November 23, 2020 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Reader Aids
Document Number: FR-2020-11-23-ReaderAids
Type: Reader Aids
Date: 2020-11-23
Applications for New Awards; High School Equivalency Program
Document Number: 2020-25892
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-11-23
Agency: Department of Education
The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2021 for the High School Equivalency Program (HEP), Assistance Listing Number 84.141A. This notice relates to the approved information collection under OMB control number 1894-0006.
Applications for New Awards; College Assistance Migrant Program
Document Number: 2020-25891
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-11-23
Agency: Department of Education
The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2021 for the College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP), Assistance Listing Number 84.149A. This notice relates to the approved information collection under OMB control number 1894-0006.
Sunshine Act Meetings
Document Number: 2020-25883
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-11-23
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Notification of Temporary Travel Restrictions Applicable to Land Ports of Entry and Ferries Service Between the United States and Mexico
Document Number: 2020-25866
Type: Rule
Date: 2020-11-23
Agency: Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
This document announces the decision of the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) to continue to temporarily limit the travel of individuals from Mexico into the United States at land ports of entry along the United States-Mexico border. Such travel will be limited to ``essential travel,'' as further defined in this document.
Notification of Temporary Travel Restrictions Applicable to Land Ports of Entry and Ferries Service Between the United States and Canada
Document Number: 2020-25865
Type: Rule
Date: 2020-11-23
Agency: Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
This document announces the decision of the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) to continue to temporarily limit the travel of individuals from Canada into the United States at land ports of entry along the United States-Canada border. Such travel will be limited to ``essential travel,'' as further defined in this document.
Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip From Taiwan: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Preliminary Determination of No Shipments; 2018-2019
Document Number: 2020-25859
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-11-23
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet, and strip (PET film) from Taiwan. The period of review (POR) is July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019. This review covers the respondent Nan Ya Plastics Corporation (Nan Ya) and Shinkong Materials Technology Corporation (SMTC), producers and exporters of PET film from Taiwan. Commerce preliminarily determines that sales of subject merchandise have not been made below normal value (NV) by Nan Ya during the POR. In addition, we preliminarily find that SMTC had no shipments during the POR. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip From India: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2018
Document Number: 2020-25858
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-11-23
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is conducting an administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet, and strip (PET film) from India. Commerce preliminarily determines that Jindal Poly Films Ltd. (Jindal) received countervailable subsidies during the Period of Review. The period of review (POR) is January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip From India: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2018-2019
Document Number: 2020-25857
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-11-23
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet, and strip (PET film) from India. The period of review (POR) is July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019. This review covers Jindal Poly Films Ltd. (India), a producer and exporter of PET film from India. Commerce preliminarily determines that sales of subject merchandise have not been made below normal value by Jindal Poly Films Ltd. (India) during the POR. We are also rescinding on seven companies where timely requests for withdrawals were filed by all parties who requested the reviews. The seven companies are as follows: Ester Industries Limited; Garware Polyester Ltd.; MTZ Polyesters Ltd.; Polyplex Corporation Ltd.; SRF Limited of India; Uflex Ltd.; and Vacmet India Limited. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
Fine Denier Polyester Staple Fiber From India: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2018-2019
Document Number: 2020-25856
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-11-23
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily assigned Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), the sole respondent subject to this antidumping duty (AD) administrative review, an AD margin based upon the application of total adverse facts available (AFA). We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.
Xanthan Gum From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, and Partial Rescission; 2018-2019
Document Number: 2020-25854
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-11-23
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that the exporters under review did not make sales of subject merchandise at prices below normal value (NV) during the period of review July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.
Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2018
Document Number: 2020-25853
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-11-23
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of certain corrosion-resistant steel products from the Republic of Korea. The period of review (POR) is January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018.
Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products From Taiwan: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Preliminary Determination of No Shipments; 2018-2019
Document Number: 2020-25852
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-11-23
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that producers/exporters subject to this review made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value during the period of review (POR) July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.
Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company
Document Number: 2020-25850
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-11-23
Agency: Federal Reserve System, Agencies and Commissions
Arms Sales Notification
Document Number: 2020-25848
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-11-23
Agency: Department of Defense
The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of an arms sales notification.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Truth in Lending Disclosure and Recordkeeping Requirements
Document Number: 2020-25847
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-11-23
Agency: National Credit Union Administration, Agencies and Commissions
The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), as part of a continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on the following extension of a currently approved collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Abandoned Mine Reclamation Funds
Document Number: 2020-25846
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-11-23
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.
Proposed Agency Information Collection Extension
Document Number: 2020-25845
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-11-23
Agency: Department of Energy
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) intends to extend with changes for three years with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the Certification Reports, Compliance Statements, Application for a Test Procedure Waiver, and Recordkeeping for Consumer Products and Commercial/Industrial Equipment subject to Energy or Water Conservation Standards Package under OMB No. 1910-1400.
