June 17, 2024 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents
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Safety Zone; Upper Mississippi River, Prairie du Chien, WI
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone for navigable waters on the Upper Mississippi River between 636-635, east of Island number one hundred seventy-two. The safety zone is needed to protect personnel, vessels, and the marine environment from potential hazards created by high-speed power vessels. Entry of vessels or persons into this zone is prohibited unless specifically authorized by the Captain of the Port, Sector Upper Mississippi River.
Announcement of Approved International Trade Administration Trade Mission
The United States Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration (ITA), is announcing one upcoming trade mission that will be recruited, organized, and implemented by ITA. This mission is: Design and Construction Business Development Mission to Hong Kong, Taipei, and Ho Chi Minh CityOctober 28November 1, 2024. A summary of the mission is found below. Application information and more detailed mission information, including the commercial setting and sector information, can be found at the trade mission website: https://www.trade.gov/trade-missions. For this mission, recruitment will be conducted in an open and public manner, including publication in the Federal Register, posting on the Commerce Department trade mission calendar (https://www.trade.gov/trade-missions-schedule) and other internet websites, press releases to general and trade media, direct mail, broadcast fax, notices by industry trade associations and other multiplier groups, and publicity at industry meetings, symposia, conferences, and trade shows.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Comment Request; Veterinary Feed Directive
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing that a proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
New Postal Products
The Commission is noticing a recent Postal Service filing for the Commission's consideration concerning a negotiated service agreement. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request: Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Amendment 14 Data Collection
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.
Board of Visitors for the National Fire Academy
The Board of Visitors for the National Fire Academy (Board) will meet in person at the National Emergency Training Center in Emmitsburg, MD, and virtually on Monday, August 5, 2024. The meeting will be open to the public.
Adaptive Equipment Allowance
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) amends its regulations governing the provision of a monetary allowance to certain veterans and eligible members of the Armed Forces who require adaptive equipment to operate an automobile or other conveyance. VA proposed establishing in regulation a VA Adaptive Equipment Schedule for Automobiles and Other Conveyances to calculate the amount of the monetary allowance for adaptive equipment based on industry standards and our experience administering this program. We adopt as final this proposed rule, with changes based on public comment. This rulemaking addresses reimbursement to eligible persons who have paid for adaptive equipment and payments made by VA directly to registered adaptive equipment providers, but not the eligibility requirements to receive adaptive equipment.
Reporting on Border Gateway Protocol Risk Mitigation Progress; Secure Internet Routing
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) seeks to increase the security of the information routed across the internet by proposing certain reporting obligations on providers of broadband internet access service (BIAS providers) and their use of the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP). Internet traffic can be disrupted, intercepted, and blackholedwhen a service provider drops traffic addressed to a targeted IP address or range of addresses by redirecting it to a null routedue to either accidental or deliberate adversarial manipulation of security vulnerabilities inherent to BGP. Together, the intended effect of the plans, filings, and measures the Commission proposes would be to mitigate such threats. BIAS providers would be required to develop BGP Routing Security Risk Management Plans that describe their plans for and progress in implementing security measures that utilize the Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI). Nine of the largest service providers would be required to file specific additional data on a quarterly basis. The FCC also seeks comment on issues related to implementing RPKI-based security measures.
Notice of Training Sessions: Effective Participation in Executive Order 12866 Meetings With the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
Pursuant to Executive Order 12866, interested members of the public may request a meeting with the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) to present their views about a regulatory action that is under OIRA review. These meetings, known as E.O. 12866 meetings, serve as listening sessions for OIRA officials and representatives from the agency or agencies taking the regulatory action. Section 2(e) of Executive Order 14094 (Modernizing Regulatory Review) directed the OIRA Administrator to implement reforms designed to protect public trust in the regulatory process, including ensuring access for meeting requesters who have not historically requested such meetings. On December 20, 2023, OIRA issued Guidance Implementing Section 2(e) of Executive Order 14094 (Guidance), describing OIRA's E.O. 12666 meeting policy, and its strategy for inclusive and transparent meetings. To assist members of the public seeking to request an E.O. 12866 meeting, OIRA has modified its website and posted an instructional video and a step-by-step guide to requesting a meeting, in English and Spanish, on its website. As outlined in the Guidance, to encourage participation by those who have not historically requested E.O. 12866 meetings, including those from underserved communities, OIRA will offer periodic and accessible trainings on effective participation in E.O. 12866 meetings. For calendar year 2024, OIRA will be holding two virtual sessions to provide training on how to request and how to effectively participate in E.O. 12866 meetings.
