Agencies and Commissions February 2014 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) is proposing to repeal its Regulation P, 12 CFR Part 216, which was issued to implement section 504 of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLB Act). Title X of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) transferred rulemaking authority for a number of consumer financial protection laws from the Board, and six other Federal agencies, to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau), including rulemaking authority for the provisions in Subtitle A of Title V of the GLB Act that were implemented in the Board's Regulation P. In December 2011, the Bureau published an interim final rule establishing its own Regulation P to implement these provisions of the GLB Act (Bureau Interim Final Rule). The Bureau's Regulation P covers those entities previously subject to the Board's Regulation P. Accordingly, the Board is proposing to repeal its Regulation P.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission) amends it regulations to revise the supplemental definition of ``strong sensitizer'' under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (FHSA). The revised definition of ``strong sensitizer'' eliminates redundancy, removes certain subjective factors, incorporates new and anticipated technology, places the criteria for classification of strong sensitizers in the order of importance, defines criteria for ``severity of reaction,'' and provides for the use of a weight-of- evidence approach to determine whether a substance is a strong sensitizer.

Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined not to review an initial determination (``ID'') (Order No. 7) of the presiding administrative law judge granting the Complainants' motion to amend the complaint and notice of investigation to substitute claims 1-7 of U.S. Patent No. RE44,453 for claims 1-7 of U.S. Patent No. 7,614,398 (``the `398 patent'') and granting the Respondents' motion to terminate the investigation with respect to the `398 patent.

In this document, the Commission's Wireless Telecommunications and Wireline Competition Bureaus provide an updated list of eligible areas for Auction 902, as well as other updated information consistent with the revised list.

The Program of Environment Safety and Health in the Division of Polar Programs in accordance with Sec. 671.17, is giving notice that an emergency relating to considerations of human health and safety caused hazardous waste to be stored in a location other than a permanent station for more than 12 months. Hazardous waste in the form of one 55 gallon drum of waste fuel was packaged for removal from the field camp at the end of the 2012-2013 season. This waste was to be removed during the 2013-2014 summer season. Due to the October 2013 government shutdown, the National Science Foundation began an orderly shutdown to ``caretaker status'' (i.e. the protection of life and property only) of the United States Antarctic Program (USAP). Once the government was reopened, it was impossible to support a normal summer field season. The lack of infrastructure available included the means to support a safe operation to recover this waste fuel drum. This was due to the lack of skilled labor and the lack of ability to stage a fuel cache between McMurdo Station and the PIG camp (required due to the extreme distance between McMurdo Station's airfield and the location of the PIG camp). During the 2014-2105 austral summer season, the priority will be to remove the hazardous waste drum at the PIG field camp to McMurdo Station, where it will be removed from the continent.

The FDIC, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the renewal of an existing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). Currently, the FDIC is soliciting comment on the renewal of an information collection, Interagency Bank Merger Application, 3064-0015, described below.

Florida has scheduled special elections on April 22, 2014, and June 24, 2014, to fill the U.S. House of Representatives seat vacated by Representative Trey Radel. Committees required to file reports in connection with the Special Primary Election on April 22, 2014, shall file a 12-day Pre-Primary Report. Committees required to file reports in connection with both the Special Primary and the Special General Election on June 24, 2014, shall file a 12-day Pre-Primary Report, 12-day Pre-General Report and a Post-General Report.

Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974, we are issuing public notice of our intent to add a new routine use to an existing system of records entitled: Master Files of Social Security Number (SSN) Holders and SSN Applications, (60-0058) (the Enumeration System). This system was last published in the Federal Register, 75 FR 82121 (Dec. 29, 2010); a revision to the routine uses was published, 78 FR 40,542 (July 5, 2013). The new routine use will enable us to verify information that the Corporation for National and Community Services (CNCS) requires in order to administer the National and Community Service Act (NCSA), 42 U.S.C. 12602. Specifically, CNSC will use the information we provide to verify statements made by an individual declaring that such individual is in compliance with section 146 of the NCSA. The new routine use is described below. We will rely on this routine use to disclose only those data elements from our system of records that CNCS has demonstrated are necessary for the administration of the NCSA.

As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), the Federal Communication Commission (FCC or Commission) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collections. 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 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.

This final rule implements revisions to the Overseas Private Investment Corporation's (``OPIC'') Privacy Act (``PA'') regulations by making substantive and administrative changes. These revisions are intended to supersede OPIC's current PA regulations, located at this Part. The proposed rule updates the agency's address, makes administrative changes to reflect OPIC's cost, and organizes the regulations to more closely match those of other agencies for ease of reference.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has submitted the following information collection requirement to OMB for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This is the second notice for public comment; the first was published in the Federal Register on April 9, 2013, at 78 FR 21160, and no comments were received. NSF is forwarding the proposed submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance simultaneously with the publication of this second notice. The full submission (including comments) may be found at: https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Comments: Comments regarding (a) whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology should be addressed to: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of OMB, Attention: Desk Officer for National Science Foundation, 72517th Street NW., Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, and to Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1265, Arlington, Virginia 22230 or send email to splimpto@nsf.gov. Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339, which is accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year (including federal holidays).