September 2, 2022 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE or the Department) is proposing to amend its current worker safety and health program regulation. The proposed amendment would make corrections to the worker safety and health program regulation requirements related to beryllium and beryllium compounds for purposes of accuracy and consistency with DOE's Chronic Beryllium Disease Prevention Program regulation, and to clarify that DOE did not intend to adopt the 2016 American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists threshold limit value for beryllium and beryllium compounds.

CIGIE, as part of its effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public to take this opportunity to comment on the ``Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Website Satisfaction'' for approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). This notice announces CIGIE's intent to submit this collection to OMB for approval and solicits comments on specific aspects for the proposed information collection.

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), 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.

This action removes Class E airspace in Brownsville, PA, as Brownsville General Hospital Heliport has been abandoned and controlled airspace is no longer required. This action enhances the safety and management of controlled airspace within the national airspace system.

This advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) seeks input from stakeholders about how to update the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) organic regulations on inert ingredients in pesticides used in organic production. The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) seeks comments on alternatives to its existing regulations that would align with the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (OFPA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) regulatory framework for inert ingredients. Information from public comments would inform AMS's approach to this topic, including any proposed revisions of the USDA organic regulations.

EPA is finalizing an optional alternative renewable identification number (RIN) retirement schedule for small refineries under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program for the 2020 compliance year. Small refineries that elect to use the alternative RIN retirement schedule will have to fully comply with their 2020 RFS obligations including any RIN deficits from 2019 carried forward into the 2020 compliance yearby February 1, 2024. EPA is taking this action because small refineries may need more time to plan for compliance with their RFS obligations given EPA's delay in deciding small refinery exemption (SRE) petitions and setting the associated compliance deadlines.

This document contains a notice of exemption issued by the Department of Labor (the Department) from certain of the prohibited transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA or the Act) and/or the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the Code). Under the exemption, the Comcast Corporation Comprehensive Health and Welfare Benefit Plan (the Plan) will enter into an insurance contract with an unrelated A-rated insurance company (the Fronting Insurer) that will, in turn, enter into a reinsurance contract with One Belmont Insurance Company (One Belmont), an affiliate of Comcast (the Reinsurance Arrangement). Under the Reinsurance Arrangement, One Belmont will reinsure the Plan's risks.

Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has found the requirements of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, met, based on a complaint filed by the NOCO Company alleging a violation with respect to U.S. Trademark Registration Nos. 4,811,656 (``the '656 mark'') and 4,811,749 (``the '749 mark'') by defaulting respondent Zhejiang Quingyou Electronic Commerce Co., Ltd. (``Zhejiang Quingyou'') and with respect to the '749 mark by defaulting respondent Shenzhen Mediatek Tong Technology Co., Ltd. (``Mediatek''). The Commission has determined to issue a limited exclusion order against defaulting respondents Zhejiang Quingyou and Mediatek. The investigation is terminated.

NMFS announces three inseason actions in the 2022 ocean salmon fisheries. These inseason actions modify the recreational and commercial salmon fisheries in the area from the United States/Canada border to the Oregon/California border.

This is a notice of intent to award supplemental funding to the Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) recipient funded in FY 2020 under Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) SM-20-11. This is to inform the public that the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is supporting an administrative supplement, which is consistent with the scope of the initial award, of up to $1,609,838, for one-year to the SPRC recipient, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. This recipient was funded in FY 2020 under the SPRC Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) SM-20-011 with a project end date of November 30, 2025. This supplement will provide continued support for the HHS Behavioral Health Coordinating Committee's, Comprehensive Community Suicide Prevention Workgroup in the development of recommendations to increase the community-based suicide prevention infrastructure; provide staff support and technical assistance on a new platform that will be used to train the suicide prevention workforce on approaches to address the needs of individuals at risk for suicide; provide additional suicide prevention technical assistance for states, tribes, territories, and community-based organizations in the implementation of suicide prevention; and conduct an evaluation, in coordination with the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention, of 988 call centers to ensure 988 implementation, programmatic and messaging efforts are well informed by the unique needs of populations at high risk or disproportionately impacted by suicide-related behaviors. This is not a formal request for application. Assistance will only be provided to the SPRC Grant recipient, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, based on the receipt of a satisfactory application and associated budget. Funding Opportunity Title: Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) NOFO SM-20-011. Assistance Listing Number: 93.243. Authority: The SPRC grant is authorized under Section 520A and 520C of the Public Health Service Act, as amended. Justification: Eligibility for this supplemental funding is limited to the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center which was funded in FY 2020 under the SPRC NOFO SM-20-011. The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center since they are currently providing technical assistance on suicide prevention and have specialized expertise conducting needs assessments to understand the attitudes, knowledge, and beliefs regarding suicide of various groups and populations. Contact: Brandon J. Johnson, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, telephone (240) 276-1222; email: brandon.johnson1@samhsa.hhs.gov.

As required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is hereby giving notice that the Tick-Borne Disease Working Group (TBDWG) will hold a meeting. The meeting will be open to the public via webcast. For this meeting, the TBDWG will (1) review the final draft of chapters for the report and (2) further discuss plans for developing the next report to the HHS Secretary and Congress on federal tick-borne activities and research, taking into consideration the 2018 and 2020 report. The 2022 report will address a wide range of topics related to tick-borne diseases, such as, surveillance, prevention, diagnosis, diagnostics, and treatment; identify advances made in research, as well as overlap and gaps in tick-borne disease research; and provide recommendations regarding any appropriate changes or improvements to such activities and research.

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (``PRA''), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (``ICR'') abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (``OIRA''), of the Office of Management and Budget (``OMB''), for review and comment. The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its expected costs and burden.

On June 9, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau or CFPB) issued a request for information seeking input from the public on debt obligations incurred by consumers in the context of an employment or independent contractor arrangement. The request for information was published in the Federal Register on June 17, 2022, and provided for a comment period that was set to expire on September 7, 2022. To allow interested persons more time to gather the requested information and submit comments, the Bureau has determined that an extension of the comment period until September 23, 2022, is appropriate.

In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the CDC announces the following meeting for the Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for Health Statistics (BSC, NCHS). This meeting is open to the public. Time will be available for public comment.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing an extension without change of a currently approved collection.

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), on behalf of the Subcommittee on Equitable Data of the National Science and Technology Council, requests information on how Federal agencies can better support collaboration with other levels of government, civil society, and the research community around the production and use of equitable data. This RFI will support Federal equitable data efforts described in the Executive Order on Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government (E.O. 13985), including the Vision for Equitable Data issued to the President in April 2022.

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 (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 a second opportunity for public comment on the notice. Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding the burden estimate 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.

In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of Defense (DoD) is establishing a new Department-wide system of records titled, ``DoD Historical Records,'' DoD-0014. This system of records covers DoD's maintenance of records about individuals in the Department of Defense (DoD) historical system, the purpose of which is to collect, preserve, and present the history of the components within the DoD to support agency leadership and to inform the American public. Additionally, DoD is issuing a Direct Final Rule, which exempts this system of records from certain provisions of the Privacy Act, elsewhere in today's issue of the Federal Register.