Processing Claims Under the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our Promise To Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022, or the Honoring Our Pact Act of 2022
On August 10, 2022, the President signed the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022, or the Honoring our PACT Act of 2022 (PACT Act) into law, establishing substantial legislative changes in laws administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). VA began processing PACT Act-related claims on January 1, 2023, and provided sub-regulatory guidance while it drafts regulations to implement the PACT Act. The sub-regulatory guidance is now being updated to reflect recent policy changes.
Amendment of Class D Airspace; Martinsburg, WV
This action proposes to amend Class D airspace extending upward from the surface to and including 3,100 feet MSL within a 4.2- mile radius of Eastern West Virginia Regional/Shepherd Field Airport by updating the airport coordinates and description formatting to comply with FAA Orders and databases. This action would not change the airspace boundaries or operating requirements.
Medicare Program; Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program; Health Information Technology Standards and Implementation Specifications
This final rule will revise the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (Part D) and ONC regulations to implement changes related to required standards for electronic prescribing and adoption of health information technology (IT) standards for HHS use.
Privacy Act Regulations
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) is adopting amendments to certain of its regulations regarding exemptions for certain systems of records from one or more provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974 (Privacy Act) in order to better conform to the requirements of the Privacy Act and the guidance contained in Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-108, Federal Agency Responsibilities for Review, Reporting, and Publication Under the Privacy Act (OMB A-108). The final rule more specifically identifies the systems of records currently included in the regulation, adds additional systems of records that the Commission is exempting, enumerates the sections of the Privacy Act from which the Commission is exempting each system of records, sets forth the reasons for those exemptions, and reorganizes the regulations for ease of reference.
Clinical Pharmacology Considerations for the Development of Oligonucleotide Therapeutics; Guidance for Industry; Availability
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of a final guidance for industry entitled "Clinical Pharmacology Considerations for the Development of Oligonucleotide Therapeutics," which provides recommendations for the development of oligonucleotide therapeutics. Specifically, this guidance addresses FDA's current thinking regarding clinical pharmacology considerations and recommendations for oligonucleotide therapeutic development programs, including characterizing the potential for QT interval prolongation, performing immunogenicity risk assessment, characterizing the impact of hepatic and renal impairment, and assessing the potential for drug-drug interactions. This guidance finalizes the draft guidance of the same name issued on June 27, 2022.
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC, Commission, or Agency) proposes to modify an existing system of records, FCC/OMD-28, Time and Attendance Records, subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended. This action is necessary to meet the requirements of the Privacy Act to publish in the Federal Register notice of the existence and character of records maintained by the agency. The Human Resources Management (HRM) division of the FCC's Office of Managing Director (OMD) uses this system primarily to prepare time and attendance records, to certify hours worked and leave earned and taken, and otherwise to administer the FCC's time and attendance/payroll program.
Applications for New Awards; From Seedlings to Scale Grant Program and Research Networks Focused on Critical Problems of Education Policy and Practice
The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2025 for the Education Research Grant Programs.
Notice of Receipt of Complaint; Solicitation of Comments Relating to the Public Interest
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has received a complaint Certain Disposable Vaporizer Devices and Components Thereof, DN 3754; the Commission is soliciting comments on any public interest issues raised by the complaint or complainant's filing pursuant to the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure.
Use of the 5.850-5.925 GHz Band
In this document, the Office of Engineering and Technology invites supplemental comment to address issues regarding the use of geofencing in cellular-vehicle-to-everything on-board units to reduce out-of-band emission power limits around specified federal radiolocation services.
Application To Reinstate Information Collection Request OMB No. 2105-0566
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the request for reinstatement of an Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Control Number for the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below is being forwarded to the OMB for review and comments. A Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following information collection was published on February 12, 2024.
Notice of OFAC Sanctions Action
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is revising the entries of five persons that have been placed on OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN) List and Sectoral Sanctions Identifications (SSI) List. All property and interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of these persons remain blocked, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with them.
