2024 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The U.S Department of Commerce (Commerce) is conducting the administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on light- walled rectangular pipe and tube (LWRPT) from the People's Republic of China (China). The period of review (POR) is January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022. Commerce preliminarily finds that Hoa Phat Steel Pipe Company Limited (Hoa Phat) had no subject shipments of LWRPT and that Hoa Phat will be eligible to participate in the certification program previously established with respect to the CVD order on LWRPT from China. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.

The Federal Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (FACOSH) will meet October 17, 2024, by WebEx.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FMCSA announces its plan to submit the Information Collection Request (ICR) described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for its review and approval and invites public comment. FMCSA requests approval to renew the ICR titled "Road Test Requirement." This ICR estimates the information burden incurred by motor carriers associated with the road test requirements in two circumstances. The first is when the motor carrier hires a new driver. The second is when the road test is required for individuals physically qualified under the Agency's alternative vision standard for the first time. In each circumstance, motor carriers are required to rate the performance of the driver during the test on a road test form provided by the motor carrier. If the road test is successfully completed, the motor carrier completes a certificate of driver's road test and provides a copy to the driver. The motor carrier retains the original signed road test form and the original, or a copy, of the signed certificate in the driver qualification file.

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, this notice announces that the Human Resources and Administration/ Operations, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP), Department of Veterans Affairs, will submit the collection of information abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The PRA submission describes the nature of the information collection and its expected cost and burden, and it includes the actual data collection instrument.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain cased pencils (pencils) from the People's Republic of China (China) for the period of review (POR) December 1, 2022, through November 30, 2023.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on light-walled rectangular pipe and tube (LWRPT) from Mexico. We preliminarily determine that Maquilacero S.A. de C.V. (Maquilacero)/Tecnicas de Fluidos S.A. de C.V. (TEFLU) and Perfiles LM, S.A. de C.V. (Perfiles) made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value during the period of review (POR) August 1, 2022, through July 31, 2023. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.

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.

As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and 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. Comments are requested concerning: whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Commission, including whether the information shall have practical utility; the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and ways to further reduce the information collection burden on small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees. The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid 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 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC, Commission, or Agency) proposes to modify an existing system of records, FCC/MB-1, Ownership Reports for Commercial and Noncommercial Broadcast Stations, 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 FCC's Media Bureau (MB) uses the information contained in this system to administer the Commission's regulatory responsibilities that relate (1) to ownership of commercial broadcast stations, including AM and FM radio and television (full power, Class A, and low power); and (2) to ownership of noncommercial broadcast stations, including AM and FM radio and full-power television. The FCC Enforcement Bureau (EB) also uses the information contained in this system to review the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) programs of both commercial and non-commercial AM and FM radio and television stations (full power, Class A, and low power) and Satellite Digital Audio Radio Services (SDARS) licensees. And for cable operators and "Direct Broadcast Satellite" (DBS) providers, EB similarly reviews their compliance with the FCC's Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) rules in this system, in part, via the Cable Operations and Licensing System (COALS) database.

This notice announces a town hall meeting in accordance with the Social Security Act (the Act) to discuss fiscal year (FY) 2026 applications for add-on payments for new medical services and technologies under the hospital inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS). Interested parties are invited to this virtual meeting to present their comments, recommendations, and data regarding whether the FY 2026 new medical services and technologies applications meet the substantial clinical improvement criterion.

Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on August 8, 2024, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, on behalf of HydraFacial LLC f/k/a Edge Systems LLC of Long Beach, California. Supplements were filed on August 23 and 28, 2024. The complaint, as supplemented, alleges violations of section 337 based upon the importation into the United States, the sale for importation, and the sale within the United States after importation of certain hydrodermabrasion systems and components thereof by reason of the infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 11,446,477 ("the '477 patent"). The complaint further alleges that an industry in the United States exists as required by the applicable Federal Statute. The complainant requests that the Commission institute an investigation and, after the investigation, issue a limited exclusion order and a cease and desist order.

On behalf of the United States Department of Agriculture, the United States Forest Service (USFS) filed an application with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) requesting that the Secretary of the Interior extend Public Land Order (PLO) No. 7625 for an additional 20- year term. PLO No. 7625 withdrew 140 acres of National Forest System land in Lincoln County, New Mexico, from location and entry under the United States mining laws, subject to valid existing rights, to protect the Gallinas Peak and West Turkey Cone Electronic Sites for a period of 20 years. The withdrawal created by PLO No. 7625 will expire on February 16, 2025, unless extended. This notice announces to the public a 90-day opportunity to comment on the withdrawal extension application and to request a public meeting.

Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed revision of a currently approved collection, and allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice.

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is soliciting nominations for appointment to the Advisory Committee of the PBGC.

In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of California, Berkeley intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that meet the definition of an object of cultural patrimony and that has a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability of the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Approved Resource Management Plan (RMP) and associated Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Greenlink West Transmission Project located in Clark, Esmeralda, Lyon, Mineral, Nye, Storey, and Washoe Counties, Nevada. The Acting Deputy Secretary of the Interior signed the ROD on September 9, 2024, which constitutes the decision of the BLM and two other Department of Interior agencies (National Park Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs) and makes the Approved RMP Amendments for the BLM effective immediately. The Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration, as a Cooperating Agency, also signed the ROD that constitutes the decision for the Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration on September 9, 2024.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) from the People's Republic of China (China). The period of investigation (POI) is January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023. Interested parties are invited to comment on this preliminary determination.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that producers/exporters subject to this review did not make sales of subject merchandise at prices below normal value. The period of review (POR) is December 1, 2022, through November 30, 2023. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.

This action adds service(s) to the Procurement List that will be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities and deletes product(s) from the Procurement List previously furnished by such agencies.