February 3, 2017 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Reader Aids
Document Number: FR-2017-02-03-ReaderAids
Type: Reader Aids
Date: 2017-02-03
Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs
Document Number: 2017-02451
Type: Executive Order
Date: 2017-02-03
Agency: Executive Office of the President
Ethics Commitments by Executive Branch Appointees
Document Number: 2017-02450
Type: Executive Order
Date: 2017-02-03
Agency: Executive Office of the President
Sunshine Act Meeting Notice
Document Number: 2017-02404
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-02-03
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Sunshine Act Notice
Document Number: 2017-02402
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-02-03
Agency: Corporation for National and Community Service, Agencies and Commissions
Notice of Public Meeting for the Northwest Oregon Resource Advisory Council
Document Number: 2017-02354
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-02-03
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Northwest Oregon Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet as indicated below.
Jersey Marine Rail, LLC-Petition for Declaratory Order
Document Number: 2017-02353
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-02-03
Agency: Surface Transportation Board, Department of Transportation
By decision served on January 31, 2017, the Board granted an exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502 from the prior approval requirements of 49 U.S.C. 10901 for Jersey Marine Rail, LLC (JMR) to operate as a Class III rail carrier over approximately 5,000 feet of track within the City of Linden, N.J. JMR states that it intends to rehabilitate and restore rail service over the tracks, which include a three-track holding yard and three former industrial spur tracks. JMR states that all six tracks were previously served by a common carrier and have been out of service for up to 30 years. According to JMR, it leases the existing tracks and land upon which it proposes to restore service and operate for a term, with extensions, totaling 50 years. This transaction is exempt from environmental reporting requirements under 49 CFR 1105.6(c) because the operational changes would not exceed any of the thresholds established in 49 CFR 1105.7(e)(4) or (5).
Approval of Subzone Status; AGFA Corporation; Branchburg, New Jersey
Document Number: 2017-02351
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-02-03
Agency: Department of Commerce, Foreign-Trade Zones Board
Approval of Subzone Status CGT U.S. Limited New Braunfels, Texas
Document Number: 2017-02349
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-02-03
Agency: Department of Commerce, Foreign-Trade Zones Board
Pure Magnesium From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Expedited Fourth Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty Order
Document Number: 2017-02348
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-02-03
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
As a result of this sunset review, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') finds that revocation of the antidumping duty (``AD'') order on pure magnesium from the People's Republic of China would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping at the dumping margins identified in the ``Final Results of Review'' section of this notice.
Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand From Thailand: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2015
Document Number: 2017-02347
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-02-03
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
The Department of Commerce (Department) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on prestressed concrete steel wire strand (PC strand) from Thailand. The period of review (POR) is January 1, 2015, through December 31, 2015. The review covers one producer/exporter of the subject merchandise, The Siam Industrial Wire Co., Ltd. (SIW). We preliminarily determine that SIW did not make sales of subject merchandise at prices below normal value (NV). We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic; Commercial Trip Limit Reduction for Spanish Mackerel
Document Number: 2017-02345
Type: Rule
Date: 2017-02-03
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS reduces the commercial trip limit of Atlantic migratory group Spanish mackerel in or from the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the Atlantic migratory group southern zone to 1,500 lb (680 kg), round weight, per day. This trip limit reduction is necessary to maximize the socioeconomic benefits of the quota.
Procurement List; Proposed Additions and Deletions
Document Number: 2017-02344
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-02-03
Agency: Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled, Agencies and Commissions
The Committee is proposing to add products to the Procurement List that will be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and deletes products previously furnished by such agencies. Comments Must Be Received on or Before: 3/5/2017.
Initiation of Five-Year (“Sunset”) Reviews
Document Number: 2017-02343
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-02-03
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
In accordance with section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''), the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is automatically initiating the five-year reviews (``Sunset Reviews'') of the antidumping and countervailing duty (``AD/ CVD'') order(s) listed below. The International Trade Commission (``the Commission'') is publishing concurrently with this notice its notice of Institution of Five-Year Review which covers the same order(s).
