September 2022 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Federal Maritime Commission (Commission) is seeking public comment on its proposed rule arising from the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 requirement that prohibits ocean common carriers from unreasonably refusing to deal or negotiate with respect to vessel space accommodations. Specifically, the Commission is proposing to define the elements necessary to establish a violation and the criteria it will consider in assessing reasonableness.

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all General Electric Company (GE) GE90-110B1 and GE90-115B model turbofan engines and certain GE90-76B, GE90-85B, GE90-90B, and GE90-94B model turbofan engines. This AD was prompted by the detection of melt-related freckles in the forgings and billets, which may reduce the life of certain rotating compressor discharge pressure (CDP) high-pressure turbine (HPT) seals (rotating CDP seals), interstage HPT rotor seals, and HPT rotor stage 2 disks. This AD requires revising the airworthiness limitations section (ALS) of the applicable GE90-100 Engine Manual (EM) and the operator's existing approved maintenance program or inspection program, as applicable, to incorporate reduced life limits for these parts. This AD also requires the removal and replacement of certain interstage HPT rotor seals, identified by serial number (S/N), installed on GE90-76B, GE90-85B, GE90-90B, and GE90-94B model turbofan engines. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.

The Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), is requesting a three-year extension of the National Medical Support Notice (NMSN) Part A. This request includes minor revisions to the NMSN Part A form, revisions to and separation of the instructions into a stand-alone attachment, a Part A sample, and the addition of the State Medical Support Contacts and Program Requirements matrix. To allow states to program the changes to the proposed NMSN Part A, OCSE also requests an extension of the current version of the NMSN Part A for an additional year. The current Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval expires on October 31, 2022.

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) plans to host a series of listening sessions with stakeholder organizations. The purpose of the listening sessions is for the NIJ Director to (1) to gather fact and information from stakeholder organizations about current challenges in the criminal justice and juvenile justice ecosystems that research could address and (2) to explain NIJ's priorities in regard to those challenges. NIJ's priorities are described at: https://nij.ojp.gov/ about/nij-director. Stakeholder organizations include law enforcement, corrections, courts, criminal justice, and public safety professional associations; current NIJ grant and cooperative agreement recipients; law enforcement, corrections, courts, and other criminal justice agencies; juvenile justice agencies; crime victims agencies; advocacy groups, including community-based entities that are dedicated to evidence-based public safety initiatives; and other organizations with a nexus to criminal justice and juvenile justice operations and research.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FMCSA announces its plan to submit the Information Collection Request (ICR) described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for its review and approval and invites public comment. This notice invites comments on a proposed information collection titled Human Factors Considerations in Commercial Motor Vehicle Automated Driving Systems. It is a driving simulator study with a series of questionnaires that will evaluate how commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers engage in Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Level 2 (L2) and Level 3 (L3) automated driving system (ADS)-equipped CMVs. Approximately 100 CMV drivers will participate in the study. The study will examine the effect of non-driving secondary task engagement, transfer of control, and training on driver behavior in ADS-equipped CMVs.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish a notice of permit applications received to conduct activities regulated under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. NSF has published regulations under the Antarctic Conservation Act in the Code of Federal Regulations. This is the required notice of permit applications received.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish a notice of requests to modify permits issued to conduct activities regulated under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. NSF has published regulations under the Antarctic Conservation Act in the Code of Federal Regulations. This is the required notice of a requested permit modification issued.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the name of one or more persons that have been removed from OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List). Their property and interests in property are no longer blocked and U.S. persons are no longer generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with them.

NMFS closes the General category fishery for large medium and giant (i.e., measuring 73 inches (185 cm) curved fork length or greater) Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) for the September subquota time period. This action applies to Atlantic Tunas General category (commercial) permitted vessels and HMS Charter/Headboat permitted vessels with a commercial sale endorsement when fishing commercially for BFT. This action also waives the previously-scheduled restricted fishing days (RFDs) for the remainder of the September subquota time period. With the RFDs waived during the closure, fishermen aboard General category permitted vessels and HMS Charter/Headboat permitted vessels may tag and release BFT of all sizes, subject to the requirements of the catch-and-release and tag-and-release programs. On October 1, 2022, the fishery will reopen automatically and previously scheduled RFDs for the October through November subquota time period will resume.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is making technical revisions to an appendix that applies to all agency systems of records. The FTC is updating the appendix that sets out locations of agency offices and buildings. Specifically, the FTC is updating the street addresses for the Midwest regional office in Chicago, the Southeast regional office in Atlanta, and the Western regional offices in Los Angeles and San Francisco. This action is intended to make these system notices clearer, more accurate, and up-to-date.

On October 15, 2021, the United States Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Region 1 Acting Administrator signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) and EPA Region 1 regarding existing affected sources subject to Clean Air Act (CAA) sections 111(d) and/or 129 Federal Plan requirements. Subsequently, the MOA became effective upon signature of the MassDEP Commissioner on November 9, 2021. This document is informing the public of the MOA and making a copy of the document accessible.

In this notice, OSHA announces the final decision to expand the scope of recognition for UL LLC as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL).

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment upon this new collection of information. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the information collection notice is published in the Federal Register to obtain comments regarding the nature of the information collection, the categories of respondents, the estimated burden (i.e., the time, effort, and resources used by the respondents to respond), the estimated cost to the respondent, and the actual information collection instruments.

These special conditions are issued for the Bombardier Model CL-600-2B16 (604 variant) airplane. This airplane, as modified by L2 Consulting Services, Inc., will have a novel or unusual design feature when compared to the state of technology envisioned in the airworthiness standards for airplanes. This design feature is associated with the installation of an electronic network system architecture that will allow increased connectivity to and access from external network sources, (e.g., operator networks, wireless devices, internet connectivity, service provider satellite communications, electronic flight bags, etc.) to the airplane's previously isolated electronic assets (networks, systems, and databases). The applicable airworthiness regulations do not contain adequate or appropriate safety standards for this design feature. These special conditions contain the additional safety standards that the Administrator considers necessary to establish a level of safety equivalent to that established by the existing airworthiness standards.

This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed topics of discussion for the upcoming public meeting of the Advisory Committee on Supply Chain Competitiveness (Committee).

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is confirming the effective date of October 11, 2022, for the direct final rule that was published in the Federal Register on July 26, 2022. This direct final rule amends the Holtec International HI-STORM Flood/Wind Multipurpose Canister Storage System in the ``List of approved spent fuel storage casks'' to include Amendment No. 8 of Certificate of Compliance No. 1032. Amendment No. 8 also incorporates other minor editorial corrections.