October 2022 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The DoD has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.

The DoD has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Florida (FEMA-4673-DR), dated September 29, 2022, and related determinations.

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Florida (FEMA-4673-DR), dated September 29, 2022, and related determinations.

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Florida (FEMA-4673-DR), dated September 29, 2022, and related determinations.

This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Florida (FEMA-4673-DR), dated September 29, 2022, and related determinations.

This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Alaska (FEMA-4672-DR), dated September 23, 2022, and related determinations.

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (FEMA-4671-DR), dated September 21, 2022, and related determinations.

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (FEMA-4671-DR), dated September 21, 2022, and related determinations.

This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the Muscogee (Creek) Nation (FEMA-4670-DR), dated September 20, 2022, and related determinations.

This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community (FEMA-4668- DR), dated September 2, 2022, and related determinations.

This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Nebraska (FEMA-4662-DR), dated July 27, 2022, and related determinations.

Pursuant to the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDI Act), the Board of Directors (Board) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) designates that the Designated Reserve Ratio (DRR) for the Deposit Insurance Fund shall remain at 2 percent for 2023. The Board is publishing this notice as required by the FDI Act.

The FDIC is adopting a final rule to increase initial base deposit insurance assessment rate schedules by 2 basis points, beginning the first quarterly assessment period of 2023. The increase in the assessment rate schedules will increase the likelihood that the reserve ratio will reach the statutory minimum of 1.35 percent by the statutory deadline of September 30, 2028, consistent with the FDIC's Amended Restoration Plan, and is intended to support growth in the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF or fund) in progressing toward the FDIC's long-term goal of a 2 percent Designated Reserve Ratio (DRR).

The Under Secretary for Economic Affairs requests nominations of individuals to the Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee (FESAC or the Committee). The Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, in coordination with the Directors of the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the U.S. Census Bureau, as well as the Commissioner of the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, will consider nominations received in response to this notice, as well as from other sources.

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 that the Nebraska Advisory Committee (Committee) to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights will hold two (2) meetings on Thursday, November 10, 2022 at 4:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m. Central Time and Tuesday, December 13, 2022 at 4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Central Time. The purpose for the meetings is to discuss the proposal for their project on the effects of the pandemic on education in the state.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announces the availability of the Proposed Notice of Sale (NOS) for the proposed Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Region-wide Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Lease Sale 259 (GOM Lease Sale 259). GOM Lease Sale 259 is required to be held by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. BOEM is publishing this notice pursuant to its regulatory authority. Regarding oil and gas leasing on the OCS, the Secretary of the Interior, pursuant to section 19 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, provides governors of affected states and the executive of any affected local government the opportunity to review and comment on the Proposed NOS. The Proposed NOS describes the proposed size, timing, and location of the sale, including lease stipulations, terms and conditions, minimum bids, royalty rates, and rental rates.

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Bell Textron Canada Limited Model 429 helicopters. This AD was prompted by reports of failed rivets between the tailboom skin and the tail rotor (TR) gearbox support assembly. This AD requires visually inspecting the external surface of the TR gearbox support assembly, borescope inspecting or visually inspecting the inside of the tailboom for certain conditions, and performing a tactile inspection. Depending on the results of the inspections, this AD requires removing certain rivets from service or repairing gaps in accordance with an approved method. This AD also requires repeating these inspections within certain intervals. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.

This action establishes RNAV route T-371 in the vicinity of Kodiak, AK, in support of a large and comprehensive T-route modernization project for the state of Alaska.

This action amends United States Area Navigation (RNAV) route T-266 in the vicinity of Juneau, AK, in support of a large and comprehensive T-route modernization project for the state of Alaska.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Tennessee on April 9, 2021. Specifically, EPA is approving updates to the incorporation by reference of Federal guidelines on air quality modeling in the Tennessee SIP. EPA is also converting the previous conditional approval regarding infrastructure SIP prevention of significant deterioration (PSD) elements for the 2015 ozone national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for Tennessee to a full approval. EPA is approving this revision pursuant to the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act).

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 to its Form EIA-846, ``Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey'' (MECS), OMB Control Number 1905-0169. The proposed collection will collect data from the U.S. manufacturing sector on energy consumption basic energy consumption and expenditures, shipments of energy offsite, end use consumption, building characteristics, participation in energy management programs, technologies, and fuel switching capacity.

Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974 and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular No. A-108, to ensure the system of records notices remain accurate, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff reviews each notice on a periodic basis. As a result of this systematic review, the NRC is republishing 13 of its system of records notices and has made various revisions to ensure that the NRC's notices remain clear, accurate, and up to date. Four of the system noticesNRC 5, Grants Management System, NRC 8, Employee Disciplinary Actions, Appeals, Grievances, and Complaints Records, NRC 11, Reasonable Accommodations Records, and NRC 23, Case Management SystemIndices, Files, and Associated Records are subject to a 30-day comment period. The revisions to these systems, with the exception of the modifications to routines uses for the NRC 5 and NRC 8 systems, are in effect upon this publication. The NRC 5 and NRC 8 routine use modifications will go into effect 30 days after this publication. The remaining systems revisions are minor corrective and administrative changes that do not meet the threshold criteria established by OMB for either a new or altered system of records. The minor modifications include updating authorities, narrowing the scope of one system notice, renaming two systems for clarity, and various other minor updates, in accordance with OMB Circular A-108. Additional details are provided in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.