October 20, 2020 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Offshore Wind Integration in RTOs/ISOs; Supplemental Notice of Technical Conference
Document Number: 2020-23157
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-10-20
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Information Collection: NRC Form 354, Data Report on Spouse
Document Number: 2020-23156
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-10-20
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) invites public comment on the renewal of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for an existing collection of information. The information collection is entitled, NRC Form 354, Data Report on Spouse.
Lassen County Resource Advisory Committee
Document Number: 2020-23155
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-10-20
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Forest Service
The Lassen County Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will hold a virtual meeting. The committee is authorized under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (the Act) and operates in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The purpose of the committee is to improve collaborative relationships and to provide advice and recommendations to the Forest Service concerning projects and funding consistent with the Act. RAC information can be found at the following website: https://www.fs.usda.gov/main/lassen/ workingtogether/advisorycommittees.
Approval of the Request for Other Use of Phosphogypsum by the Fertilizer Institute
Document Number: 2020-23154
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-10-20
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving, subject to certain conditions, a request by The Fertilizer Institute for use of phosphogypsum in government road projects. This decision and supporting information is being made available to the public through this notice. Under the Clean Air Act, the EPA may approve a request for other use of phosphogypsum if it determines that the proposed use is at least as protective of human health as placement in a stack, which is the designated management method. With this approval, and in accordance with its terms and conditions, government entities may use phosphogypsum for road construction projects.
Change in Rates and Classes of General Applicability for Competitive Products
Document Number: 2020-23152
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-10-20
Agency: Postal Service, Agencies and Commissions
This notice sets forth changes in rates of general applicability for competitive products.
Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene From Korea; Scheduling of the Final Phase of an Anti-Dumping Duty Investigation
Document Number: 2020-23145
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-10-20
Agency: International Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Commission hereby gives notice of the scheduling of the final phase of antidumping investigation No. 731-TA-1474 (Final) pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 (``the Act'') to determine whether an industry in the United States is materially injured or threatened with material injury, or the establishment of an industry in the United States is materially retarded, by reason of imports of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene from Korea, provided for in subheadings 3901.10.10 and 3901.20.10 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, preliminarily determined by the Department of Commerce (``Commerce'') to be sold at less-than-fair-value.
Self-Regulatory Organizations; the Depository Trust Company; Notice of Filing of an Advance Notice To Amend Rule 4
Document Number: 2020-23143
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-10-20
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Keith Komar: Final Debarment Order
Document Number: 2020-23135
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-10-20
Agency: Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is issuing an order under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) debarring Keith Komar for a period of 5 years from importing or offering for import any drug into the United States. FDA bases this order on a finding that Mr. Komar was convicted of one felony count under Federal law for mail fraud. The factual basis supporting Mr. Komar's conviction, as described below, is conduct relating to the importation into the United States of a drug or controlled substance. Mr. Komar was given notice of the proposed debarment and was given an opportunity to request a hearing to show why he should not be debarred. As of 30 days after receipt of the notice (July 22, 2020), Mr. Komar had not responded. Mr. Komar's failure to respond and request a hearing constitutes a waiver of his right to a hearing concerning this matter.
Presidential Declaration Amendment of a Major Disaster for the State of Alabama
Document Number: 2020-23133
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-10-20
Agency: Small Business Administration, Agencies and Commissions
This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Alabama (FEMA-4563-DR), dated 09/20/ 2020. Incident: Hurricane Sally. Incident Period: 09/14/2020 through 09/16/2020.
Presidential Declaration Amendment of a Major Disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of Florida
Document Number: 2020-23131
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-10-20
Agency: Small Business Administration, Agencies and Commissions
This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of Florida (FEMA-4564-DR), dated 09/23/2020. Incident: Hurricane Sally. Incident Period: 09/14/2020 and continuing.
Presidential Declaration Amendment of a Major Disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of Alabama
Document Number: 2020-23130
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-10-20
Agency: Small Business Administration, Agencies and Commissions
This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of Alabama (FEMA-4563-DR), dated 10/09/2020. Incident: Hurricane Sally. Incident Period: 09/14/2020 through 09/16/2020.
Presidential Declaration of a Major Disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of North Carolina
Document Number: 2020-23129
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-10-20
Agency: Small Business Administration, Agencies and Commissions
This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of North Carolina (FEMA-4568-DR), dated 10/14/2020. Incident: Hurricane Isaias. Incident Period: 07/31/2020 through 08/04/2020.
Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings
Document Number: 2020-23128
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-10-20
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Administrative Declaration of an Economic Injury Disaster for the State of Illinois
Document Number: 2020-23127
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-10-20
Agency: Small Business Administration, Agencies and Commissions
This is a notice of an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) declaration for the State of Illinois, dated 10/13/2020. Incident: Civil Unrest. Incident Period: 05/26/2020 through 07/30/2020.
