetts Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20529, Phone: 202 272-1701, Fax: 202 272-1970, Email: joseph.moore@uscis.dhs.gov. RIN: 1615-AC09 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS) U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Final Rule Stage 152. Retention of EB-1, EB-2, and EB-3 Immigrant Workers and Program Improvements Affecting Highly-Skilled H-1B Alien Workers Legal Authority: 6 U.S.C. 112; 8 U.S.C. 1154 and 1155; 8 U.S.C. 1184; 8 U.S.C. 1255; 8 U.S.C. 1324a Abstract: In December 2015, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposed to amend its regulations affecting certain employment- based immigrant and nonimmigrant classifications. This rule proposes to amend current regulations to provide stability and job flexibility for the beneficiaries of approved employment-based immigrant visa petitions while they wait to become lawful permanent residents. DHS is also proposing to conform its regulations with the American Competitiveness in the Twenty-First Century Act of 2000 (AC21) as amended by the Twenty-First Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act (the 21st Century DOJ Appropriations Act), as well as the American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 (ACWIA). The rule also seeks to clarify several interpretive questions raised by ACWIA and AC21 regarding H-1B petitions, and incorporate relevant AC21 policy memoranda and an Administrative Appeals Office precedent decision, and would ensure that DHS practice is consistent with them. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 12/31/15 80 FR 81900 NPRM Comment Period End............. 02/29/16 ....................... Final Rule.......................... 05/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Kevin Cummings, Branch Chief, Business and Foreign Workers Division, Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Second Floor, Office of Policy and Strategy, 20 Massachusetts Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20529, Phone: 202 272-1470, Fax: 202 272-1480, Email: kevin.cummings@uscis.dhs.gov. RIN: 1615-AC05 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS) U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Proposed Rule Stage 153. Commercial Fishing Vessels--Implementation of 2010 and 2012 Legislation Legal Authority: Pub. L. 111-281 Abstract: The Coast Guard proposes to implement those requirements of 2010 and 2012 legislation that pertain to uninspected commercial fishing industry vessels and that took effect upon enactment of the legislation but that, to be implemented, require amendments to Coast Guard regulations affecting those vessels. The applicability of the regulations is being changed, and new requirements are being added to safety training, equipment, vessel examinations, vessel safety standards, the documentation of maintenance, and the termination of unsafe operations. This rulemaking promotes the Coast Guard's maritime safety mission. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 05/00/16 ....................... NPRM Comment Period End............. 08/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Jack Kemerer, Project Manager, CG-CVC-3, Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr., Avenue SE., STOP 7501, Washington, DC 20593-7501, Phone: 202 372-1249, Email: jack.a.kemerer@uscg.mil. RIN: 1625-AB85 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS) U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Final Rule Stage 154. Inspection of Towing Vessels Legal Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3103; 46 U.S.C. 3301; 46 U.S.C. 3306; 46 U.S.C. 3308; 46 U.S.C. 3316; 46 U.S.C. 3703; 46 U.S.C. 8104; 46 U.S.C. 8904; DHS Delegation No 0170.1 Abstract: This rulemaking would implement a program of inspection for certification of towing vessels, which were previously uninspected. It would prescribe standards for safety management systems and third- party auditors and surveyors, along with standards for construction, operation, vessel systems, safety equipment, and recordkeeping. [[Page 37312]] Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 08/11/11 76 FR 49976 Notice of Public Meetings........... 09/09/11 76 FR 55847 NPRM Comment Period End............. 12/09/11 ....................... Final Rule.......................... 06/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: LCDR William Nabach, Project Manager, Office of Operating & Environmental Standards, CG-OES-2, Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE., STOP 7509, Washington, DC 20593-7509, Phone: 202 372-1386, Email: william.a.nabach@uscg.mil. RIN: 1625-AB06 155. Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC); Card Reader Requirements Legal Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1226; 33 U.S.C. 1231; 46 U.S.C. 701; 50 U.S.C. 191; 50 U.S.C. 192; E.O. 12656 Abstract: The Coast Guard is establishing electronic card reader requirements for maritime facilities and vessels to be used in combination with TSA's Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC). Congress enacted several statutory requirements within the Security and Accountability for Every (SAFE) Port Act of 2006 to guide regulations pertaining to TWIC readers, including the need to evaluate TSA's final pilot program report as part of the TWIC reader rulemaking. During the rulemaking process, we will take into account the final pilot data and the various conditions in which TWIC readers may be employed. For example, we will consider the types of vessels and facilities that will use TWIC readers, locations of secure and restricted areas, operational constraints, and need for accessibility. Recordkeeping requirements, amendments to security plans, and the requirement for data exchanges (i.e., Canceled Card List) between TSA and vessel or facility owners/operators will also be addressed in this rulemaking. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ANPRM............................... 03/27/09 74 FR 13360 Notice of Public Meeting............ 04/15/09 74 FR 17444 ANPRM Comment Period End............ 05/26/09 ....................... Notice of Public Meeting Comment 05/26/09 ....................... Period End. NPRM................................ 03/22/13 78 FR 20558 NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 05/10/13 78 FR 27335 NPRM Comment Period Extended End.... 06/20/13 ....................... Final Rule.......................... 08/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: LT Mason Wilcox, Project Manager, Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, Commandant (CG-FAC-2), 2703 Martin Luther King Jr., Avenue SE., STOP 7501, Washington, DC 20593-7501, Phone: 202 372-1123, Email: mason.c.wilcox@uscg.mil. RIN: 1625-AB21 156. Seafarers' Access to Maritime Facilities Legal Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1226; 33 U.S.C. 1231; Pub. L. 111-281, sec 811 Abstract: This regulatory action will implement section 811 of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-281), which requires the owner/operator of a facility regulated by the Coast Guard under the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107-295) (MTSA) to provide a system that enables seafarers and certain other individuals to transit between vessels moored at the facility and the facility gate in a timely manner at no cost to the seafarer or other individual. Ensuring that such access through a facility is consistent with the security requirements in MTSA is part of the Coast Guard's Ports, Waterways, and Coastal Security (PWCS) mission. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 12/29/14 79 FR 77981 NPRM Comment Period Reopened........ 05/27/15 80 FR 30189 NPRM Comment Period End............. 07/01/15 ....................... Final Rule.......................... 09/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: LCDR Kevin McDonald, Project Manager, Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr., Avenue SE., Commandant (CG-FAC-2), STOP 7501, Washington, DC 20593- 7501, Phone: 202 372-1168, Email: kevin.j.mcdonald@uscg.mil. RIN: 1625-AC15 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS) U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Long-Term Actions 157. Numbering of Undocumented Barges Legal Authority: 46 U.S.C. 12301 Abstract: Title 46 U.S.C. 12301, as amended by the Abandoned Barge Act of 1992, requires that all undocumented barges of more than 100 gross tons operating on the navigable waters of the United States be numbered. This rulemaking would establish a numbering system and user fees for an original or renewed Certificate of Number for these barges. The numbering of undocumented barges allows the Coast Guard to identify the owners of abandoned barges. This rulemaking supports the Coast Guard's broad role and responsibility of protecting natural resources. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Request for Comments................ 10/18/94 59 FR 52646 Comment Period End.................. 01/17/95 ....................... ANPRM............................... 07/06/98 63 FR 36384 ANPRM Comment Period End............ 11/03/98 ....................... NPRM................................ 01/11/01 66 FR 2385 NPRM Comment Period End............. 04/11/01 ....................... NPRM Reopening of Comment Period.... 08/12/04 69 FR 49844 NPRM Reopening Comment Period End... 11/10/04 ....................... ----------------------------------- Supplemental NPRM................... To Be Determined ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Denise Harmon, Project Manager, Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, National Vessel Documentation Center, 792 T.J. Jackson Drive, Falling Waters, WV 25419, Phone: 304 271-2506, Email: denise.e.harmon@uscg.mil. RIN: 1625-AA14 158. Outer Continental Shelf Activities Legal Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1333(d)(1); 43 U.S.C. 1348(c); 43 U.S.C. 1356; DHS Delegation No 0170.1 Abstract: The Coast Guard is the lead Federal agency for workplace safety and health on facilities and vessels engaged in the exploration for, or development, [[Page 37313]] or production of, minerals on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), other than for matters generally related to drilling and production that are regulated by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE). This project would revise the regulations on OCS activities by: (1) Adding new requirements, for OCS units for lifesaving, fire protection, training, and helidecks; (2) providing for USCG acceptance and approval of specified classification society plan reviews, inspections, audits, and surveys; and (3) requiring foreign vessels engaged in OCS activities to comply with rules similar to those imposed on U.S. vessels similarly engaged. This project would affect the owners and operators of facilities and vessels engaged in offshore activities. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Request for Comments................ 06/27/95 60 FR 33185 Comment Period End.................. 09/25/95 ....................... NPRM................................ 12/07/99 64 FR 68416 NPRM Correction..................... 02/22/00 65 FR 8671 NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 03/16/00 65 FR 14226 NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 06/30/00 65 FR 40559 NPRM Comment Period End............. 11/30/00 ----------------------------------- Supplemental NPRM................... To Be Determined ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Charles Rawson, Project Manager, Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, Commandant (CG-ENG-2), 2703 Martin Luther King Jr., Avenue SE., STOP 7509, Washington, DC 20593-7509, Phone: 202 372-1390, Email: charles.e.rawson@uscg.mil. RIN: 1625-AA18 159. Updates to Maritime Security Legal Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1226; 33 U.S.C. 1231; 46 U.S.C. 701; 50 U.S.C. 191 and 192; E.O. 12656; 33 CFR 1.05-1; 33 CFR 6.04-11; 33 CFR 6.14; 33 CFR 6.16; 33 CFR 6.19; DHS Delegation No. 0170.1 Abstract: The Coast Guard proposes certain additions, changes, and amendments to 33 CFR subchapter H. Subchapter H is comprised of parts 101 through 106. Subchapter H implements the major provisions of the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 (MTSA). This rulemaking is the first major revision to subchapter H. The proposed changes would further the goals of domestic compliance and international cooperation by incorporating requirements from legislation implemented since the original publication of these regulations, such as the Security and Accountability for Every (SAFE) Port Act of 2006, and including international standards such as Standards of Training, Certification & Watchkeeping security training. This rulemaking has international interest because of the close relationship between subchapter H and the International Ship and Port Security Code (ISPS). Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ To Be Determined ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: LCDR Kevin McDonald, Project Manager, Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr., Avenue SE., Commandant (CG-FAC-2), STOP 7501, Washington, DC 20593- 7501, Phone: 202 372-1168, Email: kevin.j.mcdonald@uscg.mil. RIN: 1625-AB38 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS) U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Completed Actions 160. Discharge Removal Equipment for Vessels Carrying Oil Legal Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321 Abstract: The Oil Pollution Act of 1990 directed the President by August 18, 1992, to require periodic inspection of discharge-removal equipment to ensure that it is available in an emergency, and to require carriage of discharge removal equipment by vessels operating in the navigable waters of the United States and carrying oil or hazardous substances. This action implemented those provisions. This project supports the Coast Guard's broad role and responsibility of maritime stewardship. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ANPRM............................... 08/30/91 56 FR 43534 ANPRM Comment Period End............ 10/16/91 ....................... NPRM................................ 09/29/92 57 FR 44912 NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 10/26/92 57 FR 48489 NPRM Comment Period End............. 10/29/92 ....................... NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 11/16/92 57 FR 48489 Interim Final Rule.................. 12/22/93 58 FR 67988 Interim Final Rule Effective........ 01/21/94 ....................... Correction.......................... 01/26/94 59 FR 3749 Interim Final Rule Comment Period 02/22/94 ....................... End. Notice.............................. 03/27/12 77 FR 18151 Notice Comment Period End........... 05/29/12 ....................... Final Rule.......................... 04/07/16 81 FR 20247 Final Rule Effective................ 05/09/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: David A. Du Pont, Project Manager, CG-REG, Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, Office of Standards Evaluation and Development, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr., Avenue SE., STOP 7418, Washington, DC 20593-7418, Phone: 202 372-1497, Email: david.a.dupont@uscg.mil. RIN: 1625-AA02 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS) U.S. Customs and Border Protection (USCBP) Final Rule Stage 161. Implementation of the Guam-CNMI Visa Waiver Program (Section 610 Review) Legal Authority: Pub. L. 110-229, sec 702 Abstract: The interim final rule (or the final rule planned for the coming year) amends Department of Homeland Security (DHS) regulations to implement section 702 of the Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 (CNRA). This law extends the immigration laws of the United States to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) and provides for a joint visa waiver program for travel to Guam and the CNMI. This rule implements section 702 of the CNRA by amending the regulations to replace the current Guam Visa Waiver Program with a new Guam-CNMI Visa Waiver Program. The amended regulations set forth the requirements for nonimmigrant visitors who seek admission for business or pleasure and solely for entry into and stay on Guam or the CNMI without a visa. This rule also establishes six ports of entry in the CNMI for purposes of administering and enforcing the Guam-CNMI Visa Waiver Program. [[Page 37314]] Section 702 of the Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 (CNRA), subject to a transition period, extends the immigration laws of the United States to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) and provides for a visa waiver program for travel to Guam and/or the CNMI. On January 16, 2009, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), issued an interim final rule in the Federal Register replacing the then-existing Guam Visa Waiver Program with the Guam-CNMI Visa Waiver Program and setting forth the requirements for nonimmigrant visitors seeking admission into Guam and/or the CNMI under the Guam-CNMI Visa Waiver Program. As of November 28, 2009, the Guam-CNMI Visa Waiver Program is operational. This program allows nonimmigrant visitors from eligible countries to seek admission for business or pleasure for entry into Guam and/or the CNMI without a visa for a period of authorized stay not to exceed 45 days. This rulemaking would finalize the January 2009 interim final rule. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Interim Final Rule.................. 01/16/09 74 FR 2824 Interim Final Rule Effective........ 01/16/09 ....................... Interim Final Rule Comment Period 03/17/09 ....................... End. Technical Amendment; Change of 05/28/09 74 FR 25387 Implementation Date. Final Action........................ 02/00/17 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No. Agency Contact: Stephanie Watson, Supervisory Program Manager, Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., 2.5B-38, Washington, DC 20229, Phone: 202 325-4548, Email: stephanie.e.watson@cbp.dhs.gov. RIN: 1651-AA77 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS) U.S. Customs and Border Protection (USCBP) Long-Term Actions 162. Importer Security Filing and Additional Carrier Requirements (Section 610 Review) Legal Authority: Pub. L. 109-347, sec 203; 5 U.S.C. 301; 19 U.S.C. 66; 19 U.S.C. 1431; 19 U.S.C. 1433 to 1434; 19 U.S.C. 1624; 19 U.S.C. 2071 (note); 46 U.S.C. 60105 Abstract: This final rule implements the provisions of section 203 of the Security and Accountability for Every Port Act of 2006. On November 25, 2008, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) published an interim final rule (CBP Dec. 08-46) in the Federal Register (73 FR 71730), that finalized most of the provisions proposed in the NPRM. It requires carrier and importers to provide to CBP, via a CBP approved electronic data interchange system, certain advance information pertaining to cargo brought into the United States by vessel to enable CBP to identify high-risk shipments to prevent smuggling and ensure cargo safety and security. The interim final rule did not finalize six data elements that were identified as areas of potential concern for industry during the rulemaking process and, for which, CBP provided some type of flexibility for compliance with those data elements. CBP solicited public comment on these six data elements, is conducting a structured review, and also invited comments on the revised Regulatory Assessment and Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis. (See 73 FR 71782- 85 for regulatory text and 73 CFR 71733-34 for general discussion.) The remaining requirements of the rule were adopted as final. CBP plans to issue a final rule after CBP completes a structured review of the flexibilities and analyzes the comments. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 01/02/08 73 FR 90 NPRM Comment Period End............. 03/03/08 NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 02/01/08 73 FR 6061 NPRM Comment Period End............. 03/18/08 Interim Final Rule.................. 11/25/08 73 FR 71730 Interim Final Rule Effective........ 01/26/09 Interim Final Rule Comment Period 06/01/09 End. Correction.......................... 07/14/09 74 FR 33920 Correction.......................... 12/24/09 74 FR 68376 Final Action........................ 09/00/17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Craig Clark, Program Manager, Vessel Manifest & Importer Security Filing, Office of Cargo and Conveyance Security, Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20229, Phone: 202 344- 3052, Email: craig.clark@cbp.dhs.gov. RIN: 1651-AA70 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS) Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Proposed Rule Stage 163. Security Training for Surface Mode Employees Legal Authority: 49 U.S.C. 114; Pub. L. 110-53, secs 1408, 1517, and 1534 Abstract: This rule would require security awareness training for front-line employees for potential terrorism-related security threats and conditions pursuant to the 9/11 Act. This rule would apply to higher-risk public transportation, freight rail, and over-the-road bus owner/operators and take into consideration the many actions higher- risk owner/operators have already taken since 9/11 to enhance the baseline of security through training of their employees. The rulemaking will also propose extending security coordinator and reporting security incident requirements applicable to rail operators under current 49 CFR part 1580 to the non-rail transportation components of covered public transportation agencies and over-the-road buses. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 09/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Chandru (Jack) Kalro, Deputy Director, Surface Division, Office of Security Policy and Industry Engagement, Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration, 601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA 20598-6028, Phone: 571 227-1145, Fax: 571 227-2935, Email: surfacefrontoffice@tsa.dhs.gov. Monica Grasso Ph.D., Manager, Economic Analysis Branch--Cross Modal Division, Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration, Office of Security Policy and Industry Engagement, 601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA 20598-6028, Phone: 571 227-3329, Email: monica.grasso@tsa.dhs.gov. Traci Klemm, Assistant Chief Counsel for Multi-Modal Security Standards, Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration, Office of the Chief Counsel, 601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA 20598-6002, Phone: 571 227-3596, Email: traci.klemm@tsa.dhs.gov. [[Page 37315]] RIN: 1652-AA55 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS) Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Long-Term Actions 164. General Aviation Security and Other Aircraft Operator Security Legal Authority: 6 U.S.C. 469; 18 U.S.C. 842; 18 U.S.C. 845; 46 U.S.C. 70102 to 70106; 46 U.S.C. 70117; 49 U.S.C. 114; 49 U.S.C. 114(f)(3); 49 U.S.C. 5103; 49 U.S.C. 5103a; 49 U.S.C. 40113; 49 U.S.C. 44901 to 44907; 49 U.S.C. 44913 to 44914; 49 U.S.C. 44916 to 44918; 49 U.S.C. 44932; 49 U.S.C. 44935 to 44936; 49 U.S.C. 44942; 49 U.S.C. 46105 Abstract: On October 30, 2008, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM), proposing to amend current aviation transportation security regulations to enhance the security of general aviation by expanding the scope of current requirements, and by adding new requirements for certain large aircraft operators and airports serving those aircraft. TSA also proposed that all aircraft operations, including corporate and private charter operations, with aircraft having a maximum certificated takeoff weight (MTOW) above 12,500 pounds (large aircraft) be required to adopt a large aircraft security program. TSA also proposed to require certain airports that serve large aircraft to adopt security programs. After considering comments received on the NPRM and sponsoring public meetings with stakeholders, TSA decided to prepare a supplemental NPRM (SNPRM), which will include a comment period for public comments. TSA is considering the following proposed provisions in the SNPRM: (1) Security measures for foreign aircraft operators commensurate with measures for U.S. operators, (2) security measures for certain general aviation aircraft operations, (3) watch list matching of passengers, and (5) scope of the background check requirements and the procedures used to implement any requirement. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 10/30/08 73 FR 64790 NPRM Comment Period End............. 12/29/08 Notice--NPRM Comment Period Extended 11/25/08 73 FR 71590 NPRM Extended Comment Period End.... 02/27/09 Notice--Public Meetings; Requests 12/18/08 73 FR 77045 for Comments. ----------------------------------- Supplemental NPRM................... To Be Determined ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Alan Paterno, Section Chief, Policy Analysis Branch, Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration, Office of Security Policy and Industry Engagement, 601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA 20598-6028, Phone: 571 227-5698, Email: alan.paterno@tsa.dhs.gov. Monica Grasso Ph.D., Manager, Economic Analysis Branch--Cross Modal Division, Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration, Office of Security Policy and Industry Engagement, 601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA 20598-6028, Phone: 571 227-3329, Email: monica.grasso@tsa.dhs.gov. Denise Daniels, Attorney-Advisor, Regulations and Security Standards, Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration, Office of the Chief Counsel, 601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA 20598-6002, Phone: 571 227-3443, Fax: 571 227-1381, Email: denise.daniels@tsa.dhs.gov. RIN: 1652-AA53 165. Standardized Vetting, Adjudication, and Redress Services Legal Authority: 49 U.S.C. 114, 5103A, 44903 and 44936; 46 U.S.C. 70105; 6 U.S.C. 469; Pub. L. 110-53, secs 1411, 1414, 1520, 1522 and 1531 Abstract: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) intends to propose new regulations to revise and standardize the procedures, adjudication criteria, and fees for most of the security threat assessments (STA) of individuals for which TSA is responsible. The scope of the rulemaking will include transportation workers who are required to undergo an STA, including surface, maritime, and aviation workers. TSA will comply with certain vetting-related requirements of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act, Public Law 110-53 (Aug. 3, 2007). TSA will propose fees to cover the cost of all STAs. TSA plans to improve the processing of STAs and streamline existing regulations by simplifying language and removing redundancies. TSA will propose revisions to the Alien Flight Student Program (AFSP) regulations. TSA published an interim final rule for AFSP on September 20, 2004. TSA regulations require aliens seeking to train at Federal Aviation Administration-regulated flight schools to complete an application and undergo an STA prior to beginning flight training. There are four categories under which students currently fall; the nature of the STA depends on the student's category. TSA is considering changes to the AFSP that would improve the equity among fee payers and enable the implementation of new technologies to support vetting. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ To Be Determined ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Chang Ellison, Branch Manager, Program Initiatives Branch, Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration, Office of Intelligence and Analysis, TSA-10, HQ E6, 601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA 20598-6010, Phone: 571 227-3604, Email: chang.ellison@tsa.dhs.gov. Monica Grasso Ph.D., Manager, Economic Analysis Branch-Cross Modal Division, Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration, Office of Security Policy and Industry Engagement, 601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA 20598-6028, Phone: 571 227-3329, Email: monica.grasso@tsa.dhs.gov. John Vergelli, Senior Counsel, Regulations and Security Standards Division, Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration, Office of the Chief Counsel, 601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA 20598-6002, Phone: 571 227-4416, Fax: 571 227-1378, Email: john.vergelli@tsa.dhs.gov. RIN: 1652-AA61 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS) Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Completed Actions 166. Passenger Screening Using Advanced Imaging Technology Legal Authority: 49 U.S.C. 44925 Abstract: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) issued a final rule [[Page 37316]] to address whether screening and inspection of an individual, conducted to control access to the sterile area of an airport or to an aircraft, may include the use of advanced imaging technology (AIT). The notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) was published on March 26, 2013, to comply with the decision rendered by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security on July 15, 2011. 653 F.3d 1 (D.C. Cir. 2011). The Court directed TSA to conduct notice and comment rulemaking on the use of AIT in the primary screening of passengers. The final rule makes clear that TSA no longer uses images of actual passengers and now uses a generic image through the use of ATR technology installed on all AIT machines. The rule emphasizes that AIT is the best available technology to detect both metallic and non- metallic objects and safeguards agency flexibility to respond to evolving threats. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 03/26/13 78 FR 18287 NPRM Comment Period End............. 06/24/13 Final Rule.......................... 03/03/16 81 FR 11363 Final Rule Effective................ 05/02/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Chawanna Carrington, Project Manager, Passenger Screening Program, Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration, Office of Security Capabilities, 601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA 20598-6016, Phone: 571 227-2958, Fax: 571 227-1931, Email: chawanna.carrington@tsa.dhs.gov. Monica Grasso Ph.D., Manager, Economic Analysis Branch-Cross Modal Division, Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration, Office of Security Policy and Industry Engagement, 601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA 20598-6028, Phone: 571 227-3329, Email: monica.grasso@tsa.dhs.gov. Susan Prosnitz, Deputy Chief Counsel for Regulations and Security Standards, Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration, Office of the Chief Counsel, 601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA 20598-6002, Phone: 571 227-1335, Fax: 571 227-1381, Email: susan.prosnitz@tsa.dhs.gov. RIN: 1652-AA67 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (USICE) Completed Actions 167. Improving and Expanding Training Opportunities for F-1 Nonimmigrant Students With STEM Degrees and Cap-Gap Relief For All Eligible F-1 Students (Completion of a Section 610 Review) Legal Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1101; 8 U.S.C. 1103; 8 U.S.C. 1182; 8 U.S.C. 1184; 8 U.S.C. 1221; 8 U.S.C. 1281 and 1282; 8 U.S.C. 1302 to 1305; 8 U.S.C. 1324a Abstract: The Department of Homeland Security is proposing a new rule to enhance opportunities for F-1 nonimmigrant students graduating with a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) degree from an accredited school certified by U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP), and to further their courses of study through optional practical training (OPT) with employers enrolled in the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' (USCIS') E-Verify employment verification program. The proposed rule would replace a 2008 interim final rule (IFR) that was invalidated and will be vacated on May 10, 2016, per a ruling by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, in the Washington Alliance of Technology Workers v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security litigation. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 10/19/15 80 FR 63375 NPRM Comment Period End............. 11/18/15 ....................... Final Rule.......................... 03/11/16 81 FR 13039 Final Rule Effective................ 05/10/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Molly Stubbs, ICE Regulatory Coordinator, Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Office of the Director, PTN--Potomac Center North, 500 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20536, Phone: 202 732-6202, Email: molly.stubbs@ice.dhs.gov. Brad Tuttle, Attorney Advisor, Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 500 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20536, Phone: 202 732-5000, Email: bradley.c.tuttle@ice.dhs.gov. Katherine H. Westerlund, Acting Unit Chief, SEVP Policy, Student and Exchange Visitor Program, Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Potomac Center North, STOP 5600, 500 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20536-5600, Phone: 703 603-3400, Email: sevp@ice.dhs.gov. RIN: 1653-AA72 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Proposed Rule Stage 168. Updates to Floodplain Management and Protection of Wetlands Regulations To Implement Executive Order 13690 and the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard Legal Authority: E.O. 11988, as amended; E.O. 13690 Abstract: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) proposes to amend its regulations at 44 CFR part 9 ``Floodplain Management and Protection of Wetlands'' to implement Executive Order 13690, which establishes the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard (FFRMS). 44 CFR part 9 describes FEMA's process for determining whether the proposed location for an action falls within a floodplain. In addition, for those projects that would fall within a floodplain, part 9 describes FEMA's framework for deciding whether and how to complete the action in the floodplain, in light of the risk of flooding. Consistent with Executive Order 13690 and the FFRMS, the proposed rule would change how FEMA defines a floodplain with respect to certain actions. Additionally, under the proposed rule, FEMA would use natural systems, ecosystem process, and nature-based approaches, where practicable, when developing alternatives to locating a proposed action in the floodplain. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 07/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Kristin Fontenot, Office of Environmental and Historic Preservation, Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 400 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472, Phone: 202 646-2741, Email: kristin.fontenot@fema.dhs.gov. [[Page 37317]] RIN: 1660-AA85 [FR Doc. 2016-12906 Filed 6-8-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9110-9B-P [[Page 37319]] Vol. 81 Thursday, No. 111 June 9, 2016 Part X Department of Housing and Urban Development ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Semiannual Regulatory Agenda Federal Register / Vol. 81 , No. 111 / Thursday, June 9, 2016 / Unified Agenda [[Page 37320]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT 24 CFR Subtitles A and B [Docket No. FR-5935-N-01] Semiannual Regulatory Agenda AGENCY: Department of Housing and Urban Development. ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: In accordance with section 4(b) of Executive Order 12866, ``Regulatory Planning and Review,'' as amended, HUD is publishing its agenda of regulations already issued or that are expected to be issued during the next several months. The agenda also includes rules currently in effect that are under review and describes those regulations that may affect small entities, as required by section 602 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. The purpose of publication of the agenda is to encourage more effective public participation in the regulatory process by providing the public with advance information about pending regulatory activities. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Aaron Santa Anna, Assistant General Counsel for Regulations, Office of General Counsel, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 10276, Washington, DC 20410-0500; telephone number 202-708-3055. (This is not a toll-free number.) A telecommunications device for hearing- and speech-impaired individuals (TTY) is available at 800-877-8339 (Federal Relay Service). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Executive Order 12866, ``Regulatory Planning and Review'' (58 FR 51735), as amended, requires each department or agency to prepare semiannually an agenda of: (1) Regulations that the department or agency has issued or expects to issue, and; (2) rules currently in effect that are under departmental or agency review. The Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601-612) requires each department or agency to publish semiannually a regulatory agenda of rules expected to be proposed or promulgated that are likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of ``small entities,'' meaning small businesses, small organizations, or small governmental jurisdictions. Executive Order 12866 and the Regulatory Flexibility Act permit incorporation of the agenda required by these two authorities with any other prescribed agenda. HUD's regulatory agenda combines the information required by Executive Order 12866 and the Regulatory Flexibility Act. As in the past, HUD's complete Unified Agenda will be available online at www.reginfo.gov, in a format that offers users a greatly enhanced ability to obtain information from the Agenda database. While publication in the Federal Register is mandated for the regulatory flexibility agendas by the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 602), the Department notes that its Spring 2016 Unified Agenda does not list any rules expected to be proposed or promulgated that are likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of ``small entities.'' The Department is subject to certain rulemaking requirements set forth in the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3531 et seq.). Section 7(o) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3535(o)) requires that the Secretary transmit to the congressional committees having jurisdictional oversight of HUD (the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and the House Committee on Financial Services), a semiannual agenda of all rules or regulations that are under development or review by the Department. A rule appearing on the agenda cannot be published for comment before or during the first 15 calendar days after transmittal of the agenda. Section 7(o) provides that if, within that period, either committee notifies the Secretary that it intends to review any rule or regulation that appears on the agenda, the Secretary must submit to both committees a copy of the rule or regulation, in the form that it is intended to be proposed, at least 15 calendar days before it is to be published for comment. The semiannual agenda posted on www.reginfo.gov is the agenda transmitted to the committees in compliance with the above requirements. HUD has attempted to list in this agenda all regulations and regulatory reviews pending at the time of publication, except for minor and routine or repetitive actions, but some may have been inadvertently omitted, or may have arisen too late to be included in the published agenda. There is no legal significance to the omission of an item from this agenda. Also, where a date is provided for the next rulemaking action, the date is an estimate and is not a commitment to act on or by the date shown. In some cases, HUD has withdrawn rules that were placed on previous agendas for which there has been no publication activity. Withdrawal of a rule does not necessarily mean that HUD will not proceed with the rulemaking. Withdrawal allows HUD to assess the subject matter further and determine whether rulemaking in that area is appropriate. Following such an assessment, the Department may determine that certain rules listed as withdrawn under this agenda are appropriate. If that determination is made, such rules will be included in a succeeding semiannual agenda. In addition, for a few rules that have been published as proposed or interim rules and which, therefore, require further rulemaking, HUD has identified the timing of the next action stage as ``undetermined.'' These are rules that are still under review by HUD for which a determination and timing of the next action stage have not yet been made. Since the purpose of publication of the agenda is to encourage more effective public participation in the regulatory process by providing the public with early information about the Department's future regulatory actions, HUD invites all interested members of the public to comment on the rules listed in the agenda. Dated: March 18, 2016. Tonya T. Robinson, Principal Deputy General Counsel. Office of Housing--Proposed Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 169....................... 24 CFR 3280 Manufactured 2502-AJ34 Home Construction and Safety Standards (FR- 5739). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [[Page 37321]] DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD) Office of Housing (OH) Proposed Rule Stage 169. Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards (FR-5739) Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 3535(d) Abstract: This proposed rule would amend the Federal Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards by adopting certain recommendations made to HUD by the Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC). The National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (the Act) requires HUD to publish all proposed revised construction and safety standards submitted by the MHCC. This proposed rule is based on the third set of MHCC recommendations to update and improve various aspects of the Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards. HUD has reviewed those proposals and has made several editorial revisions to the proposals which were reviewed and accepted by the MHCC. This rule proposes to add new standards that would establish requirements for carbon monoxide detection, stairways, fire safety considerations for attached garages, and for draftstops when there is a usable space above and below the concealed space of a floor/ceiling assembly and would establish requirements for venting systems to ensure that proper separation is maintained between the air intake and exhaust systems. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 06/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Richard Mendlen, Structural Engineer, Office of Manufactured Housing Programs, Office of Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Housing, 451 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20410, Phone: 202 708-6423. RIN: 2502-AJ34 [FR Doc. 2016-12907 Filed 6-8-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4210-67-P [[Page 37323]] Vol. 81 Thursday, No. 111 June 9, 2016 Part XI Department of the Interior ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Semiannual Regulatory Agenda Federal Register / Vol. 81 , No. 111 / Thursday, June 9, 2016 / Unified Agenda [[Page 37324]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Office of the Secretary 25 CFR Ch. I 30 CFR Chs. II and VII 36 CFR Ch. I 43 CFR Subtitle A, Chs. I and II 48 CFR Ch. 14 50 CFR Chs. I and IV Unified Regulatory Agenda AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior. ACTION: Unified regulatory agenda. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This notice provides the unified agenda of rules scheduled for review or development between spring 2016 and spring 2017. The Regulatory Flexibility Act and Executive Order 12866 require publication of the agenda. ADDRESSES: Unless otherwise indicated, all agency contacts are located at the Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street NW., Washington, DC 20240. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Direct all comments and inquiries to the appropriate agency contact. Direct general comments relating to the agenda to the Office of Executive Secretariat and Regulatory Affairs, Department of the Interior, at the address above or at 202-208-5257. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: With this publication, the Department satisfies the requirement of Executive Order 12866 that the Department publish an agenda of rules that we have issued or expect to issue and of currently effective rules that we have scheduled for review. Simultaneously, the Department meets the requirement of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) to publish an agenda in April and October of each year identifying rules that will have significant economic effects on a substantial number of small entities. We have specifically identified in the agenda rules that will have these effects. Mark Lawyer, Federal Register Liaison Officer. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement--Proposed Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 170....................... Cost Recovery Adjustment.. 1014-AA31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement--Final Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 171....................... Production Safety Systems 1014-AA10 and Lifecycle Analysis. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement--Completed Actions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 172....................... Blowout Prevention Systems 1014-AA11 and Well Control. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ United States Fish and Wildlife Service--Proposed Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 173....................... Migratory Bird Permits; 1018-BA69 Incidental Take of Migratory Birds. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ United States Fish and Wildlife Service--Final Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 174....................... National Wildlife Refuge 1018-AX36 System; Management of Non- Federal Oil and Gas Rights. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ National Park Service--Final Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 175....................... Non-Federal Oil and Gas 1024-AD78 Rights. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [[Page 37325]] Bureau of Indian Affairs--Final Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 176....................... Title Evidence for Trust 1076-AF28 Land Acquisitions (Section 610 Review). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement--Final Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 177....................... Stream Protection Rule.... 1029-AC63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bureau of Land Management--Final Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 178....................... Waste Prevention, 1004-AE14 Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource Conservation. 179....................... Onshore Oil and Gas Order 1004-AE16 4: Oil Measurement. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Proposed Rule Stage 170. Cost Recovery Adjustment Legal Authority: 31 U.S.C. 9701 Abstract: This rule would update 31 cost recovery fees to allow the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement to recover the full costs of the services it provides to the oil and gas industry. It complies with the Independent Office Appropriations Act of 1952 which established that government services should be self-sustaining to the extent possible. Rulemaking is the only method available to update these fees and comply with the intent of Congress to recover government costs when a special benefit is bestowed on an identifiable recipient. The practice of cost recovery is well-established and this rulemaking is not expected to be controversial. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 09/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Kimberly Monaco, Department of the Interior, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, 1849 C Street NW., Washington, DC 20240, Phone: 703 787-1658. RIN: 1014-AA31 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Final Rule Stage 171. Production Safety Systems and Lifecycle Analysis Legal Authority: 31 U.S.C. 9701; 43 U.S.C. 1334 Abstract: The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) will amend and update the regulations regarding offshore oil and natural gas production. It will address issues such as production safety systems, subsurface safety devices, and safety device testing. BSEE has expanded the rule to differentiate the requirements for operating dry tree and wet tree production systems on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). This rule will also expand use of life cycle analysis of critical equipment. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 08/22/13 78 FR 52240 NPRM Comment Period End............. 12/05/13 Final Action........................ 05/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Lakeisha Harrison, Chief, Regulations and Standards Branch, Department of the Interior, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, 45600 Woodland Road, Sterling, VA 20166, Phone: 703 787- 1552, Fax: 703 787-1555, Email: lakeisha.harrison@bsee.gov. RIN: 1014-AA10 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Completed Actions 172. Blowout Prevention Systems and Well Control Legal Authority: 30 U.S.C. 1751; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 43 U.S.C. 1334 Abstract: The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) will amend and update regulations regarding offshore oil and natural gas production. This final rule will upgrade regulations related to the design, manufacture, and repair of blowout preventers (BOPs) in response to numerous recommendations. In addition to BOPs, the final rule will address well design, well control, safe drilling margins, casing, cementing, real-time monitoring, and subsea containment. The final rule will address many of the issues raised following the Deepwater Horizon incident and from experts through a public forum held May 22, 2012. Completed: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Reason Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Final Action........................ 04/29/16 81 FR 25887 Final Action Effective.............. 07/28/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Lakeisha Harrison, Phone: 703 787-1552, Fax: 703 787-1555, Email: lakeisha.harrison@bsee.gov. RIN: 1014-AA11 BILLING CODE 4310-VH-P [[Page 37326]] DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Proposed Rule Stage 173. Migratory Bird Permits; Incidental Take of Migratory Birds Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 703 to 712; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. Abstract: We are preparing a programmatic environmental impact statement (PEIS) pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 to 4347; NEPA) to evaluate the potential environmental impacts of a proposal to authorize incidental take of migratory birds under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703 to 711). In drafting the PEIS, we invited input from other Federal and State agencies, tribes, nongovernmental organizations, and members of the public on the scope of the proposed NEPA analysis, the pertinent issues we should address, and alternatives to our proposed approach for authorizing incidental take. Based on this PEIS, we propose to establish regulations to govern the incidental take of migratory birds from activities under which migratory birds are killed incidental to otherwise lawful activities. These proposed regulations will establish rules for individual permits and programmatic agreements with Federal agencies and will establish the basis for future rulemaking for general authorizations for incidental take of migratory birds. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Notice.............................. 05/26/15 80 FR 30032 Comment Period End.................. 07/27/15 NPRM; NOA for DEIS.................. 10/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Stephen Earsom, Biologist-Pilot, Regions 4 & 5 Aviation Manager, Department of the Interior, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Phone: 301 980-8711, Email: stephen_earsom@fws.gov. RIN: 1018-BA69 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Final Rule Stage 174. National Wildlife Refuge System; Management of Non-Federal Oil and Gas Rights Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 668dd to ee; 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.; 16 U.S.C. 1131 to 1136; 40 CFR 51.300 to 51.309 Abstract: We anticipate publishing regulations that ensure that all operators conducting oil or gas operations within a National Wildlife Refuge System unit do so in a manner that prevents or minimizes damage to National Wildlife Refuge System resources, visitor values, and management objectives. These regulations will not result in a taking of a property interest, but rather to impose reasonable controls on operations that affect federally owned or controlled lands, and/or waters. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ANPRM............................... 02/24/14 79 FR 10080 ANPRM Comment Period End............ 04/25/14 ANPRM Comment Period Reopened....... 06/09/14 79 FR 32903 ANPRM Comment Period Reopening End.. 07/09/14 NPRM................................ 12/11/15 80 FR 77200 NPRM Comment Period End............. 02/09/16 Final Action........................ 08/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Brian Salem, Conservation Policy Analyst, Department of the Interior, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: NWRS, Falls Church, VA 22041-3808, Phone: 703 358-2397, Email: brian_salem@fws.gov. Scott Covington, Refuge Energy Program Coordinator, Department of the Interior, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, National Wildlife Refuge System, 5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: NWRS, Falls Church, VA 22041-3808, Phone: 703 358-2427, Email: scott_covington@fws.gov. RIN: 1018-AX36 BILLING CODE 4333-15-P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS) Final Rule Stage 175. Non-Federal Oil and Gas Rights Legal Authority: 54 U.S.C. 100101; 54 U.S.C. 100301; 54 U.S.C. 100302; 54 U.S.C. 100731; 54 U.S.C. 100732 Abstract: This rule would update National Park Service (NPS) regulations governing the exercise of non-Federal oil and gas rights within NPS unit boundaries. It would accommodate new technology and industry practices, eliminate regulatory exemptions, update requirements, remove caps on bond amounts, and allow NPS to recover administrative costs. The changes make the regulations more effective and efficient and maintain the highest level of protection compatible with park resources and values. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ANPRM............................... 11/25/09 74 FR 61596 ANPRM Comment Period End............ 01/25/10 NPRM................................ 10/26/15 80 FR 65571 NPRM Comment Period End............. 12/28/15 Final Action........................ 09/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Ed Kassman, Regulatory Specialist, Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 12795 West Alameda Parkway, Lakewood, CA 80225, Phone: 303 969-2146, Email: edward_kassman@nps.gov. RIN: 1024-AD78 BILLING CODE 4310-EJ-P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Final Rule Stage 176. Title Evidence for Trust Land Acquisitions (Section 610 Review) Legal Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 25 U.S.C. 2; 25 U.S.C. 9 Abstract: This rule would delete the requirement for applicants to furnish title evidence that meets the Standards for the Preparation of Title Evidence in Land Acquisitions by the United States issued by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), and replace the requirement with a less onerous, more targeted requirement for title evidence. The DOJ standards are intended for acquisitions of Federal land, not for acquisitions of land in trust or restricted status for Indian Tribes or individuals. [[Page 37327]] Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Interim Final Rule.................. 03/01/16 81 FR 10477 Interim Final Rule Comment Period 03/31/16 End. Interim Final Rule-Delay of 04/15/16 81 FR 22183 Effective Date. Interim Final Rule Effective........ 04/15/16 Interim Final Rule--Confirmation of 05/00/16 Rulemaking. Interim Final Rule-Delay of 05/16/16 Effective Date Effective. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No. Agency Contact: Elizabeth Appel, Director, Office of Regulatory Affairs, Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street NW., Washington, DC 20240, Phone: 202 273-4680, Email: elizabeth.appel@bia.gov. RIN: 1076-AF28 BILLING CODE 4337-15-P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) Final Rule Stage 177. Stream Protection Rule Legal Authority: 30 U.S.C. 1201 et seq. Abstract: On August 12, 2009, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia denied the Government's request that the court vacate and remand the Excess Spoil/Stream Buffer Zone rule published on December 12, 2008. Therefore, the Department intends to initiate notice and comment rulemaking to address issues arising from previous rulemakings. The Agency also intends to prepare a new environmental impact statement. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ANPRM............................... 11/30/09 74 FR 62664 ANPRM Comment Period End............ 12/30/09 NPRM................................ 07/27/15 80 FR 44436 NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 09/10/15 80 FR 54590 NPRM Comment Period End............. 09/25/15 NPRM Comment Period Extended End.... 10/26/15 Final Action........................ 07/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Dennis Rice, Regulatory Analyst, Department of the Interior, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, 1951 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20240, Phone: 202 208-2829, Email: drice@osmre.gov. RIN: 1029-AC63 BILLING CODE 4310-05-P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Final Rule Stage 178. Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource Conservation Legal Authority: 25 U.S.C. 396d; 25 U.S.C. 2107; 30 U.S.C. 189; 30 U.S.C. 306; 30 U.S.C. 359; 30 U.S.C. 1751; 43 U.S.C. 1732(b); 43 U.S.C. 1733; 43 U.S.C. 1740 Abstract: The rule would update decades-old standards to reduce wasteful venting, flaring, and leaks of natural gas from onshore wells located on Federal and Indian oil and gas leases. The proposed standards would establish requirements and incentives to reduce waste of gas and clarify when royalties apply to lost gas. This action will enhance our energy security and economy by boosting America's natural gas supplies, ensuring that taxpayers receive the royalties due to them from development of public resources, and reducing emissions. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 02/08/16 81 FR 6616 NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 04/04/16 81 FR 19110 NPRM Comment Period End............. 04/08/16 NPRM Comment Period Extended End.... 04/22/16 Final Action........................ 11/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Steven Wells, Division Chief, Fluid Minerals Division, Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Room 2134 LM, 20 M Street SE., Washington, DC 20003, Phone: 202 912-7143, Fax: 202 912-7194, Email: s1wells@blm.gov. RIN: 1004-AE14 179. Onshore Oil and Gas Order 4: Oil Measurement Legal Authority: 25 U.S.C. 396(d); 25 U.S.C. 2107; 30 U.S.C. 189; 30 U.S.C. 306; 30 U.S.C. 359; 30 U.S.C. 1751; 43 U.S.C. 1732(b); 43 U.S.C. 1733; 43 U.S.C. 1740 Abstract: Onshore Order 4 establishes minimum standards to ensure liquid hydrocarbons are accurately measured and reported. This Order was last updated in 1989, and since then changes in technology have allowed for more accurate fluid measurement. This order will incorporate current industry standards and allow for the use of new technology. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 09/30/15 80 FR 58952 NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 11/23/15 80 FR 72943 NPRM Comment Period End............. 12/14/15 Final Action........................ 05/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Steven Wells, Division Chief, Fluid Minerals Division, Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Room 2134 LM, 20 M Street SE., Washington, DC 20003, Phone: 202 912-7143, Fax: 202 912-7194, Email: s1wells@blm.gov. RIN: 1004-AE16 [FR Doc. 2016-12908 Filed 6-8-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4311-84-P [[Page 37329]] Vol. 81 Thursday, No. 111 June 9, 2016 Part XII Department of Justice ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Semiannual Regulatory Agenda Federal Register / Vol. 81 , No. 111 / Thursday, June 9, 2016 / Unified Agenda [[Page 37330]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 8 CFR Ch. V 21 CFR Ch. I 27 CFR Ch. II 28 CFR Ch. I, V Regulatory Agenda AGENCY: Department of Justice. ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Department of Justice is publishing its spring 2016 regulatory agenda pursuant to Executive Order 12866, ``Regulatory Planning and Review,'' 58 FR 51735, and the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601 to 612 (1988). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Hinchman, Senior Counsel, Office of Legal Policy, Department of Justice, Room 4252, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20530, (202) 514-8059. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Beginning with the fall 2007 edition, the Internet has been the basic means for disseminating the Unified Agenda. The complete Unified Agenda will be available online at www.reginfo.gov in a format that offers users a greatly enhanced ability to obtain information from the Agenda database. Because publication in the Federal Register is mandated for the regulatory flexibility agendas required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 602), the Department of Justice's printed agenda entries include only: (1) Rules that are in the Agency's regulatory flexibility agenda, in accordance with the Regulatory Flexibility Act, because they are likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities; and (2) any rules that the Agency has identified for periodic review under section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. Printing of these entries is limited to fields that contain information required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act's Agenda requirements. Additional information on these entries is available in the Unified Agenda published on the Internet. Dated: March 24, 2016. Jonathan J. Wroblewski, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Policy. Civil Rights Division--Prerule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 180....................... Nondiscrimination on the 1190-AA65 Basis of Disability: Accessibility of Web Information and Services of State and Local Governments. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Civil Rights Division--Final Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 181....................... Nondiscrimination on the 1190-AA63 Basis of Disability; Movie Captioning and Audio Description. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (DOJ) Civil Rights Division (CRT) Prerule Stage 180. Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability: Accessibility of Web Information and Services of State and Local Governments Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq. Abstract: The Department published an ANPRM on July 26, 2010, RIN 1190-AA61, that addressed issues relating to proposed revisions of both the title II and title III ADA regulations in order to provide guidance on the obligations of covered entities to make programs, services and activities offered over the Web accessible to individuals with disabilities. The Department has now divided the rulemakings in the next step of the rulemaking process so as to proceed with separate notices of proposed rulemakings for title II and title III. The title III rulemaking on Web accessibility will continue under RIN 1190-AA61 and the title II rulemaking will continue under the new RIN 1190-AA65. This rulemaking will provide specific guidance to State and local governments in order to make services, programs, or activities offered to the public via the Web accessible to individuals with disabilities. The ADA requires that State and local governments provide qualified individuals with disabilities equal access to their programs, services, or activities unless doing so would fundamentally alter the nature of their programs, services, or activities or would impose an undue burden. 42. U.S.C. 12132. The Internet as it is known today did not exist when Congress enacted the ADA; yet today the Internet is dramatically changing the way that governmental entities serve the public. Taking advantage of new technology, citizens can now use State and local government Web sites to correspond online with local officials; obtain information about government services; renew library books or driver's licenses; pay fines; register to vote; obtain tax information and file tax returns; apply for jobs or benefits; and complete numerous other civic tasks. These Government Web sites are important because they allow programs and services to be offered in a more dynamic, interactive way in order to increase citizen participation; increase convenience and speed in obtaining information or services; reduce costs in providing information about Government services and administering programs; reduce the amount of paperwork; and expand the possibilities of reaching new sectors of the community or offering new programs or services. Many States and localities have begun to improve the accessibility of portions of their Web sites. However, full compliance with the ADA's promise to provide an equal opportunity for individuals with disabilities to participate in and benefit from all aspects of the programs, services, and activities provided by State and local governments in today's technologically advanced society will only occur if it is clear to public entities that their Web sites must be accessible. Consequently, the Department intends to publish a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to amend its title II regulations to [[Page 37331]] expressly address the obligations of public entities to make the Web sites they use to provide programs, activities, or services or information to the public accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities under the legal framework established by the ADA. The proposed regulation will propose the scope of the obligation to provide accessibility when persons with disabilities access public Web sites, as well as propose the technical standards necessary to comply with the ADA. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ANPRM............................... 07/26/10 75 FR 43460 ANPRM Comment Period End............ 01/21/11 ....................... Second ANPRM........................ 05/00/16 ....................... Second ANPRM Comment Period End..... 08/00/16 ....................... NPRM................................ 07/00/17 ....................... NPRM Comment Period End............. 09/00/17 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Rebecca B. Bond, Chief, Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Disability Rights Section, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20530, Phone: 800 514-0301. RIN: 1190-AA65 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (DOJ) Civil Rights Division (CRT) Final Rule Stage 181. Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability; Movie Captioning and Audio Description Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 12101, et seq. Abstract: Following its advance notice of proposed rulemaking published on July 26, 2010, the Department plans to publish a proposed rule addressing the requirements for captioning and video description of movies exhibited in movie theatres under title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). Title III prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in the activities of places of public accommodation (private entities whose operations affect commerce and that fall into one of twelve categories listed in the ADA). 42 U.S.C. 12181-12189. Title III makes it unlawful for places of public accommodation, such as movie theaters, to discriminate against individuals with disabilities in the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations of a place of public accommodation (42 U.S.C. 12182[a]). Moreover, title III prohibits places of public accommodation from affording an unequal or lesser service to individuals or classes of individuals with disabilities than is offered to other individuals (42 U.S.C. 12182(b)(1)(A)(ii)). Title III requires places of public accommodation to take ``such steps as may be necessary to ensure that no individual with a disability is excluded, denied services, segregated or otherwise treated differently because of the absence of auxiliary aids and services, such as captioning and video description, unless the entity can demonstrate that taking such steps would fundamentally alter the nature of the good, service, facility, privilege, advantage, or accommodation being offered or would result in an undue burden,'' (42 U.S.C. 12182(b)(2)(A)(iii)). Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ANPRM............................... 07/26/10 75 FR 43467 ANPRM Comment Period End............ 01/24/11 ....................... NPRM................................ 08/01/14 79 FR 44975 NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 09/08/14 79 FR 53146 NPRM Comment Period End............. 09/30/14 ....................... NPRM Extended Comment Period End.... 12/01/14 ....................... Final Action........................ 07/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Rebecca B. Bond, Chief, Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Disability Rights Section, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20530, Phone: 800 514-0301. RIN: 1190-AA63 [FR Doc. 2016-12909 Filed 6-8-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410-BP-P [[Page 37333]] Vol. 81 Thursday, No. 111 June 9, 2016 Part XIII Department of Labor ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Semiannual Regulatory Agenda Federal Register / Vol. 81 , No. 111 / Thursday, June 9, 2016 / Unified Agenda [[Page 37334]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Office of the Secretary 20 CFR Chs. I, IV, V, VI, VII, and IX 29 CFR Subtitle A and Chs. II, IV, V, XVII, and XXV 30 CFR Ch. I 41 CFR Ch. 60 48 CFR Ch. 29 Semiannual Agenda of Regulations AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Labor. ACTION: Semiannual Regulatory Agenda. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Internet has become the means for disseminating the entirety of the Department of Labor's semiannual regulatory agenda. However, the Regulatory Flexibility Act requires publication of a regulatory flexibility agenda in the Federal Register. This Federal Register Notice contains the regulatory flexibility agenda. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathleen Franks, Director, Office of Regulatory Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Room S-2312, Washington, DC 20210; (202) 693-5959. Note: Information pertaining to a specific regulation can be obtained from the agency contact listed for that particular regulation. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Executive Order 12866 requires the semiannual publication of an agenda of regulations that contains a listing of all the regulations the Department of Labor expects to have under active consideration for promulgation, proposal, or review during the coming one-year period. The entirety of the Department's semiannual agenda is available online at www.reginfo.gov. The Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 602) requires DOL to publish in the Federal Register a regulatory flexibility agenda. The Department's Regulatory Flexibility Agenda published with this notice includes only those rules on its semiannual agenda that are likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities; and those rules identified for periodic review in keeping with the requirements of section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. Thus, the regulatory flexibility agenda is a subset of the Department's semiannual regulatory agenda. There is only one item on the Department of Labor's Regulatory Flexibility Agenda: Occupational Safety and Health Administration Bloodborne Pathogens (RIN 1218-AC34). Thomas E. Perez, Secretary of Labor. Wage and Hour Division--Final Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 182....................... Defining and Delimiting 1235-AA11 the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees. 183....................... Establishing Paid Sick 1235-AA13 Leave for Contractors, Executive Order 13706. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Employment and Training Administration--Proposed Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 184....................... Modernizing the Permanent 1205-AB75 Labor Certification Program (PERM). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Employment and Training Administration--Final Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 185....................... Workforce Innovation and 1205-AB73 Opportunity Act. 186....................... Workforce Innovation and 1205-AB74 Opportunity Act; Joint Rule With U.S. Department of Education for Combined and Unified State Plans, Performance Accountability, and the One-Stop System Joint Provisions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Employee Benefits Security Administration--Completed Actions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 187....................... Conflict of Interest Rule-- 1210-AB32 Investment Advice. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Occupational Safety and Health Administration--Prerule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 188....................... Bloodborne Pathogens 1218-AC34 (Section 610 Review). 189....................... Combustible Dust.......... 1218-AC41 190....................... Preventing Backover 1218-AC51 Injuries and Fatalities. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [[Page 37335]] Occupational Safety and Health Administration--Proposed Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 191....................... Occupational Exposure to 1218-AB76 Beryllium. 192....................... Infectious Diseases....... 1218-AC46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Occupational Safety and Health Administration--Long-Term Actions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 193....................... Injury and Illness 1218-AC48 Prevention Program. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Occupational Safety and Health Administration--Completed Actions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 194....................... Occupational Exposure to 1218-AB70 Crystalline Silica. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (DOL) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) Final Rule Stage 182. Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees Legal Authority: 29 U.S.C. 213(a)(1) (Fair Labor Standards Act) Abstract: The Department proposes to update the regulations governing which executive, administrative, and professional employees (white collar workers) are entitled to the Fair Labor Standards Act's minimum wage and overtime pay protections. Key provisions of the proposed rule include: (1) Setting the standard salary level required for exemption for full-time salaried workers; (2) increasing the total annual compensation requirement needed to exempt highly compensated employees; and (3) establishing a mechanism for automatically updating the salary and compensation levels going forward to ensure that they will continue to provide a useful and effective test for exemption. The Department last updated these regulations in 2004, which, among other items, set the standard salary level at not less than $455 per week. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 07/06/15 80 FR 38516 NPRM Comment Period End............. 09/04/15 Final Rule.......................... 05/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Mary Ziegler, Assistant Administrator, Office of Policy, Wage and Hour (WHD), Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Room S-3502, FP Building, Washington, DC 20210, Phone: 202 693-0406, Fax: 202 693-1387. RIN: 1235-AA11 183. Establishing Paid Sick Leave for Contractors, Executive Order 13706 Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined Abstract: Executive Order 13706, Establishing Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors (80 FR 54697) establishes paid sick leave for Federal contractors and subcontractors. The Executive order indicates that Executive Departments and agencies shall, to the extent permitted by law, ensure that new contracts, contract-like instruments, and solicitations as described in section 6 of the order, include a clause, which the contractor and any subcontractors shall incorporate into lower-tier subcontracts, specifying that all employees, in the performance of the contract or any subcontract thereunder, shall earn not less than one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked. Consistent with the Executive order, the Department of Labor will issue implementing regulations. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 02/25/16 81 FR 9592 NPRM Comment Period End............. 03/28/16 NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 03/14/16 81 FR 13306 NPRM Comment Period Extended End.... 04/12/16 Final Rule.......................... 09/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Robert Waterman, Compliance Specialist, Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Room S- 3010, Washington, DC 20210, Phone: 202 693-0805, Email: waterman.robert@dol.gov. RIN: 1235-AA13 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (DOL) Employment and Training Administration (ETA) Proposed Rule Stage 184. Modernizing the Permanent Labor Certification Program (PERM) Legal Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1152(a)(5)(A) Abstract: The PERM regulations govern the labor certification process for employers seeking to employ foreign workers permanently in the United States. The Department of Labor (Department) has not comprehensively examined and modified the permanent labor certification requirements and process since 2004. Over the last ten years, much has changed in our country's economy, affecting employers' demand for workers and the availability of a qualified domestic labor force. Advances in technology and information dissemination have dramatically altered common industry recruitment practices, and the Department has received ongoing feedback that the existing regulatory requirements governing the PERM process frequently do not align with worker or industry needs and practices. Therefore, the Department is engaging [[Page 37336]] in rulemaking that will consider options to modernize the PERM program to be more responsive to changes in the national workforce, to further align the program design with the objectives of the U.S. immigration system and needs of workers and employers, and to enhance the integrity of the labor certification process. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 05/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: William W. Thompson II, Acting Administrator, Office of Foreign Labor Certification, Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., FP Building, Room C-4312, Washington, DC 20210, Phone: 202 693-3010. RIN: 1205-AB75 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (DOL) Employment and Training Administration (ETA) Final Rule Stage 185. Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Legal Authority: Sec. 503(f) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (Pub. L. 113-128) Abstract: On July 22, 2014, the President signed the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) (Pub. L. 113-128). WIOA repeals the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) and amends the Wagner-Peyser Act. (29 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.) The Department of Labor issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on April 16, 2015, that proposed to implement the changes WIOA makes to the public workforce system in regulations. Through the NPRM, the Department proposed ways to carry out the purposes of WIOA to provide workforce investment activities, through State and local workforce development systems, that increase employment, retention, and earnings of participants, meet the skill requirements of employers, and enhance the productivity and competitiveness of the Nation. The Department has analyzed the comments received and is developing a final rule. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 04/16/15 80 FR 20690 NPRM Comment Period End............. 06/15/15 Final Rule.......................... 06/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Portia Wu, Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., FP Building, Washington, DC 20210, Phone: 202 639-2700. RIN: 1205-AB73 186. Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act; Joint Rule With U.S. Department of Education for Combined and Unified State Plans, Performance Accountability, and the One-Stop System Joint Provisions Legal Authority: Sec. 503(f) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (Pub. L. 113-128) Abstract: On July 22, 2014, the President signed the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) (Pub. L. 113-128) which repeals the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA). (29 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.) As directed by WIOA, the Departments of Education and Labor issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on April 16, 2015, to implement the changes in regulations that WIOA makes to the public workforce system regarding Combined and Unified State Plans, performance accountability for WIOA title I, title II, title III, and title IV programs, and the one-stop delivery system. All of the other regulations implementing WIOA were published by the Departments of Labor and Education in separate NPRMs. The Departments have analyzed the comments received and are developing a final rule. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 04/16/15 80 FR 20574 NPRM Comment Period End............. 06/15/15 Final Rule.......................... 06/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Portia Wu, Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., FP Building, Washington, DC 20210, Phone: 202 639-2700. RIN: 1205-AB74 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (DOL) Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) Completed Actions 187. Conflict of Interest Rule--Investment Advice Legal Authority: 29 U.S.C. 1002; ERISA sec 3(21); 29 U.S.C. 1135; ERISA sec 505 Abstract: This rulemaking would reduce harmful conflicts of interest by amending the regulatory definition of the term ``fiduciary'' set forth at 29 CFR 2510.3-21(c) to more broadly define as fiduciaries those persons who render investment advice to plans and IRAs for a fee within the meaning of section 3(21) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and section 4975(e)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The amendment would take into account current practices of investment advisers, and the expectations of plan officials and participants, and IRA owners who receive investment advice, as well as changes that have occurred in the investment marketplace, and in the ways advisers are compensated that frequently subject advisers to harmful conflicts of interest. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 10/22/10 75 FR 65263 NPRM Comment Period End............. 01/20/11 ....................... Second NPRM......................... 04/20/15 80 FR 21928 Second NPRM Comment Period End...... 07/06/15 ....................... Notice of Public Hearing and 06/18/15 80 FR 34869 Extension of Comment Period. Extension of Comment Period End..... 07/21/15 ....................... Final Action........................ 04/08/16 81 FR 20945 Final Rule Effective................ 06/07/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Jeffrey J. Turner, Deputy Director, Office of Regulations and Interpretations, Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., FP Building, Room N-5655, Washington, DC 20210, Phone: 202 693-8500. RIN: 1210-AB32 [[Page 37337]] DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (DOL) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Prerule Stage 188. Bloodborne Pathogens (Section 610 Review) Legal Authority: 5 U.S.C. 533; 5 U.S.C. 610; 29 U.S.C. 655(b) Abstract: OSHA will undertake a review of the Bloodborne Pathogen Standard (29 CFR 1910.1030) in accordance with the requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act and section 5 of Executive Order 12866. The review will consider the continued need for the rule; whether the rule overlaps, duplicates, or conflicts with other Federal, State or local regulations; and the degree to which technology, economic conditions, or other factors may have changed since the rule was evaluated. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Begin Review........................ 10/22/09 ....................... Request for Comments Published...... 05/14/10 75 FR 27237 Comment Period End.................. 08/12/10 ....................... End Review and Issue Findings....... 10/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No. Agency Contact: Amanda Edens, Director, Directorate of Technical Support and Emergency Management, Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., FP Building, Room N-3653, Washington, DC 20210, Phone: 202 693-2300, Fax: 202 693-1644, Email: edens.mandy@dol.gov. RIN: 1218-AC34 189. Combustible Dust Legal Authority: 29 U.S.C. 655(b); 29 U.S.C. 657 Abstract: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has initiated rulemaking to develop a combustible dust standard for general industry. OSHA will use information gathered, including from an upcoming SBREFA panel, to develop a comprehensive standard that addresses combustible dust hazards. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ANPRM............................... 10/21/09 74 FR 54333 Stakeholder Meetings................ 12/14/09 ....................... ANPRM Comment Period End............ 01/19/10 ....................... Stakeholders Meetings............... 03/09/10 75 FR 10739 Initiate SBREFA..................... 10/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: William Perry, Director, Directorate of Standards and Guidance, Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., FP Building, Room N-3718, Washington, DC 20210, Phone: 202 693-1950, Fax: 202 693-1678, Email: perry.bill@dol.gov RIN: 1218-AC41 190. Preventing Backover Injuries And Fatalities Legal Authority: 29 U.S.C. 655(b) Abstract: Backing vehicles and equipment are common causes of struck-by injuries and can also cause caught-between injuries when backing vehicles and equipment pin a worker against an object. Struck- by injuries and caught-between injuries are two of the four leading causes of workplace fatalities. