March 2, 2018 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Reader Aids
Document Number: FR-2018-03-02-ReaderAids
Type: Reader Aids
Date: 2018-03-02
Sunshine Act Meetings
Document Number: 2018-04441
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-02
Agency: Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Agencies and Commissions
President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition
Document Number: 2018-04414
Type: Executive Order
Date: 2018-03-02
Agency: Executive Office of the President
Safety Zone: Monte Foundation Snowfest Fireworks, Tahoe City, Lake Tahoe, CA
Document Number: 2018-04365
Type: Rule
Date: 2018-03-02
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone in the navigable waters of Lake Tahoe near Commons Beach in support of the Monte Foundation Snowfest Festival Fireworks Display on March 2, 2018. This safety zone is established to ensure the safety of participants and spectators from the dangers associated with pyrotechnics. Unauthorized persons or vessels are prohibited from entering into, transiting through, or remaining in the safety zone without permission of the Captain of the Port or their designated representative.
Government in the Sunshine Act Meeting Notice
Document Number: 2018-04364
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-02
Agency: International Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Petitions for Reconsideration of Action in Rulemaking Proceeding
Document Number: 2018-04359
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2018-03-02
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Petitions for Reconsideration (Petitions) have been filed in the Commission's rulemaking proceeding by Joe Redcloud on behalf of Oceti Sakowin Tribal Utility Authority, and John J. Heitmann on behalf of Telrite Corporation d/b/a Life Wireless; i-wireless, LLC; and AmeriMex Communications Corp. d/b/a SafetyNet Wireless.
Deletion of Items From Sunshine Act Meeting
Document Number: 2018-04358
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-02
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Commission will consider a Report and Order that would eliminate specific Part 74, 76, and 78 rules that require certain broadcast and cable entities to maintain paper copies of Commission rules, while retaining provisions that require the subject entities to be familiar with the rules governing their operations.
Medicare, Medicaid, and Other Programs, Initiatives, and Priorities; Meeting of the Advisory Panel on Outreach and Education (APOE), March 21, 2018
Document Number: 2018-04328
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-02
Agency: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services
This notice announces the next meeting of the Advisory Panel on Outreach and Education (APOE) (Panel) in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The Panel advises and makes recommendations to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on opportunities to enhance the effectiveness of consumer education strategies concerning CMS programs, initiatives, and priorities. This meeting is open to the public.
Applications for New Awards; Lead of a Career and Technical Education Network: Research Networks Focused on Critical Problems of Education Policy and Practice Program
Document Number: 2018-04327
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-02
Agency: Department of Education
On January 22, 2018, we published in the Federal Register a notice to fund the Lead of a Career and Technical Education Network under the Research Networks Focused on Critical Problems of Education Policy and Practice Program, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number 84.305N. This correction notice modifies the original notice to provide information on a grantee's authority to award subgrants to institutions of higher education, public and private non-profit organizations, and agencies identified in an approved application.
Regular Meeting: Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation Board
Document Number: 2018-04323
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-02
Agency: Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation, Agencies and Commissions
Notice is hereby given of the regular meeting of the Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation Board (Board).
Procurement List; Deletions
Document Number: 2018-04321
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-02
Agency: Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled, Agencies and Commissions
This action deletes a product and a service from the Procurement List previously furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
Procurement List; Proposed Additions and Deletions
Document Number: 2018-04318
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-02
The Committee is proposing to add products and services to the Procurement List that will be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and deletes products previously furnished by such agencies.
Filing of Plats of Survey: Oregon/Washington
Document Number: 2018-04317
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-02
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
The plats of survey of the following described lands are scheduled to be officially filed in the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Oregon/Washington State Office, Portland, Oregon, 30 calendar days from the date of this publication. The surveys, which were executed at the request of the BLM, are necessary for the management of these lands.
Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries; Pelagic Longline Fishery Management
Document Number: 2018-04315
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-02
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS announces its intent to prepare a draft environmental impact analysis to assess the potential effects of alternative measures under the 2006 Consolidated Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan (2006 Consolidated HMS FMP) for management of the pelagic longline fishery. This notice announces a public process for determining the scope of issues to be addressed and for identifying the significant issues relating to the management of Atlantic HMS, with a focus on area-based management measures and weak hook management measures that were implemented to reduce dead discards of bluefin tuna in the pelagic longline fishery. NMFS would use the scoping process and the draft environmental impact analysis to develop a regulatory action applicable to the pelagic longline fishery. The scoping process and draft environmental impact analysis are intended to determine if existing area-based and weak hook management measures are the best means of achieving the current management objectives and providing flexibility to adapt to fishing variability in the future, consistent with the 2006 Consolidated HMS FMP, the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act (ATCA), and other relevant Federal laws. NMFS is also announcing the availability of a scoping document describing potential measures for inclusion in a future regulatory action. NMFS will hold scoping meetings to gather public comment on potential management options for area based and weak hook requirements. The time and location details of the scoping meetings are available in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice. NMFS is requesting comments on the NOI to develop environmental impact assessments. NMFS also requests comments on the management options described in the scoping document concerning bluefin area-based management and weak hook measures that were implemented to minimize bluefin tuna bycatch and/or interactions, and relevant options that would meet the purpose and need for this action.
Reserve Forces Policy Board; Notice of Federal Advisory Committee Meeting
Document Number: 2018-04314
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-02
Agency: Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary
The Department of Defense (DoD) is publishing this notice to announce that the following Federal Advisory Committee meeting of the Reserve Forces Policy Board will take place.
New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
Document Number: 2018-04313
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-02
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public meeting of its Scallop Committee to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Recommendations from this group will be brought to the full Council for formal consideration and action, if appropriate.
New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
Document Number: 2018-04312
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-02
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public meeting of its Scallop Advisory Panel to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Recommendations from this group will be brought to the full Council for formal consideration and action, if appropriate.
Fourteenth RTCA SC-230 Airborne Weather Detection Systems Plenary
Document Number: 2018-04311
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-02
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a meeting of Fourteenth RTCA SC-230 Airborne Weather Detection Systems Plenary.
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Contractor Conflicts of Interest; EPA ICR 1550.11, OMB Control No. 2030-0023
Document Number: 2018-04310
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-02
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an information collection request (ICR), ``Conflict of Interest'' (EPA ICR No. 1550.11, OMB Control No. 2030-0023) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. Before doing so, EPA is soliciting public comments on specific aspects of the proposed information collection as described below. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through June 30, 2018. An Agency may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
Special Regulations, Areas of the National Park System, Rocky Mountain National Park; Bicycling
Document Number: 2018-04309
Type: Rule
Date: 2018-03-02
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
The National Park Service amends the special regulations for Rocky Mountain National Park to allow bicycle use on a 2-mile segment of the East Shore Trail located within the park. A portion of this 2- mile segment will require trail construction to accommodate bicycles and is therefore considered a new trail. National Park Service regulations require promulgation of a special regulation to designate new trails for bicycle use off park roads and outside developed areas.
Earned Import Allowance Program: Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Program for Certain Apparel From the Dominican Republic, Ninth Annual Review
Document Number: 2018-04308
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-02
Agency: International Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. International Trade Commission (Commission) has announced its schedule, including deadlines for filing written submissions, in connection with preparing a report on its ninth annual review in investigation No. 332-503, Earned Import Allowance Program: Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Program for Certain Apparel from the Dominican Republic, Ninth Annual Review.
Availability of the 2018 Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee Scientific Report and Solicitation of Written Comments
Document Number: 2018-04307
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-02
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) (a) announces the availability of the 2018 Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee Scientific Report (Scientific Report); and (b) solicits written comments on the Scientific Report.
Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest; Nevada; Humboldt-Toiyabe Integrated Invasive Plant Treatment Project
Document Number: 2018-04306
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-02
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Forest Service
The Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest is preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to evaluate the effects of controlling and eradicating non-native invasive plants and restoring native vegetation on national forest lands in Nevada. The EIS will analyze actions to be implemented on known infested areas, as well as on infested areas that may be discovered over the next 15 years using a variety of tools, methods, and products.
