October 3, 2019 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Reader Aids
Document Number: FR-2019-10-03-ReaderAids
Type: Reader Aids
Date: 2019-10-03
National Substance Abuse Prevention Month, 2019
Document Number: 2019-21766
Type: Proclamation
Date: 2019-10-03
Agency: Executive Office of the President
National Energy Awareness Month, 2019
Document Number: 2019-21763
Type: Proclamation
Date: 2019-10-03
Agency: Executive Office of the President
National Disability Employment Awareness Month, 2019
Document Number: 2019-21762
Type: Proclamation
Date: 2019-10-03
Agency: Executive Office of the President
National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, 2019
Document Number: 2019-21761
Type: Proclamation
Date: 2019-10-03
Agency: Executive Office of the President
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, 2019
Document Number: 2019-21760
Type: Proclamation
Date: 2019-10-03
Agency: Executive Office of the President
Sunshine Act Meetings
Document Number: 2019-21721
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-10-03
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes
Document Number: 2019-21672
Type: Rule
Date: 2019-10-03
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all The Boeing Company Model 737-600, -700, -700C, -800, -900, and -900ER series airplanes. This AD requires repetitive inspections for cracking of the left and right hand side outboard chords of frame fittings and failsafe straps at a certain station, and repair if any cracking is found. This AD was prompted by reports of cracking discovered in this area. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.
Sunshine Act Meeting; Farm Credit Administration Board
Document Number: 2019-21624
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-10-03
Agency: Farm Credit Administration, Agencies and Commissions
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the Government in the Sunshine Act, of the regular meeting of the Farm Credit Administration Board (Board).
Notice of Open Meeting
Document Number: 2019-21579
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-10-03
Agency: Millennium Challenge Corporation, Agencies and Commissions
In accordance with the requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C.App., the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Advisory Council was established as a discretionary advisory committee on July 14, 2016. Its charter was renewed for a second term on July 11, 2018. The MCC Advisory Council serves MCC in an advisory capacity only and provides insight regarding innovations in infrastructure, technology and sustainability; perceived risks and opportunities in MCC partner countries; new financing mechanisms for developing country contexts; and shared value approaches. The MCC Advisory Council provides a platform for systematic engagement with the private sector and other external stakeholders and contributes to MCC's missionto reduce poverty through sustainable, economic growth.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; IES Research Training Program Surveys
Document Number: 2019-21566
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-10-03
Agency: Department of Education
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing an extension of an existing information collection.
Certain Welded Large Diameter Line Pipe From Japan
Document Number: 2019-21563
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-10-03
Agency: International Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; 2006 Consolidated Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan; Three-Year Review of Individual Bluefin Quota Program
Document Number: 2019-21562
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-10-03
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS announces the availability of the final version of Three- Year Review of the Individual Bluefin Quota (IBQ) Program. A Draft Three-Year Review of the IBQ Program was released on May 10, 2019. This Three-Year Review of the IBQ Program was conducted pursuant to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA) requirement that formal and detailed reviews of certain Limited Access Privilege Programs (LAPPs) be conducted.
Certain Collapsible and Portable Furniture; Institution of Investigation
Document Number: 2019-21555
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-10-03
Agency: International Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on August 16, 2019, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, on behalf of GCI Outdoor, Inc. of Higganum, Connecticut. An amended complaint was filed on August 29, 2019. The amended complaint alleges violations of section 337 based upon the importation into the United States, the sale for importation, and the sale within the United States after importation of certain collapsible and portable furniture by reason of infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 9,282,824 (``the '824 patent'') and U.S. Patent No. 9,060,611 (``the '611 patent''). The amended complaint further alleges that an industry in the United States exists as required by the applicable Federal Statute. The amended complainant requests that the Commission institute an investigation and, after the investigation, issue a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders.