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that in 2013, 67 workers were fatally backed over while working. While many backing incidents can prove to be fatal, workers can suffer severe, non-fatal injuries as well. A review of OSHA's Integrated Management Information System (IMIS) database found that backing incidents can result in serious injury to the back and pelvis, fractured bones, concussions, amputations, and other injuries. Emerging technologies in the field of backing operations may prevent incidents. The technologies include cameras and proximity detection systems. The use of spotters and internal traffic control plans can also make backing operations safer. The Agency has held stakeholder meetings on backovers, and is conducting site visits to employers, and is developing a standard to address these hazards. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Request for Information (RFI)....... 03/29/12 77 FR 18973 RFI Comment Period End.............. 07/27/12 ....................... Initiate SBREFA..................... 12/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Dean Mckenzie, Acting Director, Directorate of Construction, Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Room N-3468, FP Building, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210, Phone: 202 693-2020, Fax: 202 693-1689, Email: mckenzie.dean@dol.gov. RIN: 1218-AC51 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (DOL) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Proposed Rule Stage 191. Occupational Exposure to Beryllium Legal Authority: 29 U.S.C. 655(b); 29 U.S.C. 657 Abstract: In 1999 and 2001, OSHA was petitioned to issue an emergency temporary standard for permissible exposure limit (PEL) to beryllium by the United Steel Workers (formerly the Paper Allied- Industrial, Chemical, and Energy Workers Union), Public Citizen Health Research Group, and others. The Agency denied the petitions but stated its intent to begin data gathering to collect needed information on beryllium's toxicity, risks, and patterns of usage. On November 26, 2002, OSHA published a Request for Information (RFI) (67 FR 70707) to solicit information pertinent to occupational exposure to beryllium, including: current exposures to beryllium; the relationship between exposure to beryllium and the development of adverse health effects; exposure assessment and monitoring methods; exposure control methods; and medical surveillance. In addition, the Agency conducted field surveys of selected worksites to assess current exposures and control methods being used to reduce employee exposures to beryllium. OSHA convened a Small Business Advocacy Review Panel under the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (SBREFA) and completed the SBREFA Report in January 2008. OSHA also completed a scientific peer review of its draft risk assessment. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Request for Information (RFI)....... 11/26/02 67 FR 70707 RFI Comment Period End.............. 02/24/03 ....................... SBREFA Report Completed............. 01/23/08 ....................... Initiated Peer Review of Health 03/22/10 ....................... Effects and Risk Assessment. Complete Peer Review................ 11/19/10 ....................... [[Page 37338]] NPRM................................ 08/07/15 80 FR 47565 NPRM Comment Period End............. 11/05/15 ....................... Notice of Public Hearing; Date 02/29/ 12/30/15 80 FR 81475 2016. Notice of Public Hearing; Date 02/16/16 81 FR 7717 Change 03/21/2016. Analyze Comments.................... 06/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: William Perry, Director, Directorate of Standards and Guidance, Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., FP Building, Room N-3718, Washington, DC 20210, Phone: 202 693-1950, Fax: 202 693-1678, Email: perry.bill@dol.gov. RIN: 1218-AB76 192. Infectious Diseases Legal Authority: 5 U.S.C. 533; 29 U.S.C. 657 and 658; 29 U.S.C. 660; 29 U.S.C. 666; 29 U.S.C. 669; 29 U.S.C. 673 Abstract: Employees in health care and other high-risk environments face long-standing infectious disease hazards such as tuberculosis (TB), varicella disease (chickenpox, shingles), and measles (rubeola), as well as new and emerging infectious disease threats, such as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and pandemic influenza. Health care workers and workers in related occupations, or who are exposed in other high-risk environments, are at increased risk of contracting TB, SARS, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), and other infectious diseases that can be transmitted through a variety of exposure routes. OSHA is concerned about the ability of employees to continue to provide health care and other critical services without unreasonably jeopardizing their health. OSHA is developing a standard to ensure that employers establish a comprehensive infection control program and control measures to protect employees from infectious disease exposures to pathogens that can cause significant disease. Workplaces where such control measures might be necessary include: Health care, emergency response, correctional facilities, homeless shelters, drug treatment programs, and other occupational settings where employees can be at increased risk of exposure to potentially infectious people. A standard could also apply to laboratories, which handle materials that may be a source of pathogens, and to pathologists, coroners' offices, medical examiners, and mortuaries. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Request for Information (RFI)....... 05/06/10 75 FR 24835 RFI Comment Period End.............. 08/04/10 ....................... Analyze Comments.................... 12/30/10 ....................... Stakeholder Meetings................ 07/05/11 76 FR 39041 Initiate SBREFA..................... 06/04/14 ....................... Complete SBREFA..................... 12/22/14 ....................... NPRM................................ 03/00/17 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: William Perry, Director, Directorate of Standards and Guidance, Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., FP Building, Room N-3718, Washington, DC 20210, Phone: 202 693-1950, Fax: 202 693-1678, Email: perry.bill@dol.gov. RIN: 1218-AC46 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (DOL) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Long-Term Actions 193. Injury and Illness Prevention Program Legal Authority: 29 U.S.C. 653; 29 U.S.C. 655(b); 29 U.S.C. 657 Abstract: OSHA is developing a rule requiring employers to implement an Injury and Illness Prevention Program. It involves planning, implementing, evaluating, and improving processes and activities that protect employee safety and health. OSHA has substantial data on reductions in injuries and illnesses from employers who have implemented similar effective processes. The Agency currently has voluntary Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines (54 FR 3904 to 3916), published in 1989. An injury and illness prevention program rule would build on these guidelines as well as lessons learned from successful approaches and best practices under OSHA's Voluntary Protection Program, Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program, and similar industry and international initiatives such as American National Standards Institute/American Industrial Hygiene Association Z10, and Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series 18001. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Notice of Stakeholder Meetings...... 05/04/10 75 FR 23637 Notice of Additional Stakeholder 06/22/10 75 FR 35360 Meetings. ----------------------------------- SBREFA.............................. To Be Determined ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: William Perry, Director, Directorate of Standards and Guidance, Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., FP Building, Room N-3718, Washington, DC 20210, Phone: 202 693-1950, Fax: 202 693-1678, Email: perry.bill@dol.gov. RIN: 1218-AC48 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (DOL) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Completed Actions 194. Occupational Exposure to Crystalline Silica Legal Authority: 29 U.S.C. 655(b); 29 U.S.C. 657 Abstract: Crystalline silica is a significant component of the earth's crust, and many workers in a wide range of industries are exposed to it, usually in the form of respirable quartz or, less frequently, cristobalite. Chronic silicosis is a uniquely occupational disease resulting from exposure of employees over long periods of time (10 years or more). Exposure to high levels of respirable crystalline silica causes acute or accelerated forms of silicosis that are ultimately fatal. The current OSHA permissible exposure limit (PEL) for general industry is based on a formula proposed by the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) in 1968 (PEL = 10mg/cubic meter/(% silica + 2), as respirable dust). The current PEL for construction and shipyards (derived from ACGIH's 1970 Threshold Limit Value) is based on particle counting technology, which is considered obsolete. NIOSH and ACGIH recommend 50 [mu]g/m\3\ and 25 [mu]g/m\3\ exposure limits, respectively, for respirable crystalline silica. Both industry and worker groups have recognized that a comprehensive standard for crystalline silica is needed to provide for exposure monitoring, [[Page 37339]] medical surveillance, and worker training. ASTM International has published recommended standards for addressing the hazards of crystalline silica. The Building Construction Trades Department of the AFL-CIO has also developed a recommended comprehensive program standard. These standards include provisions for methods of compliance, exposure monitoring, training, and medical surveillance. The NPRM was published on September 12, 2013 (78 FR 56274). OSHA received over 1,700 comments from the public on the proposed rule, and over 200 stakeholders provided testimony during public hearings on the proposal. The agency is now reviewing and considering the evidence in the rulemaking record. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Completed SBREFA Report............. 12/19/03 ....................... Initiated Peer Review of Health 05/22/09 ....................... Effects and Risk Assessment. Completed Peer Review............... 01/24/10 ....................... NPRM................................ 09/12/13 78 FR 56274 NPRM Comment Period Extended; Notice 10/31/13 78 FR 65242 of Intention to Appear at Pub Hearing; Scheduling Pub Hearing. NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 01/29/14 79 FR 4641 NPRM Comment Period Extended End.... 02/11/14 ....................... Informal Public Hearing............. 03/18/14 ....................... Post Hearing Briefs Ends............ 08/18/14 ....................... Final Rule.......................... 03/25/16 81 FR 16285 Final Rule Effective................ 06/23/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: William Perry, Director, Directorate of Standards and Guidance, Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., FP Building, Room N-3718, Washington, DC 20210, Phone: 202 693-1950, Fax: 202 693-1678, Email: perry.bill@dol.gov. RIN: 1218-AB70 [FR Doc. 2016-12911 Filed 6-8-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510-HL-P [[Page 37341]] Vol. 81 Thursday, No. 111 June 9, 2016 Part XIV Department of Transportation ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Office of the Secretary ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Semiannual Regulatory Agenda Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 111 / Thursday, June 9, 2016 / Unified Agenda [[Page 37342]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Office of the Secretary 14 CFR Chs. I-III 23 CFR Chs. I-III 33 CFR Chs. I and IV 46 CFR Chs. I-III 48 CFR Ch. 12 49 CFR Subtitle A, Chs. I-VI, and Chs. X-XII [DOT-OST-1999-5129] Department Regulatory Agenda; Semiannual Summary AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT. ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Regulatory Agenda is a semiannual summary of all current and projected rulemakings, reviews of existing regulations, and completed actions of the Department. The intent of the Agenda is to provide the public with information about the Department of Transportation's regulatory activity planned for the next 12 months. It is expected that this information will enable the public to more effectively participate in the Department's regulatory process. The public is also invited to submit comments on any aspect of this Agenda. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: General You should direct all comments and inquiries on the Agenda in general to Jonathan Moss, Assistant General Counsel for Regulation, Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590; (202) 366-4723. Specific You should direct all comments and inquiries on particular items in the Agenda to the individual listed for the regulation or the general rulemaking contact person for the operating administration in appendix B. Table of Contents Supplementary Information Background Significant/Priority Rulemakings Explanation of Information on the Agenda Request for Comments Purpose Appendix A--Instructions for Obtaining Copies of Regulatory Documents Appendix B--General Rulemaking Contact Persons Appendix C--Public Rulemaking Dockets Appendix D--Review Plans for Section 610 and Other Requirements SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background Improvement of our regulations is a prime goal of the Department of Transportation (Department or DOT). Our regulations should be clear, simple, timely, fair, reasonable, and necessary. They should not be issued without appropriate involvement of the public; once issued, they should be periodically reviewed and revised, as needed, to ensure that they continue to meet the needs for which they originally were designed. To view additional information about the Department's regulatory activities online, go to https://www.dot.gov/regulations. Among other things, this Web site provides a report updated monthly on the status of the DOT significant rulemakings listed in the semiannual regulatory agenda. To help the Department achieve its goals and in accordance with Executive Order (E.O.) 12866, ``Regulatory Planning and Review,'' (58 FR 51735; Oct. 4, 1993) and the Department's Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44 FR 11034; Feb. 26, 1979), the Department prepares a semiannual regulatory agenda. It summarizes all current and projected rulemakings, reviews of existing regulations, and completed actions of the Department. These are matters on which action has begun or is projected during the next 12 months or for which action has been completed since the last Agenda. The Agendas are based on reports submitted by the offices initiating the rulemaking and are reviewed by OST. The Internet is the basic means for disseminating the Unified Agenda. The complete Unified Agenda is available online at www.reginfo.gov in a format that offers users a greatly enhanced ability to obtain information from the Agenda database. Because publication in the Federal Register is mandated for the regulatory flexibility agendas required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 602), DOT's printed Agenda entries include only: 1. The agency's Agenda preamble; 2. Rules that are in the agency's regulatory flexibility agenda, in accordance with the Regulatory Flexibility Act, because they are likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities; and 3. Any rules that the agency has identified for periodic review under section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. Printing of these entries is limited to fields that contain information required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act's Agenda requirements. These elements are: Sequence Number; Title; Section 610 Review, if applicable; Legal Authority; Abstract; Timetable; Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required; Agency Contact; and Regulation Identifier Number (RIN). Additional information (for detailed list, see section heading ``Explanation of Information on the Agenda'') on these entries is available in the Unified Agenda published on the Internet. Significant Rulemakings The Agenda covers all rules and regulations of the Department. We have classified rules as significant in the Agenda if they are, essentially, very beneficial, controversial, or of substantial public interest under our Regulatory Policies and Procedures. All DOT significant rulemaking documents are subject to review by the Secretary of Transportation. If the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) decided a rule is subject to its review under Executive Order 12866, we have also classified it as significant in the Agenda. Explanation of Information on the Agenda An Office of Management and Budget memorandum, dated February 19, 2016, requires the format for this Agenda. First, the Agenda is divided by initiating offices. Then the Agenda is divided into five categories: (1) Prerule stage, (2) proposed rule stage, (3) final rule stage, (4) long-term actions, and (5) completed actions. For each entry, the Agenda provides the following information: (1) Its ``significance''; (2) a short, descriptive title; (3) its legal basis; (4) the related regulatory citation in the Code of Federal Regulations; (5) any legal deadline and, if so, for what action (e.g., NPRM, final rule); (6) an abstract; (7) a timetable, including the earliest expected date for when a rulemaking document may publish; (8) whether the rulemaking will affect small entities and/or levels of Government and, if so, which categories; (9) whether a Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) analysis is required (for rules that would have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities); (10) a listing of any analyses an office will prepare or has prepared for the action (with minor exceptions, DOT requires an economic analysis for all its rulemakings); (11) an agency contact office or official who can provide further information; (12) a Regulation Identifier Number (RIN) assigned to identify an individual rulemaking in the [[Page 37343]] Agenda and facilitate tracing further action on the issue; (13) whether the action is subject to the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act; (14) whether the action is subject to the Energy Act; and (15) whether the action is major under the congressional review provisions of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act. If there is information that does not fit in the other categories, it will be included under a separate heading entitled ``Additional Information.'' One such example of this is the letters ``SB,'' ``IC,'' and ``SLT.'' These refer to information used as part of our required reports on Retrospective Review of DOT rulemakings. A ``Y'' or an ``N,'' for yes and no, respectively, follow the letters to indicate whether or not a particular rulemaking would have effects on: Small businesses (SB); information collections (IC); or State, local, or tribal (SLT) governments. For nonsignificant regulations issued routinely and frequently as a part of an established body of technical requirements (such as the Federal Aviation Administration's Airspace Rules), to keep those requirements operationally current, we only include the general category of the regulations, the identity of a contact office or official, and an indication of the expected number of regulations; we do not list individual regulations. In the ``Timetable'' column, we use abbreviations to indicate the particular documents being considered. ANPRM stands for Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, SNPRM for Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, and NPRM for Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. Listing a future date in this column does not mean we have made a decision to issue a document; it is the earliest date on which a rulemaking document may publish. In addition, these dates are based on current schedules. Information received after the issuance of this Agenda could result in a decision not to take regulatory action or in changes to proposed publication dates. For example, the need for further evaluation could result in a later publication date; evidence of a greater need for the regulation could result in an earlier publication date. Finally, a dot ( ) preceding an entry indicates that the entry appears in the Agenda for the first time. Request for Comments General Our agenda is intended primarily for the use of the public. Since its inception, we have made modifications and refinements that we believe provide the public with more helpful information, as well as making the Agenda easier to use. We would like you, the public, to make suggestions or comments on how the Agenda could be further improved. Reviews We also seek your suggestions on which of our existing regulations you believe need to be reviewed to determine whether they should be revised or revoked. We particularly draw your attention to the Department's review plan in appendix D. In response to Executive Order 13563 ``Retrospective Review and Analysis of Existing Rules,'' in 2011 we prepared a retrospective review plan providing more detail on the process we use to conduct reviews of existing rules, including changes in response to Executive Order 13563. Any updates related to our retrospective plan and review results can be found at https:// www.dot.gov/regulations. Regulatory Flexibility Act The Department is especially interested in obtaining information on requirements that have a ``significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities'' and, therefore, must be reviewed under the Regulatory Flexibility Act. If you have any suggested regulations, please submit them to us, along with your explanation of why they should be reviewed. In accordance with the Regulatory Flexibility Act, comments are specifically invited on regulations that we have targeted for review under section 610 of the Act. The phrase (sec. 610 Review) appears at the end of the title for these reviews. Please see appendix D for the Department's section 610 review plans. Consultation With State, Local, and Tribal Governments Executive Orders 13132 and 13175 require us to develop an accountable process to ensure ``meaningful and timely input'' by State, local, and tribal officials in the development of regulatory policies that have federalism or tribal implications. These policies are defined in the Executive orders to include regulations that have ``substantial direct effects'' on States or Indian tribes, on the relationship between the Federal Government and them, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities between the Federal Government and various levels of Government or Indian tribes. Therefore, we encourage State and local Governments or Indian tribes to provide us with information about how the Department's rulemakings impact them. Purpose The Department is publishing this regulatory Agenda in the Federal Register to share with interested members of the public the Department's preliminary expectations regarding its future regulatory actions. This should enable the public to be more aware of the Department's regulatory activity and should result in more effective public participation. This publication in the Federal Register does not impose any binding obligation on the Department or any of the offices within the Department with regard to any specific item on the Agenda. Regulatory action, in addition to the items listed, is not precluded. Dated: March 23, 2016. Anthony R. Foxx, Secretary of Transportation. Appendix A--Instructions for Obtaining Copies of Regulatory Documents To obtain a copy of a specific regulatory document in the Agenda, you should communicate directly with the contact person listed with the regulation at the address below. We note that most, if not all, such documents, including the Semiannual Regulatory Agenda, are available through the Internet at https://www.regulations.gov. See appendix C for more information. (Name of contact person), (Name of the DOT agency), 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. (For the Federal Aviation Administration, substitute the following address: Office of Rulemaking, ARM-1, 800 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591.) Appendix B--General Rulemaking Contact Persons The following is a list of persons who can be contacted within the Department for general information concerning the rulemaking process within the various operating administrations. FAA--Lirio Liu, Director, Office of Rulemaking, 800 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; telephone (202) 267-7833. FHWA--Jennifer Outhouse, Office of Chief Counsel, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590; telephone (202) 366-0761. FMCSA--Steven J. LaFreniere, Regulatory Ombudsman, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590; telephone (202) 366-0596. NHTSA--Steve Wood, Office of Chief Counsel, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590; telephone (202) 366-2992. FRA--Kathryn Gresham, Office of Chief Counsel, 1200 New Jersey Avenue [[Page 37344]] SE., Washington, DC 20590; telephone (202) 493-6063. FTA--Bonnie Graves, Office of Chief Counsel, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590; telephone (202) 366-0944. SLSDC--Carrie Mann Lavigne, Chief Counsel, 180 Andrews Street, Massena, NY 13662; telephone (315) 764-3200. PHMSA--Karin Christian, Office of Chief Counsel, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590; telephone (202) 366-4400. MARAD--Gabriel Chavez, Office of Chief Counsel, Maritime Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590; telephone (202) 366-5157. OST--Jonathan Moss, Assistant General Counsel for Regulation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590; telephone (202) 366-4723. Appendix C--Public Rulemaking Dockets All comments via the Internet are submitted through the Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) at the following address: https:// www.regulations.gov. The FDMS allows the public to search, view, download, and comment on all Federal agency rulemaking documents in one central online system. The above referenced Internet address also allows the public to sign up to receive notification when certain documents are placed in the dockets. The public also may review regulatory dockets at or deliver comments on proposed rulemakings to the Dockets Office at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590, 1-800-647-5527. Working Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Appendix D--Review Plans for Section 610 and Other Requirements Part I--The Plan General The Department of Transportation has long recognized the importance of regularly reviewing its existing regulations to determine whether they need to be revised or revoked. Our Regulatory Policies and Procedures require such reviews. We also have responsibilities under Executive Order 12866, ``Regulatory Planning and Review,'' and section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act to conduct such reviews. This includes the use of plain language techniques in new rules and considering its use in existing rules when we have the opportunity and resources to permit its use. We are committed to continuing our reviews of existing rules and, if it is needed, will initiate rulemaking actions based on these reviews. In accordance with Executive Order 13563, ``Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review,'' issued by the President on January 18, 2011, the Department has added other elements to its review plan. The Department has decided to improve its plan by adding special oversight processes within the Department, encouraging effective and timely reviews, including providing additional guidance on particular problems that warrant review, and expanding opportunities for public participation. These new actions are in addition to the other steps described in this appendix. Section 610 Review Plan Section 610 requires that we conduct reviews of rules that: (1) Have been published within the last 10 years, and (2) have a ``significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities'' (SEIOSNOSE). It also requires that we publish in the Federal Register each year a list of any such rules that we will review during the next year. The Office of the Secretary and each of the Department's Operating Administrations have a 10-year review plan. These reviews comply with section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. Changes to the Review Plan Some reviews may be conducted earlier than scheduled. For example, to the extent resources permit, the plain language reviews will be conducted more quickly. Other events, such as accidents, may result in the need to conduct earlier reviews of some rules. Other factors may also result in the need to make changes; for example, we may make changes in response to public comment on this plan or in response to a presidentially mandated review. If there is any change to the review plan, we will note the change in the following Agenda. For any section 610 review, we will provide the required notice prior to the review. Part II--The Review Process The Analysis Generally, the agencies have divided their rules into 10 different groups and plan to analyze one group each year. For purposes of these reviews, a year will coincide with the fall-to-fall schedule for publication of the Agenda. Thus, Year 1 (2008) begins in the fall of 2008 and ends in the fall of 2009; Year 2 (2009) begins in the fall of 2009 and ends in the fall of 2010, and so on. We request public comment on the timing of the reviews. For example, is there a reason for scheduling an analysis and review for a particular rule earlier than we have? Any comments concerning the plan or particular analyses should be submitted to the regulatory contacts listed in appendix B, General Rulemaking Contact Persons. Section 610 Review The agency will analyze each of the rules in a given year's group to determine whether any rule has a SEIOSNOSE and, thus, requires review in accordance with section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. The level of analysis will, of course, depend on the nature of the rule and its applicability. Publication of agencies' section 610 analyses listed each fall in this Agenda provides the public with notice and an opportunity to comment consistent with the requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. We request that public comments be submitted to us early in the analysis year concerning the small entity impact of the rules to help us in making our determinations. In each fall Agenda, the agency will publish the results of the analyses it has completed during the previous year. For rules that had a negative finding on SEIOSNOSE, we will give a short explanation (e.g., ``these rules only establish petition processes that have no cost impact'' or ``these rules do not apply to any small entities''). For parts, subparts, or other discrete sections of rules that do have a SEIOSNOSE, we will announce that we will be conducting a formal section 610 review during the following 12 months. At this stage, we will add an entry to the Agenda in the prerulemaking section describing the review in more detail. We also will seek public comment on how best to lessen the impact of these rules and provide a name or docket to which public comments can be submitted. In some cases, the section 610 review may be part of another unrelated review of the rule. In such a case, we plan to clearly indicate which parts of the review are being conducted under section 610. Other Reviews The agency will also examine the specified rules to determine whether any other reasons exist for revising or revoking the rule or for rewriting the rule in plain language. In each fall Agenda, the agency will also publish information on the results of the examinations completed during the previous year. [[Page 37345]] Part III--List of Pending Section 610 Reviews The Agenda identifies the pending DOT section 610 Reviews by inserting ``(Section 610 Review)'' after the title for the specific entry. For further information on the pending reviews, see the Agenda entries at www.reginfo.gov. For example, to obtain a list of all entries that are in section 610 Reviews under the Regulatory Flexibility Act, a user would select the desired responses on the search screen (by selecting ``advanced search'') and, in effect, generate the desired ``index'' of reviews. Office of the Secretary Section 610 and Other Reviews ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulations to Year be reviewed Analysis year Review year ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1..................... 49 CFR parts 91 2008 2009 through 99 and 14 CFR parts 200 through 212. 2..................... 48 CFR parts 2009 2010 1201 through 1253 and new parts and subparts. 3..................... 14 CFR parts 213 2010 2011 through 232. 4..................... 14 CFR parts 234 2011 2012 through 254. 5..................... 14 CFR parts 255 2012 2013 through 298 and 49 CFR part 40. 6..................... 14 CFR parts 300 2013 2014 through 373. 7..................... 14 CFR parts 374 2014 2015 through 398. 8..................... 14 CFR part 399 2015 2016 and 49 CFR parts 1 through 11. 9..................... 49 CFR parts 17 2016 2017 through 28. 10.................... 49 CFR parts 29 2017 2018 through 39 and parts 41 through 89. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Year 8 (2015) List of Rules That Will Be Analyzed During the Next Year 14 CFR part 399--Fees and Charges for Special Services 49 CFR part 1--Organization and Delegation of Power and Duties 49 CFR part 3--Official Seal 49 CFR part 5--Rulemaking Procedures 49 CFR part 6--Implementation of Equal Access to Justice Act in Agency Proceedings 49 CFR part 7--Public Availability of Information 49 CFR part 8--Classified Information: Classification/Declassification/ Access 49 CFR part 9--Testimony of Employees of the Department and Production of Records in Legal Proceedings 49 CFR part 10--Maintenance of and Access to Records Pertaining to Individuals 49 CFR part 11--Protection of Human Subjects Year 7 (2014) List of Rules With Ongoing Analysis 14 CFR part 374--Implementation of the Consumer Credit Protection Act with Respect to Air Carriers and Foreign Air Carriers 14 CFR part 374a--Extension of Credit by Airlines to Federal Political Candidates 14 CFR part 375--Navigation of Foreign Civil Aircraft within the United States 14 CFR part 377--Continuance of Expired Authorizations by Operation of Law Pending Final Determination of Applications for Renewal Thereof 14 CFR part 380--Public Charters 14 CFR part 381--Special Event Tours 14 CFR part 382--Nondiscrimination on The Basis of Disability in Air Travel 14 CFR part 383--Civil Penalties 14 CFR part 385--Staff Assignments and Review of Action under Assignments 14 CFR part 389--Fees and Charges for Special Services 14 CFR part 398--Guidelines for Individual Determinations of Basic Essential Air Service Year 6 (2013) List of Rules With Ongoing Analysis 14 CFR part 300--Rules of Conduct in DOT Proceedings Under This Chapter 14 CFR part 302--Rules of Practice in Proceedings 14 CFR part 303--Review of Air Carrier Agreements 14 CFR part 305--Rules of Practice in Informal Nonpublic Investigations 14 CFR part 313--Implementation of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act 14 CFR part 323--Terminations, Suspensions, and Reductions of Service 14 CFR part 325--Essential Air Service Procedures 14 CFR part 330--Procedures for Compensation of Air Carriers 14 CFR part 372--Overseas Military Personnel Charters Year 5 (Fall 2012) List of Rules With Ongoing Analysis 14 CFR part 255--Airline Computer Reservations Systems 14 CFR part 256--[Reserved] 14 CFR part 271--Guidelines for Subsidizing Air Carriers Providing Essential Air Transportation 14 CFR part 272--Essential Air Service to the Freely Associated States 14 CFR part 291--Cargo Operations in Interstate Air Transportation 14 CFR part 292--International Cargo Transportation 14 CFR part 293--International Passenger Transportation 14 CFR part 294--Canadian Charter Air Taxi Operators 14 CFR part 296--Indirect Air Transportation of Property 14 CFR part 297--Foreign Air Freight Forwarders and Foreign Cooperative Shippers Associations 14 CFR part 298--Exemptions for Air Taxi and Commuter Air Carrier Operations Year 4 (Fall 2011) List of Rules With Ongoing Analysis 14 CFR part 240--Inspection of Accounts and Property 14 CFR part 241--Uniform System of Accounts and Reports for Large Certificated Air Carriers 14 CFR part 243--Passenger Manifest Information 14 CFR part 247--Direct Airport-to-Airport Mileage Records 14 CFR part 248--Submission of Audit Reports 14 CFR part 249--Preservation of Air Carrier Records Year 3 (Fall 2010) List of Rules With Ongoing Analysis 14 CFR part 213--Terms, Conditions, and Limitations of Foreign Air Carrier Permits 14 CFR part 214--Terms, Conditions, and Limitations of Foreign Air Carrier Permits Authorizing Charter Transportation Only 14 CFR part 215--Use and Change of Names of Air Carriers, Foreign Air Carriers, and Commuter Air Carriers 14 CFR part 216--Commingling of Blind Sector Traffic by Foreign Air Carriers 14 CFR part 217--Reporting Traffic Statistics by Foreign Air Carriers in Civilian Scheduled, Charter, and Nonscheduled Services [[Page 37346]] 14 CFR part 218--Lease by Foreign Air Carrier or Other Foreign Person of Aircraft With Crew 14 CFR part 221--Tariffs 14 CFR part 222--Intermodal Cargo Services by Foreign Air Carriers 14 CFR part 223--Free and Reduced-Rate Transportation 14 CFR part 232--Transportation of Mail, Review of Orders of Postmaster General 14 CFR part 234--Airline Service Quality Performance Reports Year 1 (Fall 2008) List of Rules With Ongoing Analysis 49 CFR part 91--International Air Transportation Fair Competitive Practices 49 CFR part 92--Recovering Debts to the United States by Salary Offset 49 CFR part 98--Enforcement of Restrictions on Post-Employment Activities 49 CFR part 99--Employee Responsibilities and Conduct 14 CFR part 200--Definitions and Instructions 14 CFR part 201--Air Carrier Authority Under Subtitle VII of Title 49 of the United States Code [Amended] 14 CFR part 203--Waiver of Warsaw Convention Liability Limits and Defenses 14 CFR part 204--Data to Support Fitness Determinations 14 CFR part 205--Aircraft Accident Liability Insurance 14 CFR part 206--Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity: Special Authorizations and Exemptions 14 CFR part 207--Charter Trips by U.S. Scheduled Air Carriers 14 CFR part 208--Charter Trips by U.S. Charter Air Carriers 14 CFR part 211--Applications for Permits to Foreign Air Carriers 14 CFR part 212--Charter Rules for U.S. and Foreign Direct Air Carriers Federal Aviation Administration Section 610 Review Plan The FAA has elected to use the two-step, two-year process used by most DOT modes in past plans. As such, the FAA has divided its rules into 10 groups as displayed in the table below. During the first year (the ``analysis year''), all rules published during the previous 10 years within a 10% block of the regulations will be analyzed to identify those with a SEIOSNOSE. During the second year (the ``review year''), each rule identified in the analysis year as having a SEIONOSE will be reviewed in accordance with Section 610(b) to determine if it should be continued without change or changed to minimize impact on small entities. Results of those reviews will be published in the DOT Semiannual Regulatory Agenda. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulations to Year be reviewed Analysis year Review year ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1..................... 14 CFR parts 119 2008 2009 through 129 and parts 150 through 156. 2..................... 14 CFR parts 133 2009 2010 through 139 and parts 157 through 169. 3..................... 14 CFR parts 141 2010 2011 through 147 and parts 170 through 187. 4..................... 14 CFR parts 189 2011 2012 through 198 and parts 1 through 16. 5..................... 14 CFR parts 17 2012 2013 through 33. 6..................... 14 CFR parts 34 2013 2014 through 39 and parts 400 through 405. 7..................... 14 CFR parts 43 2014 2015 through 49 and parts 406 through 415. 8..................... 14 CFR parts 60 2015 2016 through 77. 9..................... 14 CFR parts 91 2016 2017 through 105. 10.................... 14 CFR parts 417 2017 2018 through 460. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Year 9 (2016) List of Rules To Be Analyzed During the Next Year 14 CFR part 91--General Operating and Flight Rules 14 CFR part 93--Special Air Traffic Rules 14 CFR part 95--IFR Altitudes 14 CFR part 97--Standard Instrument Procedures 14 CFR part 99--Security Control of Air Traffic 14 CFR part 101--Moored Balloons, Kites, Amateur Rockets and Unmanned Free Balloons 14 CFR part 103--Ultralight Vehicles 14 CFR part 105--Parachute Operations Year 8 (2015) List of Rules Analyzed and Summary of Results 14 CFR part 60--Flight Simulation Training Device Initial and Continuing Qualification and Use Section 610: The agency conducted a Section 610 review of this part and found no SEISNOSE. General: No changes are needed. These regulations are cost effective and impose the least burden. FAA's plain language review of these rules indicates no need for substantial revision. 14 CFR part 61--Certification: Pilots, Flight Instructors, and Ground Instructors Section 610: The agency conducted a Section 610 review of this part and found no SEISNOSE. General: No changes are needed. These regulations are cost effective and impose the least burden. FAA's plain language review of these rules indicates no need for substantial revision. 14 CFR part 63--Certification: Flight Crewmembers Other than Pilots Section 610: The agency conducted a Section 610 review of this part and found no SEISNOSE. General: No changes are needed. These regulations are cost effective and impose the least burden. FAA's plain language review of these rules indicates no need for substantial revision. 14 CFR part 65--Certification: Airmen Other than Flight Crewmembers Section 610: The agency conducted a Section 610 review of this part and found no SEISNOSE. General: No changes are needed. These regulations are cost effective and impose the least burden. FAA's plain language review of these rules indicates no need for substantial revision. 14 CFR part 67--Medical Standards and Certification Section 610: The agency conducted a Section 610 review of this part and found no SEISNOSE. General: No changes are needed. These regulations are cost effective and impose the least burden. FAA's plain language review of these rules indicates no need for substantial revision. 14 CFR part 71--Designation of Class A, B, C, D, and E Airspace Areas; Air Traffic Service Routes; and Reporting Points Section 610: The agency conducted a Section 610 review of this part and found no SEISNOSE. General: No changes are needed. These regulations are cost effective and impose the least burden. FAA's plain language review of these rules indicates no need for substantial [[Page 37347]] revision. 14 CFR part 73--Special Use Airspace Section 610: The agency conducted a Section 610 review of this part and found no SEISNOSE. General: No changes are needed. These regulations are cost effective and impose the least burden. FAA's plain language review of these rules indicates no need for substantial revision. 14 CFR part 77--Safe, Efficient Use, and Preservation of the Navigable Airspace Section 610: The agency conducted a Section 610 review of this part and found no SEISNOSE. General: No changes are needed. These regulations are cost effective and impose the least burden. FAA's plain language review of these rules indicates no need for substantial revision. Federal Highway Administration Section 610 and Other Reviews ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulations to Year be reviewed Analysis year Review year ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1..................... None............ 2008 2009 2..................... 23 CFR parts 1 2009 2010 to 260. 3..................... 23 CFR parts 420 2010 2011 to 470. 4..................... 23 CFR part 500. 2011 2012 5..................... 23 CFR parts 620 2012 2013 to 637. 6..................... 23 CFR parts 645 2013 2014 to 669. 7..................... 23 CFR parts 710 2014 2015 to 924. 8..................... 23 CFR parts 940 2015 2016 to 973. 9..................... 23 CFR parts 2016 2017 1200 to 1252. 10.................... New parts and 2017 2018 subparts. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Federal-Aid Highway Program The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has adopted regulations in title 23 of the CFR, chapter I, related to the Federal-Aid Highway Program. These regulations implement and carry out the provisions of Federal law relating to the administration of Federal aid for highways. The primary law authorizing Federal aid for highway is chapter I of title 23 of the U.S.C. 145 of title 23, expressly provides for a federally assisted State program. For this reason, the regulations adopted by the FHWA in title 23 of the CFR primarily relate to the requirements that States must meet to receive Federal funds for the construction and other work related to highways. Because the regulations in title 23 primarily relate to States, which are not defined as small entities under the Regulatory Flexibility Act, the FHWA believes that its regulations in title 23 do not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. The FHWA solicits public comment on this preliminary conclusion. Year 7 (Fall 2014) List of Rules Analyzed and a Summary of Results 23 CFR part 710--Right-of-way and real estate Section 610: No SEIOSNOSE. No small entities are affected General: An updated rule was promulgated implementing section 1302 of MAP-21 by adding the new authorities for early acquisition of property to part 710, clarifying the Federal-aid eligibility of a broad range of real property interests that constitute less than full fee ownership, streamlining program requirements, clarifying the Federal-State partnership, and carrying out a comprehensive update of part 710. 23 CFR part 750--Highway beautification Section 610: No SEIOSNOSE. No small entities are affected General: No changes are needed. These regulations are cost effective and impose the least burden. FHWA's plain language review of these rules indicates no need for substantial revision. 23 FR part 751--Junkyard control and acquisition Section 610: No SEIOSNOSE. No small entities are affected General: No changes are needed. These regulations are cost effective and impose the least burden. FHWA's plain language review of these rules indicates no need for substantial revision. 23 CFR part 752--Landscape and roadside development Section 610: No SEIOSNOSE. No small entities are affected General: No changes are needed. These regulations are cost effective and impose the least burden. FHWA's plain language review of these rules indicates no need for substantial revision. 23 CFR part 771--Environmental impact and related procedures Section 610: No SEIOSNOSE. No small entities are affected General: An updated rule was promulgated to conform with MAP-21, and proposes additional substantive and nonsubstantive changes to streamline or clarify this part. 23 CFR part 772--Procedures for abatement of highway traffic noise and construction noise Section 610: No SEIOSNOSE. No small entities are affected General: No changes are needed. These regulations are cost effective and impose the least burden. FHWA's plain language review of these rules indicates no need for substantial revision. 23 CFR part 773--Surface Transportation Project Delivery Program application requirements and termination Section 610: No SEIOSNOSE. No small entities are affected General: No changes are needed. These regulations are cost effective and impose the least burden. FHWA's plain language review of these rules indicates no need for substantial revision. 23 CFR part 774--Parks, recreation areas, wildlife and waterfowl refuges, and historic sites (Section 4(f)) Section 610: No SEIOSNOSE. No small entities are affected General: No changes are needed. These regulations are cost effective and impose the least burden. FHWA's plain language review of these rules indicates no need for substantial revision. 23 CFR part 777--Mitigation of impacts to wetlands and natural habitat Section 610: No SEIOSNOSE. No small entities are affected General: No changes are needed. These regulations are cost effective and impose the least burden. FHWA's plain language review of these rules indicates no need for substantial revision. 23 CFR part 810--Mass transit and special use highway projects Section 610: No SEIOSNOSE. No [[Page 37348]] small entities are affected General: No changes are needed. These regulations are cost effective and impose the least burden. FHWA's plain language review of these rules indicates no need for substantial revision. 23 CFR part 924--Highway safety improvement program Section 610: No SEIOSNOSE. No small entities are affected General: An updated rule was promulgated to incorporate amendments made to the program by section 1112 of MAP-21 and to incorporate necessary changes to align with the safety performance management rulemaking. Year 8 (Fall 2015) List of Rules That Will Be Analyzed During the Next Year 23 CFR part 940--Intelligent transportation system architecture and standards 23 CFR part 950--Electronic toll collection 23 CFR part 970--National Park Service Management Systems 23 CFR part 971--Forest Service management systems 23 CFR part 972--Fish and Wildlife Service management systems 23 CFR part 973--Management systems pertaining to the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Reservation Roads Program Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Section 610 and Other Reviews ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulations to Year be reviewed Analysis year Review year ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1..................... 49 CFR part 372, 2008 2009 subpart A. 2..................... 49 CFR part 386. 2009 2010 3..................... 49 CFR parts 325 2010 2011 and 390 (General). 4..................... 49 CFR parts 390 2011 2012 (Small Passenger- Carrying Vehicles), 391 to 393 and 396 to 399. 5..................... 49 CFR part 387. 2012 2013 6..................... 49 CFR parts 2013 2014 360, 365, 366, 368, 374, 377, and 378. 7..................... 49 CFR parts 2014 2015 356, 367, 369, 370, 371, 372 (subparts B and C). 8..................... 49 CFR parts 2015 2016 373, 376, and 379. 9..................... 49 CFR part 375. 2016 2017 10.................... 49 CFR part 395. 2017 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Year 6 (Fall 2013) List of Rules Analyzed and a Summary of Results 49 CFR part 360--Fees for Motor Carrier Registration and Insurance Section 610: There is no SEISNOSE. This administrative rule allows FMCSA to collect one-time nominal registration and insurance fees for commercial motor carriers. The fees do not place any significant cost burden on small entities. General: FMCSA will integrate plain language techniques to the extent possible as it rewrites various rulemakings to address Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) and MAP-21 provisions that authorize the replacement of three current identification and registration systems with a single online Federal ``Unified Registration System (URS).'' The authority to set and collect fees is found in 31 U.S.C. 9701 and 49 U.S.C. 13908. 49 CFR part 3659--Rules Governing Applications for Operating Authority Section 610: There is no SEISNOSE. This administrative rule describes the operating authority application process and does not require extensive time to complete. The rule also allows commercial motor vehicle (CMV) carriers to protest a rejected application for operating authority. Because no entity is obliged to file a protest; and the filing process requires minimal time to complete, we find that the rule does not impose any significant costs upon a significant number of small entities. General: FMCSA will integrate plain language techniques as it rewrites these rulemakings and will integrate this part into 49 CFR part 360 consistent with the Federal ``Unified Registration System.'' This part is still relevant as it provides carriers with the authority to operate. 49 CFR part 366--Designation of Process Agent Section 610: There is no SEISNOSE. These rules require motor carriers to designate court-related process agents for every State in which they operate to enable the claimant to adjudicate a claim in the jurisdiction where the claim arises. Many small motor carriers contract with organizations which provide a nationwide blanket authority at a reasonable cost. General: The process-agent designation is imposed by statute: 49 U.S.C. 13303 and 13304; consequently FMCSA has no discretion regarding costs associated with this rulemaking. FMCSA will integrate plain language techniques as it rewrites these rulemakings and will integrate this part into 49 CFR part 360 consistent with the Federal ``Unified Registration System.'' 49 CFR part 368--Application for a Certificate of Registration to Operate in Municipalities in the United States on the United States- Mexico International Border or Within the Commercial Zones of Such Municipalities Section 610: There is no SEISNOSE. The issuance of ``Certificates of Registration'' to Mexican motor carriers of property desiring to operate in the United States commercial border zones applies only to Mexican carriers and therefore has no cost impact to U.S. small entities. General: This rule remains important since the North American Free Trade Agreement has not been fully implemented. The FMCSA will integrate plain language techniques as it rewrites these rulemakings and will integrate this part into 49 CFR part 360, consistent with SAFETEA-LU and the proposed Federal ``Unified Registration System.'' 49 CFR part 374--Discrimination in Operations of Interstate Motor Common Carriers of Passengers Section 610: There is no SEISNOSE. This regulation is administrative in nature and was transferred to the Department of Transportation upon the enactment of the Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act (ICCTA) of 1995. This rule prohibits certain forms of discrimination and smoking on interstate motor carriers of [[Page 37349]] passengers, ticketing requirements, and excess baggage requirements regarding commercial travel on Interstate motor carriers of passengers. These rules promote standard business practices that a prudent person should undertake in the proper management of transportation operations consistent with existing laws to include the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Civil Rights Amendment. There are no substantial additive costs borne by small entities as a result of this rule. General: These regulations are cost effective and impose minimal burden. FMCSA will rewrite the regulations using plain language techniques as resources permit. 49 CFR part 377--Payment of Transportation Charges Section 610: There is no SEISNOSE. The rules and regulations in this part apply to the transportation by motor vehicle of collect on delivery shipments by common carriers of property subject to 49 U.S.C. 13702, and extending credit to shippers. The rules do not constrain business decisions or impose costly fees upon small entities. General: These rules support 49 U.S.C. 13702, and require certain carriers to publish tariffs in support of non-contiguous domestic trade. FMCSA will rewrite its regulations using plain language techniques as resources permit. 49 CFR part 378--Procedures Governing the Processing, Investigation, and Disposition of Overcharge, Duplicate Payment, or Over-collection Claims Section 610: There is no SEISNOSE. These rules involve standard business practices that a prudent carrier should undertake in the proper management of claim disputes even in the absence of the rules. The benefits of the rule justify their costs, and impose only a minimal cost burden on small entities. General: These rules support 49 U.S.C. 13301, 14101, 14704, 14705, and 13702(a), which regulate the management of claim disputes. FMCSA will rewrite the regulations using plain language techniques as resources permit. Year 7 (Fall 2014) List of Rules With Ongoing Analysis 49 CFR part 356--Motor Carrier Routing Regulations 49 CFR part 367--Standards for Registration with States 49 CFR part 369--Reports of Motor Carriers 49 CFR part 370--Principles and Practices for the Investigation and Voluntary Disposition of Loss and Damage Claims and Processing Salvage 49 CFR part 371--Brokers of Property 49 CFR part 372 (subparts B and C)--Exemptions, Commercial Zones and Terminal Areas. Year 8 (2015) List of Rules That Will Be Analyzed During the Next Year 49 CFR part 373 part 373--Receipts and Bills 49 CFR part 376--Lease and Interchange of Vehicles 49 CFR part 379--Preservation of Records National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Section 610 and Other Reviews ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulations to Year be reviewed Analysis year Review year ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1..................... 49 CFR parts 2008 2009 571.223 through 571.500, and parts 575 and 579. 2..................... 23 CFR parts 2009 2010 1200 through 1300. 3..................... 49 CFR parts 501 2010 2011 through 526 and 571.213. 4..................... 49 CFR parts 2011 2012 571.131, 571.217, 571.220, 571.221, and 571.222. 5..................... 49 CFR parts 2012 2013 571.101 through 571.110, and 571.135, 571.138, and 571.139. 6..................... 49 CFR parts 529 2013 2014 through 578, except parts 571 and 575. 7..................... 49 CFR parts 2014 2015 571.111 through 571.129 and parts 580 through 588. 8..................... 49 CFR parts 2015 2016 571.201 through 571.212. 9..................... 49 CFR parts 2016 2017 571.214 through 571.219, except 571.217. 10.................... 49 CFR parts 591 2017 2018 through 595 and new parts and subparts. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Year 7 (Fall 2014) List of Rules Analyzed and a Summary of the Results 49 CFR part 571.111--Rear Visibility Section 610: There is no SEIOSNOSE. General: No changes are needed. These regulations are cost effective and impose the least burden. NHTSA's plain language review of these rules indicates no need for substantial revision. 49 CFR part 571.113--Hood Latch System Section 610: There is no SEIOSNOSE. General: No changes are needed. These regulations are cost effective and impose the least burden. NHTSA's plain language review of these rules indicates no need for substantial revision. 49 CFR part 571.114--Theft Protection and Rollaway Prevention Section 610: There is no SEIOSNOSE. General: No changes are needed. These regulations are cost effective and impose the least burden. NHTSA's plain language review of these rules indicates no need for substantial revision. 49 CFR part 571.116--Motor Vehicle Brake Fluids Section 610: There is no SEIOSNOSE. General: No changes are needed. These regulations are cost effective and impose the least burden. NHTSA's plain language review of these rules indicates no need for substantial revision. 49 CFR part 571.117--Retreaded Pneumatic Tires Section 610: There is no SEIOSNOSE. General: No changes are needed. These regulations are cost effective and impose the least burden. NHTSA's plain language review of these rules indicates no need for substantial revision. 49 CFR part 571.118--Power-Operated Window, Partition, and Roof Panel Systems Section 610: There is no SEIOSNOSE. General: No changes are needed. These regulations are cost effective and impose the least burden. NHTSA's plain language review of these rules indicates no need for substantial revision. 49 CFR part 571.119--New Pneumatic Tires For Motor Vehicles with a GVWR of More Than 4,536 Kilograms (10,000 Pounds) and Motorcycles [[Page 37350]] Section 610: There is no SEIOSNOSE. General: No changes are needed. These regulations are cost effective and impose the least burden. NHTSA's plain language review of these rules indicates no need for substantial revision. 49 CFR part 571.120--Tire Selection and Rims and Motor Home/Recreation Vehicle Trailer Load Carrying Capacity Information For Motor Vehicles With a GVWR of More Than 4,536 Kilograms (10,000 Pounds) Section 610: There is no SEIOSNOSE. General: No changes are needed. These regulations are cost effective and impose the least burden. NHTSA's plain language review of these rules indicates no need for substantial revision. 49 CFR part 571.121--Air Brake Systems Section 610: There is no SEIOSNOSE. General: No changes are needed. These regulations are cost effective and impose the least burden. NHTSA's plain language review of these rules indicates no need for substantial revision. 49 CFR part 571.122--Motorcycle Brake Systems Section 610: There is no SEIOSNOSE. General: No changes are needed. These regulations are cost effective and impose the least burden. NHTSA's plain language review of these rules indicates no need for substantial revision. 49 CFR part 571.122a--Motorcycle Brake Systems Section 610: There is no SEIOSNOSE. General: No changes are needed. These regulations are cost effective and impose the least burden. NHTSA's plain language review of these rules indicates no need for substantial revision. 49 CFR part 571.123--Motorcycle Controls and Displays Section 610: There is no SEIOSNOSE. General: No changes are needed. These regulations are cost effective and impose the least burden. NHTSA's plain language review of these rules indicates no need for substantial revision. 49 CFR part 571.124--Accelerator Control Systems Section 610: There is no SEIOSNOSE. General: No changes are needed. These regulations are cost effective and impose the least burden. NHTSA's plain language review of these rules indicates no need for substantial revision. 49 CFR part 571.125--Warning Devices Section 610: There is no SEIOSNOSE. General: No changes are needed. These regulations are cost effective and impose the least burden. NHTSA's plain language review of these rules indicates no need for substantial revision. 49 CFR part 571.126--Electronic Stability Control Systems Section 610: There is no SEIOSNOSE. General: No changes are needed. These regulations are cost effective and impose the least burden. NHTSA's plain language review of these rules indicates no need for substantial revision. 49 CFR part 571.129--New Non-pneumatic Tires For Passenger Cars Section 610: There is no SEIOSNOSE. General: No changes are needed. These regulations are cost effective and impose the least burden. NHTSA's plain language review of these rules indicates no need for substantial revision. 49 CFR part 580--Odometer Disclosure Requirements Section 610: There is no SEIOSNOSE. General: No changes are needed. These regulations are cost effective and impose the least burden. NHTSA's plain language review of these rules indicates no need for substantial revision. 49 CFR part 581--Bumper Standard Section 610: There is no SEIOSNOSE. General: No changes are needed. These regulations are cost effective and impose the least burden. NHTSA's plain language review of these rules indicates no need for substantial revision. 49 CFR part 582--Insurance Cost Information Regulation Section 610: There is no SEIOSNOSE. General: No changes are needed. These regulations are cost effective and impose the least burden. NHTSA's plain language review of these rules indicates no need for substantial revision. 49 CFR part 583--Automobile Parts Content Labeling Section 610: There is no SEIOSNOSE. General: No changes are needed. These regulations are cost effective and impose the least burden. NHTSA's plain language review of these rules indicates no need for substantial revision. 49 CFR part 585--Phase-In Reporting Requirements Section 610: There is no SEIOSNOSE. General: No changes are needed. These regulations are cost effective and impose the least burden. NHTSA's plain language review of these rules indicates no need for substantial revision. 49 CFR part 587--Deformable Barriers Section 610: There is no SEIOSNOSE. General: No changes are needed. These regulations are cost effective and impose the least burden. NHTSA's plain language review of these rules indicates no need for substantial revision. 49 CFR part 588--Child Restraint Systems Recordkeeping Requirements Section 610: There is no SEIOSNOSE. General: No changes are needed. These regulations are cost effective and impose the least burden. NHTSA's plain language review of these rules indicates no need for substantial revision. Year 8 (Fall 2015) List of Rules That Will Be Analyzed During the Next Year 49 CFR part 571.201--Occupant Protection in Interior Impact 49 CFR part 571.202--Head Restraints; Applicable at the Manufacturers Option Until September 1, 2009 49 CFR part 571.202a--Head Restraints; Mandatory Applicability Begins On September 1, 2009 49 CFR part 571.203--Impact Protection For the Driver From the Steering Control System 49 CFR part 571.204--Steering Control Rearward Displacement. 49 CFR part 571.205--Glazing Materials 49 CFR part 571.205a--Glazing Equipment Manufactured Before September 1, 2006 and Glazing Materials Used In Vehicles Manufactured Before November 1, 2006 49 CFR part 571.206--Door Locks and Door Retention Components 49 CFR part 571.207--Seating Systems 49 CFR part 571.208--Occupant Crash Protection 49 CFR part 571.209--Seat Belt Assemblies 49 CFR part 571.210--Seat Belt Assembly Anchorages 49 CFR part 571.211--[Reserved] 49 CFR part 571.212--Windshield Mounting Federal Railroad Administration Section 610 and Other Reviews [[Page 37351]] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulations to Year be reviewed Analysis year Review year ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1..................... 49 CFR parts 200 2008 2009 and 201. 2..................... 49 CFR parts 2009 2010 207, 209, 211, 215, 238, and 256. 3..................... 49 CFR parts 2010 2011 210, 212, 214, 217, and 268. 4..................... 49 CFR part 219. 2011 2012 5..................... 49 CFR parts 2012 2013 218, 221, 241, and 244. 6..................... 49 CFR parts 2013 2014 216, 228, and 229. 7..................... 49 CFR parts 223 2014 2015 and 233. 8..................... 49 CFR parts 2015 2016 224, 225, 231, and 234. 9..................... 49 CFR parts 2016 2017 222, 227, 235, 236, 250, 260, and 266. 10.................... 49 CFR parts 2017 2018 213, 220, 230, 232, 239, 240, and 265. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Year 7 (Fall 2014) List of Rules Analyzed and a Summary of Results 49 CFR part 223--Safety Glazing Standards--Locomotives, Passenger Cars and Cabooses Section 610: There is no SEIOSNOSE. General: The rule provides minimum requirements for glazing materials, and is necessary to protect railroad employees and railroad passengers from injury as a result of objects striking the windows of locomotives, passenger cars and cabooses. Recent amendments with regard to the clarification existing regulations related to the use of glazing materials in the windows of locomotives, passenger cars, and cabooses are expected to reduce paperwork and other economic burdens on the rail industry by removing a stenciling requirement for locomotives, passenger cars, and cabooses. FRA's plain language review of this rule indicates no need for substantial revision. 49 CFR part 233--Signal Systems Reporting Requirements Section 610: There is no SEIOSNOSE. General: FRA proposed to eliminate the five-year reporting requirement in a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that was published on June 19, 2013. The final rule eliminated the regulatory requirement that each railroad file a Signal Systems Five-Year Report with FRA which became effective on September 2, 2014. This would reduce paperwork burdens, and protect public health, welfare, safety and environment. FRA's plain language review of this rule indicates no need for substantial revision. Year 8 (Fall 2015) List of Rule(s) That Will Be Analyzed During Next Year 49 CFR part 224--Reflectorization of Rail Freight Rolling Stock 49 CFR part 225--Railroad Accidents/Incidents: Reports Classification and Investigations 49 CFR part 231--Railroad Safety Appliance Standards 49 CFR part 234--Grade Crossing Safety, Including Signal Systems, State Action Plans, and Emergency Notification Systems Federal Transit Administration Section 610 and Other Reviews ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulations to Year be reviewed Analysis year Review year ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1..................... 49 CFR parts 2008 2009 604, 605, and 633. 2..................... 49 CFR parts 661 2009 2010 and 665. 3..................... 49 CFR part 633. 2010 2011 4..................... 49 CFR parts 609 2011 2012 and 611. 5..................... 49 CFR parts 613 2012 2013 and 614. 6..................... 49 CFR part 622. 2013 2014 7..................... 49 CFR part 630. 2014 2015 8..................... 49 CFR part 639. 2015 2016 9..................... 49 CFR parts 659 2016 2017 and 663. 10.................... 49 CFR part 665. 2017 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Year 7 (Fall 2014) List of Rules Analyzed and Summary of Results 49 CFR part 630--National Transit Database Section 610: The agency has determined that the rule continues to not have a significant effect on a substantial number of small entities. FTA is proposing to amend the rule to align with the statutory requirement to report performance measures and targets for the National Transit Asset Management System as required under 49 U.S.C. 5326(c)(3). Currently, the NTD reporting requirements are limited, in some instances, to recipients and sub-recipients of section 5307 urban formula funds and 5311 rural formula funds. The proposed reporting requirements would apply to all recipients and sub-recipients of Chapter 53 funds that own, operate, or manage capital assets used in the provision of public transportation. However, FTA is not proposing to apply all existing NTD reporting requirements to all recipients of chapter 53 funds. FTA has evaluated the likely effects of the proposed rule on small entities and is requesting public comment during the rulemaking process. FTA has determined that the proposed revisions will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. General: The rule was promulgated to prescribe requirements and procedures for compliance with Federal data reporting requirements dictated by statute. Recently, Congress included additional reporting requirements for the management of transit asset when it enacted the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21), Public Law 112-141, (2012). FTA is promulgating a notice of proposed rulemaking to implement specific reporting [[Page 37352]] requirements of the National Asset Management System in accordance with 49 U.S.C. 5326. The proposal includes revising 49 CFR part 630 to apply to all recipients of Federal public transit funds instead of being limited to just recipients of Federal funds under 49 U.S.C. 5307 and 5311. However, the proposed rule will not extend all current reporting requirements to all recipients. This proposal will revise the regulation to be consistent with current statutory requirements. Year 8 (Fall 2015)--List of Rule(s) That Will Be Analyzed This Year 49 CFR part 639--Capital Leases Maritime Administration Section 610 and Other Reviews ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulations to Year be reviewed Analysis year Review year ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1..................... 46 CFR parts 201 2008 2009 through 205. 2..................... 46 CFR parts 221 2009 2010 through 232. 3..................... 46 CFR parts 249 2010 2011 through 296. 4..................... 46 CFR parts 2011 2012 221, 298, 308, and 309. 5..................... 46 CFR parts 307 2012 2013 through 309. 6..................... 46 CFR part 310. 2013 2014 7..................... 46 CFR parts 315 2014 2015 through 340. 8..................... 46 CFR parts 345 2015 2016 through 381. 9..................... 46 CFR parts 382 2016 2017 through 389. 10.................... 46 CFR parts 390 2017 2018 through 393. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Year 6 (2013) List of Rules With Ongoing Analysis 46 CFR part 310--Merchant Marine Training Year 7 (2014) List of Rules With Ongoing Analysis 46 CFR part 315--Agency Agreements and Appointment of Agents 46 CFR part 317--Bonding of Ship's Personnel 46 CFR part 324--Procedural Rules for Financial Transactions Under Agency Agreements 46 CFR part 325--Procedure to be Followed by General Agents in Preparation of Invoices and Payment of Compensation Pursuant to Provisions of NSA Order No. 47 46 CFR part 326--Marine Protection and Indemnity Insurance Under Agreements with Agents 46 CFR part 327--Seamen's Claims; Administrative Action and Litigation 46 CFR part 328--Slop Chests 46 CFR part 329--Voyage Data 46 CFR part 330--Launch Services 46 CFR part 332--Repatriation of Seaman 46 CFR part 335--Authority and Responsibility of General Agents to Undertake Emergency Repairs in Foreign Ports 46 CFR part 336--Authority and Responsibility of General Agents to Undertake in Continental United States Ports Voyage Repairs and Service Equipment of Vessels Operated for the Account of the National Shipping Authority Under General Agency Agreement 46 CFR part 337--General Agent's responsibility in Connection with Foreign Repair Custom's Entries 46 CFR part 338--Procedure for Accomplishment of Vessel Repairs Under National Shipping Authority Master Lump Sum Repair Contract--NSA-- Lumpsumrep 46 CFR part 339--Procedure for Accomplishment of Ship Repairs Under National Shipping Authority Individual Contract for Minor Repairs-- NSA--Worksmalrep 46 CFR part 340--Priority Use and Allocation of Shipping Services, Container and Chassis and Port Facilities and Services for National Security and National Defense Related Operations. Year 8 (2015) List of Rules With Ongoing Analysis 46 CFR part 345--Restrictions upon the transfer or change in use or in terms governing utilization of port facilities 46 CFR part 346--Federal port controllers 46 CFR part 356--Requirements for vessels over 100 feet or greater in registered length to obtain a fishery endorsement to the vessel's documentation 46 CFR part 370--Claims 46 CFR part 381--Cargo preference--U.S.-flag vessels Year 9 (2016) List of Rules That Will Be Analyzed During the Next Year 46 CFR part 382--Determination of fair and reasonable rates for the carriage of bulk and packaged preference cargoes on U.S.-flag commercial vessels 46 CFR part 385--Research and development grant and cooperative agreements regulations 46 CFR part 386--Regulations governing public buildings and grounds at the United States Merchant Marine Academy 46 CFR part 387--Utilization and disposal of surplus Federal real property for development or operation of a port facility 46 CFR part 388--Administrative waivers of the Coastwise Trade Laws 46 CFR part 389--Determination of availability of coast-wise-qualified vessels for transportation of platform jackets Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) Section 610 and Other Reviews ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulations to Year be reviewed Analysis year Review year ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1..................... 49 CFR part 178. 2008 2009 2..................... 49 CFR parts 178 2009 2010 through 180. 3..................... 49 CFR parts 172 2010 2011 and 175. 4..................... 49 CFR part 171, 2011 2012 sections 171.15 and 171.16. 5..................... 49 CFR parts 2012 2013 106, 107, 171, 190, and 195. [[Page 37353]] 6..................... 49 CFR parts 2013 2014 174, 177, 191, and 192. 7..................... 49 CFR parts 176 2014 2015 and 199. 8..................... 49 CFR parts 172 2015 2016 and 178. 9..................... 49 CFR parts 2016 2017 172, 173, 174, 176, 177, and 193. 10.................... 49 CFR parts 173 2017 2018 and 194. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Year 7 (Fall 2015) List of Rules Analyzed and a Summary of Results 49 CFR part 176--Carriage by Vessel Section 610: There is no SEIOSNOSE. This rule prescribes minimum safety standards for the transportation of hazardous materials by vessel. Some small entities may be affected, but the economic impact on small entities will not be significant. General: The requirements in this rule are necessary to protect workers and the general public from the dangers associated with incidents involving hazardous materials transported by vessel. These provisions closely align with international standards for the safe transportation of dangerous goods. PHMSA works in consultation with the United States Coast Guard to promote a harmonized international framework for the vessel transport of hazardous materials through participation in relevant international standards setting bodies including the International Maritime Organization's Sub-Committee on Carriage of Cargoes and Containers and strives to harmonize domestic regulations with that framework wherever such harmonization provides an acceptable level of safety and is in the public interest. PHMSA's plain language review of this rule indicates no need for substantial revision. 49 CFR part 199--Drug and Alcohol Testing Section 610: There is no SEIOSNOSE. Based on regulated entities, PHMSA found that the majority of operators are not small businesses. Therefore, though some small entities may be affected, the economic impact on small entities will not be significant. General: No changes are needed. These regulations are cost effective and impose the least burden. PHMSA's plain language review of this rule indicates no need for substantial revision. Year 8 (Fall 2016) List of Rules That Will Be Analyzed During the Next Year 49 CFR part 172--Hazardous Materials Table, Special Provisions, Hazardous Materials Communications, Emergency Response Information, Training Requirements, and Security Plans 49 CFR part 178--Specifications for Packagings Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation Section 610 and Other Reviews ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulations to Year be reviewed Analysis year Review year ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1..................... 33 CFR parts 401 2008 2009 through 403. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Year 1 (Fall 2008) List of Rules With Ongoing Analysis 33 CFR part 401--Seaway Regulations and Rules 33 CFR part 402--Tariff of Tolls 33 CFR part 403--Rules of Procedure of the Joint Tolls Review Board Office of the Secretary--Final Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 195....................... + Airline Pricing 2105-AE11 Transparency and Other Consumer Protection Issues. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ + DOT-designated significant regulation. Federal Aviation Administration--Prerule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 196....................... + Applying the Flight, 2120-AK26 Duty, and Rest Rules to Tail-End Ferry Operations & FAA Reauthorization. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ + DOT-designated significant regulation. [[Page 37354]] Federal Aviation Administration--Proposed Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 197....................... + Airport Safety 2120-AJ38 Management System. 198....................... + Applying the Flight, 2120-AK22 Duty, and Rest Requirements to Ferry Flights that Follow Domestic, Flag, or Supplemental All-Cargo Operations (Reauthorization). 199....................... + Pilot Records Database 2120-AK31 (HR 500). 200....................... + Revision of 2120-AK65 Airworthiness Standards for Normal, Utility, Acrobatic, and Commuter (RRR). 201....................... + Operations of Small 2120-AK85 Unmanned Aircraft Over People. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ + DOT-designated significant regulation. Federal Aviation Administration--Final Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 202....................... + Operation and 2120-AJ60 Certification of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems. 203....................... Changing the Collective 2120-AK06 Risk Limits for Launches and Reentries and Clarifying the Risk Limit Used to Establish Hazard Areas for Ships and Aircraft. 204....................... Acceptance Criteria for 2120-AK32 Portable Oxygen Concentrators Used Onboard Aircraft (RRR). 205....................... Reciprocal Waivers of 2120-AK44 Claims for Licensed or Permitted Launch and Reentry Activities (RRR). 206....................... + Registration and Marking 2120-AK82 Requirements for Small Unmanned Aircraft. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ + DOT-designated significant regulation. Federal Aviation Administration--Long-Term Actions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 207....................... + Drug and Alcohol Testing 2120-AK09 of Certain Maintenance Provider Employees Located Outside of the United States. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ + DOT-designated significant regulation. Federal Aviation Administration--Completed Actions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 208....................... Flight Simulation Training 2120-AK08 Device Qualification Standards for Extended Envelope and Adverse Weather Event Training (International Cooperation). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration--Final Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 209....................... + Commercial Drivers' 2126-AB18 License Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse (MAP-21). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ + DOT-designated significant regulation. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration--Long-Term Actions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 210....................... + Carrier Safety Fitness 2126-AB11 Determination. 211....................... + Entry-Level Driver 2126-AB66 Training (Section 610 Review). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ + DOT-designated significant regulation. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration--Completed Actions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 212....................... + Electronic Logging 2126-AB20 Devices and Hours of Service Supporting Documents (MAP-21) (RRR). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ + DOT-designated significant regulation. [[Page 37355]] Federal Railroad Administration--Proposed Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 213....................... + Passenger Equipment 2130-AC46 Safety Standards Amendments (RRR). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ + DOT-designated significant regulation. Federal Railroad Administration--Final Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 214....................... + Train Crew Staffing and 2130-AC48 Location. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ + DOT-designated significant regulation. Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation--Completed Actions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 215....................... Tariff of Tolls 2135-AA38 (Rulemaking Resulting From a Section 610 Review). 216....................... Seaway Regulations and 2135-AA39 Rules: Periodic Update, Various Categories (Rulemaking Resulting From a Section 610 Review). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration--Proposed Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 217....................... + Pipeline Safety: 2137-AF06 Amendments to Parts 192 and 195 to Require Valve installation and Minimum Rupture Detection Standards. 218....................... + Hazardous Materials: Oil 2137-AF08 Spill Response Plans and Information Sharing for High-Hazard Flammable Trains. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ + DOT-designated significant regulation. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration--Final Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 219....................... + Pipeline Safety: Safety 2137-AE66 of Hazardous Liquid Pipelines. 220....................... Pipeline Safety: Issues 2137-AE93 related to the use of Plastic Pipe in Gas Pipeline Industry (RRR). 221....................... Pipeline Safety: Operator 2137-AE94 Qualification, Cost Recovery, Accident and Incident Notification, and Other Changes (RRR). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ + DOT-designated significant regulation. Maritime Administration--Proposed Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 222....................... + Cargo Preference........ 2133-AB74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ + DOT-designated significant regulation. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Office of the Secretary (OST) Final Rule Stage 195. +Airline Pricing Transparency and Other Consumer Protection Issues Legal Authority: 49 U.S.C. 41712; 49 U.S.C. 40101; 49 U.S.C. 41702 Abstract: This rulemaking would address a number of proposals to enhance protections for air travelers and to improve the air travel environment. This rulemaking would explore whether to codify in regulation a definition of the term ``ticket agent,'' to require airlines and ticket agents to disclose at all points of sale the fees for certain basic ancillary services associated with the air transportation consumers are buying or considering buying. The rulemaking would also consider whether to enhance airline passenger protections such as: Expanding the pool of ``reporting'' carriers; requiring enhanced reporting by mainline carriers for their domestic code-share partner operations; requiring large travel agents to adopt minimum customer service standards; codifying the statutory requirement that carriers and ticket agents disclose any code-share arrangements on their Web sites; and prohibiting unfair and deceptive practices such as undisclosed biasing and post-purchase price increases. The rulemaking would also consider whether to require ticket agents to [[Page 37356]] disclose the carriers whose tickets they sell in order to avoid having consumers mistakenly believe they are searching all possible flight options for a particular city-pair market when in fact there may be other options available. Additionally, the rulemaking would correct drafting errors and make minor changes to the Department's second Enhancing Airline Passenger Protections rule to conform to guidance issued by the Department's Office of Aviation Enforcement and Proceedings (Enforcement Office) regarding its interpretation of the rule. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 05/23/14 79 FR 29970 NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 08/06/14 79 FR 45731 NPRM Comment Period End............. 08/21/14 NPRM Comment Period Extended End.... 09/22/14 NPRM Comment Period Reopened........ 09/25/14 79 FR 57489 NPRM Comment Period Reopened End.... 09/29/14 Final Rule.......................... 10/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Blane A. Workie, Principal Deputy Assistant General Counsel, Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, Phone: 202-366-9342, TDD Phone: 202-755-7687, Fax: 202-366-7152, Email: blane.workie@dot.gov. RIN: 2105-AE11 BILLING CODE 4910-9X-P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Prerule Stage 196. +Applying the Flight, Duty, and Rest Rules to Tail-End Ferry Operations & FAA Reauthorization Legal Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g); 49 U.S.C. 1153; 49 U.S.C. 40101; 49 U.S.C. 40102; 49 U.S.C. 40103; 49 U.S.C. 40113; 49 U.S.C. 41706; 49 U.S.C. 44105; 49 U.S.C. 44106; 49 U.S.C. 44111; 49 U.S.C. 44701 to 44717; 49 U.S.C. 44722; 49 U.S.C. 44901; 49 U.S.C. 44903; 49 U.S.C. 44904; 49 U.S.C. 44906; 49 U.S.C. 44912; 49 U.S.C. 44914; 49 U.S.C. 44936; 49 U.S.C. 44938; 49 U.S.C. 45101 to 45105; 49 U.S.C. 46103 Abstract: This rulemaking would require a flightcrew member who is employed by an air carrier conducting operations under part 135, and who accepts an additional assignment for flying under part 91 from the air carrier or from any other air carrier conducting operations under part 121 or 135, to apply the period of the additional assignment toward any limitation applicable to the flightcrew member relating to duty periods or flight times under part 135. