March 1, 2018 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Notice of Public Meeting of the Texas Advisory Committee
Document Number: 2018-04143
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-01
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 Texas Advisory Committee (Committee) to the Commission will be held at 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Central Time) Tuesday, March 13, 2018. The purpose of the briefing is for the Committee to receive testimony regarding potential barriers to voting such as voter registration, access to and administration of polling locations, and language access that may have a disparate impact on voters on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, or national origin.
Notice of Public Meeting of the Alaska Advisory Committee
Document Number: 2018-04142
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-01
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 Alaska Advisory Committee (Committee) to the Commission will be held at 1:00 p.m. (Alaska Time) Tuesday, March 27, 2018. The purpose of the meeting is for the Committee to vote on the final advisory memorandum on Alaska Native voting rights that will be issued to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
Document Number: 2018-04141
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-01
Agency: Department of Education
In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (Privacy Act), the U.S. Department of Education (Department) modifies the system of records entitled ``Student Aid internet Gateway (SAIG), Participation Management System'' (18-11-10). The SAIG, Participation Management System, is a system of records containing contact information that individuals affiliated with an authorized entity provide to create an account to request electronic access to the Department's Federal Student Aid (FSA) systems or to the system of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for purposes of administering or assisting in administering programs authorized under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA).
Combined Notice of Filings
Document Number: 2018-04140
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-01
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Combined Notice of Filings #1
Document Number: 2018-04139
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-01
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Biodiesel From Indonesia: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value
Document Number: 2018-04138
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-01
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that imports of biodiesel from Indonesia are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV), as provided in section 735 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). The period of investigation (POI) is January 1, 2016, through December 31, 2016. The final weighted-average dumping margins are listed below in the section entitled ``Final Determination Margins.''
Biodiesel From Argentina: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Final Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances, in Part
Document Number: 2018-04137
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-01
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that imports of biodiesel from Argentina are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV), as provided in section 735 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). The period of investigation (POI) is January 1, 2016, through December 31, 2016. The final weighted-average dumping margins are listed below in the section entitled ``Final Determination Margins.''
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection Revisions; Comment Request
Document Number: 2018-04136
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-01
Agency: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Agencies and Commissions
The FDIC, 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 the three-year extension, with revisions, of existing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Currently, the FDIC is soliciting comment on extension and revisions of the information collections described below.
Pieridae Energy (USA), Ltd.
Document Number: 2018-04135
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-01
Agency: Department of Energy
The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) gives notice of receipt of two related Notices of Change in Control (Notice or, collectively, Notices) filed by Pieridae Energy (USA), Ltd. (Pieridae US) in the above-referenced docket. The first Notice, filed on May 21, 2017, described a planned change in control of Pieridae Energy Limited, the parent company of Pieridae US. In the second Notice, filed on November 1, 2017, Pieridae US confirmed that the planned change in control had occurred. The Notices were filed under the Natural Gas Act (NGA).
Notice of Closed Meeting
Document Number: 2018-04134
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-01
Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services
Board of Scientific Counselors, Office of Public Health and Preparedness and Response, (BSC, OPHPR); Correction
Document Number: 2018-04132
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-01
Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Advisory Committee (CLIAC); Notice of Charter Renewal
Document Number: 2018-04131
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-01
Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services
This gives notice under the Federal Advisory Committee Act of October 6, 1972, that the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Advisory Committee (CLIAC), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services, has been renewed for a 2-year period through February 19, 2020.
Advisory Committee to the Director (ACD), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Notice of Charter Renewal
Document Number: 2018-04130
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-01
Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services
This gives notice under the Federal Advisory Committee Act of October 6, 1972, that the Advisory Committee to the Director (ACD), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services, has been renewed for a 2-year period through February 1, 2020.
Commission Agenda and Priorities; Notice of Hearing
Document Number: 2018-04129
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-01
Agency: Consumer Product Safety Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (Commission) will conduct a public hearing to receive views from all interested parties about the Commission's agenda and priorities for fiscal year 2019, which begins on October 1, 2018, and for fiscal year 2020, which begins on October 1, 2019. We invite members of the public to participate. Written comments and oral presentations concerning the Commission's agenda and priorities for fiscal years 2019 and 2020 will become part of the public record.
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Gulf of Alaska; Final 2018 and 2019 Harvest Specifications for Groundfish
Document Number: 2018-04124
Type: Rule
Date: 2018-03-01
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS announces final 2018 and 2019 harvest specifications, apportionments, and Pacific halibut prohibited species catch limits for the groundfish fishery of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to establish harvest limits for groundfish during the 2018 and 2019 fishing years and to accomplish the goals and objectives of the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska. The intended effect of this action is to conserve and manage the groundfish resources in the GOA in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fisheries; Specifications
Document Number: 2018-04123
Type: Rule
Date: 2018-03-01
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS implements longfin squid, Illex squid, and butterfish specifications for the 2018 fishing year and projected specifications for fishing years 2019 and 2020. This action is necessary to specify catch levels for the squid and butterfish fisheries based upon updated information on stock status. These specifications are intended to promote the sustainable utilization and conservation of the squid and butterfish resources.
