April 17, 2017 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Reader Aids
Document Number: FR-2017-04-17-ReaderAids
Type: Reader Aids
Date: 2017-04-17
Public Comments and Hearing Regarding Administration Report on Significant Trade Deficits
Document Number: 2017-07827
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-04-17
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
Pursuant to Executive Order 13786 of March 31 2017, the Secretary of Commerce and the United States Trade Representative (USTR), in consultation with the Secretaries of State, the Treasury, Defense, Agriculture, and Homeland Security and the heads of any other executive departments or agencies with relevant expertise, as determined by the Secretary of Commerce and the USTR, shall prepare and submit to the President an Omnibus Report on Significant Trade Deficits. The Executive Order can be found here: https:// www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/03/31/presidential-e xecutive- order-regarding-omnibus-report-significant-trade. The Department of Commerce (Commerce) and USTR will hold a public hearing and seek written comments to assist in the analysis for the assessment called for in Executive Order 13786. The trading partners with which the United States had a significant trade deficit in goods in 2016 (in alphabetical order) were Canada, China, the European Union, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Sunshine Act: Notice of Agency Meeting
Document Number: 2017-07801
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-04-17
Agency: National Credit Union Administration, Agencies and Commissions
Sunshine Act Meeting
Document Number: 2017-07793
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-04-17
Agency: Legal Services Corporation, Agencies and Commissions
Arbitration Panel Decision Under the Randolph-Sheppard Act
Document Number: 2017-07731
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-04-17
Agency: Department of Education
The Department of Education (Department) gives notice that, on June 11, 2015, an arbitration panel (the Panel) rendered a decision in the matter of Maryland Department of Education v. General Services Administration (Case no. R-S/13-06).
Arbitration Panel Decision Under the Randolph-Sheppard Act
Document Number: 2017-07730
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-04-17
Agency: Department of Education
The Department of Education (Department) gives notice that, on October 7, 2012, an arbitration panel (the Panel) rendered a decision in Rutherford Beard v. the Michigan Commission for the Blind (Case no. R-S/09-01).
Arbitration Panel Decision Under the Randolph-Sheppard Act
Document Number: 2017-07729
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-04-17
Agency: Department of Education
The Department of Education (Department) gives notice that, on January 11, 2012, an arbitration panel (the Panel) rendered a decision in Illinois Department of Human Services, Division of Rehabilitative Services v. U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration (Case no. R-S/10-02).
Arbitration Panel Decision Under the Randolph-Sheppard Act
Document Number: 2017-07728
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-04-17
Agency: Department of Education
The Department of Education (Department) gives notice that, on May 30, 2012, an arbitration panel (the Panel) rendered a decision in the matter of the Colorado Department of Human Services, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, Business Enterprise Program v. the United States Department of Defense, Department of the Air Force (Case no. R- S/10-06).
Arbitration Panel Decision Under the Randolph-Sheppard Act
Document Number: 2017-07727
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-04-17
Agency: Department of Education
The Department of Education (Department) gives notice that, on March 17, 2011, an arbitration panel (the Panel) rendered a decision in Bernard Werwie, Jr. v. Pennsylvania Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (Case no. R-S/07-16).
Application Deadline for Fiscal Year 2017; Small, Rural School Achievement Program
Document Number: 2017-07724
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-04-17
Agency: Department of Education
Under the Small, Rural School Achievement (SRSA) program, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number 84.358A, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) awards grants on a formula basis to eligible local educational agencies (LEAs) to address the unique needs of rural school districts. In this notice, we establish the deadline and describe the submission procedures for fiscal year (FY) 2017 SRSA grant applications. All LEAs eligible for FY 2017 SRSA funds must submit an application electronically via Grants.gov by the deadline in this notice.
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations: Highly Automated Commercial Vehicles; Public Listening Session
Document Number: 2017-07723
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2017-04-17
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Department of Transportation
FMCSA announces that it will hold a public listening session on April 24, 2017, to solicit information on issues relating to the design, development, testing, and deployment of highly automated commercial vehicles (HACVs). The listening session will provide interested parties an opportunity to share their views and any data or analysis on this topic with Agency representatives. FMCSA will transcribe all comments and place the transcripts in the docket referenced above. FMCSA will webcast the entire proceeding.
Notice of Determinations; Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: “Armor Court” Exhibition
Document Number: 2017-07722
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-04-17
Agency: Department of State
Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), E.O. 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of October 1, 1999, Delegation of Authority No. 236-3 of August 28, 2000 (and, as appropriate, Delegation of Authority No. 257-1 of December 11, 2015), I hereby determine that certain objects to be included in the exhibition ``Armor Court,'' imported from abroad for temporary exhibition within the United States, are of cultural significance. The objects are imported pursuant to a loan agreement with the foreign owner or custodian. I also determine that the exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, from on or about April 28, 2017, until on or about April 18, 2020, and at possible additional exhibitions or venues yet to be determined, is in the national interest. I have ordered that Public Notice of these Determinations be published in the Federal Register.
Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Upper Mississippi River, Rock Island, IL
Document Number: 2017-07721
Type: Rule
Date: 2017-04-17
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard has issued a temporary deviation from the operating schedule that governs the Rock Island Railroad and Highway Drawbridge across the Upper Mississippi River, mile 482.9, at Rock Island, Illinois. The deviation is necessary to allow the Quad City Heart Walk to cross the bridge. This deviation allows the bridge to be maintained in the closed-to-navigation position for two and one half hours.
Approval of Special Withdrawal Liability Rules: the Service Employees International Union Local 1 Cleveland Pension Plan
Document Number: 2017-07719
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-04-17
Agency: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, Agencies and Commissions
The Service Employees International Union Local 1 Cleveland Pension Plan requested the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) to approve a plan amendment providing for special withdrawal liability rules for employers that maintain the Plan. PBGC published a Notice of Pendency of the Request for Approval of the amendment. In accordance with the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), PBGC is now advising the public that the agency has approved the requested amendment.
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Northeast Region Observer Providers Requirements
Document Number: 2017-07717
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-04-17
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, 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.
North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
Document Number: 2017-07716
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-04-17
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) Bering Sea Fishery Ecosystem Plan Team (BS FEP) will meet in April, in Homer, AK.
North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
Document Number: 2017-07715
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-04-17
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) Crab Plan Team will meet in May, in Juneau, AK.
Fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic; Southeast Data, Assessment, and Review (SEDAR); Public Meeting
Document Number: 2017-07714
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-04-17
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The SEDAR 54 assessment of the HMS Sandbar will consist of a series of assessment webinars. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act Provisions; General Provisions for Domestic Fisheries; Application for Exempted Fishing Permits
Document Number: 2017-07713
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-04-17
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The NMFS Assistant Regional Administrator for Sustainable Fisheries, Greater Atlantic Region, has made a preliminary determination that an Exempted Fishing Permit application contains all of the required information and warrants further consideration. This Exempted Fishing Permit would allow commercial lobster vessels to participate in a lobster growth and abundance study, under the direction of Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries in state and Federal waters off the coast of Massachusetts. Regulations under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act and the Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act require publication of this notification to provide interested parties the opportunity to comment on Exempted Fishing Permit applications.
Combined Notice of Filings
Document Number: 2017-07711
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-04-17
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Sanctions Actions Pursuant to Executive Order 13667
Document Number: 2017-07710
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-04-17
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control
The Treasury Department'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.) 13667 and whose names have been added to OFAC's list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN List).
Meeting of the Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
Document Number: 2017-07708
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-04-17
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
As stipulated by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is hereby giving notice that a meeting is scheduled to be held for the Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (Advisory Council). The meeting will be open to the public; a public comment session will be held during the meeting. Pre-registration is required for members of the public who wish to attend the meeting and who wish to participate in the public comment session. Individuals who wish to attend the meeting and/or send in their public comment via email should send an email to CARB@hhs.gov. Registration information is available on the Web site https://www.hhs.gov/ash/carb/ and must be completed by April 25, 2017; all in-person attendees must pre-register by this date. Additional information about registering for the meeting and providing public comment can be obtained at https://www.hhs.gov/ash/carb/ on the Meetings page.
Meeting of the National Vaccine Advisory Committee
Document Number: 2017-07707
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-04-17
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
As stipulated by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Department of Health and Human Services is hereby giving notice that a meeting is scheduled to be held for the National Vaccine Advisory Committee (NVAC). The meeting will be open to the public; public comment sessions will be held during the meeting.
New Postal Products
Document Number: 2017-07706
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-04-17
Agency: Postal Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Commission is noticing a recent Postal Service filing for the Commission's consideration concerning a negotiated service agreement. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.
Notice of Filing of Self-Certification of Coal Capability Under the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act
Document Number: 2017-07703
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-04-17
Agency: Department of Energy
On March 30, 2017, Carroll County Energy, LLC, as owner and operator of a new baseload electric generating powerplant, submitted a coal capability self-certification to the Department of Energy (DOE) pursuant to the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978 (FUA), as amended, and DOE regulations. The FUA and regulations thereunder require DOE to publish a notice of filing of self-certification in the Federal Register.
Notice of Intent To Certify Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries (Alabama); Request for Comments
Document Number: 2017-07702
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-04-17
Agency: Department of Agriculture
We are asking for comments on the quality of services provided by this Delegated State: Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries (Alabama).
Opportunity for Designation in the Montana Area; Request for Comments on the Official Agency Servicing This Area
Document Number: 2017-07701
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-04-17
Agency: Department of Agriculture
The designation of the official agency listed below will end on June 30, 2017. We are asking persons or governmental agencies interested in providing official services in the areas presently served by this agency to submit an application for designation. In addition, we are asking for comments on the quality of services provided by the following designated agency: Montana Department of Agriculture (Montana).