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; National Evaluation of Round 4 of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training Grant Program
Document Number: 2017-02342
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-02-03
Agency: Department of Labor, Office of the Secretary
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the information collection request (ICR) proposal titled, ``National Evaluation of Round 4 of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training Grant Program,'' to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval for use in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). Public comments on the ICR are invited.
Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel; Meeting
Document Number: 2017-02341
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-02-03
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Agencies and Commissions
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces a forthcoming meeting of the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel.
Glycine From China; Determination
Document Number: 2017-02340
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-02-03
Agency: International Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability
Document Number: 2017-02339
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-02-03
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Recertification of Prince William Sound Regional Citizens' Advisory Council
Document Number: 2017-02338
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-02-03
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard seeks comments on the recertification of the Prince William Sound Regional Citizen's Advisory Council (PWSRCAC) for March 1, 2017, through February 28, 2018. Under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA 90), the Coast Guard may certify the PWSRCAC on an annual basis. This advisory group monitors the activities of terminal facilities and crude oil tankers under the Prince William Sound program established by the statute. The Coast Guard may certify an alternative voluntary advisory group in lieu of the PWSRCAC. The current certification for the PWSRCAC will expire February 28, 2017.
Random Drug Testing Rate for Covered Crewmembers for 2017
Document Number: 2017-02337
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-02-03
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard has set the calendar year 2017 minimum random drug testing rate at 25 percent of covered crewmembers.
Exelon Generation Company, LLC; Clinton Power Station, Unit No. 1; Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2; Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station
Document Number: 2017-02336
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-02-03
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing an exemption in response to an August 16, 2016, request from Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Exelon or the licensee), from certain regulatory requirements. The exemption would allow a certified fuel handler (CFH), besides a licensed senior operator, to approve the emergency suspension of security measures for Clinton Power Station, Unit No. 1 (CPS); Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2 (QCNPS); and Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station (OCNGS) during certain emergency conditions or during severe weather.
Procurement List; Additions
Document Number: 2017-02333
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-02-03
Agency: Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled, Agencies and Commissions
This action adds product and services to the Procurement List that will be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
Combined Notice of Filings
Document Number: 2017-02330
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-02-03
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Combined Notice of Filings #2
Document Number: 2017-02329
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-02-03
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Combined Notice of Filings #1
Document Number: 2017-02328
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-02-03
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Records Schedules; Availability and Request for Comments
Document Number: 2017-02327
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-02-03
Agency: National Archives and Records Administration, Agencies and Commissions
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) publishes notice at least once monthly of certain Federal agency requests for records disposition authority (records schedules). Once approved by NARA, records schedules provide mandatory instructions on what happens to records when agencies no longer need them for current Government business. The records schedules authorize agencies to preserve records of continuing value in the National Archives of the United States and to destroy, after a specified period, records lacking administrative, legal, research, or other value. NARA publishes notice in the Federal Register for records schedules in which agencies propose to destroy records not previously authorized for disposal or reduce the retention period of records already authorized for disposal. NARA invites public comments on such records schedules.
Civil Penalty Inflation Adjustment
Document Number: 2017-02326
Type: Rule
Date: 2017-02-03
Agency: Department of the Interior
This final rule adjusts the level of the maximum civil monetary penalty contained in the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) regulations pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA), the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015, and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance. The civil penalty inflation adjustment using a 1.01636 multiplier accounts for one year of inflation spanning from October 2015 to October 2016.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; Bureau of Justice Assistance Application Form: Public Safety Officers Educational Assistance
Document Number: 2017-02324
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-02-03
Agency: Department of Justice
The Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP) has submitted the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal Register 81 FR 84617 on November 23, 2016 allowing for a 60-day comment period.
Tactical Encryption and Key Management Workshop
Document Number: 2017-02323
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-02-03
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Telecommunications and Information Administration
The Institute for Telecommunication Sciences (ITS) of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), U.S. Department of Commerce, will host a two-day workshop on Tactical Encryption and Key Management. The goal of the workshop is to identify solutions to the problem of how to dynamically key and re-key different groups with varying levels of access and for varying lengths of time using existing infrastructure or over an ad hoc network that is reliable and user friendly.