Combined Notice of Filings
Document Number: 2018-04305
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-02
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Combined Notice of Filings #1
Document Number: 2018-04304
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-02
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Combined Notice of Filings #1
Document Number: 2018-04303
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-02
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Combined Notice of Filings
Document Number: 2018-04302
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-02
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability
Document Number: 2018-04301
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-02
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Sturgeon Bay, Sturgeon Bay, WI
Document Number: 2018-04299
Type: Rule
Date: 2018-03-02
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard is modifying the operating regulation that governs the Bayview (State Route 42/57) Bridge, Mile 3.0, Maple-Oregon Bridge, Mile 4.17, and Michigan Street Bridge, Mile 4.3, all over the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal in Sturgeon Bay, WI, by authorizing remote operation for all three drawbridges. The operating schedules are not changing. The three drawbridges will be permanently remotely operated by a single tender.
Special Local Regulation; Miami Grand Prix of the Seas, Biscayne Bay, Miami, FL
Document Number: 2018-04298
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2018-03-02
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard proposes to establish a special local regulation (SLR) for certain navigable waters of Biscayne Bay, Miami, FL for the Miami Grand Prix of the Sea. This action is necessary to provide for the safety of the public, spectators, vessels, and marine environment from potential hazards during high-speed, offshore-style boat and Personal Water Craft (PWC) races during the Miami Grand Prix of the Sea. This SLR is necessary to provide for the safety of the public, spectators, vessels, and marine environment during the Miami Grand Prix of the Sea. The SLR would establish two regulated areas, a safety zone and no anchoring zone. Non-participant persons and vessels would be prohibited from entering, transiting, anchoring in, or remaining within the safety zone unless authorized by the Captain of the Port Miami (COTP) or a designated representative. All vessels would be prohibited from anchoring in the no anchoring zone. We invite your comments on this proposed rulemaking.
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
Document Number: 2018-04297
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-02
Agency: Federal Reserve System, Agencies and Commissions
Open Meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel's Special Projects Committee; Change
Document Number: 2018-04296
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-02
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
In the Federal Register notice that was originally published on February 21, 2018, (Volume 83, Number 35, Page 7554) the meeting location has changed from Dallas, Texas to Houston, Texas. The meeting will take place in Houston, Texas on Monday, March 19, 2018 and Tuesday, March 20, 2018.
Open Meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Taxpayer Assistance Center Project Committee
Document Number: 2018-04295
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-02
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
An open meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel's Taxpayer Assistance Center Project Committee will be conducted. The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comments, ideas, and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Revenue Service.
Applications for New Awards; Expanding Opportunity Through Quality Charter Schools Program (CSP)-Grants to Charter School Developers for the Opening of New Charter Schools and for the Replication and Expansion of High-Quality Charter Schools
Document Number: 2018-04294
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-02
Agency: Department of Education
The Department of Education is issuing a notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2018 for CSPGrants to Charter School Developers for the Opening of New Charter Schools and for the Replication and Expansion of High-Quality Charter Schools, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers 84.282B and 84.282E.
February 27, 2018
Document Number: 2018-04292
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-02
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Submission for Omb Review; Comment Request
Secretary's Final Supplemental Priorities and Definitions for Discretionary Grant Programs
Document Number: 2018-04291
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-02
Agency: Department of Education
In order to support and strengthen the work that educators do every day in collaboration with parents, advocates, and community members, the Secretary issues 11 priorities and related definitions for use in currently authorized discretionary grant programs or programs that may be authorized in the future. The Secretary may choose to use an entire priority for a grant program or a particular competition or use one or more of the priority's component parts. These priorities and definitions replace the supplemental priorities published in the Federal Register on December 10, 2014 and September 14, 2016. However, if a notice inviting applications (NIA) published before the applicability date of this notice of final priorities and definitions included priorities from the December 10, 2014 or September 14, 2016 notices, the included priorities would be in effect for the duration of the applicable competition.
Uncovered Innerspring Units From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2016-2017
Document Number: 2018-04287
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-02
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
For the final results of this review, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) continues to apply adverse facts available (AFA) to PT Sunhere Buana International's (PT Sunhere) exports of uncovered innerspring units (innersprings) from the People's Republic of China (China).
Proposed Agency Information Collection
Document Number: 2018-04286
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-02
Agency: Department of Energy
The Department of Energy (DOE) invites public comment on a proposed collection of information that DOE is developing for submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Application for Presidential Permit; GridAmerica Holdings Inc.
Document Number: 2018-04285
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-02
Agency: Department of Energy
GridAmerica Holdings Inc. (GridAmerica) has applied for a Presidential permit to construct, operate, maintain, and connect an electric transmission line across the United States border with Canada.