Request for Information (RFI): Vaccines National Strategic Plan Available for Public Comment
Document Number: 2020-25842
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-11-23
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy (OIDP) in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) announces the draft Vaccines National Strategic Plan 2021-2025 (Vaccine Plan) available for public comment. The draft Vaccine Plan may be reviewed at www.hhs.gov/oidp.
Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council; Reestablishment
Document Number: 2020-25840
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-11-23
Agency: Department of the Interior, Office of the Secretary
This notice is published in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act. Following consultation with the General Services Administration, the Secretary of the Interior is reestablishing the Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council for a 2-year period.
Filing of Plats of Survey: California
Document Number: 2020-25839
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-11-23
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
The plats of survey of lands described in this notice are scheduled to be officially filed in the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), California State Office, Sacramento, California, 30 calendar days from the date of this publication. The surveys, which were executed at the request of the U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Bureau of Land Management, are necessary for the management of these lands.
Reopening of Public Comment Period for the Regulatory Impact Review on the Proposed Expansion of Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary
Document Number: 2020-25838
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2020-11-23
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of National Marine Sanctuaries is providing the public with an opportunity to comment on NOAA's Regulatory Impact Review (RIR), a supporting document to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for the expansion of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (FGBNMS). While NOAA summarized the RIR in the proposed rule for this action, due to an oversight, the RIR was not included as a supporting document when the NPRM was published. The comment period for the NPRM that was published on May 1, 2020 closed on July 3, 2020. With this notice, NOAA will only accept comments on the RIR, and any other comments on the proposed expansion will not be considered.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Subsidence Insurance Program Grants
Document Number: 2020-25837
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-11-23
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.
Gallatin Resource Advisory Committee
Document Number: 2020-25836
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-11-23
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Forest Service
The Gallatin 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 Title II of the Act; and to make recommendations on recreation fee proposals for sites consistent with the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act. RAC information can be found at the following website: https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/ custergallatin/workingtogether/advisorycommittees/?cid=stelpr db5304491.
Agency Request for Emergency Processing of Collection of Information by the Office of Management and Budget
Document Number: 2020-25835
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-11-23
Agency: Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation
Consistent with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and its implementing regulations, this document provides notice that FRA is submitting the following Information Collection Request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to collect information on ridership data and certified schedule metrics as required by the recently issued final rule on Metrics and Minimum Standards for Intercity Passenger Rail Service. FRA requests emergency processing and OMB authorization to collect the information after publication of this Notice for a period of six (6) months.
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod in the Bering Sea Subarea of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area
Document Number: 2020-25834
Type: Rule
Date: 2020-11-23
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod, except for the Community Development Quota program (CDQ), in the Bering Sea subarea of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the non-CDQ allocation of the 2020 Pacific cod total allowable catch (TAC) in the Bering Sea subarea of the BSAI.
Domestic Competitive Products Pricing and Mailing Standards Changes
Document Number: 2020-25833
Type: Rule
Date: 2020-11-23
Agency: Postal Service, Agencies and Commissions
The Postal Service is amending Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM[supreg]), to reflect changes to prices and mailing standards for competitive products.
Proposed Collection; Comment Request on Information Collection for Treasury Decision 9568, Methods To Determine Taxable Income in Connection With a Cost Sharing Arrangement-IRC Section 482
Document Number: 2020-25829
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-11-23
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
The Internal Revenue Service, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general 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 Treasury Decision Methods to Determine Taxable Income in connection with a Cost Sharing ArrangementIRC section 482.
Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Regulation Project
Document Number: 2020-25828
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-11-23
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
The Internal Revenue Service, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The IRS is soliciting comments concerning information collection requirements related to continuation coverage requirements application to group health plans.
Southern Montana Resource Advisory Committee; Meeting
Document Number: 2020-25826
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-11-23
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Forest Service
The Southern Montana 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 Title II of the Act; and to make recommendations on recreation fee proposals for sites consistent with the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act. RAC information can be found at the following website: https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/ custergallatin/workingtogether/advisorycommittees/?cid=stelpr d3841767.
C.I. Pigment Violet 29; Revised Draft Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Risk Evaluation; Notice of Availability, Letter Peer Review and Public Comment; Extension of Comment Period
Document Number: 2020-25823
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-11-23
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
In the Federal Register of October 30, 2020, EPA announced the availability of and sought public comment on a revised draft risk evaluation of C. I. Pigment Violent 29 under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). This document extends the comment period for 20 days, from November 30, 2020 to December 19, 2020.
