May 3, 2018 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Reader Aids
Document Number: FR-2018-05-03-ReaderAids
Type: Reader Aids
Date: 2018-05-03
Law Day, U.S.A., 2018
Document Number: 2018-09588
Type: Proclamation
Date: 2018-05-03
Agency: Executive Office of the President
Jewish American Heritage Month, 2018
Document Number: 2018-09587
Type: Proclamation
Date: 2018-05-03
Agency: Executive Office of the President
Sunshine Act Meeting
Document Number: 2018-09541
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-05-03
Agency: Federal Election Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Multiemployer Pension Plan Application To Reduce Benefits
Document Number: 2018-09421
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-05-03
Agency: Department of the Treasury
The Board of Trustees of the Plasterers & Cement Masons Local No. 94 Pension Fund, a multiemployer pension plan, has submitted an application to reduce benefits under the plan in accordance with the Multiemployer Pension Reform Act of 2014 (MPRA). The purpose of this notice is to announce that the application submitted by the Board of Trustees of the Plasterers & Cement Masons Local No. 94 Pension Fund has been published on the website of the Department of the Treasury (Treasury), and to request public comments on the application from interested parties, including participants and beneficiaries, employee organizations, and contributing employers of the Plasterers & Cement Masons Local No. 94 Pension Fund.
Final Order Denying Temporary Waiver Relief
Document Number: 2018-09419
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-05-03
Agency: Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council, Agencies and Commissions
The Appraisal Subcommittee (ASC) of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) is issuing a final order denying temporary waiver relief pursuant to the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989, as amended. This order denies a request for temporary waiver relief received from TriStar Bank, notice of which was published in the Federal Register on March 9, 2018.
Applications for New Awards; Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018-Defraying Costs of Enrolling Displaced Students Program
Document Number: 2018-09418
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-05-03
Agency: Department of Education
The Department of Education is issuing a notice inviting applications for the fiscal year (FY) 2018 Defraying Costs of Enrolling Displaced Students Program, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number 84.938S.
Applications for New Awards; Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018-Emergency Assistance to Institutions of Higher Education Program
Document Number: 2018-09417
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-05-03
Agency: Department of Education
The Department of Education is issuing a notice inviting pre- applications and applications for the fiscal year (FY) 2018 Emergency Assistance to Institutions of Higher Education Program, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number 84.938T. We will make the pre-applications available upon publication of this notice, and we will make the applications available after review of the pre-applications. We intend to make the applications available 60 days after publication of this notice.
Air Plan Approval; Michigan; Revisions to Part 9 Miscellaneous Rules
Document Number: 2018-09414
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2018-05-03
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a request submitted by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) on February 2, 2017, and supplemented on November 8, 2017, to revise the Michigan state implementation plan (SIP) for carbon monoxide (CO). The revision incorporates changes to Michigan's Air Pollution Control Rules entitled ``Emissions Limitations and ProhibitionsMiscellaneous.'' The revision updates existing source- specific rule requirements for ferrous cupola operations by removing obsolete rule language and makes a minor change to correct the citation to a Federal test method. The revision continues to result in attainment of the CO national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS).
Carriage of Digital Television Broadcast Signals
Document Number: 2018-09413
Type: Rule
Date: 2018-05-03
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
This document dismisses the Petition for Reconsideration filed by Paxson Communications Corporation (now known as ION Media Networks, Inc.) (ION). Due to the passage of time, ION has agreed to withdraw its petition. Accordingly, the Media Bureau dismisses the petition without prejudice.
