December 15, 2020 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The DoD is publishing this notice to announce that it is renewing the Department of Defense Wage Committee (``the Committee'').

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the DOL is soliciting public comments regarding this OASAM-sponsored information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing an opportunity for the public to comment on CMS' intention to collect information from the public. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA), federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information (including each proposed extension or reinstatement of an existing collection of information) and to allow 60 days for public comment on the proposed action. Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding our burden estimates or any other aspect of this collection of information, including the necessity and utility of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of the agency's functions, the accuracy of the estimated burden, ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected, and the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology to minimize the information collection burden.

The Rural Utilities Service (RUS), a Rural Development agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), is soliciting Letters of intent for loan applications under the Rural Energy Savings Program (RESP), announcing the application process for those loans and deadlines for applications from eligible entities for funding in fiscal year (FY) 2021, until expended or further notice.

The Federal Subsistence Board (Board) announces the public meetings of the 10 Alaska Subsistence Regional Advisory Councils (hereafter, Councils or RACs) for the winter and fall cycles of 2021. The 10 Councils each meet approximately twice a year to provide advice and recommendations to the Federal Subsistence Board about subsistence hunting and fishing issues on Federal public lands in Alaska.

On November 17, 2020, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published in the Federal Register a final rule on setting and adjusting trademark fees that is scheduled to go into effect on January 2, 2021. This final rule changes the effective date of one fee paid by international applicants under the Madrid Protocol from January 2, 2021, to February 18, 2021.

NMFS announces that the State of North Carolina is transferring a portion of its 2020 commercial summer flounder quota to the State of Connecticut. This quota adjustment is necessary to comply with the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan quota transfer provisions. This announcement informs the public of the revised commercial quotas for North Carolina and Connecticut.

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from the Republic of Turkey (Turkey) covering the period of review (POR) September 1, 2019, through August 31, 2020, based on the timely withdrawal of the request for review.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 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 information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The IRS is soliciting comments concerning Sale of Residence From Qualified Personal Residence Trust.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 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 information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The IRS is soliciting comments concerning ABLE Account Contribution Information; Distributions From ABLE Accounts.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 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 information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The IRS is soliciting comments concerning Amended Quarterly Federal Excise Tax Return.

In accordance with the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 and the False Killer Whale Take Reduction Plan, NMFS is publishing a new trigger value for the Southern Exclusion Zone closure. The new trigger is four observed mortality or serious injuries of false killer whales incidental to the deep-set longline fishery within the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone.

The Bitterroot National Forest, Stevensville Ranger District, Montana, intends to prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Gold Butterfly Project. Since publication of the original EIS, it was determined that a project-specific forest plan amendment is necessary.

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 settlement agreement in the five consolidated petitions for review in Center for Biological Diversity, et al. v. EPA (D.C. Cir. Nos. 15-1054, 15-1176, 15-1389, 15-1462 and 16-1351) in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. In 2015 and 2016, the Center for Biological Diversity and other Petitioners (collectively, ``Petitioners'') filed five petitions for review of registrations containing five active ingredients: flupyradifurone, bicyclopyrone, benzovindiflupyr, cuprous iodide, and haluaxifen-methyl. The five petitions for review alleged that EPA violated the Endangered Species Act (``ESA'') by failing to consult on the effects to listed species when registering products containing the five new active ingredients. The Court consolidated the cases on June 20, 2018. The registrants for each active ingredient other than cuprous iodide sought and were granted intervention. EPA, the Petitioners and the Defendant-Intervenors (collectively, ``the Parties'') are proposing to enter into an out-of-court settlement agreement, which, among other things, calls for the Parties to file a Joint Motion for Order on Consent requesting that the Court order EPA to: complete a final effects determination for any use of cuprous iodide that is approved for sale and distribution by August 13, 2021; complete final Biological Evaluations for two of the other active ingredients by September 30, 2025 and the remaining two active ingredients by September 30, 2027; and initiate consultation with the National Marine Fisheries Service and/or the Fish and Wildlife Service (Services) as appropriate based on the outcome of the Biological Evaluations.

EPA has received a specific exemption request from the Washington State Department of Agriculture to use the pesticide broflanilide (CAS No. 1207727-04-5) to treat an amount of spring wheat seed sufficient to plant up to 206,000 acres to control wireworms. The applicant proposes the use of a new chemical which has not been registered by EPA.