August 24, 2023 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Advisory Committee on Earthquake Hazards Reduction Meeting
Document Number: 2023-18258
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-24
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology
The Advisory Committee on Earthquake Hazards Reduction (ACEHR or Committee) will hold an open virtual meeting via web conference on Monday, September 25, 2023, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The primary purpose of this meeting is for the Committee to finalize their 2023 Biennial Report on the Effectiveness of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP). The final agenda will be posted on the NEHRP website at https://nehrp.gov/committees/ meetings.htm.
Proposed Voluntary Product Standard PS 1-22, Structural Plywood
Document Number: 2023-18257
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-24
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is distributing for public comment a proposed revision of Voluntary Product Standard PS 1-22, Structural Plywood. The revisions to the standard were prepared by the Standard Review Committee and approved by the PS 1 Standing Committee. PS 1-22 Structural Plywood establishes requirements for the principal types and grades of structural plywood and provides a basis for common understanding among producers, distributors, and users of the product. Interested parties are invited to review the proposed standard and submit comments to NIST.
Combined Notice of Filings #1
Document Number: 2023-18255
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-24
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Combined Notice of Filings
Document Number: 2023-18254
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-24
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Manufacturing Extension Partnership Advisory Board
Document Number: 2023-18253
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-24
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announces that the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Advisory Board will hold an open meeting on Wednesday, September 13, 2023.
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders on Certain Collated Steel Staples From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative Determinations of Circumvention With Respect to the Kingdom of Thailand and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Document Number: 2023-18252
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-24
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that imports of certain collated steel staples (collated staples) that were: (1) exported from the Kingdom of Thailand (Thailand) using inputs (i.e., steel wire and wire band) manufactured in the People's Republic of China (China), and (2) exported from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam) using wire band manufactured in China, as specified below, are circumventing the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on collated staples from China.
A Preliminary Update From the Internet of Things Federal Working Group
Document Number: 2023-18251
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-24
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) seeks comments on the document A Preliminary Update from the Internet of Things Federal Working Group (Preliminary Update). The Preliminary Update was developed from input from the Federal Working Group and public information presented at the NIST IoT Advisory Board. It is intended to document the current state of the IoT Federal Working Group's approach to addressing the reporting requirements in the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Pub. L. 116-283).
Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting; Establishment of a Public Docket; Request for Comments
Document Number: 2023-18250
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-24
Agency: Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announces a forthcoming public advisory committee meeting of the Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee (the Committee). The general function of the committee is to provide advice and recommendations to the Agency on FDA's regulatory issues. The meeting will be open to the public. FDA is establishing a docket for public comment on this document.
Application for Final Commitment for a Long-Term Loan or Financial Guarantee in Excess of $100 Million: AP755224XX
Document Number: 2023-18249
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-24
Agency: Export-Import Bank, Agencies and Commissions
This Notice is to inform the public the Export-Import Bank of the United States (``EXIM'') has received an application for final commitment for a long-term loan or financial guarantee in excess of $100 million. Comments received within the comment period specified below will be presented to the EXIM Board of Directors prior to final action on this Transaction.
Amended Trade Mission Application Deadline to the Financial Technologies Business Development Mission to Singapore and Japan, With an Optional Stop in South Korea
Document Number: 2023-18224
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-24
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
The United States Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration (ITA), is organizing the Financial Technologies Business Development Mission to Singapore and Japan, with an optional stop in South Korea on November 13-20, 2023. This notice is to update the prior Federal Register notice to reflect that the application deadline is now extended to August 31, 2023.
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
Document Number: 2023-18223
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-24
Agency: Federal Reserve System, Agencies and Commissions
Imazapyr; Pesticide Tolerances
Document Number: 2023-18222
Type: Rule
Date: 2023-08-24
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of imazapyr in or on rice, bran and rice, grain. BASF Corporation requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Document Number: 2023-18221
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-24
Agency: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Department of Health and Human Services
This notice announces the intention of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approve the proposed information collection project: ``Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Health Plan Survey Database.'' In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, AHRQ invites the public to comment on this proposed information collection.
Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Geophysical Surveys Related to Oil and Gas Activities in the Gulf of Mexico
Document Number: 2023-18220
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-24
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
In accordance with the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), as amended, its implementing regulations, and NMFS' MMPA Regulations for Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Geophysical Surveys Related to Oil and Gas Activities in the Gulf of Mexico, notification is hereby given that a Letter of Authorization (LOA) has been issued to ExxonMobil Corporation (ExxonMobil) for the take of marine mammals incidental to geophysical survey activity in the Gulf of Mexico.
Statement of Claim for Filing of Claims in the Guam Claims Program Pursuant to the Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition Act; Correction
Document Number: 2023-18219
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-24
Agency: Department of Justice
The Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, Department of Justice (DOJ), published a document in the Federal Register of August 1, 2023, concerning request for comments on the Statement of Claim for filing of Claims in the Guam Claims Program Pursuant to the Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition Act.
Procurement Collusion Strike Force Complaint Form; Correction
Document Number: 2023-18218
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-24
Agency: Department of Justice
The Antitrust Division, Department of Justice (DOJ), published a document in the Federal Register of August 1, 2023, concerning request for comments on the Procurement Collusion Strike Force Complaint Form.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; Electronic Submission Form for Requests for Corrective Action, Whistleblower Protection for Federal Bureau of Investigation Employees
Document Number: 2023-18217
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-24
Agency: Department of Justice
The Office of Attorney Recruitment and Management (OARM), Justice Management Division, Department of Justice (DOJ), 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. The proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal Register on May 24, 2023, allowing a 60-day comment period.
Advisory Committee for Women's Services (ACWS); Solicitation of Nominations for Additional Non-Voting Representatives on the Maternal Mental Health Task Force
Document Number: 2023-18216
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-24
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is soliciting applications from qualified individuals or organizations to be considered for non-voting representative positions on the Maternal Mental Health Task Force subcommittee of the Advisory Committee for Women's Services (ACWS) (ACWS Subcommittee), as authorized in the Consolidated Appropriations Act. This notice solicits additional representatives.
Materials and Equipment Technical Advisory Committee; Notice of Partially Closed Meeting
Document Number: 2023-18215
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-24
Agency: Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security
Availability of Data on Allocations of Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Allowances to Existing Electricity Generating Units
Document Number: 2023-18214
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-24
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Under the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) trading program regulations, EPA allocates emission allowances to existing electricity generating units (EGUs) as provided in notices of data availability (NODAs). Through this NODA, EPA is providing notice of the availability of data on new or revised default allocations of CSAPR NOX Ozone Season Group 3 allowances to existing units for the 2023-2025 control periods, as well as the data upon which the allocations are based.
Expansion of the Rental Subsidy Policy for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Applicants and Recipients
Document Number: 2023-18213
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2023-08-24
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
We propose to revise our regulations by applying nationwide the In-Kind Support and Maintenance (ISM) rental subsidy exception that is currently in place for SSI applicants and recipients residing in seven States. The exception recognizes that a ``business arrangement'' exists when the amount of required monthly rent for a property equals or exceeds the presumed maximum value. This proposed rule would improve nationwide program uniformity, and, we expect, improve equality in the application of the rental subsidy policy.
Transportation and Related Equipment, Technical Advisory Committee; Notice of Partially Closed Meeting
Document Number: 2023-18212
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-24
Agency: Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security
Product Change-Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail, First-Class Package Service, and Parcel Select Service Negotiated Service Agreement
Document Number: 2023-18211
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-24
Agency: Postal Service, Agencies and Commissions
The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.
Product Change-First-Class Package Service & Parcel Select Service Negotiated Service Agreement
Document Number: 2023-18210
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-24
Agency: Postal Service, Agencies and Commissions
The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.
Product Change-Priority Mail and USPS Ground Advantage® Negotiated Service Agreement
Document Number: 2023-18209
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-24
Agency: Postal Service, Agencies and Commissions
The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.
Product Change-Priority Mail and USPS Ground Advantage® Negotiated Service Agreement
Document Number: 2023-18208
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-24
Agency: Postal Service, Agencies and Commissions
The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.
Product Change-Priority Mail and USPS Ground Advantage® Negotiated Service Agreement
Document Number: 2023-18207
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-24
Agency: Postal Service, Agencies and Commissions
The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.
Product Change-Priority Mail and USPS Ground Advantage® Negotiated Service Agreement
Document Number: 2023-18206
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-24
Agency: Postal Service, Agencies and Commissions
The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.