Janet Carol Dean, M.D.; Decision and Order
Document Number: 2017-02321
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-02-03
Agency: Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice
Richard W. Walker, Jr., M.D.; Decision and Order
Document Number: 2017-02320
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-02-03
Agency: Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Job Corps Application Data
Document Number: 2017-02319
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-02-03
Agency: Department of Labor, Office of the Secretary
On January 31, 2017, the Department of Labor (DOL) will submit the Employment Training Administration (ETA) sponsored information collection request (ICR) titled, ``Job Corps Application Data,'' to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval for continued use, without change, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. Public comments on the ICR are invited.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; New Collection
Document Number: 2017-02318
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-02-03
Agency: Department of Justice
The Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal Register at 81 FR 85641 on November 28, 2016, allowing for a 60 day comment period.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Occupational Noise Exposure Standard
Document Number: 2017-02317
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-02-03
Agency: Department of Labor, Office of the Secretary
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) sponsored information collection request (ICR) titled, ``Occupational Noise Exposure Standard,'' to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval for continued use, without change, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: 2017-02316
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-02-03
Agency: National Credit Union Administration, Agencies and Commissions
The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) will be submitting the following information collection requests to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Asbestos in General Industry Standard
Document Number: 2017-02315
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-02-03
Agency: Department of Labor, Office of the Secretary
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) sponsored information collection request (ICR) titled, ``Asbestos in General Industry Standard,'' to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval for continued use, without change, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Employment and Training Administration Quick Turnaround Surveys
Document Number: 2017-02313
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-02-03
Agency: Department of Labor, Office of the Secretary
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) sponsored information collection request (ICR) revision titled, ``Employment and Training Administration Quick Turnaround Surveys'' to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval for use in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995. Public comments on the ICR are invited.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Regulations Governing the Administration of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act
Document Number: 2017-02312
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-02-03
Agency: Department of Labor, Office of the Secretary
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP) sponsored information collection request (ICR) titled, ``Regulations Governing the Administration of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act,'' to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval for continued use, without change, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.
Notice of Public Meeting of the Nevada State Advisory Committee
Document Number: 2017-02311
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-02-03
Agency: Commission on Civil Rights
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the rules and regulations of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (Commission) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) that a meeting of the Oregon Advisory Committee (Committee) to the Commission will be held at 1:00 p.m. (Pacific Time) Thursday, March 2, 2017, for the purpose of selecting the Vice-Chair of the Committee and familiarizing members with the mission of the Committee and project process.
National Research Advisory Council; Notice of Meeting
Document Number: 2017-02310
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-02-03
Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs
Natural Gas Pipelines; Project Cost and Annual Limits
Document Number: 2017-02309
Type: Rule
Date: 2017-02-03
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Pursuant to the authority delegated by the Commission's regulations, the Director of the Office of Energy Projects (OEP) computes and publishes the project cost and annual limits for natural gas pipelines blanket construction certificates for each calendar year.
Annual Update of Filing Fees
Document Number: 2017-02308
Type: Rule
Date: 2017-02-03
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
In accordance with the Commission regulations, the Commission issues this update of its filing fees. This document provides the yearly update using data in the Commission's Financial System to calculate the new fees. The purpose of updating is to adjust the fees on the basis of the Commission's costs for Fiscal Year 2016.
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Northeast Skate Complex Fishery; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement; Scoping Process; Request for Comments
Document Number: 2017-02307
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-02-03
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The New England Fishery Management Council announces its intent to prepare, in cooperation with NMFS, a draft environmental impact statement consistent with the National Environmental Policy Act. A draft environmental impact statement may be necessary to provide analytic support for Amendment 5 to the Northeast Skate Complex Fishery Management Plan. This notice alerts the interested public of the scoping process for a potential draft environmental impact statement and outlines opportunity for public participation in that process.
New Postal Products
Document Number: 2017-02306
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-02-03
Agency: Postal Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Commission is noticing recent Postal Service filings for the Commission's consideration concerning negotiated service agreements. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.
Notification of Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee February 15, 2017, Public Meeting
Document Number: 2017-02305
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-02-03
Agency: United States Mint, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
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