September 2023 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This action proposes to modify the Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface and remove the Class E airspace extending upward from 1200 feet above the surface at Klawock Airport, Klawock, AK. Additionally, this action proposes administrative amendments to update the airport's existing Class E airspace legal description. These actions would support the safety and management of instrument flight rules (IFR) operations at the airport.

This action proposes to amend Class D and Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface for Smith Reynolds Airport, Winston Salem, NC. This action would also establish Class E airspace designated as an extension to a Class D surface area and amend verbiage in the Class D description.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking interim final action to stay, for emissions sources in Alabama, Minnesota, Nevada, Oklahoma, Utah, and West Virginia only, the effectiveness of the Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) requirements established to address the obligations of these and other States to mitigate interstate air pollution with respect to the 2015 national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for ozone (the Good Neighbor Plan). The EPA is also revising certain other regulations to ensure the continued implementation of previously established requirements to mitigate interstate air pollution with respect to other ozone NAAQS while the Good Neighbor Plan's requirements are stayed. The stay and the associated revisions to other regulations are being issued in response to judicial orders that partially stay, pending judicial review, a separate EPA action which disapproved certain State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions submitted by these and other States.

The Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) amends its regulations for processing records under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The amendments streamline and update procedures for requesting information from the FLRA and procedures that the FLRA follows in responding to requests from the public.

The Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the U.S. Department of Labor (the Department) is issuing this notice to announce the applicable minimum wage rate for workers performing work on or in connection with federal contracts covered by Executive Order 13658, Establishing a Minimum Wage for Contractors (the Executive Order or the order), beginning January 1, 2024. Beginning on that date, the Executive Order 13658 minimum wage rate that generally must be paid to workers performing work on or in connection with covered contracts will increase to $12.90 per hour, while the required minimum cash wage that generally must be paid to tipped employees performing work on or in connection with covered contracts will increase to $9.05 per hour. Covered contracts that are entered into on or after January 30, 2022, or that are renewed or extended (pursuant to an option or otherwise) on or after January 30, 2022, are generally subject to a higher minimum wage rate established by Executive Order 14026 of April 27, 2021, Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors.

The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2023-04- 16, which applied to certain Dassault Aviation Model FALCON 900EX airplanes. AD 2023-04-16 required revising the existing maintenance or inspection program, as applicable, to incorporate new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations. Since the FAA issued AD 2023-04- 16, the FAA has determined that new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations are necessary. This AD continues to require the actions in AD 2023-04-16, and also requires revising the existing maintenance or inspection program, as applicable, to incorporate new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations, as specified in a European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) AD, which is incorporated by reference. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.

ACF proposes to allow a title IV-E agency to claim Federal financial participation (FFP) for the administrative cost of an attorney providing: legal representation in foster care proceedings of a title IV-E agency or any other public agency or tribe that has an agreement in effect under which the other agency has placement and care responsibility of a title IV-E eligible child; independent legal representation of a child who is either a candidate for title IV-E foster care, or in title IV-E foster care (hereafter, referred to as a child ``who is eligible for title IV-E foster care''), the child's parent(s), and the child's relative caregiver(s) in foster care and other civil legal proceedings when such legal representation is found necessary by the Secretary to carry out the requirements in the title IV-E agency's title IV-E foster care plan; and legal representation of an Indian child's tribe, when the child's tribe intervenes in any state court proceeding for the foster care placement or termination of parental rights of an Indian child who is in title IV-E foster care or an Indian child who is a candidate for title IV-E foster care when such legal representation is found necessary by the Secretary to carry out the requirements in the title IV-E agency's title IV-E foster care plan.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to grant an exclusion from the list of hazardous wastes to WRB Refining LP (Petitioner) located in Borger, Texas. This action responds to a petition to exclude (or ``delist'') up to 7,000 cubic yards per year of solids removed from four stormwater tanks from the list of federal hazardous wastes when disposed of in a Resource Conservation Recovery Act (RCRA) Subtitle D Landfill. The EPA is proposing to grant the petition based on an evaluation of waste-specific information provided by the Petitioner. A previous proposed action was published in the Federal Register on November 23, 2022, that proposed to grant this petition (see Docket ID Number EPA-R06-RCRA-2022-0653). However, after the proposed rule was published, EPA received notification during the public comment period from the Petitioner that the table detailing the delisting constituents and levels was incorrect. After review, EPA agreed that the information contained in the table in question was incorrect. EPA has corrected the table to reflect the appropriate constituents and values and is withdrawing the previously published proposed rule from November 23, 2022. EPA is issuing a new action proposing to grant the petition, which will include a new 30-day comment period.