Notice of Orders Issued Under Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act During August 2019
Document Number: 2019-21551
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-10-03
Agency: Department of Energy
The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy gives notice that during August 2019, it issued orders granting authority to import and export natural gas, to export previously imported liquefied natural gas (LNG), and vacating authorization. These orders are summarized in the attached appendix and may be found on the FE website at https://www.energy.gov/fe/listing-doefe- authorizationsorders-issued-2019. They are also available for inspection and copying in the U.S. Department of Energy (FE-34), Division of Natural Gas Regulation, Office of Regulation, Analysis, and Engagement, Office of Fossil Energy, Docket Room 3E-033, Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-9478. The Docket Room is open between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Notice of Temporary Closure of Public Land in Clark County, NV
Document Number: 2019-21550
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-10-03
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Las Vegas Field Office announces the temporary closure of certain public lands under its administration in Clark County, NV. This temporary closure is being made in the interest of public safety in relation to the authorized 2019 Rise Lantern Festival. This temporary closure controls access to multiple points of entry to the festival located on the Jean Dry Lake Bed in order to minimize the risk of vehicle collisions with festival participants and workers. The temporary closure also ensures adequate time to conduct clean-up of the festival location.
Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries
Document Number: 2019-21548
Type: Rule
Date: 2019-10-03
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS transfers 100 metric tons (mt) of Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) quota from the Reserve category to the General category October through November 2019 subquota period. The quota transfer is intended to provide additional fishing opportunities based on consideration of the regulatory determination criteria regarding inseason adjustments and applies to Atlantic tunas General category (commercial) permitted vessels and Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Charter/Headboat category permitted vessels with a commercial sale endorsement when fishing commercially for BFT.
Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review
Document Number: 2019-21546
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-10-03
Agency: Federal Transit Administration, Department of Transportation
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces that the Information Collection Requirements (ICRs) abstracted below have been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR describe the nature of the information collection and their expected burdens.
Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review
Document Number: 2019-21545
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-10-03
Agency: Federal Transit Administration, Department of Transportation
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces that the Information Collection Requirements (ICRs) abstracted below have been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR describe the nature of the information collection and their expected burdens.
Receipt of Several Pesticide Petitions Filed for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities (August 2019)
Document Number: 2019-21543
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2019-10-03
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This document announces the Agency's receipt of several initial filings of pesticide petitions requesting the establishment or modification of regulations for residues of pesticide chemicals in or on various commodities.
VA Standards for Quality
Document Number: 2019-21538
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-10-03
Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs
The Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) establishes these standards for quality to satisfy the requirements in section 1703C of title 38, United States Code (U.S.C.), as added by section 104 of the VA MISSION Act of 2018.
Notice of Determinations; Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition-Determinations: “A Wonder to Behold: Craftsmanship and the Creation of Babylon's Ishtar Gate” Exhibition
Document Number: 2019-21535
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-10-03
Agency: Department of State
Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: I hereby determine that certain objects to be included in the exhibition ``A Wonder to Behold: Craftsmanship and the Creation of Babylon's Ishtar Gate,'' imported from abroad for temporary exhibition within the United States, are of cultural significance. The objects are imported pursuant to loan agreements with the foreign owners or custodians. I also determine that the exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University, New York, New York, from on or about November 6, 2019, until on or about May 24, 2020, and at possible additional exhibitions or venues yet to be determined, is in the national interest. I have ordered that Public Notice of these determinations be published in the Federal Register.
Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Clothes Washers
Document Number: 2019-21534
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2019-10-03
Agency: Department of Energy
The U.S. Department of Energy (``DOE'') is reopening the public comment period for its request for information (``RFI'') to solicit information from the public to help DOE determine whether to amend standards for residential clothes washers (``RCWs''). DOE published the RFI in the Federal Register on August 2, 2019 establishing a 30-day public comment period ending September 3, 2019. On August 2, 2019, DOE received a comment requesting a 30 day comment period extension. On August 26, 2019, DOE published a notice in the Federal Register extending the public comment on the RFI to receive comments no later than October 3, 2019. On September 20, 2019, DOE received a comment requesting an additional 14 day comment period extension; therefore, DOE is reopening the public comment period for submitting comments and data on the RFI by 14 days to October 17, 2019.
Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedures for Clothes Dryers
Document Number: 2019-21533
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2019-10-03
Agency: Department of Energy
On July 23, 2019, the U.S. Department of Energy (``DOE'') published in the Federal Register a notice of proposed rulemaking (``NOPR'') regarding proposals to amend the test procedures for clothes dryers and to request comment on the proposals and other aspects of clothes dryer testing. This notice also announced a webinar to be held on August 14, 2019, and stated that DOE would hold a public meeting on the proposal if one was requested by August 6, 2019. On July 29, 2019, DOE received a comment requesting a public meeting.
