March 21, 2023 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Public Meeting: U.S. Election Assistance Commission Standards Board 2023 Annual Meeting.

HRSA is seeking nominations of qualified candidates for consideration for appointment as members of the Council on Graduate Medical Education (COGME or Council). COGME provides advice and recommendations on policy, program development, and other matters of significance concerning the physician training and the physician workforce. Issues addressed by COGME include the supply and distribution of the physician workforce in the United States, including any projected shortages or excesses of physicians in medical and surgical specialties and subspecialities; international medical graduates; the nature and financing of undergraduate and graduate medical education; appropriation levels for certain programs under title VII of the PHS Act; and deficiencies in databases of the supply and distribution of the physician workforce and postgraduate programs for training physicians.

The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires EPA to publish in the Federal Register a statement of its findings after its review of certain TSCA submissions when EPA makes a finding that a new chemical substance or significant new use is not likely to present an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment. Such statements apply to premanufacture notices (PMNs), microbial commercial activity notices (MCANs), and significant new use notices (SNUNs), submitted to EPA under TSCA. This document presents statements of findings made by EPA on such submissions during the period from December 1, 2022, to December 31, 2022.

The Maine Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Standards submitted documentation attesting to the completion of all structural and developmental aspects of its State Plan for State and Local Government Employees as approved by OSHA. After extensive review of the submissions and opportunity for correction, the Maine State Plan (MEOSH) submitted updated and revised documents. OSHA is approving the revised State Plan, which documents the satisfactory completion of all structural and developmental aspects of Maine's approved State Plan, and is certifying this completion. This certification attests to the fact that the Maine State Plan now has in place those structural components necessary for an effective State Plan for State and Local Government Employees. (Enforcement of occupational safety and health standards with regard to private sector employers and employees in the State of Maine remains the responsibility of the U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA.)

The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.

The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This program helps to ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format, reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized, collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed. Currently, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is soliciting comments on the information collection for Health Standards for Diesel Particulate Matter Exposure (Underground Coal Mines).

The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This program helps to ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format, reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized, collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed. Currently, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is soliciting comments on the information collection for Respirator Program Records.

The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This program helps to ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format, reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized, collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed. Currently, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is soliciting comments on the information collection for Radiation Sampling and Exposure Records.

This final notice announces our decision to approve the Accreditation Commission for Health Care, Inc for continued recognition as a national accrediting organization for end stage renal disease facilities that wish to participate in the Medicare or Medicaid programs.

The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is inviting public comments on revisions to an approved information collection. The request will allow the Unaccompanied Children (UC) Program to enhance monitoring efforts at staff secure and long-term group home providers and influx care facilities that are not licensed by the state, as well as continue standard monitoring activities that ensure care provider facilities are in compliance with Federal and State laws and regulations, licensing and accreditation standards, ORR policies and procedures, and child welfare standards.

FMCSA announces its decision to exempt 15 individuals from the requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) that interstate commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers have ``no established medical history or clinical diagnosis of epilepsy or any other condition which is likely to cause loss of consciousness or any loss of ability to control a CMV.'' The exemptions enable these individuals who have had one or more seizures and are taking anti- seizure medication to operate CMVs in interstate commerce.

The Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics, will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

Under the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) gives notice of its intent to modify a system of records notice (SORN): Inventory Management System, also known as the Public and Indian Housing Information Center (IMS/PIC), to add two routine uses to the Routine Use section published in the Federal Register on March 25, 2019 and update the name of the system manager.

Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission (``Commission'') has determined not to review an initial determination (``ID'') (Order No. 26) of the presiding administrative law judge (``ALJ'') terminating the investigation on the basis of settlement and to review and take no position on an ID (Order No. 22) granting in part a motion for summary determination concerning the economic prong of the domestic industry requirement. The investigation is terminated.

The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone for certain navigable waters in the Corpus Christi Bay. The safety zone is needed to protect personnel, vessels, and the marine environment from potential hazards created by an acrobatic airshow near the Corpus Christi Bayfront, Corpus Christi, Texas. Entry of vessels or persons into this zone is prohibited unless specifically authorized by the Captain of the Port Sector Corpus Christi or a designated representative.

The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) is giving notice of a meeting of the Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee (FESAC or the Committee). The Committee advises the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, the Directors of the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Census Bureau, and the Commissioner of the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) on statistical methodology and other technical matters related to the collection, tabulation, and analysis of Federal economic statistics. An agenda will be accessible prior to the meeting at https://apps.bea.gov/fesac/.

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) announces a meeting of the Bureau of Economic Analysis Advisory Committee (BEAAC or the Committee). The meeting will address proposed improvements, extensions, and research related to BEA's economic accounts. In addition, the meeting will include an update on recent statistical developments.

Western Area Power Administration (WAPA), a Federal Power Marketing Administration of the Department of Energy (DOE), announces its Final 2025 Olmsted Power Marketing Plan (Marketing Plan) for the Colorado River Storage Project (CRSP) Management Center (MC). On September 30, 2024, all of Olmsted Power Plant Replacement Project (Olmsted Project) energy sales contracts (Contracts) will expire. This notice responds to comments received on the Proposed 2025 Olmsted Power Marketing Plan (Proposed Plan) published in the Federal Register June 1, 2022, and sets forth the Marketing Plan. The Marketing Plan specifies the terms and conditions under which WAPA will market energy from the Olmsted Project beginning October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2054. This Marketing Plan supersedes the previous Olmsted Project marketing plan. WAPA will offer new Contracts for the sale of energy to existing customers (Customers) as more fully described in the Marketing Plan. The Marketing Plan also establishes one resource pool (2034 Resource Pool) of up to 3 percent of the marketable resource under contract at the time of reallocation to be available for eligible new preference entities or Customers. The 2034 Resource Pool will be under Contract by October 1, 2034. WAPA will publish the application procedures for the 2034 Resource Pool in a separate Federal Register notice.