November 17, 2023 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents
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Evaluation and Authorization Procedures for Fixed Anchors and Fixed Equipment in National Park Service Wilderness Areas
The National Park Service (NPS) announces the availability of a draft Wilderness Stewardship Reference Manual 41 guidance governing the management of climbing activities in wilderness areas in the National Park System. We invite comments from the public, and local, State, Tribal, and Federal agencies.
Guidance on Nonbank Financial Company Determinations
This final interpretive guidance describes the process the Financial Stability Oversight Council intends to undertake in determining whether to subject a nonbank financial company to prudential standards and supervision by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System under section 113 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Barred Owl Management Strategy; Washington, Oregon, and California
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) developed a proposed barred owl management strategy (management strategy) to address the threat of the nonnative, invasive barred owl (Strix varia) to the native northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) and California spotted owl (Strix occidentalis occidentalis). In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act, this notice announces the availability of a draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) evaluating the impacts on the human environment related to the proposed management strategy and associated take of barred owls, which is prohibited under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act unless authorized by the Service by permit or regulation. We invite public comments on the proposed management strategy and DEIS from the public and Federal, Tribal, State, and local governments.
Regional Agricultural Promotion Program
The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) is amending the Agricultural Trade Promotion Program regulation to implement the Regional Agricultural Promotion Program (RAPP). The RAPP will provide assistance to eligible organizations that conduct market promotion activities, including activities to address existing or potential non- tariff barriers to trade, to promote U.S. agricultural commodities in certain foreign markets. Among other changes, this rule updates terminology used throughout the regulation, clarifies timeframes for reporting requirements, and removes the specific application and review requirements from the regulation to be defined in Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFOs) announced through the Grants.gov website.
Defining Larger Participants of a Market for General-Use Digital Consumer Payment Applications
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) proposes a rule to define a market for general-use digital consumer payment applications. The proposed market would cover providers of funds transfer and wallet functionalities through digital applications for consumers' general use in making payments to other persons for personal, family, or household purposes. Larger participants of this market would be subject to the CFPB's supervisory authority under the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA).
Notice of Intent To Prepare a Supplement to the September 2018 Final Atlantic Fleet Training and Testing Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement for Continuation of Navy Atlantic Fleet Training and Testing Activities
Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, and regulations implemented by the Council on Environmental Quality, the Department of the Navy (DoN) (including both the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps) in cooperation with the U.S. Coast Guard announces its intent to prepare a supplement to the 2018 Atlantic Fleet Training and Testing (AFTT) Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement (OEIS). New information includes an updated acoustic effects analysis, updated marine mammal density data, and evolving and emergent best available science. Proposed activities and study area are consistent with those analyzed in the 2018 AFTT EIS/OEIS.
Privacy Act Regulations for EPA-83
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) is taking direct final action to revise the Agency's Privacy Act regulations to exempt a modified system of records, EPA-83, the Personnel Security System (PSS) 2.0, from certain requirements of the Privacy Act because of the data sensitivity contained within an insider threat inquiry. A lack of protection of these data could jeopardize the insider threat inquiry or additional investigations if warranted.
Privacy Act Regulations for EPA-83
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) is proposing to revise the Agency's Privacy Act regulations to exempt a system of records, EPA-83, the Personnel Security System (PSS) 2.0, from certain requirements of the Privacy Act because the system will contain information relevant to insider threat inquiries and background investigations. If such information is not kept confidential, it could jeopardize EPA or a referring agency's ability to conduct background investigations, insider threat inquiries, or any related inquiries. In the ``Rules and Regulations'' section of this Federal Register, EPA is simultaneously publishing the revision of the Agency's Privacy Act Regulations to include EPA-83 as a direct final rule without a prior proposed rule. If the Agency receives no adverse comment, it will not take further action on this proposed rule.
Announcement of Intent To Establish Federal Advisory Committee on Long COVID
The Department of Health and Human Services announces the intent to establish an Advisory Committee on Long COVID and invites nominations for the Committee.
General Technical, Organizational, Conforming, and Correcting Amendments to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations
FMCSA amends its regulations by making technical corrections throughout the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs). The Agency makes minor changes to correct inadvertent errors and omissions, remove or update obsolete references, and improve the clarity and consistency of certain regulatory provisions. The Agency also makes a change to its rules of organization, procedures, and practice.
Notice of Adoption of a Bureau of Indian Affairs Categorical Exclusion Under the National Environmental Policy Act
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has adopted a Bureau of Indian Affairs' (BIA) categorical exclusion (CE) for waste management activities involving remediation of hazardous waste sites under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for use by the EPA's Contaminated Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) Lands Assistance Program. This notice describes the categories of proposed actions for which EPA intends to use BIA's CE and describes the consultation between the agencies.
Agency Information Collection Activity under OMB Review: Accelerated Payment Verification of Completion Letter
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, will submit the collection of information abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The PRA submission describes the nature of the information collection and its expected cost and burden, and it includes the actual data collection instrument.
Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Epilepsy and Seizure Disorders
FMCSA announces its decision to renew exemptions for seven 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 continue to operate CMVs in interstate commerce.