Underground Injection Control Program; Hazardous Waste Injection Restrictions; Petition for Exemption Reissuance-Class I Hazardous Waste Injection; Equistar Corpus Christi, Texas
Document Number: 2018-09410
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-05-03
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Notice is hereby given that a reissuance of an exemption to the Land Disposal Restrictions, under the 1984 Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, has been granted to Equistar for two Class I hazardous waste injection wells located at their Corpus Christi, Texas facility. The company has adequately demonstrated to the satisfaction of the EPA by the petition reissuance application and supporting documentation that, to a reasonable degree of certainty, there will be no migration of hazardous constituents from the injection zone for as long as the waste remains hazardous. This final decision allows the underground injection by Equistar of the specific restricted hazardous wastes identified in this exemption reissuance, into Class I hazardous waste injection wells WDW- 152 and WDW-153 until December 31, 2045, unless the EPA moves to terminate this exemption or other petition condition limitations are reached. Additional conditions included in this final decision may be reviewed by contacting the EPA Region 6 Ground Water/UIC Section. A public notice was issued February 26, 2018, and the public comment period closed on April 13, 2018, and no comments were received. This decision constitutes final Agency action and there is no Administrative appeal. This decision may be reviewed/appealed in compliance with the Administrative Procedure Act.
Safety Zone; Straits of Mackinac, Mackinaw City, MI
Document Number: 2018-09407
Type: Rule
Date: 2018-05-03
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone for navigable waters within a 500-yard radius of construction equipment vessels conducting operations in the Straits of Mackinac. The safety zone is needed to protect personnel, vessels, and the marine environment from potential hazards created by surveillance and repair work to electric utility cables that cross the Straits of Mackinac. Entry of vessels or persons into this zone is prohibited unless specifically authorized by the Captain of the Port Sault Sainte Marie or a designated representative.
Public Meeting of the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Work Group
Document Number: 2018-09406
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-05-03
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) is publishing this notice to announce that a Federal Advisory Committee meeting of the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Work Group (AMWG) will take place.
Notice of Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Skookumchuck Wind Energy Project Habitat Conservation Plan in Lewis and Thurston Counties, Washington
Document Number: 2018-09405
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-05-03
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), provide this notice to open a public scoping period and announce a public open house meeting in accordance with requirements of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations. We intend to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) to evaluate the impacts on the human environment associated with operations of a proposed wind energy project, for which the Service anticipates receipt of an application for an incidental take permit (ITP) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA). Incidental to its operations, the wind project is likely to take the marbled murrelet, listed as threatened under the ESA, as well as the bald eagle and golden eagle, both of which are protected under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act. The project proponent is Skookumchuck Wind Energy Project, LLC, an affiliate of Renewable Energy Services. The wind project would be located near Yelm, Washington, in Lewis and Thurston Counties, and would consist of up to 38 commercial wind turbines and associated infrastructure.
Petition for Waiver of Compliance
Document Number: 2018-09401
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-05-03
Agency: Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation
Petition for Waiver of Compliance
Document Number: 2018-09400
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-05-03
Agency: Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation
Kasgro Rail Corp.-Discontinuance of Service Exemption-in Lawrence County, Pa.
Document Number: 2018-09399
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-05-03
Agency: Surface Transportation Board, Department of Transportation
Submission for OMB Review; Comments Request
Document Number: 2018-09397
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-05-03
Agency: Overseas Private Investment Corporation, Agencies and Commissions
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), agencies are required to publish a Notice in the Federal Register notifying the public that the agency is modifying an existing previously approved information collection for OMB review and approval and requests public review and comment on the submission. Comments are being solicited on the need for the information; the accuracy of OPIC's burden estimate; the quality, practical utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize reporting the burden, including automated collected techniques and uses of other forms of technology.
New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
Document Number: 2018-09396
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-05-03
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public meeting of its Skate 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: 2018-09395
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-05-03
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public meeting of its Skate 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.
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting
Document Number: 2018-09394
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-05-03
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish (MSB) Committee and MSB Advisory Panel of the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold a joint meeting via webinar.
New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
Document Number: 2018-09393
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-05-03
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.
Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Northern New Mexico
Document Number: 2018-09388
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-05-03
Agency: Department of Energy
This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Northern New Mexico. The Federal Advisory Committee Act requires that public notice of this meeting be announced in the Federal Register.
Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions
Document Number: 2018-09386
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-05-03
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the name of a person whose property and interests in property have been unblocked and removed from the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons. Additionally, OFAC is publishing an update to the identifying information of a person currently included in the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons.
Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act Provisions; General Provisions for Domestic Fisheries; Application for Exempted Fishing Permits
Document Number: 2018-09385
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-05-03
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The Acting Assistant Regional Administrator for Sustainable Fisheries, Greater Atlantic Region, NMFS, has made a preliminary determination that an Exempted Fishing Permit Application from the Atlantic Offshore Lobsterman's Association and Maine Department of Marine Resources contains all the required information and warrants further consideration. Regulations under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act and the Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act require publication of this notice to provide interested parties the opportunity to comment on applications for proposed Exempted Fishing Permits.
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Document Number: 2018-09384
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-05-03
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families
National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions
Document Number: 2018-09383
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-05-03
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
The National Park Service is soliciting comments on the significance of properties nominated before April 14, 2018, for listing or related actions in the National Register of Historic Places.
Crow Butte Resources, Inc.; Marsland Expansion Area
Document Number: 2018-09382
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-05-03
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering issuance of an amendment to source materials license SUA-1534 that would authorize Crow Butte Resources, Inc., to construct and operate an in situ uranium recovery (ISR) expansion facility at the Marsland Expansion Area (MEA) site in Dawes County, Nebraska. The NRC staff has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) and finding of no significant impact (FONSI) for this licensing action.
Proposed Information Collection Renewal; Comment Request; Domestic and International Client Export Services and Customized Forms
Document Number: 2018-09381
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-05-03
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: 2018-09380
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-05-03
Agency: Department of Commerce
Meeting of the Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force
Document Number: 2018-09379
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-05-03
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
As stipulated by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is hereby giving notice that a meeting is scheduled to be held for the Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force (Task Force). The meeting will be open to the public; public comment sessions will be held during the meeting.
United States-Morocco Working Group on Environmental Cooperation Meeting and Public Session
Document Number: 2018-09378
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-05-03
Agency: Department of State
The Department of State is providing notice that the governments of the United States and Kingdom of Morocco (the governments) intend to hold a meeting of the United States-Morocco Working Group on Environmental Cooperation (Working Group) and a public session in Rabat, Morocco, on May 11, 2018, to discuss implementation of the Joint Statement on Environmental Cooperation (Joint Statement). During the meetings, the governments will discuss how the United States and Morocco can work together to protect and conserve the environment, highlight past bilateral environmental cooperation, review activities under the 2014-2017 Plan of Action, and approve a 2018-2021 Plan of Action. The Department of State invites members of the public to submit written suggestions on items to include on the meeting agenda and in the 2018-2021 Plan of Action. The Department of State also invites interested persons to attend a public session where the public will have the opportunity to ask about implementation of the Joint Statement.
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery; 2018 Closure of the Northern Gulf of Maine Scallop Management Area
Document Number: 2018-09377
Type: Rule
Date: 2018-05-03
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS announces the closure of the Northern Gulf of Maine Scallop Management Area for the remainder of the 2018 fishing year for Limited Access General Category vessels. Vessels subject to this closure may not fish for, possess, or land scallops in or from the Northern Gulf of Maine Scallop Management Area through March 31, 2019. Regulations require this action once NMFS projects that 100 percent of the Limited Access General Category 2018 total allowable catch for the Northern Gulf of Maine Scallop Management Area will be harvested.
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: 2018-09376
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-05-03
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: 2018-09375
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-05-03
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Vessel Information Family of Forms
Document Number: 2018-09374
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-05-03
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Pacific Island Pelagic Longline Fisheries; Short-tailed Albatross-Fisheries Interaction Recovery Reporting
Document Number: 2018-09373
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-05-03
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: 2018-09372
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-05-03
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Crabmeat; Amendment of Common or Usual Name Regulation
Document Number: 2018-09371
Type: Rule
Date: 2018-05-03
Agency: Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is amending the common or usual name regulation for crabmeat by replacing ``brown king crabmeat'' with ``golden king crabmeat'' as the common or usual name for crabmeat derived from the species Lithodes aequispinus. We are taking this action due to a recently enacted law. We are also correcting an error in the placement of a scientific term, which is editorial in nature.
