November 2022 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This document contains a correction to the final regulations (Treasury Decision 9967) published in the Federal Register on Wednesday, October 12, 2022. This correction includes final and temporary regulations setting forth guidance on the average income test for purposes of the low-income housing credit.

NMFS publishes standard prices and fee percentages for cost recovery for the Amendment 80 Program, the American Fisheries Act (AFA) Program, the Aleutian Islands Pollock (AIP) Program, and the Western Alaska Community Development Quota (CDQ) Program in the Bering Sea Aleutian Islands (BSAI) management area. The fee percentages for 2022 are 0.87 percent for the Amendment 80 Program, 0.32 percent for the AFA inshore cooperatives, 0 percent for the AIP program, and 0.85 percent for the CDQ Program. This notice is intended to provide the 2022 standard prices and fee percentages to calculate the required payment for cost recovery fees due by December 31, 2022.

The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain The Boeing Company Model 737-600, -700, -700C, -800, -900, and -900ER series airplanes, and certain Model 737-8 and -9 airplanes. This proposed AD was prompted by reports of uncommanded escape slide deployments in the passenger compartment, caused by too much tension in the inflation cable and the movement of the escape slide assembly in the escape slide compartment. This proposed AD would require inspecting all escape slide assemblies to identify affected parts, and applicable on-condition actions. The FAA is proposing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.

Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed revision of a currently approved collection, and allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice.

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 Arizona Advisory Committee (Committee) to the Commission will hold a virtual business meeting via ZoomGov on Friday, December 2, 2022, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Arizona Time, for the purpose of discussing and potentially voting on the project proposal.

On 9 September 2022, Vice President Kamala Harris, Chair of the National Space Council, requested Council Members to provide ``a proposal for the authorization and supervision of commercial novel space activities within 180 days[.]'' The White House National Space Council in the Executive Office of the President has held two virtual 2 hour listening sessions to engage with members of the public and learn about novel space capabilities and innovative missions, experiences with United States regulatory bodies, and approaches to mission authorization and supervision that can evolve over time. See Federal Register Notice ID NSPC-2022-0001-0001. The National Space Council is now scheduling a third virtual listening session to accommodate additional speaker requests. Perspectives gathered during the virtual listening sessions will inform the National Space Council as it develops a whole-of-government framework that provides a clear, predictable, and flexible process in furtherance of the United States Space Priorities Framework (December 2021) which states that ``U.S regulations must provide clarity and certainty for the authorization and supervision of non-governmental space activities, including for novel activities such as on-orbit services, orbital debris removal, space-based manufacturing, commercial human spaceflight, and recovery and use of space resources.''

This final rule makes a non-substantive conforming amendment to our authority citations for Coast Guard regulations that establish safety zones, security zones, and regulated navigation areas. This rule would conform our authority citation to reflect an amendment introduced by The William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021. This rule will have no substantive effect on the regulated public.

In June 2010, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) published a consumer product safety standard for infant walkers under section 104 of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA), incorporating by reference the 2007 version of ASTM's voluntary standard for infant walkers that was in effect at the time, with modifications approved by the Commission. ASTM updated its standard for infant walkers in 2012, and CPSC accepted the revised voluntary standard, without any modifications, as the mandatory standard for infant walkers. ASTM has notified CPSC of a 2022 update to the infant walkers voluntary standard. This direct final rule updates the mandatory standard for infant walkers to incorporate by reference ASTM's 2022 version of the voluntary standard.

On Friday, December 30, 2022, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will open and publicly announce bids received for blocks offered in the Cook Inlet Planning Area Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Lease Sale 258 (Cook Inlet Sale 258), in accordance with the provisions of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA), as amended, and its implementing regulations. The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, signed into law on August 16, 2022, requires BOEM to hold Cook Inlet Sale 258 by December 31, 2022. The Cook Inlet Sale 258 Final Notice of Sale (NOS) package contains information essential to potential bidders and consists of the Final NOS, Information to Lessees, and Lease Stipulations.

This notice announces the list of Committee Members of HUD's Tribal Intergovernmental Advisory Committee (TIAC). The committee will perform several advisory functions while it considers HUD policies that affect Indian Country. HUD will publish a subsequent notice with details of the first scheduled TIAC meeting.

On November 18, 2022, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) published a document in the Federal Register announcing a suspension of applications for Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (FLTCIP) coverage. The document did not contain the citation to the final rule, which sets forth the process for suspension of applications.

The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone on the navigable waters of the Neuse River and Pamlico Sound near Hobucken, North Carolina. This action is necessary to provide for the safety of life on the navigable waters near Hobucken, NC, during a military exercise on December 7, 2022. This rule will prohibit all persons and vessels from being in the safety zone unless authorized by the Captain of the Port Sector North Carolina or a designated representative.

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 Arkansas Advisory Committee (Committee) will hold a virtual (online) meeting Monday, January 9, 2023 at 12 p.m. central time. The purpose of the meeting is for the Committee to conduct its final review of its report on IDEA compliance and implementation in AR schools and to vote on its approval for publication.

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 Mississippi Advisory Committee (Committee) will hold a meeting on Monday, December 12, 2022 at 11 a.m.-12 p.m. Central time. The Committee will continue identifying potential civil rights topics for their first study of the 2021-2025 term.

The Commission on Civil Rights published a notice in the Federal Register concerning a meeting of the Nevada Advisory Committee. The meeting scheduled for Monday, December 12, 2022, at 3 p.m. (PT) is cancelled. The notice is in the Federal Register of Friday, October 14, 2022, in FR Doc. 2022-22374, in the second column of page 62360 and in the first column of page 62361.

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 Colorado Advisory Committee (Committee) to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights will hold a meeting on Wednesday, December 14, 2022, from 3-4 p.m. Mountain Time. The purpose of the meeting is to plan for upcoming briefings on school attendance zones.

Pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is publishing this regular monthly notice. The Act requires the Commission to publish notice of any amendments issued, or proposed to be issued, and grants the Commission the authority to issue and make immediately effective any amendment to an operating license or combined license, as applicable, upon a determination by the Commission that such amendment involves no significant hazards consideration (NSHC), notwithstanding the pendency before the Commission of a request for a hearing from any person.

The Southern Montana Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will hold a public meeting according to the details shown below. The committee is authorized under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (the Act) and operates in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). The purpose of the committee is to improve collaborative relationships and to provide advice and recommendations to the Forest Service concerning projects and funding consistent with Title II of the Act, as well as make recommendations on recreation fee proposals for sites on the Custer Gallatin National Forest, consistent with the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act. General information and meeting details can be found at the following website: https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/custergallatin/workingtogether / advisorycommittees/?cid=stelprd3841767.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces that the Office of Personnel Management requests approval by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to renew a previously approved information collection, Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) Charity Applications, OMB Control No. 3206-0269, OPM Forms 1647- A, -B, and -E. OPM uses these documents to review the eligibility of national, international, and local charitable organizations and Department of Defense morale, welfare, and recreation (MWR)/Family Support and Youth Activities/Programs (FSYA/FSYP) organizations that wish to participate in the CFC. The proposed revisions reflect improvements in the form instructions and the addition of optional fields for charities to detail the kinds of volunteer opportunities Federal employees might consider for personal service hours (outside working hours). On August 11, 2022, OPM published a 60-day notice and request for comments at 87 FR 49619. OPM received no comments. There are, therefore, no recommended revisions to this ICR. We estimate 6,000 responses to this information collection annually. Each form takes approximately two hours to complete. The annual estimated burden is 12,000 hours.