2024 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This proposed rule would update FRA's procedures for waivers and safety-related proceedings to define the two components of the statutory waiver and suspension standard, "in the public interest" and "consistent with railroad safety." By defining these terms, FRA intends to clarify the standard the agency will apply when evaluating petitions for regulatory relief. FRA also proposes to require petitions for relief to include evidence of meaningful consultation with appropriate stakeholders. Additionally, FRA proposes to make minor updates to agency rules of practice.

The Corporation for National and Community Service (operating as AmeriCorps) is finalizing its adoption of the Federal Policy for Protection of Human Subjects (referred to as the Common Rule). The Common Rule outlines the basic ethical principles and procedures that an agency will abide by when conducting or sponsoring research involving human subjects. Among the procedures required by the Common Rule are use of institutional review boards (IRBs), obtaining informed consent of research subjects, and requiring submission of assurances of compliance with the rule. AmeriCorps is making the Common Rule applicable to itself, meaning that all research involving human subjects conducted, supported, or otherwise subject to regulation by AmeriCorps will be subject to the Common Rule's ethical principles and procedures.

The Modoc Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will hold a public meeting according to the details shown below. The committee is authorized under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self- Determination Act (the Act) and operates in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The purpose of the committee is to improve collaborative relationships and to provide advice and recommendations to the Forest Service concerning projects and funding consistent with Title II of the Act, as well as make recommendations on recreation fee proposals for sites on the Modoc National Forest within Modoc County, consistent with the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act.

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

Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) Center for Conflict Resolution Education (CCRE) and Field Operations use this system to process conference attendee and participant registration. FMCS hosts, co-hosts, sponsors, or co-sponsors conferences designed to meet the real-world challenges of labor management relations, conflict resolution, mediation, and arbitration. FMCS uses additional vendors to register attendees and participants and to promote conferences. FMCS uses GovDelivery Communications Cloud to promote events. The notice amendment includes administrative updates to refine details published under summary, addresses, supplementary information, purpose of the system, policies and practices for storage of records, administrative safeguards, record access procedures, and the history section. These sections are amended to refine previously published information about the system of records. The dates, further information contact, system name, security classification, system location, system manager, authority for maintenance of the system, categories of individuals covered by the system, categories of records in the system, record source categories, routine uses, policies and practices for retrieval of records, policies and procedures for retention and disposal of records, contesting records procedures, notification procedures, and exemptions promulgated sections remain unchanged. This amended SORN deletes and supersedes the SORN published in the Federal Register on July 22, 2022.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the removal of a person currently 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 this person is unblocked, and U.S. persons are permitted to engage in lawful transactions with them.

This is a notice of an Administrative declaration of a disaster for the State of California dated 10/23/2024. Incident: Bridge Fire. Incident Period: 09/08/2024 and continuing.

In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, the Office of the Secretary is establishing a new system of records titled, "Catch a Serial Offender (CATCH) Program Records," DoD-0024. This system of records covers DoD's maintenance of records used to collect and compare adult sexual assault reports for the purpose of identifying alleged serial sexual assault offenders. Additionally, DoD is issuing a notice of proposed rulemaking, which proposes to exempt this system of records from certain provisions of the Privacy Act, elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving an October 27, 2023, submittal from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) to align provisions approved in the Wisconsin State Implementation Plan (SIP) with current Wisconsin administrative rules and statutes. WDNR requested that certain provisions previously approved into the Wisconsin SIP under now obsolete numbering schemes be renumbered to ensure citations in the Wisconsin SIP reflect the current numbering systems of the Wisconsin Administrative Code (WAC) and the Wisconsin Statutes (Wis. Stats.). WDNR also requested that EPA approve rule and statute provisions that have been revised since they were approved into the Wisconsin SIP. Finally, WDNR requested removal of rules and statutes from the Wisconsin SIP that are no longer in effect in Wisconsin. Approval of these changes in the Wisconsin SIP will not impact the state's air quality or ability to meet Clean Air Act (CAA) requirements. EPA proposed to approve this action on May 16, 2024, and received no comments.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics published a document in the Federal Register on October 18, 2024, announcing the November 7, 2024 Technical Advisory Committee meeting. The document contained an incorrect registration link.

The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.

Pursuant to section 189a.(2) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is publishing this regular monthly notice. The Act requires the Commission to publish notice of any amendments issued, or proposed to be issued, and grants the Commission the authority to issue and make immediately effective any amendment to an operating license or combined license, as applicable, upon a determination by the Commission that such amendment involves no significant hazards consideration (NSHC), notwithstanding the pendency before the Commission of a request for a hearing from any person.

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 Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following collection of information was published on May 23, 2024. As part of a Federal Government-wide effort to streamline the process to seek feedback from the public on service delivery, FAA has an approved Generic Information Collection Request (Generic ICR): "Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery."

In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announces a meeting of the Astrophysics Advisory Committee.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing an environmental assessment (EA) and finding of no significant impact (FONSI) in support of the NRC's consideration of a request from Waste Control Specialists LLC (WCS) to continue to possess certain transuranic waste, which originated from the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), without an NRC license under the terms of a 2023 Order. The 2023 Order exempted WCS from the NRC's regulations concerning special nuclear material (SNM). The current action is in response to a request by WCS dated May 24, 2024, to extend the possession time of certain waste at specific locations at the facility in Andrews County, Texas (WCS Site) until December 31, 2026.

The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) establishes the approximately 2,415-acre "Beverly, Washington" viticultural area (AVA) in Grant County, Washington. The Beverly, Washington AVA is located entirely within the established Columbia Valley AVA. TTB designates viticultural areas to allow vintners to better describe the origin of their wines and to allow consumers to better identify wines they may purchase.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) proposes to renew an information collection with revisions.

The National Park Service is soliciting electronic comments on the significance of properties nominated before October 19, 2024, for listing or related actions in the National Register of Historic Places.

The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) invites comment on a proposal to extend for three years, without revision, the Recordkeeping Requirements of Regulation H and Regulation K Associated with the Procedures for Monitoring Bank Secrecy Act Compliance (FR K; OMB No. 7100-0310).