January 2023 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

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 Ohio Advisory Committee (Committee) to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights will hold a web meeting. The purpose of the meeting is to select potential panelists for a series of briefings on the source of income discrimination in housing in Ohio.

The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) is adopting a proposal to extend for three years, without revision, the Payments Research Survey (FR 3067; OMB No. 7100-0355).

The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) invites comment on a proposal to extend for three years, without revision, the Filings Related to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (FR 4010, FR 4011, FR 4012, FR 4017, FR 4019, FR 4023; OMB No. 7100-0292).

The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) is adopting a proposal to extend for three years, with revision the Consumer Satisfaction Questionnaire (FR 1379a), Federal Reserve Consumer HelpConsumer Survey (FR 1379b), Consumer Complaint Form (FR 1379c), and Interagency Appraisal Complaint Form (FR 1379d) (collectively FR 1379; OMB No. 7100-0135).

This action establishes Area Navigation (RNAV) route T-465 in the northcentral United States. The new RNAV route expands the availability of RNAV routing within the National Airspace System (NAS) in support of transitioning it from a ground-based to satellite-based navigation system.

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) published a final rule in the Federal Register on July 8, 2022, concerning the requirements for special financial assistance applications and related restrictions and conditions pursuant to the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act of 2021, and provided a 30-day comment period on the condition requiring a phased recognition of special financial assistance in a plan's determination of withdrawal liability. PBGC is amending its special financial assistance regulation to add an exception process for the conditions relating to withdrawal liability.

Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), EPA is proposing a significant new use rule (SNUR) for those per- and poly- fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) that have not been manufactured (including imported) or processed for many years and are consequently designated as inactive on the TSCA Chemical Substance Inventory. PFAS are a group of chemicals that have been used in industry and consumer products since the 1940s because of their useful properties, such as water and stain resistance. Many PFAS break down very slowly and can build up in people, animals, and the environment over time. Exposure at certain levels to specific PFAS can adversely impact human health and other living things. Persons subject to the SNUR would be required to notify EPA at least 90 days before commencing any manufacture (including import) or processing of the chemical substance for a significant new use. Once EPA receives a notification, EPA must review and make an affirmative determination on the notification, and take such action as is required by any such determination before the manufacture (including import) or processing for the significant new use can commence. Such a review will assess whether the use may present unreasonable risk to health or the environment and ensure that EPA can prevent future unsafe environmental releases of the PFAS subject to this SNUR.

The Board is adopting a final rule (final rule) to implement the Adjustable Interest Rate (LIBOR) Act. The final rule establishes benchmark replacements for contracts governed by U.S. law that reference certain tenors of U.S. dollar LIBOR (the overnight and one-, three-, six-, and 12-month tenors) and that do not have terms that provide for the use of a clearly defined and practicable replacement benchmark rate following the first London banking day after June 30, 2023. The final rule also provides additional definitions and clarifications consistent with the Adjustable Interest Rate (LIBOR) Act.

In accordance with section 122(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (``CERCLA''), notice is hereby given by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA''), Region 5, of a proposed administrative settlement for recovery of past response costs concerning the Tittabawassee River, Saginaw River and Bay Site, Michigan (the Site) with The Dow Chemical Company. The settlement requires the settling party to pay $5,415,846.64 in past response costs to a Special Account. The settlement includes a covenant not to sue pursuant to sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA, relating to the Site, subject to limited reservations, and protection from contribution actions or claims as provided by Section 113(f)(2) of CERCLA. For thirty (30) days following the date of publication of this notice, EPA will accept written comments relating to the cost recovery component of this settlement. EPA will consider all comments received and may modify or withdraw its consent to the settlement if comments received disclose facts or considerations that indicate that the proposed settlement is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. The proposed settlement is available for public inspection at https://www.regulations.gov, Docket ID EPA-R05-SFUND-2023-0019, at EPA Region 5 offices at 77 West Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604, and at https://www.epa.gov/superfund/ tittabawassee-river. EPA's response to any comments received will be available for public inspection at https://www.epa.gov/superfund/ tittabawassee-river.

The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all The Boeing Company Model 757 airplanes. This proposed AD was prompted by the potential for cracks to start in hidden areas underneath the scuff plates in the fuselage skin and bear strap of certain doors. This proposed AD would require an inspection or a maintenance records check for repairs in the areas around the fuselage skin door cutout lower corners of certain doors, and applicable on- condition actions. The FAA is proposing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) plays an important role in incentivizing and protecting innovation, including innovation driven by artificial intelligence (AI), to ensure continued U.S. leadership in AI and other emerging technologies (ET). The USPTO's Texas Regional Office will host a public meeting on innovation driven by AI on February 8, 2023, at 11 a.m. CT. The meeting will be held in collaboration with the Dallas Bar Association (DBA) Intellectual Property (IP) section and the State Bar of Texas IP section. This will be the third meeting in the USPTO's AI/ET Partnership Series. First announced in June 2022, the AI/ET Partnership provides an opportunity to bring stakeholders together through a series of engagements to share ideas, feedback, experiences, and insights on the intersection of IP and AI/ET.

The Ravalli 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 Bitterroot National Forest, consistent with the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act. General information and meeting details can be found at the following website: https://fs.usda.gov/main/bitterroot/workingtogether/advisoryc ommittees.

This notice announces that the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) is suspending certain regulatory requirements for F-1 nonimmigrant students whose country of citizenship is Haiti, regardless of country of birth (or individuals having no nationality who last habitually resided in Haiti), and who are experiencing severe economic hardship as a direct result of the current crisis in Haiti. The Secretary is taking action to provide relief to these Haitian students who are in lawful F-1 nonimmigrant student status so the students may request employment authorization on the date of publication of this notice, work an increased number of hours while school is in session, and reduce their course load while continuing to maintain their F-1 nonimmigrant student status. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will deem an F-1 nonimmigrant student granted employment authorization by means of this notice to be engaged in a ``full course of study'' for the duration of the employment authorization, if the nonimmigrant student satisfies the minimum course load requirement described in this notice.

This notice requests individuals interested in serving on the Western Lake Superior Area Maritime Security Committee to submit their applications for membership to the Captain of the Port Duluth. The Committee assists the Captain of the Port as the Federal Maritime Security Coordinator, Duluth, in developing, reviewing, and updating the Area Maritime Security Plan for their area of responsibility.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing an extension without change of a currently approved information collection request (ICR).

This final rule announces routine inseason adjustments to management measures in commercial and recreational groundfish fisheries. This action is intended to allow fishing vessels to access more abundant groundfish stocks while protecting rebuilding stocks.

HUD is seeking approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the information collection described below. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is requesting comment from all interested parties on the proposed collection of information. The purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 days of public comment.