March 19, 2019 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Reader Aids
Document Number: FR-2019-03-19-ReaderAids
Type: Reader Aids
Date: 2019-03-19
Sunshine Act Meetings
Document Number: 2019-05325
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-03-19
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
National Agriculture Day, 2019
Document Number: 2019-05277
Type: Proclamation
Date: 2019-03-19
Agency: Executive Office of the President
Sunshine Act Meetings
Document Number: 2019-05221
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-03-19
Agency: Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Sunshine Act Meetings
Document Number: 2019-05200
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-03-19
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Defense Innovation Board; Notice of Federal Advisory Committee Meeting; Amendment
Document Number: 2019-05177
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-03-19
Agency: Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary
The Department of Defense (DoD) is publishing this notice to announce a change in location for the Federal Advisory Committee meeting of the Defense Innovation Board to be held on Thursday, March 21, 2019. Registration links remain open to allow for additional participation. Participants who have previously registered do not need to re-register.
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG) Program Information Collection
Document Number: 2019-05176
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-03-19
Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD is seeking approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the information collection described below. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is requesting comment from all interested parties on the proposed collection of information. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment.
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records for the Evaluation of the Supportive Services Demonstration
Document Number: 2019-05175
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-03-19
Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development
Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, notice is hereby given that the Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), provides public notice regarding its System of Records for the Evaluation of the Supportive Services Demonstration (SSD). The SSD is a three-year demonstration sponsored by HUD to test the impact of a new model of housing-based supportive services on the healthcare utilization and housing stability of low-income older adults. HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research contracted with Abt Associates Inc. (Abt) to evaluate the SSD. The evaluation entails matching administrative data already being collected on demonstration participants by HUD, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), state Medicaid agencies in seven states, and The Lewin Group (the implementation contractor for the demonstration). The various administrative data sets will be matched to demonstration participants and linked using personally identifying information (PII) collected by HUD. The evaluation dataset that results from the administrative data matching will include PII and protected health information (PHI) and is the proposed system of records.
Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument Advisory Council Notice of Public Meeting
Document Number: 2019-05173
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-03-19
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the National Park Service (NPS) is hereby giving notice that the Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument Advisory Council (Council) will meet as indicated below.
Committee Management Renewal
Document Number: 2019-05172
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-03-19
Agency: National Science Foundation, Agencies and Commissions
Meeting of the Judicial Conference Committee on Rules of Evidence
Document Number: 2019-05171
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-03-19
Agency: Judicial Conference of the United States, Agencies and Commissions
The Advisory Committee on Rules of Evidence will hold a meeting on May 3, 2019. The meeting will be open to public observation but not participation. An agenda and supporting materials will be posted at least 7 days in advance of the meeting at: https:// www.uscourts.gov/rules-policies/records-and-archives-rules-co mmittees/ agenda-books.
Meeting of the Judicial Conference Committee on Rules of Criminal Procedure
Document Number: 2019-05170
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-03-19
Agency: Judicial Conference of the United States, Agencies and Commissions
The Advisory Committee on Rules of Criminal Procedure will hold a meeting on May 7, 2019. The meeting will be open to public observation but not participation. An agenda and supporting materials will be posted at least 7 days in advance of the meeting at: https:// www.uscourts.gov/rules-policies/records-and-archives-rules-co mmittees/ agenda-books.
Lyft, Inc.
Document Number: 2019-05168
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-03-19
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Science and Technology Collection of Qualitative Feedback
Document Number: 2019-05167
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-03-19
Agency: Department of Homeland Security
S&T will submit the following Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection activity will garner qualitative customer and stakeholder feedback in an efficient, timely manner, in accordance with the Administration's commitment to improving service delivery.
