October 17, 2017 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Reader Aids
Document Number: FR-2017-10-17-ReaderAids
Type: Reader Aids
Date: 2017-10-17
Promoting Healthcare Choice and Competition Across the United States
Document Number: 2017-22677
Type: Executive Order
Date: 2017-10-17
Agency: Executive Office of the President
National Energy Awareness Month, 2017
Document Number: 2017-22676
Type: Proclamation
Date: 2017-10-17
Agency: Executive Office of the President
Sunshine Act Notice
Document Number: 2017-22591
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-10-17
Agency: Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Sunshine Act Meetings; Unified Carrier Registration Plan Board of Directors
Document Number: 2017-22580
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-10-17
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Department of Transportation
Sunshine Act Meeting Notice
Document Number: 2017-22555
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-10-17
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Sunshine Act Meeting Notice
Document Number: 2017-22545
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-10-17
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Agency Information Collection Activities: EngageDHS
Document Number: 2017-22509
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-10-17
Agency: Department of Homeland Security
The DHS Office of the Chief Procurement Officer, will submit the following Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice of Meeting of the EPA Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee (CHPAC)
Document Number: 2017-22498
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-10-17
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is hereby given that the next meeting of the Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee (CHPAC) will be held November 29 and 30 at The George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health 950 New Hampshire Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20052. The CHPAC advises the Environmental Protection Agency on science, regulations, and other issues relating to children's environmental health.
Notification of a Public Teleconference of the Science Advisory Board Risk and Technology Review (RTR) Methods Review Panel
Document Number: 2017-22496
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-10-17
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public teleconference meeting of the Science Advisory Board (SAB) Risk and Technology Review (RTR) Methods Panel to discuss the draft Panel report in response to the Agency request to peer review EPA's draft Screening Methodologies to Support Risk and Technology Reviews (RTR) (External Review Draft May, 2017).
Notice of Determinations; Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: “Murillo: The Self-Portraits” Exhibition
Document Number: 2017-22492
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-10-17
Agency: Department of State
Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: I hereby determine that certain objects to be included in the exhibition ``Murillo: The Self-Portraits,'' imported from abroad for temporary exhibition within the United States, are of cultural significance. The objects are imported pursuant to loan agreements with the foreign owners or custodians. I also determine that the exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at The Frick Collection, New York, New York, from on or about November 1, 2017, until on or about February 4, 2018, and at possible additional exhibitions or venues yet to be determined, is in the national interest.
Notice of the Advisory Committee on Agriculture Statistics Meeting
Document Number: 2017-22491
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-10-17
Agency: Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) announces a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Agriculture Statistics.
Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive License
Document Number: 2017-22490
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-10-17
Agency: Agricultural Research Service, Department of Agriculture
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, intends to grant to the CALIFORNIA TABLE GRAPE COMMISSION of FRESNO, CALIFORNIA, an exclusive license to the variety of table grape described in U.S. Plant Patent Application Serial No. 15/731,420, ``GRAPEVINE NAMED `SOLBRIO,' '' filed on JUNE 6, 2017.
Federal Student Aid Programs (Student Assistance General Provisions, Federal Perkins Loan Program, Federal Family Education Loan Program, and the Federal Direct Loan Program)
Document Number: 2017-22489
Type: Rule
Date: 2017-10-17
Agency: Department of Education
On September 29, 2017, the Secretary published a document in the Federal Register announcing the updated waivers and modifications of statutory and regulatory requirements governing the Federal student financial aid programs under the authority of the Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act of 2003 (HEROES Act). We are republishing this document to include the definitions of certain terms used in this document. We have made no changes to the waivers and modifications.
Notice of Public Meeting
Document Number: 2017-22488
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-10-17
Agency: Department of State
As required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, the Department of State gives notice of a meeting of the Advisory Committee on International Postal and Delivery Services. This Committee will meet on Wednesday, November 1, 2017, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time in the American Institute of Architects Board Room at 1735 New York Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20006. Any member of the public interested in providing input to the meeting should contact Ms. Shereece Robinson, whose contact information is listed below (see the ``for further information'' section of this notice). Each individual providing oral input is requested to limit his or her comments to five minutes. Requests to be added to the speakers list must be received in writing (letter or email) prior to the close of business on Wednesday, October 25, 2017; written comments from members of the public for distribution at this meeting must reach Ms. Robinson by letter or email on this same date. A member of the public requesting reasonable accommodation should also make his/her request to Ms. Robinson by October 25. Requests received after that date will be considered but might not be able to be fulfilled. The agenda of the meeting will include Universal Postal Union Postal Operations Council and Council of Administration fall session outcomes and implementation of the Integrated Product Plan to modernize and integrate the UPU's international mail product categories and associated remuneration systems.
