February 19, 2020 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Certain Microfluidic Systems and Components Thereof and Products Containing Same; Commission's Final Determination Finding a Violation of Section 337; Issuance of a Limited Exclusion Order and Cease and Desist Order; and Termination of the Investigation
Document Number: 2020-03192
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-02-19
Agency: International Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined that there is a violation in the above- captioned investigation. The Commission has further determined to issue a limited exclusion order and cease and desist order and to set a bond rate on the entered value of covered products imported during the period of Presidential review.
Renewable Electricity: Potential Economic Effects of Increased Commitments in Massachusetts; Institution of Investigation and Scheduling of Hearing
Document Number: 2020-03191
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-02-19
Agency: International Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Following receipt on January 23, 2020, of a request from the Committee on Ways and Means (Committee) of the U.S. House of Representatives, under section 332(g) of the Tariff Act of 1930, the U.S. International Trade Commission (Commission) instituted Investigation No. 332-574, Renewable Electricity: Potential Economic Effects of Increased Commitments in Massachusetts, for the purpose of providing a report regarding the potential economic effects of increased renewable energy commitments in Massachusetts, and the role of renewable electricity imports in meeting these commitments.
Request for Information: Public Access to Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Publications, Data and Code Resulting From Federally Funded Research
Document Number: 2020-03189
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-02-19
Agency: Office of Science and Technology Policy
OSTP, and the National Science and Technology Council's (NSTC) Subcommittee on Open Science (SOS), are engaged in ongoing efforts to facilitate implementation and compliance with the 2013 memorandum Increasing Access to the Results of Federally Funded Scientific Research \1\ and to address recommended actions made by the Government Accountability Office in a November 2019 report.\2\ OSTP and the SOS continue to explore opportunities to increase access to unclassified published research, digital scientific data, and code supported by the U.S. Government. This RFI aims to provide all interested individuals and organizations with the opportunity to provide recommendations on approaches for ensuring broad public access to the peer-reviewed scholarly publications, data, and code that result from federally funded scientific research.
Combined Notice of Filings
Document Number: 2020-03188
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-02-19
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Combined Notice of Filings #1
Document Number: 2020-03187
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-02-19
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes: Meeting Notice
Document Number: 2020-03177
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-02-19
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested: Certification of Identity
Document Number: 2020-03175
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-02-19
Agency: Department of Justice
The Department of Justice (DOJ), Justice Management Division, will be submitting 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 proposed information collection is published to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; Extension of a Currently Approved Collection; Applicant Information Form (1-783)
Document Number: 2020-03174
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-02-19
Agency: Department of Justice
Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Bureau of Investigation, Criminal Justice Information Services Division, will be submitting 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.
National Human Genome Research Institute; Notice of Proposed Reorganization
Document Number: 2020-03173
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-02-19
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will host a public hearing to enable discussion of the Institute's proposal to reorganize the Division of Policy, Communications and Education. The proposed reorganization aims to enhance synergies in the areas of bioethics, policy, education, engagement, and communications.
Limitation on Claims Against Proposed Public Transportation Projects
Document Number: 2020-03171
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-02-19
Agency: Federal Transit Administration, Department of Transportation
FTA is issuing this notice to announce actions taken by the VA that are final within the meaning of the United States Code and to activate the limitation on any claims that may challenge these actions. The actions relate to the construction and operation of Section 3 of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) Westside Purple Line Extension project (the WPLE Project).
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Revisions; Renewal; and Transfer, Assignment, or Sale of Permit Rights
Document Number: 2020-03169
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-02-19
Agency: Department of the Interior, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) are proposing to renew an information collection.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; IDEA Part B State Performance Plan (SPP) and Annual Performance Report (APR)
Document Number: 2020-03168
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-02-19
Agency: Department of Education
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing a revision of an existing information collection.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; IDEA Part C State Performance Plan (SPP) and Annual Performance Report (APR)
Document Number: 2020-03167
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-02-19
Agency: Department of Education
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing an extension of an existing information collection.