Next Generation First Responder (NGFR)
Document Number: 2019-05166
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-03-19
Agency: Department of Homeland Security
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) Next Generation First Responder (NGFR) program seeks to develop and integrate next-generation technologies by testing and evaluating first responder technologies during integration demonstration events. During these events, first responder participants use prototype technologies in a fictional scenariosuch as a missing person case, an active shooter event, or a chemical spilland are asked to share their feedback on how the technology worked in the context of their emergency response to the scenario, including whether the technologies made them more effective, efficient or safe. The information collected during these events will help provide insight about how to improve technologies for first responders and will help DHS define whether or not the event was successful. Additionally, the feedback and evaluation DHS receives will be used in knowledge products that will then be distributed to other state and local first responder organizations.
Recommendations for Facilities Realignments To Support Transition to NextGen as Part of Section 804 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012-Parts 4 & 5; Request for Comments
Document Number: 2019-05165
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-03-19
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
This document announces the availability of the FAA National Facilities Realignment and Consolidation Report, Parts 4 & 5. The report was developed in response to Section 804 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012. The report and recommendations contained therein have been developed collaboratively with the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) and the Professional Aviation Safety Specialists (PASS) labor unions and with input from stakeholders. The FAA seeks comments on this report.
Notice of Proposals To Engage in or To Acquire Companies Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking Activities
Document Number: 2019-05162
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-03-19
Agency: Federal Reserve System, Agencies and Commissions
Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company
Document Number: 2019-05161
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-03-19
Agency: Federal Reserve System, Agencies and Commissions
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of Pollock in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
Document Number: 2019-05160
Type: Rule
Date: 2019-03-19
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS is reallocating the projected unused amounts of the Community Development Quota (CDQ) pollock directed fishing allowances (DFA) from the Aleutian Islands subarea to the Bering Sea subarea. This action is necessary to provide opportunity for harvest of the 2019 total allowable catch of pollock, consistent with the goals and objectives of the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI).
Department of State 2019 Civil Monetary Penalties Inflationary Adjustment
Document Number: 2019-05158
Type: Rule
Date: 2019-03-19
Agency: Department of State
This final rule is issued to adjust the civil monetary penalties (CMP) for regulatory provisions maintained and enforced by the Department of State. The revised CMP adjusts the amount of civil monetary penalties assessed by the Department of State based on the December 2018 guidance from the Office of Management and Budget. The new amounts will apply only to those penalties assessed on or after the effective date of this rule, regardless of the date on which the underlying facts or violations occurred.
Product Cancellation Order for Certain Pesticide Registrations and Amendments To Terminate Uses
Document Number: 2019-05157
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-03-19
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This notice announces EPA's order for the cancellations and amendments to terminate uses, voluntarily requested by the registrants and accepted by the Agency, of the products listed in Table 1 and Table 2 of Unit II, pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). This cancellation order follows a July 10, 2018 Federal Register Notice of Receipt of Requests from the registrants listed in Table 3 of Unit II to voluntarily cancel and amend to terminate uses of these product registrations. In the July 10, 2018 notice, EPA indicated that it would issue an order implementing the cancellations and amendments to terminate uses, unless the Agency received substantive comments within the 180-day comment period that would merit its further review of these requests, or unless the registrants withdrew their requests. The Agency received one anonymous public comment on the notice, but it didn't merit its further review of the requests. Two registrants requested to withdraw their requests to cancel registrations. The registrant for 81964-4, requested via letter to withdraw their voluntary cancellation request. Also, the registrant for 2596-150 and 2596-151, requested via letter to withdraw their voluntary cancellation requests. Accordingly, EPA hereby issues in this notice a cancellation order granting the requested cancellations and amendments to terminate uses. Any distribution, sale, or use of the products subject to this cancellation order is permitted only in accordance with the terms of this order, including any existing stocks provisions.
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
Document Number: 2019-05156
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-03-19
Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
Document Number: 2019-05155
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-03-19
Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services
Port of Benton, Wash.-Adverse Discontinuance of Rail Service-Tri-City Railroad Company, LLC
Document Number: 2019-05154
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-03-19
Agency: Surface Transportation Board, Department of Transportation
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
Document Number: 2019-05153
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-03-19
Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
Document Number: 2019-05152
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-03-19
Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services
Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Safe and Sustainable Water; Resources Subcommittee Meeting-April 2019
Document Number: 2019-05151
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-03-19
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development (ORD), gives notice of a meeting of the Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Safe and Sustainable Water Resources Subcommittee.