Product Change-Priority Mail and USPS Ground Advantage® Negotiated Service Agreement
Document Number: 2023-18205
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-24
Agency: Postal Service, Agencies and Commissions
The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.
Product Change-Priority Mail and USPS Ground Advantage® Negotiated Service Agreement
Document Number: 2023-18204
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-24
Agency: Postal Service, Agencies and Commissions
The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.
Product Change-Priority Mail Negotiated Service Agreement
Document Number: 2023-18203
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-24
Agency: Postal Service, Agencies and Commissions
The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.
Product Change-Priority Mail Negotiated Service Agreement
Document Number: 2023-18202
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-24
Agency: Postal Service, Agencies and Commissions
The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.
2023 Review of Notorious Markets for Counterfeiting and Piracy: Comment Request
Document Number: 2023-18201
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-24
Agency: Office of the United States Trade Representative
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) requests comments that identify online and physical markets to be considered for inclusion in the 2023 Review of Notorious Markets for Counterfeiting and Piracy (Notorious Markets List). The Notorious Markets List identifies examples of online and physical markets that reportedly engage in or facilitate substantial copyright piracy or trademark counterfeiting. The issue focus for the 2023 Notorious Markets List will examine the potential health and safety risks posed by counterfeit goods.
Tests Determined To Be Suitable for Use in the National Reporting System for Adult Education; Correction
Document Number: 2023-18200
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-24
Agency: Department of Education
On July 13, 2023, the Department of Education (Department) published a notice announcing tests, test forms, and delivery formats that the Secretary determined to be suitable for use in the National Reporting System for Adult Education (NRS). This notice corrects the name of one test. All other information in the notice remains the same.
Request for Comments on Draft FIPS-203, Draft FIPS-204, and Draft FIPS-205
Document Number: 2023-18197
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-24
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) requests comments on three draft Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS): FIPS 203, Module-Lattice-Based Key-Encapsulation Mechanism Standard, FIPS 204, Module-Lattice-Based Digital Signature Standard, and FIPS 205, Stateless Hash-based Digital Signature Standard. These proposed standards specify key establishment and digital signature schemes that are designed to resist future attacks by quantum computers, which threaten the security of current standards. The three algorithms specified in these standards are each derived from different submissions in the NIST post-quantum cryptography standardization project (see: https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/post- quantum-cryptography/post-quantum-cryptography-standardizatio n).
Meeting of Humanities Panel
Document Number: 2023-18196
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-24
Agency: National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities, Agencies and Commissions, National Endowment for the Humanities
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) will hold five meetings, by videoconference, of the Humanities Panel, a federal advisory committee, during September 2023. The purpose of the meetings is for panel review, discussion, evaluation, and recommendation of applications for financial assistance under the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965.
Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings
Document Number: 2023-18195
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-24
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) and its advisory bodies will meet September 7-14, 2023 in Spokane, Washington and via webinar. The Council meeting will be live streamed with the opportunity to provide public comment remotely.
Information Reporting and Transfer for Valuable Consideration Rules for Section 1035 Exchanges of Life Insurance and Certain Other Life Insurance Contract Transactions; Hearing
Document Number: 2023-18193
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2023-08-24
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
This document provides a notice of public hearing on proposed regulations providing guidance on the application of the transfer for valuable consideration rules and associated information reporting requirements for reportable policy sales of interests in life insurance contracts to exchanges of life insurance contracts qualifying for nonrecognition of gain or loss, as well as to certain acquisitions of interests in life insurance contracts in transactions that qualify as corporate reorganizations.
Notice of Department of State Sanctions Actions
Document Number: 2023-17643
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-24
Agency: Department of State
The Department of State is publishing the names of one or more persons that have been placed on the Department of Treasury's List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN List) administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) based on the Department of State's determination that one or more applicable legal criteria were satisfied. All property and interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of these persons are blocked, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with them.
Notice of Availability: Proposed Supplemental Guidance for CPSC Chronic Hazard Guidelines
Document Number: 2023-16844
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-24
Agency: Consumer Product Safety Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (Commission or CPSC) is announcing the availability of proposed supplemental guidance for its Chronic Hazard Guidelines. The supplements are draft supplemental guidance for the use of benchmark dose methodology in risk assessment, and draft supplemental guidance for the analysis of uncertainty and variability in risk assessment. The Commission requests comments from the public on the proposed supplemental guidance.
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