2023 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Internal Revenue Service, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The IRS is soliciting comments concerning Form 13551, Application to Participate in the IRS Acceptance Agent Program.

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 Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is announcing a revised hourly rate for the fees charged to applicants and approval holders for testing, evaluating, and approving products for use in mines. MSHA charges a fee to cover the costs (direct and indirect) of its services associated with the approval program. The new hourly rate will be $166.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) proposes this new information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

The Commission hereby gives notice of the scheduling of expedited reviews pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 (``the Act'') to determine whether revocation of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on cast iron soil pipe fittings from China would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time.

GSA proposes to amend the Federal Management Regulation (FMR) to update the regulations concerning Federal Advisory Committee Management. This rule proposes revisions that will implement legislative updates; help ensure that regulations concerning Federal Advisory Committee Management are user-friendly; clarify and update key roles; increase transparency, diversity, equity, access, accessibility, and inclusion throughout advisory committee processes and procedures; update the language regarding merger; and implement process improvements with respect to advisory committee charters and agency administrative guidelines.

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) proposes to establish the 2024 aggregate production quotas (APQ) for controlled substances in schedules I and II of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) and the assessment of annual needs (AAN) for the list I chemicals ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine. For the 2024 quota year, DEA intends to allocate procurement quotas to DEA-registered manufacturers of schedule II controlled substances on a quarterly basis. In order to address domestic drug shortages of controlled substances, procurement quota allocations will be divided between quantities authorized for domestic sales and quantities authorized for export sales.

The Internal Revenue Service, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The IRS is soliciting comments concerning Form 8826, Disabled Access Credit.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that countervailable subsidies were provided to certain exporters/producers of certain aluminum foil (aluminum foil) from the People's Republic of China (China) during the period of review (POR) January 1, 2021, through December 31, 2021.

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 District of Columbia Advisory Committee (Committee) to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights will hold a virtual panel briefing via Zoom. The purpose of the briefing is to hear testimony on access to special education and transportation services in DC to students with disabilities.

The Regional Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 is providing notice of availability and soliciting comment on the preliminary designation of stormwater discharges from certain commercial, industrial, and institutional (CII) sites in two watersheds in Los Angeles County, California for regulation under the Clean Water Act (CWA) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permitting program. This action, if finalized by EPA, will regulate stormwater discharges that contribute to a water quality standard violation or that are a significant contributor of pollutants to waters of the United States. EPA intends to make a final decision after consideration of all comments submitted.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing an order approving the application filed by STP Nuclear Operating Company, acting on behalf of Constellation Energy Generation, LLC (CEG) and NRG South Texas LP (NRG South Texas) and its parent companies, on June 12, 2023, as supplemented by letters dated August 31, 2023, and October 5, 2023. Specifically, the order approves the indirect transfer of possession-only non-operating interests in Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-76 and NPF-80 for South Texas Project (STP), Units 1 and 2, respectively, and its generally licensed independent spent fuel storage installation from NRG South Texas to CEG and the issuance of conforming amendments to the operating licenses.