Information Collection: Material Control and Accounting of Special Nuclear Material
Document Number: 2017-22486
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-10-17
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has recently submitted a request for renewal of an existing collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. The information collection is entitled, ``Material Control and Accounting of Special Nuclear Material.''
Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company
Document Number: 2017-22485
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-10-17
Agency: Federal Reserve System, Agencies and Commissions
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
Document Number: 2017-22484
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-10-17
Agency: Federal Reserve System, Agencies and Commissions
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: 2017-22483
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-10-17
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: 2017-22482
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-10-17
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Hearings of the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
Document Number: 2017-22480
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-10-17
Agency: Judicial Conference of the United States, Agencies and Commissions
The following public hearing on proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure has been canceled: Appellate Rules Hearing on November 9, 2017, in Washington, DC.
Meeting of the Advisory Committee; Meeting
Document Number: 2017-22479
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-10-17
Agency: Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries
The Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries gives notice of a closed meeting of the Advisory Committee on Actuarial Examinations.
Buckeye Hammond Railroad LLC-Abandonment Exemption-in Lake County, Ind.
Document Number: 2017-22477
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-10-17
Agency: Surface Transportation Board, Department of Transportation
Notice of Intent To Grant an Exclusive Patent License
Document Number: 2017-22476
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-10-17
Agency: Department of Defense, Department of the Air Force
Pursuant to the provisions of Part 404 of Title 37, Code of Federal Regulations, which implements Public Law 96-517, as amended; the Department of the Air Force announces its intention to grant Battle Sight Technology, LLC of Germantown, OH, a partial exclusive license to practice the invention in any right, title and interest the Air Force has in: U.S. Patent No. 8,137,597 issued on 20 March 2012 entitled ``ONE-PART, PRESSURE ACTIVATED CHEMILUMINESCENT MATERIAL,'' by Dr. Lawrence Brott.
United States and Mexico United States Section; Notice of Availability of a Draft Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for Channel Maintenance Alternatives at Thurman I and II Arroyos in Hatch, NM, Rio Grande Canalization Project
Document Number: 2017-22475
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-10-17
Agency: International Boundary and Water Commission
Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969; the Council on Environmental Quality Final Regulations; and the United States Section, Operational Procedures for Implementing Section 102 of NEPA, published in the Federal Register September 2, 1981, (46 FR 44083); the United States Section hereby gives notice that the Draft Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for Channel Maintenance Alternatives at Thurman I and II Arroyos in Hatch, NM, Rio Grande Canalization Project is available. An environmental impact statement will not be prepared unless additional information which may affect this decision is brought to our attention within 30-days from the date of this Notice. Public Comments: USIBWC will consider substantive comments from the public and stakeholders for 30 days after the date of publication of this Notice of Availability in the Federal Register. Please note all written and email comments received during the comment period will become part of the public record, including any personal information you may provide. Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment including your personal identifying informationmay be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. All submissions from organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, will be made available for public disclosure in their entirety. Comments and requests for public hearings should be sent to: Elizabeth Verdecchia, Natural Resources Specialist, USIBWC, 4171 N. Mesa, C-100; El Paso, Texas 79902. Telephone: (915) 832-4701, Fax: (915) 493-2428, email: Elizabeth.Verdecchia@ibwc.gov. Background: The USIBWC is considering constructing sediment control projects at Thurman I and II, two ephemeral tributaries of the Rio Grande, located within a portion of the Rio Grande Canalization Project protective levee system in Hatch, Do[ntilde]a Ana County, New Mexico. The USIBWC has the statutory authority to maintain the Rio Grande (Act of June 4, 1936, 49 Stat. 1463, Pub. L. 648 and 22 United States Code 277). USIBWC commissioned a study in 2015 that recommended sediment control structures be built on Thurman I and II arroyos, among others, to trap sediment and assist in the maintenance of the Rio Grande. The purpose is to construct sediment control structures on Thurman I and II arroyos with the following objectives: (1) Control the inflow of sediment into the Rio Grande mainstem, (2) Conduct a pilot study for channel maintenance alternatives, and (3) Be accessible for maintenance and minimize operational costs. This EA evaluates potential environmental impacts of the No Action Alternative and two alternatives. The Alternative A: No ActionRoutine Sediment Excavation does not call for any construction but would require continued routine sediment excavation at the confluence of the arroyos and the Rio Grande. Alternative B: Mesh-Based Sediment Traps proposes to construct mesh and rebar sediment traps where each mesh would trap progressively smaller sediment particles. Alternative C: Sediment Basins is the Preferred Alternative, and calls for the construction of a sediment basin at each arroyo with a concrete end wall. Permits would be required from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for dredge and fill of Waters of the United States, per the Clean Water Act Sections 404 and 401. Potential impacts on natural, cultural, and other resources were evaluated. Mitigation has been proposed for permits for construction. A Finding of No Significant Impact has been prepared for the Preferred Alternative based on a review of the facts and analyses contained in the EA.