Designated Reserve Ratio for 2021
Document Number: 2020-25820
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-11-23
Agency: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Agencies and Commissions
Pursuant to the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation designates that the Designated Reserve Ratio (DRR) for the Deposit Insurance Fund shall remain at 2 percent for 2021.\1\ The Board is publishing this notice as required by the Federal Deposit Insurance Act.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Declaration of Person Who Performed Repairs or Alterations
Document Number: 2020-25819
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-11-23
Agency: Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the Department of Homeland Security 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 (PRA). The information collection is published in the Federal Register to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies. Comments are encouraged and must be submitted no later than January 22, 2021 to be assured of consideration.
Certain Pasta From Italy: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Preliminary Determination of No Shipments; 2018-2019
Document Number: 2020-25816
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-11-23
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that Ghigi 1870 S.p.A. (Ghigi) and Pasta Zara S.p.A. (Pasta Zara) (collectively, Ghigi/Zara) and La Molisana SpA (La Molisana) sold certain pasta (pasta) from Italy at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019. We further preliminarily determine that Pasta Berruto had no shipments of subject merchandise during the POR. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
Certain Steel Nails From Malaysia: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Preliminary Determination of No Shipments; 2018-2019
Document Number: 2020-25815
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-11-23
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that certain steel nails from Malaysia were sold in the United States at less than normal value during the period of review (POR), July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019. Additionally, we preliminarily find that certain companies made no shipments during the review period. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
Welded Carbon Steel Standard Pipes and Tubes From India: Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review 2019-2020
Document Number: 2020-25813
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-11-23
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the administrative review on welded carbon steel standard pipes and tubes (pipes and tubes) from India covering the period of review (POR) May 1, 2019, through April 30, 2020, based on the timely withdrawal of the request for review.
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Supplemental SIV Chief of Mission Application
Document Number: 2020-25811
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-11-23
Agency: Department of State
The Department of State is seeking Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the information collection described below. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and implementing OMB guidance, we are requesting comments on this collection from all interested individuals and organizations. The purpose of this notice is to allow 60 days for public comment preceding submission of the collection to OMB.
United States Standards for Lentils
Document Number: 2020-25809
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-11-23
Agency: Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
Notice is hereby given that the comment period for a notice for comment published in the Federal Register on September 29, 2020 is reopened. The publication invited comments on the revision to the method of interpretation for determining the special grade ``Green,'' as it pertains to the class ``Lentils,'' under the authority of the AMA.
Quarterly Status Report of Water Service, Repayment, and Other Water-Related Contract Actions
Document Number: 2020-25807
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-11-23
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation
Notice is hereby given of contractual actions that have been proposed to the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) and are new, discontinued, or completed since the last publication of this notice. This notice is one of a variety of means used to inform the public about proposed contractual actions for capital recovery and management of project resources and facilities consistent with the Reclamation Project Act of 1939. Additional announcements of individual contract actions may be published in the Federal Register and in newspapers of general circulation in the areas determined by Reclamation to be affected by the proposed action.
Pacific Island Fisheries; 2020 U.S. Territorial Longline Bigeye Tuna Catch Limits for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Document Number: 2020-25806
Type: Rule
Date: 2020-11-23
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS announces a valid specified fishing agreement that allocates up to 1,000 metric tons (t) of the 2020 bigeye tuna limit for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) to U.S. longline fishing vessels. The agreement supports the long-term sustainability of fishery resources of the U.S. Pacific Islands, and fisheries development in the CNMI.
Combined Notice of Filings
Document Number: 2020-25804
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-11-23
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Combined Notice of Filings #1
Document Number: 2020-25803
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-11-23
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Notice of Closed Meeting
Document Number: 2020-25802
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-11-23
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Information Collection; Organization and Direction of the Work
Document Number: 2020-25801
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-11-23
Agency: Department of Defense, General Services Administration, Agencies and Commissions, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations, DoD, GSA, and NASA invite the public to comment on a revision and renewal concerning organization and direction of the work. DoD, GSA, and NASA invite comments on: Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of Federal Government acquisitions, including whether the information will have practical utility; the accuracy of the estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize the burden of the information collection on respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. OMB has approved this information collection for use through February 28, 2021. DoD, GSA, and NASA propose that OMB extend its approval for use for three additional years beyond the current expiration date.
National Institute on Drug Abuse; Notice of Closed Meeting
Document Number: 2020-25800
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-11-23
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Notice of Closed Meeting
Document Number: 2020-25799
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-11-23
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Notice of Closed Meeting
Document Number: 2020-25798
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-11-23
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Experimental Sites Initiative Reporting Tool 2020
Document Number: 2020-25797
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-11-23
Agency: Department of Education
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing revision of a currently approved collection.
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