Notice of Permit Applications Received Under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978
Document Number: 2020-03165
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-02-19
Agency: National Science Foundation, Agencies and Commissions
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish a notice of permit applications received to conduct activities regulated under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. NSF has published regulations under the Antarctic Conservation Act in the Code of Federal Regulations. This is the required notice of permit applications received.
Notice of Request for Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection
Document Number: 2020-03162
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-02-19
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
This notice announces a public comment period on the information collection requests (ICRs) associated with the Subpart U Ineligibility for Programs under the Federal Crop Insurance Act.
Notice of Request for Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection
Document Number: 2020-03161
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-02-19
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
This notice announces a public comment period on the information collection requests (ICRs) associated with the Area Risk Protection Insurance.
Wireline Competition Bureau Seeks To Refresh the Record on Ancillary Service Charges Related to Inmate Calling Services
Document Number: 2020-03110
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2020-02-19
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
In this document, the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) seeks to refresh the record on ancillary service charges imposed in connection with inmate calling services (ICS) in response to a remand from the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
World Trade Center Health Program; Petition 025-Parkinson's Disease and Parkinsonism, Including Heavy Metal-Induced Parkinsonism; Finding of Insufficient Evidence
Document Number: 2020-02991
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2020-02-19
Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services
On October 15, 2019, the Administrator of the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program received a petition (Petition 025) to add ``Parkinson's disease'' to the List of WTC-Related Health Conditions (List). Upon reviewing the scientific and medical literature, including information provided by the petitioner, the Administrator has determined that there is insufficient evidence available to support taking further action at this time regarding Parkinson's disease and parkinsonism, including heavy metal-induced parkinsonism. The Administrator also finds that insufficient evidence exists to request a recommendation of the WTC Health Program Scientific/Technical Advisory Committee (STAC), to publish a proposed rule, or to publish a determination not to publish a proposed rule.
Quality Systems Verification Programs
Document Number: 2020-02952
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2020-02-19
Agency: Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) proposes to amend regulations on Quality Systems Verification Programs (QSVP) to clarify that all voluntary, user-fee services under this part are applicable to all commodities covered by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (Act), as amended. Further, AMS proposes to broaden the scope of services to include all current and future AMS voluntary, user-fee audit verification and accreditation programs and services. AMS will also harmonize administrative procedures governing these services and make conforming changes as necessary in other parts of our regulations.
SES Positions That Were Career Reserved During CY 2018
Document Number: 2020-02924
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-02-19
Agency: Office of Personnel Management
As required by section 3132(b)(4) of title 5, United States Code, this gives notice of all positions in the Senior Executive Service (SES) that were career reserved during calendar year 2018.
Implementation of Provisions of the Television Viewer Protection Act of 2019 Governing Negotiation of Retransmission Consent Between Qualified Multichannel Video Programming Distributor Buying Groups and Large Station Groups
Document Number: 2020-02923
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2020-02-19
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) proposes revisions to its rules governing good faith negotiation of retransmission consent, to implement provisions of the Television Viewer Protection Act of 2019 governing negotiations between qualified multichannel video programming distributor buying groups and large broadcast station groups.
Special Conditions: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limited, Model Bell 505, Visual Flight Rules Autopilot and Stability Augmentation System (AP/SAS System)
Document Number: 2020-02741
Type: Rule
Date: 2020-02-19
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
These special conditions are issued for the Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limited (BHTCL) Bell Model 505 helicopter. This helicopter as modified by S-TEC will have a novel or unusual design feature associated with installation of the autopilot and stability augmentation system (AP/SAS system). The applicable airworthiness regulations do not contain adequate or appropriate safety standards for this design feature. These special conditions contain the additional safety standards that the Administrator considers necessary to establish a level of safety equivalent to that established by the existing airworthiness standards.
Implementing Kari's Law and RAY BAUM'S Act; Inquiry Concerning 911 Access, Routing, and Location in Enterprise Communications Systems; Amending the Definition of Interconnected VoIP Service; Corrections
Document Number: 2020-02723
Type: Rule
Date: 2020-02-19
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
This document corrects the final rules portion of a Federal Register document published on December 5, 2019. That Federal Register document inadvertently removed definitions from the Commission's rules for telecommunications relay services.