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records: Section 811 Project Rental Assistance Evaluation-Phase II
Document Number: 2017-22474
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-10-17
Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development
Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, notice is hereby given that the Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R), Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), provides public notice regarding its System of Records for the Section 811 Project Rental Assistance EvaluationPhase II. This evaluation will assess the implementation and effectiveness of the Section 811 Project Rental Assistance program for extremely low-income nonelderly adults with disabilities. Primary data collection will include interviews with grantees and program partners and stakeholders and surveys of Section 811 Project Rental Assistance and Project Rental Assistance Contract residents. Secondary (existing) datasets will include HUD administrative data, Medicare and Medicaid data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), state Medicaid data from six state Medicaid agencies, Project Rental Assistance and Project Rental Assistance Contract program documents, and neighborhood administrative data. A more detailed description of the proposed system of records is contained in the purpose section of this notice.
Commission Information Collection Activity (FERC-717); Comment Request; Extension
Document Number: 2017-22472
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-10-17
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) is submitting its information collection, FERC-717, (Open Access Same-Time Information System and Standards for Business Practices and Communication Protocol) which will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a review of the information collection requirements. Any interested person may file comments directly with OMB and should address a copy of those comments to the Commission as explained below. The Commission published Notice in the Federal Register in Docket No. IC17-13-000, (82 FR 37580, 8/11/2017) requesting public comments. FERC received no comments in response to the Notice and is indicating that in its submittal to the OMB.
Bloom Energy Corporation; Notice of Petition for Declaratory Order
Document Number: 2017-22471
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-10-17
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Xcel Energy Services Inc. v. Southwest Power Pool, Inc.; Notice of Complaint
Document Number: 2017-22470
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-10-17
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Third Meeting of the Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee
Document Number: 2017-22469
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-10-17
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
In this document, the Commission announces and provides an agenda for the third meeting of Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee (BDAC).
Structure and Practices of the Video Relay Services Program
Document Number: 2017-22468
Type: Rule
Date: 2017-10-17
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years, the information collection associated with rules adopted in the Commission's document Structure and Practices of the Video Relay Services Program; Telecommunications Relay Services and Speech-to- Speech Services for Individuals with Hearing and Speech Disabilities, Report and Order (Report and Order). This document is consistent with the Report and Order, which stated that the Commission would publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date of those rules.
American Electric Power Service Corporation v. Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.; Notice of Complaint
Document Number: 2017-22462
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-10-17
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Notice of Effectiveness of Exempt Wholesale Generator and Foreign Utility Company Status
Document Number: 2017-22461
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-10-17
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Combined Notice of Filings #1
Document Number: 2017-22460
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-10-17
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal
Document Number: 2017-22459
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-10-17
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is requesting comment on the draft regulatory analysis, ``Draft Regulatory Analysis for Final Rule: Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal,'' and seeking specific cost and benefit information to better inform the updated draft regulatory analysis.
Certain Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin From India: Notice of Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review, 2015-2016
Document Number: 2017-22458
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-10-17
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
The Department of Commerce (the Department) is rescinding the administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on certain polyethylene terephthalate resin (PET resin) from India for the period August 14, 2015, to December 31, 2016, based on a timely withdrawal of the request for review.