Survey of U.S. Ownership of Foreign Securities as of December 31, 2023
By this Notice, the Department of the Treasury is informing the public that it is conducting a mandatory survey of ownership of foreign securities by U.S. residents as of December 31, 2023. This Notice constitutes legal notification to all United States persons (defined below) who meet the reporting requirements set forth in this Notice that they must respond to, and comply with, this survey. The reporting form SHCA (2023) and instructions may be printed from the internet at: https://home.treasury.gov/data/treasury-international- capital-tic-system-home-page/tic-forms-instructions/forms-shc .
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled operates as the U.S. AbilityOne Commission (Commission). This notice announces the Commission's intent to submit the Information Collection Request (``ICR'') described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval under applicable provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act. This notice provides an opportunity to interested members of the public and affected agencies to comment on a proposed Participating Employee Eligibility form.
Exercise of Time-Limited Authority To Increase the Numerical Limitation for FY 2024 for the H-2B Temporary Nonagricultural Worker Program and Portability Flexibility for H-2B Workers Seeking To Change Employers
DHS, in consultation with DOL, is exercising time-limited Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 authority and increasing the total number of noncitizens who may receive an H-2B nonimmigrant visa by up to 64,716 for the entirety of FY 2024. These supplemental visas will be distributed in several allocations. 20,000 visas made available in this rule will be reserved for nationals of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Haiti, Colombia, Ecuador, or Costa Rica. All visas will be available only to businesses that are suffering or will suffer impending irreparable harm, as attested by the employer. In addition, DHS is again providing temporary portability flexibility.
TBL Group, Inc.-Acquisition of Control-East Coast Transportation Company of North Florida LLC
On October 19, 2023, TBL Group, Inc. (TBL Group or Applicant), a holding company, filed an application to acquire substantially all of the business operations and assets of East Coast Transportation Company of North Florida LLC (East Coast Transportation or Seller). The Board is tentatively approving and authorizing the transaction, and, if no opposing comments are timely filed, this notice will be the final Board action.
Entity List Removal
In this rule, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by removing one entity under the destination of the People's Republic of China (China).
Extension and Redesignation of Venezuela for Temporary Protected Status-Correction
This document corrects a technical error that appears in the USCIS notice titled ``Extension and Redesignation of Venezuela for Temporary Protected Status'' that published in the Federal Register on October 3, 2023. This document aligns and makes consistent the date through which Temporary Protected Status (TPS) will be granted to certain beneficiaries and the validity period of their related employment authorization document (EAD). This correction only affects individuals with an initial Venezuela TPS application (Form I-821) or initial Venezuela TPS-related EAD application (Form I-765) that was pending as of October 3, 2023.
Determination of Regulatory Review Period for Purposes of Patent Extension; ROZLYTREK INJECTION; Correction
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is correcting a notice that appeared in the Federal Register of July 8, 2022. The document announced the determination of the regulatory review period for ROZLYTREK INJECTION (entrectinib) for purposes of patent extension. The document was published with an incorrect dosage form. This notice corrects the dosage form of the drug product.
Random Drug and Alcohol Testing Percentage Rates of Covered Aviation Employees for the Period of January 1, 2024, Through December 31, 2024
The FAA has determined that the minimum random drug and alcohol testing percentage rates for the period January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024, will remain at 25 percent of safety- sensitive employees for random drug testing and 10 percent of safety- sensitive employees for random alcohol testing.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection, Comment Request; FEMA Preparedness Grants: Port Security Grant Program (PSGP)
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public to take this opportunity to comment on an extension, with change, of a currently approved information collection. In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning the information collection activities required to administer the Port Security Grant Program (PSGP) and an additional new form to facilitate extension requests.
Management and Protection of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska; Extension of Comment Period
On September 8, 2023, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) published in the Federal Register a proposed rule that would revise the framework for designating and assuring maximum protection of Special Areas' significant resource values and protect and enhance access for subsistence activities throughout the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A). The proposed rule would also incorporate aspects of the NPR-A Integrated Activity Plan approved in April 2022. On October 24, 2023, the BLM extended the comment period to November 17, 2023. The BLM has determined that it is appropriate to further extend the comment period for the proposed rule by 20 days, until December 7, 2023, to allow for additional public comment.
Product-Specific Guidances; Draft and Revised Draft Guidances for Industry; Availability
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of additional draft and revised draft product-specific guidances. The guidances provide product-specific recommendations on, among other things, the design of bioequivalence (BE) studies to support abbreviated new drug applications (ANDAs). In the Federal Register of June 11, 2010, FDA announced the availability of a guidance for industry entitled ``Bioequivalence Recommendations for Specific Products'' that explained the process that would be used to make product-specific guidances available to the public on FDA's website. The guidances identified in this notice were developed using the process described in that guidance.
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will hold a one day in-person meeting of its Outreach and Education Technical Committee.
Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Pacific Council) Ad- hoc Sacramento River Fall Chinook (SRFC) Workgroup will hold two 2-day meetings.
Application for Final Commitment for a Long-Term Loan or Financial Guarantee in Excess of $100 million: AP089502XX
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.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Annual Performance Report for Titles III, V, and VII Grants
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing a revision of a currently approved information collection request (ICR).
Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Pacific Council) Coastal Pelagic Species Management Team (CPSMT) will hold one public meeting.
Rules Regarding Delegation of Authority
The Board is revising its Rules Regarding Delegation of Authority to add delegations of authority previously approved by the Board and make certain technical corrections.
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