October 13, 2020 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

NMFS transfers 40 metric tons (mt) of Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) quota from the Reserve category to the October through November 2020 General category subquota period and closes the General category fishery until the General category reopens on December 1, 2020. 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. Given that the adjusted quota is projected to be caught quickly, the closure is being filed simultaneously to prevent overharvest of the adjusted General category October through November 2020 BFT subquota.

Notice of this meeting is required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) and is intended to notify members of the public of an upcoming NACIE open teleconference meeting. This notice is being published less than 15 days prior to the date of the meeting due to the logistical arrangements required to convene NACIE for a virtual meeting due to the COVID-19 impact on the capability to convene face-to-face Council meetings.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an agency of the United States Department of Commerce, in support of efforts to develop standards for regenerative medicine and advanced therapies, is establishing the Flow Cytometry Standards Consortium (``Consortium''). The Consortium will bring together stakeholders to identify and address measurement and standards needs related to flow cytometry used in the characterization and testing of cell and gene therapies. The Consortium efforts are intended to develop measurement solutions and standards to improve measurement confidence, establish measurement traceability, and enable comparability in flow cytometry measurements. Participation fees will be at least $25,000 annually or in-kind contributions of equivalent value. Participants will be required to sign a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA).

This temporary final rule establishes procedures to grant relief from the quantitative limitation applicable to certain steel articles for Brazil for parties with preexisting contracts that meet specified criteria as authorized by the President as part of the action he took to adjust imports under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended (``section 232'').

GSA issued a Record of Decision (ROD) for the 2020 Master Plan Amendment 2 for the Consolidation of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) at the St. Elizabeths West Campus, located in Southeast, Washington, DC, on October 9, 2020. The ROD was prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations, and the GSA Public Buildings Service NEPA Desk Guide.

In accordance with the Environmental Protection Agency (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 order of dismissal to address several claims in a lawsuit filed by Northwest Environmental Advocates (``Plaintiff'') in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. On December 7, 2016 the Plaintiff filed a complaint alleging, among other things, that the EPA's failed to perform duties mandated by the Endangered Species Act (ESA) to consult with the Fish & Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service (collectively ``the Services'') regarding its actions under the Clean Water Act (CWA) with respect to nonpoint source management programs administered by the State of Washington Department of Ecology (``Ecology''). EPA seeks public input on the proposed stipulated order of dismissal prior to its final decision-making to settle the litigation.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has submitted a request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to review and approve an extension for a currently approved information collection for Evaluation of USTDA Performance. USTDA published its first Federal Register Notice on this information request extension on August 14, 2020, at which time a 60-day comment period was announced. No comments were received in response to this notice at the end of the comment period.

In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended (``CAA'' or the ``Act''), the United States Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') gives notice of a proposed consent decree in Our Children's Earth Foundation v. Wheeler, No. 4:20-cv-00396-JSW (N.D. Cal.). In this litigation, Our Children's Earth Foundation (``OCEF'') alleged that the Administrator of EPA failed to perform certain non-discretionary duties to timely respond, in accordance with the Act, to numerous state implementation plan (``SIP'') submittals from the State of California. The proposed consent decree would establish deadlines for EPA to take action in response to these California SIP submittals. The proposed consent decree does not require EPA to take any specific, particular action in response to the submittals.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Research and Development (ORD), published a document in the Federal Register of August 24, 2020, giving notice of a meeting of the Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Safe and Sustainable Water Resources (SSWR) Subcommittee.

The Coast Guard is re-soliciting applications from persons interested in membership on the National Commercial Fishing Safety Advisory Committee (Committee). This recently established Committee will advise the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security on matters relating to national commercial fishing safety. Please read this notice for a description of the 18 Committee positions we are seeking to fill.

This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Iowa (FEMA-4557-DR), dated 08/20/2020. Incident: Severe Storms. Incident Period: 08/10/2020.

Pursuant to Sections 15(a)(2) and 36(a)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Exchange Act''), the Securities and Exchange Commission (``SEC'' or ``Commission'') is proposing to grant exemptive relief to permit natural persons to engage in certain limited activities on behalf of issuers (``Finders''), without registering as brokers under Section 15 of the Exchange Act. The proposed exemption provides for two classes of Finders, Tier I Finders and Tier II Finders, with corresponding conditions as described below.

The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone for certain waters of Spa Creek. This action is necessary to provide for the safety of life on these navigable waters within Market Slip (Ego Alley), Annapolis, MD, during a film project on October 22, 2020 (alternate date October 23, 2020). This regulation prohibits persons and vessels from being in the safety zone unless authorized by the Captain of the Port Maryland-National Capital Region or a designated representative.

FMCSA announces its decision to deny an application for an exemption from the hours-of-service (HOS) provisions submitted by DPN USA, LLC, doing business as Matrix Medical Network (Matrix). Matrix requested an exemption to allow its employee-drivers known as ``Mobile Team Leads'' to have a 16-hour window within which to operate CMVs during their work shift and to return to work with less than the mandatory 10 hours off duty. The Agency has concluded that the terms and conditions of the exemption would not achieve a level of safety equivalent to or greater than would be achieved by compliance with the HOS rules.

The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) gives notice (Notice) of receipt of an Application (Application), filed on September 18, 2020, by Energ[iacute]a Costa Azul, S. de R.L. de C.V. (ECA). ECA seeks to amend DOE/FE Order No. 4365, which currently authorizes ECA to export domestically produced natural gas to Mexico, and to re-export a portion of the natural gas as liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the ECA Large-Scale Project to be located in Mexico to non-free trade agreement (non-FTA) countries. ECA asks DOE/FE to increase the approved non-FTA export volume for the ECA Large-Scale Project from 475 billion cubic feet per year (Bcf/yr) to 636 Bcf/yr of natural gasan increase of 161 Bcf/yr. ECA filed the Application under the Natural Gas Act (NGA).