Swap Execution Facility Requirements and Real-Time Reporting Requirements
Document Number: 2020-02721
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2020-02-19
Agency: Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (``Commission'' or ``CFTC'') proposes to amend certain parts of its regulations relating to the execution of package transactions on swap execution facilities (``SEFs''); the execution of block trades on SEFs; and the resolution of error trades on SEFs. These matters are currently the subject of relief in certain no-action letters from Commission staff.
Base Erosion and Anti-Abuse Tax; Correcting Amendment
Document Number: 2020-02652
Type: Rule
Date: 2020-02-19
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
This document contains corrections to Treasury Decision 9885, which was published in the Federal Register on Friday, December 6, 2019. Treasury Decision 9885 implementing the base erosion and anti-abuse tax, designed to prevent the reduction of tax liability by certain large corporate taxpayers through certain payments made to foreign related parties and certain tax credits.
Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustments; Annual Adjustments
Document Number: 2020-02615
Type: Rule
Date: 2020-02-19
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs
This rule provides for annual adjustments to the level of civil monetary penalties contained in Bureau of Indian Affairs (Bureau) regulations to account for inflation under the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance.
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network; Inflation Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalties
Document Number: 2020-02526
Type: Rule
Date: 2020-02-19
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
FinCEN publishes this final rule to reflect inflation adjustments to its civil monetary penalties (``CMPs'') as mandated by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (collectively referred to herein as the ``2015 Act''). This rule adjusts certain CMPs within the jurisdiction of FinCEN to the maximum amount required by the 2015 Act.
Approval and Promulgation of State Plans for Designated Facilities and Pollutants; Pinal County Air Quality Control District; Control of Emissions From Existing Municipal Solid Waste Landfills
Document Number: 2020-02506
Type: Rule
Date: 2020-02-19
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking final action to approve a state plan submitted by the Pinal County Air Quality Control District (PCAQCD). For the purposes of this Section 111(d) plan, the PCAQCD is considered a ``State'' as defined in EPA's regulations. This state plan submittal pertains to the regulation of landfill gas and its components, including methane, from existing municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills. This state plan was submitted in response to the EPA's promulgation of Emissions Guidelines and Compliance Times for MSW landfills. This action is being taken under the Clean Air Act (CAA).
Environmental Protection Agency Acquisition Regulation (EPAAR) Clause Update for Submission of Invoices
Document Number: 2020-02269
Type: Rule
Date: 2020-02-19
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is revising its Submission of Invoices clause to add electronic invoicing requirements. In 2019 the EPA will begin using the Invoice Processing Platform (IPP), which is a secure web-based service provided by the U.S. Treasury that efficiently manages government invoicing. This republication is necessary because the wrong Code of Federal Regulations number appeared in the document header, the List of Subjects, and the words of issuance.
IP CTS Modernization and Reform; IP CTS Improvements and Program Management
Document Number: 2020-02145
Type: Rule
Date: 2020-02-19
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years, the information collection associated with rules adopted in the Commission's documents Misuse of Internet Protocol (IP) Captioned Telephone Service et. al, Report and Order and Declaratory Ruling, FCC 18-79 and Report and Order, FCC 19-11, (Orders) and that the compliance with the modified rules associated in FCC 19-11 is now required. This document is consistent with the Orders, which stated that the Commission would publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective and compliance dates of those rules.
Adoption of Updated EDGAR Filer Manual
Document Number: 2020-02083
Type: Rule
Date: 2020-02-19
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Securities and Exchange Commission (the ``Commission'') is adopting revisions to the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval System (``EDGAR'') Filer Manual (``EDGAR Filer Manual'' or ``Filer Manual'') and related rules. The EDGAR system was upgraded on January 27, 2020.
Reorganization of Postal Regulatory Commission Rules
Document Number: 2020-01055
Type: Rule
Date: 2020-02-19
Agency: Postal Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Commission is adopting final rules that reorganize the order of appearance of its regulations and revise multiple sections therein.
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