Certain Steel Nails From the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review, and Partial Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2014-2015
Document Number: 2017-22457
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-10-17
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
The Department of Commerce (the Department) has completed its administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on certain steel nails (steel nails) from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam) covering the period November 3, 2014, through December 31, 2015. We have determined, based on adverse facts available, that the mandatory respondents Truong Vinh Ltd. (Truong Vinh) and Rich State Inc. (Rich State) received countervailable subsidies during the period of review (POR). The final net subsidy rates are listed below in the section, ``Final Results of Administrative Review.'' We are also rescinding the review for Dicha Sombrilla Co., Ltd. (Dicha Sombrilla) as we have concluded that Dicha Sombrilla did not have reviewable entries during the POR.
Notice of Determinations; Culturally Significant Object Imported for Exhibition Determinations: “Laura Owens” Exhibition
Document Number: 2017-22456
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-10-17
Agency: Department of State
Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: I hereby determine that a certain object to be included in the exhibition ``Laura Owens,'' imported from abroad for temporary exhibition within the United States, is of cultural significance. The object is imported pursuant to a loan agreement with the foreign owner or custodian. I also determine that the exhibition or display of the exhibit object at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York, from on or about November 10, 2017, until on or about February 4, 2018, at the Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas, from on or about March 25, 2018, until on or about July 29, 2018, at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, in Los Angeles, California, from on or about November 1, 2018, until on or about March 31, 2019, and at possible additional exhibitions or venues yet to be determined, is in the national interest.
Notice of Determinations; Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: “Painted in Mexico, 1700-1790: Pinxit Mexici” Exhibition
Document Number: 2017-22455
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-10-17
Agency: Department of State
Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: I hereby determine that certain objects to be included in the exhibition ``Painted in Mexico, 1700-1790: Pinxit Mexici,'' imported from abroad for temporary exhibition within the United States, are of cultural significance. The objects are imported pursuant to loan agreements with the foreign owners or custodians. I also determine that the exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California, from on or about November 19, 2017, until on or about March 18, 2018, at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, from on or about April 24, 2018, until on or about July 22, 2018, and at possible additional exhibitions or venues yet to be determined, is in the national interest.
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Sablefish in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska
Document Number: 2017-22454
Type: Rule
Date: 2017-10-17
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS is prohibiting retention of sablefish by vessels using trawl gear and not participating in the cooperative fishery of the Rockfish Program in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary because the 2017 total allowable catch of sablefish allocated to vessels using trawl gear and not participating in the cooperative fishery of the Rockfish Program in the Central Regulatory Area of the GOA has been reached.
Instructions for Filing 4G LTE Coverage Data To Determine Areas Presumptively Eligible for Mobility Fund Phase II Support; Contact Information Due by October 23, 2017; Responses Due by January 4, 2018
Document Number: 2017-22453
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-10-17
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
In these documents, the Rural Broadband Auctions Task Force, and the Wireline Competition and the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Bureaus), provide instructions for filing 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) coverage data pursuant to the MF-II Challenge Process Order, announce that the Commission has published a notice of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval of this information collection in the Federal Register, and announce the deadlines by which subject entities must submit contact information and file responses to this information collection.
National Council on the Arts 192nd Meeting
Document Number: 2017-22452
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-10-17
Agency: National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities, Agencies and Commissions, National Endowment for the Arts
Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, notice is hereby given that a meeting of the National Council on the Arts will be held. Open to the public on a space available basis.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request
Document Number: 2017-22451
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-10-17
Agency: Export-Import Bank, Agencies and Commissions
The Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM), as a part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal Agencies to comment on the proposed information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The collection provides EXIM staff with the information necessary to monitor the borrower's payments for exported goods covered under its short and medium-term export credit insurance policies. It also alerts EXIM staff of defaults, so they can manage the portfolio in an informed manner.
Information Collection; Affidavit of Individual Surety, Standard Form 28
Document Number: 2017-22450
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-10-17
Agency: Department of Defense, General Services Administration, Agencies and Commissions, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB) will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a currently approved information collection requirement concerning Standard Form (SF) 28, Affidavit of Individual Surety.
Veterans' Rural Health Advisory Committee; (Amended) Notice of Meeting
Document Number: 2017-22449
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-10-17
Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs
Information Collection: Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Commission Programs
Document Number: 2017-22448
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-10-17
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has recently submitted a request for renewal of an existing collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. The information collection is entitled, ``Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Commission Programs.''
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