January 5, 2017 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing a public workshop entitled ``Emerging Tick-Borne Diseases and Blood Safety.'' The purpose of the public workshop is to discuss tick-borne pathogens that continue to emerge as threats to blood safety, the effectiveness of current and potential mitigation strategies, and the general approach to decision making on blood safety interventions. The workshop has been planned in partnership with AABB; America's Blood Centers; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH); the U.S. Department of Defense; and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The workshop will include presentations and panel discussions by experts from academic institutions, industry, and government agencies.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announces a forthcoming public advisory committee meeting of the Pediatric Advisory Committee (PAC). The general function of the committee is to provide advice and recommendations to the Agency on FDA's regulatory issues. The meeting will be open to the public. FDA is establishing a docket for public comments.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of two individuals whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13694, as amended by E.O. 13757, and whose names have been added to OFAC's list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN List).

The JSC announces the publication of the MCM and updates to the Supplementary Materials accompanying the MCM.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry entitled ``Questions and Answers on the Nutrition and Supplement Facts Labels Related to the Compliance Date, Added Sugars, and Declaration of Quantitative Amounts of Vitamins and Minerals.'' The draft guidance, when finalized, will provide questions and answers on topics related to compliance, labeling of added sugars, declaration of quantitative amounts of vitamins and minerals, and format for Nutrition and Supplement Facts labels.

The Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) in HRSA published a 30-day public notice in the Federal Register on August 22, 2016 soliciting feedback on a range of issues pertaining to the Black Lung Clinics Program (BLCP). In particular, FORHP requested feedback on how to best determine the needs of coal miners and their families, given the available data, and how to better equip future BLCP grantees to meet those needs. This notice responds to the comments received during this 30-day public notice.

The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC) and the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC) of Canada, under international agreement, jointly publish and presently 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; Seaway Navigation; Radio Communications; General; and, Vessels Transiting U.S. Waters. 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.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry (GFI) #243 entitled ``Studies to Evaluate the Metabolism and Residue Kinetics of Veterinary Drugs in Food-Producing Species: Study Design Recommendations for Residue Studies in Honey for Establishing MRLs and Withdrawal Periods'' (VICH GL56). This guidance has been developed for veterinary use by the International Cooperation on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Veterinary Medicinal Products (VICH). This VICH guidance document is intended to provide study design recommendations which will facilitate the universal acceptance of the generated residue depletion data to fulfill the national/regional requirements in order to establish appropriate Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) or other safe limits in honey following the treatment of honeybees with veterinary drug products, or to justify withdrawal periods in honey for registration purposes when an MRL already exists. Use of veterinary drug products in honeybee production is considered as a minor use in minor species in most jurisdictions.

The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on hot-rolled carbon steel flat products (hot-rolled steel) from the Russian Federation (Russia). The period of review (POR) is December 19, 2014, through November 30, 2015. The review covers one producer/exporter of the subject merchandise, Severstal PAO and Severstal Export (collectively, Severstal). We preliminarily determine that sales of subject merchandise by Severstal were made at less than normal value during the POR. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.

As a result of these sunset reviews, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') finds that revocation of the antidumping duty (``AD'') orders would be likely to lead to the continuation or recurrence of dumping at the dumping margins identified in the ``Final Results of Reviews'' section of this notice.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the utility of government information, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on National Program of Cancer Registries Program Evaluation Instrument.