June 3, 2019 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is soliciting comments from the public on identifying which of SBA's regulations relating to SBA's Surety Bond Guarantee Program (SBG) should be repealed, replaced, or modified because they are obsolete, unnecessary, ineffective, or burdensome. SBA is also soliciting comments from the public on how SBA can improve the surety bond products, procedures, forms, and reporting requirements of the SBG Program.

The Department of Homeland Security is publishing this notice of availability in connection with the proposed rule entitled ``Ammonium Nitrate Security Program'' that was published on August 3, 2011. Through this notice, DHS is making available a redacted version of a final technical report developed by Sandia National Laboratories titled ``Ammonium Nitrate Security Program Technical Assessments.'' The report documents Sandia National Laboratories' technical research, testing, and findings related to the feasibility of weaponizing commercially available products containing ammonium nitrate. The redacted report has been added to the docket for the proposed rule. This notice solicits comments on the report and its application to the proposed definition of ammonium nitrate included as part of the Ammonium Nitrate Security Program rulemaking.

In this document, the International Bureau and Wireless Telecommunications Bureau invite interested parties to submit more focused additional comment on the issues set forth below and any other issues commenters wish to raise concerning proposals for enabling additional terrestrial use of the 3.7-4.2 GHz band (C-band). As the Commission explained in its July 2018 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), the Commission's efforts to make this mid-band spectrum available for more flexible use will help close the digital divide by providing wireless broadband connectivity across the nation and secure U.S. leadership in next-generation services, including fifth-generation (5G) wireless and the Internet of Things.

The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA'' or ``the Act''), as amended, requires that the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (``NCP'') include a list of national priorities among the known releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances, pollutants or contaminants throughout the United States. The National Priorities List (``NPL'') constitutes this list. The NPL is intended primarily to guide the Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'' or ``the agency'') in determining which sites warrant further investigation. These further investigations will allow the EPA to assess the nature and extent of public health and environmental risks associated with the site and to determine what CERCLA-financed remedial action(s), if any, may be appropriate. This rulemaking proposes to add two sites to the General Superfund section of the NPL.

This final rule updates the requirements for the Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) under the Medicare and Medicaid programs. The rule addresses application and waiver procedures, sanctions, enforcement actions and termination, administrative requirements, PACE services, participant rights, quality assessment and performance improvement, participant enrollment and disenrollment, payment, federal and state monitoring, data collection, record maintenance, and reporting. The changes will provide greater operational flexibility, remove redundancies and outdated information, and codify existing practice.