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
Document Number: 2019-21532
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-10-03
Agency: Department of Education
In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (Privacy Act), the Department of Education (the Department) publishes this notice of a new system of records entitled ``Presidential Cybersecurity Education Award'' (18-15-01). Pursuant to Executive Order 13870 of May 2, 2019, as published in the Federal Register on May 9, 2019 (Executive Order 13870), the Department, in consultation with the Deputy Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism and the National Science Foundation, has developed and implemented, consistent with applicable law, an annual Presidential Cybersecurity Education Award to be presented to one elementary and one secondary school educator per year who demonstrate superior achievement in instilling skills, knowledge, and passion with respect to cybersecurity and cybersecurity-related subjects. The Department will solicit nominations for the two individual educators who will be awarded this Presidential Cybersecurity Education Award.
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: 2019-21529
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-10-03
Agency: Department of Agriculture
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., et al.; Withdrawal of Approval of Five Abbreviated New Drug Applications for Pemoline Products; Correction
Document Number: 2019-21526
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-10-03
Agency: Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is correcting a notice that appeared in the Federal Register of June 4, 2019. That notice, withdrawing approval of five abbreviated new drug applications for pemoline products, contained an incorrect website address for an archived web page of a Postmarket Drug Safety Information for Healthcare Professionals communication that FDA issued on October 24, 2005, stating its conclusion that the overall liver toxicity risk of CYLERT (new drug applications 016832 and 017703) and generic pemoline products outweighed the benefits of these products. This document corrects that error.
Accreditation and Approval of Product Quality Management, LLC (Pasadena, TX) as a Commercial Gauger and Laboratory
Document Number: 2019-21525
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-10-03
Agency: Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to CBP regulations, Product Quality Management, LLC (Pasadena, TX), has been approved to gauge petroleum and certain petroleum products and accredited to test petroleum and certain petroleum products for customs purposes for the next three years as of April 9, 2019.
Accreditation and Approval of Chemical and Petrochemical Inspections (Groves, TX), as a Commercial Gauger and Laboratory
Document Number: 2019-21524
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-10-03
Agency: Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to CBP regulations, that Chemical and Petrochemical Inspections (Groves, TX), has been approved to gauge petroleum and certain petroleum products and accredited to test petroleum and certain petroleum products for customs purposes for the next three years as of September 25, 2018.
Proposed Collection; 60-Day Comment Request; Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Research Portfolio Analysis, NIMH
Document Number: 2019-21523
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-10-03
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
In compliance with the requirement of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 to provide opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), National Institutes of Health (NIH), will publish periodic summaries of propose projects to be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval.
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Western Alaska Community Development Quota (CDQ) Program
Document Number: 2019-21521
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-10-03
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.
Prospective Grant of an Exclusive Patent License: Compositions, Devices and Processes for Production and Delivery of Cell Grafts of Manufactured Retinal Pigment Epithelium Cell(s) Alone, or in Combination With Photoreceptor Cells, and on a Biodegradable Support Scaffold Transplanted Subretinally for Intra-Ocular Ophthalmic Treatment of Conditions of Degeneration, Dysfunction or Terminal Injury of Retinal Pigment Epithelium and/or Photoreceptors in Humans
Document Number: 2019-21520
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-10-03
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
The National Eye Institute, an institute of the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, is contemplating the grant of an Exclusive Patent License to practice the inventions embodied in the Patents and Patent Applications listed in the Supplementary Information section of this notice to Opsis Therapeutics, LLC, (``Opsis'') located in Madison Wisconsin and its affiliate, FUJIFILM Cellular Dynamics, Inc.
Prospective Grant of an Exclusive Patent License: Development and Commercialization of Cell Therapies for Cancer
Document Number: 2019-21519
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-10-03
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
The National Cancer Institute, an institute of the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, is contemplating the grant of an Exclusive Patent License to practice the inventions embodied in the Patents and Patent Applications listed in the Supplementary Information section of this Notice to Ziopharm Oncology, Inc. (``Ziopharm''), headquartered in Boston, MA.
Announcement of Intent To Award Three OPDIV-Initiated Supplements for Grantees Under the Direct Services for Survivors of Torture Program
Document Number: 2019-21518
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-10-03
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families
The ACF, ORR, Division of Refugee Health announces the intent to award three OPDIV-Initiated Supplements in the amount of $67,724 to each of three current grantees providing direct services funded through the Services for Survivors of Torture (SOT) Program.
