October 1, 2021 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents
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Exelon Generation Company, LLC; Dresden Nuclear Power Station, Units 1, 2, and 3
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted the request of Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Exelon, the licensee) to withdraw its application dated September 24, 2020, for proposed amendments to Amended Facility Operating License No. DPR-2 and Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-19 and DPR-25 for Dresden Nuclear Power Station, Units 1, 2, and 3 (Dresden), respectively. The proposed amendments would have made changes to technical specifications (TSs) definitions and administrative controls for the permanently defueled condition.
Exelon Generation Company, LLC; Dresden Nuclear Power Station, Units 1, 2, and 3 and Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted the request of Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Exelon, the licensee) to withdraw its application dated November 2, 2020, for proposed amendments to Amended Facility Operating License No. DPR-2 and Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-19 and DPR-25 for Dresden Nuclear Power Station, Units 1, 2, and 3 (Dresden), respectively, and the general license for the Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI). The proposed amendments would have revised the Dresden emergency plan following the permanent cessation of power operations to reflect the post-shutdown and permanently defueled condition of the units.
Announcing Upcoming Meeting of Mobile Sources Technical Review Subcommittee
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, EPA announces an upcoming meeting of the Mobile Sources Technical Review Subcommittee (MSTRS), which is a subcommittee under the Clean Air Act Advisory Committee (CAAAC). This is a virtual meeting and open to the public. The meeting will include discussion of current topics and presentations about activities being conducted by EPA's Office of Transportation and Air Quality. MSTRS listserv subscribers will receive notification when the agenda is available on the Subcommittee website. To subscribe to the MSTRS listserv, send an email to MSTRS@epa.gov.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Commercial Space Transportation Licensing Regulations
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval to renew an information collection. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following collection of information was published on January 13, 2021. The collection involves information used to make a safety determination on proposed modifications and renewals of expendable launch vehicles. The information to be collected will be used to make licensing determinations.
Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Chemical Safety for Sustainability and Health and Environmental Risk Assessment Subcommittee Meeting-November 2021
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Research and Development (ORD), gives notice of a series of virtual meetings of the Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Chemical Safety for Sustainability and Health and Environmental Risk Assessment (CSS HERA) Subcommittee to review the recent progress and activities of the Chemical Safety Analytics (CSA) and Emerging Materials and Technologies (EMT) research areas.
Fisheries Off West Coast States; Modification of the West Coast Salmon Fisheries; Inseason Action #26 Through #30
NMFS announces five inseason actions in the 2021 ocean salmon fisheries. These inseason actions modified the recreational and commercial ocean salmon fishery in the area from the U.S./Canada border to Cape Falcon, OR.
Sanctuary System Business Advisory Council: Public Meeting
Notice is hereby given of a meeting of the Sanctuary System Business Advisory Council (council). The meeting is open to the public, and an opportunity for oral and written comments will be provided.
Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedures for Fans and Blowers
The U.S. Department of Energy (``DOE'') is undertaking the preliminary stages of a rulemaking to consider potential test procedures for fans and blowers, including air circulating fan heads. Through this request for information (``RFI''), DOE seeks data and information regarding issues pertinent to whether new test procedures would accurately and fully comply with the requirement that a test procedure measures energy use during a representative average use cycle for the equipment without being unduly burdensome to conduct. DOE welcomes written comments from the public on any subject within the scope of this document (including topics not raised in this RFI), as well as the submission of data and other relevant information.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Announcement of Office of Management and Budget Approvals
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is publishing a list of information collections that have been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Election of Officers of the Osage Minerals Council
The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is finalizing revisions to its regulations governing elections of the Osage Nation. These revisions update and limit the Secretary's role to the task of compiling a list of voters for Osage Minerals Council elections. These changes reaffirm the inherent sovereign rights of the Osage Nation to determine its membership and form of government.
Indian Gaming; Approval of Tribal-State Class III Gaming Compact in the State of Minnesota
This notice publishes the approval of the Third Amendment to Technical Standards in [the] Tribal-State Compact for Control of Class III Blackjack on the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community in Minnesota (Amendment) and the State of Minnesota.
