March 2020 – 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 Missouri Advisory Committee (Committee) will hold a meeting on Thursday, April 16, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. (Central) for the purpose discussing civil rights topics in the state.

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 (FACA) that a meeting of the West Virginia Advisory Committee to the Commission will convene by conference call at 11:30 a.m. (EST) on Tuesday, April 7, 2020. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss possible topics for the Committee's civil rights project.

Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, intends to grant to Washington State Crop Improvement Association, Inc. of Pullman, Washington, an exclusive license to the variety of chickpea described in Plant Variety Protection Application Number 201900296, `CA0790B0043C,' applied for on August 5, 2019.

In compliance the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Indian Health Service (IHS) invites the general public to comment on the information collection titled, ``Application for Participation in the IHS Scholarship Program,'' Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Control No. 0917-0006. IHS is requesting OMB to approve an extension for this collection, which expires on March 31, 2020. This proposed information collection project was previously published in the Federal Register on December 17, 2019, and allowed 60 days for public comment, as required by the PRA. The IHS received no comments regarding this collection. The purpose of this notice is to allow 30 days for public comment to be submitted directly to OMB.

The United States Air Force (Air Force) is issuing this amended and updated notice from the original notice published on March 6, 2020 (Federal Register, Vol. 85, No. 45, 13148) to advise the public of its continuing intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the B-21 Main Operating Base 1 (MOB 1) Beddown at Dyess Air Force Base (AFB), Texas or Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota. As a direct result of the National Emergency declared by the President on Friday, March 13, 2020, in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the United States and the Center for Disease Control's recommendations for social distancing and avoiding large public gatherings, the Air Force is now canceling six public scoping meetings between March 31, 2020 and April 9. In lieu of the public scoping meetings, the Air Force will use the alternative means set forth below to inform the public and stakeholders and to obtain input for scoping the proposed action.

In an effort to reduce the paperwork burden, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on the following continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act for 1995. Comments are requested concerning: The accuracy of the burden estimates; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; and ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques, or other forms of information technology.

Petitions for Reconsideration (Petitions) have been filed in the Commission's rulemaking proceeding filed by Debra M. Kriete, on behalf of State E-Rate Coordinators' Alliance and Fred Brakeman, on behalf of Infinity Communications & Consulting, Inc.

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that producers or exporters of certain crystalline silicon photovoltaic products (solar products) from Taiwan sold subject merchandise at less than normal value in the United States during the period of review (POR), February 1, 2018 through January 31, 2019.

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.