2024 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Internal Revenue Service, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Currently, the IRS is soliciting comments concerning the burden related to the procedures for recovering reasonable administrative costs.

The Department of Justice (DOJ), The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), 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 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.

The Department of the Army (Army) signed the Record of Decision (ROD) on February 29, 2024, for the Legislative Environmental Impact Statement (LEIS) Regarding Training and Public Land Withdrawal Extension, Fort Irwin, California. The Army selected a program of training infrastructure and range improvement, along with new uses for its Western Training Area (WTA). The ROD also determined that the Army will request that Congress renew the withdrawal of 110,000 acres of Fort Irwin training land, which consists of public land withdrawn from all types of appropriation and reserved for military purposes. The Army considered public comments received during the LEIS process. The ROD completes the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process for the action.

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 reinstatement, with change, of a previously approved collection for which approval has expired. 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.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC or Commission) announces that it intends to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for a three-year PRA approval of revisions to the currently approved Local Union Report (EEO-3).

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that certain producers and exporters of forged steel fluid end blocks (fluid end blocks) from Italy received countervailable subsidies during the period of review (POR) January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Suzano S.A. (Suzano) made sales of subject merchandise at prices below normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) March 1, 2022, through February 28, 2023. Commerce also determines that Sylvamo do Brasil Ltda. and Sylvamo Exports Ltda. (collectively, Sylvamo) did not make sales of subject merchandise at prices below normal NV the POR.

The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), both institutes of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), are contemplating the grant of an Exclusive Patent License to practice the inventions embodied in the Patents and Patent Applications listed in the Supplementary Information section of this notice to Autala Bio Inc., A Civala Company ("Autala"), incorporated in Delaware.

The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) approved the Forest County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin Leasing Ordinance under the Helping Expedite and Advance Responsible Tribal Homeownership Act of 2012 (HEARTH Act). With this approval, the Tribe is authorized to enter into agriculture, business, residential, wind and solar, wind energy evaluation, public, religious, cultural, educational, and recreational leases without further BIA approval.

The purpose of this Notice is to inform the public that the Small Business Administration (SBA) is making a change to its Secondary Market Loan Pooling Program. SBA is decreasing the minimum maturity ratio for both SBA Standard Pools and Weighted-Average Coupon (WAC) Pools by 300 basis points, to 89.0%. The minimum maturity ratio covers the estimated cost of the timely payment guaranty for newly formed SBA 7(a) loan pools. This update will be incorporated, as needed, into the SBA Secondary Market Program Guide and all other appropriate SBA Secondary Market documents.

The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), as part of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the utility of government information, invites the general public and other federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project titled Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery. This information collection activity provides a means to garner qualitative customer and stakeholder feedback in an efficient, timely manner, in accordance with the Federal government's commitment to improving service delivery.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking nominations for technical experts to serve on its Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC), a Federal advisory committee to the Office of Research and Development (ORD). Submission of nominations should be made via the BOSC website at: https://www.epa.gov/bosc.

This is a notice of an Administrative disaster declaration of a rural area for the State of Arkansas dated 08/12/2024. Incident: Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding. Incident Period: 05/24/2024 through 05/27/2024.

The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council (Council) publishes notice of a proposed subaward from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to the Armand Bayou Nature Center, a non- government organization, for the purpose of land acquisition in accordance with the Texas Land Acquisition Program for Coastal Conservation Award as approved in the Council's Third Funded Priority List.

The Committee is proposing to delete product(s) from the Procurement List that were furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.

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.