Senior Executive Service Performance Review Board Membership
This notice sets forth the names and titles of the current membership of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) Performance Review Board as of October 1, 2019.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Obtaining Information To Understand Challenges and Opportunities Encountered by Compounding Outsourcing Facilities
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, Agency, or we) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the Agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), Federal Agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension of an existing collection of information, and to allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice. This notice requests comments on the information collection associated with FDA research in obtaining information from pharmacists and other management at outsourcing facilities and related human prescription drug compounding businesses. The research supports a comprehensive analysis of the outsourcing facility sector that informs ongoing FDA work in this area.
Proposed Collection; Requesting Comments on Tax-Exempt Organization Forms
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. The IRS is soliciting comments concerning all forms used by tax-exempt organizations. See Appendix A for a list of forms, schedules, and related attachments.
DOE/NSF Nuclear Science Advisory Committee
Pursuant the Federal Advisory Committee Act, and the Code of Federal Regulations, and following consultation with the Committee Management Secretariat, General Services Administration, notice is hereby given that the DOE/NSF Nuclear Science Advisory Committee (NSAC) has been renewed for a two- year period. The Committee will provide advice and recommendations to the Director, Office of Science (DOE), and the Assistant Director, Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (NSF), on scientific priorities within the field of basic nuclear science research. Additionally, the Secretary of Energy has determined that renewal of the NSAC is essential to conduct business of the Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation and is in the public interest in connection with the performance of duties imposed by law upon the Department of Energy. The Committee will continue to operate in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Department of Energy Organization Act (Pub. L. 95-91), and the rules and regulations in implementation of these acts.
Sitesh Bansi Patel: Final Debarment Order
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is issuing an order under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) debarring Sitesh Bansi Patel for a period of 5 years from importing articles of food or offering such articles for importation into the United States. FDA bases this order on a finding that Mr. Patel was convicted of a felony count under Federal law for conduct relating to the importation into the United States of an article of food. Mr. Patel was given notice of the proposed debarment and an opportunity to request a hearing within the timeframe prescribed by regulation. As of July 8, 2021 (30 days after receipt of the notice), Mr. Patel has not responded. Mr. Patel's failure to respond and request a hearing constitutes a waiver of his right to a hearing concerning this matter.
Bureau of Political-Military Affairs; Rescission of Statutory Debarment of Dennis Haag Under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations
Notice is hereby given that the Department of State has rescinded the statutory debarment of Dennis Haag included in Federal Register notice of April 25, 2018.
Watson Laboratories, Inc., et al.; Withdrawal of Approval of 36 Abbreviated New Drug Applications; Correction
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is correcting a notice that appeared in the Federal Register of June 25, 2021. The document announced the withdrawal of approval of 36 abbreviated new drug applications (ANDAs) from multiple applicants as of July 26, 2021. The document indicated that FDA was withdrawing approval of the following ANDA, after receiving a withdrawal request from Yung Shin Pharmaceutical Ind. Co. Ltd., authorized U.S. agent, Carlsbad Technology, Inc./Simon Law, 5922 Farnsworth Ct., Suite 101, Carlsbad, CA 92008: ANDA 065152, Cephalexin Capsules, Equivalent to (EQ) 250 milligrams (mg) base and EQ 500 mg base. Before FDA withdrew the approval of this ANDA, Yung Shin Pharmaceutical Ind. Co. Ltd. informed FDA that it did not want the approval of the ANDA withdrawn. Because Yung Shin Pharmaceutical Ind. Co. Ltd. timely requested that approval of this ANDA not be withdrawn, the approval of ANDA 065152 is still in effect.
Approval of Air Quality Implementation Plans; New York; Part 212, Process Operations
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving a revision to the New York State Implementation Plan (SIP) concerning process operations. The effect of this revision is to streamline and update provisions, align those provisions with permitting regulations, and provide regulatory certainty for the regulated community.