Patient Safety Organizations: Voluntary Relinquishment From Quality Alliance Patient Safety Organization
Document Number: 2019-05150
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-03-19
Agency: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Department of Health and Human Services
The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Final Rule (Patient Safety Rule) authorizes AHRQ, on behalf of the Secretary of HHS, to list as a patient safety organization (PSO) an entity that attests that it meets the statutory and regulatory requirements for listing. A PSO can be ``delisted'' by the Secretary if it is found to no longer meet the requirements of the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 (Patient Safety Act) and Patient Safety Rule, when a PSO chooses to voluntarily relinquish its status as a PSO for any reason, or when a PSO's listing expires. AHRQ has accepted a notification of voluntary relinquishment from the Quality Alliance Patient Safety Organization, PSO number P0163, of its status as a PSO, and has delisted the PSO accordingly.
Mitigation Strategies To Protect Food Against Intentional Adulteration: Draft Guidance for Industry; Public Meeting; Request for Comments
Document Number: 2019-05149
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2019-03-19
Agency: Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, the Agency, or we) is announcing a public meeting entitled ``Mitigation Strategies to Protect Food Against Intentional Adulteration: Draft Guidance for Industry.'' The purpose of the public meeting is to discuss the draft guidance for compliance and implementation of the ``Mitigation Strategies to Protect Food Against Intentional Adulteration'' rule, which was issued under the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act.
Modernization of the Labeling and Advertising Regulations for Wine, Distilled Spirits, and Malt Beverages; Comment Period Extension
Document Number: 2019-05148
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2019-03-19
Agency: Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) is extending for an additional 90 days the comment period for the notice of proposed rulemaking published November 26, 2018, entitled, Modernization of the Labeling and Advertising Regulations for Wine, Distilled Spirits, and Malt Beverages. TTB is taking this action in response to requests made by several alcohol beverage industry associations.
Approval of Subzone Status, Puerto Rico Steel Products Corporation, Coto Laurel, Puerto Rico
Document Number: 2019-05147
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-03-19
Agency: Department of Commerce, Foreign-Trade Zones Board
Aluminum Wire Cable From China: Postponement of Preliminary Determination of Antidumping Duty Investigation
Document Number: 2019-05146
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-03-19
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
Supplemental Evidence and Data Request on Opioid Treatments for Chronic Pain
Document Number: 2019-05145
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-03-19
Agency: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Department of Health and Human Services
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is seeking scientific information submissions from the public. Scientific information is being solicited to inform our review on Opioid Treatments for Chronic Pain, which is currently being conducted by the AHRQ's Evidence-based Practice Centers (EPC) Program. Access to published and unpublished pertinent scientific information will improve the quality of this review.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Document Number: 2019-05144
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-03-19
Agency: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Department of Health and Human Services
This notice announces the intention of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approve the proposed information collection project: ``Child Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (Child HCAHPS) Survey Database.'' This proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal Register on November 7th, 2018, and allowed 60 days for public comments. AHRQ received and responded to one substantive comment from a member of the public. The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment.
Supplemental Evidence and Data Request on Noninvasive Nonpharmacologic Treatment for Chronic Pain
Document Number: 2019-05143
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-03-19
Agency: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Department of Health and Human Services
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is seeking scientific information submissions from the public. Scientific information is being solicited to inform our review on Noninvasive Nonpharmacologic Treatment for Chronic Pain, which is currently being conducted by the AHRQ's Evidence-based Practice Centers (EPC) Program. Access to published and unpublished pertinent scientific information will improve the quality of this review.
