2021 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) 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 solicits comments on Form FDA 3602 and Form FDA 3602A, on which domestic and foreign applicants certify that they qualify as a small business and pay certain medical device user fees at reduced rates.

The Commission is making technical corrections to various sections of its regulations.

In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) John Day- Snake Resource Advisory Council (RAC) and its Planning Subcommittee will meet.

The Department of the Treasury, 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 Bureau of the Fiscal Service within the Department of the Treasury is soliciting comments concerning Trace Request for Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Payment; and Trace Request Direct Deposit.

The Indian Health Service published a Notice of Funding Opportunity in the Federal Register of November 4, 2021, for the Suicide Prevention, Intervention, and Postvention grant program. The notice was missing a section in the description of the required Project Narrative that applicants must submit with their application. The Project Narrative will have a fourth section added, Statement of Need, and the page limit for the Project Narrative will increase from 15 to 17 pages.

The Department of the Treasury will submit the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. The public is invited to submit comments on these requests.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of one or more persons that have been placed on OFAC's Non-SDN Chinese Military-Industrial Complex Companies List (NS-CMIC List). Any purchase or sale of any publicly traded securities, or any publicly traded securities that are derivative of such securities or are designed to provide investment exposure to such securities, of any of these persons, by any United States person in violation of the Order is prohibited.

This regulation establishes exemptions from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of various fragrance components listed in unit II of this document when they are used as inert ingredients in antimicrobial pesticide formulations for use on food contact surfaces in public eating places, dairy processing equipment, and food processing equipment and utensils with end-use concentration not to exceed 100 parts per million (ppm). Verto Solutions on behalf of The Clorox Company submitted a petition to EPA under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), requesting the establishment of such exemptions from the requirement of a tolerance. This regulation eliminates the need to establish a maximum permissible level for residues of various fragrance components.

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to list the cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum), a subspecies found in Mexico, southern Arizona, and southern Texas, as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). This determination also serves as our 12-month finding on a petition to list the cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl. After a review of the best available scientific and commercial information, we find that listing the subspecies is warranted. Accordingly, we propose to list the cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl as a threatened species with a rule issued under section 4(d) of the Act (``4(d) rule''). If we finalize this rule as proposed, it would add this subspecies to the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and extend the Act's protections to the subspecies. The finalization of this rule as proposed would include the issuance of a 4(d) rule. Designation of critical habitat was found to be prudent, but not determinable at this time. We also are notifying the public that we have scheduled an informational meeting followed by a public hearing on the proposed rule.

Pursuant to Department regulations, the renewal of a U.S. passport must meet certain requirements to qualify for submission of an application by mail. The Department will now provide qualified applicants the option of submitting renewal applications by mail or on- line via the Department's official website. This amendment will provide more flexibility for the renewal applicant, will improve the customer experience, and eliminate the added burden, time, and cost to the customer by providing the on-line option as an alternative to the mail in process.

The Department of Defense (Department or DoD) is giving concurrent notice of a new Department-wide system of records pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974 for the DoD-0008, ``Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act Records'' system of records and this proposed rulemaking. In this proposed rulemaking, the Department proposes to exempt portions of this system of records from certain provisions of the Privacy Act because of national security requirements; to avoid interference during the conduct of criminal, civil, or administrative actions or investigations; to prevent the compromise of protective services processes; to protect the identity of confidential sources incident to Federal employment, military service, contract, and security clearance determinations; and to prevent the undermining of testing and evaluation materials.

The U.S. Copyright Office is announcing a series of consultations on technical measures to identify or protect copyrighted works online. The Office plans to hold a plenary session to launch consultations on this issue on February 22, 2022, to be followed by smaller sectoral consultations thereafter. To aid in this effort, the Office also is seeking public input on a number of questions.

Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission (``the Commission'') has determined to affirm a final initial determination (``ID'') of the presiding administrative law judge (``ALJ'') finding a violation of section 337 by the accused products of respondent RAB Lighting Inc. (``RAB'') of Northvale, New Jersey. The Commission has issued a limited exclusion order (``LEO'') directed against infringing light-emitting diode products, fixtures, and components thereof of RAB and a cease and desist order (``CDO'') directed against RAB. The investigation is terminated.

Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined to issue a general exclusion order (``GEO'') and a cease and desist order (``CDO'') directed to respondent Kinghood International Logistics Inc. (``Kinghood'') in the above-captioned investigation. The investigation is terminated in its entirety.

The Federal Aviation Administration is requesting public comment on a request by Louisville Regional Airport Authority (LRAA), to retroactively release land (8.1 acres) at Bowman Field from federal obligations.

The DoD has submitted to OMB for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.

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 will establish monthly subscriber fees for the NYSE Options Open-Close Volume Summary by way of a separate proposed rule change, which the Exchange will submit prior to the launch of the NYSE Options Open-Close Volume Summary. The Exchange plans to introduce the NYSE Options Open-Close Volume Summary in the first quarter of 2022. The Exchange will announce the exact date that the NYSE Options Open- Close Volume Summary will become available through a NYSE Trader Update. 2. Statutory Basis The proposed rule change is consistent with Section 6(b) \8\ of the Act, in general, and furthers the objectives of Section 6(b)(5) \9\ of the Act, in particular, in that it is designed to prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices, to promote just and equitable principles of trade, to foster cooperation and coordination with persons engaged in facilitating transactions in securities, to remove impediments to and perfect the mechanism of a free and open market and a national market system and, in general, to protect investors and the public interest, and it is not designed to permit unfair discrimination among customers, brokers, or dealers.

The National Park Service is soliciting electronic comments on the significance of properties nominated before December 11, 2021, for listing or related actions in the National Register of Historic Places.