Public/Private Refugee Cash Assistance Inflationary Increase
In accordance with ORR regulations, the Director of ORR is announcing an inflationary increase to the public/private Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA) program's monthly payment ceilings, effective October 1, 2021. The current payment ceilings have remained fixed since March 22, 2000, despite inflation. The new payment ceilings accommodate that inflation and will provide arriving ORR-eligible populations greater economic stability as they transition to self-sufficiency.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Comment Request; Food Safety; Federal-State Food Regulatory Program Standards
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing that a proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Conservation of Antarctic Animals and Plants; Correction
This document corrects the Regulation Identification Number that appeared in a final rule published in the Federal Register on May 25, 2021, regarding changes to changes to Annex II to the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty (Protocol) agreed to by the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Parties.
Notice of Public Meeting of the Connecticut Advisory Committee
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the rules and regulations of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (Commission), and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), that the Connecticut Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights will hold a meeting via web conference or phone call on Monday, October 4, 2021, at 12:30 p.m. The purpose of the meeting is to review an advisory memorandum on voting rights.
Oregon State University
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has received an application from Oregon State University (OSU or the licensee) to renew special nuclear materials (SNM) license number SNM- 2013. The renewed license would authorize the applicant to continue research on used research and test reactor fuel rods that contain greater than critical mass amounts of special nuclear material. The license renewal would allow OSU to continue licensed activities for 10 years beyond its current license.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Information Collection Through Surveys and Interviews To Evaluate and Improve the Cooperative Research Units Program Mission, Functions, and Goals
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) are proposing a new information collection.
Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), this notice announces the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) intention to seek approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a new information collection to administer the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program (LFPA). AMS is implementing this new cooperative agreement program under the American Rescue Plan Act, which directs the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into cooperative agreements with State, local, and tribal governments to purchase food from local and regional farmers/producers (within the state or within 400 miles) and from socially disadvantaged farmers/producers.
Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Adopt a New Historical Market Data Product To Be Known as the NYSE Options Open-Close Volume Summary
End of Day Volume Summary and Intra-Day Volume Summary. The End of Day Volume Summary will contain historical data from the previous trading day and would be available after the end of each trading day, generally on a T+1 basis. The Intra-Day Volume Summary would include ``snapshots'' taken every 10 minutes throughout the trading day and would be available within five minutes of the conclusion of each 10-minute period. Each update would represent combined data captured from the current ``snapshot'' and all previous ``snapshots'' and thus would provide open-close data on an aggregate basis. The Exchange does not currently intend to charge any fees to subscribe to NYSE Options Open-Close Volume Summary. The Exchange will submit a proposed rule change to the Commission when it determines to charge fees associated with the receipt of NYSE Options Open-Close Volume Summary. The Exchange plans to introduce the NYSE Options Open-Close Volume Summary when the Exchange transitions to the Pillar trading platform, anticipated for the fourth quarter of 2021.\11\ The Exchange will announce the exact date that the NYSE Options Open-Close Volume Summary will become available through a NYSE Trader Update.
Request for Public Comment: 60 Day Notice for Extension of Fast Track Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery: IHS Customer Service Satisfaction and Similar Surveys
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Indian Health Service (IHS) invites the general public to take this opportunity to comment on the information collection Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Control Number 0917-0036, ``Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery.'' This notice announces our intent to submit this previously approved information collection, which expires January 31, 2022, to OMB for approval of an extension and solicit comments on specific aspects for the proposed information collection.
Draft FY 2022-2026 Environmental Protection Agency Strategic Plan
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the availability of the Draft FY 2022-2026 EPA Strategic Plan for public review and comment, which is being revised as required by the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) Modernization Act of 2010 (as amended by the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018). The agency anticipates the final Strategic Plan will be submitted to Congress in February 2022. For this document, the EPA is seeking comment from individual citizens, states, tribes, local governments, industry, the academic community, non-governmental organizations, and all other interested parties.
Amendment of Class E Airspace; Bangor, ME
This action amends Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface in Bangor, ME by establishing airspace for Eastern Maine Medical Center Heliport, to accommodate new area navigation (RNAV) global positioning system (GPS) standard instrument approach procedures (SIAPs) serving this heliport. Also, this action amends the existing Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface at Bangor International Airport by omitting the Bangor VORTAC from the airport description.
