Agencies and Commissions October 26, 2015 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Sunshine Act Meeting
Document Number: 2015-27357
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-26
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Sunshine Act Meetings
Document Number: 2015-27336
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-26
Agency: Federal Election Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Sunshine Act Meeting
Document Number: 2015-27295
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-26
Agency: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Agencies and Commissions
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Document Number: 2015-27226
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-26
Agency: Tennessee Valley Authority, Agencies and Commissions
This survey is used to locate, for monitoring purposes, rural residents, home gardens, and milk animals within a five mile radius of a nuclear power plant. The Land use survey is performed once per year. TVA uses the Land use survey data for their effluent annual report to the NRC normally in April every year. The proposed information collection described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) at, oira_submission@omb.eop.gov, for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended). The Tennessee Valley Authority is soliciting public comments on this proposed collection as provided by 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1).
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Document Number: 2015-27213
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-26
Agency: Tennessee Valley Authority, Agencies and Commissions
This survey will be used to determine estimates for the numbers annual recreation visits, associated user economic impacts and will target both reservoir and tailwater general recreation users and shoreline property owners. The proposed information collection described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) at, oira_submission@omb.eop.gov, for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended). The Tennessee Valley Authority is soliciting public comments on this proposed collection as provided by 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1).
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards; Notice of Meeting
Document Number: 2015-27192
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-26
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Intent To Renew Collection: Clearing Member Risk Management
Document Number: 2015-27164
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-26
Agency: Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (``Commission'' or ``CFTC'') is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed renewal of a collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (``PRA''), Federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information and to allow 60 days for public comment. In 2012, the Commission adopted final rules, which address risk management for cleared trades by futures commission merchants (``FCMs''), swap dealers (``SDs), and major swap participants (``MSPs'') that are clearing members. This notice solicits comments on the obligation to maintain records related to clearing documentation between the customer and the customer's clearing member.
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request
Document Number: 2015-27155
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-26
Agency: Corporation for National and Community Service, Agencies and Commissions
The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the general public and federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program helps to ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format, reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized, collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of collection requirement on respondents can be properly assessed. Currently, CNCS is soliciting comments concerning the Operation AmeriCorps Evaluation. This two year evaluation seeks to assess the implementation of the new Operation AmeriCorps initiative, and to report on early results from the intended outcomes of each grantee's project. The evaluation will examine the extent to which multiple streams of national service are integrated and complement one another in each project; determine whether and how community capacity is being developed and sustained; and examine the Operation AmeriCorps grant making process to determine if this type of grant could be successfully used in future grants competitions. Researchers from CNCS will collect qualitative and quantitative data from grantees and their partners, AmeriCorps members, member supervisors, and program beneficiaries. Operation AmeriCorps grantees are required to participate in the evaluation as a condition of grant award. Copies of the information collection request can be obtained by contacting the office listed in the Addresses section of this Notice.
Supplemental Comments Sought on Proposed 17/24 GHz Reverse Band BSS Ground Path Operations
Document Number: 2015-27154
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2015-10-26
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
In this document, the International Bureau of the Commission invites interested parties to provide any supplemental information or comments concerning the Commission's proposed ground-path interference rules for 17/24 GHz Reverse Band Broadcasting-Satellite Service (BSS) operations. This request is intended to refresh the record in this proceeding, and to provide parties with the opportunity to update or add to their comments, as well as allowing parties who have not filed comments in this proceeding previously to do so.
Notice of Intent To Award-Grant Awards for the Provision of Civil Legal Services to Eligible Low-Income Clients Beginning January 1, 2016
Document Number: 2015-27140
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-26
Agency: Legal Services Corporation, Agencies and Commissions
The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) hereby announces its intention to award grants and contracts to provide economical and effective delivery of high quality civil legal services to eligible low-income clients, beginning January 1, 2016.
Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission Under Delegated Authority
Document Number: 2015-27138
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-26
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
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 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.