National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions
Document Number: 2019-21516
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-10-03
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
The National Park Service is soliciting comments on the significance of properties nominated before September 21, 2019, for listing or related actions in the National Register of Historic Places.
Petition for Waiver of Compliance
Document Number: 2019-21513
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-10-03
Agency: Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation
Use of Listserv for Fuel Cycle Facilities Correspondence
Document Number: 2019-21512
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-10-03
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing this document to inform the public that, as of September 30, 2019, publicly- available fuel cycle facilities correspondence originating from the Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS) and Region II will be transmitted by a computer-based email distribution system, Listserv, to addressees and subscribers. This change does not affect the availability of official agency records in the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS).
Safety Zone; Hurricanes, Tropical Storms and Other Disasters in South Florida
Document Number: 2019-21510
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2019-10-03
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
On June 5, 2017, the Coast Guard published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to establish a temporary safety zone over certain navigable waters within the Sector Miami Captain of the Port (COTP) zone. This safety zone would allow the Coast Guard to restrict certain vessels from entering or transiting through certain navigable waters in the Miami River and Ports of Miami, Everglades, Palm Beach and Fort Pierce during periods of reduced or restricted visibility due to tropical storm force winds (39-73 mph/34- 63 knots), hurricanes and/or other disasters. The Coast Guard proposes to publish this supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (SNPRM) since considerable time has passed from the time when the initial NPRM was published, and because minor modifications have been made to the proposed rule. This SNPRM requests comments on the revised proposal.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Application for Grants Under the Native American-Serving Nontribal Institutions Program CFDA# 84.031X
Document Number: 2019-21509
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-10-03
Agency: Department of Education
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing a reinstatement of a previously approved information collection.
Investigational Enzyme Replacement Therapy Products: Nonclinical Assessment; Guidance for Industry; Availability
Document Number: 2019-21507
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-10-03
Agency: Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a final guidance for industry entitled ``Investigational Enzyme Replacement Therapy Products: Nonclinical Assessment.'' The purpose of this guidance is to help sponsors design and conduct nonclinical studies needed to support initiation of clinical trials, ongoing clinical development, and marketing approval of enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) products. This guidance incorporates the comments received for and finalizes the draft guidance of the same title issued May 13, 2015.
Further Testing of Donations That Are Reactive on a Licensed Donor Screening Test for Antibodies to Hepatitis C Virus; Guidance for Industry; Availability
Document Number: 2019-21506
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-10-03
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 entitled ``Further Testing of Donations that are Reactive on a Licensed Donor Screening Test for Antibodies to Hepatitis C Virus; Guidance for Industry.'' The guidance document provides blood establishments that collect Whole Blood and blood components, including Source Plasma, with recommendations for further testing of donations that are reactive on a licensed donor screening test for antibodies to hepatitis C virus (anti-HCV). The guidance also provides guidance to blood establishments on how to report the implementation of these recommendations. The guidance updates the recommendations related to the use of an appropriate multiantigen supplemental test contained in ``Guidance for Industry: `Lookback' for Hepatitis C Virus (HCV): Product Quarantine, Consignee Notification, Further Testing, Product Disposition, and Notification of Transfusion Recipients Based on Donor Test Results Indicating Infection with HCV'' dated December 2010. The guidance announced in this notice finalizes the draft guidance of the same title dated September 2018.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Injurious Wildlife; Importation Certification for Live Fish and Fish Eggs
Document Number: 2019-21503
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-10-03
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service, we), are proposing to renew information collection.
Combined Notice of Filings #2
Document Number: 2019-21500
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-10-03
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Combined Notice of Filings #1
Document Number: 2019-21499
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-10-03
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Notice of Applications for Deregistration Under Section 8(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
Document Number: 2019-21498
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-10-03
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Applicant, a closed-end investment company, seeks an order declaring that it has ceased to be an investment company. The applicant has transferred its assets to Aberdeen Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund, Inc. (formerly, Aberdeen Chile Fund, Inc.), and on June 28, 2018, made a final distribution to its shareholders based on net asset value. Expenses of $294,766 incurred in connection with the reorganization were paid by the applicant. Filing Date: The application was filed on July 16, 2019. Applicant's Address: c/o Aberdeen Standard Investments, Inc., 1735 Market Street, 32nd Floor, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103.
Combined Notice of Filings
Document Number: 2019-21496
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-10-03
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
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