2022 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the utility of government information, invites the general public and other Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a proposed information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project titled Research Data Center Data Security Forms for Access to Confidential Data. CDC National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) plans to collect information from the public for the purpose of evidence building using security forms, along with the corresponding security protocols, that allow NCHS to maintain careful controls on confidentiality and privacy, as required by law.

This notice provides the names of individuals appointed to serve on the Department of the Interior Senior Executive Service (SES) Performance Review Board.

In compliance with the requirement of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of Health and Human Services, is publishing the following summary of a proposed collection for public comment.

This action proposes to amend VHF Omnidirectional Range (VOR) Federal airway V-171 in the vicinity of Roseau, MN. The amendment is due to the planned decommissioning of the VOR portion of the Roseau, MN (ROX), VOR/Distance Measuring Equipment (VOR/DME) navigational aid (NAVAID) which provides navigation guidance for portions of the affected airway. The Roseau VOR is being decommissioned as part of the FAA's VOR Minimum Operational Network (MON) program.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Mission Support (OMS) is giving notice that it proposes to create a new system of records pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974. EPA is creating the Enterprise Physical Access Control System (ePACS) to collect and maintain employee and contractor information that is used to determine suitability for physical access to EPA- managed facilities and certain restricted areas within these facilities.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'') is reopening the comment period for its proposal, Share Repurchase Disclosure Modernization, Exchange Act Release No. 34-93783 (Dec. 15, 2021) (``Proposing Release''). The Commission proposed amendments to modernize and improve disclosure about repurchases of an issuer's equity securities that are registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Specifically, the proposed amendments would require an issuer to provide more timely disclosure on a new Form SR regarding purchases of its equity securities for each day that it, or an affiliated purchaser, makes a share repurchase. The proposed amendments would also enhance the existing periodic disclosure requirements about these purchases. The Commission subsequently reopened the comment period for the Proposing Release in Resubmission of Comments and Reopening of Comment Periods for Several Rulemaking Releases Due to a Technological Error in Receiving Certain Comments, Exchange Act Release No. 34-96005 (Oct. 7, 2022). In addition, after the proposed amendments were published for public comment, an excise tax on share repurchases was signed into law. A staff memorandum was added to the public comment file on December 7, 2022 to analyze the impact of the new excise tax on the potential economic effects of the proposed amendments. The Commission is reopening the comment period to allow interested persons the opportunity to analyze and comment on the additional analysis.

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 an extension, with change, of a currently approved information collection. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) Individuals and Households Program, providing financial assistance to individuals whose primary residences were destroyed as a result of a Presidentially-declared disaster. This revision reduces the overall burden on the public by updating the amount of time needed to complete most of the instruments in this collection.

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, notice is hereby given that three meetings of the Arts Advisory Panel to the National Council on the Arts will be held by teleconference or videoconference.

The Small Business Administration (SBA) intends to request approval, from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the collection of information described below. The Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 requires federal agencies to publish a notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information before submission to OMB, and to allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice. This notice complies with that requirement.

The Secretary of the Interior is giving notice of renewal of the Gateway National Recreation Area Fort Hancock 21st Century Advisory Committee. The Committee provides advice on the development of a specific reuse plan and on matters relating to the future uses of the Fort Hancock Historic Landmark District within the Sandy Hook Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area.

Through this notice the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is segregating public lands for the Bonanza Solar Project right-of-way application from appropriation under the public land laws, including the Mining Law, but not the Mineral Leasing or Material Sales Acts, for a period of 2 years from the date of publication of this notice, subject to valid existing rights. This segregation is to allow for the orderly administration of the public lands to facilitate consideration of development of renewable energy resources. The public lands segregated by this notice total 6,239 acres.

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is seeking scientific information submissions from the public. Scientific information is being solicited to inform our review on Healthcare System Level Strategies to Address Racial/Ethnic and Related Disparities in Health and Healthcare, which is currently being conducted by the AHRQ's Evidence-based Practice Centers (EPC) Program. Access to published and unpublished pertinent scientific information will improve the quality of this review.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) gives notice of a determination concerning a petition to add a class of employees from the Reduction Pilot Plant in Huntington, West Virginia to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (EEOICPA).

The following public hearing on proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure has been canceled: Civil Rules Hearing on January 5, 2023. The announcement for this hearing was previously published in the Federal Register on August 5, 2022.

The following public hearing on proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure has been canceled: Appellate Rules Hearing on January 5, 2023. The announcement for this hearing was previously published in the Federal Register on August 5, 2022.

As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection. Comments are requested concerning: whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Commission, including whether the information shall have practical utility; the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and ways to further reduce the information collection burden on small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees. The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the PRA that does not display a valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number.

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), notice is hereby given to announce a public meeting of the ACA. All meetings of the ACA are open to the public.

This notice announces a fact-finding informal airspace meeting regarding a plan to modify the Class C Airspace at Luis Munoz Marin International Airport (TJSJ), San Juan, PR. The meeting will be a virtual format via the Zoom platform. The purpose of the meeting is to solicit aeronautical comments on the proposal's effects on local aviation operations. All comments received during the meeting, and the subsequent comment period, will be considered prior to the issuance of a notice of proposed rulemaking.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) is publishing this notice seeking comment on a Generic Information Collection titled ``Feedback Effects'' prior to requesting the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB's) approval of this collection under the Generic Information Collection ``Generic Information Collection Plan for Studies of Consumers Using Controlled Trials in Field and Economic Laboratory Settings'' under OMB Control Number 3170-0048.