January 22, 2018 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Reader Aids
Document Number: FR-2018-01-22-ReaderAids
Type: Reader Aids
Date: 2018-01-22
Termination of the Designation of El Salvador for Temporary Protected Status
Document Number: C1-2018-00885
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-01-22
Agency: Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Religious Freedom Day, 2018
Document Number: 2018-01234
Type: Proclamation
Date: 2018-01-22
Agency: Executive Office of the President
Sunshine Act Meeting
Document Number: 2018-01205
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-01-22
Agency: Federal Election Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Sunshine Act Meetings
Document Number: 2018-01181
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-01-22
Agency: National Credit Union Administration, Agencies and Commissions
Sunshine Act Meetings
Document Number: 2018-01164
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-01-22
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Use and Occupancy Under the Mining Laws
Document Number: 2018-01063
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-01-22
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), are proposing to renew a control number with revisions.
Indian Gaming; Tribal-State Class III Gaming Compacts Taking Effect in the State of California
Document Number: 2018-01058
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-01-22
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs
This notice announces that the Tribal-State Class III Gaming Compacts entered into between the Dry Creek Band of Pomo Indians, the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, the Morongo Band of Mission Indians, the Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation, the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, the Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Indian Reservation, the Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of California, the United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria of California, and the Wilton Rancheria, respectively, and the State of California are taking effect.
Notice of Application for Approval To Discontinue or Modify a Railroad Signal System
Document Number: 2018-01057
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-01-22
Agency: Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation
Agency Information Collection Activities: Announcement of Board Approval Under Delegated Authority and Submission to OMB
Document Number: 2018-01056
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-01-22
Agency: Federal Reserve System, Agencies and Commissions
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) is adopting a proposal to extend for three years, with revision, the Consolidated Financial Statements for Holding Companies (FR Y-9C) (OMB No. 7100-0128), the Parent Company Only Financial Statements for Large Holding Companies (FR Y-9LP) (OMB No. 7100-0128), the Parent Company Only Financial Statements for Small Holding Companies FR Y-9SP) (OMB No. 7100-0128), the Financial Statements of U.S. Nonbank Subsidiaries Held by Foreign Banking Organizations (FR Y-7N) (OMB No. 7100-0125), and the Consolidated Report of Condition and Income for Edge and Agreement Corporations (FR 2886b) (OMB No. 7100-0086), and to extend, without revision, the Financial Statements for Employee Stock Ownership Plan Holding Companies (FR Y-9ES) (OMB No. 7100-0128) the Supplement to the Consolidated Financial Statements for Holding Companies (FR Y-9CS) (OMB No. 7100-0086), the Abbreviated Financial Statements of U.S. Nonbank Subsidiaries Held by Foreign Banking Organizations (FR Y-7NS) (OMB No. 7100-0125); and the Capital and Asset Report for Foreign Banking Organizations (FR Y-7Q) (OMB No. 7100-0125).
Notice of Application for Approval To Discontinue or Modify a Railroad Signal System
Document Number: 2018-01055
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-01-22
Agency: Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation
Notice of Application for Approval To Discontinue or Modify a Railroad Signal System
Document Number: 2018-01054
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-01-22
Agency: Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation
Alabama Regulatory Program
Document Number: 2018-01053
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2018-01-22
Agency: Department of the Interior, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), are announcing receipt of a proposed amendment to the Alabama regulatory program (Alabama program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). Alabama proposes revisions to its program regarding annual permit fees. Alabama revised its program at its own initiative to raise revenues sufficient to fund the Alabama Surface Mining Commission's (ASMC) share of costs to administer their coal regulatory program, including the cost of reviewing, administering, inspecting, and enforcing surface coal mining permits in Alabama. This document gives the locations and times where the Alabama program documents and proposed amendment to that program are available for your inspection, establishes the comment period during which you may submit written comments on the amendment, and describes the procedures we will follow for the public hearing, if one is requested.
Submission for Review: Representative Payee Survey, RI 38-115
Document Number: 2018-01052
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-01-22
Agency: Office of Personnel Management
The Retirement Services, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) offers the general public and other Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a revised information collection request (ICR), Representative Payee Survey. As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13) as amended by the Clinger-Cohen Act (Pub. L. 104-106), OPM is soliciting comments for this collection.
Submission for Review: Claim for Unpaid Compensation for Deceased Civilian Employee, SF 1153, 3206-0234
Document Number: 2018-01051
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-01-22
Agency: Office of Personnel Management
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13) as amended by the Clinger-Cohen Act (Pub. L. 104-106), this notice announces that the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) intends to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for review of an expiring information collection. Standard Form 1153, Claim for Unpaid Compensation for Deceased Civilian Employee, is used to collect information from individuals who have been designated as beneficiaries of the unpaid compensation of a deceased Federal employee or who believe that their relationship to the deceased entitles them to receive the unpaid compensation of the deceased Federal employee. OPM needs this information in order to adjudicate the claim and properly assign a deceased Federal employee's unpaid compensation to the appropriate individual(s).
