March 27, 2019 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

NMFS has received a request from City of Ketchikan for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to underwater confined rock blasting in Ketchikan, Alaska. Pursuant to the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS is requesting comments on its proposal to issue an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to incidentally take marine mammals during the specified activities. NMFS is also requesting comments on a possible one-year renewal that could be issued under certain circumstances and if all requirements are met, as described in Request for Public Comments at the end of this notice. NMFS will consider public comments prior to making any final decision on the issuance of the requested MMPA authorizations and agency responses will be summarized in the final notice of our decision.

The Coast Guard will enforce safety zones for the Pittsburgh Pirates Fireworks on the Allegheny River, extending the entire width of the river, from mile 0.2 to 0.9 in Pittsburgh, PA. The safety zones are necessary to protect vessels transiting the area and event spectators from the hazards associated with the Pittsburgh Pirates barge-based firework displays following certain home games throughout the season. During the enforcement period, entry into, transiting, or anchoring in the safety zones is prohibited to all vessels not registered with the sponsor as participants or official patrol vessels, unless specifically authorized by the Captain of the Port Marine Safety Unit Pittsburgh (COTP) or a designated representative.

Under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C., Appendix, as amended), the Government in the Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and 41 CFR 102-3.150, the Department of Defense announces that the Air University Board of Visitors' meeting will take place on Monday, 8 April 2019, from 8:00 a.m. to approximately 5 p.m. and Tuesday, 9 April, 2019, from 8:00 a.m. to approximately 5:00 p.m. Central Standard Time. The meeting will be held in the Air University Commander's Conference Room located in Building 800 at Maxwell Air force Base, AL. 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. The agenda will include topics relating to the policies, programs, and initiatives of Air University educational programs and will include an out brief from the Air Force Institute of Technology and Community College of the Air Force Subcommittees. Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended, and 41 CFR 102-3.155 all sessions of the Air University Board of Visitors' meetings' will be open to the public. Any member of the public wishing to provide input to the Air University Board of Visitors' should submit a written statement in accordance with 41 CFR 102-3.140(c) and section 10(a)(3) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act and the procedures described in this paragraph. Written statements can be submitted to the Designated Federal Officer at the address detailed below at any time. Statements being submitted in response to the agenda mentioned in this notice must be received by the Designated Federal Officer at the address listed below at least ten calendar days prior to the meeting which is the subject of this notice. Written statements received after this date may not be provided to or considered by the Air University Board of Visitors until its next meeting. The Designated Federal Officer will review all timely submissions with the Air University Board of Visitors' Board Chairperson and ensure they are provided to members of the Board before the meeting that is the subject of this notice. Any member of the public wishing to attend this meeting should contact the Designated Federal Officer listed below at least ten calendar days prior to the meeting for information on base entry procedures.

The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary special local regulation for parts of the navigable waters of the Allegheny, Monongahela, and Ohio Rivers. This action is necessary to ensure safety of life on these navigable waters during the weekend of the Garth Brooks concert at Heinz Field. Persons and vessels are prohibited from loitering, anchoring, stopping, mooring, remaining, or drifting in any manner that impedes safe passage of another vessel to any launching ramp, marina, or fleeting area unless authorized by the Captain of the Port Marine Safety Unit Pittsburgh or a designated representative. In addition, persons and vessels are prohibited from loitering, anchoring, stopping, or drifting more than 100 feet from any riverbank unless authorized by the Captain of the Port Marine Safety Unit Pittsburgh or a designated representative.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering a request from GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) to approve the release for unrestricted use of a portion of its property under the control of the NRC power reactor licenses for the Vallecitos Nuclear Center (VNC) in Sunol, California. Approval of the request would allow GEH to make available to the Alameda County Transportation Commission an approximately seven-acre portion on the southern boundary of the GEH- controlled property to support road development and widening of California State Highway 84. The NRC is soliciting public comment on the requested action and invites interested persons to participate. The NRC plans to hold a public meeting to promote full understanding of the requested actions and to facilitate public comment.

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.

The Department of Justice (DOJ), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), will submit the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

The Department of the Treasury will submit the following information collection requests to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. The public is invited to submit comments on these requests.