Public Meeting Regarding NHTSA's Research Portfolio
Document Number: 2018-04122
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-01
Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of Transportation
NHTSA is announcing a public meeting where the agency's Vehicle Safety Research and Behavioral Safety Research offices will present information on activities related to priority research programs in vehicle and behavioral safety, including a focused overview session on NHTSA's research in Automated Driving Systems (ADSs). Representatives from multiple research offices will present the research program area activities, near-term expected deliverables, and accept questions from the audience at the end.
Southern LNG Company, L.L.C.; Application for Blanket Authorization To Export Liquefied Natural Gas to Non-Free Trade Agreement Countries on a Short-Term Basis
Document Number: 2018-04121
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-01
Agency: Department of Energy
The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) gives notice of receipt of an application (Application), filed on February 1, 2018, by Southern LNG Company, L.L.C. (Southern LNG). The Application requests blanket authorization to export domestically produced and previously imported liquefied natural gas (LNG) in an amount up to the equivalent of 255 billion cubic feet (Bcf) of natural gas on a cumulative basis over a two-year period, commencing on the date of the initial short-term export. The LNG would be exported from the Elba Liquefaction Project (Liquefaction Project), which is currently under construction at the Elba Island Terminal on Elba Island, Chatham County, Georgia. Southern LNG requests authorization to export the LNG to any country with the capacity to import LNG via ocean-going carrier and with which trade is not prohibited by U.S. law or policy, including both countries with which the United States has entered into a free trade agreement (FTA) requiring national treatment for trade in natural gas (FTA countries) and all other countries (non- FTA countries). Southern LNG seeks to export this LNG before commercial operations at the Liquefaction Project begin. Southern LNG requests this authorization on its own behalf and as agent for other entities who hold title to the natural gas at the time of export. Additional details can be found in Southern LNG's Application, posted on the DOE/ FE website at: https://energy.gov/fe/southern-lng-company-llc-18-15- lng-export-lng. Protests, motions to intervene, notices of intervention, and written comments are invited.
Product Change-Priority Mail Negotiated Service Agreement
Document Number: 2018-04120
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-01
Agency: Postal Service, Agencies and Commissions
The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases; Notice of Closed Meeting
Document Number: 2018-04119
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-01
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings
Document Number: 2018-04118
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-01
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meeting
Document Number: 2018-04117
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-01
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Radio Broadcasting Services; Desert Hills, Arizona
Document Number: 2018-04115
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2018-03-01
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
This document requests comments on a petition for rulemaking filed by L. Topaz Enterprises, Inc. (Petitioner), proposing to amend the FM Table of Allotments by allotting Channel 292A at Desert Hills, Arizona, as a second local service. Petitioner states that the proposed allotment will provide additional diversity and an outlet for local residents. A staff engineering analysis indicates that Channel 292A can be allotted to Desert Hills consistent with the minimum distance separation requirements of the Commission's rules. The reference coordinates are 34-32-58 NL and 114-22-2 WL with no site restriction.
Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests: 2019-2021 IMLS Grants to States Program “Five Year State Plan Guidelines”
Document Number: 2018-04114
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-01
Agency: The National Foundation for the Arts and the Humanities, Institute of Museum and Library Services
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the general public and federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This pre-clearance consultation program helps to ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format, reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized, collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed. By this notice, IMLS is soliciting comments concerning a plan to continue the IMLS Grants to States Program ``Five Year State Plan Guidelines'' instructions. Each SLAA must submit a plan that details library services goals for a five-year period to receive funding. A copy of the proposed information collection request can be obtained by contacting the individual listed below in the ADDRESSES section of this notice.
Revisions to California State Implementation Plan; Bay Area Air Quality Management District; Stationary Sources; New Source Review
Document Number: 2018-04112
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2018-03-01
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve revisions to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD or District) portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). These revisions concern permit program rules governing the issuance of permits for stationary sources, including review and permitting of major sources and major modifications under parts C and D of title I of the Clean Air Act (CAA). The revisions correct deficiencies in BAAQMD Regulation 2, Rules 1 and 2, and Regulation 2, Rule 4, previously identified by the EPA in final rules dated August 1, 2016, and December 4, 2017, respectively. We are proposing to approve revisions that correct the identified deficiencies.
Determination To Defer Sanctions; Bay Area Air Quality Management District
Document Number: 2018-04111
Type: Rule
Date: 2018-03-01
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The EPA is making an interim final determination to defer imposition of sanctions based on a proposed determination, published elsewhere in this Federal Register, that the California Air Resources Board (CARB) has submitted rules on behalf of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD or District) that satisfy the requirements of part D of the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act) permitting program for areas under the jurisdiction of the BAAQMD.
