April 14, 2020 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This proposed rule would update the prospective payment rates, the outlier threshold, and the wage index for Medicare inpatient hospital services provided by Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities (IPF), which include psychiatric hospitals and excluded psychiatric units of an Inpatient Prospective Payment System hospital or critical access hospital. In addition, this proposed rule would adopt the most recent Office of Management and Budget (OMB) statistical area delineations, and apply a 2-year transition for all providers negatively impacted by wage index changes. These changes would be effective for IPF discharges beginning during the FY from October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021 (FY 2021).

NMFS has approved four companies to provide industry-funded monitoring services (observing, at-sea monitoring, and/or portside sampling) to Atlantic herring vessels during industry-funded monitoring years 2020-2021 (April 1, 2020-March 31, 2022). Monitoring coverage regulations require that any entities seeking to provide monitoring services, including services for industry-funded monitoring programs, must apply for and obtain approval from NMFS. This action will allow Atlantic herring vessels to secure industry-funded monitoring services from any of the approved providers during 2020-2021.

The Small Business Administration (SBA) intends to request approval, from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the collection of information described below. The Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) requires federal agencies to publish a notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information before submission to OMB, and to allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice. This notice complies with that requirement.

This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Illinois (FEMA-4489-DR), dated March 26, 2020, and related determinations.

This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of North Carolina (FEMA-4487-DR), dated March 25, 2020, and related determinations.

This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Texas (FEMA-4485-DR), dated March 25, 2020, and related determinations.

This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of California (FEMA-4482-DR), dated March 22, 2020, and related determinations.

This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Iowa (FEMA-4483-DR), dated March 23, 2020, and related determinations.

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is correcting the final results of the administrative review of the countervailing duty order on steel concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) from the Republic of Turkey (Turkey). The period of review (POR) is March 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017.

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on certain oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from the People's Republic of China (China) for the period of review (POR) January 1, 2019, through December 31, 2019, based on the timely withdrawal of the requests for review.

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 Maryland Advisory Committee to the Commission will convene by conference call at 12:00 p.m. (EDT) on Tuesday, May 5, 2020. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss project proposals submitted by members.

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 Connecticut Advisory Committee to the Commission will convene by conference call at 12:00 p.m. (EDT) on Thursday, April 16, 2020. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss possible work products in anticipation of the expiration of the current Advisory Committee's term, including a Statement of Concern to the Commission regarding incarceration issues.

Notice is hereby given that the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, 217 Fort Johnson Road, Charleston, SC 29412 (Responsible Party: Bill Post), has requested a modification to scientific research Permit No. 20528-01.

The Internal Revenue Service, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the 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. Currently, the IRS is soliciting comments concerning the application form for a determination letter for Employee Benefit Plans.

The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Employment and Training Administration (ETA)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of a final guidance for industry entitled ``Developing and Labeling In vitro Companion Diagnostic Devices for a Specific Group of Oncology Therapeutic Products'' and encourages the submission of premarket approval application (PMA) supplements containing the needed information to modify the intended use of specific companion diagnostics as described in this notice (i.e., companion diagnostics that identify patients with nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose tumors have epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) exon 19 deletions or exon 21 (L858R) substitution mutations and are suitable for treatment with a tyrosine kinase inhibitor approved by FDA for that indication). This guidance describes considerations for the development and labeling of in vitro companion diagnostic devices (referred to as companion diagnostics in this document) to support the indicated uses of multiple drug or biologic oncology products (referred to as therapeutic products or oncology therapeutic products in this document), when appropriate. The guidance includes factors for considering when broader labeling (i.e., labeling that is expanded) of a companion diagnostic would be appropriate. Oncology companion diagnostics with broader indications will optimally facilitate clinical use. The guidance announced in this notice finalizes the draft guidance entitled ``Developing and Labeling In Vitro Companion Diagnostic Devices for a Specific Group or Class of Oncology Therapeutic Products'' dated December 2018.

The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Leonardo S.p.A. (Leonardo) Model AB139, AW139, AW169, and AW189 helicopters. This proposed AD was prompted by reports of uncommanded deployment of the emergency flotation system (EFS) due to improper accomplishment of the reset procedure of the shape memory alloy (SMA) inflation system actuation device. This proposed AD would require removal of affected SMA inflation systems and installation of serviceable SMA inflation systems. The FAA is proposing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.