2024 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Textile Mills Industry Data Collection (EPA ICR Number 2798.01, OMB Control Number 2040-NEW) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a request for approval of a new collection. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on November 28, 2023 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) is requesting that any consumer organizations interested in participating in the selection of voting and/or nonvoting consumer representatives to serve on its advisory committees or panels notify FDA in writing. FDA is also requesting nominations for voting and/or nonvoting consumer representatives to serve on advisory committees and/or panels for which vacancies currently exist or are expected to occur in the near future. Nominees recommended to serve as a voting or nonvoting consumer representative may be self-nominated or may be nominated by a consumer organization. FDA seeks to include the views of individuals on its advisory committee regardless of their gender identification, religious affiliation, racial and ethnic identification, or disability status and, therefore, encourages nominations of appropriately qualified candidates from all groups.

On September 23, 2024, a request for a 30-day public comment period was published in the Federal Register. The abstract incorrectly included language about forbearances when the collection request is about deferments. The corrected abstract should read: These forms serve as the means by which borrowers in the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan), Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) and the Federal Perkins Loan (Perkins Loan) Programs may request deferment of repayment on their loans if they meet certain statutory and regulatory criteria. The U.S. Department of Education and other loan holders uses the information collected on these forms to determine whether a borrower meets the eligibility requirements for the specific deferment type being submitted. For greater simplicity and to make it easier to maintain consistency among the various deferment forms, the Department is consolidating all the current deferment forms into a single collection under OMB No. 1845-0011. This collection is merging the six currently approved deferment forms in 1845-0011 with the military deferment form currently approved under 1845-0080 and the cancer treatment deferment form currently approved under 1845-0154. The Department is requesting a revision of the currently approved deferment forms. The proposed changes include the following: Updating the forms by eliminating duplicative and obsolete information; reordering items to present information in a more logical order that is consistent between forms; using "plain language" to present information more clearly and consistently; revising language as necessary to reflect regulatory changes made by the Final Rule published on November 1, 2022. The PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance, Office of the Chief Data Officer, Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, hereby issues a correction notice as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish a notice of requests to modify permits issued to conduct activities regulated under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. This is the required notice of a requested permit modification.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing a revision of a currently approved information collection request (ICR).

This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe (FEMA-4818-DR), dated 09/20/2024. Incident: Severe Storm and Flooding. Incident Period: 08/08/2024 through 08/10/2024.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the administrative review of the antidumping order on stilbenic optical brightening agents (OBAs) from the People's Republic of China (China), covering the period of review (POR) May 1, 2023, through April 30, 2024, because, as explained below, there are no reviewable entries for the companies that are subject to review.

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).

This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of Texas (FEMA- 4781-DR), dated 05/23/2024. Incident: Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding. Incident Period: 04/26/2024 through 06/05/2024.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment upon this proposed extension of a currently approved collection of information. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the information collection notice is published in the Federal Register to obtain comments regarding the nature of the information collection, the categories of respondents, the estimated burden (i.e. the time, effort, and resources used by the respondents to respond), the estimated cost to the respondent, and the actual information collection instruments.

This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Connecticut (FEMA-4820-DR), dated September 20, 2024.

The FAA proposes to supersede Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2023-20-03, which applies to certain Austro Engine GmbH Model E4 and E4P engines. AD 2023-20-03 requires repetitive engine oil analysis for aluminum content outside the acceptable limits and, if necessary, replacement of the pistons, piston rings, con-rods assembly, and crankcase or, as an alternative, replacement of the engine core. Since the FAA issued AD 2023-20-03, the manufacturer identified errors in the lists of affected engines and provided updated information, which prompted this proposed AD. This proposed AD would retain the requirements of AD 2023-20-03, add compliance times for additional affected engine serial numbers, and remove certain engine serial numbers from the applicability of the existing AD. The FAA is proposing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) proposes a narrowly tailored amendment to certain remittance transfer disclosure requirements in the remittance rule in Regulation E (Remittance Rule or Rule), which implements the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, and certain accompanying model forms, to ensure that consumers sending a remittance transfer have information about the types of inquiries that may be most efficient to direct to the CFPB and the State agency that licenses or charters their remittance transfer provider.

The NCUA Board (Board) is amending its regulations governing share insurance coverage. The final rule simplifies the share insurance regulations by establishing a "trust accounts" category that will provide for coverage of funds of both revocable trusts and irrevocable trusts deposited at federally insured credit unions (FICUs), provides consistent share insurance treatment for all mortgage servicing account balances held to satisfy principal and interest obligations to a lender, and increases flexibility for the NCUA to consider various records in determining share insurance coverage in liquidations. The changes also increase consistency between the FDIC's Federal deposit insurance rules and the NCUA's share insurance rules.

The state of West Virginia has applied to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for final authorization of revisions to its hazardous waste program under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). EPA has determined that these revisions satisfy all requirements needed to qualify for final authorization and is hereby authorizing West Virginia's revisions through this direct final rule.

The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Airbus Helicopters Model EC 155B, EC155B1, SA-365N, SA-365N1, AS-365N2, and AS 365 N3 helicopters. This proposed AD was prompted by an engine compartment fire where the upper stiffener of the central firewall in the engine compartment was found damaged. This proposed AD would require replacing the aluminum central firewall stiffener with a titanium central firewall stiffener and prohibit installing an aluminum central firewall stiffener. These actions are specified in a European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) AD, which is proposed for incorporation by reference. The FAA is proposing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.

The Food and Drug Administration's (FDA), Center for Veterinary Medicine's (CVM), Office of Management (OM) and Office of New Animal Drug Evaluation (ONADE) have modified their organizational structures. The new organizational structures were approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services on July 22, 2024.

The U.S. Department of Energy ("DOE") published a direct final rule to establish new energy conservation standards for miscellaneous refrigeration products in the Federal Register on May 7, 2024. DOE has determined that the comments received in response to the direct final rule are not adverse and, thus, do not provide a reasonable basis for withdrawing the direct final rule. Therefore, DOE provides this document confirming the effective and compliance dates of those standards. This document also corrects an error in the amended regulatory text as it appeared in the direct final rule published on May 7, 2024.

The Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the U.S. Department of Labor (the Department) is issuing this notice to announce the applicable minimum wage rate for workers performing work on or in connection with Federal contracts covered by Executive Order 14026, Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors (the Executive Order or the order). Beginning on January 1, 2025, the Executive Order 14026 minimum wage rate that generally must be paid to workers performing work on or in connection with covered contracts will increase to $17.75 per hour. This minimum wage rate will apply to non- tipped and tipped employees alike. Contracts similar to those covered by Executive Order 14026 that were entered into, renewed, or extended prior to January 30, 2022, are generally subject to a lower minimum wage rate established by Executive Order 13658 of February 12, 2014, Establishing a Minimum Wage for Contractors.

The Postal Service is amending Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM[supreg]) in various sections to remove the hardcopy address correction notice option for all packages bearing an Intelligent Mail[supreg] package barcode (IMpb[supreg]).