August 16, 2023 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

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. The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is soliciting comments on the information collection for Certification and Qualification to Examine, Test, Operate Hoists and Perform Other Duties.

The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)-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 (DOL), 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. The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is soliciting comments on the information collection for Refuse Piles and Impoundment Structures, Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements.

This notice is a summary of a petition for modification submitted to the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) by the party listed below.

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Defense Suicide Prevention Office and Naval Postgraduate School announce a proposed public information collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize the burden of the information collection on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology.

The DoD has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.

In this notice, OSHA announces the application of UL LLC, for expansion of the scope of recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) and presents the agency's preliminary finding to grant the application.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a notice in the Federal Register on August 1, 2023, requesting comments on a prospective administrative settlement agreement for response action between the United States, the State of Colorado, and Four Points Funding, LLC, at the Central City/Clear Creek Superfund Site in Clear Creek County, Colorado. This notice corrects errors contained in the document.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), ``National Estuary Program (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR Number 1500.11, OMB Control Number 2040-0138) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through September 30, 2023. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on January 4, 2023 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.

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 Maine Advisory Committee (Committee) to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights will meet on Thursday, September 14, 2023, at 12:00 p.m. (ET). The committee will discuss and possibly vote to approve their report on indigent legal services.

The Commission announces its receipt of a Petition for Rulemaking filed by Public Citizen. The Petition asks the Commission to amend its regulation on fraudulent misrepresentation of campaign authority to make clear that the related statutory prohibition applies to deliberately deceptive Artificial Intelligence campaign ads.

The DoD has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.

The Commission is noticing a recent Postal Service filing for the Commission's consideration concerning a negotiated service agreement. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of a final guidance for industry entitled ``Informed Consent: Guidance for Institutional Review Boards, Clinical Investigators, and Sponsors.'' The guidance announced in this notice is intended to assist institutional review boards (IRBs), clinical investigators, and sponsors involved in clinical investigations of FDA- regulated products in carrying out their responsibilities related to informed consent. The guidance provides the Agency's recommendations regarding informed consent and describes FDA regulatory requirements to help assure the protection of the rights and welfare of human subjects in clinical investigations. This guidance finalizes the draft guidance entitled, ``Informed Consent Information Sheet: Guidance for Institutional Review Boards, Clinical Investigators, and Sponsors,'' issued on July 15, 2014, and supersedes FDA's guidance entitled ``A Guide to Informed Consent,'' issued in September 1998.

This notice lists Approvals by Rule for projects by the Susquehanna River Basin Commission during the period set forth in DATES.

Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on July 12, 2023, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, on behalf of Hoshizaki America, Inc. of Peachtree City, Georgia. The complaint alleges violations of section 337 based upon the importation into the United States, the sale for importation, and the sale within the United States after importation of certain icemaking machines and components thereof by reason of the infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 10,107,538 B2 (``the '538 patent''); U.S. Patent No. 10,113,785 B2 (``the '785 patent''); and U.S. Patent No. 10,458,692 B2 (``the '692 patent''). The complaint further alleges that an industry in the United States exists as required by the applicable Federal Statute. The complainant requests that the Commission institute an investigation and, after the investigation, issue a limited exclusion order and a cease and desist order.

In response to notification that some Veterans and survivors received error messages in recent days when submitting their claim for disability compensation or dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC), or intent to file such claim, through www.va.gov, the Veteran Benefits Administration (VBA) is instituting temporary provisions to consider any compensation or DIC claim or intent to file filed before 11:59 p.m. ET on Monday August 14, 2023, as received by VA on August 8, 2023. This preserves, for claims subject to the PACT Act (further discussed below), the potential of retroactive compensation benefits back to the date of PACT Act enactment, August 10, 2022. Claims, or intents to file, for compensation or dependency and indemnity compensation, received on August 9, 2023 through 11:59 p.m. ET on Monday August 14, 2023 will be deemed to have been received on August 8, 2023, the date of the initial problem on www.va.gov.

In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Sierra Front-Northern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet as indicated below.