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ANPRM............................... 09/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Dale Roberts, Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591, Phone: 202 267-5749, Email: dale.roberts@faa.gov. RIN: 2120-AK26 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Proposed Rule Stage 197. +Airport Safety Management System Legal Authority: 49 U.S.C. 44706; 49 U.S.C. 106(g); 49 U.S.C. 40113; 49 U.S.C. 44701 to 44706; 49 U.S.C. 44709; 49 U.S.C. 44719 Abstract: This rulemaking would require certain airport certificate holders to develop, implement, maintain, and adhere to a safety management system (SMS) for its aviation related activities. An SMS is a formalized approach to managing safety by developing an organization- wide safety policy, developing formal methods of identifying hazards, analyzing and mitigating risk, developing methods for ensuring continuous safety improvement, and creating organization-wide safety promotion strategies. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 10/07/10 75 FR 62008 NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 12/10/10 75 FR 76928 NPRM Comment Period End............. 01/05/11 End of Extended Comment Period...... 03/07/11 Second Extension of Comment Period.. 03/07/11 76 FR 12300 End of Second Extended Comment 07/05/11 Period. Second NPRM......................... 06/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Keri Lyons, Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591, Phone: 202 267-8972, Email: keri.lyons@faa.gov. RIN: 2120-AJ38 198. +Applying the Flight, Duty, and Rest Requirements to Ferry Flights That Follow Domestic, Flag, or Supplemental All-Cargo Operations (Reauthorization) Legal Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g); 49 U.S.C. 40113; 49 U.S.C. 40119; 49 U.S.C. 41706; 49 U.S.C. 44101; 49 U.S.C. 44701; 49 U.S.C. 44702; 49 U.S.C. 44705; 49 U.S.C. 44709 to 44711; 49 U.S.C. 44713; 49 U.S.C. 44716; 49 U.S.C. 44717 Abstract: This rulemaking would require a flightcrew member who accepts an additional assignment for flying under part 91 from the air carrier or from any other air carrier conducting operations under part 121 or 135 of such title, to apply the period of the additional assignment toward any limitation applicable to the flightcrew member relating to duty periods or flight times. This rule is necessary as it will make part 121 flight, duty, and rest limits applicable to tail-end ferries that follow an all-cargo flight. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 09/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Dale Roberts, Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591, Phone: 202 267-5749, Email: dale.roberts@faa.gov. RIN: 2120-AK22 199. +Pilot Records Database (HR 500) Legal Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g); 49 U.S.C. 1155; 49 U.S.C. 40103; 49 U.S.C. 40113; 49 U.S.C. 40119; 49 U.S.C. 40120; 49 U.S.C. 41706; 49 U.S.C. 44101; 49 U.S.C. 44111; 49 U.S.C. 44701 to 44705; 49 U.S.C. 44709 to 44713; 49 U.S.C. 44715 to 44717; 49 U.S.C. 44722; 49 U.S.C. 45101 to 45105; 49 U.S.C. [[Page 37357]] 46105; 49 U.S.C. 46306; 49 U.S.C. 46315; 49 U.S.C. 46316; 49 U.S.C. 46504; 49 U.S.C. 46507; 49 U.S.C. 47122; 49 U.S.C. 47508; 49 U.S.C. 47528 to 47531 Abstract: This rulemaking would implement a Pilot Records Database as required by Public Law 111-216 (Aug. 1, 2010). Section 203 amends the Pilot Records Improvement Act by requiring the FAA to create a pilot records database that contains various types of pilot records. These records would be provided by the FAA, air carriers, and other persons who employ pilots. The FAA must maintain these records until it receives notice that a pilot is deceased. Air carriers would use this database to perform a record check on a pilot prior to making a hiring decision. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 03/00/17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Bradley Palmer, Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591, Phone: 202 267-7739, Email: bradley.palmer@faa.gov. RIN: 2120-AK31 200. +Revision of Airworthiness Standards for Normal, Utility, Acrobatic, and Commuter (RRR) Legal Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g); 49 U.S.C. 40113; 49 U.S.C. 44701; 49 U.S.C. 44702; 49 U.S.C. 44704 Abstract: This rulemaking would revise title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) part 23 as a set of performance based regulations for the design and certification of small transport category aircraft. This rulemaking would: (1) Reorganize part 23 into performance-based requirements by removing the detailed design requirements from part 23. The detailed design provisions that would assist applicants in complying with the new performance-based requirements would be identified in means of compliance (MOC) documents to support this effort; (2) promote the adoption of the newly created performance-based airworthiness design standard as an internationally accepted standard by the majority of other civil aviation authorities; (3) re-align the part 23 requirements to promote the development of entry-level airplanes similar to those certified under Certification Specification for Very Light Aircraft (CS-VLA); (4) enhance the FAA's ability to address new technology; (5) increase the general aviation (GA) level of safety provided by new and modified airplanes; (6) amend the stall, stall warning, and spin requirements to reduce fatal accidents and increase crashworthiness by allowing new methods for occupant protection; and (7) address icing conditions that are currently not included in part 23 regulations. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 03/14/16 81 FR 13452 NPRM Comment Period End............. 05/13/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Lowell Foster, Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, 901 Locust St., Kansas City, MO 64106, Phone: 816-329-4125, Email: lowell.foster@faa.gov. RIN: 2120-AK65 201. +Operations of Small Unmanned Aircraft Over People Legal Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f); 49 U.S.C. 40101; 49 U.S.C. 40103; 49 U.S.C. 44701; Pub. L. 112-95, sec 333; . . . Abstract: This rulemaking would address the performance-based standards and means-of-compliance for operation of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) over people not directly participating in the operation or not under a covered structure or inside a stationary vehicle that can provide reasonable protection from a falling small unmanned aircraft. This rulemaking would provide relief from certain operational restrictions implemented in the Operation and Certification of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems final rule (hereinafter the sUAS Operation and Certification rule). Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 12/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Guido Hassig, Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, 1 Airport Way, Rochester, NY 14624, Phone: 585 436-3880, Email: guido.hassig@faa.gov. RIN: 2120-AK85 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Final Rule Stage 202. +Operation and Certification of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Legal Authority: 49 U.S.C. 44701; Pub. L. 112-95 Abstract: This rulemaking would allow the commercial operation of small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) in the National Airspace System (NAS). These changes would address the operation of small unmanned aircraft systems, certification of their operators, registration of the small unmanned aircraft, and display of registration markings. This action would also find airworthiness certification is not required for small unmanned aircraft system operations subject to this rulemaking. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 02/23/15 80 FR 9544 NPRM Comment Period End............. 04/24/15 Final Rule.......................... 07/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Lance Nuckolls, Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration Office, Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, 490 L'Enfant Plaza SW., Washington, DC 20024, Phone: 202-267-8447, Email: UAS-rule@faa.gov. RIN: 2120-AJ60 203. Changing the Collective Risk Limits for Launches and Reentries and Clarifying the Risk Limit Used To Establish Hazard Areas for Ships and Aircraft Legal Authority: 51 U.S.C. 50901 to 50923 Abstract: This rulemaking would revise the requirements, (1) establish quantitative public risk acceptability criteria that treat launch and reentry separately, (2) define the scope of launch and reentry mission for the purposes of quantitative risk analyses (QRA), and (3) apply QRA requirements, including uncertainty analysis, equally to all types of launch and reentry vehicles. These revisions update the current regulations and are consistent with current practices at the Federal ranges. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 07/21/14 79 FR 42241 [[Page 37358]] NPRM Comment Period End............. 10/20/14 Analyzing comments.................. 06/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Rene Rey, Licensing and Safety Division, Office of Commercial Space, Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20590, Phone: 202 267-7538, Email: rene.rey@faa.gov. RIN: 2120-AK06 204. Acceptance Criteria for Portable Oxygen Concentrators Used Onboard Aircraft (RRR) Legal Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f); 49 U.S.C. 106(g); 49 U.S.C. 1155; 49 U.S.C. 40103; 49 U.S.C. 40105; 49 U.S.C. 40109; 49 U.S.C. 40113; 49 U.S.C. 40119; 49 U.S.C. 40120; 49 U.S.C. 41706; 49 U.S.C. 44101; 49 U.S.C. 44110; 49 U.S.C. 44111; 49 U.S.C. 44502; 49 U.S.C. 44701; 49 U.S.C. 44702; 49 U.S.C. 44704; 49 U.S.C. 44705; 49 U.S.C. 44709 to 44713; 49 U.S.C. 44715 to 44717; 49 U.S.C. 44722; 49 U.S.C. 45101 to 45105; 49 U.S.C. 46102; 49 U.S.C. 46105; 49 U.S.C. 46306; 49 U.S.C. 46315; 49 U.S.C. 46316; 49 U.S.C. 46504; 49 U.S.C. 46506; 49 U.S.C. 46507; 49 U.S.C. 47122; 49 U.S.C. 47508; 49 U.S.C. 47528 to 47531; 61 Stat. 1180--Articles 12 and 29 Abstract: This rulemaking would replace the existing process by which the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approves portable oxygen concentrators (POC) for use on board aircraft in air carrier operations, commercial operations, and certain other operations using large aircraft. This rulemaking would also replace the current process and allow passengers to use a POC on board an aircraft if the POC satisfies certain acceptance criteria and bears a label indicating conformance with the acceptance criteria. Additionally, this rulemaking would eliminate redundant operational requirements and paperwork requirements related to the physician's statement. As a result, this rulemaking would reduce burdens for POC manufacturers, passengers who use POCs while traveling, and affected aircraft operators. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 09/19/14 79 FR 56288 NPRM Comment Period End............. 11/18/14 Final Rule.......................... 05/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Denise K. Deaderick, Air Transportation Division, Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591, Phone: 202-267-8166, Email: dk.deaderick@faa.gov. RIN: 2120-AK32 205. Reciprocal Waivers of Claims for Licensed or Permitted Launch and Reentry Activities (RRR) Legal Authority: 49 U.S.C. 322; 51 U.S.C. 50910 to 50923 Abstract: This rulemaking would extend the waiver of claims for all the customers involved in a launch or reentry, amend the requirement describing which entities are required to sign the statutorily-mandated waiver of claims, and add a new waiver template for the customer's use. This rulemaking would ease the administrative burden on the customers, licensees, permittees, and the FAA, especially when a new customer is added only a short time before the scheduled launch or reentry. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 01/13/15 80 FR 2015 NPRM Comment Period End............. 03/16/15 NPRM Comment Period Reopened........ 06/15/15 80 FR 34110 Comment Period End.................. 07/15/15 Final Rule.......................... 05/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Shirley McBride, Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591, Phone: 202 267-7470, Email: shirley.mcbride@faa.gov. RIN: 2120-AK44 206. +Registration and Marking Requirements for Small Unmanned Aircraft Legal Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f); 49 U.S.C. 41703; 49 U.S.C. 44101 to 44106; 49 U.S.C. 44110 to 44113; 49 U.S.C. 44701 Abstract: This interim final rule would establish an alternative, stream-lined, web-based aircraft registration system for certain small unmanned aircraft systems, to help facilitate compliance with existing statutory obligations for aircraft registration. The alternative process will help create a culture of accountability and ensure responsible use of small UAS. As evidenced by the recent reports of unsafe UAS operations, the lack of awareness of operators regarding what must be done to operate UAS safely in the NAS, and the lack of identification of UAS and their operators pose significant challenges in ensuring accountability for responsible use. Without increased awareness and knowledge of the statutory and regulatory requirements for safe operation, the risk of unsafe UAS operations will only rise. Aircraft registration, identification, and marking will assist the Department in identifying owners of UAS that are operated in an unsafe manner, so we may continue to educate these users, and when appropriate, take enforcement action. This rulemaking is based on public comment regarding the proposed aircraft registration process for small UAS in the Operation and Use of Small UAS notice of proposed rulemaking and recommendations from the UAS Registration task force. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Interim Final Rule.................. 12/16/15 80 FR 78593 OMB approval of information 12/21/15 80 FR 79255 collection. Final Rule Effective................ 12/21/15 Comment Period End.................. 01/15/16 Analyzing Comments.................. 06/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Sara Mikolop, Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591, Phone: 202 267-7776, Email: sara.mikolop@faa.gov. RIN: 2120-AK82 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Long-Term Actions 207. +Drug and Alcohol Testing of Certain Maintenance Provider Employees Located Outside of the United States Legal Authority: 14 CFR; 49 U.S.C. 106(g); 49 U.S.C. 40113; 49 U.S.C. [[Page 37359]] 44701; 49 U.S.C. 44702; 49 U.S.C. 44707; 49 U.S.C. 44709; 49 U.S.C. 44717 Abstract: This rulemaking is required by the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012. It would require controlled substance testing of some employees working in repair stations located outside the United States. The intended effect is to increase participation by companies outside of the United States in testing of employees who perform safety critical functions and testing standards similar to those used in the repair stations located in the United States. This action is necessary to increase the level of safety of the flying public. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ANPRM............................... 03/17/14 79 FR 14621 Comment Period Extended............. 05/01/14 79 FR 24631 ANPRM Comment Period End............ 05/16/14 Comment Period End.................. 07/17/14 NPRM................................ 05/00/17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Vicky Dunne, Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591, Phone: 202 267-8522, Email: vicky.dunne@faa.gov. RIN: 2120-AK09 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Completed Actions 208. Flight Simulation Training Device Qualification Standards for Extended Envelope and Adverse Weather Event Training (International Cooperation) Legal Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g); 49 U.S.C. 40113; 49 U.S.C. 44701; Pub. L. 111-216; 124 Stat. 2348; 49 U.S.C. 106(f) Abstract: This rulemaking would amend the Qualification Performance Standards for flight simulation training devices (FSTDs) for the primary purpose of improving existing technical standards and introducing new technical standards for full stall and stick pusher maneuvers, upset recognition and recovery maneuvers, maneuvers conducted in airborne icing conditions, takeoff and landing maneuvers in gusting crosswinds, and bounced landing recovery maneuvers. These new and improved technical standards are intended to fully define FSTD fidelity requirements for conducting new flight training tasks introduced through recent changes to the air carrier training requirements, as well as to address various National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and Aviation Rulemaking Committee recommendations. This final rule also updates the FSTD technical standards to better align with the current international FSTD evaluation guidance and introduces a new FSTD level that expands the number of qualified flight training tasks in a fixed-base flight training device. These changes will ensure that the training and testing environment is accurate and realistic, will codify existing practice, and will provide greater harmonization with international guidance for simulation. The amendments will not apply to previously qualified FSTDs with the exception of the FSTD Directive, which codifies the new FSTD technical standards for specific training tasks. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 07/10/14 79 FR 39461 NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 09/16/14 79 FR 55407 NPRM Comment Period End............. 10/08/14 Comment Period Extended............. 01/06/15 Final Action........................ 03/03/16 81 FR 18177 Final Action Effective.............. 05/31/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Larry McDonald, Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, P.O. Box 20636, Atlanta, GA 30320, Phone: 404-474-5620, Email: larry.e.mcdonald@faa.gov. RIN: 2120-AK08 BILLING CODE 4910-13-P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Final Rule Stage 209. +Commercial Drivers' License Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse (MAP- 21) Legal Authority: 49 U.S.C. 31306 Abstract: This rulemaking would create a central database for verified positive controlled substances and alcohol test results for commercial driver's license (CDL) holders and refusals by such drivers to submit to testing. This rulemaking would require employers of CDL holders and service agents to report positive test results and refusals to test into the Clearinghouse. Prospective employers, acting on an application for a CDL driver position with the applicant's written consent to access the Clearinghouse, would query the Clearinghouse to determine if any specific information about the driver applicant is in the Clearinghouse before allowing the applicant to be hired and to drive CMVs. This rulemaking is intended to increase highway safety by ensuring CDL holders, who have tested positive or have refused to submit to testing, have completed the U.S. DOT's return-to-duty process before driving CMVs in interstate or intrastate commerce. It is also intended to ensure that employers are meeting their drug and alcohol testing responsibilities. Additionally, provisions in this rulemaking would also be responsive to requirements of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21) Act. MAP-21 required creation of the Clearinghouse by 10/1/14. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 02/20/14 79 FR 9703 Comment Period End.................. 04/21/14 Comment Period End.................. 04/22/14 79 FR 22467 Comment Period Extended............. 04/22/14 79 FR 22467 Final Rule.......................... 07/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Juan Moya, Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Washington, DC 20590, Phone: 202 366-4844, Email: juan.moya@dot.gov. RIN: 2126-AB18 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Long-Term Actions 210. +Carrier Safety Fitness Determination Legal Authority: 49 U.S.C. 31144; sec. 4009 of TEA-21 Abstract: FMCSA proposes to amend the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) to adopt revised methodologies that would result in a safety fitness determination (SFD). The [[Page 37360]] proposed methodologies would determine when a motor carrier is not fit to operate commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) in or affecting interstate commerce based on (1) the carrier's on-road safety performance in relation to five of the Agency's seven Behavioral Analysis and Safety Improvement Categories (BASICs); (2) an investigation; or (3) a combination of on-road safety data and investigation information. The intended effect of this action is to more effectively use FMCSA data and resources to identify unfit motor carriers and to remove them from the Nation's roadways. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 01/21/16 81 FR 3562 NPRM Comment Period End............. 04/20/16 Next Action Undetermined............ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: David Miller, Regulatory Development Division, Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, Phone: 202 366-5370, Email: david.miller@dot.gov. RIN: 2126-AB11 211. +Entry-Level Driver Training (Section 610 Review) Legal Authority: 49 U.S.C. 31136 Abstract: FMCSA proposes new training standards for certain individuals applying for their initial commercial driver's license (CDL); an upgrade of their CDL (e.g., a Class B CDL holder seeking a Class A CDL); or a hazardous materials, passenger, or school bus endorsement for their license; and a ``refresher'' training curriculum. These individuals would be subject to the proposed entry-level driver training requirements and must complete a course of instruction provided by an entity that (1) meets the minimum qualifications for training providers, (2) covers the curriculum, (3) is listed on FMCSA's proposed Training Provider Registry, and (4) submits electronically to FMCSA the training certificate for each individual who completes the training. This NPRM responds to a Congressional mandate imposed under the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act. The proposed rule is based on consensus recommendations from the Agency's Entry- Level Driver Training Advisory Committee (ELDTAC), a negotiated rulemaking committee which held a series of meetings between February and May 2015. The compliance date of the rule would be three years after the effective date of the final rule. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 03/07/16 81 FR 11944 NPRM Comment Period End............. 04/06/16 Next Action Undetermined............ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Sean Gallagher, MC-PRR, Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., Washington, DC 20590, Phone: 202 366-3740, Email: sean.gallagher@dot.gov. RIN: 2126-AB66 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Completed Actions 212. +Electronic Logging Devices and Hours of Service Supporting Documents (MAP-21) (RRR) Legal Authority: 49 U.S.C. 31502; 31136(a); Pub. L. 103.311; 49 U.S.C. 31137(a) Abstract: This rulemaking would establish: (1) Minimum performance and design standards for hours-of-service (HOS) electronic logging devices (ELDs); (2) requirements for the mandatory use of these devices by drivers currently required to prepare HOS records of duty status (RODS); (3) requirements concerning HOS supporting documents; and (4) measures to address concerns about harassment resulting from the mandatory use of ELDs. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 02/01/11 76 FR 5537 NPRM Comment Period End............. 02/28/11 NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 03/10/11 76 FR 13121 NPRM Comment Period Extended End.... 05/23/11 SNPRM............................... 03/28/14 79 FR 17656 SNPRM Comment Period End............ 05/27/14 Final Rule.......................... 12/16/15 80 FR 78292 Final Rule Effective................ 02/16/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Brian Routhier, Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, Phone: 202 366-1225, Email: brian.routhier@dot.gov. RIN: 2126-AB20 BILLING CODE 4910-EX-P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Proposed Rule Stage 213. +Passenger Equipment Safety Standards Amendments (RRR) Legal Authority: 49 U.S.C. 20103 Abstract: This rulemaking would amend 49 CFR part 238 to update existing safety standards for passenger rail equipment. Specifically, the proposed rulemaking would add standards for alternative compliance with requirements for tier I passenger equipment, increase the maximum authorized speed for tier II passenger equipment, and add requirements for a new tier III category of passenger equipment. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 07/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Kathryn Shelton, Trial Attorney, Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, Phone: 202 493-6063, Email: kathryn.shelton@fra.dot.gov. RIN: 2130-AC46 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Final Rule Stage 214. +Train Crew Staffing and Location Legal Authority: 28 U.S.C. 2461, note; 49 CFR 1.89; 49 U.S.C. 20103; 49 U.S.C. 20107; 49 U.S.C. 21301-21302; 49 U.S.C. 21304 Abstract: This rulemaking would add minimum requirements for the size of different train crew staffs depending on the type of operation. The minimum crew staffing requirements would reflect the safety risks posed to railroad [[Page 37361]] employees, the general public, and the environment. This rulemaking would also establish minimum requirements for the roles and responsibilities of the second train crew member on a moving train, and promote safe and effective teamwork. Additionally, this rulemaking would permit a railroad to submit information to FRA and seek approval if it wants to continue an existing operation with a one-person train crew or start up an operation with less than two crew members. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 03/15/16 81 FR 13918 NPRM Comment Period End............. 05/16/16 Final Rule.......................... 09/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Kathryn Shelton, Trial Attorney, Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, Phone: 202 493-6063, Email: kathryn.shelton@fra.dot.gov. RIN: 2130-AC48 BILLING CODE 4910-06-P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC) Completed Actions 215. Tariff of Tolls (Rulemaking Resulting From a Section 610 Review) Legal Authority: 33 U.S.C. 981 et seq. Abstract: The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC) and the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC) of Canada, under international agreement, jointly publish and currently administer the St. Lawrence Seaway Tariff of Tolls in their respective jurisdictions. The tariff sets forth the level of tolls assessed on all commodities and vessels transiting the facilities operated by the SLSDC and the SLSMC. The SLSDC is revising its regulations to reflect the fees and charges levied by the SLSMC in Canada starting in the 2006 navigation season, which are effective only in Canada. An amendment to increase the minimum charge per lock for those vessels that are not pleasure craft or subject in Canada to tolls under items 1 and 2 of the tariff for full or partial transit of the Seaway will apply in the U.S. (See Supplementary Information.) Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 02/09/16 81 FR 6810 NPRM Comment Period End............. 03/10/16 ....................... Final Rule.......................... 03/17/16 81 FR 14390 Final Rule Effective................ 03/21/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No. Agency Contact: Carrie Lavigne, Department of Transportation, Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, Phone: 315 764-3231, Email: carrie.mann@dot.gov. RIN: 2135-AA38 216. Seaway Regulations and Rules: Periodic Update, Various Categories (Rulemaking Resulting From a Section 610 Review) Legal Authority: 33 U.S.C. 981 et seq. Abstract: The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC) and the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC) of Canada, under international agreement, jointly publish and currently administer the St. Lawrence Seaway Regulations and Rules (Practices and Procedures in Canada) in their respective jurisdictions. Under agreement with the SLSMC, the SLSDC is amending the joint regulations by updating the Seaway Regulations and Rules in various categories. The changes will update the following sections of the Regulations and Rules: Condition of Vessels; Preclearance and Security for Tolls; Tolls Assessment and Payment; Seaway Navigation; Dangerous Cargo; Toll Assessment and Payment; and, Information and Reports. These amendments are necessary to take account of updated procedures and will enhance the safety of transits through the Seaway. Several of the amendments are merely editorial or for clarification of existing requirements. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 02/05/16 81 FR 6198 NPRM Comment Period End............. 03/07/16 ....................... Final Rule.......................... 03/15/16 81 FR 13744 Final Rule Effective................ 03/21/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No. Agency Contact: Carrie Lavigne, Department of Transportation, Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, Phone: 315 764-3231, Email: carrie.mann@dot.gov. RIN: 2135-AA39 BILLING CODE 4910-61-P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) Proposed Rule Stage 217. +Pipeline Safety: Amendments to Parts 192 and 195 To Require Valve Installation and Minimum Rupture Detection Standards Legal Authority: 49 U.S.C. 60101 et seq. Abstract: This rule would propose installation of automatic shutoff valves, remote controlled valves, or equivalent technology and establish performance based meaningful metrics for rupture detection for gas and liquid transmission pipelines. The overall intent is that rupture detection metrics will be integrated with ASV and RCV placement with the objective of improving overall incident response. Rupture response metrics would focus on mitigating large, unsafe, uncontrolled release events that have a greater potential consequence. The areas proposed to be covered include High Consequence Areas (HCA) for hazardous liquids and HCA, Class 3 and 4 for natural gas (including could affect areas). Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 09/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Lawrence White, Attorney-Advisor, Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 20590, Phone: 202 366-4400, Fax: 292 366-7041. RIN: 2137-AF06 218. +Hazardous Materials: Oil Spill Response Plans and Information Sharing for High-Hazard Flammable Trains Legal Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321; 49 U.S.C. 5101 et seq. Abstract: This rulemaking, developed in consultation with the Federal Railroad Administration, would revise PHMSA's regulations to expand the applicability of comprehensive oil spill response plans (OSRPs) based on thresholds of liquid petroleum oil that apply to an entire train. We are also [[Page 37362]] proposing to revise the format and clarify requirements of a comprehensive OSRP and to require railroads to share information about high-hazard flammable train operations with state and tribal emergency response organizations (i.e., State Emergency Response Commissions and Tribal Emergency Response Commissions) to improve community preparedness. Lastly, PHMSA is proposing an update to boiling point testing procedures to provide regulatory flexibility and promotes enhanced safety in transport through accurate packing group assignment. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ANPRM............................... 08/01/14 79 FR 45079 ANPRM Comment Period End............ 09/30/14 ....................... NPRM................................ 05/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Victoria Lehman, Transportation Specialist, Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, Phone: 202 366-8553, Email: victoria.lehman@dot.gov. RIN: 2137-AF08 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) Final Rule Stage 219. +Pipeline Safety: Safety of Hazardous Liquid Pipelines Legal Authority: 49 U.S.C. 60101 et seq. Abstract: In recent years, there have been significant hazardous liquid pipeline accidents, most notably the 2010 crude oil spill near Marshall, Michigan, during which almost one million gallons of crude oil were spilled into the Kalamazoo River. In response to accident investigation findings, incident report data and trends, and stakeholder input, PHMSA published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal Register on October 13, 2015. Previously, Congress had enacted the Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and Job Creation Act that included several provisions that are relevant to the regulation of hazardous liquid pipelines. Shortly after the Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and Job Creation Act was passed, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued its accident investigation report on the Marshall, Michigan, accident. In this rulemaking action, PHMSA is amending the Pipeline Safety Regulations to improve protection of the public, property, and the environment by closing regulatory gaps where appropriate, and ensuring that operators are increasing the detection and remediation of unsafe conditions, and mitigating the adverse effects of hazardous liquid pipeline failures. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ANPRM............................... 10/18/10 75 FR 63774 Comment Period Extended............. 01/04/11 76 FR 303 ANPRM Comment Period End............ 01/18/11 ....................... Extended Comment Period End......... 02/18/11 ....................... NPRM................................ 10/13/15 80 FR 61610 NPRM Comment Period End............. 01/08/16 ....................... Final Rule.......................... 10/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: John A. Gale, Transportation Regulations Specialist, Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, Phone: 202-366-0434, Email: john.gale@dot.gov. RIN: 2137-AE66 220. Pipeline Safety: Issues Related to the Use of Plastic Pipe in Gas Pipeline Industry (RRR) Legal Authority: 49 U.S.C. 60101 et seq. Abstract: In this rule, PHMSA is amending the natural and other gas pipeline safety regulations (49 CFR part 192) to address regulatory requirements involving plastic piping systems used in gas services. These amendments are intended to correct errors, address inconsistencies, and respond to petitions for rulemaking. The requirements in several subject matter areas are affected, including incorporation of tracking and traceability provisions; design factor for polyethylene (PE) pipe; more stringent mechanical fitting requirements; updated and additional regulations for risers; expanded use of Polyamide-11 (PA-11) thermoplastic pipe; incorporation of newer Polyamide-12 (PA-12) thermoplastic pipe; and incorporation of updated and additional standards for fittings. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 05/21/15 80 FR 29263 NPRM Comment Period End............. 07/31/15 ....................... Final Rule.......................... 10/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Cameron H. Satterthwaite, Transportation Regulations Specialist, Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, Phone: 202-366-8553, Email: cameron.satterthwaite@dot.gov. RIN: 2137-AE93 221. Pipeline Safety: Operator Qualification, Cost Recovery, Accident and Incident Notification, and Other Changes (RRR) Legal Authority: 49 U.S.C. 60101 et seq. Abstract: PHMSA is amending the pipeline safety regulations to address requirements of the Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and Job Creation Act of 2011 (2011 Act), and to update and clarify certain regulatory requirements. Under the 2011 Act, PHMSA is adding a specific time frame for telephonic or electronic notifications of accidents and incidents and adding provisions for cost recovery for design reviews of certain new projects. Among other provisions, PHMSA is adding a procedure for renewal of expiring special permits, and for submitters of information requesting PHMSA to keep some information confidential. In addition, PHMSA is amending the operator qualification (OQ) requirements, drug and alcohol testing requirements, and incorporating consensus standards by reference for in-line inspection (ILI) and Stress Corrosion Cracking Direct Assessment (SCCDA). Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 07/10/15 80 FR 39916 NPRM Comment Period End............. 09/08/15 ....................... Final Rule.......................... 10/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: John A. Gale, Transportation Regulations Specialist, Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, Phone: 202-366-0434, Email: john.gale@dot.gov. [[Page 37363]] RIN: 2137-AE94 BILLING CODE 4910-60-P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Maritime Administration (MARAD) Proposed Rule Stage 222. +Cargo Preference Legal Authority: 49 CFR 1.66; 46 app U.S.C. 1101; 46 app U.S.C. 1241; 46 U.S.C. 2302 (e)(1); Pub. L. 91-469 Abstract: This rulemaking would revise and clarify the cargo preference regulations that have not been revised substantially since 1971. The rulemaking would also implement statutory changes, including section 3511, Public Law 110-417, of The National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2009, which provides enforcement authority. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 05/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Mitch Hudson, Attorney, Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, Phone: 202 366-9373, Email: mitch.hudson@dot.gov. RIN: 2133-AB74 BILLING CODE 4910-81-P [FR Doc. 2016-12913 Filed 6-8-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910-81-P [[Page 37365]] Vol. 81 Thursday, No. 111 June 9, 2016 Part XV Department of the Treasury ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Semiannual Regulatory Agenda Federal Register / Vol. 81 , No. 111 / Thursday, June 9, 2016 / Unified Agenda [[Page 37366]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 31 CFR Subtitles A and B Semiannual Agenda AGENCY: Department of the Treasury. ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This notice is given pursuant to the requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act and Executive Order 12866 (``Regulatory Planning and Review''), which require the publication by the Department of a semiannual agenda of regulations. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Agency contact identified in the item relating to that regulation. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The semiannual regulatory agenda includes regulations that the Department has issued or expects to issue and rules currently in effect that are under departmental or bureau review. Beginning with the fall 2007 edition, the Internet has been the primary medium for disseminating the Unified Agenda. The complete Unified Agenda will be available online at www.reginfo.gov and www.regulations.gov, in a format that offers users an enhanced ability to obtain information from the Agenda database. Because publication in the Federal Register is mandated for the regulatory flexibility agenda required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 602), Treasury's printed agenda entries include only: (1) Rules that are in the regulatory flexibility agenda, in accordance with the Regulatory Flexibility Act, because they are likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities; and (2) Rules that have been identified for periodic review under section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. Printing of these entries is limited to fields that contain information required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act's Agenda requirements. Additional information on these entries is available in the Unified Agenda available on the Internet. The semiannual agenda of the Department of the Treasury conforms to the Unified Agenda format developed by the Regulatory Information Service Center (RISC). Brian J. Sonfield, Deputy Assistant General Counsel for General Law and Regulation. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network--Completed Actions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 223....................... Financial Crimes 1506-AB25 Enforcement Network: Customer Due Diligence Requirements for Financial Institutions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Customs Revenue Function--Proposed Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 224....................... Mandated use of the 1515-AE06 Automated Commercial Environment for Submission of International Trade Data System Agency Information Accompanying Electronic Entry/Entry Summary (Cargo Release and Related Entry). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Internal Revenue Service--Proposed Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 225....................... Deemed Distributions Under 1545-BN07 Section 305(c) of Stock and Rights to Acquire Stock. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Internal Revenue Service--Final Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 226....................... Issue Price Definition for 1545-BM46 Tax-Exempt Bonds. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY (TREAS) Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FINCEN) Completed Actions 223. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network: Customer Due Diligence Requirements for Financial Institutions Legal Authority: 31 U.S.C. 5311 to 5314; 12 U.S.C. 1829(b) Abstract: The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), after consulting with staff from various Federal supervisory authorities, is proposing rules under the Bank Secrecy Act to clarify and strengthen customer due diligence requirements for: (i) Banks; (ii) brokers or dealers in securities; (iii) mutual funds; and (iv) futures commission merchants and introducing brokers in commodities. The proposed rules would contain explicit customer due diligence requirements and would include a new requirement to identify beneficial owners of legal entity customers, subject to certain exemptions. Completed: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Reason Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Final Action........................ 05/11/16 81 FR 29398 Final Action Effective.............. 05/11/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Michael Vallely, Phone: 703 905-3851, Email: michael.vallely@fincen.gov. RIN: 1506-AB25 BILLING CODE 4810-02-P [[Page 37367]] DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY (TREAS) Customs Revenue Function (CUSTOMS) Proposed Rule Stage 224. Mandated Use of the Automated Commercial Environment for Submission of International Trade Data System Agency Information Accompanying Electronic Entry/Entry Summary (Cargo Release and Related Entry) Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined Abstract: This document proposes to amend the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulations to reflect new requirements for filing in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE). Pursuant to the Security and Accountability for Every (SAFE) Port Act of 2006, CBP plans to implement the International Trade Data System (ITDS) by making ACE the single window for processing of all entry and entry summary data. CBP expects that making ACE the single window for trade processing will help CBP eliminate redundant information submissions, efficiently regulate the flow of commerce, and effectively enforce laws and regulations relating to international trade, as mandated by the SAFE Port Act of 2006. To realize the full benefit of the single window, CBP proposes new regulations that will require filers submitting entry or entry summary data electronically in ACE also to file associated ITDS Agency data electronically in ACE, subject to limited exceptions. This rule will make each discrete entry or entry summary more uniform, as each transaction will be filed entirely in electronic format or entirely in paper format. This will enhance the ability of the U.S. Government to enforce the legal requirements pertaining to those transactions. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 07/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Suzanne Kingsbury, Attorney, Regulations Branch, Department of the Treasury, Office of Regulations and Rulings, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20229, Phone: 202 572-8763. RIN: 1515-AE06 BILLING CODE 9111-14-P DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY (TREAS) Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Proposed Rule Stage 225. Deemed Distributions Under Section 305(C) of Stock and Rights To Acquire Stock Legal Authority: 26 U.S.C. 7805 Abstract: Provide guidance on the amount and timing of distributions under section 305(c) and 305(b), and to clarify that deemed distributions caused by changes in conversion ratios are considered a distribution of additional rights to acquire the underlying stock, and not a distribution of the underlying stock itself. Guidance is also provided to withholding agents regarding their withholding obligations, and on information reporting for such distributions under sections 860G, 861, 1441, 1461, 1471, 1473 and 6045B. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 04/13/16 81 FR 21795 NPRM Comment Period End............. 07/12/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Maurice LaBrie, Attorney, Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, 1111 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20224, Phone: 202 317-5024. RIN: 1545-BN07 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY (TREAS) Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Final Rule Stage 226. Issue Price Definition for Tax-Exempt Bonds Legal Authority: 26 U.S.C. 148(i); 26 U.S.C. 7805 Abstract: The final regulations define issue price for purposes of the arbitrage restrictions under section 148 of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to tax-exempt bonds and other tax-advantaged bonds. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 06/24/15 80 FR 36301 NPRM Comment Period End............. 09/22/15 Final Action........................ 09/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Lewis Bell, Tax Attorney, Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, 1111 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224, Phone: 202 317-4565, Fax: 855 574-9028, Email: lewis.bell@irscounsel.treas.gov. RIN: 1545-BM46 [FR Doc. 2016-12914 Filed 6-8-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4810-01-P [[Page 37369]] Vol. 81 Thursday, No. 111 June 9, 2016 Part XVI Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Semiannual Regulatory Agenda Federal Register / Vol. 81 , No. 111 / Thursday, June 9, 2016 / Unified Agenda [[Page 37370]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS COMPLIANCE BOARD 36 CFR Ch. XI Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions AGENCY: Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board. ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board submits the following agenda of proposed regulatory activities which may be conducted by the agency during the next 12 months. This regulatory agenda may be revised by the agency during the coming months as a result of action taken by the Board. ADDRESSES: Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, 1331 F Street NW., Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20004-1111. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information concerning Board regulations and proposed actions, contact Gretchen Jacobs, General Counsel, (202) 272-0040 (voice) or (202) 272-0062 (TTY). Gretchen Jacobs, General Counsel. Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board--Final Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 227....................... Accessibility Guidelines 3014-AA26 for Pedestrian Facilities in the Public Right-of- Way. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board--Long-Term Actions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 228....................... Americans With 3014-AA11 Disabilities Act (ADA) Accessibility Guidelines for Passenger Vessels. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS COMPLIANCE BOARD (ATBCB) Final Rule Stage 227. Accessibility Guidelines for Pedestrian Facilities in the Public Right-of-Way Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 12204, Americans With Disabilities Act; 29 U.S.C. 792, Rehabilitation Act Abstract: This rulemaking would establish accessibility guidelines to ensure that sidewalks and pedestrian facilities in the public right- of-way are accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities. A Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking consolidated this rulemaking with RIN 3014-AA41; accessibility guidelines for shared use paths (which are multi-use paths designed primarily for use by bicyclists and pedestrians--including persons with disabilities--for transportation and recreation purposes). The U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Department of Transportation, and other Federal agencies are expected to adopt the accessibility guidelines for pedestrian facilities in the public right-of-way and for shared use paths, as enforceable standards in separate rulemakings for the construction and alteration of facilities covered by the Americans With Disabilities Act, section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and the Architectural Barriers Act. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Notice of Intent to Form Advisory 08/12/99 64 FR 43980 Committee. Notice of Appointment of Advisory 10/20/99 64 FR 56482 Committee Members. Availability of Draft Guidelines.... 06/17/02 67 FR 41206 Availability of Draft Guidelines.... 11/23/05 70 FR 70734 NPRM................................ 07/26/11 76 FR 44664 NPRM Comment Period End............. 11/23/11 Notice Reopening Comment Period..... 12/05/11 76 FR 75844 Reopening NPRM Comment Period End... 02/02/12 Second NPRM......................... 02/13/13 78 FR 10110 Second NPRM Comment Period End...... 05/14/13 Final Action........................ 10/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Gretchen Jacobs, General Counsel, Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, 1331 F Street NW., Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20004-1111, Phone: 202 272-0040, TDD Phone: 202 272-0062, Fax: 202 272-0081, Email: jacobs@access-board.gov. RIN: 3014-AA26 ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS COMPLIANCE BOARD (ATBCB) Long-Term Actions 228. Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) Accessibility Guidelines for Passenger Vessels Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 12204, Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 Abstract: This rulemaking would establish accessibility guidelines to ensure that newly constructed and altered passenger vessels covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) are accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities. The U.S. Department of Transportation and U.S. Department of Justice are expected to adopt the guidelines as enforceable standards in separate rulemakings for the construction and alteration of passenger vessels covered by the ADA. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Notice of Intent to Establish 03/30/98 63 FR 15175 Advisory Committee. Establishment of Advisory Committee. 08/12/98 63 FR 43136 Availability of Draft Guidelines.... 11/26/04 69 FR 69244 ANPRM............................... 11/26/04 69 FR 69246 ANPRM Comment Period Extended....... 03/22/05 70 FR 14435 [[Page 37371]] ANPRM Comment Period Extended End... 07/28/05 Availability of Draft Guidelines.... 07/07/06 71 FR 38563 Notice of Intent to Establish 06/25/07 72 FR 34653 Advisory Committee. Establishment of Advisory Committee. 08/13/07 72 FR 45200 NPRM................................ 06/25/13 78 FR 38102 NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 08/13/13 78 FR 49248 NPRM Comment Period Extended End.... 01/24/14 Final Action........................ 10/00/17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Gretchen Jacobs, General Counsel, Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, 1331 F Street NW., Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20004-1111, Phone: 202 272-0040, TDD Phone: 202 272-0062, Fax: 202 272-0081, Email: jacobs@access-board.gov. RIN: 3014-AA11 [FR Doc. 2016-12919 Filed 6-8-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8150-01-P [[Page 37373]] Vol. 81 Thursday, No. 111 June 9, 2016 Part XVII Environmental Protection Agency ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Semiannual Regulatory Agenda Federal Register / Vol. 81 , No. 111 / Thursday, June 9, 2016 / Unified Agenda [[Page 37374]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 40 CFR Ch. I [EPA-HQ-OA-2016-0203; EPA-HQ-OAR-2016-0175; EPA-HQ-OPPT-2016-0126; EPA- HQ-OW-2015-0541; FRL 9944-15-OP] Spring 2016 Regulatory Agenda AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency. ACTION: Semiannual regulatory flexibility agenda and semiannual regulatory agenda. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) publishes the semiannual regulatory agenda online (the e-Agenda) at https:// www.reginfo.gov and at www.regulations.gov to update the public. This document contains information about: Regulations in the semiannual regulatory agenda that are under development, completed, or canceled since the last agenda; Retrospective reviews of existing regulations; and Reviews of regulations with small business impacts under Section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 11, 2016. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by the appropriate Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OA-2016-0203; EPA-HQ-OAR-2016-0175; EPA-HQ-OPPT-2016- 0126, to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or withdrawn. The EPA may publish any comment received to its public docket. Do not submit electronically any information you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be accompanied by a written comment. The written comment is considered the official comment and should include discussion of all points you wish to make. The EPA will generally not consider comments or comment contents located outside of the primary submission (i.e. on the web, cloud, or other file sharing system). For additional submission methods, the full EPA public comment policy, information about CBI or multimedia submissions, and general guidance on making effective comments, please visit https:/ /www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions or comments about a particular action, please get in touch with the agency contact listed in each agenda entry. If you have general questions about the semiannual regulatory agenda or retrospective review activity, please contact: Caryn Muellerleile (muellerleile.caryn@epa.gov; 202-564-2855). Table of Contents I. Introduction A. EPA's Regulatory Information B. What key statutes and Executive Orders guide EPA's rule and policymaking process? C. How can you be involved in EPA's rule and policymaking process? II. Semiannual Regulatory Agenda A. What actions are included in the E-Agenda and the Regulatory Agenda? B. How is the E-Agenda organized? C. What information is in the Regulatory Flexibility Agenda and the E-Agenda? D. How can you find out about rulemakings that start up after the Regulatory Agenda is signed? E. What tools are available for mining Regulatory Agenda data and for finding more about EPA rules and policies? III. Retrospective Review of Regulations IV. Review of Regulations Under 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act A. Reviews of Rules With Significant Impacts on a Substantial Number of Small Entities B. What other special attention does EPA give to the impacts of rules on small businesses, small governments, and small nonprofit organizations? V. Thank You for Collaborating With Us SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Introduction EPA is committed to a regulatory strategy that effectively achieves the Agency's mission of protecting the environment and the health, welfare, and safety of Americans while also supporting economic growth, job creation, competitiveness, and innovation. EPA publishes the Semiannual Regulatory Agenda to update the public about regulatory activity undertaken in support of this mission. Within the Semiannual Regulatory Agenda, EPA provides notice of our plans to review, propose, and issue regulations. In 2016, EPA is also reviewing its Final Plan for Periodic Retrospective Reviews of Existing Regulations, which was issued in 2011. Under Executive Order 13563, EPA committed to periodically review existing regulations to determine whether any may be modified, streamlined, expanded, or repealed in order to make the agency's regulatory program more effective or less burdensome in achieving our regulatory objectives. Consistent with our 2011 plan, EPA is again soliciting comments on regulations that might be appropriate for retrospective review. EPA's Semiannual Regulatory Agenda also includes information about rules that may have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities, and review of those regulations under the Regulatory Flexibility Act, as amended. Within this document, EPA explains in greater detail the types of actions and information available in the Semiannual Regulatory Agenda, the opportunity to suggest regulations that may be appropriate for retrospective review, and actions that are currently undergoing review specifically for impacts on small entities. A. EPA's Regulatory Information ``E-Agenda,'' ``online regulatory agenda,'' and ``semiannual regulatory agenda'' all refer to the same comprehensive collection of information that, until 2007, was published in the Federal Register but now is only available through an online database, at both www.reginfo.gov/ and www.regulations.gov. ``Regulatory Flexibility Agenda'' refers to a document that contains information about regulations that may have a significant impact on a substantial number of small entities. We continue to publish it in the Federal Register pursuant to the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980. This document is available at https:// www.gpo.gov/fdsys/search/home.action. ``Unified Regulatory Agenda'' refers to the collection of all agencies' agendas with an introduction prepared by the Regulatory Information Service Center facilitated by the General Service Administration. ``Regulatory Agenda Preamble'' refers to the document you are reading now. It appears as part of the Regulatory Flexibility Agenda and introduces both the Regulatory Flexibility Agenda and the e-Agenda. ``Regulatory Development and Retrospective Review Tracker'' refers to an online portal to EPA's priority rules and retrospective reviews of existing regulations. This portal is available at www.epa.gov/ regdarrt/. ``Retrospective Review Plan'' is EPA's plan under Executive Orders 13563 and 13610 to periodically review existing regulations to determine whether any may be modified, streamlined, expanded, or repealed in order to make the agency's regulatory program more effective or less burdensome in achieving the regulatory objectives. This Plan and subsequent progress updates are available at https:// www.epa.gov/ [[Page 37375]] laws-regulations/retrospective-review-history. ``610 Review'' is an action EPA is committed to reviewing within ten years of promulgating a final rule that has or may have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. EPA maintains a list of these actions at https://www.epa.gov/reg-flex/ section-610-reviews. B. What key statutes and Executive Orders guide EPA's rule and policymaking process? A number of environmental laws authorize EPA's actions, including but not limited to: Clean Air Act (CAA), Clean Water Act (CWA), Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA, or Superfund), Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), and Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Not only must EPA comply with environmental laws, but also administrative legal requirements that apply to the issuance of regulations, such as: The Administrative Procedure Act (APA), the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) as amended by the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (SBREFA), the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA), the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), the National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act (NTTAA), and the Congressional Review Act (CRA). EPA also meets a number of requirements contained in numerous Executive Orders: 12866, ``Regulatory Planning and Review'' (58 FR 51735, Oct. 4, 1993), as supplemented by Executive Order 13563, ``Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review'' (76 FR 3821, Jan. 21, 2011); 12898, ``Environmental Justice'' (59 FR 7629, Feb. 16, 1994); 13045, ``Children's Health Protection'' (62 FR 19885, Apr. 23, 1997); 13132, ``Federalism'' (64 FR 43255, Aug. 10, 1999); 13175, ``Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal Governments'' (65 FR 67249, Nov. 9, 2000); 13211, ``Actions Concerning Regulations That Significantly Affect Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use'' (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001). In addition to meeting its mission goals and priorities, EPA reviews its existing regulations under Executive Order 13563, ``Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review'' and Executive Order 13610, ``Identifying and Reducing Regulatory Burdens.'' These Executive Orders provide for periodic retrospective review of existing regulations and are intended to determine whether any such regulations should be modified, streamlined, expanded, or repealed, so as to make the Agency's regulatory program more effective or less burdensome in achieving its regulatory objectives. C. How can you be involved in EPA's rule and policymaking process? You can make your voice heard by getting in touch with the contact person provided in each agenda entry. EPA encourages you to participate as early in the process as possible. You may also participate by commenting on proposed rules published in the Federal Register (FR). Instructions on how to submit your comments are provided in each Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM). To be most effective, comments should contain information and data that support your position and you also should explain why EPA should incorporate your suggestion in the rule or other type of action. You can be particularly helpful and persuasive if you provide examples to illustrate your concerns and offer specific alternatives. EPA believes its actions will be more cost effective and protective if the development process includes stakeholders working with us to help identify the most practical and effective solutions to problems. EPA encourages you to become involved in its rule and policymaking process. For more information about public involvement in EPA activities, please visit www.epa.gov/open. II. Semiannual Regulatory Agenda A. What actions are included in the E-Agenda and the Regulatory Flexibility Agenda? EPA includes regulations in the e-Agenda. However, there is no legal significance to the omission of an item from the agenda, and EPA generally does not include the following categories of actions: Administrative actions such as delegations of authority, changes of address, or phone numbers; Under the CAA: Revisions to State implementation plans; equivalent methods for ambient air quality monitoring; deletions from the new source performance standards source categories list; delegations of authority to States; area designations for air quality planning purposes; Under FIFRA: Registration-related decisions, actions affecting the status of currently registered pesticides, and data call- ins; Under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: Actions regarding pesticide tolerances and food additive regulations; Under RCRA: Authorization of State solid waste management plans; hazardous waste delisting petitions; Under the CWA: State Water Quality Standards; deletions from the section 307(a) list of toxic pollutants; suspensions of toxic testing requirements under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES); delegations of NPDES authority to States; Under SDWA: Actions on State underground injection control programs. Meanwhile, the Regulatory Flexibility Agenda includes: Actions likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. Rules the Agency has identified for periodic review under section 610 of the RFA. EPA is initiating two 610 reviews at this time and completing one 610 review. B. How is the E-Agenda organized? You can choose how to organize the agenda entries online by specifying the characteristics of the entries of interest in the desired individual data fields for both the www.reginfo.gov and www.regulations.gov versions of the e-Agenda. You can sort based on the following characteristics: EPA subagency; stage of rulemaking, which is explained below; alphabetically by title; and by the Regulation Identifier Number (RIN), which is assigned sequentially when an action is added to the agenda. Each entry in the Agenda is associated with one of five rulemaking stages. The rulemaking stages are: 1. Prerule Stage--This section includes EPA actions generally intended to determine whether the agency should initiate rulemaking. Prerulemakings may include anything that influences or leads to rulemaking, such as Advance Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRMs), studies, or analyses of the possible need for regulatory action. 2. Proposed Rule Stage--This section includes EPA rulemaking actions that are within a year of proposal (publication of Notices of Proposed Rulemakings [NPRMs]). [[Page 37376]] 3. Final Rule Stage--This section includes rules that will be issued as a final rule within a year. 4. Long-Term Actions--This section includes rulemakings for which the next scheduled regulatory action is after April 2017. We urge you to explore becoming involved even if an action is listed in the Long- Term category. 5. Completed Actions--This section contains actions that have been promulgated and published in the Federal Register since publication of the fall 2015 Agenda. It also includes actions that EPA is no longer considering and has elected to ``withdraw.'' EPA also announces the results of any RFA section 610 review in this section of the agenda. C. What information is in the Regulatory Flexibility Agenda and the E- Agenda? The Regulatory Flexibility Agenda entries include only the nine categories of information that are required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 and by Federal Register Agenda printing requirements: Sequence Number, RIN, Title, Description, Statutory Authority, Section 610 Review, if applicable, Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required, Schedule, and Contact Person. Note that the electronic version of the Agenda (e-Agenda) has more extensive information on each of these actions. E-Agenda entries include: Title: A brief description of the subject of the regulation. The notation ``Section 610 Review'' follows the title if we are reviewing the rule as part of our periodic review of existing rules under section 610 of the RFA (5 U.S.C. 610). Priority: Entries are placed into one of five categories described below. a. Economically Significant: Under Executive Order 12866, a rulemaking that may have an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more, or adversely affect in a material way the economy, a sector of the economy, productivity, competition, jobs, the environment, public health or safety, or State, local, or tribal governments or communities. b. Other Significant: A rulemaking that is not economically significant but is considered significant for other reasons. This category includes rules that may: 1. Create a serious inconsistency or otherwise interfere with an action taken or planned by another agency; 2. Materially alter the budgetary impact of entitlements, grants, user fees, or loan programs, or the rights and obligations of recipients; or 3. Raise novel legal or policy issues arising out of legal mandates, the President's priorities, or the principles in Executive Order 12866. c. Substantive, Nonsignificant: A rulemaking that has substantive impacts but is not Significant, Routine and Frequent, or Informational/ Administrative/Other. d. Routine and Frequent: A rulemaking that is a specific case of a recurring application of a regulatory program in the Code of Federal Regulations (e.g., certain State Implementation Plans, National Priority List updates, Significant New Use Rules, State Hazardous Waste Management Program actions, and Tolerance Exemptions). If an action that would normally be classified Routine and Frequent is reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget under Executive Order 12866, then we would classify the action as either ``Economically Significant'' or ``Other Significant.'' e. Informational/Administrative/Other: An action that is primarily informational or pertains to an action outside the scope of Executive Order 12866. Major: A rule is ``major'' under 5 U.S.C. 801 if it has resulted or is likely to result in an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more or meets other criteria specified in that Act. Unfunded Mandates: Whether the rule is covered by section 202 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (2 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.). The Act generally requires that federal agencies prepare a written statement, including a cost-benefit analysis, for each proposed and final rule with ``federal mandates'' that may result in expenditures by State, local, and tribal governments, in the aggregate, or by the private sector of more than $100 million in 1 year. Legal Authority: The sections of the United States Code (U.S.C.), Public Law (Pub. L.), Executive Order (EO), or common name of the law that authorizes the regulatory action. CFR Citation: The sections of the Code of Federal Regulations that would be affected by the action. Legal Deadline: An indication of whether the rule is subject to a statutory or judicial deadline, the date of that deadline, and whether the deadline pertains to a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, a Final Action, or some other action. Abstract: A brief description of the problem the action will address. Timetable: The dates and citations (if available) for all past steps and a projected date for at least the next step for the regulatory action. A date displayed in the form 10/00/16 means the agency is predicting the month and year the action will take place but not the day it will occur. For some entries, the timetable indicates that the date of the next action is ``to be determined.'' Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Indicates whether EPA has prepared or anticipates that it will be preparing a regulatory flexibility analysis under section 603 or 604 of the RFA. Generally, such an analysis is required for proposed or final rules subject to the RFA that EPA believes may have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. Small Entities Affected: Indicates whether the rule is anticipated to have any effect on small businesses, small governments, or small nonprofit organizations. Government Levels Affected: Indicates whether the rule may have any effect on levels of government and, if so, whether the governments are State, local, tribal, or Federal. Federalism Implications: Indicates whether the action is expected to have substantial direct effects on the States, on the relationship between the national Government and the States, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities among the various levels of government. Energy Impacts: Indicates whether the action is a significant energy action under Executive Order 13211. Sectors Affected: Indicates the main economic sectors regulated by the action. The regulated parties are identified by their North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes. These codes were created by the Census Bureau for collecting, analyzing, and publishing statistical data on the U.S. economy. There are more than 1,000 NAICS codes for sectors in agriculture, mining, manufacturing, services, and public administration. International Trade Impacts: Indicates whether the action is likely to have international trade or investment effects, or otherwise be of international interest. Agency Contact: The name, address, phone number, and email address, if available, of a person who is knowledgeable about the regulation. Additional Information: Other information about the action including docket information. URLs: For some actions, the Internet addresses are included for reading copies of rulemaking documents, submitting comments on proposals, and getting more information about the rulemaking and the program of which it is a part. (Note: To submit comments on [[Page 37377]] proposals, you can go to the associated electronic docket, which is housed at www.regulations.gov. Once there, follow the online instructions to access the docket in question and submit comments. A docket identification [ID] number will assist in the search for materials.) RIN: The Regulation Identifier Number is used by OMB to identify and track rulemakings. The first four digits of the RIN identify the EPA office with lead responsibility for developing the action. D. How can you find out about rulemakings that start up after the Regulatory Agenda is signed? EPA posts monthly information of new rulemakings that the Agency's senior managers have decided to develop. This list is also distributed via email. You can find the current list, known as the Action Initiation List (AIL), at https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/actions- initiated-month where you will also find information about how to get an email notification when a new list is posted. E. What tools are available for mining Regulatory Agenda data and for finding more about EPA rules, policies, and retrospective review? 1. The https://www.reginfo.gov/ Searchable Database The Regulatory Information Service Center and Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs have a Federal regulatory dashboard that allows users to view the Regulatory Agenda database (https://www.reginfo.gov/ public/do/eAgendaMain), which includes search, display, and data transmission options. 2. Subject Matter EPA Web Sites Some actions listed in the Agenda include a URL that provides additional information about the action. 3. Public Dockets When EPA publishes either an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) or a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal Register, the Agency typically establishes a docket to accumulate materials throughout the development process for that rulemaking. The docket serves as the repository for the collection of documents or information related to a particular Agency action or activity. EPA most commonly uses dockets for rulemaking actions, but dockets may also be used for RFA section 610 reviews of rules with significant economic impacts on a substantial number of small entities and for various non- rulemaking activities, such as Federal Register documents seeking public comments on draft guidance, policy statements, information collection requests under the PRA, and other non-rule activities. Docket information should be in that action's agenda entry. All of EPA's public dockets can be located at www.regulations.gov. 4. EPA's Regulatory Development and Retrospective Review Tracker EPA's Regulatory Development and Retrospective Review Tracker (www.epa.gov/regdarrt/) serves as a portal to EPA's priority rules, providing you with earlier and more frequently updated information about Agency regulations than is provided by the Regulatory Agenda. Not all of EPA's Regulatory Agenda entries appear on Reg DaRRT; only priority rulemakings can be found on this Web site. This Web site also provides information about EPA's retrospective reviews of existing regulations and semiannual progress reports on those reviews. III. Retrospective Review of Regulations Recognizing the importance of reducing unnecessary red tape, Executive Order 13563 requires agencies to develop a plan to periodically review its regulations to determine whether any should be modified, streamlined, expanded, or repealed to make the agency's regulatory program more effective or less burdensome in achieving the regulatory objectives. Executive Order 13610 requires agencies to give priority to those initiatives that will produce significant monetary savings or reductions in paperwork burdens while protecting public health, welfare, safety, and our environment, and puts particular emphasis on initiatives that would reduce unjustified regulatory burdens or simplify or harmonize regulatory requirements on small businesses. In August 2011, EPA issued its Final Plan for Periodic Retrospective Reviews of Existing Regulations (https://www.epa.gov/ regdarrt/). This Plan was developed after extensive public outreach that sought input on an agency plan for retrospective review, as well as on possible reforms to modify, streamline, expand or repeal existing regulations. As part of our 2011 Final Plan, the EPA committed to soliciting comments on what the public recommends for review as well as to evaluating the first review period. Consistent with the Executive Orders and with our 2011 Plan, EPA is again soliciting comments on regulations that might be appropriate for retrospective review. We are requesting comment on rules that were finalized more than 5 years ago and that have not already been identified for review under the 2011 Final Plan or subsequent updates to that Plan. In addition, we are specifically soliciting comments on the following questions: Which regulations could be updated to be less burdensome for small businesses and/or state and local governments while maintaining environmental protection? Which regulations, including economically significant rules, could be transitioned from paper to electronic reporting? How can the EPA reduce duplicative reporting requirements in existing regulations that may overlap with other federal requirements? How can the EPA streamline or consolidate reporting requirements to reduce burden, including reducing the frequency of reporting, while maintaining effective programs? Which regulations could be improved through the use of advance monitoring techniques to facilitate environmental protection? Are there changes that could be made to a regulation to better protect vulnerable populations? Which regulations (or a portion of a regulation) have achieved their original objective and become obsolete? We request that commenters be as specific as possible, include any supporting data or other information, and provide a citation when referencing a specific regulation. In addition, in drafting comments, bear in mind that the EPA must uphold both its legal obligations under governing statutes and its mission to protect human health and the environment; and that the EPA's retrospective review will be tailored to reflect its resources, rulemaking schedule, and workload. The EPA is accepting comments until July 11, 2016. Please send retrospective review comments to docket EPA-HQ-OA-2016-0203. Although the agency will not respond to individual comments, the EPA values and will give careful consideration to all input that it receives. Please see https://www.epa.gov/regdarrt/retrospective/history.html for additional information and updates. IV. Review of Regulations Under 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act A. Reviews of Rules With Significant Impacts on a Substantial Number of Small Entities Section 610 of the RFA requires that an agency review, within 10 years of [[Page 37378]] promulgation, each rule that has or will have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. At this time, EPA is initiating two 610 reviews and concluding a third 610 review. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Review title RIN Docket ID # Status ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 610 Review of Control of Hazardous 2060-AS88 EPA-HQ-OAR-2016-0175 New. Air Pollutants From Mobile Sources. Section 610 Review of Lead-Based 2070-AK17 EPA-HQ-OPPT-2016-0126 New. Paint Activities; Training and Certification for Renovation and Remodeling Section 402(c)(3). Section 610 Review of National 2040-AF58 EPA-HQ-OW-2015-0541 Completed. Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Ground Water Rule. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EPA established official public dockets for the new 610 Reviews. If you would like to provide feedback, submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2016-0175 or EPA-HQ-OPPT-2016-0126, to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or withdrawn. The EPA may publish any comment received to its public docket. Do not submit electronically any information you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be accompanied by a written comment. The written comment is considered the official comment and should include discussion of all points you wish to make. The EPA generally will not consider comments or comment contents located outside of the primary submission (i.e. on the Web, cloud, or other file sharing system). For additional submission methods, the full EPA public comment policy, information about CBI or multimedia submissions, and general guidance on making effective comments, please visit https:// www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets. EPA is no longer accepting comment on the Section 610 Review of National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Ground Water Rule. B. What other special attention does EPA give to the impacts of rules on small businesses, small governments, and small nonprofit organizations? For each of EPA's rulemakings, consideration is given to whether there will be any adverse impact on any small entity. EPA attempts to fit the regulatory requirements, to the extent feasible, to the scale of the businesses, organizations, and governmental jurisdictions subject to the regulation. Under RFA as amended by SBREFA, the Agency must prepare a formal analysis of the potential negative impacts on small entities, convene a Small Business Advocacy Review Panel (proposed rule stage), and prepare a Small Entity Compliance Guide (final rule stage) unless the Agency certifies a rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. For more detailed information about the Agency's policy and practice with respect to implementing RFA/SBREFA, please visit EPA's RFA/SBREFA Web site at www.epa.gov/reg- flex. V. Thank You for Collaborating With Us Finally, we would like to thank those of you who choose to join with us in making progress on the complex issues involved in protecting human health and the environment. Collaborative efforts such as EPA's open rulemaking process are a valuable tool for addressing the problems we face, and the regulatory agenda is an important part of that process. Dated: March 18, 2016. Shannon Kenny, Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy. 10--Prerule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 229....................... Section 610 Review of 2060-AS88 Control of Hazardous Air Pollutants From Mobile Sources (Section 610 Review). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10--Final Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 230....................... Modernization of the 2050-AG82 Accidental Release Prevention Regulations Under Clean Air Act. 231....................... General Permits and 2060-AR98 Permits by Rule for the Federal Minor New Source Review Program in Indian Country for Six Source Categories. 232....................... Greenhouse Gas Emissions 2060-AS16 and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles--Phase 2. 233....................... Oil and Natural Gas 2060-AS30 Sector: Emission Standards for New and Modified Sources. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [[Page 37379]] 35--Prerule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 234....................... Section 610 Review of Lead- 2070-AK17 Based Paint Activities; Training and Certification for Renovation and Remodeling Section 402(c)(3) (Section 610 Review). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 35--Proposed Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 235....................... Trichloroethylene (TCE); 2070-AK11 Rulemaking Under TSCA Section 6(a); Vapor Degreasing. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 35--Final Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 236....................... Formaldehyde Emission 2070-AJ44 Standards for Composite Wood Products. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 60--Proposed Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 237....................... Financial Responsibility 2050-AG61 Requirements Under CERCLA Section 108(b) for Classes of Facilities in the Hard Rock Mining Industry. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 72--Completed Actions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 238....................... Section 610 Review of 2040-AF58 National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Ground Water Rule (Completion of a Section 610 Review). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA) 10 Prerule Stage 229. Section 610 Review of Control of Hazardous Air Pollutants From Mobile Sources (Section 610 Review) Legal Authority: 5 U.S.C. 610 Abstract: The rulemaking ``Control of Hazardous Air Pollutants From Mobile Sources'' was finalized by the EPA in February 2007 (72 FR 8428, February 26, 2007). This program established stringent new controls on gasoline, passenger vehicles, and gas cans to further reduce emissions of benzene and other mobile source air toxics. The EPA developed a Small Entity Compliance Guide, which provides descriptions of the regulations and small entity provisions, Q&As, and other helpful compliance information. This new entry in the Regulatory Agenda announces that the EPA will review this action pursuant to section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 610) to determine if the provisions that could affect small entities should be continued without change, or should be rescinded or amended to minimize adverse economic impacts on small entities. As part of this review, the EPA will consider and solicit comments on the following factors: (1) The continued need for the rule; (2) the nature of complaints or comments received from the public concerning the rule; (3) the complexity of the rule; (4) the extent to which the rule overlaps, duplicates, or conflicts with other Federal, State, or local government rules; and (5) the degree to which the technology, economic conditions, or other factors have changed in the area affected by the rule. Comments must be received within 60 days of this notice. In submitting comments, please reference Docket ID EPA-HQ-OAR-2016-0175 and follow the instructions provided in the preamble to this issue of the Regulatory Agenda. This docket can be accessed at www.regulations.gov. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Final Rule.......................... 02/26/07 72 FR 8427 Begin Review........................ 05/00/16 End Review.......................... 