2022 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) is soliciting public comment on the currently approved information collections, FERC-542 (Gas Pipeline Rates: Rate Tracking). The Commission published a 60-day notice in the Federal Register on June 15, 2022, and received no comments.

FMCSA amends the regulations for the annual registration fees States collect from motor carriers, motor private carriers of property, brokers, freight forwarders, and leasing companies for the Unified Carrier Registration (UCR) Plan and Agreement for the 2023 registration year and subsequent registration years. The fees for the 2023 registration year would be reduced below the fees for 2022. The reduction in annual registration fees would be between $18 and $17,688 per entity, depending on the applicable fee bracket that is based on the number of vehicles owned or operated by the affected entity.

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain MT-Propeller Entwicklung GmbH MTV-5-1-( ), MTV-9-( ), MTV-11-( ), MTV-12-( ), MTV-14-B, MTV-14-D, MTV-15-( ), MTV-16-( ), MTV-17-( ), MTV-18-( ), MTV-20-( ), and MTV-27-( ) variable pitch propellers. This AD was prompted by reports of certain propeller blade lag screws that were manufactured with an improper surface finish, which results in reduced fatigue strength of these lag screws. This AD requires replacement of certain propeller blade lag screws with parts eligible for installation. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.

This document announces the fee that HUD will collect from borrowers of loans guaranteed under HUD's Section 108 Loan Guarantee Program (Section 108 Program) to offset the credit subsidy costs of the guaranteed loans pursuant to commitments awarded in Fiscal Year 2023 in the event HUD is required or authorized by statute to do so, notwithstanding subsection (m) of section 108 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974.

We are notifying the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has determined that the modified Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEEV) strain TC-83(A3G), which is a modification to the attenuated strain VEEV TC-83, has demonstrated increased pathogenicity and lethality and that the strain has the potential to pose a severe threat to animal health or animal products. We are advising the public that VEEV strain TC-83(A3G) is therefore a select agent and subject to APHIS' select agent and toxin regulations.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) invites public comment on the renewal of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for an existing collection of information. The information collection is entitled, ``Criteria and Procedures for Determining Eligibility for Access to or Control Over Special Nuclear Material.''

The DoD is publishing this notice to announce that it is renewing the Board of Visitors, National Defense University (BoV NDU).

The FAA hereby provides notice of intent to release 0.11 acres at the Melbourne International Airport, Melbourne, FL from the conditions, reservations, and restrictions as contained in a Quitclaim Deed agreement between the FAA and the City of Melbourne, dated August 6, 1947. The release of property will allow the City of Melbourne to use the property for other than aeronautical purposes. The property is located at the Northwest corner of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and NASA Boulevard at the Melbourne International Airport in Brevard County. The parcel is currently designated as surplus property. The property will be released of its federal obligations for the purpose of selling the property at fair market value for construction of a right turn lane. The fair market value lease of this parcel has been determined to be $30,000. Documents reflecting the Sponsor's request are available, by appointment only, for inspection at the Melbourne International Airport and the FAA Airports District Office.

In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the intention of the BTS to request the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB's) approval for new iterations of an on-going biennial information collection related to the nation's ferry operations. The information collected from each Census will be used to produce a descriptive database of existing ferry operations. A summary report of census findings will also be published by BTS on the BTS web page: www.bts.gov/ncfo.

FMCSA announces that it has received an application from Flat Top Transport requesting an exemption from the hours-of-service (HOS) regulations. Flat Top Transport requests a four-month exemption for ``immediate and emergency delivery of dry and bulk food grade products to locations that supply stores and distribution centers nationally.'' FMCSA requests public comment on the applicant's request for exemption.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public to take this opportunity to comment on a revision of a currently approved information collection. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning the effectiveness of a community's implementation of the National Flood Insurance Program's Community Assistance Program (CAC) and Community Assistance Visits (CAV) Reports.

