February 8, 2021 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is giving notice of a proposed administrative settlement for recovery of past response costs concerning the Crest Rubber Superfund Site in Alliance, Ohio with the following settling parties: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC; Bridgestone Americas, Inc.; Firestone Polymers, LLC; FSPC Holdco, LLC; Firestone Industrial Products Company, LLC; and Bridgestone Bandag, LLC. The EPA invites written public comments on the Settlement for thirty (30) days following publication of this notice. The settlement requires the settling parties to pay $1,489,333 to the Hazardous Substance Superfund.

The Bureau of the Census (Census Bureau) is giving notice of a virtual meeting of the Census Scientific Advisory Committee (CSAC). The Committee will address policy, research, and technical issues relating to a full range of Census Bureau programs and activities, including decennial, economic, field operations, information technology, and statistics. Last minute changes to the schedule are possible, which could prevent giving advance public notice of schedule adjustments. Please visit the Census Advisory Committees website at https:// www.census.gov/cac for the CSAC meeting information, including the agenda, and how to join the meeting.

Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed reinstatement of a previously approved collection, and allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice.

Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on January 4, 2021, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, on behalf of Ericsson Inc. of Plano, Texas; Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson of Sweden; and Ericsson AB of Sweden. Supplements were filed on January 5, 8, 12, 14, 21, and 27, 2021. The complaint, as supplemented, alleges violations of section 337 based upon the importation into the United States, the sale for importation, and the sale within the United States after importation of certain electronic devices with wireless connectivity, components thereof, and products containing same by reason of infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 7,151,430 (``the '430 patent''); U.S. Patent No. 6,879,849 (``the '849 patent''); U.S. Patent No. 7,286,823 (``the '823 patent''); and U.S. Patent No. 9,313,178 (``the '178 patent''). The complaint further alleges that an industry in the United States exists as required by the applicable Federal Statute. The complainants request that the Commission institute an investigation and, after the investigation, issue a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders.

The Office of the United States Trade Representative is providing notice that the United Kingdom (UK) in 2021 continues to be eligible to export under U.S. tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) allocated to the member countries of the European Union (EU).

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) is seeking public comment on its proposal to extend for an additional three years the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) clearance for information collection requirements in the Commission's rules and regulations under the Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939 (Wool Rules). That clearance expires on May 31, 2021.

Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: I hereby determine that certain objects being imported from abroad pursuant to agreements with their foreign owners or custodians for temporary display in the exhibition ``Cubism in Color: The Still Lifes of Juan Gris'' at the Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas, at the Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, and at possible additional exhibitions or venues yet to be determined, are of cultural significance, and, further, that their temporary exhibition or display within the United States as aforementioned is in the national interest. I have ordered that Public Notice of these determinations be published in the Federal Register.

NMFS has received a request from the Chesapeake Tunnel Joint Venture (CTJV) for the Renewal of their currently active incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to take marine mammals incidental to Parallel Thimble Shoal Tunnel Project (PTST) in Virginia Beach, Virginia. These activities are identical to those covered in the current authorization. The project has experienced delays and most of the work covered in the initial IHA will not be completed by the time it expires. Pursuant to the Marine Mammal Protection Act, prior to issuing the currently active IHA, NMFS requested comments on both the proposed IHA and the potential for renewing the initial authorization if certain requirements were satisfied. The Renewal requirements have been satisfied, and NMFS is now providing an additional 15-day comment period to allow for any additional comments on the proposed Renewal not previously provided during the initial 30-day comment period.

The United States Copyright Office will be holding public hearings as part of the eighth triennial rulemaking proceeding under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (``DMCA'') concerning possible exemptions to the DMCA's prohibition against circumvention of technological measures that control access to copyrighted works. Parties interested in testifying at the hearings are invited to submit requests to testify pursuant to the instructions set forth below.

The U.S. Copyright Office will be holding public roundtables as part of its study to evaluate best practices that the newly established mechanical licensing collective may implement to identify and locate musical work copyright owners and unclaimed accrued royalties held by the collective, encourage musical work copyright owners to claim their royalties, and reduce the incidence of unclaimed royalties. Music industry participants and others interested in participating in the roundtables are invited to submit requests to participate pursuant to the instructions set forth below.

This notice announces actions taken by the FHWA and the USACE that are final. These final agency actions relate to the proposed highway construction along Lake Shore Drive, Stony Island Avenue, Hayes Drive, and other roadways in Jackson Park and the construction of proposed trails and underpasses in Jackson Park, Cook County, Illinois. The final agency actions (1) authorize the City of Chicago's proposed discharges of fill material into waters of the United States, (2) grant permission to alter a Federally-funded ecosystem restoration project under the Great Lakes Fishery & Ecosystem Restoration program, and (3) grant approval for the highway project to proceed to right-of-way acquisition, final design, and construction. The FHWA's Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) provides details on the Selected Alternative for the proposed improvements.

In this document, the Commission announces that compliance with the rule for reporting information about the most recent date of permanent disconnection to the Reassigned Numbers Database per the 2018 Second Report and Order, published on March 26, 2019, is now required.

This notification announces receipt of and publishes a petition for waiver and interim waiver from Ningbo FOTILE Kitchen Ware Co. Ltd. (``FOTILE''), which seeks a waiver for specified dishwasher basic models from the U.S. Department of Energy (``DOE'') test procedure used for determining the energy and water consumption of dishwashers. DOE also gives notification of an Interim Waiver Order that requires FOTILE to test and rate the specified dishwasher basic models in accordance with the alternate test procedure set forth in the Interim Waiver Order. DOE solicits comments, data, and information concerning FOTILE's petition and its suggested alternate test procedure so as to inform DOE's final decision on FOTILE's waiver request.