This notice extends the compliance date for HUD's National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE) final rule for Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) and Project Based Voucher (PBV) programs until October 1, 2024. HUD is taking this action to allow Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) additional time to implement HUD's NSPIRE standards.

In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the OCC, the Board, and the FDIC (the agencies) may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC), of which the agencies are members, has approved the agencies' publication for public comment of a proposal to revise and extend for three years the Consolidated Reports of Condition and Income (Call Reports) (FFIEC 031, FFIEC 041, and FFIEC 051), which are currently approved collections of information. The FFIEC has also approved the Board's publication for public comment, on behalf of the agencies, of a proposal to revise and extend for three years the Report of Assets and Liabilities of U.S. Branches and Agencies of Foreign Banks (FFIEC 002), and the Report of Assets and Liabilities of a Non-U.S. Branch that is Managed or Controlled by a U.S. Branch or Agency of a Foreign (Non-U.S.) Bank (FFIEC 002S), which are also currently approved collections of information. The agencies are requesting comment on proposed revisions related to the Financial Accounting Standards Board's (FASB) Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2022-02, ``Financial InstrumentsCredit Losses (Topic 326): Troubled Debt Restructurings and Vintage Disclosures'' (ASU 2022-02); reporting of past due loans; and reporting of internet website addresses of depository institution trade names. The revisions are proposed to take effect with the March 31, 2024, report date.

The Rural Utilities Service (RUS or the Agency), a Rural Development (RD) mission area of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), announces acceptance of applications under the Calendar Year (CY) 2022 Disaster Circuit Rider Technical Assistance (CY 2022 Disaster CRTA) Grants Program. The Agency will have up to $8,000,000 in grant funding provided through the Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023. Grant funds will be made available to qualified organizations to provide technical assistance on a national basis to rural communities and federally recognized tribes with water infrastructure systems damaged by CY 2022 Presidentially declared disasters. Purposes include supporting eligible communities, including federally recognized tribes, identified through the Presidential disaster declarations by providing on-site technical assistance to support post-disaster mitigation of eligible events, to identify and evaluate solutions to impacted water, wastewater, stormwater and solid waste challenges, help communities develop and prepare applications for water and waste loans and grants, deliver training and other resources to operators, managers, and other system personnel, and pay certain expenses associated with the provision of such services. Applicants are responsible for any expenses incurred in developing their application.

The Office of the Pardon Attorney, 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 Federal Bureau of Investigation, Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) 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 Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announces that it will host a listening session concerning the topics of hours of service and fatigue risk management programs for transit workers. The listening session will allow interested persons to present comments, views, and relevant research on those topics. All comments will be summarized and placed in the rulemaking docket for FTA's consideration.

This final rule updates the fees set forth in the Department of the Interior's onshore mineral resources regulations for the processing of certain minerals program-related actions. It also adjusts certain filing fees for minerals-related documents. These updated fees include those for actions such as lease renewals, mineral patent adjudications, and Applications for Permits to Drill (APDs).

This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Vermont (FEMA-4720-DR), dated 07/14/ 2023. Incident: Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides. Incident Period: 07/07/2023 through 07/21/2023.

This is a notice of an Administrative declaration of a disaster for the State of California dated 09/22/2023. Incident: Tropical Storm Hilary. Incident Period: 08/19/2023 through 08/21/2023.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of persons whose property and interests in property have been unblocked and who have been removed from the SDN List.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is proposing to renew an Information Collection.

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).