Prompt Payment Interest Rate; Contract Disputes Act
Document Number: 2018-01049
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-01-22
Agency: Fiscal Service, Public Debt Bureau, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
For the period beginning January 1, 2018, and ending on June 30, 2018, the prompt payment interest rate is 2\5/8\ per centum per annum.
Completion of Claims Adjudication Program
Document Number: 2018-01047
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-01-22
Agency: Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, Department of Justice
This notice announces the completion date of the claims adjudication program referred to the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission (``Commission'') by the Department of State by letter dated November 27, 2013 (the ``Libya III program''), involving claims of United States nationals against the Government of Libya that were settled under the ``Claims Settlement Agreement Between the United States of America and the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya,'' dated August 14, 2008. By prior notice, the Commission announced the commencement of the Libya III program on December 13, 2013 (78 FR 75944).
Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request
Document Number: 2018-01046
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-01-22
Agency: Federal Reserve System, Agencies and Commissions
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board or Federal Reserve) invites comment on a proposal to extend, with revision, the mandatory Reporting Requirements associated with Regulation QQ (OMB No. 7100-0346).
Draft Model Adjudication Rules; Comment Request
Document Number: 2018-01045
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-01-22
Agency: Administrative Conference of the United States
The Office of the Chairman of the Administrative Conference of the United States is revising its 1993 Model Adjudication Rules and is inviting public comment on the draft revised Rules. The current draft of the revised Rules is available at https://www.acus.gov/model-rules/ model-adjudication-rules.
Administrative Declaration Amendment of an Economic Injury Disaster for the State of Oregon
Document Number: 2018-01044
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-01-22
Agency: Small Business Administration, Agencies and Commissions
This is an amendment of an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) declaration of a disaster for the State of Oregon dated 10/31/ 2017. Incident: Eagle Creek Fire. Incident Period: 09/02/2017 through 11/30/2017.
Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management and Budget; OMB Control Number: 1625-0106
Document Number: 2018-01043
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-01-22
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 the U.S. Coast Guard is forwarding an Information Collection Request (ICR), abstracted below, to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), requesting approval for reinstatement, without change, of the following collection of information: 1625-0106, Unauthorized Entry into Cuban Territorial Waters. Our ICR describes the information we seek to collect from the public. Review and comments by OIRA ensure we only impose paperwork burdens commensurate with our performance of duties.
Approval of Subzone Status; Valeo North America, Inc.; Winchester, Kentucky
Document Number: 2018-01042
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-01-22
Agency: Department of Commerce, Foreign-Trade Zones Board
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of Pacific Cod in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area
Document Number: 2018-01041
Type: Rule
Date: 2018-01-22
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS is reallocating the projected unused amount of Pacific cod from vessels using jig gear to catcher vessels less than 60 feet (18.3 meters) length overall using hook-and-line or pot gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area. This action is necessary to allow the A season apportionment of the 2018 total allowable catch of Pacific cod to be harvested.
Ocean Exploration Advisory Board (OEAB); the OEAB Meeting Is Scheduled for January 30-31, 2018 in Seattle, WA
Document Number: 2018-01040
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-01-22
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a forthcoming meeting of the Ocean Exploration Advisory Board (OEAB). OEAB members will discuss and provide advice on Federal ocean exploration programs, with a particular emphasis on National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of Ocean Exploration and Research (OER) activities; discuss nontraditional ocean exploration platforms; discuss National Ocean Exploration Forums; and conduct its annual review of the OER federal funding opportunity process; and other matters as described in the agenda found on the OEAB website at https:// oeab.noaa.gov.
Air Plan Approval; ID, Crop Residue Burning; Revision to Ozone Requirement
Document Number: 2018-01039
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2018-01-22
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve revisions to the portions of Idaho's State Implementation Plan (SIP) related to agricultural crop residue burning. The Director of the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (IDEQ) submitted the revisions to EPA on September 22, 2017. IDEQ supplemented the original submission with photochemical modeling analyses on October 23, 2017. The revisions change the ambient ozone concentration level at which IDEQ may approve a permittee's request to burn. EPA is proposing to approve the revisions because they satisfy the requirements of the Clean Air Act. This action is being taken under section 110 of the Clean Air Act (the Act or CAA).
Certain Microperforated Packaging Containing Fresh Produce; Institution of Investigation
Document Number: 2018-01037
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-01-22
Agency: International Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on November 13, 2017, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, on behalf of Windham Packaging LLC of Windham, New Hampshire. On December 4, 2017 Complainant requested an extension of time until January 2, 2018 to file supplemental material, and the request was granted December 7, 2017. EDIS Doc. IDs 630561 (Request) and 631033 (Letter granting request). On January 2, 2018 Complainant requested a second extension of time until January 16, 2018 to file supplemental materials. EDIS Doc. ID 632797. An amended complaint was filed January 3, 2018. The complaint, as amended, alleges violations of section 337 based upon the importation into the United States, the sale for importation, and the sale within the United States after importation of certain microperforated packaging containing fresh produce by reason of infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 7,083,837 (``the '837 patent''). The complaint further alleges that an industry in the United States exists as required by the applicable Federal Statute. The amended complainant requests that the Commission institute an investigation and, after the investigation, issue a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders.
