Agencies and Commissions June 2015 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents
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Reynolds American Inc. and Lorillard Inc.; Analysis of Proposed Consent Order To Aid Public Comment
The consent agreement in this matter settles alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair methods of competition. The attached Analysis to Aid Public Comment describes both the allegations in the draft complaint and the terms of the consent order embodied in the consent agreementthat would settle these allegations.
Public Availability of National Labor Relations Board FY 2014 Service Contract Inventory
In accordance with Section 743 of Division C of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-117), the National Labor Relations Board is publishing this notice to advise the public of the availability of the FY 2014 Service Contract Inventory. This inventory provides information on service contract actions over $25,000 that were made in FY 2014. The information is organized by function to show how contracted resources are distributed throughout the Agency. The inventory has been developed in accordance with guidance issued by the Office of Management and Budget's Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP), Service Contract Inventories (December 19, 2011). The National Labor Relations Board has posted its inventory and a summary of the inventory on the NLRB's homepage at the following link: https:// www.nlrb.gov/reports-guidance/reports/service-contract-invent ories.
Notice of Open Public Hearing
Notice is hereby given of the following hearing of the U.S.- China Economic and Security Review Commission. Name: William A. Reinsch, Chairman of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. The Commission is mandated by Congress to investigate, assess, and report to Congress annually on ``the national security implications of the economic relationship between the United States and the People's Republic of China.'' Pursuant to this mandate, the Commission will hold a public hearing in Washington, DC on 6/15/ 2015, on ``Commercial Cyber Espionage and Barriers to Digital Trade in China.'' Background: This is the seventh public hearing the Commission will hold during its 2015 report cycle to collect input from academic, industry, and government experts on national security implications of the U.S. bilateral trade and economic relationship with China. The hearing will be on Commercial Cyber Espionage and Barriers to Digital Trade in China. The hearing will be co-chaired by Commissioners Carte Goodwin and Dennis Shea. Any interested party may file a written statement by June 15, 2015, by mailing to the contact below. A portion of each panel will include a question and answer period between the Commissioners and the witnesses. Location, Date and Time: Room: Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 608. Monday, June 15, 2015, 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. A detailed agenda for the hearing will be posted to the Commission's Web site at www.uscc.gov. Also, please check our Web site for possible changes to the hearing schedule. Reservations are not required to attend the hearing.
Farm Credit Administration Board; Sunshine Act; Regular Meeting
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the Government in the Sunshine Act, of the regular meeting of the Farm Credit Administration Board (Board).
Report to Congress on Abnormal Occurrences; Fiscal Year 2014; Dissemination of Information
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is making available NUREG-0090, Volume 37, ``Report to Congress on Abnormal Occurrences: Fiscal Year 2014.'' The report describes those events that the NRC or an Agreement State identified as abnormal occurrences (AOs) during fiscal year (FY) 2014, based on the criteria defined in this report's Appendix A, ``Abnormal Occurrence Criteria and Guidelines for Other Events of Interest.'' The report describes 12 events at Agreement State-licensed facilities and 1 event at an NRC-licensed facility.
Disability Advisory Committee; Announcement of Next Meeting
This document announces the date of the next meeting of the Commission's Disability Advisory Committee (Committee or DAC). The meeting is open to the public. During this meeting, an announcement of new Committee co-chairs will be made, and members of the Committee will receive and discuss summaries of activities and recommendations from its subcommittees.
Louisiana Energy Services, URENCO USA Facility
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has conducted inspections of the Louisiana Energy Services, LLC, URENCO USA (UUSA) Facility in Eunice, New Mexico, and has authorized the Uranium Byproduct Cylinder Storage Pad Crane for use with non-enriched uranic material; the introduction of uranium hexafluoride (UF6) into cascades 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, and 5.7; and the commencement of UF6 re-feed operations in cascades 5.1 through 5.7 in Separation Building Module-1005.
Military Resale Commodities
The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (the Committee) has in its procurement program nonprofit agencies that sell products to military commissary stores for resale. The items sold are assigned to specific number series so that the nonprofit agencies, the Committee, and the military stores may identify the specific products. The number series are only used for identification of specific products sold in the military stores. These product numbers are internal only to the Committee, the nonprofit agencies, and the military commissaries. This rule adds additional number series to the authorized series so that replacement products may have their own unique identifying numbers.
Procurement List; Proposed Additions and Deletion
The Committee is proposing to add products and a service to the Procurement List that will be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and deletes a service previously provided by such agency.
Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app 2), the National Archives and Records Administration announces the following meeting.
In re Distribution of Cable Royalty Funds; In re Distribution of Satellite Royalty Funds
The Copyright Royalty Board announces the commencement of proceedings to determine distribution of 2013 royalties deposited with the Copyright Office under the cable service statutory license and the satellite carrier statutory license. The Judges also set the date by which all parties wishing to participate and share in the distribution of cable or satellite retransmission royalties for 2013 must file a Petition to Participate and pay the accompanying $150 filing fee. The Judges seek a single Petition to Participate at any stage of the cable royalty proceeding and a separate Petition to Participate at any stage of the satellite royalty proceeding.