In March 2015, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) published a consumer product safety standard for frame child carriers under section 104 of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA). The standard incorporated by reference the ASTM voluntary standard for frame child carriers that had been adopted in 2014 and was in effect at the time. The CPSIA sets forth a process for updating mandatory standards for durable infant or toddler products that are based on a voluntary standard, when the voluntary standards organization revises the standard. Consistent with the CPSIA's update process, this direct final rule updates the mandatory standard for frame child carriers to incorporate by reference ASTM's 2022 version of the voluntary standard.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing approval of source-specific revisions to the Missouri State Implementation Plan (SIP) received on April 21, 2022. In the submission, Missouri requests that the EPA incorporate into the SIP an additional sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions limit for the Ameren Missouri (Ameren)Sioux Energy Center (Sioux). Specifically, the EPA is proposing to approve, into the SIP, an additional SO2 emissions limit and associated operating restrictions, monitoring, recordkeeping, reporting (MRR) and testing compliance requirements established in a consent agreement as permanent and enforceable SO2 control measures.

On November 23, 2016, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule titled ``Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; State of Arizona; Revised Format for Materials Incorporated by Reference.'' That publication inadvertently omitted an entry for a regulation approved as part of the Maricopa County portion of the Arizona State Implementation Plan (SIP) and contained certain other errors. The EPA is proposing to correct this omission and to correct the other errors. The regulations affected by this correcting amendment have all been previously submitted by the State of Arizona and approved by the EPA.

In this document, the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) of the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) addresses two recurring statutory obligations under the TRACED Act relating to the Commission's caller ID authentication rules. First, the Bureau seeks comment for its annual reevaluation of the STIR/SHAKEN implementation extensions granted by the Commission for implementation of the STIR/ SHAKEN call authentication framework. Second, the Bureau seeks comment for its first triennial assessment of the efficacy of STIR/SHAKEN call authentication framework as a tool in our work combating illegal robocalls.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (``CFTC'') and the Securities and Exchange Commission (``SEC'') (collectively, ``we'' or the ``Commissions'') are proposing to amend Form PF, the confidential reporting form for certain SEC-registered investment advisers to private funds, including those that also are registered with the CFTC as a commodity pool operator (``CPO'') or commodity trading adviser (``CTA''). The amendments are designed to enhance the Financial Stability Oversight Council's (``FSOC's'') ability to monitor systemic risk as well as bolster the SEC's regulatory oversight of private fund advisers and investor protection efforts. In connection with the amendments to Form PF, the SEC proposes to amend a rule under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the ``Advisers Act'') to revise instructions for requesting a temporary hardship exemption. We also are soliciting comment on the proposed rules and a number of alternatives, including whether certain possible changes to the proposal should apply to Form ADV.

Applicant seeks an order declaring that it has ceased to be an investment company. On January 20, 2022, and January 24, 2022, applicant made a liquidating distributions to its shareholders based on net asset value. Expenses of $41,531 incurred in connection with the liquidation were paid by the applicant and the applicant's investment adviser. Filing Dates: The application was filed on March 22, 2022, and amended on June 28, 2022. Applicant's Address: mike@orion.com.

The U.S. Department of Transportation is extending the comment period for its Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) and Airport Concession DBE (ACDBE) notice of proposed rulemaking. The original comment period was scheduled to close on September 19, 2022. The extension is granted in response to requests received from stakeholders, who have stated the September 19 closing date does not provide sufficient time for them to prepare and submit of comments to the docket. The Department agrees to extend the comment period by 60 days. Therefore, the closing date for submission of comments is extended to October 31, 2022, which will provide those entities interested in commenting on the proposed rulemaking additional time to submit comments to the docket.

The National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) within the National Science Foundation (NSF), as the Standard Application Process (SAP) Program Management Office designated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), is announcing plans to establish a common form information collection. NCSES will request approval for an SAP Portal information collection as a Common Form to permit other federal agency users to streamline the information collection in coordination with OMB. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment on the proposed SAP Portal information collection as a Common Form, prior to the submission of the information collection request (ICR) to OMB for approval.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding this administrative review with respect to one company for which the request for review was timely withdrawn. Additionally, Commerce preliminarily determines that the sole producer/exporter that remains subject to this administrative review made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) September 1, 2020, through August 31, 2021. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that the sole producer/exporter subject to this administrative review made sales of subject merchandise at less than fair value (LTFV) during the period of review (POR) September 30, 2020, through January 31, 2022. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.