Administrative Declaration Amendment of a Disaster for the State of Minnesota
Document Number: 2020-23126
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-10-20
Agency: Small Business Administration, Agencies and Commissions
This is an amendment of the Administrative declaration of a disaster for the State of Minnesota dated 08/03/2020. Incident: Civil Unrest. Incident Period: 05/27/2020 through 06/08/2020.
Presidential Declaration Amendment of a Major Disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of Alabama
Document Number: 2020-23125
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-10-20
Agency: Small Business Administration, Agencies and Commissions
This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of Alabama (FEMA-4563-DR), dated 10/09/2020. Incident: Hurricane Sally. Incident Period: 09/14/2020 through 09/16/2020.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development; Amended Notice of Meeting
Document Number: 2020-23124
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-10-20
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Notice of Finding That Certain Stevia Extracts and Derivatives Produced in the People's Republic of China With the Use of Convict, Forced or Indentured Labor Are Being, or Are Likely To Be, Imported Into the United States
Document Number: 2020-23123
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-10-20
Agency: Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
This document notifies the public that the Executive Assistant Commissioner, Office of Trade, of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), with the approval of the Acting Secretary of Homeland Security, has determined that stevia extracts and derivatives, mined, produced, or manufactured in the People's Republic of China by the Inner Mongolia Hengzheng Group Baoanzhao Agriculture, Industry, and Trade Co., Ltd. (also referred to herein as ``Baoanzhao'') with the use of convict, forced or indentured labor, are being, or are likely to be, imported into the United States.
2020 Annual Meeting of the Ozone Transport Commission
Document Number: 2020-23122
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-10-20
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the 2020 Annual Meeting of the Ozone Transport Commission (OTC). The meeting agenda will include topics regarding reducing ground-level ozone precursors.
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
Document Number: 2020-23120
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-10-20
Agency: Federal Reserve System, Agencies and Commissions
Pricing for Mayflower 400th Anniversary Products
Document Number: 2020-23118
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-10-20
Agency: United States Mint, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
The United States Mint is setting prices for the Mayflower 400th Anniversary Products.
Prices of Mayflower 400th Anniversary Gold Coins on the “2020 Pricing of Numismatic Gold, Commemorative Gold, Platinum, and Palladium Products” Grid
Document Number: 2020-23117
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-10-20
Agency: United States Mint, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
The United States Mint announces pricing for the Mayflower 400th Anniversary Gold Coins on the 2020 Pricing of Numismatic Gold, Commemorative Gold, Platinum, and Palladium Products Grid. An excerpt of the grid, including a recent price range for the Mayflower 400th Anniversary Gold Coins, appears below: [GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TN20OC20.000
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Public Comment Request; Information Collection Request Title: Maternal Health Portfolio Evaluation Design, OMB No. 0906-xxxx-NEW
Document Number: 2020-23114
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-10-20
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration
In compliance with of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA has submitted an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. Comments submitted during the first public review of this ICR will be provided to OMB. OMB will accept further comments from the public during the review and approval period. OMB may act on HRSA's ICR only after the 30 day comment period for this notice has closed.
Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-725A(1B), FERC-725D, FERC-725F, FERC-725G, and FERC-725L); Comment Request; Revision
Document Number: 2020-23059
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-10-20
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) is soliciting public comment on revisions to the information collections FERC-725A(1B) (Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Bulk-Power System), FERC-725D (Facilities Design, Connections and Maintenance Reliability Standards), FERC-725F (Mandatory Reliability Standard for Nuclear Plant Interface Coordination), FERC-725G (Reliability Standards for the Bulk-Power System: PRC Reliability Standards), and FERC-725L (Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Bulk-Power System: MOD Reliability Standards) and submitting the information collections to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. Any interested person may file comments directly with OMB and should address a copy of those comments to the Commission as explained below.
Risk-Informed Categorization and Treatment of Structures, Systems, and Components for Nuclear Power Reactors
Document Number: 2020-23022
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2020-10-20
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will consider, within the scope of a Commission-directed rulemaking (Incorporation of Lessons Learned from New Reactor Licensing Process (Parts 50 and 52 Licensing Process Alignment)), the issue raised in a petition for rulemaking (PRM) submitted by Michael D. Tschiltz, on behalf of the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), dated January 15, 2015. The petitioner requested that the NRC amend its regulations to clarify and extend the applicability of its regulations related to risk-informed categorization and treatment of structures, systems, and components (SSCs) for nuclear power reactors. The petition was docketed by the NRC on February 6, 2015, and was assigned Docket No. PRM-50-110. The NRC has determined that the PRM has merit and is appropriate for consideration in the rulemaking process.
Airworthiness Directives; Leonardo S.p.a. Helicopters
Document Number: 2020-23019
Type: Rule
Date: 2020-10-20
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Leonardo S.p.a. (Leonardo) Model A109E, A109S, A119, AW109SP, and AW119MKII helicopters. This AD requires removing certain main rotor (M/ R) floating ring assemblies from service. This AD also prohibits replacing any washer on any M/R floating ring assembly. This AD was prompted by a report of a washer debonding from the M/R floating ring assembly. The actions of this AD are intended to address an unsafe condition on these products.
Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions
Document Number: 2020-22980
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-10-20
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control
The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is updating the entries of 490 persons on OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List).
Request for Comments on Discretion To Institute Trials Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
Document Number: 2020-22946
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2020-10-20
Agency: Department of Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office or USPTO) seeks public comments on considerations for instituting trials before the Office under the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA). The USPTO is considering the codification of its current policies and practices, or the modification thereof, through rulemaking and wishes to gather public comments on the Office's current approach and on various other approaches suggested to the Office by stakeholders. To assist in gathering public input, the USPTO is publishing questions, and seeks focused public comments, on appropriate considerations for instituting AIA trials.
Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances (20-10.B)
Document Number: 2020-22645
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2020-10-20
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA is proposing significant new use rules (SNURs) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for chemical substances which are the subject of premanufacture notices (PMNs). This action would require persons to notify EPA at least 90 days before commencing manufacture (defined by statute to include import) or processing of any of these chemical substances for an activity that is designated as a significant new use by this proposed rule. This action would further require that persons not commence manufacture or processing for the significant new use until they have submitted a Significant New Use Notice (SNUN), and EPA has conducted a review of the notice, made an appropriate determination on the notice, and has taken any risk management actions as are required as a result of that determination.
Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Little Manatee River, Ruskin, Hillsborough County, FL
Document Number: 2020-22607
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2020-10-20
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard proposes to modify the operating schedule that governs the Seaboard Systems Railroad Bridge across the Little Manatee River, mile 2.4, at Ruskin, Hillsborough County, FL. This proposed rule would allow the swing bridge to be remotely operated and provide an opening when a three hour notice is given. The proposed rule would also change the name of the bridge to reflect current ownership.
Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services
Document Number: 2020-22564
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2020-10-20
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) announces the availability, under the terms of the Protective Order in the ICS proceeding, of the inmate calling services database (the ICS Database) that the Commission staff developed for use in its Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services (ICS) proceeding, FCC 20-111, released August 7, 2020, Fourth Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Fourth FNPRM). This document also sets forth the requirements individuals must meet in order to obtain a copy of the ICS database.
Walnuts Grown in California; Secretary's Decision and Referendum Order on Amendments to Marketing Order No. 984
Document Number: 2020-22334
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2020-10-20
Agency: Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
This decision proposes amendments to Marketing Order No. 984 (Order), which regulates the handling of walnuts grown in California and provides growers with the opportunity to vote in a referendum to determine if they favor the changes. The California Walnut Board (Board), which locally administers the Order, recommended proposed amendments that would add authority for the Board to provide credit for certain market promotion expenses paid by handlers against their annual assessments due under the Order and establish requirements to effectuate the new authority. In addition, the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) proposed to make any such changes as may be necessary to conform to any amendment that may result from the public hearing.
Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries Off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Salmon Bycatch Minimization
Document Number: 2020-21875
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2020-10-20
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
This rule proposes salmon bycatch minimization measures to minimize incidental take of Endangered Species Act-listed salmon by vessels in the Pacific Coast groundfish fishery. The proposed rule would establish additional management tools to minimize incidental Chinook and coho salmon bycatch to keep fishery sectors within guidelines, establish rules to allow industry to access the Chinook salmon bycatch reserve, and create Chinook salmon bycatch closure thresholds for the trawl fishery. This proposed rule fulfills the terms and conditions of a 2017 National Marine Fisheries Service Biological Opinion. This proposed rule is intended to promote the goals and objectives of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan, and other applicable laws, including the Endangered Species Act.
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Pennsylvania; Reasonably Available Control Technology Determinations for Case-by-Case Sources Under the 1997 and 2008 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards
Document Number: 2020-21442
Type: Rule
Date: 2020-10-20
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving a state implementation plan (SIP) revision submitted by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. This revision was submitted by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) to establish and require reasonably available control technology (RACT) for individual major sources of volatile organic compounds (VOC) and nitrogen oxides (NOX) pursuant to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's conditionally approved RACT regulations. In this action, EPA is only approving source-specific (also referred to as ``case-by-case'') RACT determinations for nine major sources. These RACT evaluations were submitted to meet RACT requirements for the 1997 and 2008 8-hour ozone national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS). EPA is approving these revisions to the Pennsylvania SIP in accordance with the requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA) and EPA's implementing regulations.
Eligible Terminated S Corporations
Document Number: 2020-21144
Type: Rule
Date: 2020-10-20
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
This document contains final regulations providing guidance on the definition of an eligible terminated S corporation and rules relating to distributions of money by such a corporation after the post-termination transition period. This document also amends current regulations to extend the treatment of distributions of money during the post-termination transition period to all shareholders of the corporation and clarifies the allocation of current earnings and profits to distributions of money and other property. The final regulations affect C corporations that were formerly S corporations and the shareholders of such corporations.
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