January 2024 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is requesting an extension without changes of the form ACF-118: Child Care and Development Fund Plan Preprint for States/Territories for FFY 2022- 2024 (OMB #0970-0114, expiration 02/29/2024), and a separate three-year extension of the form ACF-118: Child Care and Development Fund Plan Preprint for States/Territories for FFY 2025-2027. There are changes requested to the form ACF-118: Child Care and Development Fund Plan Preprint for States/Territories for FFY 2025-2027 to improve formatting, collect additional information about program implementation, and streamline questions.

FMCSA announces the availability of the Medical Examiner's Handbook (MEH), which includes updates to the Medical Advisory Criteria published in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). The MEH provides information about regulatory requirements and guidance to medical examiners (ME) listed on FMCSA's National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners (National Registry) who perform physical qualification examinations of interstate commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers. The January 2024 edition of the MEH replaces all previous handbook editions.

The FHWA, on behalf of Caltrans, is issuing this notice to announce actions taken by Caltrans, that are final. The actions relate to a proposed highway project, on State Route 99 from post miles 25.2 to post mile 30.6 in Tulare County, State of California. Those actions grant licenses, permits, and approvals for the project.

This action delays the effective date of a final rule published in the Federal Register on October 19, 2023, amending Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range (VOR) Federal Airway V-36 and establishing Canadian Area Navigation (RNAV) Route T-675 in the northcentral United States (U.S.) airspace. The FAA is delaying the effective date to allow sufficient time for completion of the required flight inspection of the route.

EPA issued a final rule in the Federal Register of October 11, 2022, establishing tolerances for residues of methoxyfenozide in or on multiple commodities requested by the Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR-4) under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA). That document inadvertently omitted an instruction to add a tolerance for the commodity ``bean, mung, dry seed''. This document corrects the final regulation.

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This program helps to ensure that requested data is provided in the desired format; reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized; collection instruments are clearly understood; and the impact of collection requirements on respondents is properly assessed. Currently, the NEA is soliciting comments concerning the proposed information collection of: Civil Rights Evaluation Tool, designed to evaluate grant recipients' compliance with federal law including Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 45 CFR part 1110, Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs. A copy of the proposed information collection request can be obtained by contacting the office listed below in the address section of this notice.

The United States Mint announces pricing for the Liberty & Britannia 24K High Relief Gold Proof Coin on the 2024 Pricing of Numismatic Gold, Commemorative Gold, Platinum, and Palladium Products Grid. The complete 2024 Pricing of Numismatic Gold, Commemorative Gold, Platinum, and Palladium Products Grid will be available online at https://catalog.usmint.gov/coin-programs/american-eagle-coins . Pricing can vary weekly dependent upon the London Bullion Market Association gold, platinum, and palladium prices weekly average. The pricing for all United States Mint numismatic gold, platinum, and palladium products is evaluated every Wednesday and modified as necessary.

The United States Mint is setting prices for the Liberty & Britannia Products.

In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended (``CAA'' or ``the Act''), the Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'' or ``the Agency'') is providing notice of a proposed consent decree in Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice v. United States Environmental Protection Agency, No. 4:23-cv-03571-YGR (N.D. Cal.). On July 19, 2023 and August 29, 2023, Plaintiff Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice and Plaintiffs East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice, People's Collective for Environmental Justice, Sierra Club, and Communities for a Better Environment (collectively, ``Plaintiffs''), respectively, filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California alleging that EPA failed to perform its non-discretionary duty to take final action to approve or disapprove, or conditionally approve, in whole or in part, the California state implementation plan (SIP) submittal entitled South Coast Air Quality Management District Rule 2305, Warehouse Indirect Source RuleWarehouse Actions and Investments to Reduce Emissions Program (SCAQMD Rule 2305), submitted to EPA by the California Air Resources Board on or about August 13, 2021. The two cases are now consolidated. The proposed consent decree would establish a deadline for the EPA Administrator (``Administrator'') to sign a notice of final rulemaking for this action.

In accordance with the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended (commonly referred to as RCRA), and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), notice is hereby given by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA''), Region 2, of a proposed settlement agreement (``Settlement'') pursuant to RCRA and CERCLA with St. Croix Petrochemical Corporation (``SCPC'') (``Settling Party'') related to the former SCPC manufacturing facility that operated in the past on a portion of the former HOVENSA refinery (``SCPC Facility'') in St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands (``USVI'').

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the approval of a product redeeming a material threat medical countermeasure (MCM) priority review voucher. The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) authorizes FDA to award priority review vouchers to sponsors of approved material threat MCM product applications that meet certain criteria. FDA is required to publish notice of the issuance of material threat MCM priority review vouchers as well as the approval of products redeeming a voucher. FDA has determined that QULIPTA (atogepant) tablets, approved September 28, 2021, meets the redemption criteria.

Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Regulatory Secretariat Division will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve a renewal of the currently approved information collection requirement regarding implementation of GSA information technology security requirements.

This notice lists communities where the addition or modification of Base Flood Elevations (BFEs), base flood depths, Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) boundaries or zone designations, or the regulatory floodway (hereinafter referred to as flood hazard determinations), as shown on the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), and where applicable, in the supporting Flood Insurance Study (FIS) reports, prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for each community, is appropriate because of new scientific or technical data. The FIRM, and where applicable, portions of the FIS report, have been revised to reflect these flood hazard determinations through issuance of a Letter of Map Revision (LOMR), in accordance with Federal Regulations. The currently effective community number is shown in the table below and must be used for all new policies and renewals.

The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires EPA to publish in the Federal Register a statement of its findings after its review of certain TSCA submissions when EPA makes a finding that a new chemical substance or significant new use is not likely to present an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment. Such statements apply to premanufacture notices (PMNs), microbial commercial activity notices (MCANs), and significant new use notices (SNUNs) submitted to EPA under TSCA. This document presents statements of findings made by EPA on such submissions during the period from November 1, 2023, to November 30, 2023.

The Department of Labor (DOL), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre- clearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed collections of information, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This program helps to ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format, reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized, collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed. The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is soliciting comments on the information collection for Proximity Detection Systems for Continuous Mining Machines in Underground Coal Mines.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) is providing notice to the public that the WHD sponsored information collection request (ICR) titled ``Employment Information Form,'' has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). WHD is notifying the public that the information collection has been revised and extended effective immediately through January 31, 2027.