This notice announces that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has forwarded the Information Collection Request (ICR), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number 1652-0032, abstracted below to OMB for review and approval of a revision of the currently approved collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its expected burden. The collection involves using a questionnaire to collect medical information from candidates for the job of Transportation Security Officer (TSO) to ensure their qualifications to perform TSO duties pursuant to sec. 111 of the Aviation and Transportation Security Act (ATSA).

NASA hereby gives notice of its intent to grant a partially exclusive patent license in the United States to practice the invention(s) described and claimed in U.S. Patent Application No. 15/ 014,608 entitled ``Nuclear Thermionic Avalanche Cells with Thermoelectric (NTAC-TE) Generator in Tandem Mode,'' NASA Case Number LAR-17981-1; U.S. Patent Application No. 15/995,467 entitled ``Portable Compact Thermionic Power Cell,'' NASA Case Number LAR-18860-1; U.S. Patent Application No. 15/479,679 entitled ``Metallic Junction Thermoelectric Generator,'' NASA Case Number LAR-18866-1; U.S. Patent Application No. 62/621,930 titled ``Selective and Direct Deposition Technique for Streamlined CMOS Processing,'' NASA Case Number LAR- 18925-P2; U.S. Patent Application No. 62/643,292 entitled ``Portable Miniaturized Thermionic Power Cell with Multiple Regenerative Layers,'' NASA Case No. LAR-18926-P; U.S. Patent Application No. 62/643,303 entitled ``High Performance Electric Generators Boosted by Nuclear Electron Avalanche (NEA),'' NASA Case No. LAR-19112-P; U.S. Patent Application No. 62/642,198 entitled ``Co-60 Breeding Reactor Tandem with Thermionic Avalanche Cell,'' NASA Case No. LAR-18762-P; U.S. Patent Application No. 62/678,006 entitled ``Multi-Layered Radio- Isotope for Enhanced Photoelectron Avalanche Process,'' NASA Case No. LAR-19420-P to BlackRock Energy Corporation, having its principal place of business in Williamsburg, VA. The fields of use may be limited to mobile and/or transportable, as opposed to stationary (where stationary means permanently fixed and not capable of being moved), power/energy sources for United States Department of Defense (specifically the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, as well as any future created Space Corps) applications, including but not limited to powering mobile and/or transportable high energy weaponry, including the weaponry's mode of transport (including but not limited to tanks, surface vessels, trucks, aircraft, Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs), Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), and drones), high energy weapon platforms, and portable power stations for use at Forward Operating Bases (where Forward Operating Bases means airfields used to support tactical operations without establishing full support facilities). The licensed exclusive fields of use may exclude all other fields, including but not limited to any outer space applications intended for use beyond 400,000 feet above Earth's mean sea level. NASA has not yet made a determination to grant the requested license and may deny the requested license even if no objections are submitted within the comment period.

The EPA's Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB) will hold a public meeting on April 17-18, 2019 in Washington, DC. The EFAB is an EPA advisory committee chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act to provide advice and recommendations to EPA on creative approaches to funding environmental programs, projects, and activities. The purpose of this meeting is to hear from informed speakers on environmental finance issues and EPA priorities; to discuss recommendations from EFAB work products; to discuss changes to the EFAB's process of selecting new topics and developing recommendations; and to discuss stormwater funding and financing. The meeting is open to the public; however, seating is limited. All members of the public who wish to attend the meeting must register in advance, no later than Wednesday, April 10, 2019.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve Arizona's Regional Haze Progress Report (``Progress Report'' or ``Report''), submitted by the State of Arizona on November 12, 2015, as a revision to its state implementation plan (SIP). Arizona submitted its Progress Report and a negative declaration stating that further revision of the existing regional haze implementation plan is not needed at this time. The Progress Report addresses the federal Regional Haze Rule requirements under the Clean Air Act (CAA) to submit a report describing progress in achieving reasonable progress goals (RPGs) established for regional haze and a determination of the adequacy of the state's existing implementation plan addressing regional haze. Arizona's Progress Report notes that Arizona has implemented the measures in the regional haze implementation plan due to be in place by the date of the Progress Report and that visibility in Class I areas affected by emissions from Arizona is improving. The EPA is proposing approval of Arizona's determination that the State's regional haze implementation plan is adequate to meet RPGs in Class I areas affected by emissions from Arizona for the first implementation period, which extended through 2018, and requires no substantive revision at this time.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing a revision of an existing information collection.