March 1, 2021 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Revocation of Certain Presidential Actions
Document Number: 2021-04281
Type: Executive Order
Date: 2021-03-01
Agency: Executive Office of the President
America's Supply Chains
Document Number: 2021-04280
Type: Executive Order
Date: 2021-03-01
Agency: Executive Office of the President
Revoking Proclamation 10014
Document Number: 2021-04279
Type: Proclamation
Date: 2021-03-01
Agency: Executive Office of the President
Sunshine Act Meetings
Document Number: 2021-04273
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-03-01
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Data Reporting Requirements for State and Local Vehicle Emission Inspection and Maintenance (I/M) Programs
Document Number: 2021-04255
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-03-01
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to submit an information collection request (ICR), ``Data Reporting Requirements for State and Local Vehicle Emission Inspection and Maintenance (I/M) Programs'' (EPA ICR No.1613.07, OMB Control No. 2060-0252) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. Before doing so, EPA is soliciting public comments on specific aspects of the proposed information collection as described below. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through October 31, 2021. An Agency may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
Schedules of Controlled Substances: Temporary Placement of Brorphine in Schedule I
Document Number: 2021-04242
Type: Rule
Date: 2021-03-01
Agency: Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice
The Acting Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration is issuing this temporary order to schedule 1-(1-(1-(4- bromophenyl)ethyl)piperidin-4-yl)-1,3-dihydro-2H-benzo[d]imid azol-2-one (commonly known as brorphine), including its isomers, esters, ethers, salts, and salts of isomers, esters, and ethers whenever the existence of such isomers, esters, ethers, and salts is possible, in schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act . This action is based on a finding by the Acting Administrator that the placement of brorphine in schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act is necessary to avoid an imminent hazard to the public safety. As a result of this order, the regulatory controls and administrative, civil, and criminal sanctions applicable to schedule I controlled substances will be imposed on persons who handle (manufacture, distribute, reverse distribute, import, export, engage in research, conduct instructional activities or chemical analysis with, or possess), or propose to handle brorphine.
Emergency Order Requiring Face Mask Use in Railroad Operations
Document Number: 2021-04233
Type: Rule
Date: 2021-03-01
Agency: Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation
To help prevent the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID- 19), the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is issuing this emergency order (E.O.) to require compliance with the mask requirements of the Order of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Requirement for Persons to Wear Masks While on Conveyances and at Transportation Hubs. This E.O. also implements Promoting COVID-19 Safety in Domestic and International Travel, issued on January 21, 2021, requiring masks to be worn in or on airports, commercial aircraft, and various modes of surface transportation, including trains. Specifically, this E.O. addresses requirements for face mask use with respect to all freight rail operations and portions of each passenger rail operation under FRA's safety jurisdiction.
Sunshine Act Meeting
Document Number: 2021-04213
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-03-01
Agency: Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, Agencies and Commissions
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Revised Designation of Critical Habitat for the Northern Spotted Owl; Delay of Effective Date
Document Number: 2021-04209
Type: Rule
Date: 2021-03-01
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, are delaying the effective date of a final rule we published on January 15, 2021, revising the designation of critical habitat for the northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA) (January 15, 2021, Final Rule). In addition, this action opens a 30-day comment period to allow interested parties to comment on issues of fact, law, and policy raised by that rule and whether further delay of the effective date is necessary.
Presidential Declaration of a Major Disaster for the State of Texas
Document Number: 2021-04198
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-03-01
Agency: Small Business Administration, Agencies and Commissions
This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Texas (FEMA-4586-DR), dated 02/19/2021. Incident: Severe Winter Storms. Incident Period: 02/11/2021 and continuing.
Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Clean Watersheds Needs Survey (CWNS) (Reinstatement)
Document Number: 2021-04197
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-03-01
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an information collection request (ICR), ``Clean Watersheds Needs Survey (CWNS) (Reinstatement)'' (EPA ICR No. 0318.14, OMB Control No. 2040-0050) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). Before doing so, EPA is soliciting public comments on specific aspects of the proposed information collection as described below. This is a reinstatement of the ICR. An Agency may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Document Number: 2021-04192
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-03-01
Agency: Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Defense Health Agency announces a proposed public information collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; the accuracy of the agency's 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 through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: 2021-04191
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-03-01
Agency: Department of Defense, Department of the Navy
The Department of Defense has submitted to OMB for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; Extension, Without Change, of a Previously Approved Collection; FBI Hazardous Devices School Application
Document Number: 2021-04189
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-03-01
Agency: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice
The Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Critical Incident Response Group (CIRG), Hazardous Devices School (HDS) 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. The proposed information collection is published to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies.
60-Day Notice for the “NEA Panelist Profile Data”
Document Number: 2021-04188
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-03-01
Agency: National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities, Agencies and Commissions, National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This program helps to ensure that requested data is provided in the desired format; reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized; collection instruments are clearly understood; and the impact of collection requirements on respondents is properly assessed. Currently, the NEA is soliciting comments concerning the proposed information collection of NEA panelist profile data. A copy of the current information collection request can be obtained by contacting the office listed below in the address section of this notice.
Hand Trucks and Certain Parts Thereof From the People's Republic of China: Continuation of Antidumping Duty Order
Document Number: 2021-04186
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-03-01
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
As a result of the determinations by the Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the International Trade Commission (ITC) that revocation of the antidumping duty order on hand trucks and certain parts thereof (hand trucks) from the People's Republic of China (China) would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping and material injury to an industry in the United States, Commerce is publishing a notice of continuation of the antidumping duty order.
Importer of Controlled Substances Application: Groff NA Hemplex, LLC
Document Number: 2021-04181
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-03-01
Agency: Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice
Groff NA Hemplex, LLC has applied to be registered as an importer of basic class(es) of controlled substance(s). Refer to Supplemental Information listed below for further drug information.
Bulk Manufacturer of Controlled Substances Application: Bulk Manufacturer of Marihuana: Cosmic Light LLC
Document Number: 2021-04180
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-03-01
Agency: Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is providing notice of an application it has received from an entity applying to be registered to manufacture in bulk basic class(es) of controlled substances listed in schedule I. DEA intends to evaluate this and other pending applications according to its regulations governing the program of growing marihuana for scientific and medical research under DEA registration.
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
Document Number: 2021-04179
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-03-01
Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the utility of government information, invites the general public and other Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a proposed and/or continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project titled Cause-Specific Absenteeism in Schools and Evaluation of Influenza Transmission within Student Households. This collection is designed as an evaluation of cause- specific absenteeism in school and evaluation of influenza and SARS- CoV-2 within student households.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Notice of Closed Meeting
Document Number: 2021-04176
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-03-01
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Mattresses From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Intent To Rescind the 2020 Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review
Document Number: 2021-04175
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-03-01
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that Shanghai Sunbeauty Trading Co., Ltd. (Sunbeauty) did not make a bona fide sale during the period of review (POR). Therefore, we preliminarily determine to rescind this new shipper review (NSR).
Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Application From the Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) for Continued Approval of its Home Health Agency Accreditation Program
Document Number: 2021-04169
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-03-01
Agency: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services
This final notice announces our decision to approve The Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) for continued recognition as a national accrediting organization for home health agencies (HHAs) that wish to participate in the Medicare or Medicaid programs. An HHA that participates in Medicaid must also meet the Medicare conditions of participation (CoPs).
Grant of Interim Extension of the Term of U.S. Patent No. 6,953,476; Reducer®
Document Number: 2021-04168
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-03-01
Agency: Department of Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office
The United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued an order granting a one-year interim extension of the term of U.S. Patent No. 6,953,476.
