March 14, 2024 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This direct final rule removes the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP)'s restriction on a participant's ability to request more than one withdrawal within a thirty-calendar-day period.

The Department of Energy (DOE or the Department), Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) is issuing this Notice of Intent (NOI) to notify interested parties of its intent to launch a Voluntary Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Removal Purchasing (CO2RP) Challenge. The CO2RP Challenge will call on other organizations to purchase small and growing quantities of high-quality, permanent CO2 Removal (CDR) credits. The CO2RP Challenge will operate in coordination with DOE's Carbon Dioxide Removal Purchase Pilot Prize (CDR Purchase Prize), through which the Department will award up to $30,000,000 across ten prize winners that successfully deliver their committed CDR credits. In addition, the Challenge will invite CDR suppliers that were not selected for or did not apply to the DOE CDR Purchase Prize to seek designation as a ``next wave'' supplier that demonstrates promise for other future DOE or private sector CDR credit purchasing efforts. CDR credit suppliers participating in the CO2RP Challenge through pursuit of designation within DOE's list of ``next wave'' CDR credit providers will submit CDR credit proposals to DOE for review.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking final action to approve state implementation plan (SIP) revisions to the Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District (YSAQMD) portion of the California SIP. These revisions concern emissions of oxides of nitrogen (NOX) from biomass boilers, and address reasonably available control technology (RACT) requirements for major sources of NOX in the portion of the Sacramento Metro, CA, nonattainment area that is subject to YSAQMD jurisdiction.

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 (FACA), that the Hawai[revaps]i Advisory Committee (Committee) to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights will convene by ZoomGov on Wednesday, March 20, 2024, from 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. HST, to plan future briefings related to the Committee's topic ``Examining Hawai[revaps]i's Child Welfare System and its Impact on Native Hawaiian Children and Families.''

The Coast Guard's Mariner Credentialing Program issues merchant mariner credentials and medical certificates, approves training courses and programs, and approves other qualifications such as a Qualified Assessor and a Designated Examiner. Under this rulemaking, the Coast Guard proposes to allow for the electronic submission of information required for credentialing to allow for the future implementation of a new information technology system to support the mariner credentialing process. The Coast Guard also proposes to require the electronic payment of mandatory fees for merchant mariner credentials through Pay.Gov, to remove the requirement for prospective mariners to take an oath before an authorized official, and to change the requirements for the Certificate of Discharge to Merchant Mariners. Finally, the Coast Guard proposes technical amendments to update addresses and websites, to remove antiquated terminology, and to amend language to use gender-neutral terms.

NMFS has received a request from the U.S. Navy for authorization to take small numbers of marine mammals incidental to construction activities associated with the replacement of the Q8 bulkhead at Naval Station Norfolk over the course of 5 years from the date of issuance. Pursuant to regulations implementing the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS is announcing receipt of the Navy's request for the development and implementation of regulations governing the incidental taking of marine mammals. NMFS invites the public to provide information, suggestions, and comments on the Navy's application and request.

The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2024 for the Promoting Postbaccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans (PPOHA) Program, Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.031M. This notice relates to the approved information collection under OMB control number 1894-0006.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) seeks comment on amending its rules on compensation from the Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS) Fund for providers of Video Relay Service (VRS) to address a number of special situations. The Commission proposes to allow VRS providers additional compensation for responding to a consumer's justified request that a Deaf Interpreter be added to a call. The Commission believes that providing additional compensation for such calls will advance the statutory objective to make functionally equivalent TRS available. The Commission also seeks comment on whether the TRS Fund should support: other methods of communication with eligible TRS users, such as cued language, as a specialized form of VRS; the routing of VRS calls to a Communication Assistant (CA) with a particular skill set or knowledge of a specific subject matter; calls between a VRS user who is deafblind and another VRS user; and, voice carry over (VCO) calls between a TRS user who is deafblind and a hearing user.

The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed and continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of our information collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting burden. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment preceding submission of the collection to OMB.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval to renew an information collection. The collection involves maintaining and recording ``the status of life-limited parts of each airframe, engine, propeller, rotor, and appliance. The information to be collected is necessary for maintaining and recording that the part is airworthy.

This is a notice of an Administrative declaration of a disaster for the State of New York dated 03/11/2024. Incident: Severe Storms and Flooding. Incident Period: 01/09/2024 through 01/10/2024.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is correcting a notice that appeared in the Federal Register on December 18, 2023. The document announced the withdrawal of approval of two new drug applications (NDA), withdrawn as of January 17, 2024. The document indicated that FDA was withdrawing approval of NDA 022424, FLOWTUSS (guaifenesin 200 milligrams (mg)/5 milliliters (mL) and hydrocodone bitartrate 2.5 mg/5 mL) Oral Solution held by Chartwell RX Sciences, LLC, 77 Brenner Dr., Congers, NY 10920. Before FDA withdrew the approval of this NDA, Chartwell RX Sciences, LLC informed FDA that it did not want the approval of the NDA withdrawn. Because Chartwell RX Sciences, LLC timely requested that approval of NDA 022424 not be withdrawn, the approval is still in effect. This notice corrects that error.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) has determined the regulatory review period for CIBINQO and is publishing this notice of that determination as required by law. FDA has made the determination because of the submission of applications to the Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Department of Commerce, for the extension of a patent which claims that human drug product.

Comments are requested on proposed flood hazard determinations, which may include additions or modifications of any Base Flood Elevation (BFE), base flood depth, Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) boundary or zone designation, or regulatory floodway on the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), and where applicable, in the supporting Flood Insurance Study (FIS) reports for the communities listed in the table below. The purpose of this notice is to seek general information and comment regarding the preliminary FIRM, and where applicable, the FIS report that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has provided to the affected communities. The FIRM and FIS report are the basis of the floodplain management measures that the community is required either to adopt or to show evidence of having in effect in order to qualify or remain qualified for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).

Comments are requested on proposed flood hazard determinations, which may include additions or modifications of any Base Flood Elevation (BFE), base flood depth, Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) boundary or zone designation, or regulatory floodway on the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), and where applicable, in the supporting Flood Insurance Study (FIS) reports for the communities listed in the table below. The purpose of this notice is to seek general information and comment regarding the preliminary FIRM, and where applicable, the FIS report that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has provided to the affected communities. The FIRM and FIS report are the basis of the floodplain management measures that the community is required either to adopt or to show evidence of having in effect in order to qualify or remain qualified for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of one or more persons that have been placed on OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) based on OFAC's determination that one or more applicable legal criteria were satisfied. All property and interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of these persons are blocked, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with them.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 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 proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal Register on February 1, 2024, allowing a 60-day comment period.

In compliance with the requirement of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of Health and Human Services, is publishing the following summary of a proposed collection for public comment, Improving Customer Experience (OMB Circular A-11, Section 280 Implementation).