11/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No. Agency Contact: Tom Eagles, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 6103A, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460, Phone: 202 564-1952, Fax: 202 564-1554, Email: eagles.tom@epamail.epa.gov. RIN: 2060-AS88 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA) 10 Final Rule Stage 230. Modernization of the Accidental Release Prevention Regulations Under Clean Air Act Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7412(r) Abstract: The EPA, in response to Executive Order 13650, is considering amending its Risk Management Program [[Page 37380]] regulations. Such revisions may include several changes to the accident prevention program requirements including an additional analysis of safer technology and alternatives for the process hazard analysis for some Program 3 processes, third-party audits and incident investigation root cause analysis for Program 2 and Program 3 processes, enhancements to the emergency preparedness requirements, increased public availability of chemical hazard information, and several other changes to certain regulatory definitions and data elements submitted in risk management plans. Such amendments are intended to improve chemical process safety, assist local emergency authorities in planning for and responding to accidents, and improve public awareness of chemical hazards at regulated sources. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 03/14/16 81 FR 13637 Final Rule.......................... 12/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Jim Belke, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Land and Emergency Management, 5104A, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460, Phone: 202 564-8023, Fax: 202 564-8444, Email: belke.jim@epa.gov. Kathy Franklin, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Land and Emergency Management, 5104A, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460, Phone: 202 564-7987, Fax: 202 564-2625, Email: franklin.kathy@epa.gov. RIN: 2050-AG82 231. General Permits and Permits By Rule for the Federal Minor New Source Review Program in Indian Country for Six Source Categories Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. Clean Air Act Abstract: The Tribal Minor New Source Review (NSR) program applies to new and modified minor sources and minor modifications at major sources of air pollution in Indian country. The program, established in 2011, is implemented through issuance of preconstruction permits that can include, among other requirements, pollutant emission limits for minor sources and emission limitations on the potential of sources to emit pollution that would otherwise be considered major sources. This minor source program for Indian country is similar to state minor NSR programs. State minor NSR programs often use general permits and a few state programs allow permits by rule as streamlined permitting approaches for similar emission units or stationary sources. This action finalizes general permits for certain source categories of true minor sources wishing to locate or expand in Indian country. This action finalizes general permits for the following six source categories: Concrete batch plants; boilers and emergency engines, stationary spark ignition engines, stationary compression ignition engines, graphic arts and printing operations, and sawmill facilities. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 07/17/14 79 FR 41845 NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 08/19/14 79 FR 49031 Final Rule.......................... 05/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Chris Stoneman, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C304-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, Phone: 919 541-0823, Fax: 919 541-0072, Email: stoneman.chris@epa.gov. Mark Sendzik, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, C304-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, Phone: 919 541-5534, Fax: 919 541-0942, Email: sendzik.mark@epa.gov. RIN: 2060-AR98 232. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles--Phase 2 Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. Clean Air Act Abstract: The EPA and the Department of Transportation, in close coordination with the California Air Resources Board, are developing a comprehensive National Program for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emission and Fuel Efficiency Standards for model years beyond 2018. These standards would further reduce greenhouse gas emissions and fuel consumption from a wide range of on-road vehicles from semi-trucks to the largest pickup trucks and vans, and all types and sizes of work trucks and buses. This action is in continued response to the President's directive to take coordinated steps to produce a new generation of clean vehicles and follows the first ever Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles (76 FR 57106, September 15, 2011). Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 07/13/15 80 FR 40137 NPRM Comment Period End............. 09/11/15 NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 07/28/15 80 FR 44863 NPRM Comment Period End Extended End 09/17/15 Notice.............................. 03/02/16 81 FR 10822 Final Rule.......................... 08/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Matt Spears, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, Mail Code: ASD1, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, Phone: 734 214- 4921, Fax: 734 214-4816, Email: spears.mattew@epa.gov. Charles Moulis, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, NFEVL, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, Phone: 734 214-4826. RIN: 2060-AS16 233. Oil and Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New and Modified Sources Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. Clean Air Act Abstract: Consistent with the White House Methane Strategy and the January 14, 2015, announcement of the EPA's approach to achieving methane and volatile organic compounds (VOC) reductions from the oil and natural gas sector, this action will finalize amendments to the 2012 new source performance standards (NSPS) for this sector. The proposed rule published 9/18/15, included methane and VOC standards for sources not covered by the 2012 Oil and Gas NSPS, such as completions of hydraulically fractured oil wells, pneumatic pumps and fugitive emissions at well sites and compressor stations. The proposal also included methane standards for sources covered in the 2012 NSPS. In addition, in response to the reconsideration petitions received for the 2012 NSPS and the subsequent amendments to the NSPS, this rule addresses the issues for which the EPA is granting reconsideration. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 09/18/15 80 FR 56593 NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 11/13/15 80 FR 70179 Final Rule.......................... 05/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [[Page 37381]] Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Amy Hambrick, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, E143-05, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, Phone: 919 541-0964, Fax: 919 541-3470, Email: hambrick.amy@epa.gov. David Cozzie, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, E-143-05, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, Phone: 919 541-5356, Email: cozzie.david@epa.gov. RIN: 2060-AS30 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA) 35 Prerule Stage 234. Section 610 Review of Lead-Based Paint Activities; Training and Certification for Renovation and Remodeling Section 402(C)(3) (Section 610 Review) Legal Authority: 5 U.S.C. 610 Abstract: EPA is initiating a review of the 2008 Lead; Renovation, Repair, and Painting Program (RRP) (73 FR 21692) pursuant to section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA, 5 U.S.C. 610). The rule was amended in 2010 (75 FR 24802) and 2011 (76 FR 47918) to eliminate a provision for contractors to opt-out of prescribed work practices and to affirm the qualitative clearance of renovated or repaired spaces, respectively. Although the section 610 review only needs to address the 2008 RRP Rule, EPA will exercise its discretion to consider relevant comments to the 2010 and 2011 amendments. The RRP rule is intended to reduce exposure to lead hazard created by renovation, repair, and painting activities that disturb lead-based paint. The current rule establishes requirements for training renovators and dust sampling technicians; certifying renovators, dust sampling technicians, and renovation firms; accrediting providers of renovation and dust sampling technician training; and for renovation work practices. This new entry in the regulatory agenda announces that EPA will review this action pursuant to RFA section 610. As part of this review, EPA will consider and solicit comments on the following factors: (1) The continued need for the rule; (2) the nature of complaints or comments received concerning the rule; (3) the complexity of the rule; (4) the extent to which the rule overlaps, duplicates, or conflicts with other Federal, State, or local government rules; and (5) the degree to which the technology, economic conditions or other factors have changed in the area affected by the rule. This review will also serve as an additional opportunity to provide comment on lead test kits, field testing alternatives and other broader RRP rule concerns as referenced in 80 FR 79335 and 80 FR 27621. Comments must be received within 60 days of this notice. In submitting comments, please reference Docket ID EPA-HQ-OPPT- 2016-0126 and follow the instructions provided in the preamble to this issue of the Regulatory Agenda. This docket can be accessed at www.regulations.gov. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Final Rule.......................... 04/22/08 73 FR 21691 Begin Review........................ 05/00/16 End Review.......................... 12/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No. Agency Contact: Jonathan Shafer, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, 7404T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460, Phone: 202 564-0789, Email: shafer.jonathan@epa.gov. Michelle Price, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, 7404T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460, Phone: 202 566-0744, Email: price.michelle@epa.gov. RIN: 2070-AK17 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA) 35 Proposed Rule Stage 235. Trichloroethylene (TCE); Rulemaking Under TSCA Section 6(A); Vapor Degreasing Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2605 Toxic Substances Control Act Abstract: Section 6(a) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) provides authority for the EPA to ban or restrict the manufacture (including import), processing, distribution in commerce, and use of chemicals, as well as any manner or method of disposal. The EPA identified trichloroethylene (TCE) for risk evaluation as part of its Work Plan for Chemical Assessment under TSCA. TCE is used in industrial and commercial processes, and also has some limited uses in consumer products. In the June 2014 TSCA Work Plan Chemical Risk Assessment for TCE, the EPA identified risks associated with commercial vapor degreasing. EPA is initiating rulemaking under TSCA section 6 to address these risks, if the EPA finds that there is a reasonable basis to conclude that the risks to human health or the environment are unreasonable. A separate Regulatory Agenda entry (RIN 2070-AK03) covers the EPA's consideration of a rulemaking to address the risks associated with TCE when used as a spotting agent in dry cleaning and in commercial and consumer aerosol spray degreasers. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 10/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Toni Krasnic, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, 7405M, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460, Phone: 202 564-0984, Email: krasnic.toni@epa.gov. Joel Wolf, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, 7404T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460, Phone: 202 564-2228, Fax: 202 566-0471, Email: wolf.joel@epa.gov. RIN: 2070-AK11 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA) 35 Final Rule Stage 236. Formaldehyde Emission Standards for Composite Wood Products Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2697 Toxic Substances Control Act Abstract: The EPA is developing a final rule under the Formaldehyde Standards for Composite Wood Products Act that was enacted in 2010 as title VI of Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), 15 U.S.C. 2697. In 2013, EPA issued a proposed rule to establish a framework for a TSCA title VI Third-Party Certification Program whereby third-party certifiers (TPCs) are accredited by accreditation bodies (ABs) so that they may certify composite wood product panel producers under TSCA title VI. That proposed rule identified the roles and responsibilities of the groups involved in the TPC process (EPA, ABs, and TPCs), as well as the criteria for participation in the program. EPA also proposed general requirements for TPCs, such as conducting and verifying formaldehyde emission tests, [[Page 37382]] inspecting and auditing panel producers, and ensuring that panel producers' quality assurance and quality control procedures comply with the regulations set forth in the proposed rule. A separate proposed rule issued in 2013 under RIN 2070-AJ92 covered the implementation of the statutory formaldehyde emission standards for hardwood plywood, medium-density fiberboard, and particleboard sold, supplied, offered for sale, or manufactured (including imported) in the United States. Pursuant to TSCA section 3(7), the definition of ``manufacture'' includes import. As required by title VI, these regulations apply to hardwood plywood, medium-density fiberboard, and particleboard. TSCA title VI also directs EPA to promulgate supplementary provisions to ensure compliance with the emissions standards, including provisions related to labeling; chain of custody requirements; sell-through provisions; ultra low-emitting formaldehyde resins; no-added formaldehyde-based resins; finished goods; third-party testing and certification; auditing and reporting of third-party certifiers; recordkeeping; enforcement; laminated products; and exceptions from the requirements of regulations promulgated pursuant to this subsection for products and components containing de minimis amounts of composite wood products. As noted in the previously published Regulatory Agenda entry for each rulemaking, EPA has decided to issue a single final rule that addresses both of these proposals. As such, EPA also combined the entries for the Regulatory Agenda. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ANPRM............................... 12/03/08 73 FR 73620 Second ANPRM........................ 01/30/09 74 FR 5632 NPRM................................ 06/10/13 78 FR 34795 NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 07/23/13 78 FR 44090 NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 08/21/13 78 FR 51696 Final Rule.......................... 07/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Sara Kemme, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, 7404T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460, Phone: 202 566-0511, Fax: 202 566- 0473, Email: kemme.sara@epa.gov. Robert Courtnage, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, 7404T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460, Phone: 202 566-1081, Email: courtnage.robert@epa.gov. RIN: 2070-AJ44 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA) 60 Proposed Rule Stage 237. Financial Responsibility Requirements Under CERCLA Section 108(b) for Classes of Facilities in the Hard Rock Mining Industry Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 9608(b) Abstract: Section 108(b) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980, as amended, establishes certain authorities concerning financial responsibility requirements. The Agency has identified classes of facilities within the Hard Rock mining industry as those for which financial responsibility requirements will be first developed. The EPA intends to include requirements for financial responsibility, as well as notification and implementation. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Notice.............................. 07/28/09 74 FR 37213 NPRM................................ 12/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Barbara Foster, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Land and Emergency Management, 5304P, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460, Phone: 703 308-7057, Email: foster.barbara@epa.gov. Scott Palmer, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Land and Emergency Management, 5305P, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460, Phone: 703 308-8621, Email: palmer.scott@epa.gov. RIN: 2050-AG61 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA) 72 Completed Actions 238. Section 610 Review of National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Ground Water Rule (Completion of a Section 610 Review) Legal Authority: 5 U.S.C. 610 Abstract: EPA published the Ground Water Rule (GWR) in the Federal Register on November 08, 2006. The purpose of the rule is to provide for increased protection against microbial pathogens in public water systems that use ground water sources. EPA is particularly concerned about ground water systems that are susceptible to fecal contamination since disease-causing pathogens may be found in fecal contamination. The GWR applies to public water systems that serve ground water. The rule also applies to any system that mixes surface and ground water if the ground water is added directly to the distribution system and provided to consumers without treatment. EPA reviewed this action in the fall of 2015 through the spring of 2016, pursuant to section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 610). As part of this review, EPA solicited comments for consideration on the following factors: (1) The continued need for the rule; (2) the nature of complaints or comments received concerning the rule; (3) the complexity of the rule; (4) the extent to which the rule overlaps, duplicates, or conflicts with other federal, state, or local government rules; and (5) the degree to which the technology, economic conditions or other factors have changed in the area affected by the rule. EPA has completed its review and concluded that the rule needs no revisions at this time to minimize impacts on small entities. The results of the review are summarized in a report and placed in the Water Docket under Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2015-0541. You can access the docket at the Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Final Rule.......................... 11/08/06 71 FR 65573 Begin Review........................ 11/09/15 ....................... End Review.......................... 04/13/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No. Agency Contact: Philip Berger, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4607M, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460, Phone: 202 564-5255, Email: berger.philip@epa.gov. Crystal Rodgers-Jenkins, Environmental Protection Agency, Water, 4607M, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460, Phone: 202 564-5275, Fax: 202 564-3767, Email: rodgers-jenkins.crystal@epa.gov. [[Page 37383]] RIN: 2040-AF58 [FR Doc. 2016-12921 Filed 6-8-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P [[Page 37385]] Vol. 81 Thursday, No. 111 June 9, 2016 Part XVIII General Services Administration ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Semiannual Regulatory Agenda Federal Register / Vol. 81 , No. 111 / Thursday, June 9, 2016 / Unified Agenda [[Page 37386]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 41 CFR Chs. 101, 102, 300, and 301 48 CFR Chapter 5 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions AGENCY: General Services Administration (GSA). ACTION: Semiannual Regulatory Agenda. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This agenda announces the proposed regulatory actions that GSA plans for the next 12 months and those that were completed since the fall 2015 edition. This agenda was developed under the guidelines of Executive Order 12866 ``Regulatory Planning and Review.'' GSA's purpose in publishing this agenda is to allow interested persons an opportunity to participate in the rulemaking process. GSA also invites interested persons to recommend existing significant regulations for review to determine whether they should be modified or eliminated. Proposed rules may be reviewed in their entirety at the Government's rulemaking Web site at https://www.regulations.gov. Since the fall 2007 edition, the Internet has been the basic means for disseminating the Unified Agenda. The complete Unified Agenda will be available online at www.reginfo.gov, in a format that offers users a greatly enhanced ability to obtain information from the Agenda database. Because publication in the Federal Register is mandated for the regulatory flexibility agendas required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 602), GSA's printed agenda entries include only: (1) Rules that are in the Agency's regulatory flexibility agenda, in accordance with the Regulatory Flexibility Act, because they are likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities; and (2) Any rules that the Agency has identified for periodic review under section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. Printing of these entries is limited to fields that contain information required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act's Agenda requirements. Additional information on these entries is available in the Unified Agenda published on the Internet. In addition, for fall editions of the Agenda, the entire Regulatory Plan will continue to be printed in the Federal Register, as in past years, including GSA's regulatory plan. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hada Flowers, Division Director, Regulatory Secretariat Division at (202) 501-4755. Dated: March 28, 2016. Troy Cribb, Associate Administrator, Office of Government-wide Policy. General Services Administration--Final Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 239....................... General Services 3090-AJ43 Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR); GSAR Case 2010- G511, Purchasing by Non- Federal Entities. 240....................... General Services 3090-AJ51 Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR); GSAR Case 2013- G504, Transactional Data Reporting. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ General Services Administration--Long-Term Actions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 241....................... General Services 3090-AJ67 Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR); GSAR Case 2015- G512, Unenforceable Commercial Supplier Agreement Terms. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ General Services Administration--Completed Actions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 242....................... General Services 3090-AJ57 Administration Regulation (GSAR); GSAR Case 2015- G508, Removal of Unnecessary Construction Clauses and Editorial Changes. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (GSA) Office of Acquisition Policy Final Rule Stage 239. General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR); GSAR Case 2010-G511, Purchasing by Non-Federal Entities Legal Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c) Abstract: The General Services Administration (GSA) is amending the General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) to implement the Federal Supply Schedules Usage Act of 2010 (FSSUA), the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2008 (NAHASDA), the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (NDAA), and the Local Preparedness Acquisition Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (LPAA), to provide increased access to GSA's Federal Supply Schedules (Schedules). GSA is also amending the Federal Supply Schedule Contracting and Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses, in regard to this statutory implementation. This case is included in GSA's retrospective review of existing regulations under Executive Order 13563. Additional information is located in GSA's retrospective review (2016), available at: www.gsa.gov/improvingregulations. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 04/17/14 79 FR 21691 NPRM Comment Period End............. 06/16/14 ....................... Final Rule.......................... 05/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [[Page 37387]] Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Dana L. Munson, Procurement Analyst, General Services Administration, 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405, Phone: 202 357-9652, Email: dana.munson@gsa.gov. RIN: 3090-AJ43 240. General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR); GSAR Case 2013-G504, Transactional Data Reporting Legal Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c) Abstract: The General Services Administration (GSA) is issuing a final rule amending the General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) to require vendors to report transactional data from orders and prices paid by ordering activities. This includes orders placed against both Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contract vehicles and GSA's non-FSS contract vehicles, Governmentwide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs) and Multi-Agency Contracts (MACs). Once implemented, the new GSAR transactional data reporting clauses will enable GSA to provide Federal agencies with further market intelligence and expert guidance in procuring goods and services in each category of GSA acquisition vehicles. The new requirement will not affect the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) FSS contract holders. The proposed amendment to the GSAR will add an alternate version of the existing GSAR clause 552.238-74 Industrial Funding Fee and Sales Reporting (IFF) (Federal Supply Schedule) and a new GSAR clause 552.216-75 Sales Reporting and Fee Remittance. Under the FSS program, vendors that agree to the new transactional reporting requirement will have their contracts modified with an alternate version of clause 552.238-75 Price Reductions; the alternate version of clause 552.238-75 does not require the vendor to monitor and provide price reductions to the Government when the customer or category of customer upon which the contract was predicated receives a discount. GSA will implement the new transactional data reporting requirements in phases, beginning with specific contract vehicles, including a few select Federal Supply Schedules, or Special Item Numbers that show the greatest potential to optimize transactional data via category management and reduced price variability. GSA will engage stakeholders throughout the phases of the implementation. GSA is reviewing the public comments received and analyzing alternatives for collecting transactional data, including the potential publication of a final rule. This case is included in GSA's retrospective review of existing regulations under Executive Order 13563. Additional information is located in GSA's retrospective review (2016), available at: www.gsa.gov/improvingregulations. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 03/04/15 80 FR 11619 NPRM Comment Period End............. 05/04/15 ....................... NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 05/06/15 80 FR 25994 NPRM Comment Period Extended End.... 05/11/15 ....................... Final Rule.......................... 09/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Mr. Matthew McFarland, Program Analyst, General Services Administration, 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405, Phone: 202 690-9232, Email: matthew.mcfarland@gsa.gov. RIN: 3090-AJ51 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (GSA) Office of Acquisition Policy Long-Term Actions 241. General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR); GSAR Case 2015-G512, Unenforceable Commercial Supplier Agreement Terms Legal Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c) Abstract: GSA is amending the General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) to streamline the evaluation process to award contracts containing commercial supplier agreements Government and industry often spend significant time negotiating elements common in almost every commercial supplier agreement where the terms conflict with federal law. Past negotiations would always lead to deleting the terms from the contract, but only after several rounds of legal review by both parties. This case would explore methods for automatically nullifying these common terms out of contracts. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 06/00/17 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Janet Fry, Program Analyst, General Services Administration, 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405, Phone: 703 605-3167, Email: janet.fry@gsa.gov. RIN: 3090-AJ67 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (GSA) Completed Actions 242. General Services Administration Regulation (GSAR); GSAR Case 2015- G508, Removal of Unnecessary Construction Clauses and Editorial Changes Legal Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c) Abstract: The General Services Administration (GSA) is amending the General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) to revise GSAR part 536, Construction and Architect-Engineer Contracts, and corresponding provisions and clauses in GSAR part 552, Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses, to remove unnecessary construction clauses. These provisions and clauses are now covered in the FAR or are otherwise no longer necessary for the agency. Removing these clauses simplifies contract terms and conditions, reduces regulatory burden to contractors, and eliminates any conflict with language contained in construction contract technical specifications. Completed: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Final Rule.......................... 01/27/16 81 FR 4593 Final Rule Effective................ 01/27/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Christina Mullins, Phone: 202 969-4966, Email: christina.mullins@gsa.gov. RIN: 3090-AJ57 [FR Doc. 2016-12924 Filed 6-8-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6820-34-P [[Page 37389]] Vol. 81 Thursday, No. 111 June 9, 2016 Part XIX National Aeronautics and Space Administration ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Semiannual Regulatory Agenda Federal Register / Vol. 81 , No. 111 / Thursday, June 9, 2016 / Unified Agenda [[Page 37390]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 14 CFR Ch. V Regulatory Agenda AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: NASA's regulatory agenda describes those regulations being considered for development or amendment by NASA, the need and legal basis for the actions being considered, the name and telephone number of the knowledgeable official, whether a regulatory analysis is required, and the status of regulations previously reported. ADDRESSES: Deputy Associate Administrator, Office Mission Support Directorate, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC 20546. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cheryl E. Parker, (202) 358-0252. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB guidelines dated February 19, 2016, ``Spring 2016 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions,'' require a regulatory agenda of those regulations under development and review to be published in the Federal Register each spring and fall. Dated: March 18, 2016. Daniel Tenney, Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of the Mission Support Directorate. National Aeronautics and Space Administration--Final Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 243....................... Processing of Monetary 2700-AD83 Claims (Section 610 Review). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA) Final Rule Stage 243. Processing of Monetary Claims (Section 610 Review) Legal Authority: 31 U.S.C. sec 3711 Abstract: NASA is amending its regulations at 14 CFR 1261 to make non-substantive changes in the amount to collect installment payments from $20,000 to $100,000 to align with title 31 subchapter II Claims of the United States Government section 3711 (a)(2) Collection and Compromise. Subpart 4 prescribes standards for the administrative collection compromise suspension or termination of collection and referral to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and/or to the Department of Justice for litigation of civil claims as defined by 31 U.S.C. 3701(b) arising out of the activities of designated NASA officials authorized to effect actions and requires compliance with GAO/DOJ joint regulations at 4 CFR parts 101-105 and the Office of Personnel Management regulations at 5 CFR part 550 subpart K. There are also some statute citation and terminology updates. The revisions to this rule are part of NASA's retrospective plan under Executive Order 13563 completed in August 2011. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Direct Final Rule................... 05/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No. Agency Contact: Laura Burns, Law Librarian, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of the General Counsel, 300 E Street SW., Washington, DC 20546, Phone: 202 358-2078, Fax: 202 358-4955 Email: laura.burns-1@nasa.gov. RIN: 2700-AD83 [FR Doc. 2016-12925 Filed 6-8-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7510-13-P [[Page 37391]] Vol. 81 Thursday, No. 111 June 9, 2016 Part XX Small Business Administration ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Semiannual Regulatory Agenda Federal Register / Vol. 81 , No. 111 / Thursday, June 9, 2016 / Unified Agenda [[Page 37392]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 13 CFR Ch. I Semiannual Regulatory Agenda AGENCY: U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This Regulatory Agenda is a semiannual summary of all current and projected rulemakings and completed actions of the Small Business Administration (SBA). SBA expects that this summary information will enable the public to be more aware of, and effectively participate in, SBA's regulatory activity. SBA invites the public to submit comments on any aspect of this Agenda. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: General Please direct general comments or inquiries to Imelda A. Kish, Law Librarian, U.S. Small Business Administration, 409 Third Street SW., Washington, DC 20416, (202) 205-6849, imelda.kish@sba.gov. Specific Please direct specific comments and inquiries on individual regulatory activities identified in this Agenda to the individual listed in the summary of the regulation as the point of contact for that regulation. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SBA provides this notice under the requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601 to 612 and Executive Order 12866, ``Regulatory Planning and Review,'' which require each agency to publish a semiannual agenda of regulations. The Regulatory Agenda is a summary of all current and projected Agency rulemakings, as well as actions completed since the publication of the last Regulatory Agenda. SBA's last Semiannual Regulatory Agenda was published on December 15, 2015, at 80 FR 78039. The Semiannual Agenda of the SBA conforms to the Unified Agenda format developed by the Regulatory Information Service Center. The complete Unified Agenda will be available online at www.reginfo.gov in a format that greatly enhances a user's ability to obtain information about the rules in SBA's Agenda. The Regulatory Flexibility Act requires federal agencies to publish those regulatory actions that are likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities in their regulatory flexibility agendas in the Federal Register. SBA's Regulatory Agenda includes regulatory actions that are in the SBA's regulatory flexibility agenda. Publication of these entries is limited to fields that contain information required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act's Agenda requirements. Additional information on these entries is available in the Unified Agenda published on the Internet. Maria Contreras-Sweet, Administrator. Small Business Administration--Proposed Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 244....................... Small Business Development 3245-AE05 Center Program Revisions. 245....................... Miscellaneous Amendments 3245-AF85 to Surety Bond, 7(a), and 504 Regulations. 246....................... Immediate, Expedited, and 3245-AF99 Private Disaster Assistance Loan Programs. 247....................... Office of Women Owned 3245-AG02 Business: Women's Business Center Program. 248....................... Small Business HUBZone 3245-AG38 Program; Government Contracting Programs; Office of Hearings and Appeals. 249....................... Record Disclosure and 3245-AG52 Privacy. 250....................... Small Business Timber Set- 3245-AG69 Aside Program. 251....................... Women-Owned Small Business 3245-AG75 and Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business-- Certification. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Small Business Administration--Final Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 252....................... Small Business Mentor 3245-AG24 Prot[eacute]g[eacute] Programs. 253....................... Agent Revocation and 3245-AG40 Suspension Procedures. 254....................... Small Business Government 3245-AG58 Contracting and National Defense Authorization Act of 2013 Amendments. 255....................... Small Business Investment 3245-AG66 Company (SBIC) Program-- Impact SBICs. 256....................... Small Business Investment 3245-AG67 Companies; Passive Business Expansion & Technical Clarifications. 257....................... Credit for Lower Tier 3245-AG71 Small Business Subcontracting. 258....................... Affiliation for Business 3245-AG73 Loan Programs and Surety Bond Guarantee Program. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Small Business Administration--Long-Term Actions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 259....................... Small Business Size 3245-AG16 Standards; Alternative Size Standard for 7(a), 504, and Disaster Loan Programs. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Small Business Administration--Completed Actions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 260....................... Small Business Size 3245-AG49 Standards: Employee Based Size Standards in Wholesale Trade and Retail Trade. 261....................... Small Business Size 3245-AG50 Standards for Manufacturing. [[Page 37393]] 262....................... Small Business Size 3245-AG51 Standards: Industries With Employee Based Size Standards Not Part of Manufacturing, Wholesale Trade, or Retail Trade. 263....................... Small Business Size 3245-AG60 Standards: Inflation Adjustment to Monetary Based Size Standards. 264....................... Surety Bond Guarantee 3245-AG70 Program; Miscellaneous Amendments. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (SBA) Proposed Rule Stage 244. Small Business Development Center Program Revisions Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 634(b)(6); 15 U.S.C. 648 Abstract: Updates the SBDC program regulations by proposing to amend: (1) Procedures for approving applications for new Host SBDCs; (2) approval procedures for travel outside the continental U.S. and U.S. territories; (3) procedures and requirements regarding findings and disputes resulting from financial exams, programmatic reviews, accreditation reviews, and other SBA oversight activities; (4) requirements for new or renewal applications for SBDC grants, including the requirements for electronic submission through the approved electronic Government submission facility; (5) procedures regarding the determination to affect suspension, termination or non-renewal of an SBDC's cooperative agreement; and (6) provisions regarding the collection and use of the individual SBDC client data. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ANPRM............................... 04/02/15 80 FR 17708 ANPRM Comment Period End............ 06/01/15 ....................... NPRM................................ 10/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Victoria Mundt, Acting Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Small Business Development Centers, Small Business Administration, 409 Third Street SW., Washington, DC 20416, Phone: 202 205-7176, Email: victoria.mundt@sba.gov. RIN: 3245-AE05 245. Miscellaneous Amendments to Surety Bond, 7(A), and 504 Regulations Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 636(a); 15 U.S.C. 694b Abstract: Certain lenders have been delegated the authority to make loan decisions without prior approval from SBA under certain circumstances. SBA plans to formalize such delegated authorities in this proposed rule. Several minor modifications to the 504 Loan Program and governance rules for Certified Development Company (CDC) are also proposed in a follow-on to the Final Rule: 504 and 7(a) Loan Program Updates (March 21, 2014), along with alignment of terminology for 7(a) lenders that are federally regulated to synchronize with existing industry requirements. SBA plans to propose several other miscellaneous amendments to improve oversight and operations of its finance programs. This rule proposes to make four changes to the Surety Bond Guarantee (SBG) Program. The first would change the threshold for notification to SBA of changes in the contract or bond amount. Second, the change would require sureties to submit quarterly contract completion reports. Third, SBA proposes to increase the eligible contract limit for the Quick Bond Application and Agreement from $250,000 to $400,000. Finally, SBA proposes to increase the guarantee percentage in the Preferred Surety Bond program to reflect the statutory change made by the National Defense Authorization Act of 2016. The guarantee percentage will increase from 70% to 80% or 90%, depending on contract size and socioeconomic factors currently in effect in the Prior Approval Program. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 05/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Dianna L. Seaborn, Acting Director, Office of Financial Assistance, Small Business Administration, 409 Third Street SW., Washington, DC 20416, Phone: 202 205-3645, Email: dianna.seaborn@sba.gov. RIN: 3245-AF85 246. Immediate, Expedited, and Private Disaster Assistance Loan Programs Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 636(c); 15 U.S.C. 636j; 15 U.S.C. 657n Abstract: Through this advanced notice of proposed rulemaking, SBA solicited comments from potential lenders and the public on three guaranteed disaster loan programs: (1) The expedited disaster assistance program (EDAP), under which the SBA would guarantee short- term loans of up to $150,000 made by private lenders to eligible small businesses located in a catastrophic disaster area; (2) the private disaster assistance program (PDAP), under which SBA would guarantee loans of up to $2 million made by private lenders to eligible small businesses and homeowners located in a catastrophic disaster area; and (3) the immediate disaster assistance program (IDAP), under which the SBA would guarantee interim loans of up to $25,000 made by private lenders to eligible small businesses, which would then be repaid with the proceeds of SBA direct disaster loans. SBA will seek input on what program features would be required for lenders to participate in these guaranteed disaster loan programs. SBA plans to use this feedback in drafting proposed rules for the EDAP and PDAP programs and in considering changes to the existing IDAP regulations. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ANPRM............................... 10/21/15 80 FR 63715 ANPRM Comment Period End............ 12/21/15 NPRM................................ 09/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Dianna L. Seaborn, Acting Director, Office of Financial Assistance, Small Business Administration, 409 Third Street SW., Washington, DC 20416, Phone: 202 205-3645, Email: dianna.seaborn@sba.gov. RIN: 3245-AF99 247. Office of Women Owned Business: Women's Business Center Program Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 656 Abstract: SBA's Office of Women's Business Ownership (OWBO) oversees a network of SBA-funded Women's Business Centers (WBCs) throughout the United States and its territories. WBCs provide management and technical assistance to small business concerns both nascent and established, with a focus on such businesses that are owned [[Page 37394]] and controlled by women, or on women planning to start a business, especially women who are economically or socially disadvantaged. The training and counseling provided by the WBCs encompass a comprehensive array of topics, such as finance, management and marketing in various languages. This rule would propose to codify the requirements and procedures that govern the delivery, funding and evaluation of the management and technical assistance provided under the WBC Program. The rule would address, among other things, the eligibility criteria for selection as a WBC, use of Federal funds, standards for effectively carrying out program duties and responsibilities, and the requirements for reporting on financial and programmatic performance. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ANPRM............................... 04/22/15 80 FR 22434 ANPRM Comment Period End............ 06/22/15 NPRM................................ 09/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Bruce D. Purdy, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Women's Business Ownership, Small Business Administration, Washington, DC 20416, Phone: 202 205-7532, Email: bruce.purdy@sba.gov. RIN: 3245-AG02 248. Small Business Hubzone Program; Government Contracting Programs; Office of Hearings and Appeals Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 657a Abstract: SBA has been reviewing its processes and procedures for implementing the HUBZone program and has determined that several of the regulations governing the program should be amended in order to resolve certain issues that have arisen. As a result, the proposed rule would constitute a comprehensive revision of part 126 of SBA's regulations to clarify current HUBZone Program regulations, and implement various new procedures. The amendments will make it easier for participants to comply with the program requirements and enable them to maximize the benefits afforded by participation. In developing this proposed rule, SBA will focus on the principles of Executive Order 13563 to determine whether portions of regulations should be modified, streamlined, expanded or repealed to make the HUBZone program more effective and/or less burdensome on small business concerns. At the same time, SBA will maintain a framework that helps identify and reduce waste, fraud, and abuse in the program. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 10/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Mariana Pardo, Director, Office of HUBZone, Small Business Administration, 409 3rd Street SW., Washington, DC 20416, Phone: 202 205-2985, Email: mariana.pardo@sba.gov. RIN: 3245-AG38 249. Record Disclosure and Privacy Legal Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, 552 and 552(a); 31 U.S.C. 9701; 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.; E.O. 12600; 52 FR 23781 Abstract: SBA proposes to amend its Record Disclosure and Privacy regulations to implement the Openness Promotes Effectiveness in our National Government Act. The amendments, among other things, will update the Agency's Freedom of Information Act regulations to adjust the time for the public to submit an appeal of SBA's decision regarding a request for information, correct an obsolete address and provide applicable Web site addresses, and clarify the definition of news media for purposes of assessing processing fees. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 11/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Laura Magere, Director, Freedom of Information Act Office, Small Business Administration, 409 Third Street SW., Washington, DC 20416, Phone: 202 205-6837, Email: laura.magere@sba.gov. RIN: 3245-AG52 250. Small Business Timber Set-Aside Program Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 631; 15 U.S.C. 644(a) Abstract: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA or Agency) is proposing to amend its Small Business Timber Set-Aside Program (the Program) regulations. The Small Business Timber Set-Aside Program is rooted in the Small Business Act, which tasked SBA with ensuring that small businesses receive a fair proportion of the total sales of government property. Accordingly, the Program requires Timber sales to be set aside for small business when small business participation falls below a certain amount. SBA is considering comments received during the ANPRM process, including on issues such as, but not limited to, whether the saw timber volume purchased through stewardship timber contracts should be included in calculations, and whether the appraisal point used in set-aside sales should be the nearest small business mill. In addition, SBA is considering data from the timber industry to help evaluate the current program and economic impact of potential changes. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ANPRM............................... 03/25/15 80 FR 15697 ANPRM Comment Period End............ 05/26/15 NPRM................................ 06/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: David W. Loines, Area Director, Office of Government Contracting, Small Business Administration, 409 Third Street SW., Washington, DC 20416, Phone: 202 205-7311, Email: david.loines@sba.gov. RIN: 3245-AG69 251. Women-Owned Small Business and Economically Disadvantaged Women- Owned Small Business--Certification Legal Authority: Pub. L. 113-291, sec 825; 15 U.S.C. 637(m) Abstract: Section 825 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (NDAA), Public Law 113-291, 128 Stat. 3292, Dec. 19, 2014, included language requiring that women-owned small business concerns and economically disadvantaged women-owned small business concerns are certified by a Federal agency, a State government, the Administrator, or national certifying entity approved by the Administrator as a small business concern owned and controlled by women. SBA is issuing this Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to get public feedback on how best to implement this statutory provision. SBA intends to request information on whether SBA should: Create its own certification program, rely on private certifiers, allow Federal agencies to create their own certification systems, or create a hybrid system. SBA also intends to request information from the public concerning State government certification programs. Timetable: [[Page 37395]] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ANPRM............................... 12/18/15 80 FR 78984 ANPRM Comment Period End............ 02/16/16 NPRM................................ 10/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Kenneth Dodds, Director, Office of Government Contracting, Small Business Administration, 409 3rd Street SW., Washington, DC 20416, Phone: 202 619-1766, Fax: 202 481-2950, Email: kenneth.dodds@sba.gov. RIN: 3245-AG75 SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (SBA) Final Rule Stage 252. Small Business Mentor Prot[eacute]g[eacute] Programs Legal Authority: Pub. L. 111-240; sec 1347; 15 U.S.C. 657r Abstract: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA or Agency) is amending its regulations to implement provisions of the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 and the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013. Based on authorities provided in these two statutes, the rule will establish a Government-wide mentor-prot[eacute]g[eacute] program for all small business concerns, consistent with SBA's mentor- prot[eacute]g[eacute] program for Participants in SBA's 8(a) Business Development (BD) program. The rule will also make minor changes to the mentor-prot[eacute]g[eacute] provisions for the 8(a) Business Development program in order to make the mentor-prot[eacute]g[eacute] rules for each of the programs as consistent as possible. The rule will amend the current joint venture provisions to clarify the conditions for creating and operating joint venture partnerships, including the effect of such partnerships on any mentor-prot[eacute]g[eacute] relationships. Finally, the rule will make several additional changes to current size, 8(a) Office of Hearings and Appeals or HUBZone regulations, concerning among other things, ownership and control, changes in primary industry, standards of review and interested party status for some appeals. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 02/05/15 80 FR 6618 NPRM Comment Period End............. 04/06/15 NPRM Comment Period Extension....... 04/07/15 80 FR 18556 NPRM Comment Period End............. 05/06/15 Final Rule.......................... 06/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Brenda J. Fernandez, Procurement Analyst, Small Business Administration, 409 Third Street SW., Washington, DC 20416, Phone: 202 205-7337, Email: brenda.fernandez@sba.gov. RIN: 3245-AG24 253. Agent Revocation and Suspension Procedures Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 634; 15 U.S.C. 642 Abstract: This rule establishes detailed procedures for the suspension and revocation of an Agent's privilege to do business with the United States Small Business Administration (SBA) within a single Part of the Code of Federal Regulations; removes 8(a) program specific procedures for Agent suspension and revocation; clarifies existing and related regulations as to suspension, revocation, and debarment; and removes Office of Hearings and Appeals jurisdiction over Agent suspensions and revocations and government-wide debarment and suspension actions. This rule will also conform SBA suspension and revocation procedures for Agents with general government-wide nonprocurement suspension and debarment procedures. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 10/16/14 79 FR 62060 NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 12/12/14 79 FR 73853 NPRM Comment Period End............. 12/15/14 Second NPRM Comment Period End...... 02/14/15 Final Rule.......................... 10/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Debra Mayer, Chief, Supervision and Enforcement, Office of Credit Risk Management, Small Business Administration, 409 Third Street SW., Washington, DC 20416, Phone: 202 205-7577, Email: debra.mayer@sba.gov. RIN: 3245-AG40 254. Small Business Government Contracting and National Defense Authorization Act of 2013 Amendments Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 631; Pub. L. 112-239 Abstract: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA or Agency) is amending its regulations to implement provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2013, which pertain to performance requirements applicable to small business and socioeconomic program set aside contracts and small business subcontracting. SBA will make changes to its regulations concerning the nonmanufacturer rule and affiliation rules. Further, SBA will allow a joint venture to qualify as small for any government procurement as long as each partner to the joint venture qualifies individually as small under the size standard corresponding to the NAICS code assigned in the solicitation. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 12/29/14 79 FR 77955 NPRM Comment Period End............. 02/27/15 NPRM Comment Period Reopened........ 03/09/15 80 FR 12353 Second NPRM Comment Period End...... 04/06/15 Final Rule.......................... 05/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Brenda J. Fernandez, Procurement Analyst, Small Business Administration, 409 Third Street SW., Washington, DC 20416, Phone: 202 205-7337, Email: brenda.fernandez@sba.gov. RIN: 3245-AG58 255. Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) Program--Impact SBICS Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 681 Abstract: This rule establishes a regulatory structure for the SBIC Programs Impact Investment Fund, which is currently being implemented through a policy memorandum to interested applicants. The rule establishes in the regulations a new type of SBIC license called the Impact SBIC license and will include application and examination fee considerations to incentivize Impact Investment Fund participation. Impact SBICs may also be able to access Early Stage leverage on the same terms as Early Stage SBICs without applying through the Early Stage call process defined in 107.310. This will allow Impact SBICs with early stage strategies to apply for the program. The new license will be available to investment funds that meet the SBIC Programs licensing qualifications and commit to invest at least 50 percent of their invested capital in impact [[Page 37396]] investments as defined in the rule. The rule would also outline reporting and performance measures for licensed funds to maintain Impact Investment Fund designation. The goal of the Impact Investment Fund is to support small business investment strategies that maximize financial returns while also yielding enhanced social environmental or economic impacts as part of the SBIC Programs overall effort to supplement the flow of private equity and long-term loan funds to small businesses whose capital needs are not being met. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 02/03/16 81 FR 5666 NPRM Comment Period End............. 03/04/16 Final Rule.......................... 09/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Nate T. Yohannes, Senior Advisor, Office of Investments, Small Business Administration, 409 Third Street SW., Washington, DC 20416, Phone: 202 205-6714, Email: nate.yohannes@sba.gov. RIN: 3245-AG66 256. Small Business Investment Companies; Passive Business Expansion and Technical Clarifications Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 681 et seq. Abstract: The SBA is revising the regulations for the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program to further expand the use of Passive Businesses and provide needed protections for SBA with regard to such investments. SBICs are generally prohibited from investing in passive businesses under the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 as amended as well as by regulations. Current program regulations provided for two exceptions that allow an SBIC to structure an investment utilizing a passive small business as a pass-through. The first exception identified in 107.720(b)(2) provides that an SBIC may structure an investment utilizing two pass-through entities to make an investment into an active business. The second exception identified in 107.720(b)(3) allows partnership SBICs with SBA prior approval to invest in a wholly owned passive business that in turn provides financing to an active small business only if a direct financing would cause its investors to incur Unrelated Business Taxable Income (UBTI). The second exception is commonly known as a blocker corporation. The current rule creates unnecessary complications in defining two exceptions and does not provide SBA with sufficient protections. SBA is simplifying the rule to allow a more flexible two pass-through entity structure but provides SBA certain protections to offset risks associated with passive investment structures. As part of the rule, SBA will also make technical corrections and clarifications, including conforming the regulation to the new ``family of funds'' statutory provision. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 10/05/15 80 FR 60077 NPRM Comment Period End............. 12/04/15 Final Rule.......................... 05/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Theresa M. Jamerson, Senior Policy Advisor, Investment Division, Small Business Administration, 409 3rd Street SW., Washington, DC 20461, Phone: 202 205-7563, Email: theresa.jamerson@sba.gov. RIN: 3245-AG67 257. Credit for Lower Tier Small Business Subcontracting Legal Authority: Pub. L. 113-66, sec 1614 Abstract: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA or Agency) is amending its regulations to implement Section 1614 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2014, Public Law 113-66, December 26, 2013. Under the statute, when an other than small prime contractor has an individual subcontracting plan for a contract, the large business may receive credit towards its small business subcontracting goals for subcontract awards made to small business concerns at any tier. Currently, other than small business prime contractors only report on their performance awarding subcontracts to small businesses at the first tier level. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 10/06/15 80 FR 60300 NPRM Comment Period End............. 12/07/15 Final Rule.......................... 09/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Kenneth Dodds, Director, Office of Government Contracting, Small Business Administration, 409 3rd Street SW., Washington, DC 20416, Phone: 202 619-1766, Fax: 202 481-2950, Email: kenneth.dodds@sba.gov. RIN: 3245-AG71 258. Affiliation for Business Loan Programs and Surety Bond Guarantee Program Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 634(b)(6) Abstract: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has determined that changing conditions in the American economy and a constantly evolving small business community compel it to seek ways to improve program efficiency for its Surety Bond Guarantee (SBG) Program, and the business loan programs consisting of the 7(a) Loan Program, the Business Disaster Loan Programs (the Economic Injury Disaster Loans, Reservist Injury Disaster Loans, Physical Disaster Business Loans, Immediate Disaster Assistance Program loans), the Microloan Program, and the Development Company Program (the 504 Loan Program). As a result, SBA is simplifying guidelines for determining affiliation for eligibility based on size as it relates to these programs. This rule would redefine affiliation for all five Programs, thereby simplifying eligibility determinations. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 10/02/15 80 FR 59667 NPRM Comment Period End............. 12/01/15 Final Rule.......................... 07/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Dianna L. Seaborn, Acting Director, Office of Financial Assistance, Small Business Administration, 409 Third Street SW., Washington, DC 20416, Phone: 202 205-3645, Email: dianna.seaborn@sba.gov. RIN: 3245-AG73 SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (SBA) Long-Term Actions 259. Small Business Size Standards; Alternative Size Standard for 7(a), 504, and Disaster Loan Programs Legal Authority: Pub. L. 111-240, sec 1116 Abstract: SBA will amend its size eligibility criteria for Business Loans, certified development company (CDC) loans under title V of the Small Business Investment Act (504) and economic injury disaster loans (EIDL). For the SBA 7(a) Business Loan Program and the 504 program, the amendments will provide an alternative size standard [[Page 37397]] for loan applicants that do not meet the small business size standards for their industries. The Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 (Jobs Act) established alternative size standards that apply to both of these programs until SBA's Administrator establishes other alternative size standards. For the disaster loan program, the amendments will provide an alternative size standard for loan applicants that do not meet the Small Business Size Standard for their industries. These alternative size standards do not affect other Federal Government programs, including Federal procurement. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ To Be Determined ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Khem Raj Sharma, Phone: 202 205-7189, Fax: 202 205- 6390, Email: khem.sharma@sba.gov. RIN: 3245-AG16 SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (SBA) Completed Actions 260. Small Business Size Standards: Employee Based Size Standards in Wholesale Trade and Retail Trade Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 632(a) Abstract: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) published a rule to increase employee based size standards in 46 industries in North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Sector 42, Wholesale Trade, and in one industry in Sector 44-45, Retail Trade. As a part of its comprehensive size standards review required by the Small Business Jobs Act of 2012, SBA reviewed all 71 industries in Sector 42 and two industries with employee based size standards in Sector 44-45 to determine whether their size standards should be retained or revised. The revisions primarily affect eligibility for SBA's financial assistance programs. This is one of the rules that will examine industries grouped by an NAICS Sector. SBA has applied its ``Size Standards Methodology,'' which is available on its Web site at https:// www.sba.gov/size, to this purposed rule. SBA expects to publish the final rule in the near future. NOTE: The title for this rule has been changed since the rule was first reported in the Regulatory Agenda on January 8, 2013, from ``Small Business Size Standards for Wholesale Trade'' to ``Small Business Size Standards: Employee Based Size Standards for Wholesale Trade and Retail Trade.'' The title was changed to make it clear that the rule also addresses industries with employee based size standards in Retail Trade. Completed: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Reason Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Final Rule.......................... 01/25/16 81 FR 3941 Final Rule Effective................ 02/26/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Khem Raj Sharma, Phone: 202 205-7189, Fax: 202 205- 6390, Email: khem.sharma@sba.gov. RIN: 3245-AG49 261. Small Business Size Standards for Manufacturing Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 632(a) Abstract: This rule increases employee based size standards for 209 industries in North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Section 31-33, Manufacturing. SBA also increases the refining capacity component of the Petroleum Refiners (NAICS 324110) size standard to 200,000 barrels per calendar day total capacity for businesses that are primarily engaged in petroleum refining. The rule also eliminates the requirement that 90 percent of a refiner's output being delivered should be refined by the bidder. As a part of its comprehensive size standards review required by the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010, SBA evaluated all 364 industries in NAICS Sector 31-33 to determine whether their size standards should be retained or revised. This is one of the rules that examined industries grouped by an NAICS Sector. SBA has applied its ``Size Standards Methodology,'' which is available on its Web site at https://www.sba.gov/size, to this proposed rule. Completed: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Reason Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Final Rule.......................... 01/26/16 81 FR 4469 Final Rule Effective................ 02/26/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Khem Raj Sharma, Phone: 202 205-7189, Fax: 202 205- 6390, Email: khem.sharma@sba.gov. RIN: 3245-AG50 262. Small Business Size Standards: Industries With Employee Based Size Standards Not Part of Manufacturing, Wholesale Trade, or Retail Trade Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 632(a) Abstract: This rule increases the employee-based size standards for 30 industries and three exceptions and decrease them for three industries that are not a part of NAICS Sector 31-33 (Manufacturing) Sector 42 (Wholesale Trade) and Sector 44-45 (Retail Trade). Additionally, SBA proposes to remove the Information Technology Value Added Resellers exception under NAICS 541519 (Other Computer Related Services) together with its 150-employee size standard. Similarly, SBA proposes to eliminate the Offshore Marine Air Transportation Services exception under NAICS 481211 and 481212 and Offshore Marine Services exception under NAICS Subsector 483 and their $30.5 million receipts based size standard. As part of its comprehensive size standards review required by the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 SBA evaluated 57 industries and five exceptions with employee based size standards that are not in NAICS Sectors 31-33 42 or 4445. This is one of the rules that examined industries grouped by an NAICS Sector. SBA has applied its Size Standards Methodology, which is available on its Web site at https://www.sba.gov/size to this proposed rule. Please Note: The title for this rule has been changed since it was first announced in the Regulatory Agenda on January 8, 2013 to add the words or Retail Trade at the end of the previous title. This change makes it clear that industries in the retail trade with employee based size standards are also not addressed in the rule. Completed: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Reason Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Final Rule.......................... 01/26/16 81 FR 4436 Final Rule Effective................ 02/26/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Khem Raj Sharma, Phone: 202 205-7189, Fax: 202 205- 6390, Email: khem.sharma@sba.gov. RIN: 3245-AG51 263. Small Business Size Standards: Inflation Adjustment to Monetary Based Size Standards Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 632(a) Abstract: SBA issued a final rule with to adjust its monetary small business size standards (i.e., receipts, net income, net worth, and financial assets), for the effects of inflation that have occurred [[Page 37398]] since the last inflation adjustment. The final rule aims to restore small business eligibility to businesses that have lost their small business status due to inflation. The Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 (Jobs Act) requires SBA to review and adjust (as necessary) all size standards within five years of its enactment. SBA's Small Business Size Regulations at 13 CFR 121.102(c) require the same quinquennial (or less) review and adjustment. The rule did not increase the $750,000 size standard for agricultural enterprises, which is established by the Small Business Act (Sec. 3(a)(1)). The alternate size standard used in the 7(a) and 504 business loan programs is unaffected by this adjustment. Completed: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Reason Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Final Rule.......................... 01/25/16 81 FR 3949 Final Rule Effective................ 01/25/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Khem Raj Sharma, Phone: 202 205-7189, Fax: 202 205- 6390, Email: khem.sharma@sba.gov. RIN: 3245-AG60 264. Surety Bond Guarantee Program; Miscellaneous Amendments Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 694b Abstract: This rule will change the regulations for SBA's Surety Bond Guarantee Program in four areas. First, as a condition for participating in the Prior Approval and Preferred Programs, the rule will clarify that a Surety must directly employ underwriting and claims staffs sufficient to perform and manage these functions, and final settlement authority for claims and recovery is vested only in salaried employees of the Surety. Second, the rule will provide that all costs incurred by the Surety's salaried claims staff are ineligible for reimbursement by SBA, but the Surety may seek reimbursement for amounts paid for specialized services that are provided by outside consultants in connection with the processing of a claim. Third, the rule will modify the criteria for determining when a Principal that caused a Loss to SBA is ineligible for a bond guaranteed by SBA. Fourth, the rule will modify the criteria for admitting Sureties to the Preferred Surety Bond Guarantee Program by increasing the Surety's underwriting limitation, as certified by the U.S. Treasury Department on its list of acceptable sureties, from at least $2 million to at least $6.5 million. Completed: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Reason Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Final Rule.......................... 04/22/16 81 FR 23563 Final Rule Effective................ 05/23/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Barbara J. Brannan, Phone: 202 205-6545, Email: barbara.brannan@sba.gov. RIN: 3245-AG70 [FR Doc. 2016-12927 Filed 6-8-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8025-01-P [[Page 37399]] Vol. 81 Thursday, No. 111 June 9, 2016 Part XXI Department of Defense ----------------------------------------------------------------------- General Services Administration ----------------------------------------------------------------------- National Aeronautics and Space Administration ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Semiannual Regulatory Agenda Federal Register / Vol. 81 , No. 111 / Thursday, June 9, 2016 / Unified Agenda [[Page 37400]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 48 CFR Ch. 1 Semiannual Regulatory Agenda AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration (GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This agenda provides summary descriptions of regulations being developed by the Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council in compliance with Executive Order 12866 ``Regulatory Planning and Review.'' This agenda is being published to allow interested persons an opportunity to participate in the rulemaking process. The Regulatory Secretariat Division has attempted to list all regulations pending at the time of publication, except for minor and routine or repetitive actions; however, unanticipated requirements may result in the issuance of regulations that are not included in this agenda. There is no legal significance to the omission of an item from this listing. Published proposed rules may be reviewed in their entirety at the Government's rulemaking Web site at https://www.regulations.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hada Flowers, Division Director, Regulatory Secretariat Division, 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405, or via telephone at 202-501-4755. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DoD, GSA, and NASA, under their several statutory authorities, jointly issue and maintain the FAR through periodic issuance of changes published in the Federal Register and produced electronically as Federal Acquisition Circulars (FACs). The electronic version of the FAR, including changes, can be accessed on the FAR Web site at https://www.acquisition.gov/far. Dated: March 18, 2016. William Clark, Director, Office of Government-wide, Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of Government-wide Policy. DOD/GSA/NASA (FAR)--Proposed Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 265....................... Federal Acquisition 9000-AN03 Regulation (FAR); FAR Case 2015-014; Prohibition on Providing Funds to the Enemy. 266....................... Federal Regulation 9000-AN20 Acquisition (FAR); FAR Case 2015-024, Public Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Reduction Goals- Representation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DOD/GSA/NASA (FAR)--Final Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 267....................... Federal Acquisition 9000-AL82 Regulation (FAR); FAR Case 2011-001; Organizational Conflicts of Interest and Unequal Access to Information. 268....................... Federal Acquisition 9000-AM02 Regulation (FAR); FAR Case 2010-013; Privacy Training. 269....................... Federal Acquisition 9000-AM19 Regulation (FAR); FAR Case 2011-020; Basic Safeguarding of Contractor Information Systems. 270....................... Federal Acquisition 9000-AM68 Regulation (FAR); FAR Case 2012-022; Contracts Under the Small Business Administration 8(a) Program. 271....................... Federal Acquisition 9000-AM75 Regulation (FAR); FAR Case 2014-012; Limitation on Allowable Government Contractor Compensation Costs. 272....................... Federal Acquisition 9000-AM81 Regulation (FAR); FAR Case 2014-025; Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces. 273....................... Federal Acquisition 9000-AM87 Regulation (FAR); FAR Case 2014-026; High Global Warming Potential Hydrofluorocarbons. 274....................... Federal Acquisition 9000-AM91 Regulation (FAR); FAR Case 2014-003; Small Business Subcontracting Improvements. 275....................... Federal Acquisition 9000-AM92 Regulation (FAR); FAR Case 2014-015; Consolidation and Bundling. 276....................... Federal Acquisition 9000-AM97 Regulation (FAR); FAR Case 2015-016; Prohibition on Reimbursement for Congressional Investigations and Inquiries. 277....................... Federal Acquisition 9000-AM98 Regulation (FAR); FAR Case 2014-004; Payment of Subcontractors. 278....................... Federal Acquisition 9000-AN04 Regulation (FAR); FAR Case 2015-012; Contractor Employee Internal Confidentiality Agreements. 279....................... Federal Acquisition 9000-AN05 Regulation (FAR); FAR Case 2015-011; Prohibition on Contracting With Corporations With Delinquent Taxes or a Felony Conviction. 280....................... Federal Acquisition 9000-AN09 Regulation; FAR Case 2015- 020, Simplified Acquisition Threshold for Overseas Acquisitions in Support of Humanitarian or Peacekeeping Operations. 281....................... Federal Acquisition 9000-AN10 Regulation (FAR); FAR Case 2016-007; Non- Retaliation for Disclosure of Compensation Information. 282....................... Federal Acquisition 9000-AN13 Regulation (FAR); FAR Case 2015-032, Sole Source Contracts for Women-Owned Small Businesses. 283....................... Federal Acquisition 9000-AN14 Regulation (FAR); FAR Case 2015-036, Updating Federal Contractor Reporting of Veterans' Employment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [[Page 37401]] DOD/GSA/NASA (FAR)--Completed Actions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 284....................... Federal Acquisition 9000-AM56 Regulation (FAR); FAR Case 2013-015; Pilot Program for Enhancement of Contractor Employee Whistleblower Protections. 285....................... Federal Acquisition 9000-AM74 Regulation (FAR); FAR Case 2013-020; Information on Corporate Contractor Performance and Integrity. 286....................... Federal Acquisition 9000-AM82 Regulation (FAR); FAR Case 2015-003; Establishing a Minimum Wage for Contractors. 287....................... Federal Acquisition 9000-AM96 Regulation (FAR); FAR Case 2015-019; Definition of Multiple Award Contract. 288....................... Federal Acquisition 9000-AN01 Regulation (FAR); FAR Case 2015-013; Further Amendment to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE/GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION/NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (FAR) Proposed Rule Stage 265. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR); FAR Case 2015-014; Prohibition on Providing Funds to the Enemy Legal Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. ch 137; 51 U.S.C. 20113 Abstract: DoD, GSA, and NASA are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement subtitle E of title VIII of the Carl Levin and Howard P. `Buck' McKeon National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year (FY) 2015, which prohibits providing funds to the enemy. It also provides additional access to records to the extent necessary to ensure that funds available under the contract are not made available to the enemy. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 07/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Cecelia L. Davis, Procurement Analyst, DOD/GSA/NASA (FAR), 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405, Phone: 202 219-0202, Email: cecelia.davis@gsa.gov. RIN: 9000-AN03 266. Federal Regulation Acquisition (FAR); FAR Case 2015-024, Public Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Reduction Goals-- Representation Legal Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 137; 51 U.S.C. 20113 Abstract: DoD, GSA, and NASA are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to create an annual representation within the System for Award Management for vendors to indicate if and where they publicly disclose greenhouse gas emissions and greenhouse gas reduction goals or targets. This information will help the Government assess supplier greenhouse gas management practices and assist agencies in developing strategies to engage with contractors to reduce supply chain emissions, as directed in the Executive Order on Planning for Federal Sustainability in the Next Decade. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 06/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Chuck Gray, Program Analyst, DOD/GSA/NASA (FAR), 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405, Phone: 202 208-6766. RIN: 9000-AN20 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE/GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION/NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (FAR) Final Rule Stage 267. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR); FAR Case 2011-001; Organizational Conflicts of Interest and Unequal Access to Information Legal Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. ch 137; 51 U.S.C. 20113 Abstract: DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to provide revised regulatory coverage on organizational conflicts of interest (OCIs), and add related provisions and clauses. Coverage on contractor access to protected information has been moved to a new proposed rule, FAR Case 2012-029 now FAR Case 2014-021. Section 841 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2009 (Pub. L. 110- 417) required a review of the FAR coverage on OCIs. The proposed rule was developed as a result of a review conducted in accordance with section 841 by the Civilian Agency Acquisition Council, the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council, and the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, in consultation with the Office of Government Ethics. The proposed rule was preceded by an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, under FAR Case 2007-018 (73 FR 15962), to gather comments from the public with regard to whether and how to improve the FAR coverage on OCIs. This case is included in the FAR retrospective review of existing regulations under Executive Order 13563. Additional information is located in the FAR final plan (2016), available at: https:// www.acquisition.gov/. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 04/26/11 76 FR 23236 NPRM Comment Period End............. 06/27/11 ....................... NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 06/29/11 76 FR 38089 NPRM Comment Period Extended End.... 07/27/11 ....................... Final Rule.......................... 09/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Cecelia L. Davis, Procurement Analyst, DOD/GSA/NASA (FAR), 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405, Phone: 202 219-0202, Email: cecelia.davis@gsa.gov. RIN: 9000-AL82 268. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR); FAR Case 2010-013; Privacy Training Legal Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. ch 137; 51 U.S.C. 20113 Abstract: DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to ensure that all contractors are required to complete training in the protection of privacy and the handling and [[Page 37402]] safeguarding of Personally Identifiable Information (PII). The proposed FAR language provides flexibility for agencies to conduct the privacy training or require the contractor to conduct the privacy training. This case is included in the FAR retrospective review of existing regulations under Executive Order 13563. Additional information is located in the FAR final plan (2016), available at: https:// www.acquisition.gov/. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 10/14/11 76 FR 63896 NPRM Comment Period End............. 12/13/11 ....................... Final Rule.......................... 06/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Charles Gray, Procurement Analyst, DOD/GSA/NASA (FAR), 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405, Phone: 202 208-6726. RIN: 9000-AM02 269. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR); FAR Case 2011-020; Basic Safeguarding of Contractor Information Systems Legal Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. ch 137; 51 U.S.C. 20113 Abstract: DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to add a new subpart and contract clause for the basic safeguarding of contractor information systems that contain, transmit, or process Federal contract information. This case is included in the FAR retrospective review of existing regulations under Executive Order 13563. Additional information is located in the FAR final plan (2016), available at: https:// www.acquisition.gov/. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 08/24/12 77 FR 51496 NPRM Comment Period End............. 10/23/12 ....................... Final Rule.......................... 05/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Cecelia L. Davis, Procurement Analyst, DOD/GSA/NASA (FAR), 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405, Phone: 202 219-0202, Email: cecelia.davis@gsa.gov. RIN: 9000-AM19 270. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR); FAR Case 2012-022; Contracts Under the Small Business Administration 8(a) Program Legal Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. ch 137; 51 U.S.C. 20113 Abstract: DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement revisions made by the Small Business Administration to its regulations implementing section 8(a) of the Small Business Act, and to provide additional FAR coverage regarding protesting an 8(a) participant's eligibility or size status, procedures for releasing a requirement for non-8(a) procurements, and the ways a participant could exit the 8(a) Business Development program. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 02/03/14 79 FR 6135 NPRM Comment Period End............. 04/14/14 ....................... Final Rule.......................... 07/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Mahruba Uddowla, Procurement Analyst, DOD/GSA/NASA (FAR), 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405, Phone: 703 605-2868, Email: mahruba.uddowla@gsa.gov. RIN: 9000-AM68 271. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR); FAR Case 2014-012; Limitation on Allowable Government Contractor Compensation Costs Legal Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. ch 137; 51 U.S.C. 20113 Abstract: DoD, GSA and NASA are issuing a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation to implement section 702 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013. In accordance with section 702, the interim rule revises the allowable cost limit relative to the compensation of contractor and subcontractor employees. Also, in accordance with section 702, this interim rule implements the possible exception to this allowable cost limit for narrowly targeted scientists, engineers, or other specialists upon an agency determination that such exceptions are needed to ensure that the executive agency has continued access to needed skills and capabilities. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Interim Final Rule.................. 06/24/14 79 FR 35865 Interim Final Rule Comment Period 08/25/14 ....................... End. Final Rule.......................... 09/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Kathy Hopkins, Procurement Analyst, DOD/GSA/NASA (FAR), 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405, Phone: 202 969-7226, Email: kathlyn.hopkins@gsa.gov. RIN: 9000-AM75 272. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR); FAR Case 2014-025; Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Legal Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. ch 137; 51 U.S.C. 20113 Abstract: DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation which implements Executive Order 13673, Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces, seeks to increase efficiency in the work performed by Federal contractors by ensuring that they understand and comply with labor laws designed to promote safe, healthy, fair and effective workplaces. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 05/28/15 80 FR 30548 NPRM Comment Period End............. 07/27/15 ....................... NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 07/14/15 80 FR 40968 NPRM Comment Period Extended End.... 08/11/15 ....................... NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 08/05/15 80 FR 46531 NPRM Comment Period Extended End.... 08/26/15 ....................... Final Rule.......................... 08/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Edward Loeb, Program Manager, DOD/GSA/NASA (FAR), 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405, Phone: 202 501-0650, Email: edward.loeb@gsa.gov. RIN: 9000-AM81 273. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR); FAR Case 2014-026; High Global Warming Potential Hydrofluorocarbons Legal Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. ch 137; 51 U.S.C. 20113 Abstract: DDoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement Executive branch policy in the President's Climate Action Plan to procure, when feasible, alternatives to [[Page 37403]] high global warming potential (GWP) hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). This final rule will allow agencies to better meet the greenhouse gas emission reduction goals and reporting requirements of the Executive Order on Planning for Sustainability in the Next Decade. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 05/11/15 80 FR 26883 NPRM Comment Period End............. 07/10/15 ....................... Final Rule.......................... 05/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Charles Gray, Procurement Analyst, DOD/GSA/NASA (FAR), 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405, Phone: 202 208-6726. RIN: 9000-AM87 274. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR); FAR Case 2014-003; Small Business Subcontracting Improvements Legal Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. ch 137; 51 U.S.C. 20113 Abstract: DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement regulatory changes made by the Small Business Administration (SBA) in its final rule, concerning small business subcontracting. Among other things, SBA's final rule implements the statutory requirements set forth at sections 1321 and 1322 of the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010. This case is included in the FAR retrospective review of existing regulations under Executive Order 13563. Additional information is located in the FAR final plan (2016), available at: https://www.acquisition.gov/. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 06/10/15 80 FR 32909 NPRM Comment Period End............. 08/10/15 ....................... Final Rule.......................... 07/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Mahruba Uddowla, Procurement Analyst, DOD/GSA/NASA (FAR), 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405, Phone: 703 605-2868, Email: mahruba.uddowla@gsa.gov. RIN: 9000-AM91 275. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR); FAR Case 2014-015; Consolidation and Bundling Legal Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. ch 137; 51 U.S.C. 20113 Abstract: DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement sections of the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 and regulatory changes made by the Small Business Administration, which provide for a Governmentwide policy on consolidation and bundling. Additional information is located in the FAR final plan (2016), available at: https://www.acquisition.gov/. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 06/03/15 80 FR 31561 NPRM Comment Period End............. 08/03/15 ....................... Final Rule.......................... 07/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Mahruba Uddowla, Procurement Analyst, DOD/GSA/NASA (FAR), 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405, Phone: 703 605-2868, Email: mahruba.uddowla@gsa.gov. RIN: 9000-AM92 276. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR); FAR Case 2015-016; Prohibition on Reimbursement for Congressional Investigations and Inquiries Legal Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. ch 137; 51 U.S.C. 20113 Abstract: DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement section 857 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. `Buck' McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015. This section provides additional requirements relative to the allowability of costs incurred by a contractor in connection with a congressional investigation or inquiry. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 02/17/16 81 FR 8031 NPRM Comment Period End............. 04/18/16 ....................... Final Rule.......................... 03/00/17 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Kathy Hopkins, Procurement Analyst, DOD/GSA/NASA (FAR), 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405, Phone: 202 969-7226, Email: kathlyn.hopkins@gsa.gov. RIN: 9000-AM97 277. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR); FAR Case 2014-004; Payment of Subcontractors Legal Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. ch 137; 51 U.S.C. 20113 Abstract: DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement a section of the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010. This statute requires contractors to notify the contracting officer in writing if the contractor pays a reduced price to a small business subcontractor, or if the contractor's payment to a small business contractor is more than 90 days past due. Additional information is located in the FAR final plan (2016), available at: https://www.acquisition.gov/. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 01/20/16 81 FR 3087 NPRM Comment Period End............. 03/21/16 ....................... Final Rule.......................... 09/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Curtis Glover, Procurement Analyst, DOD/GSA/NASA (FAR), 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405, Phone: 202 501-1448, Email: curtis.glover@gsa.gov. RIN: 9000-AM98 278. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR); FAR Case 2015-012; Contractor Employee Internal Confidentiality Agreements Legal Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. ch 137; 51 U.S.C. 20113 Abstract: DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement a section of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, that prohibits the use of funds, appropriated or otherwise made available, for a contract with an entity that requires employees or subcontractors to sign an internal confidentiality agreement that restricts such employees or subcontractors from lawfully reporting waste, fraud, or abuse to a designated Government representative authorized to receive such information. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 01/22/16 81 FR 3763 NPRM Comment Period End............. 03/22/16 ....................... Final Rule.......................... 08/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Cecelia L. Davis, Procurement Analyst, DOD/GSA/NASA (FAR), 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405, Phone: 202 219-0202, Email: cecelia.davis@gsa.gov. RIN: 9000-AN04 [[Page 37404]] 279. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR); FAR Case 2015-011; Prohibition on Contracting With Corporations With Delinquent Taxes or a Felony Conviction Legal Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. ch 137; 51 U.S.C. 20113 Abstract: DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement sections of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, to prohibit the Federal Government from entering into a contract with any corporation having a delinquent Federal tax liability or a felony conviction under any Federal law, unless the agency has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and has made a determination that this further action is not necessary to protect the interests of the Government. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Interim Final Rule.................. 12/04/15 80 FR 75903 Interim Final Rule Comment Period 02/02/16 ....................... End. Interim Final Rule Effective........ 02/26/16 ....................... Final Rule.......................... 08/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Cecelia L. Davis, Procurement Analyst, DOD/GSA/NASA (FAR), 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405, Phone: 202 219-0202, Email: cecelia.davis@gsa.gov. RIN: 9000-AN05 280. Federal Acquisition Regulation; FAR Case 2015-020, Simplified Acquisition Threshold for Overseas Acquisitions in Support of Humanitarian or Peacekeeping Operations Legal Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 137; 51 U.S.C. 20113 Abstract: DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement 41 U.S.C. 153, which establishes a higher simplified acquisition threshold for overseas acquisitions in support of humanitarian or peacekeeping operations. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 10/08/15 80 FR 60832 NPRM Comment Period End............. 12/07/15 ....................... Final Rule.......................... 05/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Ms. Camara Francis, Procurement Analyst, DOD/GSA/ NASA (FAR), 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405, Phone: 202 550- 0935, Email: camara.francis@gsa.gov. RIN: 9000-AN09 281. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR); FAR Case 2016-007; Non-Retaliation for Disclosure of Compensation Information Legal Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. ch 137; 51 U.S.C. 20113 Abstract: DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing an interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement Executive Order (E.O.) 13665, entitled, Non-Retaliation for Disclosure of Compensation Information,'' and a final rule issued by the Department of Labor at 41 CFR part 60-1. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Interim Final Rule.................. 07/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Zenaida Delgado, DOD/GSA/NASA (FAR), 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405, Phone: 202 969-7207, Email: zenaida.delgado@gsa.gov. RIN: 9000-AN10 282. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR); FAR Case 2015-032, Sole Source Contracts for Women-Owned Small Businesses Legal Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. ch 137; 51 U.S.C. 20113 Abstract: DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement regulatory changes made by the Small Business Administration, which provide for authority to award sole source contracts to economically disadvantaged women- owned small business concerns and to women-owned small business concerns eligible under the Women-Owned Small Business Program. This case is included in the FAR retrospective review of existing regulations under Executive Order 13563. Additional information is located in the FAR final plan (2016), available at: https:// www.acquisition.gov/. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Interim Final Rule.................. 12/31/15 80 FR 81888 Interim Final Rule Effective........ 12/31/15 ....................... Interim Final Rule Comment Period 02/29/16 ....................... End. Final Rule.......................... 07/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Mahruba Uddowla, Procurement Analyst, DOD/GSA/NASA (FAR), 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405, Phone: 703 605-2868. RIN: 9000-AN13 283. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR); FAR Case 2015-036, Updating Federal Contractor Reporting of Veterans' Employment Legal Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. ch. 137; 51 U.S.C. 20113 Abstract: DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement a final rule issued by the Department of Labor's (DOL) Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS), which replaced the VETS-100A Federal Contractor Veterans' Employment Report forms with the new VETS-4212, Federal Contractor Veterans' Employment Report form. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Interim Final Rule.................. 12/04/15 80 FR 75908 Interim Final Rule Comment Period 02/02/16 ....................... End. Interim Final Rule Effective........ 02/26/16 ....................... Final Rule.......................... 07/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Edward Loeb, Program Manager, DOD/GSA/NASA (FAR), 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405, Phone: 202 501-0650, Email: edward.loeb@gsa.gov. RIN: 9000-AN14 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE/GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION/NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (FAR) Completed Actions 284. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR); FAR Case 2013-015; Pilot Program for Enhancement of Contractor Employee Whistleblower Protections Legal Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. ch 137; 51 U.S.C. 20113 Abstract: DoD, GSA, and NASA issued a final rule of the Federal [[Page 37405]] Acquisition Regulation to implement a statutory pilot program whistleblower protections for enhancement of contractor employee. Completed: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Reason Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Final Rule.......................... 12/04/15 80 FR 75911 Final Rule Effective................ 12/04/15 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Cecelia L. Davis, Phone: 202 219-0202, Email: cecelia.davis@gsa.gov. RIN: 9000-AM56 285. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR); FAR Case 2013-020; Information on Corporate Contractor Performance and Integrity Legal Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. ch 137; 51 U.S.C. 20113 Abstract: DoD, GSA, and NASA issued a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation to implement a section of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 to include in the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System, to the extent practicable, identification of any immediate owner or subsidiary, and all predecessors of an offeror that held a Federal contract or grant within the last three years. The objective is to provide a more comprehensive understanding of the performance and integrity of the corporation in awarding Federal contracts. Completed: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Reason Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Final Rule.......................... 03/07/16 81 FR 11988 Final Rule Effective................ 04/06/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Cecelia L. Davis, Phone: 202 219-0202, Email: cecelia.davis@gsa.gov. RIN: 9000-AM74 286. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR); FAR Case 2015-003; Establishing a Minimum Wage for Contractors Legal Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. ch 137; 51 U.S.C. 20113 Abstract: DoD, GSA, and NASA issued a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement Executive Order 13658, Establishing a Minimum Wage for Contractors, and a final rule issued by the Department of Labor (DOL) at 29 CFR part 10. This case is included in the FAR retrospective review of existing regulations under Executive Order 13563. Additional information is located in the FAR final plan (2015), available at: https://www.acquisition.gov/. Completed: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Reason Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Final Rule.......................... 12/04/15 80 FR 75915 Final Rule Effective................ 12/04/15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Edward Loeb, Phone: 202 501-0650, Email: edward.loeb@gsa.gov. RIN: 9000-AM82 287. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR); FAR Case 2015-019; Definition of Multiple Award Contract Legal Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. ch 137; 51 U.S.C. 20113 Abstract: DoD, GSA, and NASA issued a final rule to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation to implement section 1311 of the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 and Small Business Administration implementing regulations. Section 1311 provided a new definition of the term ``multiple award contract'' in the Small Business Act at 15 U.S.C. 632. Completed: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Reason Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Final Rule.......................... 12/31/15 80 FR 81887 Final Rule Effective................ 02/01/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Mahruba Uddowla, Phone: 703 605-2868, Email: mahruba.uddowla@gsa.gov. RIN: 9000-AM96 288. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR); FAR Case 2015-013; Further Amendment to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Legal Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. ch 137; 51 U.S.C. 20113 Abstract: DoD, GSA, and NASA have adopted as final, without change, an interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement Executive Order 13672, entitled, Further Amendments to Executive Order 11487, Equal Employment Opportunity in the Federal Government, and Executive Order 11246, Equal Employment Opportunity,'' and a final rule issued by the Department of Labor at 41 CFR part 60. Completed: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Reason Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Final Rule.......................... 11/04/15 80 FR 75907 Final Rule Effective................ 12/04/15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Edward Loeb, Phone: 202 501-0650, Email: edward.loeb@gsa.gov. RIN: 9000-AN01 [FR Doc. 2016-12928 Filed 6-8-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 5001-EP-P [[Page 37407]] Vol. 81 Thursday, No. 111 June 9, 2016 Part XXII Commodity Futures Trading Commission ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Semiannual Regulatory Agenda Federal Register / Vol. 81 , No. 111 / Thursday, June 9, 2016 / Unified Agenda [[Page 37408]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION 17 CFR Ch. I Regulatory Flexibility Agenda AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading Commission. ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission), in accordance with the requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, is publishing a semiannual agenda of rulemakings that the Commission expects to propose or promulgate over the next year. The Commission welcomes comments from small entities and others on the agenda. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher J. Kirkpatrick, Secretary of the Commission, (202) 418-5964, ckirkpatrick@cftc.gov, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW., Washington, DC 20581. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), 5 U.S.C. 601, et seq., includes a requirement that each agency publish semiannually in the Federal Register a regulatory flexibility agenda. Such agendas are to contain the following elements, as specified in 5 U.S.C. 602(a): 1. A brief description of the subject area of any rule that the agency expects to propose or promulgate, which is likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities; 2. A summary of the nature of any such rule under consideration for each subject area listed in the agenda, the objectives and legal basis for the issuance of the rule, and an approximate schedule for completing action on any rule for which the agency has issued a general notice of proposed rulemaking; and 3. The name and telephone number of an agency official knowledgeable about the items listed in the agenda. Accordingly, the Commission has prepared an agenda of rulemakings that it presently expects may be considered during the course of the next year. Subject to a determination for each rule, it is possible as a general matter that some of these rules may have some impact on small entities.\1\ The Commission notes also that, under the RFA, it is not precluded from considering or acting on a matter not included in the regulatory flexibility agenda, nor is it required to consider or act on any matter that is listed in the agenda. See 5 U.S.C. 602(d). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ The Commission published its definition of a ``small entity'' for purposes of rulemaking proceedings at 47 FR 18618 (April 30, 1982). Pursuant to that definition, the Commission is not required to list--but nonetheless does--many of the items contained in this regulatory flexibility agenda. See also 5 U.S.C. 602(a)(1). Moreover, for certain items listed in this agenda, the Commission has previously certified, under section 605 of the RFA, 5 U.S.C. 605, that those items will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. For these reasons, the listing of a rule in this regulatory flexibility agenda should not be taken as a determination that the rule, when proposed or promulgated, will in fact require a regulatory flexibility analysis. Rather, the Commission has chosen to publish an agenda that includes significant and other substantive rules, regardless of their potential impact on small entities, to provide the public with broader notice of new or revised regulations the Commission may consider and to enhance the public's opportunity to participate in the rulemaking process. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Commission's spring 2016 regulatory flexibility agenda is included in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. The complete Unified Agenda will be available online at www.reginfo.gov, in a format that offers users enhanced ability to obtain information from the Agenda database. Issued in Washington, DC, on April 5, 2016, by the Commission. Robert N. Sidman, Deputy Secretary of the Commission. Commodity Futures Trading Commission--Final Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 289....................... Regulation Automated 3038-AD52 Trading. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Commodity Futures Trading Commission--Completed Actions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 290....................... Trade Options............. 3038-AE26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION (CFTC) Final Rule Stage 289. Regulation Automated Trading Legal Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1a(23), 7 U.S.C. 6c(a); 7 U.S.C. 7(d); and 7 U.S.C. 12(a)(5) Abstract: On December 17, 2015, the Commission published a notice of proposed rulemaking titled Regulation Automated Trading (``Regulation AT''). Regulation AT proposes a series of risk controls, transparency measures and other safeguards to enhance the regulatory regime for automated trading on U.S. designated contract markets. The comment period is open through March 16, 2016. Staff will review comments and consider next steps for regulatory action in this area, including the possibility of a final rulemaking in one or more areas discussed in Regulation AT. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ANPRM............................... 09/12/13 78 FR 56542 ANPRM Comment Period End............ 12/11/13 ....................... ANPRM Comment Period Extended....... 01/24/14 79 FR 4104 ANPRM Comment Period Extended End... 02/14/14 ....................... NPRM................................ 12/17/15 80 FR 78824 NPRM Comment Period End............. 03/16/16 ....................... Final Action........................ 08/00/16 ....................... Final Action Effective.............. 10/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Marilee Dahlman, Special Counsel, Division of Market Oversight, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, [[Page 37409]] 1155 21st Street NW., Washington, DC 20581, Phone: 202 418-5264, Email: mdahlman@cftc.gov. RIN: 3038-AD52 COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION (CFTC) Completed Actions 290. Trade Options Legal Authority: CEA secs 4(c)(b) and 8(a)(5) Abstract: The Commission has amended the trade option exemption in 32.3 of its regulations in the following subject areas: (1) Reporting requirements for trade option counterparties that are not swap dealers or major swap participants; (2) recordkeeping requirements for trade option counterparties that are not swap dealers or major swap participants; and (3) certain technical amendments. Completed: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Reason Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Final Action........................ 03/21/16 81 FR 14966 Final Action Effective.............. 03/21/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: David Pepper, Phone: 202 418-5565, Email: dpepper@cftc.gov. RIN: 3038-AE26 [FR Doc. 2016-12930 Filed 6-8-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6351-01-P [[Page 37411]] Vol. 81 Thursday, No. 111 June 9, 2016 Part XXIII Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Semiannual Regulatory Agenda Federal Register / Vol. 81 , No. 111 / Thursday, June 9, 2016 / Unified Agenda [[Page 37412]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- BUREAU OF CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION 12 CFR CH. X Semiannual Regulatory Agenda AGENCY: Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection. ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (CFPB or Bureau) is publishing this agenda as part of the Spring 2016 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. The CFPB reasonably anticipates having the regulatory matters identified below under consideration during the period from May 1, 2016, to April 30, 2017. The next agenda will be published in fall 2016 and will update this agenda through fall 2017. Publication of this agenda is in accordance with the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.). DATES: This information is current as of March 25, 2016. ADDRESSES: Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, 1700 G Street NW., Washington, DC 20552. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A staff contact is included for each regulatory item listed herein. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CFPB is publishing its spring 2016 agenda as part of the Spring 2016 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions, which is coordinated by the Office of Management and Budget under Executive Order 12866. The CFPB's participation in the Unified Agenda is voluntary. The complete Unified Agenda is available to the public at the following Web site: https:// www.reginfo.gov. Pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Public Law 111-203, 124 Stat. 1376 (Dodd-Frank Act), the CFPB has rulemaking, supervisory, enforcement, and other authorities relating to consumer financial products and services. These authorities include the ability to issue regulations under more than a dozen federal consumer financial laws, which transferred to the CFPB from seven federal agencies on July 21, 2011. The CFPB is working on a wide range of initiatives to address issues in markets for consumer financial products and services that are not reflected in this notice because the Unified Agenda is limited to rulemaking activities. The CFPB reasonably anticipates having the regulatory matters identified below under consideration during the period from May 1, 2016, to April 30, 2017.\1\ Among the Bureau's more significant regulatory efforts are the following. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ The listing does not include certain routine, frequent, or administrative matters. Further, certain of the information fields for the listing are not applicable to independent regulatory agencies, including the CFPB, and, accordingly, the CFPB has indicated responses of ``no'' for such fields. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bureau Regulatory Efforts in Various Consumer Markets The Bureau is working on a number of rulemakings to address important consumer protection issues in a wide variety of markets for consumer financial products and services. For example, the Bureau is preparing to issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking this spring concerning the use of agreements between a covered person and a consumer for a consumer financial product or service providing for arbitration of any future disputes. The rulemaking follows on a report that the Bureau issued to Congress in March 2015, as required by the Dodd-Frank Act, as well as on preliminary results of arbitration research that were released by the Bureau in December 2013. In fall 2015, the Bureau began the rulemaking process by releasing an outline explaining that it was considering whether to limit arbitration agreements from being used to compel arbitration of consumer class actions and whether to require the reporting of certain information concerning consumer arbitrations to the Bureau to facilitate monitoring. The Bureau convened a panel under the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (SBREFA) in conjunction with the Office of Management and Budget and the Small Business Administration's Chief Counsel for Advocacy to consult with small businesses that may be affected by the policy proposals under consideration. The Bureau has also gathered extensive feedback from other stakeholders in preparation for the rulemaking. The Bureau also expects to release later this spring a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to address consumer harms from practices related to payday loans, auto title loans, and other similar credit products, including failure to determine whether consumers have the ability to repay without default or reborrowing and certain payment collection practices. The Bureau convened a SBREFA panel in April 2015, along with the Office of Management and Budget and the Small Business Administration's Chief Counsel for Advocacy to meet with small lenders that may be affected by the rulemaking, and has gathered extensive feedback from other stakeholders in the last year to obtain feedback on the proposals. This rulemaking builds on Bureau research, including a white paper the Bureau published on these products in April 2013, a data point providing additional research in March 2014, and ongoing analysis. The Bureau also expects to issue a final rule in early summer to create a comprehensive set of consumer protections for prepaid financial products, such as general purpose reloadable cards and other similar products, which are increasingly being used by consumers in place of traditional checking accounts or credit cards. The Bureau issued a proposed rule in November 2014, to bring prepaid products expressly within the ambit of Regulation E (which implements the Electronic Fund Transfer Act) as prepaid accounts and create new provisions specific to such accounts. The Bureau also proposed to amend Regulation E and Regulation Z (which implements the Truth in Lending Act) to regulate prepaid accounts with overdraft services or credit features. The Bureau also expects to issue a proposal to amend Regulation P, which implements the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA). Congress recently amended the GLBA to provide an exception to the requirement for financial institutions to deliver annual privacy notices when certain conditions are met. The Bureau plans to make conforming amendments to Regulation P for consistency with the statutory amendment. Building on Bureau research and other sources, the Bureau is also engaged in policy analysis and further research initiatives in preparation for a rulemaking on overdraft programs on checking accounts. The CFPB issued a white paper in June 2013, and a report in July 2014, based on supervisory data from several large banks that highlighted a number of possible consumer protection concerns, including how consumers opt in to overdraft coverage for ATM and one- time debit card transactions, overdraft coverage limits, transaction posting order practices, overdraft and insufficient funds fee structure, and involuntary account closures. The CFPB is continuing to engage in additional research and has begun consumer testing initiatives relating to the opt-in process. The Bureau is also engaged in policy analysis and research initiatives in preparation for a rulemaking on debt collection activities, which are the single largest source of complaints to the Federal Government of any industry. Building on the Bureau's November [[Page 37413]] 2013, Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, the CFPB is in the process of analyzing the results of a survey to obtain information from consumers about their experiences with debt collection. The Bureau is also undertaking consumer testing initiatives to determine what information would be useful for consumers to have about debt collection and their debts and how that information should be provided to them. The Bureau is also continuing rulemaking activities that will further establish the Bureau's nonbank supervisory authority by defining larger participants of certain markets for consumer financial products and services. Larger participants of such markets, as the Bureau defines by rule, are subject to the Bureau's supervisory authority. The Bureau expects that its next larger participant rulemaking will focus on the markets for consumer installment loans and vehicle title loans for purposes of supervision. The Bureau is also considering whether rules to require registration of these or other non-depository lenders would facilitate supervision, as has been suggested to the Bureau by both consumer advocates and industry groups. The Bureau is also continuing to develop research on other critical markets to help implement statutory directives and to assess whether regulation of other consumer financial products and services may be warranted. For example, the Bureau is starting its work to implement section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act, which amends the Equal Credit Opportunity Act to require financial institutions to report information concerning credit applications made by women-owned, minority-owned, and small businesses. The Bureau will focus on outreach and research to develop its understanding of the players, products, and practices in the small business lending market and of the potential ways to implement section 1071. The CFPB then expects to begin developing proposed regulations concerning the data to be collected and determining the appropriate procedures and privacy protections needed for information-gathering and public disclosure Implementing Dodd-Frank Act Mortgage Protections The Bureau is also continuing efforts to implement critical consumer protections under the Dodd-Frank Act to guard against mortgage market practices that contributed to the nation's most significant financial crisis in several decades. Since 2013, the Bureau has issued regulations as directed by the Dodd-Frank Act to implement certain protections for mortgage originations and servicing, integrate various federal mortgage disclosures, and amend mortgage reporting requirements under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). The Bureau is continuing intensive work to facilitate implementation of the new requirements, including follow-up rulemaking where warranted. For example, the Bureau expects this summer to release a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to make small clarifications and provide further regulatory guidance concerning its rule combining several federal mortgage disclosures that consumers receive in connection with applying for and closing on a mortgage loan under the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) and the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA). The project to integrate and streamline the disclosures was mandated under the Dodd-Frank Act and took effect in October 2015. The rule is the cornerstone of the Bureau's broader ``Know Before You Owe'' mortgage initiative. The Bureau also expects to issue a final rule in the summer to amend various provisions of its January 2013, mortgage servicing rules in Regulation X (which implements RESPA) and Regulation Z. The Bureau has proposed clarifications of the applicability of certain provisions when the borrower is in bankruptcy, additional enhancements to loss mitigation requirements, provisions to address the applicability of certain rules to successors in interest, and other amendments. The Bureau has been conducting consumer testing of certain disclosures as it prepares the final rule. The Bureau is also working intensely to conduct outreach with industry and coordinate with other agencies to monitor and facilitate implementation of its rule to implement Dodd-Frank amendments to HMDA. The Bureau has already released a small entity compliance guide in connection with the rule, which was finalized in October 2015. Certain elements of the rule take effect in January 2017, and most new data collection requirements begin in January 2018. The Bureau is working to streamline and modernize HMDA data collection and reporting processes in conjunction with implementation. The Bureau is also continuing to facilitate the full implementation of and compliance with other rules that it issued in January 2013, to implement Dodd-Frank Act requirements concerning mortgage originations. Most recently, the Bureau has adjusted the thresholds defining small creditors and small creditors operating in rural and underserved areas for purposes of certain special rules concerning balloon loans, escrows, and other topics. The Bureau issued a final rule adjusting the thresholds for small creditors in October 2015. The Bureau then issued two rules to implement the Helping Expand Lending Practices in Rural Communities Act. The first rule, which the Bureau issued on March 2, 2016, established a process for creditors to apply to the Bureau for an area to be designated as rural. The second rule, which the Bureau issued on March 22, 2016, was an interim final rule that revised the test to determine which small creditors operate in rural areas in light of the Congressional amendments to the underlying statutory language. Further Planning Finally, the Bureau is continuing to conduct outreach and research to assess issues in various other markets for consumer financial products and services. As this work continues, the Bureau will evaluate possible policy responses, including possible rulemaking actions, taking into account the critical need for and effectiveness of various policy tools. The Bureau will update its regulatory agenda in fall 2016, to reflect the results of this further prioritization and planning. Dated: March 25, 2016. Kelly Thompson Cochran, Assistant Director for Regulations, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau--Prerule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 291....................... Business Lending Data 3170-AA09 (Regulation B). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [[Page 37414]] Consumer Financial Protection Bureau--Proposed Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 292....................... Payday Loans and Deposit 3170-AA40 Advance Products. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Consumer Financial Protection Bureau--Final Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 293....................... The Expedited Funds 3170-AA31 Availability Act (Regulation CC). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB) Prerule Stage 291. Business Lending Data (Regulation B) Legal Authority:15 U.S.C. 1691c-2 Abstract: Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) amends the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) to require financial institutions to report information concerning credit applications made by women-owned, minority-owned, and small businesses. The amendments to ECOA made by the Dodd-Frank Act require that certain data be collected and maintained, including the number of the application and date the application was received; the type and purpose of loan or credit applied for; the amount of credit applied for and approved; the type of action taken with regard to each application and the date of such action; the census tract of the principal place of business; the gross annual revenue of the business; and the race, sex, and ethnicity of the principal owners of the business. The Dodd-Frank Act also provides authority for the CFPB to require any additional data that the CFPB determines would aid in fulfilling the purposes of this section. The Bureau will focus on outreach and research to develop its understanding of the players, products, and practices in the small business lending market and of the potential ways to implement section 1071. The CFPB then expects to begin developing proposed regulations concerning the data to be collected and appropriate procedures, information safeguards, and privacy protections for information-gathering under this section. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Prerule Activities.................. 12/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Elena Grigera Babinecz, Office of Regulations, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Phone: 202 435-7700. RIN: 3170-AA09 CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB) Proposed Rule Stage 292. Payday Loans and Deposit Advance Products Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined Abstract: The Bureau is conducting a rulemaking to address consumer harms from practices related to payday loans and other similar credit products, including failure to determine whether consumers have the ability to repay without default or reborrowing and certain payment collection practices. Under the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (SBREFA), the Bureau released in March 2015 an outline of proposals under consideration for the rulemaking. As part of the SBREFA process, in April 2015, the Bureau along with the Office of Management and Budget and the Small Business Administration's Chief Counsel for Advocacy, met with small lenders that may be affected by the rulemaking to obtain feedback on the proposals. This rulemaking builds on Bureau research, including a white paper the Bureau published on these products in April 2013, a data point providing additional research in March 2014, and ongoing analysis. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 06/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Mark Morelli, Office of Regulations, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Phone: 202 435-7700. RIN: 3170-AA40 CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB) Final Rule Stage 293. The Expedited Funds Availability Act (Regulation CC) Legal Authority: 12 U.S.C. 4001 et seq. Abstract: The Expedited Funds Availability Act (EFA Act), implemented by Regulation CC, governs availability of funds after a check deposit and check collection and return processes. Section 1086 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act amended the EFA Act to provide the CFPB with joint rulemaking authority with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) over certain consumer-related EFA Act provisions. The Board proposed amendments to Regulation CC in March 2011, to facilitate the banking industry's ongoing transition to fully-electronic interbank check collection and return. The Board's proposal includes some provisions that are subject to the CFPB's joint rulemaking authority, including the period for funds availability and revising model form disclosures. In addition, in December 2013, the Board proposed revised amendments to certain Regulation CC provisions that are not subject to the CFPB's authority and extended the comment period to May 2014. The CFPB will work with the Board to issue jointly a final rule that includes provisions within the CFPB's authority. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 03/25/11 76 FR 16862 NPRM Comment Period End............. 06/03/11 ....................... Final Rule.......................... 12/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Joseph Baressi, Office of Regulations, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Phone: 202 435-7700. [[Page 37415]] RIN: 3170-AA31 [FR Doc. 2016-12931 Filed 6-8-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4810-AM-P [[Page 37417]] Vol. 81 Thursday, No. 111 June 9, 2016 Part XXIV Consumer Product Safety Commission ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Semiannual Regulatory Agenda Federal Register / Vol. 81 , No. 111 / Thursday, June 9, 2016 / Unified Agenda [[Page 37418]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION 16 CFR Ch. II Semiannual Regulatory Agenda AGENCY: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: In this document, the Commission publishes its semiannual regulatory flexibility agenda. In addition, this document includes an agenda of regulatory actions that the Commission expects to be under development or review by the agency during the next year. This document meets the requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act and Executive Order 12866. The Commission welcomes comments on the agenda and on the individual agenda entries. DATES: Comments should be received in the Office of the Secretary on or before July 1, 2016. ADDRESSES: Comments on the regulatory flexibility agenda should be captioned, ``Regulatory Flexibility Agenda,'' and emailed to: cpsc- os@cpsc.gov. Comments may also be mailed or delivered to the Office of the Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Room 820, 4330 East-West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814-4408. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information on the agenda in general, contact Eileen Williams, Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East-West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814-4408; ewilliams@cpsc.gov. For further information regarding a particular item on the agenda, consult the individual listed in the column headed, ``Contact,'' for that particular item. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) (5 U.S.C. 601 to 612) contains several provisions intended to reduce unnecessary and disproportionate regulatory requirements on small businesses, small governmental organizations, and other small entities. Section 602 of the RFA (5 U.S.C. 602) requires each agency to publish, twice each year, a regulatory flexibility agenda containing a brief description of the subject area of any rule expected to be proposed or promulgated, which is likely to have a ``significant economic impact'' on a ``substantial number'' of small entities. The agency must also provide a summary of the nature of the rule and a schedule for acting on each rule for which the agency has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking. The regulatory flexibility agenda also is required to contain the name and address of the agency official knowledgeable about the items listed. Furthermore, agencies are required to provide notice of their agendas to small entities and to solicit their comments by direct notification or by inclusion in publications likely to be obtained by such entities. Additionally, Executive Order 12866 requires each agency to publish, twice each year, a regulatory agenda of regulations under development or review during the next year, and the Executive order states that such an agenda may be combined with the agenda published in accordance with the RFA. The regulatory flexibility agenda lists the regulatory activities expected to be under development or review during the next 12 months. It includes all such activities, whether or not they may have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. This agenda also includes regulatory activities that appeared in the fall 2015 agenda and have been completed by the Commission prior to publication of this agenda. Although CPSC, as an independent regulatory agency, is not required to comply with Executive orders, the Commission does follow Executive Order 12866 with respect to the publication of its regulatory agenda. The agenda contains a brief description and summary of each regulatory activity, including the objectives and legal basis for each; an approximate schedule of target dates, subject to revision, for the development or completion of each activity; and the name and telephone number of a knowledgeable agency official concerning particular items on the agenda. Beginning in fall 2007, the Internet became the basic means of disseminating the Unified Agenda. The complete Unified Agenda will be available online at: www.reginfo.gov, in a format that offers users a greatly enhanced ability to obtain information from the agenda database. Because publication in the Federal Register is mandated for the regulatory flexibility agendas required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 602), the Commission's printed agenda entries include only: (1) Rules that are in the Agency's regulatory flexibility agenda, in accordance with the Regulatory Flexibility Act because they are likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities; and (2) Rules that the Agency has identified for periodic review under section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. Printing of these entries is limited to fields that contain information required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act's agenda requirements. Additional information on these entries is available in the Unified Agenda published on the Internet. The agenda reflects an assessment of the likelihood that the specified event will occur during the next year; the precise dates for each rulemaking are uncertain and new information, changes of circumstances or of law may alter anticipated timing. In addition, no final determination by staff or the Commission regarding the need for, or the substance of, any rule or regulation should be inferred from this agenda. Dated: March 16, 2016. Todd A. Stevenson, Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Consumer Product Safety Commission--Prerule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 294....................... Rule Review of: Standard 3041-AD47 for the Flammability (Open Flame) of Mattress Sets (Section 610 Review). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Consumer Product Safety Commission--Proposed Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 295....................... Recreational Off-Road 3041-AC78 Vehicles. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [[Page 37419]] Consumer Product Safety Commission--Final Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 296....................... Standard for Sling 3041-AD28 Carriers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Consumer Product Safety Commission--Completed Actions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 297....................... Petition to Amend Test 3041-AD26 Procedures for Glazing Materials in Architectural Products. 298....................... Third Party Testing Burden 3041-AD46 Reduction. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION (CPSC) Prerule Stage 294. Rule Review of: Standard for the Flammability (Open Flame) of Mattress Sets (Section 610 Review) Legal Authority: 5 U.S.C. 1193, Flammable Fabrics Act; 5 U.S.C. 610, Regulatory Flexibility Act Abstract: The Commission published the Standard for the Flammability (Open Flame) of Mattress Sets in March 2006. The Standard sets open flame performance measures on all mattress sets entered into commerce on or after the effective date in July 2007. The purpose of the rule review is to assess the impact of the rule on small entities and to determine whether the rule should be continued without change, or should be amended or rescinded to make the rule more effective or less burdensome while still maintaining safety objectives. CPSC staff solicited comments on the rule through a Federal Register Notice. Staff also conducted economic and fire loss data analyses to review the impact and effectiveness of the rule. A staff briefing package is being developed and will be submitted to the Commission in FY 2016. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Notice for Comment Published in the 04/03/15 80 FR 18218 Federal Register. Comment Period End.................. 06/02/15 Staff Sends Briefing Package to 09/00/16 Commission. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined. Agency Contact: Lisa Scott, Project Manager, Directorate for Laboratory Sciences, Consumer Product Safety Commission, National Product Testing and Evaluation Center, 5 Research Place, Rockville, MD 20850, Phone: 301 987-2064, Email: lscott@cpsc.gov. RIN: 3041-AD47 CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION (CPSC) Proposed Rule Stage 295. Recreational Off-Road Vehicles Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2056; 15 U.S.C. 2058 Abstract: The Commission is considering whether recreational off- road vehicles (ROVs) present an unreasonable risk of injury that should be regulated. ROVs are motorized vehicles having four or more low- pressure tires designed for off-road use and intended by the manufacturer primarily for recreational use by one or more persons. The salient characteristics of an ROV include a steering wheel for steering control, foot controls for throttle and braking, bench or bucket seats, a roll-over protective structure, and a maximum speed greater than 30 mph. On October 21, 2009, the Commission voted (4-0-1) to publish an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) in the Federal Register. The ANPRM was published in the Federal Register on October 28, 2009, and the comment period ended December 28, 2009. The Commission received two letters requesting an extension of the comment period. The Commission extended the comment period until March 15, 2010. Staff conducted testing and evaluation programs to develop performance requirements addressing vehicle stability, vehicle handling, and occupant protection. On October 29, 2014, the Commission voted (3-2) to publish an NPRM proposing standards addressing vehicle stability, vehicle handling, and occupant protection. The NPRM was published in the Federal Register on November 19, 2014. On January 23, 2015, the Commission published a notice of extension of the comment period for the NPRM, extending the comment period to April 8, 2015. The Omnibus Appropriations Bill provides that during fiscal year 2016, none of the amounts made available by the Appropriations Bill may be used to finalize or implement the Safety Standard for Recreational Off-Highway Vehicles published by the CPSC in the Federal Register on November 19, 2014 (79 FR 68964) (ROV NPRM) until after the National Academy of Sciences completes a study to determine specific information as set forth in the Appropriations Bill. Staff has ceased work on a Final Rule briefing package that would implement the ROV NPRM, but continues to engage in the development of voluntary standards associated with ROVs. In FY 2016, staff will prepare a briefing package assessing the voluntary standards for Commission consideration. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Staff Sends ANPRM Briefing Package 10/07/09 to Commission. Commission Decision................. 10/21/09 ANPRM............................... 10/28/09 74 FR 55495 ANPRM Comment Period Extended....... 12/22/09 74 FR 67987 Extended Comment Period End......... 03/15/10 Staff Sends NPRM Briefing Package to 09/24/14 Commission. Staff Sends Supplemental Information 10/17/14 on ROVs to Commission. Commission Decision................. 10/29/14 NPRM Published in Federal Register.. 11/19/14 79 FR 68964 NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 01/23/15 80 FR 3535 [[Page 37420]] Extended Comment Period End......... 04/08/15 Staff Sends Briefing Package 09/00/16 Assessing Voluntary Standards to Commission. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Caroleene Paul, Project Manager, Directorate for Engineering Sciences, Consumer Product Safety Commission, National Product Testing and Evaluation Center, 5 Research Place, Rockville, MD 20850, Phone: 301 987-2225, Email: cpaul@cpsc.gov. RIN: 3041-AC78 CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION (CPSC) Final Rule Stage 296. Standard for Sling Carriers Legal Authority: Pub. L. 110-314, sec 104 Abstract: Section 104 of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) requires the Commission to issue consumer product safety standards for durable infant or toddler products. The Commission is directed to assess the effectiveness of applicable voluntary standards, and in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, promulgate consumer product safety standards that are substantially the same as the voluntary standard, or more stringent than the voluntary standard if the Commission determines that more stringent standards would further reduce the risk of injury associated with the product. The CPSIA requires that not later than August 14, 2009, the Commission begin rulemaking for at least two categories of durable infant or toddler products and promulgate two such standards every six months thereafter. The Commission proposed a consumer product safety standard for infant sling carriers as part of this series of standards for durable infant and toddler products. On June 13, 2014, staff sent an NPRM briefing package to the Commission. The Commission voted unanimously (3-0) to approve publication of the NPRM in the Federal Register. The NPRM was published in the Federal Register on July 23, 2014. Following review of the comments, staff will prepare a Final Rule briefing package for the Commission's consideration. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Staff Sends NPRM Briefing Package to 06/13/14 the Commission. Commission Decision to Publish NPRM. 07/09/14 NPRM................................ 07/23/14 79 FR 42724 NPRM Comment Period End............. 10/06/14 Staff Sends Final Rule Briefing 09/00/16 Package to Commission. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Hope Nesteruk, Project Manager, Directorate for Engineering Sciences, Consumer Product Safety Commission, National Product Testing and Evaluation Center, 5 Research Place, Rockville, MD 20850, Phone: 301 987-2579, Email: hnesteruk@cpsc.gov. RIN: 3041-AD28 CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION (CPSC) Completed Actions 297. Petition To Amend Test Procedures for Glazing Materials in Architectural Products Legal Authority: 5 U.S.C. 553; 15 U.S.C. 2056; 15 U.S.C. 2058 Abstract: The Commission received correspondence from William M. Hannay, counsel for the Safety Glazing Certification Council, requesting that the Commission initiate rulemaking to replace the current testing procedures for glazing materials codified at 16 CFR 1201.4 with those contained in ANSI Z97.1, ``American National Standard for Safety Glazing Materials Used in Building-Safety Performance Specifications and Methods of Test.'' The request was docketed as Petition CP 12-3, under the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA). On August 23, 2012, the Commission voted unanimously to approve publication of a notice in the Federal Register to solicit public comments on the petition. The notice was published in the Federal Register on August 30, 2012. The comment period closed on October 29, 2012. CPSC staff reviewed the submitted comments and sent a briefing package to the Commission on April 3, 2013. The Commission voted unanimously on April 9, 2013, to grant the petition. Staff prepared an NPRM briefing package for Commission consideration. The briefing package went to the Commission on May 6, 2015. The Commission voted to issue the NPRM on May 15, 2015. The NPRM published in the Federal Register on May 22, 2015. The comment period closed on July 21, 2015. Staff sent a Final Rule briefing package to the Commission on March 2, 2016. The Commission voted unanimously (5-0) on March 8, 2016, to approve publication in the Federal Register of the Final Rule, as drafted, to amend the Commission's regulations at 16 CFR part 1201, by replacing the testing procedures provided at 16 CFR 1201.4, with the voluntary standard, ANSI Z97.1-2015, American National Standard for Safety Glazing Materials Used in Buildings-Safety Performance Specifications and Methods of Test. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Petition Docketed................... 08/17/12 Notice for Comment Published in 08/30/12 77 FR 52625 Federal Register. Comment Period End.................. 10/29/12 Staff Sends Briefing Package to 04/03/13 Commission. Commission Decision................. 04/09/13 Staff Sends NPRM Briefing Package to 05/15/15 Commission. NPRM................................ 05/22/15 80 FR 29555 NPRM Comment Period End............. 07/21/15 Staff Sends Final Rule Briefing 03/02/16 Package to Commission. Commission Decision to Approve 03/08/16 Publication of Final Rule in the Federal Register. Final Rule Published in the Federal 03/23/16 81 FR 15427 Register. Final Rule Effective................ 04/22/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Brian M. Baker, Project Manager, Directorate for Laboratory Sciences Mechanical, Consumer Product Safety Commission, National Product Testing and Evaluation Center, 5 Research Place, [[Page 37421]] Rockville, MD 20850, Phone: 301 987-2289, Email: bbaker@cpsc.gov. RIN: 3041-AD26 298. Third Party Testing Burden Reduction Legal Authority: Sec 3, Pub. L. 110-314, 122 Stat. 3016; 15 U.S.C. 2063(d)(3)(B) Abstract: Section 14(i)(3) of the Consumer Product Safety Act requires the Commission to seek opportunities to reduce the cost of third party testing requirements consistent with assuring compliance with any applicable children's product safety rule. In the FY 2015 Operating Plan, the Commission directed staff to submit a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) briefing package to the Commission addressing items to reduce third party testing burdens. On June 30, 2015, staff sent a briefing package to the Commission for a Direct Final Rule (DFR) and an NPRM for a determination regarding heavy elements limits for unfinished and untreated wood. On July 10, 2015, the Commission voted to publish the DFR and NPRM in the Federal Register. On July 17, 2015, the DFR and NPRM were published in the Federal Register with the comment period closing on August 17, 2015. On August 26, 2015, staff sent a draft Federal Register Notice withdrawing the DFR because the Commission received adverse comments regarding the DFR. On September 1, 2015, the Commission voted to publish a notice of withdrawal of the DFR in the Federal Register. The notice of withdrawal published in the Federal Register on September 10, 2015. On December 8, 2015, staff sent a briefing package for a Final Rule for a determination regarding heavy elements for unfinished and untreated wood. On December 8, 2015, the Commission voted to publish the final rule in the Federal Register. On December 17, 2015, the Final Rule published in the Federal Register with an effective date of January 19, 2016. On September 30, 2015, staff sent a briefing package to the Commission for a DFR and NPRM to clarify when component part testing can be used and which textile products have been determined not to exceed the allowable lead content limits. On October 8, 2015, the Commission voted to publish the DFR and the NPRM in the Federal Register. On October 14, 2015, the DFR and NPRM published in the Federal Register. On November 19, 2015, the Commission published a notice in the Federal Register delaying the effective date and extending the comment period for the DFR. On January 4, 2016, the Commission published a Notice in the Federal Register delaying the effective date and reopening the comment period for the DFR. The DFR became final with an effective date of February 12, 2016. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Commission Votes to Publish DFR and 07/10/15 NPRM in Federal Register. NPRM Published in the Federal 07/17/15 80 FR 42438 Register. DFR Published in the Federal 07/17/15 80 FR 42376 Register. NPRM Comment Period End............. 08/17/15 DFR Comment Period End.............. 08/17/15 Staff Sends Notice of Withdrawal to 08/26/15 Commission. Commission Votes to Publish Notice 09/01/15 of Withdrawal of DFR. Notice of Withdrawal of DFR 09/10/15 80 FR 54417 Published in Federal Register. Staff Sends DFR/NPRM Briefing 09/30/15 Package to Commission. Commission Votes to Publish DFR/NPRM 10/08/15 in Federal Register. DFR and NPRM Published in the 10/24/15 80 FR 61729, 80 FR Federal Register. 61773 Notice Delaying Effective Date...... 11/19/15 Staff Sends Final Rule Briefing 12/08/15 Package to Commission. Commission Votes to Publish Final 12/08/15 Rule in Federal Register. Final Rule Published in the Federal 12/17/15 80 FR 78651 Register. Notice Delaying Effective Date and 01/04/16 Reopening Comment Period. Final Rule Effective................ 02/12/16 81 FR 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Randy Butturini, Project Manager, Office of Hazard Identification and Reduction, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814, Phone: 301 504-7562, Email: rbutturini@cpsc.gov. RIN: 3041-AD46 [FR Doc. 2016-12932 Filed 6-8-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6355-01-P [[Page 37423]] Vol. 81 Thursday, No. 111 June 9, 2016 Part XXV Federal Communications Commission ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Semiannual Regulatory Agenda Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 111 / Thursday, June 9, 2016 / Unified Agenda [[Page 37424]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 47 CFR Ch. I Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions-- Spring 2016 AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: Twice a year, in spring and fall, the Commission publishes in the Federal Register a list in the Unified Agenda of those major items and other significant proceedings under development or review that pertain to the Regulatory Flexibility Act. (U.S.C. 602). The Unified Agenda also provides the Code of Federal Regulations citations and legal authorities that govern these proceedings. The complete Unified Agenda will be published on the Internet in a searchable format at www.reginfo.gov. ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maura McGowan, Telecommunications Specialist, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, (202) 418-0990. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Unified Agenda of Major and Other Significant Proceedings The Commission encourages public participation in its rulemaking process. To help keep the public informed of significant rulemaking proceedings, the Commission has prepared a list of important proceedings now in progress. The General Services Administration publishes the Unified Agenda in the Federal Register in the spring and fall of each year. The following terms may be helpful in understanding the status of the proceedings included in this report: Docket Number--assigned to a proceeding if the Commission has issued either a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking or a Notice of Inquiry concerning the matter under consideration. The Commission has used docket numbers since January 1, 1978. Docket numbers consist of the last two digits of the calendar year in which the docket was established plus a sequential number that begins at 1 with the first docket initiated during a calendar year (e.g., Docket No. 96-1 or Docket No. 99-1). The abbreviation for the responsible bureau usually precedes the docket number, as in ``MB Docket No. 96-222,'' which indicates that the responsible bureau is the Media Bureau. A docket number consisting of only five digits (e.g., Docket No. 29622) indicates that the docket was established before January 1, 1978. Notice of Inquiry (NOI)--issued by the Commission when it is seeking information on a broad subject or trying to generate ideas on a given topic. A comment period is specified during which all interested parties may submit comments. Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)--issued by the Commission when it is proposing a specific change to Commission rules and regulations. Before any changes are actually made, interested parties may submit written comments on the proposed revisions. Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM)--issued by the Commission when additional comment in the proceeding is sought. Memorandum Opinion and Order (MO&O)--issued by the Commission to deny a petition for rulemaking, conclude an inquiry, modify a decision, or address a petition for reconsideration of a decision. Rulemaking (RM) Number--assigned to a proceeding after the appropriate bureau or office has reviewed a petition for rulemaking, but before the Commission has taken action on the petition. Report and Order (R&O)--issued by the Commission to state a new or amended rule or state that the Commission rules and regulations will not be revised. Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, Federal Communications Commission. Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau--Long-Term Actions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 299..................... Implementation of the 3060-AG58 Telecom Act of 1996; Access to Telecommunications Service, Telecommunications Equipment, and Customer Premises Equipment by Persons With Disabilities (WT Docket No. 96-198). 300..................... Rules and Regulations 3060-AI14 Implementing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) of 1991 (CG Docket No. 02-278). 301..................... Rules and Regulations 3060-AI15 Implementing Section 225 of the Communications Act (Telecommunications Relay Service) (CG Docket No. 03-123). 302..................... Consumer Information, 3060-AI61 Disclosure, and Truth in Billing and Billing Format. 303..................... Closed-Captioning of 3060-AI72 Video Programming; CG Docket Nos. 05-231 and 06-181 (Section 610 Review). 304..................... Accessibility of 3060-AI75 Programming Providing Emergency Information; MB Docket No. 12-107. 305..................... Empowering Consumers to 3060-AJ51 Avoid Bill Shock (Docket No. 10-207). 306..................... Contributions to the 3060-AJ63 Telecommunications Relay Services Fund (CG Docket No. 11-47). 307..................... Empowering Consumers to 3060-AJ72 Prevent and Detect Billing for Unauthorized Charges (``Cramming''). 308..................... Implementation of the 3060-AJ84 Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012/Establishment of a Public Safety Answering Point Do-Not-Call Registry. 309..................... Implementation of 3060-AK00 Sections 716 and 717 of the Communications Act of 1934, as Enacted by the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (CG Docket No. 10-213). 310..................... Misuse of Internet 3060-AK01 Protocol (IP) Captioned Telephone Service; Telecommunications Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech Services; CG Docket No. 13-24. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Office of Engineering and Technology--Long-Term Actions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 311..................... New Advanced Wireless 3060-AH65 Services (ET Docket No. 00-258). 312..................... Exposure to 3060-AI17 Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields (ET Docket No. 10-97). [[Page 37425]] 313..................... Unlicensed Operation in 3060-AI52 the TV Broadcast Bands (ET Docket No. 04-186). 314..................... Fixed and Mobile 3060-AJ46 Services in the Mobile Satellite Service (ET Docket No. 10-142). 315..................... Radio Experimentation 3060-AJ62 and Market Trials Under Part 5 of the Commission's Rules and Streamlining Other Related Rules (ET Docket No. 10-236). 316..................... Operation of Radar 3060-AJ68 Systems in the 76-77 GHz Band (ET Docket No. 11-90). 317..................... WRC-07 Implementation 3060-AJ93 (ET Docket No. 12-338). 318..................... Federal Earth Stations- 3060-AK09 Non Federal Fixed Satellite Service Space Stations; Spectrum for Non-Federal Space Launch Operations; ET Docket No. 13-115. 319..................... Authorization of 3060-AK10 Radiofrequency Equipment; ET Docket No. 13-44. 320..................... Operation of Radar 3060-AK29 Systems in the 76-77 GHz Band (ET Docket No. 15-26). 321..................... Spectrum Access for 3060-AK30 Wireless Microphone Operations (GN Docket Nos. 14-166 and 12-268). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Bureau--Long-Term Actions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 322..................... Space Station Licensing 3060-AH98 Reform (IB Docket No. 02-34). 323..................... International 3060-AJ77 Settlements Policy Reform (IB Docket No. 11-80). 324..................... Comprehensive Review of 3060-AJ98 Licensing and Operating Rules for Satellite Services (IB Docket No. 12-267). 325..................... Expanding Broadband and 3060-AK02 Innovation through Air- Ground Mobile Broadband Secondary Service for Passengers Aboard Aircraft in the 14.0- 14.5 GHz Band; GN Docket No. 13-114. 326..................... Terrestrial Use of the 3060-AK16 2473-2495 MHz Band for Low-Power Mobile Broadband Networks; Amendments to Rules of Mobile Satellite Service System; IB Docket No. 13-213. 327..................... Review of Foreign 3060-AK47 Ownership Policies for Broadcast, Common Carrier and Aeronautical Radio Licensees under Section 310(b)(4) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (Docket No. 15-236). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Bureau--Completed Actions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 328..................... Reform of Rules and 3060-AJ97 Policies on Foreign Carrier Entry Into the U.S. Telecommunications Market (IB Docket 12- 299). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Media Bureau--Long-Term Actions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 329..................... Broadcast Ownership 3060-AH97 Rules. 330..................... Establishment of Rules 3060-AI38 for Digital Low-Power Television, Television Translator, and Television Booster Stations (MB Docket No. 03-185). 331..................... Promoting 3060-AJ27 Diversification of Ownership in the Broadcast Services (MB Docket No. 07-294). 332..................... Amendment of the 3060-AJ55 Commission's Rules Related to Retransmission Consent (MB Docket No. 10-71). 333..................... Closed Captioning of 3060-AJ67 Internet Protocol- Delivered Video Programming: Implementation of the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (MB Docket No. 11-154). 334..................... Accessibility of User 3060-AK11 Interfaces and Video Programming Guides and Menus (MB Docket No. 12- 108). 335..................... Network Non-Duplication 3060-AK18 and Syndicated Exclusivity Rule (MB Docket No. 14-29). 336..................... Expansion of Online 3060-AK23 Public File Obligations To Cable and Satellite TV Operators and Broadcast and Satellite Radio Licensees; MB Docket No. 14-127. 337..................... Channel Sharing by Full 3060-AK42 Power and Class A Stations Outside of the Incentive Auction Context; (MB Docket No. 15-137). 338..................... Preserving Vacant 3060-AK43 Channels in the UHF Television Band for Unlicensed Use; (MB Docket No. 15-68). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Office of Managing Director--Long-Term Actions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 339..................... Assessment and 3060-AI79 Collection of Regulatory Fees. 340..................... Amendment of Part 1 of 3060-AJ54 the Commission's Rules, Concerning Practice and Procedure, Amendment of CORES Registration System; MD Docket No. 10-234. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [[Page 37426]] Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau--Long-Term Actions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 341..................... Revision of the Rules To 3060-AG34 Ensure Compatibility With Enhanced 911 Emergency Calling Systems (CC Docket No. 94-102; PS Docket No. 07-114). 342..................... Enhanced 911 Services 3060-AG60 for Wireline and Multi- Line Telephone Systems; PS Docket Nos. 10-255 and 07-114. 343..................... In the Matter of the 3060-AG74 Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act. 344..................... Implementation of 911 3060-AH90 Act (CC Docket No. 92- 105, WT Docket No. 00- 110). 345..................... Commission Rules 3060-AI22 Concerning Disruptions to Communications (PS Docket No. 11-82). 346..................... E911 Requirements for IP- 3060-AI62 Enabled Service Providers (Dockets Nos. GN 11-117, PS 07-114, WC 05-196, WC 04-36). 347..................... Wireless E911 Location 3060-AJ52 Accuracy Requirements; PS Docket No. 07-114. 348..................... 700 MHz Public Safety 3060-AJ99 Broadband--First Net (PS Docket Nos. 12-94 & 06-229 and WT 06-150). 349..................... Proposed Amendments to 3060-AK19 Service Rules Governing Public Safety Narrowband Operations in the 769-775 and 799- 805 MHz Bands. 350..................... Improving Outage 3060-AK39 Reporting for Submarine Cables and Enhancing Submarine Cable Outage Data; GN Docket No. 15- 206. 351..................... Amendments to Part 4 of 3060-AK40 the Commission's Rules Concerning Disruptions to Communications; PS Docket No. 15-80. 352..................... New Part 4 of the 3060-AK41 Commission's Rules Concerning Disruptions to Communications; ET Docket No. 04-35. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Wireless Telecommunications Bureau--Long-Term Actions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 353..................... Reexamination of Roaming 3060-AH83 Obligations of Commercial Mobile Radio Service Providers. 354..................... Review of Part 87 of the 3060-AI35 Commission's Rules Concerning Aviation (WT Docket No. 01-289). 355..................... Implementation of the 3060-AI88 Commercial Spectrum Enhancement Act (CSEA) and Modernization of the Commission's Competitive Bidding Rules and Procedures (WT Docket No. 05-211). 356..................... Facilitating the 3060-AJ12 Provision of Fixed and Mobile Broadband Access, Educational, and Other Advanced Services in the 2150- 2162 and 2500-2690 MHz Bands. 357..................... Service Rules for 3060-AJ19 Advanced Wireless Services in the 2155- 2175 MHz Band; WT Docket No. 13-185. 358..................... Amendment of the 3060-AJ22 Commission's Rules to Improve Public Safety Communications in the 800 MHz Band, and to Consolidate the 800 MHz and 900 MHz Business and Industrial/Land Transportation Pool Channels. 359..................... Amendment of Part 101 to 3060-AJ28 Accommodate 30 MHz Channels in the 6525- 6875 MHz Band and Provide Conditional Authorization on Channels in the 21.8- 22.0 and 23.0-23.2 GHz Band (WT Docket No. 04- 114). 360..................... Amendment of Part 90 of 3060-AJ37 the Commission's Rules. 361..................... Amendment of Part 101 of 3060-AJ47 the Commission's Rules for Microwave Use and Broadcast Auxiliary Service Flexibility. 362..................... Universal Service Reform 3060-AJ58 Mobility Fund (WT Docket No. 10-208). 363..................... Fixed and Mobile 3060-AJ59 Services in the Mobile Satellite Service Bands at 1525-1559 MHz and 1626.5-1660.5 MHz, 1610- 1626.5 MHz and 2483.5- 2500 MHz, and 2000-2020 MHz and 2180-2200 MHz. 364..................... Improving Spectrum 3060-AJ71 Efficiency Through Flexible Channel Spacing and Bandwidth Utilization for Economic Area-Based 800 MHz Specialized Mobile Radio Licensees (WT Docket Nos. 12-64 and 11-110). 365..................... Service Rules for 3060-AJ73 Advanced Wireless Services in the 2000- 2020 MHz and 2180-2200 MHz Bands. 366..................... Expanding the Economic 3060-AJ82 and Innovation Opportunities of Spectrum Through Incentive Auctions; Docket No. 12-268. 367..................... Service Rules for 3060-AJ86 Advanced Wireless Services of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 Related to the 1915-1920 MHz and 1995- 2000 MHz Bands (WT Docket No. 12-357). 368..................... Amendment of Parts 1, 2, 3060-AJ87 22, 24, 27, 90 and 95 of the Commission's Rules to Improve Wireless Coverage Through the Use of Signal Boosters (WT Docket No. 10-4). 369..................... Amendment of the 3060-AJ88 Commission's Rules Governing Certain Aviation Ground Station Equipment (Squitter) (WT Docket Nos. 10-61 and 09-42). 370..................... Amendment of the 3060-AJ91 Commission's Rules Concerning Commercial Radio Operators (WT Docket No. 10-177). 371..................... Radiolocation Operations 3060-AK04 in the 78-81 GHz Band; WT Docket No. 11-202. 372..................... Amendment of Part 90 of 3060-AK05 the Commission's Rules to Permit Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) Technology; WT Docket No. 11-6. 373..................... Promoting Technological 3060-AK06 Solutions to Combat Wireless Contraband Device Use in Correctional Facilities. 374..................... Enabling Small Cell Use 3060-AK12 in the 3.5 GHz band. 375..................... 800 MHz Cellular 3060-AK13 Telecommunications Licensing Reform; Docket No. 12-40. 376..................... Updating Competitive 3060-AK28 Bidding Rules. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Wireless Telecommunications Bureau--Completed Actions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 377..................... Rules Authorizing the 3060-AJ21 Operation of Low Power Auxiliary Stations in the 698-806 MHz Band (WT Docket No. 08-166) Public Interest Spectrum Coalition, Petition for Rulemaking Regarding Low Power Auxiliary. 378..................... In the Matter of Service 3060-AJ35 Rules for the 698 to 746, 747 to 762, and 777 to 792 MHz Bands. [[Page 37427]] 379..................... 2004 and 2006 Biennial 3060-AJ50 Regulatory Reviews-- Streamlining and Other Revisions of the Commission's Rules Governing Construction, Marking, and Lighting of Antenna Structures. 380..................... Promoting 3060-AJ78 Interoperability in the 700 MHz Commercial Spectrum; Requests for Waiver and Extension of Lower 700 MHz Band Interim Construction Benchmark Deadlines (WT Docket Nos. 12-69 & 12- 332). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Wireline Competition Bureau--Long-Term Actions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 381..................... Implementation of the 3060-AF85 Universal Service Portions of the 1996 Telecommunications Act. 382..................... 2000 Biennial Regulatory 3060-AH72 Review--Telecommunicati ons Service Quality Reporting Requirements. 383..................... National Exchange 3060-AI47 Carrier Association Petition. 384..................... IP-Enabled Services; WC 3060-AI48 Docket No. 04-36. 385..................... Jurisdictional 3060-AJ06 Separations. 386..................... Service Quality, 3060-AJ14 Customer Satisfaction, Infrastructure and Operating Data Gathering (WC Docket Nos. 08-190, 07-139, 07- 204, 07-273, 07-21). 387..................... Development of 3060-AJ15 Nationwide Broadband Data To Evaluate Reasonable and Timely Deployment of Advanced Services to All Americans. 388..................... Local Number Portability 3060-AJ32 Porting Interval and Validation Requirements (WC Docket No. 07-244). 389..................... Implementation of 3060-AJ64 Section 224 of the Act; A National Broadband Plan for Our Future (WC Docket No. 07-245, GN Docket No. 09-51). 390..................... Rural Call Completion; 3060-AJ89 WC Docket No. 13-39. 391..................... Rates for Inmate Calling 3060-AK08 Services; WC Docket No. 12-375. 392..................... Comprehensive Review of 3060-AK20 the Part 32 Uniform System of Accounts (WC Docket No. 14-130). 393..................... Protecting and Promoting 3060-AK21 the Open Internet; (WC Docket No. 14-28). 394..................... Emerging Wireline 3060-AK32 Networks and Services; GN Docket No 13-5, WC Docket No. 05-25. 395..................... Modernizing Common 3060-AK33 Carrier Rules, WC Docket No 15-33. 396..................... Numbering Policies for 3060-AK36 Modern Communications, WC Docket No. 13-97. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC) Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau Long-Term Actions 299. Implementation of the Telecom Act of 1996; Access to Telecommunications Service, Telecommunications Equipment, and Customer Premises Equipment by Persons With Disabilities (WT Docket No. 96-198) Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 255; 47 U.S.C. 251(a)(2) Abstract: These proceedings implement the provisions of sections 255 and 251(a)(2) of the Communications Act and related sections of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 regarding the accessibility of telecommunications equipment and services to persons with disabilities. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ R&O................................. 08/14/96 61 FR 42181 NOI................................. 09/26/96 61 FR 50465 NPRM................................ 05/22/98 63 FR 28456 R&O................................. 11/19/99 64 FR 63235 Further NOI......................... 11/19/99 64 FR 63277 Public Notice....................... 01/07/02 67 FR 678 R&O................................. 08/06/07 72 FR 43546 Petition for Waiver................. 11/01/07 72 FR 61813 Public Notice....................... 11/01/07 72 FR 61882 Final Rule.......................... 04/21/08 73 FR 21251 Public Notice....................... 08/01/08 73 FR 45008 Extension of Waiver................. 05/15/08 73 FR 28057 Extension of Waiver................. 05/06/09 74 FR 20892 Public Notice....................... 05/07/09 74 FR 21364 Extension of Waiver................. 07/29/09 74 FR 37624 NPRM................................ 03/14/11 76 FR 13800 NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 04/12/11 76 FR 20297 FNPRM............................... 12/30/11 76 FR 82240 Comment Period End.................. 03/14/12 ....................... R&O................................. 12/30/11 76 FR 82354 Announcement of Effective Date...... 04/25/12 77 FR 24632 2nd R&O............................. 05/22/13 78 FR 30226 FNPRM............................... 12/20/13 78 FR 77074 FNPRM Comment Period End............ 02/18/14 ....................... Next Action Undetermined............ ......... ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Cheryl J. King, Deputy Chief, Disability Rights Office, Federal Communications Commission, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-2284, TDD Phone: 202 418-0416, Fax: 202 418-0037, Email: cheryl.king@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AG58 300. Rules and Regulations Implementing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) of 1991 (CG Docket No. 02-278) Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 227 Abstract: On July 3, 2003, the Commission released a Report and Order establishing, along with the FTC, a national do-not-call registry. The Commission's Report and Order also adopted rules on the use of predictive dialers, the transmission of caller ID information by telemarketers, and the sending of unsolicited fax advertisements. On September 21, 2004, the Commission released an Order amending existing safe harbor rules for telemarketers subject to the do-not-call registry to require such telemarketers to access the do-not-call list every 31 days, rather than every three months. On April 5, 2006, the Commission adopted a Report and Order and Third Order on Reconsideration amending its facsimile advertising rules to implement the Junk Fax Protection Act of 2005. On October 14, 2008, the Commission released an Order on Reconsideration addressing certain issues raised in petitions for reconsideration and/or clarification of the Report and Order and Third Order [[Page 37428]] on Reconsideration. On January 4, 2008, the Commission released a Declaratory Ruling, clarifying that autodialed and prerecorded message calls to wireless numbers that are provided by the called party to a creditor in connection with an existing debt are permissible as calls made with the ``prior express consent'' of the called party. Following a December 4, 2007, NPRM, on June 17, 2008, the Commission released a Report and Order amending its rules to require sellers and/or telemarketers to honor registrations with the National Do-Not-Call Registry indefinitely, unless the registration is cancelled by the consumer or the number is removed by the database administrator. Following a January 22, 2010, NPRM, the Commission released a Report and Order (on February 15, 2012) requiring telemarketers to obtain prior express written consent, including by electronic means, before making an autodialed or prerecorded telemarketing call to a wireless number or before making a prerecorded telemarketing call to a residential line; eliminating the ``established business relationship'' exemption to the consent requirement for prerecorded telemarketing calls to residential lines; requiring telemarketers to provide an automated, interactive ``opt-out'' mechanism during autodialed or prerecorded telemarketing calls to wireless numbers and during prerecorded telemarketing calls to residential lines; and requiring that the abandoned call rate for telemarketing calls be calculated on a ``per-campaign'' basis. On November 29, 2012, the Commission released a Declaratory Ruling clarifying that sending a one-time text message confirming a consumer's request that no further text messages be sent does not violate the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) or the Commission's rules as long as the confirmation text only confirms receipt of the consumer's opt-out request, and does not contain marketing, solicitations, or an attempt to convince the consumer to reconsider his or her opt-out decision. The ruling applies only when the sender of the text messages has obtained prior express consent, as required by the TCPA and Commission rules, from the consumer to be sent text messages using an automatic telephone dialing system. On May 9, 2013, the Commission released a declaratory ruling clarifying that while a seller does not generally ``initiate'' calls made through a third-party telemarketer, within the meaning of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), it nonetheless may be held vicariously liable under Federal common law principles of agency for violations of either section 227(b) or section 227(c) that are committed by third-party telemarketers. On July 10, 2015, the commission released a Declaratory Ruling and Order resolving 21 separate requests for clarification or other action regarding the TCPA. It clarified, among other things, that: nothing in the Communications Act of the Commission's rules prohibits carriers or other service providers from implementing consumer-initiated call- blocking technologies; equipment meets the TCPA's definition of ``autodialer'' if it has the ``capacity'' to store or produce random sequential numbers, and to dial them, even if it is not presently used for that purpose; an ``app'' provider that plays a minimal role in making a call, such as just proving the app itself, is not the maker of the call for TCPA purposes; consumers who have previously consented to robocalls may revoke that consent at any time and through any reasonable means; the TCPA requires the consent of the party called-- the subscriber to a phone number or the customary user of the number-- not the intended recipient of the call; and callers who make calls without knowledge or reassignment of a wireless phone number and with a reasonable basis to believe that they have valid consent to make the call to the wireless number should be able to initiate one call after reassignment as an additional opportunity to gain actual or constructive knowledge of the reassignment and cease future calls to the new subscriber. The Commission also exempted certain financial and healthcare-related calls, when free to the consumer, from the TCPA's consumer-consent requirement. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 10/08/02 67 FR 62667 FNPRM............................... 04/03/03 68 FR 16250 Order............................... 07/25/03 68 FR 44144 Order Effective..................... 08/25/03 ....................... Order on Reconsideration............ 08/25/03 68 FR 50978 Order............................... 10/14/03 68 FR 59130 FNPRM............................... 03/31/04 69 FR 16873 Order............................... 10/08/04 69 FR 60311 Order............................... 10/28/04 69 FR 62816 Order on Reconsideration............ 04/13/05 70 FR 19330 Order............................... 06/30/05 70 FR 37705 NPRM................................ 12/19/05 70 FR 75102 Public Notice....................... 04/26/06 71 FR 24634 Order............................... 05/03/06 71 FR 25967 NPRM................................ 12/14/07 72 FR 71099 Declaratory Ruling.................. 02/01/08 73 FR 6041 R&O................................. 07/14/08 73 FR 40183 Order on Reconsideration............ 10/30/08 73 FR 64556 NPRM................................ 03/22/10 75 FR 13471 R&O................................. 06/11/12 77 FR 34233 Public Notice....................... 06/30/10 75 FR 34244 Public Notice (Reconsideration 10/03/12 77 FR 60343 Petitions Filed). Announcement of Effective Date...... 10/16/12 77 FR 63240 Opposition End Date................. 10/18/12 ....................... Rule Corrections.................... 11/08/12 77 FR 66935 Declaratory Ruling (Release Date)... 11/29/12 ....................... Declaratory Ruling and Order........ 10/09/15 80 FR 61129 Next Action Undetermined............ ......... ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Kristi Lemoine, Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-2467, Email: kristi.lemoine@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AI14 301. Rules and Regulations Implementing Section 225 of the Communications Act (Telecommunications Relay Service) (CG Docket No. 03-123) Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 154; 47 U.S.C. 225 Abstract: This proceeding established a new docket flowing from the previous telecommunications relay service (TRS) history, CC Docket No. 98-67. This proceeding continues the Commission's inquiry into improving the quality of TRS and furthering the goal of functional equivalency, consistent with Congress' mandate that TRS regulations encourage the use of existing technology and not discourage or impair the development of new technology. In this docket, the Commission explores ways to improve emergency preparedness for TRS facilities and services, new TRS technologies, public access to information and outreach, and issues related to payments from the Interstate TRS Fund. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 08/25/03 68 FR 50993 R&O, Order on Reconsideration....... 09/01/04 69 FR 53346 FNPRM............................... 09/01/04 69 FR 53382 Public Notice....................... 02/17/05 70 FR 8034 Declaratory Ruling/Interpretation... 02/25/05 70 FR 9239 Public Notice....................... 03/07/05 70 FR 10930 Order............................... 03/23/05 70 FR 14568 [[Page 37429]] Public Notice/Announcement of Date.. 04/06/05 70 FR 17334 Order............................... 07/01/05 70 FR 38134 Order on Reconsideration............ 08/31/05 70 FR 51643 R&O................................. 08/31/05 70 FR 51649 Order............................... 09/14/05 70 FR 54294 Order............................... 09/14/05 70 FR 54298 Public Notice....................... 10/12/05 70 FR 59346 R&O/Order on Reconsideration........ 12/23/05 70 FR 76208 Order............................... 12/28/05 70 FR 76712 Order............................... 12/29/05 70 FR 77052 NPRM................................ 02/01/06 71 FR 5221 Declaratory Ruling/Clarification.... 05/31/06 71 FR 30818 FNPRM............................... 05/31/06 71 FR 30848 FNPRM............................... 06/01/06 71 FR 31131 Declaratory Ruling/Dismissal of 06/21/06 71 FR 35553 Petition. Clarification....................... 06/28/06 71 FR 36690 Declaratory Ruling on 07/06/06 71 FR 38268 Reconsideration. Order on Reconsideration............ 08/16/06 71 FR 47141 MO&O................................ 08/16/06 71 FR 47145 Clarification....................... 08/23/06 71 FR 49380 FNPRM............................... 09/13/06 71 FR 54009 Final Rule; Clarification........... 02/14/07 72 FR 6960 Order............................... 03/14/07 72 FR 11789 R&O................................. 08/06/07 72 FR 43546 Public Notice....................... 08/16/07 72 FR 46060 Order............................... 11/01/07 72 FR 61813 Public Notice....................... 01/04/08 73 FR 863 R&O/Declaratory Ruling.............. 01/17/08 73 FR 3197 Order............................... 02/19/08 73 FR 9031 Order............................... 04/21/08 73 FR 21347 R&O................................. 04/21/08 73 FR 21252 Order............................... 04/23/08 73 FR 21843 Public Notice....................... 04/30/08 73 FR 23361 Order............................... 05/15/08 73 FR 28057 Declaratory Ruling.................. 07/08/08 73 FR 38928 FNPRM............................... 07/18/08 73 FR 41307 R&O................................. 07/18/08 73 FR 41286 Public Notice....................... 08/01/08 73 FR 45006 Public Notice....................... 08/05/08 73 FR 45354 Public Notice....................... 10/10/08 73 FR 60172 Order............................... 10/23/08 73 FR 63078 2nd R&O and Order on Reconsideration 12/30/08 73 FR 79683 Order............................... 05/06/09 74 FR 20892 Public Notice....................... 05/07/09 74 FR 21364 NPRM................................ 05/21/09 74 FR 23815 Public Notice....................... 05/21/09 74 FR 23859 Public Notice....................... 06/12/09 74 FR 28046 Order............................... 07/29/09 74 FR 37624 Public Notice....................... 08/07/09 74 FR 39699 Order............................... 09/18/09 74 FR 47894 Order............................... 10/26/09 74 FR 54913 Public Notice....................... 05/12/10 75 FR 26701 Order Denying Stay Motion (Release 07/09/10 ....................... Date). Order............................... 08/13/10 75 FR 49491 Order............................... 09/03/10 75 FR 54040 NPRM................................ 11/02/10 75 FR 67333 NPRM................................ 05/02/11 76 FR 24442 Order............................... 07/25/11 76 FR 44326 Final Rule (Order).................. 09/27/11 76 FR 59551 Final Rule; Announcement of 11/22/11 76 FR 72124 Effective Date. Proposed Rule (Public Notice)....... 02/28/12 77 FR 11997 Proposed Rule (FNPRM)............... 02/01/12 77 FR 4948 First R&O........................... 07/25/12 77 FR 43538 Public Notice....................... 10/29/12 77 FR 65526 Order on Reconsideration............ 12/26/12 77 FR 75894 Order............................... 02/05/13 78 FR 8030 Order (Interim Rule)................ 02/05/13 78 FR 8032 NPRM................................ 02/05/13 78 FR 8090 Announcement of Effective Date...... 03/07/13 78 FR 14701 NPRM Comment Period End............. 03/13/13 ....................... FNPRM............................... 07/05/13 78 FR 40407 FNPRM Comment Period End............ 09/18/13 ....................... R&O................................. 07/05/13 78 FR 40582 R&O................................. 08/15/13 78 FR 49693 FNPRM............................... 08/15/13 78 FR 49717 FNPRM Comment Period End............ 09/30/13 ....................... R&O................................. 08/30/13 78 FR 53684 FNPRM............................... 09/03/13 78 FR 54201 NPRM................................ 10/23/13 78 FR 63152 FNPRM Comment Period End............ 11/18/13 ....................... Petiton for Reconsideration; Request 12/16/13 78 FR 76096 for Comment. Petition for Reconsideration; 12/16/13 78 FR 76097 Request for Comment. Request for Clarification; Request 12/30/13 78 FR 79362 for Comment; Correction. Petition for Reconsideration Comment 01/10/14 ....................... Period End. NPRM Comment Period End............. 01/21/14 ....................... Announcement of Effective Date...... 07/11/14 79 FR 40003 Announcement of Effective Date...... 08/28/14 79 FR 51446 Correction--Announcement of 08/28/14 79 FR 51450 Effective Date. Technical Amendments................ 09/09/14 79 FR 53303 Public Notice....................... 09/15/14 79 FR 54979 R&O and Order....................... 10/21/14 79 FR 62875 FNPRM............................... 10/21/14 79 FR 62935 FNPRM Comment Period End............ 12/22/14 ....................... Final Action (Announcement of 10/30/14 79 FR 64515 Effective Date). Final Rule Effective................ 10/30/14 ....................... FNPRM............................... 11/08/15 80 FR 72029 FNPRM Comment Period End............ 01/01/16 ....................... Public Notice....................... 01/20/16 81 FR 3085 Public Notice Comment Period End.... 02/16/16 ....................... Next Action Undetermined............ ......... ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Karen Peltz Strauss, Deputy Chief, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-2388, Email: karen.strauss@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AI15 302. Consumer Information, Disclosure, and Truth in Billing and Billing Format Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 201; 47 U.S.C. 258 Abstract: In 1999, the Commission adopted truth-in-billing rules to address concerns that there is consumer confusion relating to billing for telecommunications services. On March 18, 2005, the Commission released an Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) to further facilitate the ability of telephone consumers to make informed choices among competitive service offerings. On August 28, 2009, the Commission released a Notice of Inquiry that asks questions about information available to consumers at all stages of the purchasing process for all communications services, including: (1) Choosing a provider; (2) choosing a service plan; (3) managing use of the service plan; and (4) deciding whether and when to switch an existing provider or plan. On October 14, 2010, the Commission released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing rules that would require mobile service providers to provide usage alerts and information that will assist consumers in avoiding unexpected charges on their bills. On July 12, 2011, the Commission released an NPRM proposing rules that would assist consumers in detecting and preventing the placement of unauthorized charges on their telephone bills, an unlawful and fraudulent practice, commonly referred to as ``cramming.'' On April 27, 2012, the Commission adopted rules to address ``cramming'' on wireline telephone bills and released an FNPRM seeking comment on additional measures to protect wireline and wireless consumers from unauthorized charges. Timetable: [[Page 37430]] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FNPRM............................... 05/25/05 70 FR 30044 R&O................................. 05/25/05 70 FR 29979 NOI................................. 08/28/09 ....................... Public Notice....................... 05/20/10 75 FR 28249 Public Notice....................... 06/11/10 75 FR 33303 NPRM................................ 11/26/10 75 FR 72773 NPRM................................ 08/23/11 76 FR 52625 NPRM Comment Period End............. 11/21/11 ....................... Order (Reply Comment Period 11/30/11 76 FR 74017 Extended). Reply Comment Period End............ 12/05/11 ....................... R&O................................. 05/24/12 77 FR 30915 FNPRM............................... 05/24/12 77 FR 30972 FNPRM Comment Period End............ 07/09/12 ....................... Order (Comment Period Extended)..... 07/17/12 77 FR 41955 Comment Period End.................. 07/20/12 ....................... Announcement of Effective Dates..... 10/26/12 77 FR 65230 Correction of Final Rule............ 11/30/12 77 FR 71353 Correction of Final Rule............ 11/30/12 77 FR 71354 Next Action Undetermined............ ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Richard D Smith, Special Counsel, Consumer Policy Division, Federal Communications Commission, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 717 338-2797, Fax: 717 338-2574, Email: richard.smith@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AI61 303. Closed-Captioning of Video Programming; CG Docket Nos. 05-231 and 06-181 (Section 610 Review) Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 613 Abstract: The Commission's closed-captioning rules are designed to make video programming more accessible to deaf and hard-of-hearing Americans. This proceeding resolves some issues regarding the Commission's closed-captioning rules that were raised for comment in 2005, and also seeks comment on how a certain exemption from the closed-captioning rules should be applied to digital multicast broadcast channels. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 02/03/97 62 FR 4959 R&O................................. 09/16/97 62 FR 48487 Order on Reconsideration............ 10/20/98 63 FR 55959 NPRM................................ 09/26/05 70 FR 56150 Order and Declaratory Ruling........ 01/13/09 74 FR 1594 NPRM................................ 01/13/09 74 FR 1654 Final Rule Correction............... 09/11/09 74 FR 46703 Final Rule (Announcement of 02/19/10 75 FR 7370 Effective Date). Order............................... 02/19/10 75 FR 7368 Order Suspending Effective Date..... 02/19/10 75 FR 7369 Waiver Order........................ 10/04/10 75 FR 61101 Public Notice....................... 11/17/10 75 FR 70168 Interim Final Rule (Order).......... 11/01/11 76 FR 67376 Final Rule (MO&O)................... 11/01/11 76 FR 67377 NPRM................................ 11/01/11 76 FR 67397 NPRM Comment Period End............. 12/16/11 ....................... Public Notice....................... 05/04/12 77 FR 26550 Public Notice....................... 12/15/12 77 FR 72348 Final Rule Effective................ 03/16/15 ....................... FNPRM............................... 03/27/14 79 FR 17094 R&O................................. 03/31/14 79 FR 17911 FNPRM Comment Period End............ 07/25/14 ....................... Final Action (Announcement of 12/29/14 79 FR 77916 Effective Date). 2nd FNPRM........................... 12/31/14 79 FR 78768 Comment Period End.................. 01/30/15 ....................... Next Action Undetermined............ ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Eliot Greenwald, Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-2235, Email: eliot.greenwald@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AI72 304. Accessibility of Programming Providing Emergency Information; MB Docket No. 12-107 Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 613 Abstract: In this proceeding, the Commission adopted rules detailing how video programming distributors must make emergency information accessible to persons with hearing and visual disabilities. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FNPRM............................... 01/21/98 63 FR 3070 NPRM................................ 12/01/99 64 FR 67236 NPRM Correction..................... 12/22/99 64 FR 71712 Second R&O.......................... 05/09/00 65 FR 26757 R&O................................. 09/11/00 65 FR 54805 Final Rule; Correction.............. 09/20/00 65 FR 5680 NPRM................................ 11/28/12 77 FR 70970 NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 12/20/12 77 FR 75404 NPRM Comment Period Extension End... 01/07/13 ....................... R&O................................. 05/24/13 78 FR 31770 FNPRM............................... 05/24/13 78 FR 31800 FNPRM............................... 12/20/13 78 FR 77074 FNPRM Comment Period End............ 02/18/14 ....................... NPRM................................ 06/18/13 78 FR 36478 NPRM Comment Period End............. 08/07/13 ....................... R&O................................. 12/20/13 78 FR 77210 Petition for Reconsideration........ 01/31/14 79 FR 5364 Comment Period End.................. 02/25/14 ....................... Correcting Amendments............... 02/10/14 79 FR 7590 Announcement of Effective Date...... 04/16/14 79 FR 21399 Final Action (Announcement of 01/26/15 80 FR 3913 Effective Date). Final Action Effective.............. 01/26/15 ....................... 2nd R&O............................. 07/10/15 80 FR 39698 2nd FNPRM........................... 07/10/15 80 FR 39722 2nd FNPRM Comment Period End........ 09/08/15 ....................... Next Action Undetermined............ ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Eliot Greenwald, Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-2235, Email: eliot.greenwald@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AI75 305. Empowering Consumers To Avoid Bill Shock (Docket No. 10-207) Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 201; 47 U.S.C. 303; 47 U.S.C. 332 Abstract: On October 14, 2010, the Commission released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking which proposes a rule that would require mobile service providers to provide usage alerts and information to help consumers avoid unexpected charges on their bills. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Public Notice....................... 05/20/10 75 FR 28249 NPRM................................ 11/26/10 75 FR 72773 Next Action Undetermined............ ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Richard D Smith, Special Counsel, Consumer Policy Division, Federal Communications Commission, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, [[Page 37431]] Phone: 717 338-2797, Fax: 717 338-2574, Email: richard.smith@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AJ51 306. Contributions to the Telecommunications Relay Services Fund (CG Docket No. 11-47) Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 154; 47 U.S.C. 225; 47 U.S.C. 616 Abstract: The Commission prescribes by regulation the obligations of each provider of interconnected and non-interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service to participate in and contribute to the Interstate Telecommunications Relay Services Fund in a manner that is consistent with and comparable to such fund. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 04/04/11 76 FR 18490 NPRM Comment Period End............. 05/04/11 ....................... Final Rule.......................... 10/25/11 76 FR 65965 Next Action Undetermined............ ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Rosaline Crawford, Attorney, Disability Rights Office, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-2075, Email: rosaline.crawford@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AJ63 307. Empowering Consumers To Prevent and Detect Billing for Unauthorized Charges (``Cramming'') Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 201; 47 U.S.C. 301; 47 U.S.C. 303; 47 U.S.C. 332 Abstract: On July 12, 2011, the Commission released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposing rules that would help consumers detect and prevent the placement of unauthorized charges on telephone bills, an unlawful and fraudulent practice commonly referred to as ``cramming.'' On April 27, 2012, the Commission adopted rules to address ``cramming'' on wireline telephone bills and released a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comment on additional measures to protect wireline and wireless consumers from unauthorized charges. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 08/23/11 76 FR 52625 NPRM Comment Period End............. 11/21/11 ....................... Order (Extends Reply Comment Period) 11/30/11 76 FR 74017 NPRM Comment Period End............. 12/05/11 ....................... FNPRM............................... 05/24/12 77 FR 30972 R&O................................. 05/24/12 77 FR 30915 FNPRM Comment Period End............ 07/09/12 ....................... Order (Extends Reply Comment Period) 07/17/12 77 FR 41955 FNPRM Comment Period End............ 07/20/12 ....................... Announcement of Effective Dates..... 10/26/12 77 FR 65230 Correction of Final Rule............ 11/30/12 77 FR 71354 Correction of Final Rule............ 11/30/12 77 FR 71353 Next Action Undetermined............ ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Richard D. Smith, Special Counsel, Consumer Policy Division, Federal Communications Commission, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 717 338-2797, Fax: 717 338-2574, Email: richard.smith@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AJ72 308. Implementation of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012/Establishment of a Public Safety Answering Point Do-Not-Call Registry Legal Authority: Public Law 112-96, sec 6507 Abstract: The Commission issued, on May 22, 2012, an NPRM to initiate a proceeding to create a Do-Not-Call registry for public safety answer points (PSAPs), as required by section 6507 of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012. The statute requires the Commission to establish a registry that allows PSAPs to register their telephone numbers on a do-not-call list; prohibit the use of automatic dialing equipment to contact registered numbers; and implement a range of monetary penalties for disclosure of registered numbers and for use of automatic dialing equipment to contact such numbers. On October 17, 2012, the Commission adopted final rules implementing the statutory requirements described above. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 06/21/12 77 FR 37362 R&O................................. 10/29/12 77 FR 71131 Correction Amendments............... 02/13/13 78 FR 10099 Announcement of Effective Date...... 03/26/13 78 FR 18246 Next Action Undetermined............ ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Richard D. Smith, Special Counsel, Consumer Policy Division, Federal Communications Commission, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 717 338-2797, Fax: 717 338-2574, Email: richard.smith@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AJ84 309. Implementation of Sections 716 and 717 of the Communications Act of 1934, as Enacted by the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (CG Docket No. 10-213) Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 154; 47 U.S.C. 255; 47 U.S.C. 617; 47 U.S.C. 618; 47 U.S.C. 619 Abstract: These proceedings implement sections 716, 717, and 718 of the Communications Act, which were added by the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (CVAA), related to the accessibility of advanced communications services and equipment (section 716), recordkeeping and enforcement requirements for entities subject to sections 255, 716, and 718 (section 717), and accessibility of Internet browsers built into mobile phones (section 718). Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 03/14/11 76 FR 13800 NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 04/12/11 76 FR 20297 NPRM Comment Period End............. 05/13/11 ....................... FNPRM............................... 12/30/11 76 FR 82240 R&O................................. 12/30/11 76 FR 82354 FNPRM Comment Period End............ 03/14/12 ....................... Announcement of Effective Date...... 04/25/12 77 FR 24632 2nd R&O............................. 05/22/13 78 FR 30226 Next Action Undetermined............ ......... ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Rosaline Crawford, Attorney, Disability Rights Office, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-2075, Email: rosaline.crawford@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AK00 [[Page 37432]] 310. Misuse of Internet Protocol (IP) Captioned Telephone Service; Telecommunications Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech Services; CG Docket No. 13-24 Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 154; 47 U.S.C. 225 Abstract: The FCC initiated this proceeding in its effort to ensure that IP CTS is available for eligible users only. In doing so, the FCC released an Interim Order and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to address certain practices related to the provision and marketing of Internet Protocol Captioned Telephone Service (IP CTS). IP CTS is a form of relay service designed to allow people with hearing loss to speak directly to another party on a telephone call and to simultaneously listen to the other party and read captions of what that party is saying over an IP-enabled device. To ensure that IP CTS is provided efficiently to persons who need to use this service, this new Order establishes several requirements on a temporary basis from March 7, 2013, to September 3, 2013. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 02/05/13 78 FR 8090 Order (Interim Rule)................ 02/05/13 78 FR 8032 Order............................... 02/05/13 78 FR 8030 Announcement of Effective Date...... 03/07/13 78 FR 14701 NPRM Comment Period End............. 03/12/13 ....................... R&O................................. 08/30/13 78 FR 53684 FNPRM............................... 09/30/13 78 FR 54201 FNPRM Comment Period End............ 11/18/13 ....................... Petition for Reconsideration Request 12/16/13 78 FR 76097 for Comment. Petiton for Reconsideration Comment 01/10/14 ....................... Period End. Announcement of Effective Date...... 08/28/14 79 FR 51446 Correction--Announcement of 08/28/14 79 FR 51450 Effective Date. Technical Amendments................ 09/09/14 79 FR 53303 Next Action Undetermined............ ......... ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Greg Hlibok, Chief, Disability Rights Office, Federal Communications Commission, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 559-5158, TDD Phone: 202 418-0413, Email: gregory.hlibok@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AK01 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC) Office of Engineering and Technology Long-Term Actions 311. New Advanced Wireless Services (ET Docket No. 00-258) Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154(i); 47 U.S.C. 157(a); 47 U.S.C. 303(c); 47 U.S.C. 303(f); 47 U.S.C. 303(g); 47 U.S.C. 303(r) Abstract: This proceeding explores the possible uses of frequency bands below 3 GHz to support the introduction of new advanced wireless services, including third generations as well as future generations of wireless systems. Advanced wireless systems could provide for a wide range of voice data and broadband services over a variety of mobile and fixed networks. The Third Notice of Proposed Rulemaking discusses the frequency bands that are still under consideration in this proceeding and invites additional comments on their disposition. Specifically, it addresses the Unlicensed Personal Communications Service (UPCS) band at 1910-1930 MHz, the Multipoint Distribution Service (MDS) spectrum at 2155-2160/62 MHz bands, the Emerging Technology spectrum, at 2160-2165 MHz, and the bands reallocated from MSS 91990-2000 MHz, 2020-2025 MHz, and 2165-2180 MHz. We seek comment on these bands with respect to using them for paired or unpaired Advance Wireless Service (AWS) operations or as relocation spectrum for existing services. The seventh Report and Order facilitates the introduction of Advanced Wireless Service (AWS) in the band 1710-1755 MHz--an integral part of a 90 MHz spectrum allocation recently reallocated to allow for such new and innovative wireless services. We largely adopt the proposals set forth in our recent AWS Fourth NPRM in this proceeding that are designed to clear the 1710-1755 MHz band of incumbent Federal Government operations that would otherwise impede the development of new nationwide AWS services. These actions are consistent with previous actions in this proceeding and with the United States Department of Commerce, National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) 2002 Viability Assessment, which addressed relocation and reaccommodation options for Federal Government operations in the band. The eighth Report and Order reallocated the 2155-2160 MHz band for fixed and mobile services and designates the 2155-2175 MHz band for Advanced Wireless Service (AWS) use. This proceeding continues the Commission's ongoing efforts to promote spectrum utilization and efficiency with regard to the provision of new services, including Advanced Wireless Services. The Order requires Broadband Radio Service (BRS) licensees in the 2150- 2160/62 MHz band to provide information on the construction status and operational parameters of each incumbent BRS system that would be the subject of relocation. The Notice of Proposed Rule Making requested comments on the specific relocation procedures applicable to Broadband Radio Service (BRS) operations in the 2150-2160/62 MHz band, which the Commission recently decided will be relocated to the newly restructured 2495-2690 MHz band. The Commission also requested comments on the specific relocation procedures applicable to Fixed Microwave Service (FS) operations in the 2160-2175 MHz band. The Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) and the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) set forth the specific data that Broadband Radio Service (BRS) licensees in the 2150-2160/62 MHz band must file along with the deadline date and procedures for filing this data on the Commission's Universal Licensing System (ULS). The data will assist in determining future AWS licensees' relocation obligations. The ninth Report and Order established procedures for the relocation of Broadband Radio Service (BRS) operations from the 2150-2160/62 MHz band, as well as for the relocation of Fixed Microwave Service (FS) operations from the 2160-2175 MHz band, and modified existing relocation procedures for the 2110-2150 MHz and 2175-2180 MHz bands. It also established cost-sharing rules to identify the reimbursement obligations for Advanced Wireless Service (AWS) and Mobile Satellite Service (MSS) entrants benefiting from the relocation of incumbent FS operations in the 2110-2150 MHz and 2160-2200 MHz bands and AWS entrants benefiting from the relocation of BRS incumbents in the 2150-2160/62 MHz band. The Commission continues its ongoing efforts to promote spectrum utilization and efficiency with regard to the provision of new services, including AWS. The Order dismisses a petition for reconsideration filed by the Wireless Communications Association [[Page 37433]] International, Inc. (WCA) as moot. Two petitions for reconsideration were filed in response to the ninth Report and Order. The Report and Orders and Declaratory Ruling concludes the Commission's longstanding efforts to relocate the Broadcast Auxiliary Service (BAS) from the 1990-2110 MHz band to the 2025-2110 MHz band, freeing up 35 megahertz of spectrum in order to foster the development of new and innovative services. This decision addresses the outstanding matter of Sprint Nextel Corporation's (Sprint Nextel) inability to agree with Mobile Satellite Service (MSS) operators in the band on the sharing of the costs to relocate the BAS incumbents. To resolve this controversy, the Commission applied its time-honored relocation principles for emerging technologies previously adopted for the BAS band to the instant relocation process, where delays and unanticipated developments have left ambiguities and misconceptions among the relocating parties. In the process, the Commission balances the responsibilities for and benefits of relocating incumbent BAS operations among all the new entrants in the different services that will operate in the band. The Commission proposed to modify its cost-sharing requirements for the 2 GHz BAS band because the circumstances surrounding the BAS transition are very different than what was expected when the cost-sharing requirements were adopted. The Commission believed that the best course of action was to propose new requirements that would address the ambiguity of applying the literal language of the current requirements to the changed circumstances, as well as balance the responsibilities for and benefits of relocating incumbent BAS operations among all new entrants in the band based on the Commission's relocation policies set forth in the Emerging Technologies proceeding. The Commission proposed to eliminate, as of January 1, 2009, the requirement that Broadcast Auxiliary Service (BAS) licensees in the 30 largest markets and fixed BAS links in all markets be transitioned before the Mobile Satellite Service (MSS) operators can begin offering service. The Commission also sought comments on how to mitigate interference between new MSS entrants and incumbent BAS licensees who had not completed relocation before the MSS entrants begin offering service. In addition, the Commission sought comments on allowing MSS operators to begin providing service in those markets where BAS incumbents have been transitioned. In the Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making the Commission proposed to modify its cost sharing requirements for the 2 GHz BAS band because the circumstances surrounding the BAS transition are very different than what was expected when the cost sharing requirements were adopted. The Commission believes that the best course of action is to propose new requirements that will address the ambiguity of applying the literal language of the current requirements to the changed circumstances, as well as balance the responsibilities for and benefits of relocating incumbent BAS operations among all new entrants in the band based on the Commission's relocation policies set forth in the Emerging Technologies proceeding. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 01/23/01 66 FR 7438 NPRM Comment Period End............. 03/09/01 ....................... Final Report........................ 04/11/01 66 FR 18740 FNPRM............................... 09/13/01 66 FR 47618 MO&O................................ 09/13/01 66 FR 47591 First R&O........................... 10/25/01 66 FR 53973 Petition for Reconsideration........ 11/02/01 66 FR 55666 Second R&O.......................... 01/24/03 68 FR 3455 Third NPRM.......................... 03/13/03 68 FR 12015 Seventh R&O......................... 12/29/04 69 FR 7793 Petition for Reconsideration........ 04/13/05 70 FR 19469 Eighth R&O.......................... 10/26/05 70 FR 61742 Order............................... 10/26/05 70 FR 61742 NPRM................................ 10/26/05 70 FR 61752 Public Notice....................... 12/14/05 70 FR 74011 Ninth R&O and Order................. 05/24/06 71 FR 29818 Petition for Reconsideration........ 07/19/06 71 FR 41022 FNPRM............................... 03/31/08 73 FR 16822 R&O and NPRM........................ 06/23/09 74 FR 29607 FNPRM............................... 06/23/09 74 FR 29607 5th R&O, 11th R&O, 6th R&O, and 11/02/10 75 FR 67227 Declaratory Ruling. Next Action Undetermined............ ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Rodney Small, Economist, Federal Communications Commission, Office of Engineering and Technology, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-2452, Fax: 202 418-1944, Email: rodney.small@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AH65 312. Exposure to Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields (ET Docket No. 10-97) Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 302 and 303; 47 U.S.C. 309(j); 47 U.S.C. 336 Abstract: In the Report and Order the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) resolved several issues regarding compliance with its regulations for conducting environmental reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) as they relate to the guidelines for human exposure to RF electromagnetic fields. More specifically, the Commission clarifies evaluation procedures and references to determine compliance with its limits, including specific absorption rate (SAR) as a primary metric for compliance, consideration of the pinna (outer ear) as an extremity, and measurement of medical implant exposure. The Commission also elaborates on mitigation procedures to ensure compliance with its limits, including labeling and other requirements for occupational exposure classification, clarification of compliance responsibility at multiple transmitter sites, and labeling of fixed consumer transmitters. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 09/08/03 68 FR 52879 NPRM Comment Period End............. 12/08/03 ....................... R&O................................. 06/04/13 78 FR 33634 Petition for Recon.................. 08/27/13 78 FR 52893 Next Action Undetermined............ ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Ira Keltz, Electronics Engineer, Federal Communications Commission, Office of Engineering and Technology, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-0616, Fax: 202 418-1944, Email: ikeltz@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AI17 313. Unlicensed Operation in the TV Broadcast Bands (ET Docket No. 04- 186) Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154(i); 47 U.S.C. 302; 47 U.S.C. 303(e) and 303(f); 47 U.S.C. 303(r); 47 U.S.C. 307 Abstract: The Commission adopted rules to allow unlicensed radio transmitters to operate in the broadcast television spectrum at locations where that spectrum is not being used by licensed services (this unused TV spectrum is often termed ``white spaces''). This action will make a significant amount of spectrum available for new and innovative products and services, including broadband data and other services for businesses and consumers. The actions taken are a conservative first step that [[Page 37434]] includes many safeguards to prevent harmful interference to incumbent communications services. Moreover, the Commission will closely oversee the development and introduction of these devices to the market and will take whatever actions may be necessary to avoid, and if necessary, correct any interference that may occur. The Second Memorandum Opinion and Order finalizes rules to make the unused spectrum in the TV bands available for unlicensed broadband wireless devices. This particular spectrum has excellent propagation characteristics that allow signals to reach farther and penetrate walls and other structures. Access to this spectrum could enable more powerful public Internet connections-- super Wi-Fi hot spots--with extended range, fewer dead spots, and improved individual speeds as a result of reduced congestion on existing networks. This type of ``opportunistic use'' of spectrum has great potential for enabling access to other spectrum bands and improving spectrum efficiency. The Commission's actions here are expected to spur investment and innovation in applications and devices that will be used not only in the TV band, but eventually in other frequency bands as well. This Order addressed five petitions for reconsideration of the Commission's decisions in the Second Memorandum Opinion and Order (``Second MO&O'') in this proceeding and modified rules in certain respects. In particular, the Commission: (1) Increased the maximum height above average terrain (HAAT) for sites where fixed devices may operate; (2) modified the adjacent channel emission limits to specify fixed rather than relative levels; and (3) slightly increased the maximum permissible power spectral density (PSD) for each category of TV bands device. These changes will result in decreased operating costs for fixed TVBDs and allow them to provide greater coverage, thus increasing the availability of wireless broadband services in rural and underserved areas without increasing the risk of interference to incumbent services. The Commission also revised and amended several of its rules to better effectuate the Commission's earlier decisions in this docket and to remove ambiguities. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 06/18/04 69 FR 34103 First R&O........................... 11/17/06 71 FR 66876 FNPRM............................... 11/17/06 71 FR 66897 R&O and MO&O........................ 02/17/09 74 FR 7314 Petitions for Reconsideration....... 04/13/09 74 FR 16870 Second MO&O......................... 12/06/10 75 FR 75814 Petitions for Reconsideration....... 02/09/11 76 FR 7208 3rd MO&O and Order.................. 05/17/12 77 FR 28236 Next Action Undetermined............ ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Hugh Van Tuyl, Electronics Engineer, Federal Communications Commission, Office of Engineering and Technology, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-7506, Fax: 202 418-1944, Email: hugh.vantuyl@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AI52 314. Fixed and Mobile Services in the Mobile Satellite Service (ET Docket No. 10-142) Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154(i) and 301; 47 U.S.C. 303(c) and 303(f); 47 U.S.C. 303(r) and 303(y); 47 U.S.C. 310 Abstract: The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposed to take a number of actions to further the provision of terrestrial broadband services in the MSS bands. In the 2 GHz MSS band, the Commission proposed to add co-primary Fixed and Mobile allocations to the existing Mobile-Satellite allocation. This would lay the groundwork for providing additional flexibility in use of the 2 GHz spectrum in the future. The Commission also proposed to apply the terrestrial secondary market spectrum leasing rules and procedures to transactions involving terrestrial use of the MSS spectrum in the 2 GHz, Big LEO, and L-bands in order to create greater certainty and regulatory parity with bands licensed for terrestrial broadband service. The Commission also asked, in a notice of inquiry, about approaches for creating opportunities for full use of the 2 GHz band for standalone terrestrial uses. The Commission requested comment on ways to promote innovation and investment throughout the MSS bands while also ensuring market-wide mobile satellite capability to serve important needs like disaster recovery and rural access. In the Report and Order, the Commission amended its rules to make additional spectrum available for new investment in mobile broadband networks while also ensuring that the United States maintains robust mobile satellite service capabilities. First, the Commission adds co- primary Fixed and Mobile allocations to the Mobile Satellite Service (MSS) 2 GHz band, consistent with the International Table of Allocations, allowing more flexible use of the band, including for terrestrial broadband services, in the future. Second, to create greater predictability and regulatory parity with the bands licensed for terrestrial mobile broadband service, the Commission extends its existing secondary market spectrum manager spectrum leasing policies, procedures, and rules that currently apply to wireless terrestrial services to terrestrial services provided using the Ancillary Terrestrial Component (ATC) of an MSS system. Petitions for Reconsideration have been filed in the Commission's rulemaking proceeding concerning Fixed and Mobile Services in the Mobile Satellite Service Bands at 1525-1559 MHz and 1626.5-1660.5 MHz, 1610-1626.5 MHz and 2483.5-2500 MHz, and 2000-2020 MHz and 2180-2200 MHz, and published pursuant to 47 CFR 1.429(e). See 1.4(b)(1) of the Commission's rules. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 08/16/10 75 FR 49871 NPRM Comment Period End............. 09/15/10 ....................... Reply Comment Period End............ 09/30/10 ....................... R&O................................. 05/31/11 76 FR 31252 Petitions for Reconsideration....... 08/10/11 76 FR 49364 Next Action Undetermined............ ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Nicholas Oros, Electronics Engineer, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-0636, Email: nicholas.oros@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AJ46 315. Radio Experimentation and Market Trials Under Part 5 of the Commission's Rules and Streamlining Other Related Rules (ET Docket No. 10-236) Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154(i); 47 U.S.C. 301 and 303 Abstract: The Commission initiated this proceeding to promote innovation and efficiency in spectrum use in the Experimental Radio Service (ERS). For many years, the ERS has provided fertile ground for testing innovative ideas that have led to new services and new devices for all sectors of the economy. The Commission proposed to leverage the power of experimental radio licensing to accelerate the rate at which these ideas transform from prototypes to consumer devices and services. Its goal is to inspire researchers to dream, [[Page 37435]] discover, and deliver the innovations that push the boundaries of the broadband ecosystem. The resulting advancements in devices and services available to the American public and greater spectrum efficiency over the long term will promote economic growth, global competitiveness, and a better way of life for all Americans. In the Report and Order (R&O), the Commission revised and streamlined its rules to modernize the Experimental Radio Service (ERS). The rules adopted in the R&O updated the ERS to a more flexible framework to keep pace with the speed of modern technological change while continuing to provide an environment where creativity can thrive. To accomplish this transition, the Commission created three new types of ERS licenses--the program license, the medical testing license, and the compliance testing license--to benefit the development of new technologies, expedite their introduction to the marketplace, and unleash the full power of innovators to keep the United States at the forefront of the communications industry. The Commission's actions also modified the market trial rules to eliminate confusion and more clearly articulate its policies with respect to marketing products prior to equipment certification. The Commission believes that these actions will remove regulatory barriers to experimentation, thereby permitting institutions to move from concept to experimentation to finished product more rapidly and to more quickly implement creative problem- solving methodologies. The Memorandum Opinion and Order responds to three petitions for reconsideration seeking to modify certain rules adopted in the Report and Order in this proceeding. In response, the Commission modifies its rules, consistent with past practice, to permit conventional Experimental Radio Service (ERS) licensees and compliance testing licensees to use bands exclusively allocated to the passive services in some circumstances; clarifies that some cost recovery is permitted for the testing and operation of experimental medical devices that take place under its market trial rules; and adds a definition of emergency notification providers to its rules to clarify that all participants in the Emergency Alert System (EAS) are such providers. However, the Commission declines to expand the eligibility for medical testing licenses. In the Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking the Commission proposes to modify the rules for program experimental licenses to permit experimentation for radio frequency (RF)-based medical devices, if the device being tested is designed to comply with all applicable service rules in part 18, Industrial, Scientific, and Medical Equipment; part 95, Personal Radio Services subpart H Wireless Medical Telemetry Service; or part 95, subpart I Medical Device Radiocommunication Service. This proposal is designed to establish parity between all qualified medical device manufacturers for conducting basic research and clinical trials with RF-based medical devices as to permissible frequencies of operation. This Memorandum Opinion and Order responds to three petitions for reconsideration seeking to modify certain rules adopted in the Report and Order in this proceeding. In response, the Commission modifies its rules, consistent with past practice, to permit conventional Experimental Radio Service (ERS) licensees and compliance testing licensees to use bands exclusively allocated to the passive services in some circumstances; clarifies that some cost recovery is permitted for the testing and operation of experimental medical devices that take place under its market trial rules; and adds a definition of emergency notification providers: to its rules to clarify that all participants in the Emergency Alert System (EAS) are such providers. However, the Commission declines to expand the eligibility for medical testing licenses. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 02/08/11 76 FR 6928 NPRM Comment Period End............. 03/10/11 ....................... R&O................................. 04/29/13 78 FR 25138 FNPRM............................... 08/31/15 80 FR 52437 MO&O................................ 08/31/15 80 FR 52408 Next Action Undetermined............ ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Nnake Nweke, Chief, Experimental Licensing Branch, Federal Communications Commission, Office of Engineering and Technology, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418- 0785, Email: nnake.nweke@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AJ62 316. Operation of Radar Systems in the 76-77 GHz Band (ET Docket No. 11-90) Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 152; 47 U.S.C. 154(i); 47 U.S.C. 301; 47 U.S.C. 302; 47 U.S.C. 303(f) Abstract: The Commission proposed to amend its rules to enable enhanced vehicular radar technologies in the 76-77 GHz band to improve collision avoidance and driver safety. Vehicular radars can determine the exact distance and relative speed of objects in front of, beside, or behind a car to improve the driver's ability to perceive objects under bad visibility conditions or objects that are in blind spots. These modifications to the rules will provide more efficient use of spectrum, and enable the automotive and fixed radar application industries to develop enhanced safety measures for drivers and the general public. The Commission takes this action in response to petitions for rulemaking filed by Toyota Motor Corporation (``TMC'') and Era Systems Corporation (``Era''). The Report and Order amends the Commission's rules to provide a more efficient use of the 76-77 GHz band, and to enable the automotive and aviation industries to develop enhanced safety measures for drivers and the general public. Specifically, the Commission eliminated the in-motion and not-in-motion distinction for vehicular radars, and instead adopted new uniform emission limits for forward, side, and rear-looking vehicular radars. This will facilitate enhanced vehicular radar technologies to improve collision avoidance and driver safety. The Commission also amended its rules to allow the operation of fixed radars at airport locations in the 76-77 GHz band for purposes of detecting foreign object debris on runways and monitoring aircraft and service vehicles on taxiways and other airport vehicle service areas that have no public vehicle access. The Commission took this action in response to petitions for rulemaking filed by Toyota Motor Corporation (``TMC'') and Era Systems Corporation (``Era''). Petitions for Reconsideration were filed by Navtech Radar, Ltd. and Honeywell International Inc. Navtech Radar, Ltd. and Honeywell International, Inc., filed petitions for reconsideration in response to the Vehicular Radar R&O that modified the Commission's part 15 rules to permit vehicular radar technologies and airport-based fixed radar applications in the 76-77 GHz band. The Commission denied Honeywell's petition. Section 1.429(b) of the Commission's rules provides three ways in which a petition for reconsideration can be granted, and none of these have been met. Honeywell has not shown that its petition relies on facts regarding fixed radar use which had not previously been presented to the Commission, nor does it show that its petition relies on facts that relate to events that changed since Honeywell [[Page 37436]] had the last opportunity to present its facts regarding fixed radar use. The Commission stated in the Vehicular Radar R&O, ``that no parties have come forward to support fixed radar applications beyond airport locations in this band,'' and it decided not to adopt provisions for unlicensed fixed radar use other than those for FOD detection applications at airport locations. Because Navtech first participated in the proceeding when it filed its petition well after the decision was published, its petition fails to meet the timeliness standard of section 1.429(d). In connection with the Commission's decision to deny the petitions for reconsideration discussed above, the Commission terminates ET Docket Nos. 10-28 and 11-90 (pertaining to vehicular radar). Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 06/16/11 76 FR 35176 R&O................................. 08/13/12 77 FR 48097 Petition for Reconsideration........ 11/11/12 77 FR 68722 Reconsideration Order............... 03/06/15 80 FR 12120 Next Action Undetermined............ ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Aamer Zain, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-2437, Email: aamer.zain@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AJ68 317. WRC-07 Implementation (ET Docket No. 12-338) Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 154; 47 U.S.C. 301; 47 U.S.C. 302(a); 47 U.S.C. 303 Abstract: In the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), the Commission proposed to amend parts 1, 2, 74, 78, 87, 90, and 97 of its rules to implement allocation decisions from the World Radiocommunication Conference (Geneva, 2007) (WRC 07) concerning portions of the radio frequency (RF) spectrum between 108 MHz and 20.2 GHz and to make certain updates to its rules in this frequency range. The NPRM follows the Commission's July 2010 WRC-07 Table Clean-up Order, 75 FR 62924, October 13, 2010, which made certain nonsubstantive, editorial revisions to the Table of Frequency Allocations (Allocation Table) and to other related rules. The Commission also addressed the recommendations for implementation of the WRC-07 Final Acts that the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) submitted to the Commission in August 2009. As part of its comprehensive review of the Allocation Table, the Commission also proposed to make allocation changes that are not related to the WRC-07 Final Acts and update certain service rules, and requested comment on other allocation issues that concern portions of the RF spectrum between 137.5 kHz and 54.25 GHz. In the Report and Order the Commission implemented allocation changes from the World Radiocommunication Conference (Geneva, 2007) (WRC-07) and updated related service rules. The Commission took this action in order to conform its rules, to the extent practical, to the decisions that the international community made at WRC-07. This action will promote the advancement of new and expanded services and provide significant benefits to the American people. In addition, the Commission revised the International Table of Frequency Allocations within its rules to generally reflect the allocation changes made at the World Radiocommunication Conference (Geneva, 2012) (WRC-12). Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 12/27/12 77 FR 76250 NPRM Comment Period End............. 02/25/13 ....................... Report and Order.................... 04/23/15 80 FR 38811 Next Action Undetermined............ ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Tom Mooring, Electronics Engineer, Federal Communications Commission, Office of Engineering and Technology, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-2450, Fax: 202 418-1944, Email: tom.mooring@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AJ93 318. Federal Earth Stations--Non-Federal Fixed Satellite Service Space Stations; Spectrum for Non-Federal Space Launch Operations; ET Docket No. 13-115 Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154; 47 U.S.C. 302(a); 47 U.S.C. 303; 47 U.S.C. 336 Abstract: The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposes to make spectrum allocation proposals for three different space related purposes. The Commission makes two alternative proposals to modify the Allocation Table to provide interference protection for Fixed-Satellite Service (FSS) and Mobile-Satellite Service (MSS) earth stations operated by Federal agencies under authorizations granted by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) in certain frequency bands. The Commission also proposes to amend a footnote to the Allocation Table to permit a Federal MSS system to operate in the 399.9-400.05 MHz band; it also makes alternative proposals to modify the Allocation Table to provide access to spectrum on an interference protected basis to Commission licensees for use during the launch of launch vehicles (i.e., rockets). The Commission also seeks comment broadly on the future spectrum needs of the commercial space sector. The Commission expects that, if adopted, these proposals would advance the commercial space industry and the important role it will play in our Nation's economy and technological innovation now and in the future. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 07/01/13 78 FR 39200 Next Action Undetermined............ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Nicholas Oros, Electronics Engineer, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-0636, Email: nicholas.oros@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AK09 319. Authorization of Radiofrequency Equipment; ET Docket No. 13-44 Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 154(i); 47 U.S.C. 157(a); 47 U.S.C. 301; 47 U.S.C. 303(f); 47 U.S.C. 303(g); 47 U.S.C. 303(r); 47 U.S.C. 307(e); 47 U.S.C. 332 Abstract: The Commission is responsible for an equipment authorization program for radiofrequency (RF) devices under part 2 of its rules. This program is one of the primary means that the Commission uses to ensure that the multitude of RF devices used in the United States operate effectively without causing harmful interference and otherwise comply with the Commission rules. All RF devices subject to equipment authorization must comply with the Commission's technical requirement before they can be imported or marketed. The Commission or a Telecommunication Certification Body (TCB) must approve some of these devices before they can be imported or marketed, while others do not require [[Page 37437]] such approval. The Commission last comprehensively reviewed its equipment authorization program more than 10 years ago. The rapid innovation in equipment design since that time has led to ever- accelerating growth in the number of parties applying for equipment approval. The Commission therefore believes that the time is now right for us to comprehensively review our equipment authorization processes to ensure that they continue to enable this growth and innovation in the wireless equipment market. In May of 2012, the Commission began this reform process by issuing an Order to increase the supply of available grantee codes. With this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), the Commission continues its work to review and reform the equipment authorization processes and rules. This Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposes certain changes to the Commission's part 2 equipment authorization processes to ensure that they continue to operate efficiently and effectively. In particular, it addresses the role of TCBs in certifying RF equipment and post-market surveillance, as well as the Commission's role in assessing TCB performance. The NPRM also addressed the role of test laboratories in the RF equipment approval process, including accreditation of test labs and the Commission's recognition of laboratory accreditation bodies, and measurement procedures used to determine RF equipment compliance. Finally, it proposes certain modifications to the rules regarding TCBs that approve terminal equipment under part 68 of the rules that are consistent with our proposed modifications to the rules for TCBs that approve RF equipment. Specifically, the Commission proposes to recognize the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) as the organization that designates TCBs in the United States and to modify the rules to reference the current International Organization for Standardization and International Electrotechnical Commission (ISO/ IEC) guides used to accredit TCBs. This Report and Order updates the Commission's radiofrequency (RF) equipment authorization program to build on the success realized by its use of Commission-recognized Telecommunications Certification Bodies (TCBs). The rules the Commission is adopting will facilitate the continued rapid introduction of new and innovative products to the market while ensuring that these products do not cause harmful interference to each other or to other communications devices and services. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 05/03/13 78 FR 25916 R&O................................. 06/12/15 80 FR 33425 Next Action Undetermined............ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Hugh Van Tuyl, Electronics Engineer, Federal Communications Commission, Office of Engineering and Technology, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-7506, Fax: 202 418-1944, Email: hugh.vantuyl@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AK10 320. Operation of Radar Systems in the 76-77 GHz Band (ET Docket No. 15-26) Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 1; 47 U.S.C. 4(i); 47 U.S.C. 154(i); 47 U.S.C. 302; 47 U.S.C. 303(f); 47 U.S.C. 303(r); 47 U.S.C. 332; 47 U.S.C. 337 Abstract: The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposes to authorize radar applications in the 76-81 GHz band. The Commission seeks to develop a flexible and streamlined regulatory framework that will encourage efficient, innovative uses of the spectrum and to allow various services to operate on an interference-protected basis. In doing so, it further seeks to adopt service rules that will allow for the deployment of the various radar applications in this band, both within and outside the U.S. The Commission takes this action in response to a petition for rulemaking filed by Robert Bosch, LLC (Bosch) and two petitions for reconsideration of the 2012 Vehicular Radar R&O. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 03/06/15 80 FR 12120 NPRM Comment Period End............. 04/06/15 ....................... NPRM Reply Comment Period End....... 04/20/15 ....................... Next Action Undetermined............ ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Aamer Zain, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-2437, Email: aamer.zain@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AK29 321. Spectrum Access for Wireless Microphone Operations (GN Docket Nos. 14-166 and 12-268) Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 154(i); 47 U.S.C. 157(a); 47 U.S.C. 301; 47 U.S.C. 303(f); 47 U.S.C. 303(g); 47 U.S.C. 303(r); 47 U.S.C. 307(e); 47 U.S.C. 332 Abstract: The Notice of Proposed Rule Making initiated a proceeding to address how to accommodate the long-term needs of wireless microphone users. Wireless microphones play an important role in enabling broadcasters and other video programming networks to serve consumers, including as they cover breaking news and broadcast live sports events. They enhance event productions in a variety of settings including theaters and music venues, film studios, conventions, corporate events, houses of worship, and internet webcasts. They also help create high quality content that consumers demand and value. Recent actions by the Commission, and in particular the repurposing of broadcast television band spectrum for wireless services set forth in the Incentive Auction R&O, will significantly alter the regulatory environment in which wireless microphones operate, which necessitates our addressing how to accommodate wireless microphone users in the future. In the Report and Order, the Commission takes several steps to accommodate the long-term needs of wireless microphone users. Wireless microphones play an important role in enabling broadcasters and other video programming networks to serve consumers, including as they cover breaking news and live sports events. They enhance event productions in a variety of settings including theaters and music venues, film studios, conventions, corporate events, houses of worship, and internet webcasts. They also help create high quality content that consumers demand and value. In particular, the Commission provide additional opportunities for wireless microphone operations in the TV bands following the upcoming incentive auction, and the Commission provide new opportunities for wireless microphone operations to access spectrum in other frequency bands where they can share use of the bands without harming existing users. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 11/21/14 79 FR 69387 NPRM Comment Period End............. 01/05/15 ....................... [[Page 37438]] NPRM Reply Comment Period End....... 01/26/15 ....................... R&O................................. 11/17/15 80 FR 71702 Next Action Undetermined............ ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Paul Murray, Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications Commission, Office of Engineering and Technology, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-0688, Fax: 202 418-7447, Email: paul.murray@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AK30 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC) International Bureau Long-Term Actions 322. Space Station Licensing Reform (IB Docket No. 02-34) Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154(i); 47 U.S.C. 157; 47 U.S.C. 303(c); 47 U.S.C. 303(g) Abstract: The Commission adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to streamline its procedures for reviewing satellite license applications. Before 2003, the Commission used processing rounds to review those applications. In a processing round, when an application is filed, the International Bureau (Bureau) issued a Public Notice establishing a cutoff date for other mutually exclusive satellite applications, and then considered all those applications together. In cases where sufficient spectrum to accommodate all the applications was not available, the Bureau directed the applicants to negotiate a mutually agreeable solution. Those negotiations took a long time, and delayed provision of satellite services to the public. The NPRM invited comment on two alternatives for expediting the satellite application process. One alternative was to replace the processing round procedure with a ``first-come, first-served'' procedure that would allow the Bureau to issue a satellite license to the first party filing a complete, acceptable application. The other alternative was to streamline the processing round procedure by adopting one or more of the following proposals: (1) Place a time limit on negotiations; (2) establish criteria to select among competing applicants; (3) divide the available spectrum evenly among the applicants. In the First Report and Order in this proceeding, the Commission determined that different procedures were better suited for different kinds of satellite applications. For most geostationary orbit (GSO) satellite applications, the Commission adopted a first-come, first-served approach. For most non-geostationary orbit (NGSO) satellite applications, the Commission adopted a procedure in which the available spectrum is divided evenly among the qualified applicants. The Commission also adopted measures to discourage applicants from filing speculative applications, including a bond requirement, payable if a licensee misses a milestone. The bond amounts originally were $5 million for each GSO satellite, and $7.5 million for each NGSO satellite system. These were interim amounts. Concurrently with the First Report and Order, the Commission adopted a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) to determine whether to revise the bond amounts on a long-term basis. In the Second Report and Order, the Commission adopted a streamlined procedure for certain kinds of satellite license modification requests. In the Third Report and Order, the Commission adopted a standardized application form for satellite licenses, and adopted a mandatory electronic filing requirement for certain satellite applications. In the Fourth Report and Order, the Commission revised the bond amounts based on the record developed in response to FNPRM. The bond amounts were changed to $3 million for each GSO satellite, and $5 million for each NGSO satellite system. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 03/19/02 67 FR 12498 NPRM Comment Period End............. 07/02/02 ....................... Second R&O (Release Date)........... 06/20/03 68 FR 62247 Second FNPRM (Release Date)......... 07/08/03 68 FR 53702 Third R&O (Release Date)............ 07/08/03 68 FR 63994 FNPRM............................... 08/27/03 68 FR 51546 First R&O........................... 08/27/03 68 FR 51499 FNPRM Comment Period End............ 10/27/03 ....................... Fourth R&O (Release Date)........... 04/16/04 69 FR 67790 Fifth R&O, First Order on 08/20/04 69 FR 51586 Reconsideration. Next Action Undetermined............ ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Clay DeCell, Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-0803, Email: clay.decell@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AH98 323. International Settlements Policy Reform (IB Docket No. 11-80) Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 152; 47 U.S.C. 154; 47 U.S.C. 201 to 205; 47 U.S.C. 208; 47 U.S.C. 211; 47 U.S.C. 214; 47 U.S.C. 303(r); 47 U.S.C. 309; 47 U.S.C. 403 Abstract: The FCC is reviewing the International Settlements Policy (ISP). It governs how U.S. carriers negotiate with foreign carriers for the exchange of international traffic, and is the structure by which the Commission has sought to respond to concerns that foreign carriers with market power are able to take advantage of the presence of multiple U.S. carriers serving a particular market. In 2011, the FCC released an NPRM which proposed to further deregulate the international telephony market and enable U.S. consumers to enjoy competitive prices when they make calls to international destinations. First, it proposed to remove the ISP from all international routes, except Cuba. Second, the FCC sought comment on a proposal to enable the Commission to better protect U.S. consumers from the effects of anticompetitive conduct by foreign carriers in instances necessitating Commission intervention. In 2012, the FCC adopted a Report and Order which eliminated the ISP on all routes, but maintained the nondiscrimination requirement of the ISP on the U.S.-Cuba route and codified it at 47 CFR 63.22(f). In the Report and Order the FCC also adopted measures to protect U.S. consumers from anticompetitive conduct by foreign carriers. In 2016, the FCC released an FNPRM proposing to remove the nondiscrimination requirement on the U.S.-Cuba route. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 05/13/11 76 FR 42625 NPRM Comment Period End............. 09/02/11 ....................... Report and Order.................... 02/15/13 78 FR 11109 FNPRM............................... 03/04/16 81 FR 11500 FNPRM Comment Period End............ 04/18/16 ....................... Next Action Undetermined............ ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: David Krech, Assoc. Chief, Telecommunications & Analysis Div., Federal Communications Commission, International Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, [[Page 37439]] Phone: 202 418-7443, Fax: 202 418-2824, Email: david.krech@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AJ77 324. Comprehensive Review of Licensing and Operating Rules for Satellite Services (IB Docket No. 12-267) Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154(i); 47 U.S.C. 157(a); 47 U.S.C. 161; 47 U.S.C. 303(c); 47 U.S.C. 303(g); 47 U.S.C. 303(r) Abstract: The Commission adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) as part of its ongoing efforts to update and streamline regulatory requirements. The NPRM initiated a comprehensive review of Part 25 of the Commission's rules, which governs the licensing and operation of space stations and earth stations. The Commission proposed amendments to modernize the rules to better reflect evolving technology, to eliminate unnecessary technical and information filing requirements, and to reorganize and simplify existing requirements. In the ensuing Report and Order, the Commission adopted most of its proposed changes and revised over 150 rule provisions. Several proposals raised by commenters in the proceeding, however, were not within the scope of the original NPRM. To address these and other issues, the Commission released a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM). The FNPRM proposed additional rule changes to facilitate international coordination of proposed satellite networks, to revise system implementation milestones and the associated bond, and to expand the applicability of routine licensing standards. Following the FNPRM, the Commission issued a Second Report and Order adopting most of its proposals in the FNPNRM. Among other changes, the Commission established a two-step licensing procedure for most geostationary satellite applicants to facilitate international coordination, simplified the satellite development milestones, adopted an escalating bond requirement to discourage speculation, and refined the two-degree orbital spacing policy for most geostationary satellites to protect existing services. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 11/08/12 77 FR 67172 NPRM Comment Period End............. 12/24/12 ....................... Reply Comment Period End............ 01/22/13 ....................... Report and Order.................... 02/12/14 79 FR 8308 FNPRM Comment Period End............ 03/02/14 ....................... FNPRM............................... 10/21/14 79 FR 65106 Next Action Undetermined............ ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Clay DeCell, Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-0803, Email: clay.decell@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AJ98 325. Expanding Broadband and Innovation Through Air-Ground Mobile Broadband Secondary Service for Passengers Aboard Aircraft in the 14.0- 14.5 GHz Band; GN Docket No. 13-114 Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 152; 47 U.S.C. 154(i); 47 U.S.C. 301; 47 U.S.C. 302; 47 U.S.C. 303; 47 U.S.C. 324 Abstract: In this docket, the Commission establishes a secondary allocation for the Aeronautical Mobile Service in the 14.0-14.5 GHz band and establishes service, technical, and licensing rules for air- ground mobile broadband. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking requests public comment on a secondary allocation and service, technical, and licensing rules for air-ground mobile broadband. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM (Release Date)................. 05/09/13 ....................... Next Action Undetermined............ ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Sean O'More, Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications Commission, International Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-2453, Email: sean.omore@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AK02 326. Terrestrial Use of the 2473-2495 MHz Band for Low-Power Mobile Broadband Networks; Amendments to Rules of Mobile Satellite Service System; IB Docket No. 13-213 Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined Abstract: In this docket, the Commission proposes modified rules for the operation of the Ancillary Terrestrial Component of the single Mobile-Satellite Service system operating in the Big GEO S band. The changes would allow Globalstar, Inc. to deploy a low power broadband network using its licensed spectrum at 2483.5-2495 MHz under certain limited technical criteria, and with the same equipment utilize spectrum in the adjacent 2473-2483.5 MHz band, pursuant to technical rules for unlicensed operations in that band. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 02/19/14 79 FR 9445 NPRM Comment Period End............. 05/05/14 ....................... Next Action Undetermined............ ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Stephen Duall, Chief, Satellite Policy Branch, Federal Communications Commission, International Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-1103, Fax: 202 418- 0748, Email: stephen.duall@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AK16 327. Review of Foreign Ownership Policies for Broadcast, Common Carrier and Aeronautical Radio Licensees Under Section 310(b)(4) of the Communications Act of 1934, as Amended (Docket No. 15-236) Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 152; 47 U.S.C. 154(i); 47 U.S.C. 154(j); 47 U.S.C. 211; 47 U.S.C. 303(r); 47 U.S.C. 309; 47 U.S.C. 310; 47 U.S.C. 403 Abstract: The FCC proposes to extend its foreign ownership rules and procedures that apply to common carrier licensees to broadcast licensees, with certain modifications to tailor them to the broadcast context. The FCC also seeks comment on whether and how to revise the methodology a licensee should use to assess its compliance with the 25 percent foreign ownership benchmark in section 310(b)(4) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, in order to reduce regulatory burdens on applicants and licensees. Finally, the FCC makes several proposals to clarify and update existing foreign ownership policies and procedures for broadcast, common carrier and aeronautical licensees. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 11/06/15 80 FR 68815 NPRM Comment Period End............. 01/20/16 ....................... Next Action Undetermined............ ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Kimberly Cook, Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-7532, Email: kimberly.cook@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AK47 [[Page 37440]] FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC) International Bureau Completed Actions 328. Reform of Rules and Policies on Foreign Carrier Entry Into the U.S. Telecommunications Market (IB Docket 12-299) Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 152; 47 U.S.C. 154(i) to (j); 47 U.S.C. 201 to 205 Abstract: FCC is considering proposed changes in the criteria under which it considers certain applications from foreign carriers or affiliates of foreign carriers for entry into the U.S. market for international telecommunications services. It proposes to eliminate or in the alternative simplify the effective competitive opportunities test (ECO Test) adopted in 1995 for Commission review of foreign carrier applications. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 11/26/12 77 FR 70400 NPRM Comment Period End............. 12/26/12 ....................... NPRM Reply Comment Period End....... 01/15/13 ....................... R&O................................. 06/03/14 79 FR 31873 Final Rule (Announcement of 03/03/15 80 FR 11326 Effective Date). Final Rule Effective................ 03/03/15 ....................... Correction.......................... 08/03/15 80 FR 45898 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: David Krech, Assoc. Chief, Telecommunications & Analysis Div., Federal Communications Commission, International Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-7443, Fax: 202 418-2824, Email: david.krech@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AJ97 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC) Media Bureau Long-Term Actions 329. Broadcast Ownership Rules Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 152(a); 47 U.S.C. 154(i); 47 U.S.C. 303; 47 U.S.C. 307; 47 U.S.C. 309 and 310 Abstract: Section 202(h) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 requires the Commission to review its ownership rules every four years and determine whether any such rules are necessary in the public interest as the result of competition. In 2002, the Commission undertook a comprehensive review of its broadcast multiple and cross- ownership limits examining: Cross-ownership of TV and radio stations; local TV ownership limits; national TV cap; and dual network rule. The Report and Order replaced the newspaper/broadcast cross-ownership and radio and TV rules with a tiered approach based on the number of television stations in a market. In June 2006, the Commission adopted a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking initiating the 2006 review of the broadcast ownership rules. The further notice also sought comment on how to address the issues raised by the Third Circuit. Additional questions are raised for comment in a Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. In the Report and Order and Order on Reconsideration, the Commission adopted rule changes regarding newspaper/broadcast cross- ownership, but otherwise generally retained the other broadcast ownership rules currently in effect. For the 2010 quadrennial review, five of the Commission's media rules are the subject of review: The local TV ownership rule; the local radio ownership rule; the newspaper broadcast cross-ownership rule; the radio/TV cross-ownership rule; and the dual network rule. In the 2014 review, the Commission incorporated the record of the 2010 review, and sought additional data on market conditions and competitive indicators. The Commission also sought comment on whether to eliminate restrictions on newspaper/radio combined ownership and whether to eliminate the radio/television cross-ownership rule in favor of reliance on the local radio rule and the local television rule. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 10/05/01 66 FR 50991 R&O................................. 08/05/03 68 FR 46286 Public Notice....................... 02/19/04 69 FR 9216 FNPRM............................... 08/09/06 71 FR 4511 Second FNPRM........................ 08/08/07 72 FR 44539 R&O and Order on Reconsideration.... 02/21/08 73 FR 9481 Notice of Inquiry................... 06/11/10 75 FR 33227 NPRM................................ 01/19/12 77 FR 2868 NPRM Comment Period End............. 03/19/12 ....................... FNPRM............................... 05/20/14 79 FR 29010 Next Action Undetermined............ ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Brendan Holland, Chief, Industry Analysis Div., Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-2757, Email: brendan.holland@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AH97 330. Establishment of Rules for Digital Low-Power Television, Television Translator, and Television Booster Stations (MB Docket No. 03-185) Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 309; 47 U.S.C. 336 Abstract: This proceeding initiates the digital television conversion for low-power television (LPTV) and television translator stations. The rules and policies adopted as a result of this proceeding provide the framework for these stations' conversion from analog to digital broadcasting. The Report and Order adopts definitions and permissible use provisions for digital TV translator and LPTV stations. The Second Report and Order takes steps to resolve the remaining issues in order to complete the low-power television digital transition. The third Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeks comment on a number of issues related to the potential impact of the incentive auction and the repacking process. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 09/26/03 68 FR 55566 NPRM Comment Period End............. 11/25/03 ....................... R&O................................. 11/29/04 69 FR 69325 FNPRM and MO&O...................... 10/18/10 75 FR 63766 2nd R&O............................. 07/07/11 76 FR 44821 3rd NPRM............................ 11/28/14 79 FR 70824 NPRM Comment Period End............. 12/29/14 ....................... NPRM Comment Period End............. 12/29/14 ....................... NPRM Reply Comment Period End....... 01/12/15 ....................... 3rd R&O............................. 02/01/16 81 FR 5041 4th NPRM............................ 02/01/16 81 FR 5086 Next Action Undetermined............ ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Shaun Maher, Attorney, Policy Division, Federal Communications Commission, Media Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554. Phone: 202 418-2324, Fax: 202 418-2827, Email: shaun.maher@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AI38 [[Page 37441]] 331. Promoting Diversification of Ownership in the Broadcast Services (MB Docket No. 07-294) Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 152(a); 47 U.S.C. 154(i) and (j); 47 U.S.C. 257; 47 U.S.C. 303(r); 47 U.S.C. 307 to 310; 47 U.S.C. 336; 47 U.S.C. 534 and 535 Abstract: Diversity and competition are longstanding and important Commission goals. The measures proposed, as well as those adopted in this proceeding, are intended to promote diversity of ownership of media outlets. In the Report and Order and Third FNPRM, measures are enacted to increase participation in the broadcasting industry by new entrants and small businesses, including minority- and women-owned businesses. In the Report and Order and Fourth FNPRM, the Commission adopts improvements to its data collection in order to obtain an accurate and comprehensive assessment of minority and female broadcast ownership in the United States. The Memorandum Opinion & Order addressed petitions for reconsideration of the rules, and also sought comment on a proposal to expand the reporting requirements to non attributable interests. In 2014, the Commission proposed a new type of FCC registration number for individuals to use on broadcast ownership reports. In 2015, the Commission proposed additional improvements to the collection of data reported on form 323. Pursuant to a remand from the Third Circuit, the measures adopted in the 2009 Diversity Order were put forth for comment in the NPRM for the 2010 review of the Commission's Broadcast Ownership rules. The Commission sought additional comment in 2014. As directed by the court, the Commission considered a socially and economic disadvantaged business definition as a possible oasis for favorable regulatory treatment. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ R&O................................. 05/16/08 73 FR 28361 Third FNPRM......................... 05/16/08 73 FR 28400 R&O................................. 05/27/09 74 FR 25163 Fourth FNPRM........................ 05/27/09 74 FR 25305 MO&O................................ 10/30/09 74 FR 56131 NPRM................................ 01/19/12 77 FR 2868 5th NPRM............................ 01/15/13 78 FR 2934 6th FNPRM........................... 01/15/13 78 FR 2925 FNPRM............................... 05/20/14 79 FR 29010 7th FNPRM........................... 02/26/15 80 FR 10442 Comment Period End.................. 03/30/15 ....................... Reply Comment Period End............ 04/30/15 ....................... Next Action Undetermined............ ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Brendan Holland, Chief, Industry Analysis Div., Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-2757, Email: brendan.holland@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AJ27 332. Amendment of the Commission's Rules Related to Retransmission Consent (MB Docket No. 10-71) Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154; 47 U.S.C. 325; 47 U.S.C. 534 Abstract: Cable systems and other multichannel video programming distributors are not entitled to retransmit a broadcast station's signal without the station's consent. This consent is known as ``retransmission consent.'' Since Congress enacted the retransmission consent regime in 1992, there have been significant changes in the video programming marketplace. In this proceeding, comment is sought on a series of proposals to streamline and clarify the Commission's rules concerning or affecting retransmission consent negotiations. In the 2014 Report and Order, the Commission adopted a rule providing that it is a violation of the duty to negotiate retransmission consent in good faith for a television station that is ranked among the top four stations to negotiate retransmission consent jointly with another such station if the stations are not commonly owned and serve the same geographic market. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 03/28/11 76 FR 17071 NPRM Comment Period End............. 05/27/11 ....................... R&O................................. 05/19/14 79 FR 28615 NPRM................................ 10/02/15 80 FR 59706 Next Action Undetermined............ ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Diana Sokolow, Attorney, Policy Division, Federal Communications Commission, Media Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-2120, Email: diana.sokolow@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AJ55 333. Closed Captioning of Internet Protocol-Delivered Video Programming: Implementation of the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (MB Docket No. 11-154) Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154(i); 47 U.S.C. 154(j); 47 U.S.C. 303; 47 U.S.C. 330(b); 47 U.S.C. 613; 47 U.S.C. 617 Abstract: Pursuant to the Commission's responsibilities under the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010, this proceeding was initiated to adopt rules to govern the closed captioning requirements for the owners, providers, and distributors of video programming delivered using Internet protocol. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 09/28/11 76 FR 59963 R&O................................. 03/20/12 77 FR 19480 Order on Recon, FNPRM............... 07/02/13 78 FR 39691 2nd Order on Recon.................. 08/05/14 79 FR 45354 2nd FNPRM........................... 08/05/14 79 FR 45397 Next Action Undetermined............ ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Maria Mullarkey, Attorney, Policy Division, Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-1067, Email: maria.mullarkey@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AJ67 334. Accessibility of User Interfaces and Video Programming Guides and Menus (MB Docket No. 12-108) Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 154(i); 47 U.S.C. 303(r); 47 U.S.C. 303(aa); 47 U.S.C. 303(bb) Abstract: This proceeding was initiated to implement sections 204 and 205 of the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act. These sections generally require that user interfaces on digital apparatus and navigation devices used to view video programming be accessible to and usable by individuals who are blind or visually impaired. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 06/18/13 78 FR 36478 NPRM Comment Period End............. 07/15/13 ....................... R&O................................. 12/20/13 78 FR 77210 FNPRM............................... 12/20/13 78 FR 77074 2nd FNPRM........................... 02/04/16 81 FR 5971 2nd R&O............................. 02/04/16 81 FR 5921 Next Action Undetermined............ ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [[Page 37442]] Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Maria Mullarkey, Attorney, Policy Division, Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-1067, Email: maria.mullarkey@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AK11 335. Network Non-Duplication and Syndicated Exclusivity Rule (MB Docket No. 14-29) Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 154(i); 47 U.S.C. 301; 47 U.S.C. 303(R); 47 U.S.C. 307; 47 U.S.C. 339(b); 47 U.S.C.573(b) Abstract: In this proceeding, the Commission continues to examine whether to eliminate or modify the network no-duplication and syndicated exclusivity rules in light of changes in the video marketplace in the more than 40 years since these rules were adopted. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 04/10/14 79 FR 19849 NPRM Comment Period End............. 05/12/14 ....................... Next Action Undetermined............ ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Kathy Berthot, Attorney, Policy Division Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-2120, Email: kathy.berthot@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AK18 336. Expansion of Online Public File Obligations to Cable and Satellite TV Operators and Broadcast and Satellite Radio Licensees; MB Docket No. 14-127 Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 152; 47 U.S.C. 154(i) Abstract: In this proceeding, the Commission expands to cable operators, satellite TV providers, broadcast radio licensees, and satellite radio licensees the requirement that public inspection files be posted to the FCC's online database. In 2012, the Commission adopted online public file rules for broadcast television stations that required them to post public file documents to a central, FCC-hosted online database rather than maintain the files locally at their main studios. Expanding the online file to other media entities extends the benefits of improved public access to public inspection files and ultimately reduce the burden of maintaining these files. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 02/13/15 80 FR 8031 NPRM Comment Period End............. 03/16/15 ....................... R&O................................. 02/29/16 81 FR 10105 Next Action Undetermined............ ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Kim Matthews, Attorney, Policy Division, Federal Communications Commission, Media Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-2154, Fax: 202 418-2053, Email: kim.matthews@fcc.gov RIN: 3060-AK23 337. Channel Sharing by Full Power and Class A Stations Outside of the Incentive Auction Context (MB Docket No. 15-137) Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 154; 47 U.S.C. 301; 47 U.S.C. 303; 47 U.S.C. 307; 47 U.S.C. 308; 47 U.S.C. 309; 47 U.S.C. 310; 47 U.S.C. 316; 47 U.S.C. 319; 47 U.S.C. 338; 47 U.S.C. 403; 47 U.S.C. 614; 47 U.S.C. 615 Abstract: In this proceeding, the Commission considers rules to enable full power and Class A television stations to share a channel with another licensee outside of the incentive auction context. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 07/14/15 80 FR 40957 NPRM Comment Period End............. 08/13/15 ....................... NPRM Reply Comment Period End....... 08/28/15 ....................... 1st Order on Recon.................. 11/02/15 80 FR 67337 2nd Order on Recon.................. 11/12/15 80 FR 67344 Next Action Undetermined............ ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Kim Matthews, Attorney, Policy Division, Federal Communications Commission, Media Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-2154, Fax: 202 418-2053, Email: kim.matthews@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AK42 338. Preserving Vacant Channels in the UHF Television Band for Unlicensed Use (MB Docket No. 15-68) Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 154; 47 U.S.C. 157; 47 U.S.C. 301; 47 U.S.C. 303; 47 U.S.C. 307; 47 U.S.C. 308; 47 U.S.C. 309; 47 U.S.C. 310; 47 U.S.C. 316; 47 U.S.C. 319; 47 U.S.C. 332; 47 U.S.C. 336; 47 U.S.C. 403 Abstract: In this proceeding, the Commission considers proposals to preserve vacant television channels in the UHF television band for shared use by white space devices and wireless microphones following the repacking of the band after the conclusion of the Incentive Auction. In the NPRM, the Commission proposed preserving in each area of the country at least one vacant television channel. In the Public Notice, the Commission notes that a limited number of broadcast television stations may be reassigned during the incentive auction and repacking process to channels within the duplex gap established as part of the 600 MHz Band Plan, resulting in a restriction on the ability of white space devices and wireless microphone to use this spectrum. To address this concern, the Public Notice tentatively concluded that a second available television channel should be preserved in the remaining television band in such areas for shared use by white space devices and wireless microphones, in addition to the one such channel proposed in the NPRM. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 07/02/15 80 FR 38158 NPRM Comment Period End............. 08/03/15 ....................... NPRM Reply Comment Period End....... 08/31/15 ....................... Public Notice....................... 09/01/15 80 FR 52715 Next Action Undetermined............ ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Shaun Maher, Attorney, Policy Division, Federal Communications Commission, Media Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-2324, Fax: 202 418-2827, Email: shaun.maher@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AK43 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC) Office of Managing Director Long-Term Actions 339. Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 159 Abstract: Section 9 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 159, requires the FCC to recover the cost of its activities [[Page 37443]] by assessing and collecting annual regulatory fees from beneficiaries of the activities. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 04/06/06 71 FR 17410 R&O................................. 08/02/06 71 FR 43842 NPRM................................ 05/02/07 72 FR 24213 R&O................................. 08/16/07 72 FR 45908 FNPRM............................... 08/16/07 72 FR 46010 NPRM................................ 05/28/08 73 FR 30563 R&O................................. 08/26/08 73 FR 50201 FNPRM............................... 08/26/08 73 FR 50285 2nd R&O............................. 05/12/09 74 FR 22104 NPRM and Order...................... 06/02/09 74 FR 26329 R&O................................. 08/11/09 74 FR 40089 NPRM................................ 04/26/10 75 FR 21536 R&O................................. 07/19/10 75 FR 41932 NPRM................................ 05/26/11 76 FR 30605 R&O................................. 08/10/11 76 FR 49333 NPRM................................ 05/17/12 77 FR 29275 R&O................................. 08/03/12 77 FR 46307 NPRM................................ 08/17/12 77 FR 49749 NPRM................................ 06/10/13 78 FR 34612 R&O................................. 08/23/13 78 FR 52433 NPRM................................ 07/03/14 79 FR 37982 R&O................................. 09/11/14 79 FR 54190 NPRM................................ 06/30/15 80 FR 37206 R&O................................. 07/21/15 80 FR 43019 Final Rule.......................... 09/17/15 80 FR 55775 Next Action Undetermined............ ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Roland Helvajian, Office of the Managing Director, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-0444, Email: roland.helvajian@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AI79 340. Amendment of Part 1 of the Commission's Rules, Concerning Practice and Procedure, Amendment of Cores Registration System; MD Docket No. 10-234 Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154(i); 47 U.S.C. 158(c)(2); 47 U.S.C. 159(c)(2); 47 U.S.C. 303(r); 5 U.S.C. 5514; 31 U.S.C. 7701(c)(1) Abstract: This Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposes revisions intended to make the Commission's Registration System (CORES) more feature-friendly and improve the Commission's ability to comply with various statutes that govern debt collection and the collection of personal information by the Federal Government. The proposed modifications to CORES partly include requiring entities and individuals to rely primarily upon a single FRN that may, at their discretion, be linked to subsidiary or associated accounts; allowing entities to identify multiple points of contact; eliminating some of our exceptions to the requirement that entities and individuals provide their Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) at the time of registration; requiring FRN holders to provide their email addresses; modifying CORES log-in procedures; adding attention flags and automated notices that would inform FRN holders of their financial standing before the Commission; and adding data fields to enable FRN holders to indicate their tax-exempt status and notify the Commission of pending bankruptcy proceedings. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 02/01/11 76 FR 5652 NPRM Comment Period End............. 03/03/11 ....................... Public Notice....................... 02/15/11 ....................... NPRM................................ 02/26/15 80 FR 10442 NPRM Comment Period End............. 03/30/15 ....................... FNPRM (Release Date)................ 02/27/15 ....................... Next Action Undetermined............ ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Warren Firschein, Attorney, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418- 0844, Email: warren.firschein@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AJ54 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC) Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Long-Term Actions 341. Revision of the Rules To Ensure Compatibility With Enhanced 911 Emergency Calling Systems (CC Docket No. 94-102; PS Docket No. 07-114) Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 134(i); 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 201; 47 U.S.C. 208; 47 U.S.C. 215; 47 U.S.C. 303; 47 U.S.C. 309 Abstract: In a series of orders in several related proceedings issued since 1996, the Federal Communications Commission has taken action to improve the quality and reliability of 911 emergency services for wireless phone users. Rules have been adopted governing the availability of basic 911 services and the implementation of enhanced 911 (E911) for wireless services. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FNPRM............................... 08/02/96 61 FR 40374 R&O................................. 08/02/96 61 FR 40348 MO&O................................ 01/16/98 63 FR 2631 Second R&O.......................... 06/28/99 64 FR 34564 Third R&O........................... 11/04/99 64 FR 60126 Second MO&O......................... 12/29/99 64 FR 72951 Fourth MO&O......................... 10/02/00 65 FR 58657 FNPRM............................... 06/13/01 66 FR 31878 Order............................... 11/02/01 66 FR 55618 R&O................................. 05/23/02 67 FR 36112 Public Notice....................... 07/17/02 67 FR 46909 Order to Stay....................... 07/26/02 ....................... Order on Reconsideration............ 01/22/03 68 FR 2914 FNPRM............................... 01/23/03 68 FR 3214 R&O, Second FNPRM................... 02/11/04 69 FR 6578 Second R&O.......................... 09/07/04 69 FR 54037 NPRM................................ 06/20/07 72 FR 33948 NPRM Comment Period End............. 09/18/07 ....................... R&O................................. 02/14/08 73 FR 8617 Public Notice....................... 09/25/08 73 FR 55473 Comment Period End.................. 10/18/08 ....................... Public Notice....................... 11/18/09 74 FR 59539 Comment Period End.................. 12/04/09 ....................... FNPRM, NOI.......................... 11/02/10 75 FR 67321 Second R&O.......................... 11/18/10 75 FR 70604 Order, Comment Period Extension..... 01/07/11 76 FR 1126 Comment Period End.................. 02/18/11 ....................... Final Rule.......................... 04/28/11 76 FR 23713 NPRM................................ 08/04/11 76 FR 47114 Second FNPRM........................ 08/04/11 76 FR 47114 3rd R&O............................. 09/28/11 76 FR 59916 NPRM Comment Period End............. 11/02/11 ....................... 3rd FNPRM........................... 03/28/14 79 FR 17820 Order Extending Comment Period...... 06/10/14 79 FR 33163 3rd FNPRM Comment Period End........ 07/14/14 ....................... Public Notice (release date)........ 11/20/14 ....................... Public Notice Comment Period End.... 12/17/14 ....................... 4th R&O............................. 03/04/15 80 FR 11806 Final Rule.......................... 08/03/15 80 FR 45897 Next Action Undetermined............ ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Tim May, Policy and Licensing Div., Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-1463, Email: tim.may@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AG34 [[Page 37444]] 342. Enhanced 911 Services for Wireline and Multi-Line Telephone Systems; PS Docket Nos. 10-255 and 07-114 Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 154(i); 47 U.S.C. 201; 47 U.S.C. 222; 47 U.S.C. 251 Abstract: The policies set forth in the Report and Order will assist State governments in drafting legislation that will ensure that multi-line telephone systems are compatible with the enhanced 911 network. The Public Notice seeks comment on whether the Commission, rather than States, should regulate multiline telephone systems, and whether part 68 of the Commission's rules should be revised. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 10/11/94 59 FR 54878 FNPRM............................... 01/23/03 68 FR 3214 Second FNPRM........................ 02/11/04 69 FR 6595 R&O................................. 02/11/04 69 FR 6578 Public Notice....................... 01/13/05 70 FR 2405 Comment Period End.................. 03/29/05 ....................... NOI................................. 01/13/11 76 FR 2297 NOI Comment Period End.............. 03/14/11 ....................... Public Notice (Release Date)........ 05/21/12 ....................... Public Notice Comment Period End.... 08/06/12 ....................... Next Action Undetermined............ ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Tim May, Policy and Licensing Div., Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-1463, Email: tim.may@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AG60 343. In the Matter of the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 229; 47 U.S.C. 1001 to 1008 Abstract: All of the decisions in this proceeding thus far are aimed at implementation of provisions of the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 10/10/97 62 FR 63302 Order............................... 01/13/98 63 FR 1943 FNPRM............................... 11/16/98 63 FR 63639 R&O................................. 01/29/99 64 FR 51462 Order............................... 03/29/99 64 FR 14834 Second R&O.......................... 09/23/99 64 FR 51462 Third R&O........................... 09/24/99 64 FR 51710 Order on Reconsideration............ 09/28/99 64 FR 52244 Policy Statement.................... 10/12/99 64 FR 55164 Second Order on Reconsideration..... 05/04/01 66 FR 22446 Order............................... 10/05/01 66 FR 50841 Order on Remand..................... 05/02/02 67 FR 21999 NPRM................................ 09/23/04 69 FR 56976 First R&O........................... 10/13/05 70 FR 59704 Second R&O.......................... 07/05/06 71 FR 38091 Next Action Undetermined............ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Jane Kelly, Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-2832, Email: jane.kelly@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AG74 344. Implementation of 911 Act (CC Docket No. 92-105, WT Docket No. 00- 110) Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 154(i) and 154(j); 47 U.S.C. 157; 47 U.S.C. 160; 47 U.S.C. 202; 47 U.S.C. 208; 47 U.S.C. 210; 47 U.S.C. 214; 47 U.S.C. 251(e); 47 U.S.C. 301; 47 U.S.C. 303; 47 U.S.C. 308 to 309(j); 47 U.S.C. 310 Abstract: This proceeding was separate from the Commission's proceeding on Enhanced 911 Emergency Systems (E911) in that it intended to implement provisions of the Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act of 1999 through the promotion of public safety by the deployment of a seamless, nationwide emergency communications infrastructure that includes wireless communications services. More specifically, the chief goal of the proceeding is to ensure that all emergency calls are routed to the appropriate local emergency authority to provide assistance. The E911 proceeding goes a step further and was aimed at improving the effectiveness and reliability of wireless 911 dispatchers with additional information on wireless 911 calls. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fourth R&O, Third NPRM.............. 09/19/00 65 FR 56752 NPRM................................ 09/19/00 65 FR 56757 Fifth R&O, First R&O, and MO&O...... 01/14/02 67 FR 1643 Final Rule.......................... 01/25/02 67 FR 3621 Next Action Undetermined............ ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Tim May, Policy and Licensing Div., Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-1463, Email: tim.may@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AH90 345. Commission Rules Concerning Disruptions to Communications (PS Docket No. 11-82) Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 155; 47 U.S.C. 154; 47 U.S.C. 201; 47 U.S.C. 251 Abstract: The 2004 Report and Order extended the Commission's outage reporting requirements to non-wireline carriers and streamlined reporting through a new electronic template. A Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding the unique communications needs of airports also remains pending. The 2012 Report and Order extended the Commission's outage reporting requirements to interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol services where there is a complete loss of connectivity that has the potential to affect at least 900,000 user minutes. Interconnected VoIP services providers must now file outage reports through the same electronic mechanism as providers of other services. The Commission indicated that the technical issues involved in identifying and reporting significant outages of broadband Internet services require further study. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 03/26/04 69 FR 15761 FNPRM............................... 11/26/04 69 FR 68859 R&O................................. 12/03/04 69 FR 70316 Announcement of Effective Date and 12/30/04 69 FR 78338 Partial Stay. Petition for Reconsideration........ 02/15/05 70 FR 7737 Amendment of Delegated Authority.... 02/21/08 73 FR 9462 Public Notice....................... 08/02/10 ....................... NPRM................................ 06/09/11 76 FR 33686 NPRM Comment Period End............. 08/08/11 ....................... R&O................................. 04/27/12 77 FR 25088 Final Rule; Correction.............. 01/30/13 78 FR 6216 Next Action Undetermined............ ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Scott Mackoul, Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications Commission, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-7498, Email: scott.mackoul@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AI22 [[Page 37445]] 346. E911 Requirements for IP-Enabled Service Providers (Dockets Nos. GN 11-117, PS 07-114, WC 05-196, WC 04-36) Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 154(i) and 154(j); 47 U.S.C. 251(e); 47 U.S.C. 303(r) Abstract: The notice seeks comment on what additional steps the Commission should take to ensure that providers of Voice over Internet Protocol services that interconnect with the public switched telephone network to provide ubiquitous and reliable enhanced 911 service. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 03/29/04 69 FR 16193 NPRM................................ 06/29/05 70 FR 37307 R&O................................. 06/29/05 70 FR 37273 NPRM Comment Period End............. 09/12/05 ....................... NPRM................................ 06/20/07 72 FR 33948 NPRM Comment Period End............. 09/18/07 ....................... FNPRM, NOI.......................... 11/02/10 75 FR 67321 Order, Extension of Comment Period.. 01/07/11 76 FR 1126 Comment Period End.................. 02/18/11 ....................... 2nd FNPRM, NPRM..................... 08/04/11 76 FR 47114 2nd FNPRM, NPRM Comment Period End.. 11/02/11 ....................... Next Action Undetermined............ ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Tim May, Policy and Licensing Div., Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-1463, Email: tim.may@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AI62 347. Wireless E911 Location Accuracy Requirements; PS Docket No. 07-114 Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 154; 47 U.S.C. 332 Abstract: This is related to the proceedings in which the FCC has previously acted to improve the quality of all emergency services. Wireless carriers must provide specific automatic location information in connection with 911 emergency calls to Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs). Wireless licensees must satisfy Enhanced 911 location accuracy standards at either a county-based or a PSAP-based geographic level. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 06/20/07 72 FR 33948 R&O................................. 02/14/08 73 FR 8617 Public Notice....................... 09/25/08 73 FR 55473 FNPRM; NOI.......................... 11/02/10 75 FR 67321 Public Notice....................... 11/18/09 74 FR 59539 2nd R&O............................. 11/18/10 75 FR 70604 Second NPRM......................... 08/04/11 76 FR 47114 Second NPRM Comment Period End...... 11/02/11 ....................... Final Rule.......................... 04/28/11 76 FR 23713 NPRM, 3rd R&O, and 2nd FNPRM........ 09/28/11 76 FR 59916 3rd FNPRM........................... 03/28/14 79 FR 17820 Order Extending Comment Period...... 06/10/14 79 FR 33163 3rd FNPRM Comment Period End........ 07/14/14 ....................... Public Notice (Release Date)........ 11/20/14 ....................... Public Notice Comment Period End.... 12/17/14 ....................... 4th R&O............................. 03/04/15 80 FR 11806 Final Rule.......................... 08/03/15 80 FR 45897 Next Action Undetermined............ ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Tim May, Policy and Licensing Div., Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-1463, Email: tim.may@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AJ52 348. 700 MHz Public Safety Broadband--First Net (PS Docket Nos. 12-94 & 06-229 and WT 06-150) Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 152; 47 U.S.C. 301 to 303; 47 U.S.C. 307 to 309; Public Law 112-96 Abstract: This action proposes technical rules to protect against harmful radio frequency interference in the spectrum designated for public safety services under the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 04/24/13 78 FR 24138 NPRM Comment Period End............. 05/24/13 ....................... R&O................................. 01/06/14 79 FR 588 Next Action Undetermined............ ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Roberto Mussenden, Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-1428, Email: roberto.mussenden@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AJ99 349. Proposed Amendments to Service Rules Governing Public Safety Narrowband Operations in the 769-775 and 799-805 MHz Bands Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 160; 47 U.S.C. 201; 47 U.S.C. 303; 47 U.S.C. 337(a); 47 U.S.C. 403 Abstract: This proceeding seeks to amend the Commission's rules to promote spectrum efficiency, interoperability, and flexibility in 700 MHz public safety narrowband operations (769775/799805 MHz). Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 04/19/13 78 FR 23529 Final Rule.......................... 12/20/14 79 FR 71321 Final Rule Effective................ 01/02/15 ....................... Next Action Undetermined............ ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Brian Marenco, Electronics Engineer, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-0838, Email: brian.marenco@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AK19 350. Improving Outage Reporting for Submarine Cables and Enhancing Submarine Cable Outage Data; GN Docket No. 15-206 Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 154; 47 U.S.C. 34-39; 47 U.S.C. 301 Abstract: This proceeding takes steps toward assuring the reliability and resiliency of submarine cables, a critical piece of the Nation's communications infrastructure, by proposing to require submarine cable licensees to report to the Commission when outages occur and communications are disrupted. The Commission's intent is to enhance national security and emergency preparedness by these actions. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM (Release Date)................. 09/17/15 ....................... Next Action Undetermined............ ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Michael Saperstein, Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-7008, Email: michael.saperstein@fcc.gov. [[Page 37446]] RIN: 3060-AK39 351. Amendments to Part 4 of the Commission's Rules Concerning Disruptions to Communications; PS Docket No. 15-80 Legal Authority: 47 CFR 0; 47 CFR 4; 47 CFR 63 Abstract: The 2004 Report and Order extended the Commission's communication disruptions reporting rules to non-wireline carriers and streamlined reporting through a new electronic template, see docket ET Docket 04-35. In 2015, this proceeding, PS Docket 15-80, was opened to amend the original communications disruption reporting rules from 2004 in order to reflect technology transitions observed throughout the telecommunications sector. The Commission seeks to further study the possibility to share the reporting database information and access with state and other federal entities. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 06/16/15 80 FR 34321 NPRM Comment Period End............. 07/31/15 ....................... Next Action Undetermined............ ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Brenda Villanueva, Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-7005. RIN: 3060-AK40 352. New Part 4 of the Commission's Rules Concerning Disruptions to Communications; ET Docket No. 04-35 Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154; 47 U.S.C. 155; 47 U.S.C. 201; 47 U.S.C. 251; 47 U.S.C. 307; 47 U.S.C. 316 Abstract: The proceeding creates a new part 4 in title 47, and amends part 63.100. The proceeding updates the Commission's communication disruptions reporting rules for wireline providers formerly found in 47 CFR 63.100, and extends these rules to other non- wireline providers. Through this proceeding, the Commission streamlines the reporting process through an electronic template. The Report and Order received several petitions for reconsideration, of which two were eventually withdrawn, and in 2015, seven are addressed in an Order on Reconsideration. Two petitions remain pending regarding NORS database sharing with states and communication disruptions at airports. The former is addressed in a separate proceeding, PS Docket 15-80. To the extent the communication disruption rules cover VoIP, the Commission studies and addresses these questions in a separate docket, PS Docket 11-82. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 03/26/04 69 FR 15761 R&O................................. 11/26/04 69 FR 68859 Denial for Petition for Partial Stay 12/02/04 ....................... Seek Comment on Petition for Recon.. 02/02/10 ....................... Reply Period End.................... 03/19/10 ....................... Seek Comment on Broadband and 07/02/10 ....................... Interconnected VOIP Service Providers. Reply Period End.................... 08/16/12 ....................... R&O and Order on Recon.............. 06/16/15 80 FR 34321 Next Action Undetermined............ ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Brenda Villanueva, Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-7005. RIN: 3060-AK41 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC) Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Long-Term Actions 353. Reexamination of Roaming Obligations of Commercial Mobile Radio Service Providers Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 152(n); 47 U.S.C. 154(i) and 154(j); 47 U.S.C. 201(b); 47 U.S.C. 251(a); 47 U.S.C. 253; 47 U.S.C. 303(r); 47 U.S.C. 332(c)(1)(B); 47 U.S.C. 309 Abstract: This rulemaking considers whether the Commission should adopt an automatic roaming rule for voice services for Commercial Mobile Radio Services and whether the Commission should adopt a roaming rule for mobile data services. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 11/21/00 65 FR 69891 NPRM................................ 09/28/05 70 FR 56612 NPRM................................ 01/19/06 71 FR 3029 FNPRM............................... 08/30/07 72 FR 50085 Final Rule.......................... 08/30/07 72 FR 50064 Final Rule.......................... 04/28/10 75 FR 22263 FNPRM............................... 04/28/10 75 FR 22338 2nd R&O............................. 05/06/11 76 FR 26199 Order on Recon...................... 06/25/14 79 FR 43956 Declaratory Ruling (release date)... 12/18/14 ....................... Comment Period End.................. 02/14/15 ....................... Reply Comment Period End............ 02/19/15 ....................... Next Action Undetermined............ ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Jennifer Salhus, Attorney, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418- 2823, Email: jsalhus@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AH83 354. Review of Part 87 of the Commission's Rules Concerning Aviation (WT Docket No. 01-289) Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154; 47 U.S.C. 303; 47 U.S.C. 307(e) Abstract: This proceeding is intended to streamline, consolidate, and revise our part 87 rules governing the Aviation Radio Service. The rule changes are designed to ensure these rules reflect current technological advances. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 10/16/01 66 FR 64785 NPRM Comment Period End............. 03/14/02 ....................... R&O and FNPRM....................... 10/16/03 ....................... FNPRM............................... 04/12/04 69 FR 19140 FNPRM Comment Period End............ 07/12/04 ....................... R&O................................. 06/14/04 69 FR 32577 NPRM................................ 12/06/06 71 FR 70710 NPRM Comment Period End............. 03/06/07 ....................... Final Rule.......................... 12/06/06 71 FR 70671 3rd R&O............................. 03/29/11 76 FR 17347 Stay Order.......................... 03/29/11 76 FR 17353 3rd FNPRM........................... 01/30/13 78 FR 6276 Next Action Undetermined............ ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Jeff Tobias, Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications Commission, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-0680, Email: jeff.tobias@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AI35 [[Page 37447]] 355. Implementation of the Commercial Spectrum Enhancement Act (CSEA) and Modernization of the Commission's Competitive Bidding Rules and Procedures (WT Docket No. 05-211) Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 79; 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 154(i) and (j); 47 U.S.C. 155; 47 U.S.C. 155(c); 47 U.S.C. 157; 47 U.S.C. 225; 47 U.S.C. 303(r); 47 U.S.C. 307; 47 U.S.C. 309; 47 U.S.C. 309(j); 47 U.S.C. 325(e); 47 U.S.C. 334; 47 U.S.C. 336; 47 U.S.C. 339; 47 U.S.C. 554 Abstract: This proceeding implements rules and procedures needed to comply with the Commercial Spectrum Enhancement Act (CSEA). It establishes a mechanism for reimbursing Federal agencies' out-of- spectrum auction proceeds for the cost of relocating their operations from certain ``eligible frequencies'' that have been reallocated from Federal to non-Federal use. It also seeks to improve the Commission's ability to achieve Congress' directives with regard to designated entities and to ensure that, in accordance with the intent of Congress, every recipient of its designated entity benefits is an entity that uses its licenses to directly provide facilities-based telecommunications services for the benefit of the public. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 06/14/05 70 FR 43372 NPRM Comment Period End............. 08/26/05 ....................... Declaratory Ruling.................. 06/14/05 70 FR 43322 R&O................................. 01/24/06 71 FR 6214 FNPRM............................... 02/03/06 71 FR 6992 FNPRM Comment Period End............ 02/24/06 ....................... Second R&O.......................... 04/25/06 71 FR 26245 Order on Reconsideration of Second 06/02/06 71 FR 34272 R&O. NPRM................................ 06/21/06 71 FR 35594 NPRM Comment Period End............. 08/21/06 ....................... Reply Comment Period End............ 09/19/06 ....................... Second Order and Reconsideration of 04/04/08 73 FR 18528 Second R&O. Order............................... 02/01/12 77 FR 16470 Next Action Undetermined............ ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Kelly Quinn, Assistant Chief, Auctions and Spectrum Access Division, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-0660, Email: kelly.quinn@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AI88 356. Facilitating the Provision of Fixed and Mobile Broadband Access, Educational, and Other Advanced Services in the 2150-2162 and 2500-2690 MHz Bands Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154; 47 U.S.C. 301 to 303; 47 U.S.C. 307; 47 U.S.C. 309; 47 U.S.C. 332; 47 U.S.C. 336 and 337 Abstract: The Commission seeks comment on whether to assign Educational Broadband Service (EBS) spectrum in the Gulf of Mexico. It also seeks comment on how to license unassigned and available EBS spectrum. Specifically, we seek comment on whether it would be in the public interest to develop a scheme for licensing unassigned EBS spectrum that avoids mutual exclusivity; we ask whether EBS eligible entities could participate fully in a spectrum auction; we seek comment on the use of small business size standards and bidding credits for EBS if we adopt a licensing scheme that could result in mutually exclusive applications; we seek comment on the proper market size and size of spectrum blocks for new EBS licenses; and we seek comment on issuing one license to a State agency designated by the Governor to be the spectrum manager, using frequency coordinators to avoid mutually exclusive EBS applications, as well as other alternative licensing schemes. The Commission must develop a new licensing scheme for EBS in order to achieve the Commission's goal of facilitating the development of new and innovative wireless services for the benefit of students throughout the Nation. In addition, the Commission has sought comment on a proposal intended to make it possible to use wider channel bandwidths for the provision of broadband services in these spectrum bands. The proposed changes may permit operators to use spectrum more efficiently, and to provide higher data rates to consumers, thereby advancing key goals of the National Broadband Plan. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 04/02/03 68 FR 34560 NPRM Comment Period End............. 09/08/03 ....................... FNPRM............................... 07/29/04 69 FR 72048 FNPRM Comment Period End............ 01/10/03 ....................... R&O................................. 07/29/04 69 FR 72020 MO&O................................ 04/27/06 71 FR 35178 FNPRM............................... 03/20/08 73 FR 26067 FNPRM Comment Period End............ 07/07/08 ....................... MO&O................................ 03/20/08 73 FR 26032 MO&O................................ 09/28/09 74 FR 49335 FNPRM............................... 09/28/09 74 FR 49356 FNPRM Comment Period End............ 10/13/09 ....................... R&O................................. 06/03/10 75 FR 33729 FNPRM............................... 05/27/11 76 FR 32901 FNPRM Comment Period End............ 07/22/11 ....................... R&O................................. 07/16/14 79 FR 41448 Next Action Undetermined............ ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: John Schauble, Deputy Chief, Broadband Division, Federal Communications Commission, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-0797, Email: john.schauble@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AJ12 357. Service Rules for Advanced Wireless Services in the 2155-2175 MHz Band; WT Docket No. 13-185 Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151 and 152; 47 U.S.C. 154(i); 47 U.S.C. 157; 47 U.S.C. 160; 47 U.S.C. 201; 47 U.S.C. 214; 47 U.S.C. 301 Abstract: This proceeding explores the possible uses of the 2155- 2175 MHz frequency band (AWS-3) to support the introduction of new advanced wireless services, including third generation and future generations of wireless systems. Advanced wireless systems could provide for a wide range of voice data and broadband services over a variety of mobile and fixed networks. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) sought comment on what service rules should be adopted in the AWS-3 band. We requested comment on rules for licensing this spectrum in a manner that will permit it to be fully and promptly used to bring advanced wireless services to American consumers. Our objective is to allow for the most effective and efficient use of the spectrum in this band, while also encouraging development of robust wireless broadband services. We proposed to apply our flexible, market-oriented rules to the band to do so. Thereafter, the Commission released a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM), seeking comment on the Commission's proposed AWS-3 rules, which include adding 5 megahertz of spectrum (2175-80 MHz) to the AWS-3 band, and requiring licensees of that spectrum to provide--using up to 25 percent of its wireless network capacity--free, two-way broadband Internet service at engineered data rates of at least 768 kbps downstream. Timetable: [[Page 37448]] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 11/14/07 72 FR 64013 NPRM Comment Period End............. 01/14/08 ....................... FNPRM............................... 06/25/08 73 FR 35995 FNPRM Comment Period End............ 08/11/08 ....................... FNPRM............................... 08/20/13 78 FR 51559 FNPRM Comment Period End............ 10/16/13 ....................... R&O................................. 06/04/14 79 FR 32366 Next Action Undetermined............ ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Peter Daronco, Deputy Division Chief, Broadband Division, Federal Communications Commission, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-7235, Email: peter.daronco@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AJ19 358. Amendment of the Commission's Rules To Improve Public Safety Communications in the 800 MHz Band, and To Consolidate the 800 MHz and 900 MHz Business and Industrial/Land Transportation Pool Channels Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 154(i); 47 U.S.C. 303; 47 U.S.C. 309; 47 U.S.C. 332 Abstract: This action adopts rules that retain the current site- based licensing paradigm for the 900 MHz B/ILT ``white space''; adopts interference protection rules applicable to all licensees operating in the 900 MHz B/ILT spectrum; and lifts, on a rolling basis, the freeze placed on applications for new 900 MHz B/ILT licenses in September 2004--the lift being tied to the completion of rebanding in each 800 MHz National Public Safety Planning Advisory Committee (NPSPAC) region. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 03/18/05 70 FR 13143 NPRM Comment Period End............. 06/12/05 70 FR 23080 Final Rule.......................... 12/16/08 73 FR 67794 Petition for Reconsideration........ 03/12/09 74 FR 10739 Order on Reconsideration............ 07/17/13 78 FR 42701 Next Action Undetermined............ ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Joyce Jones, Attorney Advisor, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-1327, Email: joyce.jones@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AJ22 359. Amendment of Part 101 To Accommodate 30 MHz Channels in the 6525- 6875 MHz Band and Provide Conditional Authorization on Channels in the 21.8-22.0 and 23.0-23.2 GHz Band (WT Docket No. 04-114) Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151 and 152; 47 U.S.C. 154(i); 47 U.S.C. 157; 47 U.S.C. 160; 47 U.S.C. 201; 47 U.S.C. 214; 47 U.S.C. 301 to 303; 47 U.S.C. 307 to 310; 47 U.S.C. 319; 47 U.S.C. 324; 47 U.S.C. 332 and 333 Abstract: The Commission seeks comments on modifying its rules to authorize channels with bandwidths of as much as 30 MHz in the 6525- 6875 MHz band. We also propose to allow conditional authorization on additional channels in the 21.8-22.0 and 23.0-23.2 GHz bands. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 06/29/09 74 FR 36134 NPRM Comment Period End............. 07/22/09 ....................... R&O................................. 06/11/10 75 FR 41767 Next Action Undetermined............ ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: John Schauble, Deputy Chief, Broadband Division, Federal Communications Commission, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-0797, Email: john.schauble@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AJ28 360. Amendment of Part 90 of the Commission's Rules Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154; 47 U.S.C. 303 Abstract: This proceeding considers rule changes impacting miscellaneous part 90 Private Land Mobile Radio rules. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 06/13/07 72 FR 32582 FNPRM............................... 04/14/10 75 FR 19340 Order on Reconsideration............ 05/27/10 75 FR 29677 5th R&O............................. 05/16/13 78 FR 28749 Petition for Reconsideration........ 07/23/13 78 FR 44091 Next Action Undetermined............ ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Rodney P Conway, Engineer, Federal Communications Commission, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-2904, Fax: 202 418-1944, Email: rodney.conway@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AJ37 361. Amendment of Part 101 of the Commission's Rules for Microwave Use and Broadcast Auxiliary Service Flexibility Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151 and 152; 47 U.S.C. 154(i) and 157; 47 U.S.C. 160 and 201; 47 U.S.C. 214; 47 U.S.C. 301 to 303; 47 U.S.C. 307 to 310; 47 U.S.C. 319 and 324; 47 U.S.C. 332 and 333 Abstract: In this document, the Commission commences a proceeding to remove regulatory barriers to the use of spectrum for wireless backhaul and other point-to-point and point-to-multipoint communications. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 08/05/10 75 FR 52185 NPRM Comment Period End............. 11/22/10 ....................... R&O................................. 09/27/11 76 FR 59559 FNPRM............................... 09/27/11 76 FR 59614 FNPRM Comment Period End............ 10/25/11 ....................... R&O................................. 09/05/12 77 FR 54421 FNPRM............................... 09/05/12 77 FR 54511 FNPRM Comment Period End............ 10/22/12 ....................... Next Action Undetermined............ ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: John Schauble, Deputy Chief, Broadband Division, Federal Communications Commission, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-0797, Email: john.schauble@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AJ47 362. Universal Service Reform Mobility Fund (WT Docket No. 10-208) Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 154(i); 47 U.S.C. 155; 47 U.S.C. 160; 47 U.S.C. 201; 47 U.S.C. 205; 47 U.S.C. 225; 47 U.S.C. 254; 47 U.S.C. 301; 47 U.S.C. 303; 47 U.S.C. 303(c); 47 U.S.C. 303(f); 47 U.S.C. 303(r); 47 U.S.C. 303(y); 47 U.S.C. 309; 47 U.S.C. 310 Abstract: This proceeding establishes the Mobility Fund which provides an initial infusion of funds toward solving persistent gaps in mobile services through targeted, one-time support for the build-out of current and next-generation wireless infrastructure in areas where these services are unavailable. Timetable: [[Page 37449]] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 10/14/10 75 FR 67060 NPRM Comment Period End............. 01/18/11 ....................... R&O................................. 11/29/11 76 FR 73830 FNPRM............................... 12/16/11 76 FR 78384 R&O................................. 12/28/11 76 FR 81562 2nd R&O............................. 07/03/12 77 FR 39435 4th Order on Recon.................. 08/14/12 77 FR 48453 ----------------------------------- FNPRM............................... To Be Determined ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Scott Mackoul, Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications Commission, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-7498, Email: scott.mackoul@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AJ58 363. Fixed and Mobile Services in the Mobile Satellite Service Bands at 1525-1559 MHz and 1626.5-1660.5 MHz, 1610-1626.5 MHz and 2483.5-2500 MHz, and 2000-2020 MHz and 2180-2200 MHz Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151 and 154; 47 U.S.C. 303 and 310 Abstract: The Commission proposes steps making additional spectrum available for new investment in mobile broadband networks while ensuring that the United States maintains robust mobile satellite service capabilities. Mobile broadband is emerging as one of America's most dynamic innovation and economic platforms. Yet tremendous demand growth soon will test the limits of spectrum availability. Some 90 megahertz of spectrum allocated to the Mobile Satellite Service (MSS)-- in the 2 GHz band, Big LEO band, and L-band--are potentially available for terrestrial mobile broadband use. The Commission seeks to remove regulatory barriers to terrestrial use, and to promote additional investments, such as those recently made possible by a transaction between Harbinger Capital Partners and SkyTerra Communications, while retaining sufficient market-wide MSS capability. The Commission proposes to add co-primary Fixed and Mobile allocations to the 2 GHz band, consistent with the International Table of Allocations. This allocation modification is a precondition for more flexible licensing of terrestrial services within the band. Second, the Commission proposes to apply the Commission's secondary market policies and rules applicable to terrestrial services to all transactions involving the use of MSS bands for terrestrial services to create greater predictability and regulatory parity with bands licensed for terrestrial mobile broadband service. The Commission also requests comment on further steps we can take to increase the value, utilization, innovation, and investment in MSS spectrum generally. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 07/15/10 75 FR 49871 NPRM Comment Period End............. 09/30/10 R&O................................. 04/06/11 76 FR 31252 Next Action Undetermined............ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Blaise Scinto, Chief, Broadband Div., WTB, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-1380, Email: blaise.scinto@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AJ59 364. Improving Spectrum Efficiency Through Flexible Channel Spacing and Bandwidth Utilization for Economic Area-Based 800 MHz Specialized Mobile Radio Licensees (WT Docket Nos. 12-64 and 11-110) Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 152; 47 U.S.C. 154; 47 U.S.C. 301; 47 U.S.C. 302(a); 47 U.S.C. 303; 47 U.S.C. 307; 47 U.S.C. 308 Abstract: This proceeding was initiated to allow EA-based 800 MHz SMR licensees in 813.5-824/858.5-869 MHz to exceed the channel spacing and bandwidth limitation in section 90.209 of the Commission's rules, subject to conditions. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 03/29/12 77 FR 18991 NPRM Comment Period End............. 04/13/12 R&O................................. 05/24/12 77 FR 33972 Petition for Recon Public Notice.... 08/16/12 77 FR 53163 Petition for Recon PN Comment Period 09/27/12 ....................... End. Next Action Undetermined............ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Linda Chang, Attorney, Deputy Div. Chief, Federal Communications Commission, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-1339, Fax: 202 418- 7447, Email: linda.chang@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AJ71 365. Service Rules for Advanced Wireless Services in the 2000-2020 MHz and 2180-2200 MHz Bands Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 153; 47 U.S.C. 154(i); 47 U.S.C. 227; 47 U.S.C. 301; 47 U.S.C. 302; 47 U.S.C. 303; 47 U.S.C. 307; 47 U.S.C. 308; 47 U.S.C. 309; 47 U.S.C. 310; 47 U.S.C. 316; 47 U.S.C. 319; 47 U.S.C. 324; 47 U.S.C. 332; 47 U.S.C. 333 Abstract: In the Report and Order, the Commission increased the Nation's supply of spectrum for mobile broadband by removing unnecessary barriers to flexible use of spectrum currently assigned to the Mobile Satellite Service (MSS) in the 2 GHz band. This action carries out a recommendation in the National Broadband Plan that the Commission enable the provision of standalone terrestrial services in this spectrum. We do so by adopting service, technical, assignment, and licensing rules for this spectrum. These rules are designed to provide for flexible use of this spectrum, encourage innovation and investment in mobile broadband, and provide a stable regulatory environment in which broadband deployment could develop. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM Comment Period End............. 04/17/12 NPRM................................ 04/17/12 77 FR 22720 R&O................................. 05/05/13 78 FR 8229 Next Action Undetermined............ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Peter Daronco, Deputy Division Chief, Broadband Division, Federal Communications Commission, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-7235, Email: peter.daronco@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AJ73 366. Expanding the Economic and Innovation Opportunities of Spectrum Through Incentive Auctions; Docket No. 12-268 Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 309(j)(8)(G); 47 U.S.C. 1452 Abstract: In February 2012, the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act was enacted (Pub. L. 112-96, 126 Stat. 156 (2012)). Title VI of that statute, commonly known as the Spectrum Act, provides the Commission with the authority to conduct incentive auctions to meet the growing demand for wireless broadband. Pursuant to the Spectrum Act, the Commission may [[Page 37450]] conduct incentive auctions that will offer new initial spectrum licenses subject to flexible-use service rules on spectrum made available by licensees that voluntarily relinquish some or all of their spectrum usage rights in exchange for a portion, based on the value of the relinquished rights as determined by an auction, of the proceeds of bidding for the new licenses. In addition to granting the Commission general authority to conduct incentive auctions, the Spectrum Act requires the Commission to conduct an incentive auction of broadcast TV spectrum and sets forth special requirements for such an auction. The incentive auction will consist of a reverse auction'' to determine the amount of compensation that each broadcast television licensee would accept in return for voluntarily relinquishing some or all of its spectrum usage rights and a forward auction'' that will allow mobile broadband providers to bid for licenses in the reallocated spectrum. Broadcast television licensees who elect voluntarily to participate in the auction have three basic options: Voluntarily go off the air, share their spectrum, or move channels in exchange for receiving part of the proceeds from auctioning that spectrum to wireless providers. In June 2014, the Commission adopted a Report and Order that laid out the broad rules for the incentive auction. Consistent with past practice, in December 2014, a public notice was issued asking for comment specific key components related to implementing the June 2014 Report and Order. The public notice asking for comment will be followed by a public notice with the specific procedures about how to participate in the incentive auction. The start of the Incentive Auction is planned for early 2016. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 11/21/12 77 FR 69933 NPRM Comment Period End............. 03/02/13 R&O................................. 08/15/14 79 FR 48441 Notice.............................. 01/29/15 80 FR 4816 Notice Comment Period End........... 03/13/15 Next Action Undetermined............ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Rachel Kazan, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-1500, Email: rachel.kazan@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AJ82 367. Service Rules for Advanced Wireless Services of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 Related to the 1915-1920 MHz and 1995-2000 MHz Bands (WT Docket No. 12-357) Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 301; 47 U.S.C. 302; 47 U.S.C. 303; 47 U.S.C. 307; 47 U.S.C. 308; 47 U.S.C. 309; 47 U.S.C. 310 Abstract: The Commission proposes rules for the Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) H Block that would make available 10 megahertz of flexible use. The proposal would extend the widely deployed Personal Communications Services (PCS) band, which is used by the four national providers as well as regional and rural providers to offer mobile service across the nation. The additional spectrum for mobile use will help ensure that the speed, capacity, and ubiquity of the Nation's wireless networks keeps pace with the skyrocketing demand for mobile services. Today's action is a first step to implement the congressional directive in the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (Spectrum Act) to grant new initial licenses for the 1915-1920 MHz and 1995-2000 MHz bands (the Lower H Block and Upper H Block, respectively) through a system of competitive bidding,[Acirc]- unless doing so would cause harmful interference to commercial mobile service licenses in the 1930-1985 MHz (PCS downlink) band. The potential for harmful interference to the PCS downlink band relates only to the Lower H Block transmissions, and may be addressed by appropriate technical rules, including reduced power limits on H Block devices. We, therefore, propose to pair and license the Lower H Block and the Upper H Block for flexible use, including mobile broadband, aiming to assign the licenses through competitive bidding in 2013. In the event that we conclude that the Lower H Block cannot be used without causing harmful interference to PCS, we propose to license the Upper H Block for full power, and seek comment on appropriate use for the Lower H Block, including Unlicensed PCS. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 01/08/13 78 FR 1166 NPRM Comment Period End............. 03/06/13 ....................... R&O................................. 08/16/13 78 FR 50213 Next Action Undetermined............ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Peter Daronco, Deputy Division Chief, Broadband Division, Federal Communications Commission, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-7235, Email: peter.daronco@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AJ86 368. Amendment of Parts 1, 2, 22, 24, 27, 90 and 95 of the Commission's Rules To Improve Wireless Coverage Through the Use of Signal Boosters (WT Docket No. 10-4) Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 79; 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 154(i); 47 U.S.C. 154(j); 47 U.S.C. 155; 47 U.S.C. 157; 47 U.S.C. 225; 47 U.S.C. 227; 47 U.S.C. 303(r) Abstract: This action adopts new technical, operational, and registration requirements for signal boosters. It creates two classes of signal boosters--consumer and industrial--with distinct regulatory requirements for each, thereby establishing a two-step transition process for equipment certification for both consumer and industrial signal boosters sold and marketed in the United States. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 05/10/11 76 FR 26983 R&O................................. 04/11/13 78 FR 21555 Petition for Reconsideration........ 06/06/13 78 FR 34015 Order on Reconsideration............ 11/08/14 79 FR 70790 FNPRM............................... 11/28/14 79 FR 70837 Next Action Undetermined............ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Amanda Huetinck, Attorney Advisor, WTB, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-7090, Email: amanda.huetinck@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AJ87 369. Amendment of the Commission's Rules Governing Certain Aviation Ground Station Equipment (Squitter) (WT Docket Nos. 10-61 and 09-42) Legal Authority: 48 Stat 1066, 1082 as amended; 47 U.S.C. 154; 47 U.S.C. 303; 47 U.S.C. 307(e); 47 U.S.C. 151 to 156; 47 U.S.C. 301 Abstract: This action amends part 87 rules to authorize new ground station technologies to promote safety and allow use of frequency 1090 MHz by aeronautical utility mobile stations for [[Page 37451]] airport surface detection equipment (commonly referred to as ``squitters'') to help reduce collisions between aircraft and airport ground vehicles. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 04/28/10 75 FR 22352 R&O................................. 03/01/13 78 FR 61023 Next Action Undetermined............ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Tim Maguire, Electronics Engineer, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-2155, Fax: 202 418-7247, Email: tim.maguire@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AJ88 370. Amendment of the Commission's Rules Concerning Commercial Radio Operators (WT Docket No. 10-177) Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154(i); 47 U.S.C. 303(r); 47 U.S.C. 332(a)2 Abstract: This action amends parts 0, 1, 13, 80, and 87 of the Commission's rules concerning commercial radio operator licenses for maritime and aviation radio stations in order to reduce administrative burdens on the telecom industry. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 10/29/10 75 FR 66709 R&O................................. 05/29/13 78 FR 32165 Next Action Undetermined............ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Stanislava Kimball, Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-1306, Email: stanislava.kimball@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AJ91 371. Radiolocation Operations in the 78-81 GHz Band; WT Docket No. 11- 202 Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154; 47 U.S.C. 303; 47 U.S.C. 307(e) Abstract: We amend our rules to permit the certification, licensing, and use of foreign object debris (FOD) detection radar equipment in the 78-81 GHz band. The presence of FOD on airport runways, taxiways, aprons, and ramps poses a significant threat to the safety of air travel. FOD detection radar equipment will be authorized on a licensed basis under part 90 of our rules. Authorization of other potential radiolocation uses of the 78-81 GHz band will be considered in other proceedings. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 01/11/12 77 FR 1661 R&O................................. 07/26/13 78 FR 45072 NPRM................................ 03/06/15 80 FR 12120 Next Action Undetermined............ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Tim Maguire, Electronics Engineer, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-2155, Fax: 202 418-7247, Email: tim.maguire@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AK04 372. Amendment of Part 90 of the Commission's Rules To Permit Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) Technology; WT Docket No. 11-6 Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154(i); 47 U.S.C. 161; 47 U.S.C. 303(g); 47 U.S.C. 303(r); 47 U.S.C. 332(c)(7) Abstract: We modify our rules to permit the certification and use of Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) equipment under part 90 of our rules. TETRA is a spectrally efficient digital technology with the potential to provide valuable benefits to land mobile radio users, such as higher security and lower latency than comparable technologies. It does not, however, conform to all of our current part 90 technical rules. In the Notice of Proposed Rule Making and Order (NPRM) in this proceeding, the Commission proposed to amend part 90 to accommodate TETRA technology. We conclude that modifying the part 90 rules to permit the certification and use of TETRA equipment in two bands--the 450-470 MHz portion of the UHF band (421-512 MHz) and Business/ Industrial Land Transportation 800 MHz band channels (809-824/854-869 MHz) that are not in the National Public Safety Planning Advisory Committee (NPSPAC) portion of the band--will give private land mobile radio (PLMR) licensees additional equipment alternatives without increasing the potential for interference or other adverse effects on other licensees. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 05/11/11 76 FR 27296 R&O................................. 10/10/12 77 FR 61535 Order on Reconsideration............ 08/09/13 78 FR 48627 Next Action Undetermined............ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Tim Maguire, Electronics Engineer, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-2155, Fax: 202 418-7247, Email: tim.maguire@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AK05 373. Promoting Technological Solutions To Combat Wireless Contraband Device Use in Correctional Facilities Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 152; 47 U.S.C. 154(i); 47 U.S.C. 154(j); 47 U.S.C. 301; 47 U.S.C. 303(a); 47 U.S.C. 303(b); 47 U.S.C. 307; 47 U.S.C. 308; 47 U.S.C. 309; 47 U.S.C. 310; 47 U.S.C. 332 Abstract: In this proceeding, the Commission proposes rules to encourage development of multiple technological solutions to combat the use of contraband wireless devices in correctional facilities nationwide. The Commission proposes to streamline rules governing lease agreement modifications between wireless providers and managed access system operators. It also proposes to require wireless providers to terminate service to a contraband wireless device. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 06/18/13 78 FR 36469 NPRM Comment Period End............. 08/08/13 Next Action Undetermined............ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Melissa Conway, Attorney Advisor, Wireless Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-2887, Email: melissa.conway@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AK06 374. Enabling Small Cell Use in the 3.5 GHz Band Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 152; 47 U.S.C. 154(i); 47 U.S.C. 154(j) ; 47 U.S.C. 302(a); 47 U.S.C. 303; 47 U.S.C. 304; 47 U.S.C. 307(e); 47 U.S.C. 316 Abstract: The NPRM proposed to create a Citizens Broadband Service, licensed-by-rule pursuant to section 307(e) of the Communications Act and classified as a Citizens Band Service under part 95 of the Commission's rules. Access to and use of the 3.5 GHz band would be managed by a spectrum access system (SAS), incorporating a geo-location enabled dynamic database (similar to TVWS). [[Page 37452]] The Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposes to create a new Citizens Broadband Radio Service in the 3550-3650 MHz band to be governed by a new part 96 of the Commission's rules. Access to and use of the 3550-3650 MHz band would be managed by a spectrum access system, incorporating a geo-location enabled dynamic database. The Report and Order and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking adopted by the Commission established a new Citizens Broadband Radio Service for shared wireless broadband use of the 3550- 3700 MHz band. The Citizens Broadband Radio Service is governed by a three-tiered spectrum authorization framework to accommodate a variety of commercial uses on a shared basis with incumbent federal and non- federal users of the band. Access and operations will be managed by a dynamic spectrum access system. The three tiers are: Incumbent Access, Priority Access, and General Authorized Access. Rules governing the Citizens Broadband Radio Service are found in Part 96 of the Commission's rules. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 01/08/13 78 FR 1188 NPRM Comment Period End............. 03/19/13 FNPRM............................... 06/02/14 79 FR 31247 FNPRM Comment Period End............ 08/15/14 R&O and 2nd FNPRM................... 06/15/15 80 FR 34119 2nd FNPRM Comment Period End........ 08/14/15 Next Action Undetermined............ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Paul Powell, Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-1613, Email: paul.powell@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AK12 375. 800 MHz Cellular Telecommunications Licensing Reform; Docket No. 12-40 Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 152; 47 U.S.C. 154(i); 47 U.S.C. 301 to 303; 47 U.S.C. 308; 47 U.S.C. 309(j); 47 U.S.C. 332 Abstract: The proceeding was launched to revisit and update various rules governing licensing for the 800 MHz cellular radiotelephone service. Most notably, the current site-based model for issuing licenses is under review, mindful of the evolution of this commercial wireless mobile service since its inception more than 30 years ago and the licensing models used for newer wireless telecommunications services. On November 10, 2014, the FCC released a Report and Order (R&O) and a companion Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) to revise rules governing the 800 MHz Cellular Service. In the R&O, the FCC eliminated various regulatory requirements and streamlined requirements remaining in place, while retaining Cellular Service licensees' ability to expand into an area that is not yet licensed. In the FNPRM, the FCC proposes and seeks comment on additional Cellular Service reforms of licensing rules and the radiated power rules, to promote flexibility and help foster the deployment of newer technologies such as LTE. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 03/16/12 77 FR 15665 NPRM Comment Period End............. 05/15/12 NPRM Reply Comment Period End....... 06/14/12 R&O................................. 12/05/14 79 FR 72143 FNPRM............................... 12/22/14 79FR 76268 Final Rule Effective (with 3 01/05/15 exceptions). FNPRM Comment Period End............ 01/21/15 FNPRM Reply Comment Period End...... 02/20/15 Next Action Undetermined............ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Nina Shafran, Attorney Advisor, Wireless Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-2781, Email: nina.shafran@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AK13 376. Updating Competitive Bidding Rules Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 154(i); 47 U.S.C. 303(r); 47 U.S.C. 309(j); 47 U.S.C. 316 Abstract: This proceeding was initiated to revise some of the Commission's general part 1 rules governing competitive bidding for spectrum licenses to reflect changes in the marketplace, including the challenges faced by new entrants, as well as to advance the statutory directive to ensure that small businesses, rural telephone companies, and businesses owned by members of minority groups and women are given the opportunity to participate in the provision of spectrum-based services. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 11/14/14 79 FR 68172 NPRM Comment Period End............. 03/06/15 Public Notice....................... 03/16/15 80 FR 15715 R&O................................. 07/21/15 80 FR 56764 Next Action Undetermined............ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Kelly Quinn, Assistant Chief, Auctions and Spectrum Access Division, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-0660, Email: kelly.quinn@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AK28 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC) Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Completed Actions 377. Rules Authorizing the Operation of Low Power Auxiliary Stations in the 698-806 MHz Band (WT Docket No. 08-166) Public Interest Spectrum Coalition, Petition for Rulemaking Regarding Low Power Auxiliary Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151 and 152; 47 U.S.C. 154(i) and 154(j); 47 U.S.C. 301 and 302(a); 47 U.S.C. 303; 47 U.S.C. 303(r); 47 U.S.C. 304; 47 U.S.C. 307 to 309; 47 U.S.C. 316; 47 U.S.C. 332; 47 U.S.C. 336 and 337 Abstract: In 2010, the Commission: Prohibited the distribution and sale of wireless microphones that operate in the 700 MHz Band (TV channels 52-69); ordered that the band be cleared of these devices; authorized unlicensed wireless microphone operations subject to conditions; and sought comment on issues including the operation of low power auxiliary stations including wireless microphones in the core TV bands (channels 52-36, 38-51), and on license eligibility. On June 2, 2014, the Commission released a Second Report and Order to provide a limited expansion of the types of entities eligible for a low power auxiliary station license under part 74 of its rules to include qualifying professional sound companies, as well as owners and operators of large venues, as further explained in the order. The Commission also: (1) Denied requests to expand eligibility under part 74 to [[Page 37453]] include nuclear power plants, but modified a previous waiver concerning the operation of unlicensed low power auxiliary devices both inside and outside the plants; (2) adopted provisions to condition any new LPAS licenses on the requirement to cease operating in repurposed UHF spectrum in connection with the Commission's Incentive Auction Report and Order in GN Docket No. 12-268 (FCC 14-50); and (3) provided newly eligible licensees with an initial and renewal license term not to exceed 10 years. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 09/03/08 73 FR 51406 NPRM Comment Period End............. 10/20/08 R&O................................. 01/22/10 75 FR 3622 FNPRM............................... 01/22/10 75 FR 3682 FNPRM Comment Period End............ 03/22/10 Public Notice....................... 10/05/12 Second R&O.......................... 07/14/14 79 FR 40680 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: G. William Stafford, Attorney, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-0563, Email: bill.stafford@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AJ21 378. In the Matter of Service Rules for the 698 to 746, 747 to 762, and 777 to 792 MHz Bands Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 154(i); 47 U.S.C. 303(r); 47 U.S.C. 309 Abstract: This is one of several docketed proceedings involved in the establishment of rules governing wireless licenses in the 698-806 MHz band (the 700 MHz band). This spectrum is being vacated by television broadcasters in TV channels 52-69. It is being made available for wireless services, including public safety and commercial services, as a result of the digital television (DTV) transition. This docket has to do with service rules for the commercial services, and is known as the 700 MHz Commercial Services proceeding. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 08/03/06 71 FR 48506 NPRM................................ 09/20/06 FNPRM............................... 05/02/07 72 FR 24238 FNPRM Comment Period End............ 05/23/07 R&O................................. 07/31/07 72 FR 48814 Order on Reconsideration............ 09/24/07 72 FR 56015 Second FNPRM........................ 05/14/08 73 FR 29582 Second FNPRM Comment Period End..... 06/20/08 Third FNPRM......................... 09/05/08 73 FR 57750 Third FNPRM Comment Period End...... 11/03/08 Second R&O.......................... 02/20/09 74 FR 8868 Final Rule.......................... 03/04/09 74 FR 8868 Order on Reconsideration............ 03/01/13 78 FR 19424 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Paul D'Ari, Spectrum and Competition Policy Division, Federal Communications Commission, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-1550, Email: paul.dari@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AJ35 379. 2004 and 2006 Biennial Regulatory Reviews--Streamlining and Other Revisions of the Commission's Rules Governing Construction, Marking, and Lighting of Antenna Structures Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154(i)-(j) and 161; 47 U.S.C. 303(q) Abstract: In this NPRM, in WT Docket No. 10-88, the Commission seeks comment on revisions to part 17 of the Commission's rules governing construction, marking, and lighting of antenna structures. The Commission initiated this proceeding to update and modernize the part 17 rules. These proposed revisions are intended to improve compliance with these rules and allow the Commission to enforce them more effectively, helping to better ensure the safety of pilots and aircraft passengers nationwide. The proposed revisions also would remove outdated and burdensome requirements without compromising the Commission's statutory responsibility to prevent antenna structures from being hazards or menaces to air navigation. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 05/21/10 75 FR 28517 NPRM Comment Period End............. 07/20/10 NPRM Reply Comment Period End....... 08/19/10 R&O................................. 09/24/14 79 FR 56968 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Paul D'Ari, Spectrum and Competition Policy Division, Federal Communications Commission, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-1550, Email: paul.dari@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AJ50 380. Promoting Interoperability in the 700 MHz Commercial Spectrum; Requests for Waiver and Extension of Lower 700 MHz Band Interim Construction Benchmark Deadlines (WT Docket Nos. 12-69 & 12-332) Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 152; 47 U.S.C. 154(i); 47 U.S.C. 154(j); 47 U.S.C. 301; 47 U.S.C. 302(a); 47 U.S.C. 303(b); 47 U.S.C. 303(e); 47 U.S.C. 303(f); 47 U.S.C. 303(g); 47 U.S.C. 303(r); 47 U.S.C. 304; 47 U.S.C. 307(a); 47 U.S.C. 309(j)(3); 47 U.S.C. 316(a)(1); 47 CFR 1.401 et seq. Abstract: In the Report and Order, the Commission took steps to implement an industry solution to provide interoperable Long Term Evolution (LTE) service in the lower 700 MHz band in an efficient and effective manner to improve choice and quality for consumers of mobile services. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 04/02/12 77 FR 19575 NPRM Comment Period End............. 06/01/12 ....................... R&O and Order of Proposed 11/05/13 78 FR 66298 Modification. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Jennifer Salhus, Attorney, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418- 2823, Email: jsalhus@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AJ78 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC) Wireline Competition Bureau Long-Term Actions 381. Implementation of the Universal Service Portions of the 1996 Telecommunications Act Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151 et seq. Abstract: The Telecommunications Act of 1996 expanded the traditional goal of universal service to include increased access to both telecommunications and advanced services such as high-speed Internet for all consumers at just, reasonable and affordable rates. The Act established principles for universal service that specifically focused on increasing access to evolving services for consumers living in rural and insular [[Page 37454]] areas, and for consumers with low-incomes. Additional principles called for increased access to high-speed Internet in the Nation's schools, libraries and rural health care facilities. The FCC established four programs within the Universal Service Fund to implement the statute. The four programs are: Connect America Fund (formally known as High- Cost Support) for rural areas; Lifeline (for low-income consumers), including initiatives to expand phone service for Native Americans; Schools and Libraries (E-rate); and Rural Health Care. The Universal Service Fund is paid for by contributions from telecommunications carriers, including wireline and wireless companies, and interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) providers, including cable companies that provide voice service, based on an assessment on their interstate and international end-user revenues. The Universal Service Administrative Company, or USAC, administers the four programs and collects monies for the Universal Service Fund under the direction of the FCC. On October 16, 2014, the Commission released a Public Notice seeking comments on proposed methodology for Connect America Fund recipients to measure and report speed and latency performance to fixed locations. On December 18, 2014, the Commission released a Report and Order finalizing decisions necessary to proceed to Phase II of the Connect America Fund. On December 19, 2014, the Commission released a Second E-rate Modernization Order adjusting program rules and support levels in order to meet long-term program goals for high speed connectivity. On January 30, 2015, the Commission released a Public Notice seeking comment on the Alliance of Rural Broadband applicants petition for limited waiver of certain RBE letter of credit requirements. On February 4, 2015, the Commission released a Public Notice seeking comments on NTCA's emergency petition for limited waiver of RBE letter of credit bank eligibility requirements. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Recommended Decision Federal-State 11/08/96 61 FR 63778 Joint Board, Universal Service. First R&O........................... 05/08/97 62 FR 32862 Second R&O.......................... 05/08/97 62 FR 32862 Order on Reconsideration............ 07/10/97 62 FR 40742 R&O and Second Order on 07/18/97 62 FR 41294 Reconsideration. Second R&O, and FNPRM............... 08/15/97 62 FR 47404 Third R&O........................... 10/14/97 62 FR 56118 Second Order on Reconsideration..... 11/26/97 62 FR 65036 Fourth Order on Reconsideration..... 12/30/97 62 FR 2093 Fifth Order on Reconsideration...... 06/22/98 63 FR 43088 Fifth R&O........................... 10/28/98 63 FR 63993 Eighth Order on Reconsideration..... 11/21/98 ....................... Second Recommended Decision......... 11/25/98 63 FR 67837 Thirteenth Order on Reconsideration. 06/09/99 64 FR 30917 FNPRM............................... 06/14/99 64 FR 31780 FNPRM............................... 09/30/99 64 FR 52738 Fourteenth Order on Reconsideration. 11/16/99 64 FR 62120 Fifteenth Order on Reconsideration.. 11/30/99 64 FR 66778 Tenth R&O........................... 12/01/99 64 FR 67372 Ninth R&O and Eighteenth Order on 12/01/99 64 FR 67416 Reconsideration. Nineteenth Order on Reconsideration. 12/30/99 64 FR 73427 Twentieth Order on Reconsideration.. 05/08/00 65 FR 26513 Public Notice....................... 07/18/00 65 FR 44507 Twelfth R&O, MO&O and FNPRM......... 08/04/00 65 FR 47883 FNPRM and Order..................... 11/09/00 65 FR 67322 FNPRM............................... 01/26/01 66 FR 7867 R&O and Order on Reconsideration.... 03/14/01 66 FR 16144 NPRM................................ 05/08/01 66 FR 28718 Order............................... 05/22/01 66 FR 35107 Fourteenth R&O and FNPRM............ 05/23/01 66 FR 30080 FNPRM and Order..................... 