Notice of Proposals To Engage in or To Acquire Companies Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking Activities
Document Number: 2018-04110
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-01
Agency: Federal Reserve System, Agencies and Commissions
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
Document Number: 2018-04109
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-01
Agency: Federal Reserve System, Agencies and Commissions
Proposed Collection; Comment Request on Information Collection Tools Relating to IRS Customer Satisfaction Surveys
Document Number: 2018-04100
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-01
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 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 information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The IRS is soliciting comments concerning IRS Customer Satisfaction Surveys.
Air Plan Approval; Illinois; Redesignation of the Illinois Portion of the St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, Missouri-Illinois Area to Attainment of the 2008 Ozone Standard
Document Number: 2018-04094
Type: Rule
Date: 2018-03-01
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking final action to find that the St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, Missouri- Illinois (MO-IL) area, ``the St. Louis area,'' is attaining the 2008 ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS or standard) and is redesignating the Illinois portion of the St. Louis area, ``the Metro- East area,'' to attainment for the 2008 ozone NAAQS because the Metro- East area meets the statutory requirements for redesignation under the Clean Air Act (CAA). The St. Louis area includes Madison, Monroe and St. Clair Counties in Illinois (the Metro-East area), and Franklin, Jefferson, St. Charles, and St. Louis Counties and the City of St. Louis in Missouri. (EPA will address the Missouri portion of the St. Louis area in a separate rulemaking action.) EPA is also approving, as a revision to the Illinois State Implementation Plan (SIP), the State's plan for maintaining the 2008 ozone standard through 2030 in the St. Louis area. Finally, EPA finds adequate and is approving, as a SIP revision, the State's 2030 volatile organic compound (VOC) and oxides of nitrogen (NOX) Motor Vehicle Emission Budgets (MVEBs) for the Metro-East area. The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) submitted the SIP revision and request to redesignate the Metro- East area on May 8, 2017. EPA proposed this action on December 8, 2017 and received two public comments in response that are not relevant to this action.
Onions Grown in South Texas; Proposed Amendment to Marketing Order 959
Document Number: 2018-04076
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2018-03-01
Agency: Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
This proposed rule invites comments on a proposed amendment to Marketing Order No. 959, which regulates the handling of onions grown in south Texas. The proposed amendment would reduce the size of the South Texas Onion Committee (Committee) and make conforming and clarifying amendments as needed. The amendment would adjust the number of handlers and producers on the Committee to reflect a decrease in the number of onion producers and handlers in recent years.
Safety Zone; Tennessee River, Miles 446.0 to 454.5
Document Number: 2018-04051
Type: Rule
Date: 2018-03-01
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard is establishing a safety zone for all navigable waters of the Tennessee River, beginning at mile marker 446.0 and ending at mile marker 454.5 during periods of high water flow. This safety zone is necessary to provide safety for mariners transiting on the Tennessee River during periods of high water flow. Entry into this area will be prohibited unless specifically authorized by the Captain of the Port Ohio Valley or designated representative.
Grapes Grown in a Designated Area of Southeastern California; Decreased Assessment Rate
Document Number: 2018-04010
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2018-03-01
Agency: Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
This proposed rule would implement a recommendation from the California Desert Grape Administrative Committee (Committee) to decrease the assessment rate established for the 2018 fiscal period and subsequent fiscal periods. This proposed rule also makes administrative revisions to the subpart headings to bring the language into conformance with the Office of Federal Register requirements.
Airworthiness Directives; Agusta S.p.A. Helicopters
Document Number: 2018-03929
Type: Rule
Date: 2018-03-01
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Agusta S.p.A. Model AB139 and Model AW139 helicopters. This AD requires inspecting the thickness of the tail gearbox (TGB) central housing (housing). This AD was prompted by reports that the housing thickness does not conform to its type design. The actions of this AD are intended to detect and correct an unsafe condition on these products.
Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters
Document Number: 2018-03928
Type: Rule
Date: 2018-03-01
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Airbus Helicopters Model AS332C, AS332C1, AS332L, AS332L1, AS332L2, and EC225LP helicopters. This AD requires inspecting the sliding cabin plug door (sliding door). This AD was prompted by the failure of the sliding door's jettison mechanism due to corrosion. The actions of this AD are intended to address an unsafe condition in these products.
Drawn Stainless Steel Sinks From China; Institution of Five-Year Reviews
Document Number: 2018-03859
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-01
Agency: International Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Commission hereby gives notice that it has instituted reviews pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 (``the Act''), as amended, to determine whether revocation of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on drawn stainless steel sinks from China would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury. Pursuant to the Act, interested parties are requested to respond to this notice by submitting the information specified below to the Commission.
Air University Board of Visitors Meeting
Document Number: 2018-03498
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-01
Agency: Department of Defense, Department of the Air Force
Under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act and the Government in the Sunshine Act, the Department of Defense announces the Air University Board of Visitors' fall meeting. The purpose of this meeting is to provide independent advice and recommendations on matters pertaining to the educational, doctrinal, and research policies and activities of Air University.
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