Food Labeling: Serving Sizes of Foods That Can Reasonably Be Consumed at One Eating Occasion; Dual-Column Labeling; Updating, Modifying, and Establishing Certain Reference Amounts Customarily Consumed; Serving Size for Breath Mints; and Technical Amendments-Small Entity Compliance Guide; Availability
Document Number: 2018-04284
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-02
Agency: Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing the availability of a guidance for industry entitled ``Food Labeling: Serving Sizes of Foods That Can Reasonably Be Consumed at One Eating Occasion; Dual-Column Labeling; Updating, Modifying, and Establishing Certain Reference Amounts Customarily Consumed; Serving Size for Breath Mints; and Technical AmendmentsSmall Entity Compliance Guide.'' The small entity compliance guide (SECG) is intended to help small entities comply with a final rule we issued in the Federal Register of May 27, 2016, entitled ``Food Labeling: Serving Sizes of Foods That Can Reasonably Be Consumed at One Eating Occasion; Dual-Column Labeling; Updating, Modifying, and Establishing Certain Reference Amounts Customarily Consumed; Serving Size for Breath Mints; and Technical Amendments.'' The final rule is designed to ensure that serving sizes are based on more recent consumption data and that consumers have serving size information on the Nutrition Facts label that will assist them in maintaining healthy dietary practices.
Reference Amounts Customarily Consumed: List of Products for Each Product Category; Guidance for Industry; Availability
Document Number: 2018-04283
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-02
Agency: Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing the availability of a guidance for industry entitled ``Reference Amounts Customarily Consumed: List of Products for Each Product Category.'' The guidance provides examples of products that belong to product categories included in the tables of Reference Amounts Customarily Consumed (RACCs) per Eating Occasion established in our regulations.
Proper Labeling of Honey and Honey Products; Guidance for Industry; Availability
Document Number: 2018-04282
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-02
Agency: Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing the availability of a guidance for industry entitled ``Proper Labeling of Honey and Honey Products.'' The guidance advises firms on the proper labeling of honey and honey products to help ensure that honey and honey products are not adulterated or misbranded under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
The Declaration of Added Sugars on Honey, Maple Syrup, and Certain Cranberry Products; Draft Guidance for Industry; Availability
Document Number: 2018-04281
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2018-03-02
Agency: Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry entitled ``The Declaration of Added Sugars on Honey, Maple Syrup, and Certain Cranberry Products: Guidance for Industry.'' The draft guidance, when finalized, will advise food manufacturers of our intent to exercise enforcement discretion related to the use in the Nutrition Facts label of a symbol ``[dagger]'' immediately after the added sugars percent Daily Value information on certain foods. The symbol would lead the reader to truthful and non-misleading statements outside the Nutrition Facts label to provide additional information regarding the added sugars present in particular foods.
Scientific Evaluation of the Evidence on the Beneficial Physiological Effects of Isolated or Synthetic Non-Digestible Carbohydrates Submitted as a Citizen Petition; Guidance for Industry; Availability
Document Number: 2018-04280
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-02
Agency: Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing the availability of a guidance for industry entitled ``Scientific Evaluation of the Evidence on the Beneficial Physiological Effects of Isolated or Synthetic Non-Digestible Carbohydrates Submitted as a Citizen Petition (21 CFR 10.30).'' The guidance describes our views on the scientific evidence needed and the approach to evaluating the scientific evidence on the physiological effects to human health of isolated or synthetic non-digestible carbohydrates that are added to foods.
Notice of Issuance of Final Determination Concerning Country of Origin of Aluminum Honeycomb Panels
Document Number: 2018-04279
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-02
Agency: Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
This document provides notice that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') has issued a final determination concerning the country of origin of aluminum honeycomb panels. CBP has concluded in the final determination that for purposes of U.S. Government procurement the assembly of the parts in the United States does not substantially transform the aluminum panels.
Notice of Issuance of Final Determination Concerning Certain Ethernet Gateway Products
Document Number: 2018-04278
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-03-02
Agency: Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
This document provides notice that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') has issued a final determination concerning the country of origin of certain ethernet gateway products known as AirLink gateways. Based upon the facts presented, CBP has concluded in the final determination that the United States is the country of origin of the AirLink gateways for purposes of U.S. Government procurement.
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