01/25/02 67 FR 7327 NPRM................................ 02/15/02 67 FR 9232 NPRM and Order...................... 02/15/02 67 FR 10846 FNPRM and R&O....................... 02/26/02 67 FR 11254 NPRM................................ 04/19/02 67 FR 34653 Order and Second FNPRM.............. 12/13/02 67 FR 79543 NPRM................................ 02/25/03 68 FR 12020 Public Notice....................... 02/26/03 68 FR 10724 Second R&O and FNPRM................ 06/20/03 68 FR 36961 Twenty-Fifth Order on 07/16/03 68 FR 41996 Reconsideration, R&O, Order, and FNPRM. NPRM................................ 07/17/03 68 FR 42333 Order............................... 07/24/03 68 FR 47453 Order............................... 08/06/03 68 FR 46500 Order and Order on Reconsideration.. 08/19/03 68 FR 49707 Order on Remand, MO&O, FNPRM........ 10/27/03 68 FR 69641 R&O, Order on Reconsideration, FNPRM 11/17/03 68 FR 74492 R&O, FNPRM.......................... 02/26/04 69 FR 13794 R&O, FNPRM.......................... 04/29/04 ....................... NPRM................................ 05/14/04 69 FR 3130 NPRM................................ 06/08/04 69 FR 40839 Order............................... 06/28/04 69 FR 48232 Order on Reconsideration & Fourth 07/30/04 69 FR 55983 R&O. Fifth R&O and Order................. 08/13/04 69 FR 55097 Order............................... 08/26/04 69 FR 57289 Second FNPRM........................ 09/16/04 69 FR 61334 Order & Order on Reconsideration.... 01/10/05 70 FR 10057 Sixth R&O........................... 03/14/05 70 FR 19321 R&O................................. 03/17/05 70 FR 29960 MO&O................................ 03/30/05 70 FR 21779 NPRM & FNPRM........................ 06/14/05 70 FR 41658 Order............................... 10/14/05 70 FR 65850 Order............................... 10/27/05 ....................... NPRM................................ 01/11/06 71 FR 1721 Report Number 2747.................. 01/12/06 71 FR 2042 Order............................... 02/08/06 71 FR 6485 FNPRM............................... 03/15/06 71 FR 13393 R&O and NPRM........................ 07/10/06 71 FR 38781 Order............................... 01/01/06 71 FR 6485 Order............................... 05/16/06 71 FR 30298 MO&O and FNPRM...................... 05/16/06 71 FR 29843 R&O................................. 06/27/06 71 FR 38781 Public Notice....................... 08/11/06 71 FR 50420 Order............................... 09/29/06 71 FR 65517 Public Notice....................... 03/12/07 72 FR 36706 Public Notice....................... 03/13/07 72 FR 40816 Public Notice....................... 03/16/07 72 FR 39421 Notice of Inquiry................... 04/16/07 ....................... NPRM................................ 05/14/07 72 FR 28936 Recommended Decision................ 11/20/07 ....................... Order............................... 02/14/08 73 FR 8670 NPRM................................ 03/04/08 73 FR 11580 NPRM................................ 03/04/08 73 FR 11591 R&O................................. 05/05/08 73 FR 11837 Public Notice....................... 07/02/08 73 FR 37882 NPRM................................ 08/19/08 73 FR 48352 Notice of Inquiry................... 10/14/08 73 FR 60689 Order on Remand, R&O, FNPRM......... 11/12/08 73 FR 66821 R&O................................. 05/22/09 74 FR 2395 Order & NPRM........................ 03/24/10 75 FR 10199 R&O and MO&O........................ 04/08/10 75 FR 17872 NOI and NPRM........................ 05/13/10 75 FR 26906 Order and NPRM...................... 05/28/10 75 FR 30024 NPRM................................ 06/09/10 75 FR 32699 NPRM................................ 08/09/10 75 FR 48236 NPRM................................ 09/21/10 75 FR 56494 R&O................................. 12/03/10 75 FR 75393 Order............................... 01/27/11 76 FR 4827 NPRM................................ 03/02/11 76 FR 11407 NPRM................................ 03/02/11 76 FR 11632 NPRM................................ 03/23/11 76 FR 16482 Order and NPRM...................... 06/27/11 76 FR 37307 [[Page 37455]] R&O................................. 12/28/11 76 FR 81562 Order............................... 03/09/12 77 FR 14297 R&O................................. 03/30/12 77 FR 19125 Order............................... 05/23/12 77 FR 30411 3rd Order on Reconsideration........ 05/24/12 77 FR 30904 Public Notice....................... 05/31/12 77 FR 32113 FNPRM............................... 06/07/12 77 FR 33896 Public Notice....................... 07/26/12 77 FR 43773 Order............................... 08/30/12 77 FR 52616 Public Notice....................... 02/28/12 77 FR 76345 Public Notice....................... 08/29/12 77 FR 52279 Public Notice....................... 12/12/12 77 FR 74010 5th Order on Reconsideration........ 01/17/13 78 FR 3837 Public Notice....................... 02/07/13 78 FR 9020 Public Notice....................... 02/21/13 78 FR 12006 Public Notice....................... 02/22/13 78 FR 12269 Public Notice....................... 03/15/13 78 FR 16456 6th Order on Reconsideration and 03/19/13 78 FR 16808 MO&O. MO&O................................ 05/08/13 78 FR 26705 R&O................................. 05/06/13 78 FR 26269 R&O................................. 06/03/13 78 FR 32991 Public Notice....................... 06/13/13 78 FR 35632 R&O................................. 06/26/13 78 FR 38227 Order on Reconsideration............ 08/08/13 78 FR 48622 Order............................... 03/01/13 78 FR 13935 Public Notice....................... 12/19/13 78 FR 76789 Order............................... 02/28/14 79 FR 11366 Public Notice....................... 03/11/14 79 FR 13599 Public Notice....................... 03/17/14 79 FR 17070 Public Notice....................... 04/18/14 79 FR 21924 R&O................................. 05/21/14 79 FR 29111 Order............................... 05/23/14 79 FR 33705 FNPRM............................... 07/09/14 79 FR 39163 R&O................................. 07/31/14 79 FR 44352 R&O................................. 08/19/14 79 FR 49160 Public Notice....................... 11/20/14 79 FR 69091 R&O................................. 01/27/15 80 FR 4446 2nd R&O............................. 02/04/15 80 FR 5961 Public Notice....................... 02/27/15 80 FR 10658 2nd FNPRM........................... 06/22/15 80 FR 40923 Next Action Undetermined............ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Nakesha Woodward, Program Support Assistant, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-1502, Email: kesha.woodward@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AF85 382. 2000 Biennial Regulatory Review--Telecommunications Service Quality Reporting Requirements Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154(i) and 154(j); 47 U.S.C. 201(b); 47 U.S.C. 303(r); 47 U.S.C. 403 Abstract: The notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) proposed to eliminate our current service quality reports (Automated Reporting Management Information System (ARMIS) Report 43-05 and 43-06) and replace them with a more consumer-oriented report. The NPRM proposed to reduce the reporting categories from more than 30 to six, and addressed the needs of carriers, consumers, State public utility commissions, and other interested parties. On February 15, 2005, the Commission adopted an Order that extended the Federal-State Joint Conference on Accounting Issues until March 1, 2007. On September 6, 2008, the Commission adopted a Memorandum Opinion and Order granting conditional forbearance from the ARMIS 43-05 and 43-06 reporting requirements to all carriers that are required to file these reports. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 12/04/00 65 FR 75657 Order............................... 02/06/02 67 FR 5670 Order............................... 03/22/05 70 FR 14466 MO&O................................ 10/15/08 73 FR 60997 Next Action Undetermined............ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Cathy Zima, Deputy Chief, Industry Analysis Division, WCB, Federal Communications Commission, Wireline Competition Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-7380, Fax: 202 418-6768, Email: cathy.zima@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AH72 383. National Exchange Carrier Association Petition Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151 and 152; 47 U.S.C. 201 and 202; . . . Abstract: In a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) released on July 19, 2004, the Commission initiated a rulemaking proceeding to examine the proper number of end user common line charges (commonly referred to as subscriber line charges or SLCs) that carriers may assess upon customers that obtain derived channel T-1 service where the customer provides the terminating channelization equipment and upon customers that obtain Primary Rate Interface (PRI) Integrated Service Digital Network (ISDN) service. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 08/13/04 69 FR 50141 NPRM Comment Period End............. 11/12/04 Next Action Undetermined............ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Douglas Slotten, Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications Commission, Wireline Competition Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-1572, Email: douglas.slotten@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AI47 384. IP-Enabled Services; WC Docket No. 04-36 Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151 and 152; . . . Abstract: The notice seeks comment on ways in which the Commission might categorize or regulate IP-enabled services. It poses questions regarding the proper allocation of jurisdiction over each category of IP-enabled service. The notice then requests comment on whether the services comprising each category constitute ``telecommunications services'' or ``information services'' under the definitions set forth in the Act. Finally, noting the Commission's statutory forbearance authority and title I ancillary jurisdiction, the notice describes a number of central regulatory requirements (including, for example, those relating to access charges, universal service, E911, and disability accessibility), and asks which, if any, should apply to each category of IP-enabled services. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 03/29/04 69 FR 16193 NPRM Comment Period End............. 07/14/04 ....................... First R&O........................... 06/03/05 70 FR 37273 Public Notice....................... 06/16/05 70 FR 37403 First R&O Effective................. 07/29/05 70 FR 43323 Public Notice....................... 08/31/05 70 FR 51815 R&O................................. 07/10/06 71 FR 38781 R&O and FNPRM....................... 06/08/07 72 FR 31948 FNPRM Comment Period End............ 07/09/07 72 FR 31782 R&O................................. 08/06/07 72 FR 43546 Public Notice....................... 08/07/07 72 FR 44136 R&O................................. 08/16/07 72 FR 45908 Public Notice....................... 11/01/07 72 FR 61813 Public Notice....................... 11/01/07 72 FR 61882 Public Notice....................... 12/13/07 72 FR 70808 Public Notice....................... 12/20/07 72 FR 72358 R&O................................. 02/21/08 73 FR 9463 NPRM................................ 02/21/08 73 FR 9507 Order............................... 05/15/08 73 FR 28057 Order............................... 07/29/09 74 FR 37624 R&O................................. 08/07/09 74 FR 39551 Public Notice....................... 10/14/09 74 FR 52808 Announcement of Effective Date...... 03/19/10 75 FR 13235 Public Notice....................... 05/20/10 75 FR 28249 Public Notice....................... 06/11/10 75 FR 33303 NPRM, Order, & NOI.................. 06/19/13 78 FR 36679 R&O (release date).................. 06/22/15 ....................... Next Action Undetermined............ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [[Page 37456]] Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Melissa Kirkel, Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications Commission, Wireline Competition Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-7958, Fax: 202 418-1413, Email: melissa.kirkel@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AI48 385. Jurisdictional Separations Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 154(i) and 154(j); 47 U.S.C. 205; 47 U.S.C. 221(c); 47 U.S.C. 254; 47 U.S.C. 403; 47 U.S.C. 410 Abstract: Jurisdictional separations is the process, pursuant to part 36 of the Commission's rules, by which incumbent local exchange carriers apportion regulated costs between the intrastate and interstate jurisdictions. In 1997, the Commission initiated a proceeding seeking comment on the extent to which legislative changes, technological changes, and market changes warrant comprehensive reform of the separations process. In 2001, the Commission adopted the Federal-State Joint Board on Jurisdictional Separations' recommendation to impose an interim freeze on the part 36 category relationships and jurisdictional cost allocation factors for a period of five years, pending comprehensive reform of the part 36 separations rules. In 2006, the Commission adopted an Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, which extended the separations freeze for a period of three years and sought comment on comprehensive reform. In 2009, the Commission adopted a Report and Order extending the separations freeze an additional year to June 2010. In 2010, the Commission adopted a Report and Order extending the separations freeze for an additional year to June 2011. In 2011, the Commission adopted a Report and Order extending the separations freeze for an additional year to June 2012. In 2012, the Commission adopted a Report and Order extending the separations freeze for an additional two years to June 2014. In 2014, the Commission adopted a Report and Order extending the separations freeze for an additional three years to June 2017. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 11/05/97 62 FR 59842 NPRM Comment Period End............. 12/10/97 Order............................... 06/21/01 66 FR 33202 Order and FNPRM..................... 05/26/06 71 FR 29882 Order and FNPRM Comment Period End.. 08/22/06 R&O................................. 05/15/09 74 FR 23955 R&O................................. 05/25/10 75 FR 30301 R&O................................. 05/27/11 76 FR 30840 R&O................................. 05/23/12 77 FR 30410 R&O................................. 06/13/14 79 FR 36232 Next Action Undetermined............ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: John Hunter, Attorney--Advisor, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-1520, Email: john.hunter@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AJ06 386. Service Quality, Customer Satisfaction, Infrastructure and Operating Data Gathering (WC Docket Nos. 08-190, 07-139, 07-204, 07- 273, 07-21) Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151 to 155; 47 U.S.C. 160 and 161; 47 U.S.C. 20 to 205; 47 U.S.C. 215; 47 U.S.C. 218 to 220; 47 U.S.C. 251 to 271; 47 U.S.C. 303(r) and 332; 47 U.S.C. 403; 47 U.S.C. 502 and 503 Abstract: This notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) tentatively proposes to collect infrastructure and operating data that is tailored in scope to be consistent with Commission objectives from all facilities-based providers of broadband and telecommunications. Similarly, the NPRM also tentatively proposes to collect data concerning service quality and customer satisfaction from all facilities-based providers of broadband and telecommunications. The NPRM seeks comment on the proposals, on the specific information to be collected, and on the mechanisms for collecting information. On June 27, 2013, the Commission adopted a Report and Order addressing collection of broadband deployment data from facilities-based providers. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 10/15/08 73 FR 60997 NPRM Comment Period End............. 11/14/08 Reply Comment Period End............ 12/15/08 NPRM................................ 02/28/11 76 FR 12308 NPRM Comment Period End............. 03/30/11 Reply Comment Period End............ 04/14/11 R&O................................. 08/13/13 78 FR 49126 Next Action Undetermined............ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Cathy Zima, Deputy Chief, Industry Analysis Division, WCB, Federal Communications Commission, Wireline Competition Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554 , Phone: 202 418- 7380, Fax: 202 418-6768, Email: cathy.zima@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AJ14 387. Development of Nationwide Broadband Data To Evaluate Reasonable and Timely Deployment of Advanced Services to All Americans Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 251; 47 U.S.C. 252; 47 U.S.C. 257; 47 U.S.C. 271; 47 U.S.C. 1302; 47 U.S.C. 160(b); 47 U.S.C. 161(a)(2) Abstract: The Report and Order streamlined and reformed the Commission's Form 477 Data Program, which is the Commission's primary tool to collect data on broadband and telephone services. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 05/16/07 72 FR 27519 Order............................... 07/02/08 73 FR 37861 Order............................... 10/15/08 73 FR 60997 NPRM................................ 02/08/11 76 FR 10827 Order............................... 06/27/13 78 FR 49126 Next Action Undetermined............ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Ms Chelsea Fallon, Assistant Division Chief, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-7991, Email: chelsea.fallon@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AJ15 388. Local Number Portability Porting Interval and Validation Requirements (WC Docket No. 07-244) Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 154(i); 47 U.S.C. 154(j); 47 U.S.C. 251; 47 U.S.C. 303(r) Abstract: In 2007, the Commission released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in WC Docket No. 07-244. The Notice sought comment on whether the Commission should adopt rules specifying the length of the porting intervals or other details of the porting process. It also tentatively concluded that the Commission should adopt rules reducing the porting interval for wireline-to-wireline and intermodal simple port requests, specifically, to a 48-hour porting interval. [[Page 37457]] In the Local Number Portability Porting Interval and Validation Requirements First Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, released on May 13, 2009, the Commission reduced the porting interval for simple wireline and simple intermodal port requests, requiring all entities subject to its local number portability (LNP) rules to complete simple wireline-to-wireline and simple intermodal port requests within one business day. In a related Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM), the Commission sought comment on what further steps, if any, the Commission should take to improve the process of changing providers. In the LNP Standard Fields Order, released on May 20, 2010, the Commission adopted standardized data fields for simple wireline and intermodal ports. The Order also adopts the NANC's recommendations for porting process provisioning flows and for counting a business day in the context of number porting. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 02/21/08 73 FR 9507 R&O and FNPRM....................... 07/02/09 74 FR 31630 R&O................................. 06/22/10 75 FR 35305 Public Notice....................... 12/21/11 76 FR 79607 Public Notice....................... 06/06/13 78 FR 34015 R&O................................. 05/26/15 80 FR 29978 Next Action Undetermined............ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Melissa Kirkel, Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications Commission, Wireline Competition Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-7958, Fax: 202 418-1413, Email: melissa.kirkel@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AJ32 389. Implementation of Section 224 of the Act; A National Broadband Plan for Our Future (WC Docket No. 07-245, GN Docket No. 09-51) Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 154(i); 47 U.S.C. 154(j); 47 U.S.C. 224 Abstract: In 2010, the Commission released an Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that implemented certain pole attachment recommendations of the National Broadband Plan and sought comment regarding others. On April 7, 2011, the Commission adopted a Report and Order and Order on Reconsideration that sets forth a comprehensive regulatory scheme for access to poles, and modifies existing rules for pole attachment rates and enforcement. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 02/06/08 73 FR 6879 FNPRM............................... 07/15/10 75 FR 41338 Declaratory Ruling.................. 08/03/10 75 FR 45494 R&O................................. 05/09/11 76 FR 26620 Order on Recon...................... 02/03/16 81 FR 5605 Next Action Undetermined............ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Michael Ray, Attorney, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418- 0357. RIN: 3060-AJ64 390. Rural Call Completion; WC Docket No. 13-39 Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 154(i); 47 U.S.C. 201(b); 47 U.S.C. 202(a); 47 U.S.C. 218; 47 U.S.C. 220(a); 47 U.S.C. 257(a); 47 U.S.C. 403 Abstract: The recordkeeping, retention, and reporting requirements in the Report and Order improve the Commission's ability to monitor problems with completing calls to rural areas, and enforce restrictions against blocking, choking, reducing, or restricting calls. The Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking sought comment on additional measures intended to further ensure reasonable and nondiscriminatory service to rural areas. The Report and Order applies new recordkeeping, retention, and reporting requirements to providers of long-distance voice service that make the initial long-distance call path choice for more than 100,000 domestic retail subscriber lines which, in most cases, is the calling party's long-distance provider. Covered providers are required to file quarterly reports and retain the call detail records for at least six calendar months. Qualifying providers may certify that they meet a Safe Harbor which reduces their reporting and retention obligations, or seek a waiver of these rules from the Wireline Competition Bureau, in consultation with the Enforcement Bureau. The Report and Order also adopts a rule prohibiting all originating and intermediate providers from causing audible ringing to be sent to the caller before the terminating provider has signaled that the called party is being alerted. On February 13, 2015, the Wireline Competition Bureau provided additional guidance regarding how providers must categorize information. The Commission also adopted an Order on Reconsideration addressing petitions for reconsideration. Reports have been due quarterly beginning with the second quarter of 2015. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 04/12/13 78 FR 21891 Public Notice....................... 05/07/13 78 FR 26572 NPRM Comment Period End............. 05/28/13 R&O and FNPRM....................... 12/17/13 78 FR 76218 PRA 60 Day Notice................... 12/30/13 78 FR 79448 FNPRM Comment Period End............ 02/18/14 PRA Comments Due.................... 03/11/14 Public Notice....................... 05/06/14 79 FR 25682 Order on Reconsideration............ 12/10/14 79 FR 73227 Erratum............................. 01/08/15 80 FR 1007 Public Notice....................... 03/04/15 80 FR 11954 Next Action Undetermined............ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Richard B. Hovey, Telecom Policy and Technology Specialist, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-2582, Email: richard.hovey@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AJ89 391. Rates for Inmate Calling Services; WC Docket No. 12-375 Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 154(i) to (j); 47 U.S.C. 225; 47 U.S.C. 276; 47 U.S.C. 303(r); 47 CFR 64 Abstract: In the Report and Order portion of this document, the Federal Communications Commission adopts rule changes to ensure that rates for both interstate and intrastate inmate calling services (ICS) are fair, just, and reasonable, as required by statute, and limits ancillary service charges imposed by ICS providers. In the Report and Order, the Commission sets caps on all interstate and intrastate calling rates for ICS, establishes a tiered rate structure based on the size and type of facility being served, limits the types of ancillary services that ICS providers may charge for and caps the charges for permitted fees, bans flat-rate calling, facilitates access to ICS by people with disabilities by requiring providers to offer free or steeply discounted rates for calls using TTY, and imposes reporting and certification requirements to facilitate continued oversight of the ICS market. In the Further Notice portion of the item, the Commission seeks comment on ways to promote competition for ICS, video visitation, rates for international calls, and [[Page 37458]] considers an array of solutions to further address areas of concern in the ICS industry. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 01/22/13 78 FR 4369 FNPRM............................... 11/13/13 78 FR 68005 R&O................................. 11/13/13 78 FR 67956 FNPRM Comment Period End............ 12/20/13 Announcement of Effective Date...... 06/20/14 79 FR 33709 2nd FNPRM........................... 11/21/14 79 FR 69682 2nd FNPRM Comment Period End........ 01/15/15 2nd FNPRM Reply Comment Period End.. 01/20/15 3rd FNPRM........................... 12/18/15 80 FR 79020 2nd R&O............................. 12/18/15 80 FR 79136 3rd FNPRM Comment Period End........ 01/19/16 3rd FNPRM Reply Comment Period End.. 02/08/16 Next Action Undetermined............ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Gil Strobel, Deputy Pricing Policy Div. Chief, WCB, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-7084. RIN: 3060-AK08. 392. Comprehensive Review of the Part 32 Uniform System of Accounts (WC Docket No. 14-130) Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 154(i); 47 U.S.C. 201(b); 47 U.S.C. 219; 47 U.S.C. 220 Abstract: The Commission initiates a rulemaking proceeding to review the Uniform System of Accounts (USOA) to consider ways to minimize the compliance burdens on incumbent local exchange carriers while ensuring that the agency retains access to the information it needs to fulfill its regulatory duties. In light of the Commission's actions in areas of price cap regulation, universal service reform, and intercarrier compensation reform, the Commission stated that it is likely appropriate to streamline the existing rules even though those reforms may not have eliminated the need for accounting data for some purposes. The Commission's analysis and proposals are divided into three parts. First, the Commission proposes to streamline the USOA accounting rules while preserving their existing structure. Second, the Commission seeks more focused comment on the accounting requirements needed for price cap carriers to address our statutory and regulatory obligations. Third, the Commission seeks comment on several related issues, including state requirements, rate effects, implementation, continuing property records, and legal authority. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 09/15/14 79 FR 54942 NPRM Comment Period End............. 11/14/14 NPRM Reply Comment Period End....... 12/15/14 Next Action Undetermined............ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Robin Cohn, Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-2747, Email: robin.cohn@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AK20 393. Protecting and Promoting the Open Internet; (WC Docket No. 14-28) Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 151 ; 47 U.S.C. 154(i) to (j); 47 U.S.C. 201(b) Abstract: In January of 2014, the D.C. Circuit in Verizon v. FCC struck down the no-blocking and no-unreasonable discrimination rules contained in the 2010 Open Internet Order, invalidating the Commission's attempt to create legally enforceable standards to preserve the open Internet. In response to Verizon, in May 2014, the Commission released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (2014 Open Internet NPRM) that sought comment on a fundamental question: What is the right public policy to ensure that the Internet remains open? After careful review of the record generated by the 2014 Open Internet NPRM, the Commission issued a combined Report and Order on Remand, Declaratory Ruling, and Order in this proceeding. The Report and Order established bright-line rules banning three specific practices that invariably harm the open Internet: Blocking, Throttling, and Paid Prioritization, and applied those rules to both fixed and mobile broadband Internet access service. In addition, the Report and Order put in place a general conduct standard to prevent a broadband service provider from unreasonably interfering with or disadvantaging the ability of end users to access content, applications, services or devices offered by edge providers. The Report and Order also strengthened the transparency rules that remained in place following Verizon. In order to provide the best possible legal foundation for these rules, the Commission's Declaratory Ruling reclassified broadband Internet access service as a telecommunications service subject to title II of the Communications Act. Finally, in order to tailor title II to the 21st century broadband ecosystem, the Commission issued an Order forbearing from the majority of title II provisions, leaving in place a light-touch regime that will support regulatory action while simultaneously encouraging broadband investment, innovation, and deployment. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 07/01/14 79 FR 37448 NPRM Comment Period End............. 07/18/14 NPRM Reply Comment Period End....... 09/15/14 R&O on Remand, Declaratory Ruling, 04/13/15 80 FR 19737 and Order. Next Action Undetermined............ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Zachary Ross, Attorney Advisor, Competiton Policy Division, WCB, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-1033, Email: zachary.ross@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AK21 394. Emerging Wireline Networks and Services; GN Docket No. 13-5, WC Docket No. 05-25 Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 214; 47 U.S.C. 251; . . . Abstract: This proceeding seeks to strengthen public safety, pro- consumer and pro-competition policies and protections in a manner appropriate for technology transitions that are underway and for networks and services that emerge from those transitions. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposed new rules to ensure reliable backup power for consumers of IP-based voice and data services across networks that provide residential fixed service that substitutes for and improves upon the kind of traditional telephony used by people to dial 911. It also proposed new and revised rules to protect consumers by ensuring they are informed about their choices and the services provided to them when carriers retire legacy facilities (e.g., copper networks) and seek to discontinue [[Page 37459]] legacy services (e.g., basic voice service). Finally, it proposed revised rules to protect competition where it exists today, so that the mere change of a network facility or discontinuance of a legacy service does not deprive small- and medium-size business, schools, libraries, and other enterprises of the ability to choose the kinds of innovative services that best suit their needs. The Report and Order, Order on Reconsideration and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: (i) Adopted rules updating the process by which incumbent LECs notify interconnecting entities of planned copper retirements; (ii) clarified that a carrier must obtain Commission approval before discontinuing, reducing, or impairing a service used as a wholesale input, but only when the carrier's actions will discontinue, reduce, or impair service to end users, including a carrier-customer's retail end users; (iii) adopted an interim rule requiring that to receive authority to discontinue, reduce, or impair a legacy TDM-based service special access service or commercial wholesale platform service that is used as a wholesale input by competitive providers, an incumbent LEC must as a condition to obtaining discontinuance authority commit to providing competitive carriers wholesale access on reasonably comparable rates, terms, and conditions; (iv) proposed specific criteria for the Commission to consider in determining whether to authorize carriers to discontinue a legacy retail service in favor of a retail service based on a newer technology; (v) sought comment on updating the rules governing the discontinuance process, including regarding the timing of notice to consumers, the method for providing that notice, and providing notice to Tribal governments; (vi) sought comment on extending the end point of the interim rule adopted in the Report and Order as it applies to the commercial wholesale platform service; and (vii) sought comment on whether to adopt objective criteria to measure an ILEC's good faith in responding to competitive LEC requests for additional information in connection with a copper retirement notice and whether a planned copper retirement should be postponed when an ILEC has failed to fulfill the new good faith communication requirement adopted in the Report and Order. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 01/06/15 80 FR 450 NPRM Comment Period End............. 02/05/15 ....................... NPRM Reply Comment Period End....... 03/09/15 ....................... R&O................................. 09/25/15 80 FR 57768 Next Action Undetermined............ ......... ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Michele Levy Berlove, Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-1477, email: michele.berlove@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AK32 395. Modernizing Common Carrier Rules, WC Docket No. 15-33 Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 152(a); 47 U.S.C. 154(j); 47 U.S.C. 154(i); 47 U.S.C. 160 to 161; 47 U.S.C. 201 to 205; 47 U.S.C. 214; 47 U.S.C. 218 to 221; 47 U.S.C. 225 to 228; 47 U.S.C. 254; 47 U.S.C. 303; 47 U.S.C. 308; 47 U.S.C. 403; 47 U.S.C. 410; 47 U.S.C. 571; 47 U.S.C. 1302; 52 U.S.C. sec 30141 Abstract: The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Notice) seeks to update our rules to better reflect current requirements and technology by removing outmoded regulations from the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). The Notice proposes to update the CFR by (1) eliminating certain rules from which the Commission has forborn, and (2) eliminating references to telegraph service in certain rules. We propose to eliminate several rules from which the Commission has granted unconditional forbearance for all carriers. These are: (1) Section 64.804(c)-(g), which governs a carrier's recordkeeping and other obligations when it extends to federal candidates unsecured credit for communications service; (2) sections 42.4, 42.5, and 42.7, which require carriers to preserve certain records; (3) section 64.301, which requires carriers to provide communications service to foreign governments for international communications; (4) section 64.501, governing telephone companies' obligations when recording telephone conversations; (5) section 64.5001(a)-(c)(2), and (c)(4), which imposes certain reporting and certification requirements for prepaid calling card providers; and (6) section 64.1, governing traffic damage claims for carriers engaged in radio-telegraph, wire-telegraph, or ocean-cable service. We also propose to remove references to telegraph from certain sections of the Commission's rules. This proposal is consistent with Recommendation 5.38 of the Process Reform Report. Specifically, we propose to remove telegraph from: (1) Section 36.126 (separations); (2) section 54.706(a)(13) (universal service contributions); and (3) sections 63.60(c), 63.61, 63.62, 63.65(a)(4), 63.500(g), 63.501(g), and 63.504(k) (discontinuance). Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 05/06/15 80 FR 25989 Next Action Undetermined............ ......... ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Daniel Kahn, Deputy Division Chief, Competition Policy, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-1407, Email: daniel.kahn@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AK33 396. Numbering Policies for Modern Communications, WC Docket No. 13-97 Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 153; 47 U.S.C. 154; 47 U.S.C. 201-205; 47 U.S.C. 251; 47 U.S.C. 303(r) Abstract: This Order establishes a process to authorize interconnected VoIP providers to obtain North American Numbering Plan (NANP) telephone numbers directly from the Numbering Administrators, rather than through intermediaries. Section 52.15(g)(2)(i) of the Commission's rules limits access to telephone numbers to entities that demonstrate they are authorized to provide service in the area for which the numbers are being requested. The Commission has interpreted this rule as requiring evidence of either a state certificate of public convenience and necessity (CPCN) or a Commission license. Neither authorization is typically available in practice to interconnected VoIP providers. Thus, as a practical matter, generally only telecommunications carriers are able to provide the proof of authorization required under our rules, and thus able to obtain numbers directly from the Numbering Administrators. This Order establishes an authorization process to enable interconnected VoIP providers that choose direct access to request numbers directly from the Numbering Administrators. Next, the Order sets forth several conditions designed to minimize number exhaust and preserve the integrity of the numbering system. The Order requires interconnected VoIP providers obtaining numbers to comply with the same requirements applicable to carriers seeking to obtain numbers. These requirements include [[Page 37460]] any state requirements pursuant to numbering authority delegated to the states by the Commission, as well as industry guidelines and practices, among others. The Order also requires interconnected VoIP providers to comply with facilities readiness requirements adapted to this context, and with numbering utilization and optimization requirements. As conditions to requesting and obtaining numbers directly from the Numbering Administrators, interconnected VoIP providers are also required to: (1) Provide the relevant state commissions with regulatory and numbering contacts when requesting numbers in those states, (2) request numbers from the Numbering Administrators under their own unique OCN, (3) file any requests for numbers with the relevant state commissions at least 30 days prior to requesting numbers from the Numbering Administrators, and (4) provide customers with the opportunity to access all abbreviated dialing codes (N11 numbers) in use in a geographic area. Finally, the Order also modifies Commission's rules in order to permit VoIP Positioning Center (VPC) providers to obtain pseudo- Automatic Number Identification (p-ANI) codes directly from the Numbering Administrators for purposes of providing E911 services. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 06/19/13 78 FR 36725 NPRM Comment Period End............. 07/19/13 ....................... R&O................................. 10/29/15 80 FR 66454 Next Action Undetermined............ ......... ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Marilyn Jones, Attorney, Federal Communications Commission, Wireline Competition Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-2357, fax: 202 418-2345, email: marilyn.jones@fcc.gov. RIN: 3060-AK36 BILLING CODE 6712-01-P [FR Doc. 2016-12933 Filed 6-8-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6712-01-P [[Page 37461]] Vol. 81 Thursday, No. 111 June 9, 2016 Part XXVI Federal Reserve System ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Semiannual Regulatory Agenda Federal Register / Vol. 81 , No. 111 / Thursday, June 9, 2016 / Unified Agenda [[Page 37462]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 12 CFR Ch. II Semiannual Regulatory Flexibility Agenda AGENCY: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Board is issuing this agenda under the Regulatory Flexibility Act and the Board's Statement of Policy Regarding Expanded Rulemaking Procedures. The Board anticipates having under consideration regulatory matters as indicated below during the period May 1, 2016 through October 31, 2016. The next agenda will be published in fall 2016. DATES: Comments about the form or content of the agenda may be submitted any time during the next 6 months. ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Robert deV. Frierson, Secretary of the Board, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, DC 20551. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A staff contact for each item is indicated with the regulatory description below. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board is publishing its spring 2016 agenda as part of the Spring 2016 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions, which is coordinated by the Office of Management and Budget under Executive Order 12866. The agenda also identifies rules the Board has selected for review under section 610(c) of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, and public comment is invited on those entries. The complete Unified Agenda will be available to the public at the following Web site: www.reginfo.gov. Participation by the Board in the Unified Agenda is on a voluntary basis. The Board's agenda is divided into four sections. The first, Pre- rule Stage, reports on matters the Board is considering for future rulemaking. The second section, Proposed Rule Stage, reports on matters the Board may consider for public comment during the next 6 months. The third section, Final Rule Stage, reports on matters that have been proposed and are under Board consideration. And a fourth section, Completed Actions, reports on regulatory matters the Board has completed or is not expected to consider further. A dot ( ) preceding an entry indicates a new matter that was not a part of the Board's previous agenda and which the Board has not completed. Margaret McCloskey Shanks, Deputy Secretary of the Board. Federal Reserve System--Proposed Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 403....................... Regulation CC-- 7100-AD68 Availability of Funds and Collection of Checks (Docket No.: R-1409). 404....................... Regulation LL--Savings and 7100-AD80 Loan Holding Companies and Regulation MM--Mutual Holding Companies (Docket No.: R-1429). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM (FRS) Proposed Rule Stage 403. Regulation CC--Availability of Funds and Collection of Checks (Docket No.: R-1409) Legal Authority: 12 U.S.C. 4001 to 4010; 12 U.S.C. 5001 to 5018 Abstract: The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the Board) proposed amendments to Regulation CC to facilitate the banking industry's ongoing transition to fully electronic interbank check collection and return, including proposed amendments to subpart C to condition a depositary bank's right of expeditious return on the depositary bank agreeing to accept returned checks electronically, either directly or indirectly, from the paying bank. The Board also proposed amendments to subpart B, the funds availability schedule provisions to reflect the fact that there are no longer any non-local checks. The Board proposed to revise the model forms in appendix C that banks may use in disclosing their funds availability policies to their customers and to update the preemption determinations in appendix F. Finally, the Board requested comment on whether it should consider future changes to the regulation to improve the check collection system, such as decreasing the time afforded to a paying bank to decide whether to pay a check in order to reduce the risk to a depositary bank of needing to make funds available for withdrawal before learning whether a deposited check has been returned unpaid. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Board Requested Comment............. 03/25/11 76 FR 16862 Board Requested Comment on Revised 02/04/14 79 FR 6673 Proposal. Board Expects Further Action on 09/00/16 ....................... Subpart C. Board Expects Further Action on 12/00/16 ....................... Subpart B. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Clinton Chen, Attorney, Federal Reserve System, Legal Division, Washington, DC 20551, Phone: 202 452-3952. RIN: 7100-AD68 404. Regulation LL--Savings and Loan Holding Companies and Regulation MM--Mutual Holding Companies (Docket No.: R-1429) Legal Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552; 5 U.S.C. 559; 5 U.S.C. 1813; 5 U.S.C. 1817; 5 U.S.C. 1828 Abstract: The Dodd-Frank Act Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the Act) transferred responsibility for supervision of Savings and Loan Holding Companies (SLHCs) and their non-depository subsidiaries from the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the Board), on July 21, 2011. The Act also transferred supervisory functions related to Federal savings associations and State savings associations to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), respectively. The Board on August 12, 2011, approved an interim final rule for SLHCs, including a request for public comment. The interim final rule transferred from the OTS to the Board the regulations necessary for the Board to supervise SLHCs, with certain technical and substantive modifications. The interim final rule has three components: (1) New Regulation LL (part 238), which sets forth regulations generally [[Page 37463]] governing SLHCs; (2) new Regulation MM (part 239), which sets forth regulations governing SLHCs in mutual form; and (3) technical amendments to existing Board regulations necessary to accommodate the transfer of supervisory authority for SLHCs from the OTS to the Board. The structure of interim final Regulation LL closely follows that of the Board's Regulation Y, which governs bank holding companies, in order to provide an overall structure to rules that were previously found in disparate locations. In many instances, interim final Regulation LL incorporated OTS regulations with only technical modifications to account for the shift in supervisory responsibility from the OTS to the Board. Interim final Regulation LL also reflects statutory changes made by the Dodd-Frank Act with respect to SLHCs, and incorporates Board precedent and practices with respect to applications processing procedures and control issues, among other matters. Interim final Regulation MM organized existing OTS regulations governing SLHCs in mutual form (MHCs) and their subsidiary holding companies into a single part of the Board's regulations. In many instances, interim final Regulation MM incorporated OTS regulations with only technical modifications to account for the shift in supervisory responsibility from the OTS to the Board. Interim final Regulation MM also reflects statutory changes made by the Dodd-Frank Act with respect to MHCs. The interim final rule also made technical amendments to Board rules to facilitate supervision of SLHCs, including to rules implementing Community Reinvestment Act requirements and to Board procedural and administrative rules. In addition, the Board made technical amendments to implement section 312(b)(2)(A) of the Act, which transfers to the Board all rulemaking authority under section 11 of the Home Owner's Loan Act relating to transactions with affiliates and extensions of credit to executive officers, directors, and principal shareholders. These amendments include revisions to parts 215 (Insider Transactions) and part 223 (Transactions with Affiliates) of Board regulations. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Board Requested Comment............. 09/13/11 76 FR 56508 Board Expects Further Action........ 06/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: C. Tate Wilson, Counsel, Federal Reserve System, Legal Division, Washington, DC 20551, Phone: 202 452-3696. Claudia Von Pervieux, Counsel, Federal Reserve System, Legal Division, Washington, DC 20551, Phone: 202 452-2552. RIN: 7100-AD80 [FR Doc. 2016-12934 Filed 6-8-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210-01-P [[Page 37465]] Vol. 81 Thursday, No. 111 June 9, 2016 Part XXVII Nuclear Regulatory Commission ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Semiannual Regulatory Agenda Federal Register / Vol. 81 , No. 111 / Thursday, June 9, 2016 / Unified Agenda [[Page 37466]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 10 CFR Chapter I [NRC-2016-0044] Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is publishing its semiannual regulatory agenda (the Agenda) in accordance with Public Law 96-354, ``The Regulatory Flexibility Act,'' and Executive Order 12866, ``Regulatory Planning and Review.'' The Agenda is a compilation of all rulemaking activities on which the NRC has recently completed action or has proposed or is considering action. The NRC has completed 9 rulemaking activities since publication of its last Agenda on December 15, 2015 (80 FR 78108). This issuance of the NRC's Agenda contains 22 active and 27 long-term rulemaking activities: 2 are Economically Significant; 8 represent Other Significant agency priorities; 41 are Substantive, Nonsignificant rulemaking activities; and 1 is Administrative rulemaking activity. In addition, 3 rulemaking activities impact small entities. The NRC is requesting comment on its rulemaking activities as identified in this Agenda. DATES: Submit comments on rulemaking activities as identified in this Agenda by July 11, 2016. ADDRESSES: Submit comments on any rulemaking activity in the Agenda by the date and methods specified in any Federal Register notice on the rulemaking activity. Comments received on rulemaking activities for which the comment period has closed will be considered if it is practical to do so, but assurance of consideration cannot be given except as to comments received on or before the closure dates specified in the Federal Register notice. You may submit comments on this Agenda through the Federal Rulemaking Web site by going to https:// www.regulations.gov and searching for Docket ID NRC-2016-0044. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415- 3463; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For technical questions on any rulemaking activity listed in the Agenda, contact the individual listed under the heading ``Agency Contact'' for that rulemaking activity. For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cindy Bladey, Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone: 301-415-3280; email: Cindy.Bladey@nrc.gov. Persons outside the Washington, DC metropolitan area may call, toll- free: 1-800-368-5642. For further information on the substantive content of any rulemaking activity listed in the Agenda, contact the individual listed under the heading ``Agency Contact'' for that rulemaking activity. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments A. Obtaining Information Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2016-0044 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information for this document. You may obtain publically-available information related to this document by any of the following methods: Reginfo.gov: For completed rulemaking activities go to https:// www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaHistory?showStage=completed and select Nuclear Regulatory Commission from drop down menu. For active rulemaking activities go to https:// www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaMain and select Nuclear Regulatory Commission from drop down menu. For long-term rulemaking activities go to https:// www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ eAgendaHistory?operation=OPERATION_GET_PUBLICATION&showStage=longterm&cu rrentPubId=201410 and select Nuclear Regulatory Commission from drop down menu. Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https:// www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2016-0044. NRC's Public Web site: Go to https://www.nrc.gov/reading- rm/doc-collections/rulemaking-ruleforum/unified-agenda.html and select spring 2016. NRC's Public Document Room: You may examine and purchase copies of public documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. B. Submitting Comments Please include Docket ID NRC-2016-0044 in your comment submission. The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your comment submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at http:/ /www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment submissions into the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove identifying or contact information. If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove such information before making the comment submissions available to the public or entering the comment into ADAMS. Introduction The Agenda is a compilation of all rulemaking activities on which an agency has recently completed action or has proposed or is considering action. The Agenda reports rulemaking activities in three major categories: completed, active, and long-term. Completed rulemaking activities are those that were completed since publication of an agency's last Agenda; active rulemaking activities are those that an agency currently plans to have an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, a Proposed Rule, or a Final Rule issued within the next 12 months; and long-term rulemaking activities are rulemaking activities under development but for which an agency does not expect to have a regulatory action within the 12 months after publication of the current edition of the Unified Agenda. A ``Regulation Identifier Number'' or RIN is given to a rulemaking activity when the NRC has published or plans to publish a Federal Register notice. The Office of Management and Budget uses this number to track all relevant documents throughout the entire ``lifecycle'' of a particular rulemaking activity. The NRC reports all rulemaking activities in the Agenda that have been assigned a RIN and meet the definition for a completed, an active, or a long-term rulemaking activity. The information contained in this Agenda is updated to reflect any action that has occurred on a rulemaking activity since publication of the last NRC Agenda on December 15, 2015 (80 FR 78108). Specifically, the information in this Agenda has been updated through March 18, 2016. [[Page 37467]] The date for the next scheduled action under the heading ``Timetable'' is the date the next regulatory action for the rulemaking activity is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register. The date is considered tentative and is not binding on the Commission or its staff. The Agenda is intended to provide the public early notice and opportunity to participate in the NRC rulemaking process. However, the NRC may consider or act on any rulemaking activity even though it is not included in the Agenda. Common Prioritization of Rulemaking A key part of the NRC's regulatory program is an annual review of all ongoing and potential rulemaking activities. In conjunction with its budget and long-term planning process, the NRC compiles a Common Prioritization of Rulemaking (CPR) listing to develop program budget estimates and to determine the relative priority of NRC rulemaking activities. The most current listing of each rulemaking activity for the Fiscal Year 2017/2018 planning period is available on the NRC's Rulemaking Priorities Web page at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc- collections/rulemaking-ruleforum/rule-priorities.html. The CPR process considers four factors and assigns a score to each factor. Factor A includes activities that support the NRC's Strategic Plan goals of ensuring the safe and secure use of radioactive materials. Factor B includes activities that support the Strategic Plan cross-cutting strategies of Regulatory Effectiveness and Openness. Specifically, this factor considers whether the rulemaking activity enhances regulatory effectiveness and/or openness in the way that the NRC conducts regulatory activities. Factor C is a governmental factor representing interest to the NRC, Congress, or other governmental bodies. Factor D is an external factor representing interest to members of the public, non-governmental organizations, the nuclear industry, vendors, and suppliers. The overall priority is determined by adding the factor scores together for each rulemaking activity. Section 610 Periodic Reviews Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act Section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) requires agencies to conduct a review within 10 years of promulgation of those regulations that have or will have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. The NRC undertakes these reviews to decide whether the rules should be unchanged, amended, or withdrawn. At this time, the NRC does not have any rules that have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities; therefore, the NRC has not included any RFA Section 610 periodic reviews in this edition of the Agenda. A complete listing of NRC regulations that impact small entities and related Small Entity Compliance Guides will be available from the NRC's Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/ regulatory/rulemaking/flexibility-act/small-entities.html. Public Comments Received on the NRC's Unified Agenda The NRC did not receive any public comments on its last Agenda that published on December 15, 2015 (80 FR 78108). Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 18th day of March 2016. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Leslie Terry, Acting Chief, Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch, Division of Administrative Services, Office of Administration. Nuclear Regulatory Commission--Final Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 405..................... Variable Annual Fee 3150-AI54 Structure for Small Modular Power Reactors [NRC-2008-0664]. 406..................... Revision of Fee 3150-AJ66 Schedules: Fee Recovery for FY 2016 [NRC-2015- 0223]. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nuclear Regulatory Commission--Long-Term Actions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 407..................... Controlling the 3150-AH18 Disposition of Solid Materials [NRC-1999- 0002]. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC) Final Rule Stage 405. Variable Annual Fee Structure for Small Modular Power Reactors [NRC-2008-0664] Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2201; 42 U.S.C. 5841 Abstract: This rule would amend the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's regulations governing annual fees to establish a variable annual fee structure for power reactors based on licensed power limits. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ANPRM............................... 03/25/09 74 FR 12735 ANPRM Comment Period End............ 06/08/09 ....................... NPRM................................ 11/04/15 80 FR 68268 NPRM Comment Period End............. 12/04/15 ....................... Final Rule.......................... 06/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Michele D. Kaplan, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Phone: 301 415-5256, Email: michele.kaplan@nrc.gov. RIN: 3150-AI54 406. Revision of Fee Schedules: Fee Recovery for FY 2016 [NRC-2015- 0223] Legal Authority: 31 U.S.C. 483; 42 U.S.C. 2201; 42 U.S.C. 2214; 42 U.S.C. 5841 Abstract: This rule would amend the Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensing, inspection, special project, and annual fees charged to its applicants and licensees and, for the first time, the NRC is proposing to recover its costs when it responds to third-party demands for information in litigation where the United States is not a party (``Touhy requests''). These proposed amendments are necessary to implement the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 as amended (OBRA-90), which requires the NRC to [[Page 37468]] recover approximately 90 percent of its annual budget through fees. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 03/23/16 81 FR 15457 NPRM Comment Period End............. 04/22/16 ....................... Final Rule Published................ 06/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Michele D. Kaplan, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Phone: 301 415-5256, Email: michele.kaplan@nrc.gov. RIN: 3150-AJ66 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC) Long-Term Actions 407. Controlling the Disposition of Solid Materials [NRC-1999-0002] Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2201; 42 U.S.C. 5841 Abstract: This rule would add radiological criteria for controlling the disposition of solid materials that have no, or very small amounts of, residual radioactivity resulting from licensed operations, and which originate in restricted or impacted areas of NRC-licensed facilities. The NRC staff provided a draft proposed rule package on Controlling the Disposition of Solid Materials to the Commission on March 31, 2005, which the Commission disapproved (ADAMS Accession No. ML051520285). The rulemaking package included a summary of stakeholder comments (NUREG/CR-6682), Supplement 1 (ADAMS Accession No. ML003754410). The Commission's decision was based on the fact that the Agency is currently faced with several high priority and complex tasks, that the current approach to review specific cases on an individual basis is fully protective of public health and safety, and that the immediate need for this rule has changed due to the shift in timing for reactor decommissioning. The Commission has deferred action on this rulemaking. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ANPRM............................... To Be Determined ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Torre Taylor, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Phone: 301 415-7900, Email: torre.taylor@nrc.gov. RIN: 3150-AH18 [FR Doc. 2016-12959 Filed 6-8-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590-01-P [[Page 37469]] Vol. 81 Thursday, No. 111 June 9, 2016 Part XXVIII Securities and Exchange Commission ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Semiannual Regulatory Agenda Federal Register / Vol. 81 , No. 111 / Thursday, June 9, 2016 / Unified Agenda [[Page 37470]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 17 CFR Ch. II [Release Nos. 33-10056, 34-77408, IA-4353, IC-32031, File No. S7-04-16] Regulatory Flexibility Agenda AGENCY: Securities and Exchange Commission. ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Securities and Exchange Commission is publishing the Chair's agenda of rulemaking actions pursuant to the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) (Pub. L. 96-354, 94 Stat. 1164) (Sep. 19, 1980). The items listed in the Regulatory Flexibility Agenda for Spring 2016 reflect only the priorities of the Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and do not necessarily reflect the view and priorities of any individual Commissioner. Information in the agenda was accurate on March 18, 2016, the date on which the Commission's staff completed compilation of the data. To the extent possible, rulemaking actions by the Commission since that date have been reflected in the agenda. The Commission invites questions and public comment on the agenda and on the individual agenda entries. The Commission is now printing in the Federal Register, along with our preamble, only those agenda entries for which we have indicated that preparation of an RFA analysis is required. The Commission's complete RFA agenda will be available online at www.reginfo.gov. DATES: Comments should be received on or before July 11, 2016. ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted by any of the following methods: Electronic Comments Use the Commission's Internet comment form (https:// www.sec.gov/rules/other.shtml); or Send an email to rule-comments@sec.gov. Please include File Number S7-04-16 on the subject line; or Use the Federal eRulemaking Portal (https:// www.regulations.gov). Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Paper Comments Send paper comments to Brent J. Fields, Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549-1090. All submissions should refer to File No. S7-04-16. This file number should be included on the subject line if email is used. To help us process and review your comments more efficiently, please use only one method. The Commission will post all comments on the Commission's Internet Web site (https://www.sec.gov/rules/other.shtml). Comments are also available for Web site viewing and printing in the Commission's Public Reference Room, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549, on official business days between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. All comments received will be posted without change; we do not edit personal identifying information from submissions. You should submit only information that you wish to make available publicly. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anne Sullivan, Office of the General Counsel, 202-551-5019. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The RFA requires each Federal agency, twice each year, to publish in the Federal Register an agenda identifying rules that the agency expects to consider in the next 12 months that are likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities (5 U.S.C. 602(a)). The RFA specifically provides that publication of the agenda does not preclude an agency from considering or acting on any matter not included in the agenda and that an agency is not required to consider or act on any matter that is included in the agenda (5 U.S.C. 602(d)). The Commission may consider or act on any matter earlier or later than the estimated date provided on the agenda. While the agenda reflects the current intent to complete a number of rulemakings in the next year, the precise dates for each rulemaking at this point are uncertain. Actions that do not have an estimated date are placed in the long-term category; the Commission may nevertheless act on items in that category within the next 12 months. The agenda includes new entries, entries carried over from prior publications, and rulemaking actions that have been completed (or withdrawn) since publication of the last agenda. The following abbreviations for the acts administered by the Commission are used in the agenda: ``Securities Act''--Securities Act of 1933 ``Exchange Act''--Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ``Investment Company Act''-- Investment Company Act of 1940 ``Investment Advisers Act''-- Investment Advisers Act of 1940 ``Dodd Frank Act''--Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ``JOBS Act''--Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act The Commission invites public comment on the agenda and on the individual agenda entries. By the Commission. Dated: March 18, 2016. Brent J. Fields, Secretary. Division of Corporation Finance--Proposed Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 408....................... 10-K Summary Page......... 3235-AL89 409....................... Revisions to Smaller 3235-AL90 Reporting Company Definition. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Division of Corporation Finance--Final Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 410....................... Pay Versus Performance.... 3235-AL00 411....................... Amendments to Regulation 3235-AL46 D, Form D and Rule 156 Under the Securities Act. 412....................... Disclosure of Hedging by 3235-AL49 Employees, Officers and Directors. 413....................... Listing Standards for 3235-AK99 Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Compensation. 414....................... Changes to Exchange Act 3235-AL40 Registration Requirements to Implement Title V and Title VI of the JOBS Act. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [[Page 37471]] Division of Corporation Finance--Completed Actions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 415....................... Crowdfunding.............. 3235-AL37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Division of Investment Management--Final Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 416....................... Reporting of Proxy Votes 3235-AK67 on Executive Compensation and Other Matters. 417....................... Investment Company 3235-AL42 Reporting Modernization. 418....................... Use of Derivatives by 3235-AL60 Registered Investment Companies and Business Development Companies. 419....................... Open-End Liquidity Risk 3235-AL61 Management Programs; Swing Pricing. 420....................... Amendments to Form ADV and 3235-AL75 Investment Advisers Act Rules. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Division of Trading and Markets--Long-Term Actions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 421....................... Removal of Certain 3235-AL14 References to Credit Ratings Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance Proposed Rule Stage 408. 10-K Summary Page Legal Authority: Pub. L. 114-94; 15 U.S.C. 78c; 15 U.S.C. 78l; 15 U.S.C. 78m; 15 U.S.C. 78o; 15 U.S.C. 78w; 15 U.S.C. 78ll Abstract: The Division is considering recommending that the Commission propose rules to implement section 72001 of the FAST Act by permitting issuers to submit a summary page on Form 10-K. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 04/00/17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Sean Harrison, Division of Corporation Finance, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549, Phone: 202 551-3430, Fax: 202 772-9207. RIN: 3235-AL89 409. Revisions to Smaller Reporting Company Definition Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined Abstract: The Division is considering recommending that the Commission propose revisions to the smaller reporting company definitions and related provisions. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 04/00/17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Michael Seaman, Division of Corporation Finance, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549, Phone: 202 551-3460. RIN: 3235-AL90 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance Final Rule Stage 410. Pay Versus Performance Legal Authority: Pub. L. 111-203, sec 955; 15 U.S.C. 78n Abstract: The Commission proposed rules to implement section 953(a) of the Dodd Frank Act, which added section 14(i) to the Exchange Act to require issuers to disclose information that shows the relationship between executive compensation actually paid and the financial performance of the issuer. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 05/07/15 80 FR 26330 NPRM Comment Period End............. 07/06/15 Final Action........................ 04/00/17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Eduardo Aleman, Division of Corporation Finance, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549, Phone: 202 551-3430, Fax: 202 772-9207. RIN: 3235-AL00 411. Amendments to Regulation D, Form D and Rule 156 Under the Securities Act Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 77a et seq. Abstract: The Commission proposed rule and form amendments to enhance the Commission's ability to evaluate the development of market practices in offerings under Rule 506 of Regulation D and address concerns that may arise in connection with permitting issuers to engage in general solicitation and general advertising under new paragraph (c) of Rule 506. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 07/24/13 78 FR 44806 NPRM Comment Period End............. 09/23/13 NPRM Comment Period Reopened........ 10/03/13 78 FR 61222 NPRM Comment Period Reopened End.... 11/04/13 Final Action........................ 04/00/17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Mark Vilardo, Division of Corporation Finance, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549, Phone: 202 551-3500. RIN: 3235-AL46 [[Page 37472]] 412. Disclosure of Hedging by Employees, Officers and Directors Legal Authority: Pub. L. 111-203 Abstract: The Commission proposed rules to implement section 955 of the Dodd Frank Act, which added section 14(j) to the Exchange Act to require annual meeting proxy statement disclosure of whether employees or members of the board of directors are permitted to engage in transactions to hedge or offset any decrease in the market value of equity securities granted to the employee or board member as compensation, or held directly or indirectly by the employee or board member. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 02/17/15 80 FR 8486 NPRM Comment Period End............. 04/20/15 Final Action........................ 04/00/17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Carolyn Sherman, Division of Corporation Finance, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549, Phone: 202 551-3500. RIN: 3235-AL49 413. Listing Standards for Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Compensation Legal Authority: Pub. L. 111-203, sec 954; 15 U.S.C. 78j-4 Abstract: The Commission proposed rules to implement section 954 of the Dodd Frank Act, which requires the Commission to adopt rules to direct national securities exchanges to prohibit the listing of securities of issuers that have not developed and implemented a policy providing for disclosure of the issuer's policy on incentive-based compensation and mandating the clawback of such compensation in certain circumstances. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 07/14/15 80 FR 41144 NPRM Comment Period End............. 09/14/15 Final Action........................ 04/00/17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Anne M. Krauskopf, Division of Corporation Finance, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549, Phone: 202 551-3500. RIN: 3235-AK99 414. Changes to Exchange Act Registration Requirements To Implement Title V and Title VI of the Jobs Act Legal Authority: Pub. L. 112-106 Abstract: The Commission proposed amendments to rules to implement titles V (Private Company Flexibility and Growth) and VI (Capital Expansion) of the JOBS Act. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 12/30/14 79 FR 78343 NPRM Comment Period End............. 03/03/15 Final Action........................ 04/00/17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Steven G. Hearne, Division of Corporation Finance, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549, Phone: 202 551-3430. RIN: 3235-AL40 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance Completed Actions 415. Crowdfunding Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 77a et seq.; 15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.; Pub. L. 112-108, secs 301 to 305 Abstract: The Commission adopted rules to implement title III of the JOBS Act by prescribing rules governing the offer and sale of securities through crowdfunding under new section 4(a)(6) of the Securities Act. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 11/05/13 78 FR 66428 NPRM Comment Period End............. 02/03/14 ....................... Final Action........................ 11/16/15 80 FR 71388 Final Action Effective.............. 05/16/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Timothy White, Division of Trading and Markets, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549, Phone: 202 551-7232. Sebastian Gomez Abero, Division of Corporation Finance, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549, Phone: 202 551-3460. RIN: 3235-AL37 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (SEC) Division of Investment Management Final Rule Stage 416. Reporting of Proxy Votes on Executive Compensation and Other Matters Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 78m; 15 U.S.C. 78w(a); 15 U.S.C. 78mm; 15 U.S.C. 78x; 15 U.S.C. 80a-8; 15 U.S.C. 80a-29; 15 U.S.C. 80a-30; 15 U.S.C. 80a-37; 15 U.S.C. 80a-44; Pub. L. 111-203, sec 951 Abstract: The Commission proposed rule amendments to implement section 951 of the Dodd Frank Act. The proposed amendments to rules and Form N-PX would require institutional investment managers subject to section 13(f) of the Exchange Act to report how they voted on any shareholder vote on executive compensation or golden parachutes pursuant to sections 14A(a) and (b) of the Exchange Act. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 10/28/10 75 FR 66622 NPRM Comment Period End............. 11/18/10 ....................... Final Action........................ 04/00/17 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Matthew DeLesDernier, Division of Investment Management, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549, Phone: 202 551-6792, Email: delesdernierj@sec.gov. RIN: 3235-AK67 417. Investment Company Reporting Modernization Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 77 et seq.; 15 U.S.C. 77aaa et seq.; 15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.; 15 U.S.C. 80a et seq.; 44 U.S.C. 3506; 44 U.S.C. 3507 Abstract: The Commission proposed new rules and forms as well as amendments to its rules and forms to modernize the reporting and disclosure of information by registered investment companies. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 06/12/15 80 FR 33590 NPRM Comment Period End............. 08/11/15 ....................... NPRM Comment Period Reopened........ 10/12/15 80 FR 62274 NPRM Comment Period Reopened End.... 01/13/16 ....................... Final Action........................ 04/00/17 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [[Page 37473]] Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Sara Cortes, Division of Investment Management, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549, Phone: 202 551-6781, Email: cortess@sec.gov. RIN: 3235-AL42 418. Use of Derivatives by Registered Investment Companies and Business Development Companies Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 80a-c(c); 15 U.S.C. 80a-31(a); 15 U.S.C. 80a-12(a); 15 U.S.C. 80a-38(a); 15 U.S.C. 80a-8; 15 U.S.C. 80a-30; 15 U.S.C. 80-38 Abstract: The Commission proposed a new rule designed to enhance the regulation of the use of derivatives by registered investment companies, including mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, closed-end funds and business development companies. The proposed rule would regulate registered investment companies' use of derivatives and require enhanced risk management measures. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 12/28/15 80 FR 80884 NPRM Comment Period End............. 03/28/16 ....................... Final Action........................ 04/00/17 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Brian Johnson, Division of Investment Management, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549, Phone: 202 551-6740, Email: johnsonbm@sec.gov. RIN: 3235-AL60 419. Open-End Liquidity Risk Management Programs; Swing Pricing Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 80a-37(a); 15 U.S.C. 80a-22(c); 15 U.S.C. 80a-31(a); 15 U.S.C. 77a et seq.; 15 U.S.C. 77aaa et seq.; 15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.; 15 U.S.C 80a et seq. Abstract: The Commission proposed a new rule requiring open-end funds to adopt and implement liquidity management programs. The Commission also proposed rule amendments that permit open-end funds to use ``swing pricing'' and form amendments that enhance disclosure regarding fund liquidity and redemption practices. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 10/15/15 80 FR 62274 NPRM Comment Period End............. 01/13/16 ....................... Final Action........................ 04/00/17 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Sarah ten Siethoff, Division of Investment Management, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549, Phone: 202 551-6729, Email: tensiethoffs@sec.gov. RIN: 3235-AL61 420. Amendments to Form ADV and Investment Advisers Act Rules Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 77s(a); 15 U.S.C. 77sss(a); 15 U.S.C. 78bb(e)(2); 15 U.S.C. 78w(a); 15 U.S.C. 80a-37(a); 15 U.S.C. 80b- 3(c)(1) Abstract: The Commission proposed amendments to Form ADV that are designed to provide additional information regarding advisers, including information about their separately managed account business; incorporate a method for private fund adviser entities operating a single advisory business to register using a single Form ADV; and make clarifying, technical and other amendments to certain Form ADV items and instructions. The Commission also proposed amendments to the Investment Advisers Act books and records rule and technical amendments to several Investment Advisers Act rules to remove transition provisions that are no longer necessary. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 06/12/15 80 FR 33718 NPRM Comment Period End............. 08/11/15 ....................... Final Action........................ 04/00/17 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Sarah Buescher, Division of Investment Management, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549, Phone: 202 551-5192, Email: bueschers@sec.gov. RIN: 3235-AL75 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (SEC) Division of Trading and Markets Long-Term Actions 421. Removal of Certain References to Credit Ratings Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Legal Authority: Pub. L. 111-203, sec 939A Abstract: Section 939A of the Dodd Frank Act requires the Commission to remove certain references to credit ratings from its regulations and to substitute such standards of creditworthiness as the Commission determines to be appropriate. The Commission amended certain rules and one form under the Exchange Act applicable to broker-dealer financial responsibility, and confirmation of transactions. The Commission has not yet finalized amendments to certain rules regarding the distribution of securities. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 05/06/11 76 FR 26550 NPRM Comment Period End............. 07/05/11 ....................... Final Action........................ 01/08/14 79 FR 1522 Final Action Effective.............. 07/07/14 ....................... ----------------------------------- Next Action Undetermined............ To Be Determined ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: John Guidroz, Division of Trading and Markets, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549, Phone: 202 551-6439, Email: guidrozj@sec.gov. RIN: 3235-AL14 [FR Doc. 2016-12968 Filed 6-8-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8011-01-P [[Page 37475]] Vol. 81 Thursday, No. 111 June 9, 2016 Part XXIX Surface Transportation Board ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Semiannual Regulatory Agenda Federal Register / Vol. 81 , No. 111 / Thursday, June 9, 2016 / Unified Agenda [[Page 37476]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 49 CFR Ch. X [STB Ex Parte No. 536 (Sub-No. 40)] Semiannual Regulatory Agenda AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board. ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Surface Transportation Board (the Board), in accordance with the requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), is publishing a semiannual agenda of: (1) Current and projected rulemakings; and (2) existing regulations being reviewed to determine whether to propose modifications through rulemaking. Listed below are the regulatory actions to be developed or reviewed during the next 12 months. Following each rule identified is a brief description of the rule, including its purpose and legal basis. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A contact person is identified for each of the rules listed below. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601 et seq. (RFA), sets forth a number of requirements for agency rulemaking. Among other things, the RFA requires that, semiannually, each agency shall publish in the Federal Register a regulatory flexibility agenda, which shall contain: (1) A brief description of the subject area of any rule that the agency expects to propose or promulgate, which is likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities; (2) A summary of the nature of any such rule under consideration for each subject area listed in the agenda pursuant to paragraph (1), the objectives and legal basis for the issuance of the rule, and an approximate schedule for completing action on any rule for which the agency has issued a general notice of proposed rulemaking; and (3) The name and telephone number of an agency official knowledgeable about the items listed in paragraph (1). Accordingly, a list of proceedings appears below containing information about subject areas in which the Board is currently conducting rulemaking proceedings or may institute such proceedings in the near future. It also contains information about existing regulations being reviewed to determine whether to propose modifications through rulemaking. The agenda represents the Board's best estimate of rules that will be considered over the next 12 months. However, section 602(d) of the RFA, 5 U.S.C. 602(d), provides: ``Nothing in [section 602] precludes an agency from considering or acting on any matter not included in a regulatory flexibility agenda or requires an agency to consider or act on any matter listed in such agenda.'' The Board is publishing its spring 2016 regulatory flexibility agenda as part of the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (Unified Agenda). The Unified Agenda is coordinated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), pursuant to Executive Order 12866 and 13563. The Board is participating voluntarily in the program to assist OMB. Dated: March 18, 2016. By the Board, Chairman Elliott, Vice Chairman Miller, and Commissioner Begeman. Jeffrey Herzig, Clearance Clerk. Surface Transportation Board--Prerule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 422....................... Review of Commodity, 2140-AB28 Boxcar, and TOFC/COFC Exemptions, Docket No. EP 704. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD (STB) Prerule Stage 422. Review of Commodity, Boxcar, and TOFC/COFC Exemptions, Docket No. EP 704 Legal Authority: 49 U.S.C. 10502; 49 U.S.C. 13301 Abstract: In this proceeding, the Board requested public comment and held a public hearing in February 2011 to explore the continued utility of, and the issues surrounding, the commodity exemptions under 49 CFR 1039.10 and 1039.11, the boxcar exemption under 49 CFR 1039.14, and the trailer-on-flatcar/container-on-flatcar exemption under 49 CFR part 1090. The Board encouraged interested parties to address the effectiveness of the exemptions in the marketplace, whether the rationale behind any of these exemptions should be revisited, and whether the exemptions should be subject to periodic review. Comments and exhibits were received through February 24, 2011, and are under consideration by the Board. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Notice of Public Hearing............ 10/27/10 75 FR 66187 Prerule............................. 05/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Scott M. Zimmerman, Deputy Director, Office of Proceedings, Surface Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW., Washington, DC 20423-0001, Phone: 202 245-0386, Fax: 202 245-0464, Email: zimmermans@stb.dot.gov. RIN: 2140-AB28 [FR Doc. 2016-12970 Filed 6-8-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4915-15-P
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