2023 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is reopening the public comment period for its Notice of Intent (NOI) and Request for Information (RFI) regarding launching a Responsible Carbon Management Initiative which was published in the Federal Register on August 11, 2023. The published NOI and RFI established a 30-day public comment period that ended on September 11, 2023. DOE received requests to extend the comment period. DOE reviewed the requests and announced on the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) website on September 6, 2023, that it would extend the comment period until September 30, 2023. Accordingly, DOE is reopening the public comment period to allow comments to be submitted until September 30, 2023.

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.

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.

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.

Pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974, notice is given that the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) proposes to modify an existing system of records, entitled BGFRS-24, ``FRBEEO General Files.'' BGFRS-24 presently includes self- identification reports of current and former employees regarding race, national origin, sex, and disability and identification by Board staff regarding the race, national origin, and sex for those current and former employees who decline to voluntarily provide the information.

In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (``Privacy Act''), this document announces a new computer matching program the Federal Communications Commission (``FCC'' or ``Commission'' or ``Agency'') and the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) will conduct with the Puerto Rico Department of the Family. The purpose of this matching program is to verify the eligibility of applicants to and subscribers of Lifeline, and the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), both of which are administered by USAC under the direction of the FCC. More information about these programs is provided in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'' or ``SEC'') is adopting new rules under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (``Advisers Act'' or ``Act''). The rules are designed to protect investors who directly or indirectly invest in private funds by increasing visibility into certain practices involving compensation schemes, sales practices, and conflicts of interest through disclosure; establishing requirements to address such practices that have the potential to lead to investor harm; and restricting practices that are contrary to the public interest and the protection of investors. These rules are likewise designed to prevent fraud, deception, or manipulation by the investment advisers to those funds. The Commission is adopting corresponding amendments to the Advisers Act books and records rule to facilitate compliance with these new rules and assist our examination staff. Finally, the Commission is adopting amendments to the Advisers Act compliance rule, which affect all registered investment advisers, to better enable our staff to conduct examinations.

This document amends the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulations to reflect the addition of several categories of ethnological material of Peru to the existing import restrictions and to clarify descriptions of certain categories of archaeological and ethnological material of Peru. The United States has entered into an agreement with Peru that supersedes the prior agreement and amends the import restrictions that became effective on June 9, 2022. The restrictions, originally imposed by Treasury Decision 97-50, and recently extended by CBP Decision 22-11 for an additional five-year period, will continue with the addition of these categories of ethnological material through June 9, 2027, and the CBP regulations are being amended to reflect these additions. The Designated List of archaeological and ethnological material of Peru to which the restrictions apply is reproduced below.

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.

This document grants in full the Nissan North America, Inc.'s (Nissan) petition for exemption from the Federal Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard (theft prevention standard) for its Z vehicle line beginning in model year (MY) 2024. The petition is granted because the agency has determined that the antitheft device to be placed on the line as standard equipment is likely to be as effective in reducing and deterring motor vehicle theft as compliance with the parts-marking requirements of the theft prevention standard. Nissan also requested confidential treatment for specific information in its petition. Therefore, no confidential information provided for purposes of this notice has been disclosed.

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), for review and comment. The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its expected costs and burden.

The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a Priority Mail Express International, Priority Mail International & First-Class Package International Service contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Competitive Product List in the Mail Classification Schedule.

The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Pacific Council) Ad Hoc Marine Planning Committee (MPC) will hold an online public meeting.

Findings of research misconduct have been made against Andrew Dannenberg, M.D. (Respondent), who was a Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College (WCMC). Respondent engaged in research misconduct in research supported by U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) funds, specifically National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), grants P01 CA077839, P01 CA106451, R01 CA108773, R01 CA154481, T32 CA009685, R25 CA105012, and N01 CN43302, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), NIH, grant T32 DC000027, and National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), NIH, grant UL1 TR000457. The administrative actions, including supervision for a period of seven (7) years, were implemented beginning on August 14, 2023, and are detailed below.

The Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is proposing to collect data for a new process and outcome study, Strengthening Child Welfare Systems to Achieve Expected Child and Family Outcomes (SCWS) Evaluation.