Extension of Sunset Date for Attorney Advisor Program
We are extending for 2 years our rule authorizing attorney advisors to conduct certain prehearing procedures and to issue fully favorable decisions. The current rule will expire on August 7, 2015. In this final rule, we are extending the sunset date to August 4, 2017. We are making no other substantive changes.
New Postal Product
The Commission is noticing a recent Postal Service filing concerning an addition of Priority Mail Contract 124 to the competitive product list. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.
Regulatory Publication and Review Under the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996
The OCC, Board, and FDIC (each an ``Agency''; together ``we'' or ``Agencies'') are conducting a review of the regulations we have issued in order to identify outdated or otherwise unnecessary regulatory requirements imposed on insured depository institutions, as required by the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996 (EGRPRA). EGRPRA requires the Agencies to organize the regulations into categories and publish groups of categories for comment. In this notice, the Agencies are seeking public comment on regulations in the following categories: Consumer Protection; Directors, Officers and Employees; and Money Laundering. In addition, in order to be as inclusive as possible, the Agencies are expanding the scope of the EGRPRA review to include newly issued rules. The Agencies will solicit comment on all rules finalized by the Agencies before the publication of the last EGRPRA notice in the series, which we intend to publish by the end of this year. We have included with today's notice a chart that lists additional rules in their respective categories, to which we will add any other rules issued prior to the final EGRPRA notice. The public also may comment on these rules at any time during an open comment period.
New Postal Product
The Commission is noticing a recent Postal Service filing concerning an amendment to Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail & First-Class Package Service Contract 2 negotiated service agreement. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.
Public Availability of Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board FY 2013 Service Contract Inventory Analysis/FY 2014 Service Contract Inventory
In accordance with Section 743 of Division C of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-117), DNFSB is publishing this notice to advise the public of the availability of (1) its analysis of the FY 2013 Service Contract inventories and (2) the FY 2014 Service Contract inventories. This inventory provides information on service contract actions over $25,000 that were made in FY 2014. The information is organized by function to show how contracted resources are distributed throughout the agency. The inventory has been developed in accordance with guidance issued on December 19, 2011 by the Office of Management and Budget's Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP). OFPP's guidance is available at https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/ default/files/omb/procurement/memo/service-contract-inventory - guidance.pdf. DNFSB has posted its FY 2013 analysis and FY 2014 inventory and a summary of the inventory on the DNFSB homepage at the following link: https://www.dnfsb.gov/open.
New Postal Product
The Commission is noticing a recent Postal Service filing concerning an addition of Priority Mail Contract 123 to the competitive product list. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.
Designation of National Security Positions in the Competitive Service, and Related Matters
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) are issuing final regulations regarding designation of national security positions in the competitive service, and related matters. This final rule is one of a number of initiatives OPM and ODNI have undertaken to simplify and streamline the system of Federal Government investigative and adjudicative processes to make them more efficient and equitable. The purpose of this revision is to clarify the requirements and procedures agencies should observe when designating, as national security positions, positions in the competitive service, positions in the excepted service where the incumbent can be noncompetitively converted to the competitive service, and Senior Executive Service (SES) positions held by career appointees in the SES within the executive branch, pursuant to Executive Order 10450, Security Requirements for Government Employment.
Submission to OMB for Review; General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation; Information Collection; Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses; Placement of Orders Clause; and Ordering Information Clause
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Regulatory Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a previously approved information collection requirement regarding solicitation provisions and contract clauses, placement of orders clause, and ordering information clause. A notice was published in the Federal Register at 80 FR 13004 on March 12, 2015. No comments were received.
Privacy Act of 1974; Notice of an Updated System of Records
GSA proposes to update a system of records subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 552a.
License Amendment Applications: Mallinckrodt LLC
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has received an application from Mallinckrodt LLC to amend NRC Source Materials License No. STB-401 to allow the option to perform direct dose assessment of residual radioactivity in addition to using derived concentration guideline levels (DCGLs) to demonstrate compliance with the license termination criteria at the Mallinckrodt site in St. Louis, Missouri.
Information Collection: NRC Generic Letter 2015-XX, Monitoring of Neutron-Absorbing Materials in Spent Fuel Pools
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) invites the public to comment on the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for a new collection for information. NRC is required to publish this notice in the Federal Register under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection is entitled ``NRC Generic Letter 2015-XX, Monitoring of Neutron-Absorbing Materials in Spent Fuel Pools.''
Amendments for Small and Additional Issues Exemptions Under the Securities Act (Regulation A)
This document corrects an instruction for the authority to part 200 in a final rule published in the Federal Register of April 20, 2015 regarding the Amendments for Small and Additional Issues Exemptions under the Securities Act (Regulation A).
Purchasing of Property and Services
The Postal Service is revising the provision of its purchasing regulations concerning contract claims and disputes to update references to the Contract Disputes Act of 1978, as recodified, and to notify contractors of the implementation of an electronic filing system by the Postal Service Board of Contract Appeals.
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