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
As required by the Privacy Act of 1974 and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circulars A-108 and A-130, the Department of Energy (DOE or the Department) is publishing notice of a modification to an existing Privacy Act system of records. DOE proposes to amend System of Records DOE-4 Form EIA-457 Survey Reports, Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS). This System of Records Notice (SORN) is being modified to align with new formatting requirements, published by OMB, and to ensure appropriate Privacy Act coverage of business processes and Privacy Act information. In "Categories of Records," the following data elements have been changed: "family size and composition" has been changed to "number of household members" and "number of children in the household." Similarly, "identification number" has been changed to "utility or energy supplier account number associated with the address." "Characteristics of household" has been changed to "physical and structural characteristics of housing unit," and "names and addresses of energy suppliers" has been changed to names and addresses of household energy suppliers." Additional categories of records include: "email address", "geolocation of address", "education level", and "challenges the household may have had paying energy bills." While there are no substantive changes to the "Categories of Individuals" section covered by this SORN, substantive changes have been made to the "System Locations," "Routine Uses," and "Administrative, Technical and Physical Safeguards" sections to provide greater transparency. Changes to "Routine Uses" include new provisions related to responding to breaches of information held under a Privacy Act SORN as required by OMB's Memorandum M-17-12, "Preparing for and Responding to a Breach of Personally Identifiable Information" (January 3, 2017). Language throughout the SORN has been updated to align with applicable Federal privacy laws, policies, procedures, and best practices.
Notice of Request for Approval of an Information Collection; APHIS National Incident Management System (NIMS) Training and Exercise Program
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's (APHIS') intention to request approval of a new information collection associated with the APHIS National Incident Management System Training and Exercise Program that provides Federal Emergency Management Agency- related training to respondents responding to plant, pest, and animal disease outbreaks.
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is reopening the comment period for our notice that proposes to modify an existing system of records titled, APHIS Animal Health Surveillance and Monitoring System, USDA/APHIS-15, which will be renamed Animal Health, Disease, and Pest Surveillance and Management System, USDA/APHIS-15. This system is used by APHIS to collect, manage, and evaluate animal health data for disease and pest control and surveillance programs. This action will allow interested persons additional time to prepare and submit comments.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Pell Grant Reporting Under the Common Origination and Disbursement (COD) System
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing an extension without change of a currently approved information collection request (ICR).
Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions
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.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Heavy-Duty Vehicles-Phase 3; Correction
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing a correction to a final rule published in the Federal Register of Monday, April 22, 2024, which will be effective June 21, 2024. The final rule established new emission standards for heavy-duty highway vehicles, along with several amendments for a wide range of highway and nonroad engines and vehicles. This document corrects inadvertent errors introduced in preparing the amendatory regulatory text for publication. These corrections do not include any substantives change to the final rule.
Information Collection Being Submitted for Review and Approval to Office of Management and Budget
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) invites the general public and other Federal Agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection. Pursuant to the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, the FCC seeks specific comment on how it might "further reduce the information collection burden for small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees." The Commission may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the PRA that does not display a valid OMB control number.
Emergency Alert System; Wireless Emergency Alerts
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved until May 31, 2027, an information collection associated with the Commission's Third Report and Order, FCC 23-88 (Order), in which the Commission, among other things, adopted a new rule that provided Participating Commercial Mobile Service (CMS) Providers may support up to two Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) tests that the public receives by default per county or county equivalent per calendar year. This document is consistent with the Order, which stated the Commission would publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date of the new rules.
Fees for the Unified Carrier Registration Plan and Agreement
FMCSA amends the regulations governing the annual registration fees that participating States collect from motor carriers, motor private carriers of property, brokers, freight forwarders, and leasing companies for the Unified Carrier Registration (UCR) Plan and Agreement for the 2025 registration year and subsequent registration years. Following a reduction in fees of an average of 37.3 percent over the two prior years, the fees for the 2025 registration year will be increased above the fees for the 2024 registration year by an average of 25 percent overall, with varying increases between $9 and $9,000 per entity, depending on the applicable fee bracket. The final rule is based upon a recommendation from the UCR Plan.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Information Collection Renewal; Comment Request; Fast Track Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery
After this first round notice and public comment period, the U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE) intends to submit a request for a renewed Generic Clearance for the collection of qualitative feedback on agency service delivery for review and approval of a three-year extension under the Paperwork Reduction Act.
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