Seafood Processors Pandemic Response and Safety Block Grant Program; Request for Emergency Approval of a New Information Collection
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) intention to receive approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a new information collection to administer the Seafood Processors Pandemic Response and Safety (SPRS) Block Grant Program under its Grants Division. Due to the enactment of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA), AMS Grants Division is implementing this new grant program under Title VII, subtitle, B, section 751, which directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide ``grants and loans to small or midsized food processors or distributors, seafood processing facilities and processing vessels, farmers markets, producers, or other organizations to respond to coronavirus, including for measures to protect workers against the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).''
Approval of Air Quality Implementation Plans; New York; 2011 Periodic Emission Inventory SIP for the Ozone Nonattainment Areas
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC). The SIP revision consists of the following: 2011 calendar year ozone precursor emission inventory for volatile organic compounds (VOCs), oxides of nitrogen (NOX), and carbon monoxide (CO) for the New York portion of the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, Connecticut NY-NJ-CT area (New York Metropolitan Area, or NYMA) classified as serious ozone nonattainment for the 2008 8-hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS or standard); and the Jamestown (Chautauqua County) ozone nonattainment area classified as marginal for the 2008 8-hour ozone standard. In addition, the SIP revision also consists of the 2011 calendar year statewide periodic emission inventory for volatile organic compounds, oxides of nitrogen, and carbon monoxide. This action is being taken in accordance with the Clean Air Act (CAA).
Notice of Receipt of Complaint; Solicitation of Comments Relating to the Public Interest
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has received a complaint entitled Certain Electronic Devices Having Wireless Communication Capabilities and Components Thereof, DN 3568; the Commission is soliciting comments on any public interest issues raised by the complaint or complainant's filing pursuant to the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure.
Defense Logistics Agency Privacy Program
This final rule removes DoD's regulation concerning the Defense Logistics Agency Privacy Program. On April 11, 2019, the Department of Defense published a revised DoD-level Privacy Program rule, which contains the necessary information for an agency-wide privacy program regulation under the Privacy Act and now serves as the single Privacy Program rule for the Department. That revised Privacy Program rule also includes all DoD component exemption rules. Therefore, this part is now unnecessary and may be removed from the CFR.
Order Suspending General License Authority To Export Radioactive Material and Deuterium to China General Nuclear (CGN), CGN Subsidiaries, or Related Entities
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing an Order suspending the general license authority under NRC regulations to export radioactive material and deuterium to China General Nuclear (CGN), CGN subsidiaries, or related entities.
Membership of the Senior Executive Service and Senior Level Standing Performance Review Boards
Pursuant to agency regulations, the Department of Justice announces the membership of its 2021 Senior Executive Service (SES) and Senior Level (SL) Standing Performance Review Boards (PRBs). The purpose of the PRB is to provide fair and impartial review of SES and SL performance appraisals; make recommendations to the appointing authority concerning performance ratings, performance awards, and performance-based pay adjustments; and review and revise, as appropriate, executive development plans.
Privacy Act of 1974; Implementation
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ or Department), is finalizing with changes its Privacy Act exemption regulations for the system of records titled, ``Judicial Nominations Files,'' JUSTICE/ OLP-002, which were published as a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on July 23, 2021. Specifically, the Department's regulations will exempt the records maintained in JUSTICE/OLP-002 from one or more provisions of the Privacy Act.
Television Broadcasting Services Monroe, Louisiana
The Commission has before it a petition for rulemaking filed by Gray Television Licensee, LLC (Petitioner), the licensee of KNOE (CBS), channel 8, Monroe, Louisiana. The Petitioner requests the substitution of channel 24 for channel 8 at in the DTV Table of Allotments.
Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Duty Investigation on Fresh Tomatoes From Mexico; Preliminary Results of 2019-2020 Administrative Review
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that the respondents selected for individual examination, Bioparques De Occidente, S.A. de C.V. and its affiliates (Bioparques), Del Campo Y Asociados SA de CV and its affiliates (Del Campo), and Productora Agricola Industrial del Noroeste, SA de CV (Productora Agricola) and its affiliates (collectively Grupo Pinos), are in compliance with the Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Duty Investigation on Fresh Tomatoes from Mexico (2019 Agreement), for the period September 19, 2019, through August 31, 2020, and that the 2019 Agreement is meeting the statutory requirements under the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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