2019 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the rules and regulations of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (Commission) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act that the Alabama Advisory Committee (Committee) will hold a meeting on Tuesday, September 3, and Tuesday, September 10, 2019, at 2 p.m. (Central) for the purpose discussing civil rights topics in the state.

Following receipt on August 8, 2019, of a correction to the United States Trade Representative's (USTR) request letter of June 4, 2019, the U.S. International Trade Commission (Commission) has amended the scope of its investigation No. 332-572, Generalized System of Preferences: Possible Modifications, 2018 Review, and has removed assembled flooring panels of bamboo, other than for mosaic, multilayer, having a face ply more than 6 mm in thickness from Indonesia, provided for in subheading 4418.73.40 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule, from the list of articles being considered for redesignation in table C of the Annex to USTR's request letter. As a result, the Commission will not provide advice regarding this article.

The OCC, 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 a continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the OCC may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. The OCC is soliciting comment concerning its information collection entitled, ``Bank Secrecy Act/Money Laundering Risk Assessment,'' also known as the Money Laundering Risk (MLR) System. The OCC also is giving notice that it has submitted the collection to OMB for review.

The TVA Regional Resource Stewardship Council (RRSC) will hold a meeting on Wednesday and Thursday, September 11-12, 2019, to consider various matters. The RRSC was established to advise TVA on its natural resources and stewardship activities and the priority to be placed among competing objectives and values. Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA).

This Notice is to inform the public, in accordance with Section 3(c)(10) of the Charter of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (``Ex-Im Bank''), that Ex-Im Bank has received an application for final commitment for a long-term loan or financial guarantee in excess of $100 million (as calculated in accordance with Section 3(c)(10) of the Charter). Comments received within the comment period specified below will be presented to the Ex-Im Bank Board of Directors prior to final action on this Transaction. Any comments received will be made available to the public.

The Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention announces its next meeting.

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is initiating a changed circumstances review (CCR) of the antidumping duty (AD) order on fine denier polyester staple fiber (PSF) from the Republic of Korea (Korea) and simultaneously issuing preliminary results finding Toray Advanced Materials Korea, Inc. (TAK) to be the successor-in-interest to Toray Chemical Korea, Inc. (TCK).

Pursuant to the Federal Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving revisions to the Arkansas State Implementation Plan (SIP) Permitting Programs submitted on October 24, 2002, July 26, 2010, November 6, 2012, and March 24, 2017. Most of the revisions are administrative in nature and make the SIP current with Federal rules. In addition, the revisions add permit flexibility provisions to the NSR program. This final action is consistent with the requirements of section 110 of the CAA.

Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Regulatory Secretariat Division will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a previously approved information collection requirement for Proposal to Lease Space, GSA Form 1364 and Lessor's Annual Cost Statement, GSA Form 1217.

DoD, GSA, and NASA are proposing to amend a Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clause to permit the issuance of task or delivery orders via fax or electronic commerce and clarify when an order is considered ``issued'' when using these methods.

In accordance with the EPA Administrator's October 16, 2017, Directive Promoting Transparency and Public Participation in Consent Decrees and Settlement Agreements, notice is hereby given of a proposed stipulated partial settlement agreement in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California in the case of Center for Biological Diversity et. al., v. United States Environmental Protection Agency et al., No. 3:11 cv 0293 (N.D.Ca.). Plaintiffs filed the original case on January 20, 2011, asserting a single claim against EPA for allegedly violating section 7(a)(2) of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) by failing to initiate and reinitiate consultation with the Services with respect to its ongoing oversight of 382 pesticide active ingredients. After several motions to narrow the case and an appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the plaintiffs filed their fourth amended complaint on June 29, 2018 for failure to initiate ESA section 7(a)(2) consultation for certain pesticide products containing 35 pesticide active ingredients. After several settlement discussions, the parties reached a partial agreement in this case. The parties are proposing to reach a settlement in the form of a stipulated partial settlement agreement. Among other provisions, this agreement would set a February 14, 2021, deadline for EPA to complete ESA section 7(a)(2) effects determination for carbaryl and methomyl, and, as appropriate, request initiation of any ESA section 7(a)(2) consultations with the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and/or the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) that EPA may determine to be necessary as a result of those effects determinations. Additional deadlines would include August 14, 2021, for atrazine and simazine, and August 14, 2024, for brodifacoum, bromadiolone, warfarin, and zinc phosphide for EPA to complete effects determinations, and, as appropriate, request initiation of any ESA consultations with NMFS and/or USFWS. The stipulated partial settlement agreement would also include a meet and confer deadline of August 30, 2021, for all parties to discuss possible resolution of the remaining issues in this case.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking final action to approve a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Missouri on November 2, 2018. This final action replaces a Consent Decree in Missouri's SIP with an Administrative Order on Consent (AOC) between the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MoDNR) and Kansas City Power and Light (KCPL). The EPA is also approving an amendment to the AOC. This action strengthens Missouri's SIP by replacing an outdated Consent Decree with an AOC and its Amendment that reflect current operating conditions at the facility and does not result in an increase in sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions from the Lake Road Generating Facility.

This final rule clarifies the direct contact protection requirements for high voltage connectors in Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 305, ``Electric-powered vehicles: electrolyte spillage and electrical shock protection.'' It amends the standard to make clear the allowance of high voltage connectors that require the use of a tool to separate from their mating component. This final rule also makes three minor technical corrections to FMVSS No. 305.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is amending its regulations to reflect a change in address and organization names for EPA's Region 6 office. This action is editorial in nature and is intended to provide accuracy and clarity to EPA's regulations.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE or the Department) announces public meetings and webinars for the variable refrigerant flow multi-split air conditioners and heat pumps (VRF multi-split systems) working group. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) requires that agencies publish notice of an advisory committee meeting in the Federal Register.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve Iowa's request on four actions regarding the Iowa State Implementation Plan (SIP). The four SIP actions relate to Iowa's Regional Haze Plan and infrastructure SIPs for the 2006 Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5), 2012 PM2.5, 2010 Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2), 2010 Sulfur Dioxide (SO2), 2008 Ozone, and 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS).

The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to submit an information collection request (ICR), ``Tips and Complaints Regarding Environmental Violations'' (EPA ICR No. 2219.06, OMB Control No. 2020- 0032), to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. Before doing so, EPA is soliciting public comments on specific aspects of the proposed information collection as described below. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through January 21, 2020. An Agency may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

Through this temporary rule, NMFS implements accountability measures (AMs) for the gray triggerfish commercial sector in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the Gulf of Mexico (Gulf) for the 2019 fishing year. NMFS has determined that the 2018 commercial annual catch limit (ACL) for Gulf gray triggerfish was exceeded. Therefore, NMFS reduces the ACL and annual catch target (ACT) for the commercial sector for Gulf gray triggerfish on August 24, 2019, and these reductions will remain in effect through the end of the fishing year on December 31, 2019. These reductions are necessary to protect the Gulf gray triggerfish resource.

NMFS publishes notification of a 1.70 percent fee for cost recovery under the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Crab Rationalization Program. This action is intended to provide holders of crab allocations with the 2019/2020 crab fishing year fee percentage so they can calculate the required cost recovery fee payment that must be submitted by July 31, 2020.

In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) is submitting its information collection FERC-725P1 (Mandatory Reliability Standards: PRC-005-6 Reliability Standard) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review of the information collection requirements. Any interested person may file comments directly with OMB and should address a copy of those comments to the Commission as explained below. The Commission previously published a Notice in the Federal Register on May 31, 2019, requesting public comments. The Commission received no comments and is making this notation in its submittal to OMB.