Certain Load Supporting Systems, Including Composite Mat Systems, and Components Thereof; Institution of Investigation
Document Number: 2018-01036
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-01-22
Agency: International Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on December 15, 2017, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, on behalf of Newpark Mats & Integrated Services LLC of The Woodlands, Texas. The complaint alleges violations of section 337 based upon the importation into the United States, the sale for importation, and the sale within the United States after importation of certain load supporting systems, including composite mat systems, and components thereof by reason of infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 6,511,257 (``the '257 patent'') and U.S. Patent No. 6,695,527 (``the '527 patent''). The complaint further alleges that an industry in the United States exists as required by the applicable Federal Statute. The complainant requests that the Commission institute an investigation and, after the investigation, issue a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders.
Certain IoT Devices and Components Thereof (IoT, the Internet of Things)-Web Applications Displayed on a Web Browser; Institution of Investigation
Document Number: 2018-01035
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-01-22
Agency: International Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on October 3, 2017, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, on behalf of Lakshmi Arunachalam, Ph.D. of Menlo Park, California. Supplements were filed on October 24, October 30, and November 3, 2017. On November 7, 2017, an amended complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, on behalf of Lakshmi Arunachalam, Ph.D. and WebXchange, Inc., both of Menlo Park, California. Supplements were filed on November 7, 13, and December 21, 2017. On December 6, 2017, the Commission postponed the vote on whether to institute an investigation based on the amended complaint to January 9, 2017. The amended complaint alleges violations of section 337 based upon the importation into the United States, the sale for importation, and the sale within the United States after importation of certain IOT devices and components thereof (IOT, the Internet of Things)web applications displayed on a web browser by reason of infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 7,930,340 (``the '340 patent''), and that an industry in the United States exists as required by the applicable Federal Statute. The amended complaint further alleges unfair methods of competition and unfair acts (criminal and civil RICO violations, breach of contract, theft of intellectual property, antitrust violations, and trade secret misappropriation), the threat or effect of which is to destroy or substantially injure an industry in the United States. The complainant requests that the Commission institute an investigation and, after the investigation, issue a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders.
Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet From China
Document Number: 2018-01034
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-01-22
Agency: International Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Shrimp Fishery Off the Southern Atlantic States; Closure of the Penaeid Shrimp Fishery Off South Carolina
Document Number: 2018-01033
Type: Rule
Date: 2018-01-22
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS closes the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) off South Carolina in the South Atlantic to trawling for penaeid shrimp, i.e., brown, pink, and white shrimp. This closure is necessary to protect the spawning stock of white shrimp that has been subject to unusually cold weather conditions where state water temperatures have been 9 [deg]C (48 [deg]F), or less, for at least 7 consecutive days.
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Final Rule To List the Giant Manta Ray as Threatened Under the Endangered Species Act
Document Number: 2018-01031
Type: Rule
Date: 2018-01-22
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
We, NMFS, announce a final rule to list the giant manta ray (Manta birostris) as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). We have reviewed the status of the giant manta ray, including efforts being made to protect this species, and considered public comments submitted on the proposed rule as well as new information received since publication of the proposed rule. We have made our final determinations based on the best scientific and commercial data available. At this time, we conclude that critical habitat is not determinable because data sufficient to perform the required analyses are lacking; however, we solicit information on habitat features and areas in U.S. waters that may meet the definition of critical habitat for the giant manta ray.
Combined Notice of Filings #1
Document Number: 2018-01028
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-01-22
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Proposed Agency Information Collection
Document Number: 2018-01027
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-01-22
Agency: Department of Energy
The Department of Energy (DOE) today gives notice of a request for public comment, pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, on the continued collection of information entitled: Budget Justification, which DOE has developed for submission to and approval by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
Notice of Attendance at the Colorado Public Utilities Commission's Fourth Commissioner Information Meeting
Document Number: 2018-01022
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-01-22
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Combined Notice of Filings
Document Number: 2018-01021
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-01-22
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Combined Notice of Filings #1
Document Number: 2018-01020
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-01-22
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Veterans Experience Access Survey Questions Scheduling Appointment: Survey Reporting
Document Number: 2018-01019
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-01-22
Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, this notice announces that the Veterans Experience Office (VEO), Department of Veterans Affairs, will submit the collection of information abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The PRA submission describes the nature of the information collection and its expected cost and burden and it includes the actual data collection instrument.
Buckeye Power, Inc.; Notice of Filing
Document Number: 2018-01017
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-01-22
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
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