Notice of Intent To Certify South Carolina Department of Agriculture (South Carolina); Request for Comments
Document Number: 2017-07700
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-04-17
Agency: Department of Agriculture
We are asking for comments on the quality of services provided by this Delegated State: South Carolina Department of Agriculture (South Carolina).
Opportunity for Designation in the Georgia Area; Request for Comments on the Official Agency Servicing This Area
Document Number: 2017-07699
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-04-17
Agency: Department of Agriculture
The designation of the official agency listed below will end on June 30, 2017. We are asking persons or governmental agencies interested in providing official services in the areas presently served by this agency to submit an application for designation. In addition, we are asking for comments on the quality of services provided by the following designated agency: Georgia Department of Agriculture (Georgia).
Pure Magnesium From the People's Republic of China: Continuation of Antidumping Duty Order
Document Number: 2017-07698
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-04-17
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
As a result of the determinations by the Department of Commerce (the ``Department'') and the International Trade Commission (the ``ITC'') that revocation of the antidumping duty (``AD'') order on pure magnesium from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping and of material injury to an industry in the United States, the Department is publishing this notice of continuation of the AD order.
Certain Lined Paper Products From India: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2014
Document Number: 2017-07697
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-04-17
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
The Department of Commerce (Department) has completed its administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on certain lined paper products from India for the period January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014. This review covers Goldenpalm Manufacturers PVT Limited (Goldenpalm). Based on an analysis of the comments received, the Department has made changes to the subsidy rate determined for Goldenpalm. The final subsidy rate is listed below in the section entitled, ``Final Results of Administrative Review.''
Driftwood LNG LLC, Driftwood Pipeline LLC; Notice of Application
Document Number: 2017-07695
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-04-17
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization
Document Number: 2017-07694
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-04-17
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Combined Notice of Filings
Document Number: 2017-07693
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-04-17
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Combined Notice of Filings #1
Document Number: 2017-07692
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-04-17
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Combined Notice of Filings #1
Document Number: 2017-07691
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-04-17
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Neshkoro Power Associates, LLC; Renaissance Hydro Associates; Wisconsin8, LLC; Notice of Transfer of Exemption
Document Number: 2017-07689
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-04-17
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Designation for the Decatur, IN Area
Document Number: 2017-07686
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-04-17
Agency: Department of Agriculture
GIPSA is announcing the designation of Northeast Indiana Grain Inspection, Inc. (Northeast Indiana) to provide official services under the United States Grain Standards Act (USGSA), as amended.
Determination and Declaration Regarding Emergency Use of Injectable Treatments for Nerve Agent or Certain Insecticide (Organophosphorus and/or Carbamate) Poisoning
Document Number: 2017-07685
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-04-17
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
The Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) is issuing this notice pursuant to section 564 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic (FD&C) Act. On April 11, 2017, the Secretary determined that there is a significant potential for a public health emergency that has a significant potential to affect national security or the health and security of United States citizens living abroad, and that involves nerve agents or certain insecticides (organophosphorus and/or carbamate). On the basis of this determination, he also declared that circumstances exist justifying the authorization of emergency use of injectable treatments for nerve agent or certain insecticide (organophosphorus and/or carbamate) poisoning pursuant to section 564 of the FD&C Act, subject to the terms of any authorization issued under that section.
Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from the Republic of Korea: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2014-2015
Document Number: 2017-07684
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-04-17
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
On October 14, 2016, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from the Republic of Korea (Korea). The period of review (POR) is July 18, 2014, through August 31, 2015. Based on our analysis of the comments received, we have made certain changes to the margin calculations, and, therefore, the final results differ from the preliminary results. The final weighted-average dumping margins are listed below in the section ``Final Results of Review.'' Further, we continue to find that certain companies had no reviewable shipments of subject merchandise during the POR.
Steel Wire Garment Hangers From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 2014-2015
Document Number: 2017-07683
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-04-17
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
For the final results of the administrative review of the antidumping order on steel wire garment hangers from the People's Republic of China, we find that the subject merchandise is being sold, or is likely to be sold, at less than normal value. The period of review is October 1, 2014, through September 30, 2015. Based on our analysis of the comments received, we made changes to the margin calculation for these final results of the antidumping duty administrative review. The final weighted-average dumping margin is listed below in the ``Final Results of the Administrative Review'' section of this notice.
Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corporation-Abandonment Exemption-in Olmsted County, Minnesota
Document Number: 2017-07681
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-04-17
Agency: Surface Transportation Board, Department of Transportation
Finished Carbon Steel Flanges From Spain: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value
Document Number: 2017-07680
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-04-17
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
The Department of Commerce (the Department) determines that finished carbon steel flanges from Spain are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV). The period of investigation (POI) is April 1, 2015, through March 31, 2016. The final estimated weighted-average dumping margins of sales at LTFV are shown in the ``Final Determination'' section of this notice.
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