Supplemental Evidence and Data Request on Nonopioid Pharmacologic Treatments for Chronic Pain
Document Number: 2019-05142
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-03-19
Agency: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Department of Health and Human Services
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is seeking scientific information submissions from the public. Scientific information is being solicited to inform our review on Nonopioid Pharmacologic Treatments for Chronic Pain, which is currently being conducted by the AHRQ's Evidence-based Practice Centers (EPC) Program. Access to published and unpublished pertinent scientific information will improve the quality of this review.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Document Number: 2019-05141
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-03-19
Agency: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Department of Health and Human Services
This notice announces the intention of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approve the proposed information collection project ``Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Survey Database.''
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Document Number: 2019-05140
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-03-19
Agency: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Department of Health and Human Services
This notice announces the intention of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approve the proposed information collection project: ``Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture Comparative Database.''
Schools and Colleges
Document Number: 2019-05135
Type: Rule
Date: 2019-03-19
Agency: Department of Defense, Department of the Army
This final rule removes DoD's regulation concerning policies for conducting the Army's Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) Program in high schools. This applies to the program given at high school level institutions. This part conveys internal Army policy and procedures, and is unnecessary.
Reserve Officers' Training Corps
Document Number: 2019-05134
Type: Rule
Date: 2019-03-19
Agency: Department of Defense, Department of the Army
This final rule removes DoD's regulation containing administrative staff instruction and internal policies for conducting the Army's Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (SROTC) Program. This applies to the program given at college-level institutions and at the college-level in military junior colleges. This part conveys internal Army policy and procedures and is unnecessary.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Medical Devices; Use of Symbols in Labeling-Glossary to Support the Use of Symbols in Labeling
Document Number: 2019-05133
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-03-19
Agency: Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the Agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), Federal Agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension of an existing collection of information, and to allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice. This notice solicits comments on product labeling regulations to explicitly allow for the optional inclusion of graphical representations of information, or symbols, in labeling (including labels) without adjacent explanatory text (referred to in this document as ``stand- alone symbols'') if certain requirements are met.
2018 Research, Education, and Economics Farm Bill Implementation Listening Session
Document Number: 2019-05132
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-03-19
Agency: Agricultural Research Service, Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, National Agricultural Statistics Service, National Institute of Food and Agriculture
In preparing to implement the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (commonly referred to as the 2018 Farm Bill), USDA's Research, Education, and Economics (REE) mission area will host a listening session for public input regarding new programs and changes to existing programs implemented by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Economic Research Service (ERS), National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), and the Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS).
Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedure for Automatic Commercial Ice Makers
Document Number: 2019-05131
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2019-03-19
Agency: Department of Energy
The U.S. Department of Energy (``DOE'') is initiating a data collection process through this request for information (``RFI'') to consider whether to amend DOE's test procedure for automatic commercial ice makers (``ACIM'' or ``ice makers''). To inform interested parties and to facilitate this process, DOE has gathered data, identifying several issues associated with the currently applicable test procedure on which DOE is interested in receiving comment. The issues outlined in this document mainly concern new versions of the industry standards that the current DOE test procedure incorporates by reference; consideration of additional specifications and amendments that may improve the accuracy of the test procedure or reduce the testing burden on manufacturers; and any additional topics that may inform DOE's decisions in a future test procedure rulemaking, including methods to reduce regulatory burden while ensuring the procedure's accuracy. DOE welcomes written comments from the public on any subject within the scope of this document (including topics not raised in this RFI).
Guidance Under Section 851 Relating to Investments in Stock and Securities
Document Number: 2019-05130
Type: Rule
Date: 2019-03-19
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
This document provides final regulations relating to the income test used to determine whether a corporation may qualify as a regulated investment company (RIC) for Federal income tax purposes. These final regulations provide guidance to corporations that intend to qualify as RICs.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: 2019-05129
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-03-19
Agency: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing an opportunity for the public to comment on CMS' intention to collect information from the public. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension or reinstatement of an existing collection of information, and to allow a second opportunity for public comment on the notice. Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding the burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including the necessity and utility of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of the agency's functions, the accuracy of the estimated burden, ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected, and the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology to minimize the information collection burden.
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