Clarification of Final Rules for Grandfathered Plans, Preexisting Condition Exclusions, Lifetime and Annual Limits, Rescissions, Dependent Coverage, Appeals, and Patient Protections Under the Affordable Care Act
Document Number: 2018-09369
Type: Rule
Date: 2018-05-03
Agency: Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department of Labor, Department of Health and Human Services, Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
On November 18, 2015, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury (the Departments) published a final rule in the Federal Register titled ``Final Rules for Grandfathered Plans, Preexisting Condition Exclusions, Lifetime and Annual Limits, Rescissions, Dependent Coverage, Appeals, and Patient Protections Under the Affordable Care Act'' (the November 2015 final rule), regarding, in part, the coverage of emergency services by non-grandfathered group health plans and health insurance issuers offering non-grandfathered group or individual health insurance coverage, including the requirement that non-grandfathered group health plans and health insurance issuers offering non-grandfathered group or individual health insurance coverage limit cost-sharing for out-of-network emergency services and, as part of that rule, pay at least a minimum amount for out-of-network emergency services. The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, which on August 31, 2017 granted in part and denied in part without prejudice ACEP's motion for summary judgment and remanded the case to the Departments to respond to the public comments from ACEP and others. In response, the Departments are issuing this notice of clarification to provide a more thorough explanation of the Departments' decision not to adopt recommendations made by ACEP and certain other commenters in the November 2015 final rule.
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Monkfish Fishery; 2018 Monkfish Specifications
Document Number: 2018-09368
Type: Rule
Date: 2018-05-03
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
We are implementing specifications for the 2018 monkfish fishery, including total allowable landings limits, trip limits, and day-at-sea limits. This action is necessary to ensure allowable monkfish harvest levels that will prevent overfishing and allow harvesting of optimum yield. This action is intended to establish the allowable 2018 harvest levels, consistent with the Monkfish Fishery Management Plan and previously announced multi-year specifications.
Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Site Characterization Surveys Off of New York
Document Number: 2018-09367
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-05-03
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
In accordance with the regulations implementing the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) as amended, notification is hereby given that NMFS has issued an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to Statoil Wind U.S. LLC (Statoil) to incidentally harass, by Level B harassment only, marine mammals during marine site characterization surveys off the coast of New York as part of the Empire Wind Project in the area of the Commercial Lease of Submerged Lands for Renewable Energy Development on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS-A 0512) (Lease Area) and coastal waters where one or more cable route corridors will be established.
Assessing User Fees Under the Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments of 2017; Guidance for Industry; Availability
Document Number: 2018-09366
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-05-03
Agency: Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of a final guidance for industry entitled ``Assessing User Fees Under the Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments of 2017.'' This guidance concerns FDA's implementation of the Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments of 2017 (PDUFA VI) and certain changes in policies and procedures surrounding its application.
Notice of Agreements Filed
Document Number: 2018-09365
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-05-03
Agency: Federal Maritime Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
Document Number: 2018-09364
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-05-03
Agency: Federal Reserve System, Agencies and Commissions
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
Document Number: 2018-09362
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-05-03
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
In accordance with the Privacy Act, we are issuing public notice of our intent to establish a new system of records entitled, Anti-Fraud Enterprise Solution (AFES) (60-0388), hereinafter called the AFES Record System. The AFES Record System is an agency-wide and overarching system that includes the ability to detect, prevent, and mitigate fraud in SSA's programs. The AFES Record System will collect and maintain personally identifiable information (PII) to assist in identifying suspicious or potentially fraudulent activities performed by individuals across all the agency's programs and service delivery methods. This notice publishes details of the system as set forth under the caption, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: 2018-09360
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-05-03
Agency: Defense Acquisition Regulations System, Department of Defense
The Defense Acquisition Regulations System has submitted to OMB for clearance, the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.
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