Agency Information Collection Extension
Document Number: 2021-04166
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-03-01
Agency: Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration
EIA submitted an information collection request for extension as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection requests a three-year extension with changes of its Uranium Data Program (UDP), OMB Control Number 1905-0160. The UDP consists of three surveys. Form EIA-851A Domestic Uranium Production Report (Annual) collects annual data from the U.S. uranium industry on uranium milling and processing, uranium feed sources, uranium mining, employment, drilling, expenditures, and uranium reserves. Form EIA-851Q Domestic Uranium Production Report (Quarterly) collects monthly data on uranium production that is reported on a quarterly basis. Form EIA-858 Uranium Marketing Annual Survey collects annual data from the U.S. uranium market on uranium contracts and deliveries, inventories, enrichment services purchased, uranium in fuel assemblies, feed deliveries to enrichers, and unfilled market requirements for the current year and the following ten years.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request and Comment Request
Document Number: 2021-04165
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-03-01
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
Certain Polycrystalline Diamond Compacts and Articles Containing Same; Notice of Commission Determination Not To Review an Initial Determination Amending the Complaint and Notice of Investigation
Document Number: 2021-04164
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-03-01
Agency: International Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission (``Commission'') has determined not to review an initial determination (``ID'') (Order No. 8) of the presiding administrative law judge (``ALJ'') granting an unopposed motion of complainant US Synthetic Corporation for leave to amend the complaint and notice of investigation to substitute Guangdong Juxin New Materials Technology Co., Ltd.as a respondent in place of Zhuhai Juxin Technology.
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Performance Measures and Additional Data Collection (New Collection)
Document Number: 2021-04162
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-03-01
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Family Assistance (OFA) has had administrative responsibility for federal funding of programs that strengthen families through healthy marriage and relationship education and responsible fatherhood programming since 2006, through the Healthy Marriage (HM) and Responsible Fatherhood (RF) Grant Programs. ACF required the 2015 cohort of HMRF granteeswhich received 5-year grants in September 2015to collect and report performance measures about program operations, services, and clients served (OMB #0970-0460). A performance measures data collection system called nFORM (Information, Family Outcomes, Reporting, and Management) was implemented with the 2015 cohort to improve the efficiency of data collection and reporting and the quality of data. This system allows for streamlined and standardized submission of grantee performance data through regular progress reports and supports grantee-led and federal research projects. ACF will continue performance measure and other data collection activities for the HMRF grant program with a new cohort of grantees who received 5-year awards in September 2020. ACF is requesting comment on a new data collection to support these activities with the 2020 HMRF grantee cohort. ACF has made changes to the previous cohort's data collection instruments and performance reports for use in the new cohort. This new grantee cohort is expected to begin collecting performance measure data and reporting to ACF in April 2021.
Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Site Characterization Surveys off the Coast of Massachusetts
Document Number: 2021-04161
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-03-01
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS has received a request from Mayflower Wind Energy LLC (Mayflower) for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to site characterization surveys off the coast of Massachusetts in the area of the Commercial Lease of Submerged Lands for Renewable Energy Development on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS-A 0521) and along a potential submarine cable route to landfall at Falmouth, Massachusetts. Pursuant to the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS is requesting comments on its proposal to issue an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to incidentally take marine mammals during the specified activities. NMFS is also requesting comments on a possible one-year renewal that could be issued under certain circumstances and if all requirements are met, as described in Request for Public Comments at the end of this notice. NMFS will consider public comments prior to making any final decision on the issuance of the requested MMPA authorizations and agency responses will be summarized in the final notice of our decision.
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
Document Number: 2021-04160
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-03-01
Agency: Federal Reserve System, Agencies and Commissions
Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Survey of Individuals Using Their Entitlement to Educational Assistance Under the Educational Assistance Programs Administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Document Number: 2021-04158
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-03-01
Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Veterans Affairs, will submit the collection of information abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The PRA submission describes the nature of the information collection and its expected cost and burden and it includes the actual data collection instrument.
Final Flood Hazard Determinations
Document Number: 2021-04152
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-03-01
Agency: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
Flood hazard determinations, which may include additions or modifications of Base Flood Elevations (BFEs), base flood depths, Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) boundaries or zone designations, or regulatory floodways on the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) and where applicable, in the supporting Flood Insurance Study (FIS) reports have been made final for the communities listed in the table below. The FIRM and FIS report are the basis of the floodplain management measures that a community is required either to adopt or to show evidence of having in effect in order to qualify or remain qualified for participation in the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). In addition, the FIRM and FIS report are used by insurance agents and others to calculate appropriate flood insurance premium rates for buildings and the contents of those buildings.
Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations
Document Number: 2021-04151
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-03-01
Agency: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
Comments are requested on proposed flood hazard determinations, which may include additions or modifications of any Base Flood Elevation (BFE), base flood depth, Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) boundary or zone designation, or regulatory floodway on the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), and where applicable, in the supporting Flood Insurance Study (FIS) reports for the communities listed in the table below. The purpose of this notice is to seek general information and comment regarding the preliminary FIRM, and where applicable, the FIS report that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has provided to the affected communities. The FIRM and FIS report are the basis of the floodplain management measures that the community is required either to adopt or to show evidence of having in effect in order to qualify or remain qualified for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). In addition, the FIRM and FIS report, once effective, will be used by insurance agents and others to calculate appropriate flood insurance premium rates for new buildings and the contents of those buildings.
Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations; Correction
Document Number: 2021-04150
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-03-01
Agency: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
On January 12, 2021, FEMA published in the Federal Register a proposed flood hazard determination notice that contained an erroneous table. This notice provides corrections to that table to be used in lieu of the erroneous information. The table provided here represents the proposed flood hazard determinations and communities affected for Rice County, Minnesota and Incorporated Areas.
Board of Trustees of Michigan State University; Notice of Petition for Declaratory Order
Document Number: 2021-04149
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-03-01
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Final Flood Hazard Determinations
Document Number: 2021-04148
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-03-01
Agency: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
Flood hazard determinations, which may include additions or modifications of Base Flood Elevations (BFEs), base flood depths, Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) boundaries or zone designations, or regulatory floodways on the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) and where applicable, in the supporting Flood Insurance Study (FIS) reports have been made final for the communities listed in the table below. The FIRM and FIS report are the basis of the floodplain management measures that a community is required either to adopt or to show evidence of having in effect in order to qualify or remain qualified for participation in the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). In addition, the FIRM and FIS report are used by insurance agents and others to calculate appropriate flood insurance premium rates for buildings and the contents of those buildings.
Importer of Controlled Substances Application: Microgenics Corporation Thermo Fisher Scientific
Document Number: 2021-04147
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-03-01
Agency: Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice
Microgenics Corporation Thermo Fisher Scientific has applied to be registered as an importer of basic class(es) of controlled substance(s). Refer to Supplemental Information listed below for further drug information.
Combined Notice of Filings
Document Number: 2021-04144
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-03-01
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations
Document Number: 2021-04143
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-03-01
Agency: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
Comments are requested on proposed flood hazard determinations, which may include additions or modifications of any Base Flood Elevation (BFE), base flood depth, Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) boundary or zone designation, or regulatory floodway on the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), and where applicable, in the supporting Flood Insurance Study (FIS) reports for the communities listed in the table below. The purpose of this notice is to seek general information and comment regarding the preliminary FIRM, and where applicable, the FIS report that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has provided to the affected communities. The FIRM and FIS report are the basis of the floodplain management measures that the community is required either to adopt or to show evidence of having in effect in order to qualify or remain qualified for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). In addition, the FIRM and FIS report, once effective, will be used by insurance agents and others to calculate appropriate flood insurance premium rates for new buildings and the contents of those buildings.
Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations
Document Number: 2021-04142
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-03-01
Agency: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
On January 25, 2021, FEMA published in the Federal Register a proposed flood hazard determination notice that contained an erroneous table. This notice provides corrections to that table to be used in lieu of the erroneous information. The table provided here represents the proposed flood hazard determinations and communities affected for Hendricks County, Indiana and Incorporated Areas.
Combined Notice of Filings #1
Document Number: 2021-04141
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-03-01
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Upon Written Request
Document Number: 2021-04139
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-03-01
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Northcreek Mezzanine Fund I, L.P.; Surrender of License of Small Business Investment Company
Document Number: 2021-04138
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-03-01
Agency: Small Business Administration, Agencies and Commissions
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Public Housing Financial Management Template
Document Number: 2021-04136
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-03-01
Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD is seeking approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the information collection described below. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is requesting comment from all interested parties on the proposed collection of information. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment.
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