Integrated Resource Plan
Document Number: 2015-27129
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-26
Agency: Tennessee Valley Authority, Agencies and Commissions
This notice is provided in accordance with the Council on Environmental Quality's regulations (40 CFR 1500 to 1508) and TVA's procedures for implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). TVA has decided to adopt the preferred alternative in its final supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) for the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP). The notice of availability (NOA) of the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Integrated Resource Plan was published in the Federal Register on July 17, 2015. The TVA Board of Directors approved the IRP and authorized staff to implement the preferred alternative at its August 21, 2015 meeting. This alternative, the Target Power Supply Mix, will guide TVA's selection of energy resource options to meet the energy needs of the Tennessee Valley region over the next 20 years. The energy resource options include new nuclear, natural gas-fired and renewable generation, increased energy efficiency and demand reduction, and decreased coal- fired generation.
Notice of Centennial Challenges 2016 Sample Return Robot (SRR) Challenge
Document Number: 2015-27118
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-26
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Agencies and Commissions
This notice is issued in accordance with 51 U.S.C. 20144(c). The Sample Return Robot (SRR) Challenge is scheduled and teams that wish to compete may now register. Centennial Challenges is a program of prize competitions to stimulate innovation in technologies of interest and value to NASA and the nation. The 2016 SRR Challenge is a prize competition designed to encourage development of new technologies or application of existing technologies in unique ways to autonomously collect and retrieve samples using robotics. NASA is providing the prize purse and Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) is conducting the challenge.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Baby Bouncers and Walker-Jumpers
Document Number: 2015-27114
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-26
Agency: Consumer Product Safety Commission, Agencies and Commissions
As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35), the Consumer Product Safety Commission (``CPSC'' or ``Commission'') requests comments on a proposed extension of approval of a collection of information relating to certain children's articles known as baby-bouncers and walker-jumpers, approved previously under OMB Control No. 3041-0019. The Commission will consider all comments received in response to this notice before requesting an extension of this collection of information from the Office of Management and Budget (``OMB'').
Sizing of Large Lead-Acid Storage Batteries
Document Number: 2015-27110
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-26
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing Revision 1 of Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.212, ``Sizing of Large Lead-Acid Storage Batteries.'' This RG endorses, with certain clarifications, the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Standard 485- 2010, ``IEEE Recommended Practice for Sizing Lead-Acid Batteries for Stationary Applications.'' This RG describes methods acceptable to the NRC for complying with the design requirements for vented lead-acid batteries used in stationary applications under full float operation for nuclear power plants.
Notice of Information Collection
Document Number: 2015-27108
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-26
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Agencies and Commissions
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 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 proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).
Information Collections Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission Under Delegated Authority
Document Number: 2015-27105
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-26
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
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 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.
Certain Coaxial Cable Connectors and Components Thereof and Products Containing Same Commission Determination Not To Review an Initial Determination Terminating the Investigation in Its Entirety Based Upon Withdrawal of the Complaint
Document Number: 2015-27100
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-26
Agency: International Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined not to review an initial determination (``ID'') (Order No. 10) of the presiding administrative law judge (``ALJ'') granting complainant's motion to withdraw the complaint and terminate the investigation in its entirety.
Change in Postal Rates
Document Number: 2015-27096
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-26
Agency: Postal Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Commission is noticing a recent Postal Service filing concerning the Postal Service's intention to change rates of general applicability for competitive products. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.
Notice to All Interested Parties of the Termination of the Receivership of 10360, Cortez ommunity Bank Brooksville, Florida
Document Number: 2015-27084
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-26
Agency: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Agencies and Commissions
Notice of Debarment; Federal Lifeline Universal Service Support Mechanism
Document Number: 2015-27076
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-26
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Enforcement Bureau (Bureau) gives notice of Wes Yui Chew's debarment from the federal Lifeline universal service support mechanism (Lifeline program) for a period of three years. During this debarment period, Mr. Chew is prohibited from participating in activities associated with or related to the Lifeline program, including the receipt of funds or discounted services through the Lifeline program, or consulting with, assisting, or advising applicants or service providers regarding the Lifeline program.
Information Collection: Physical Protection of Category 1 and Category 2 Quantities of Radioactive Material
Document Number: 2015-27063
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-26
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has recently submitted a request for renewal of an existing collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. The information collection is entitled, ``Physical Protection of Category 1 and Category 2 Quantities of Radioactive Material.''
Advisory Committee for Mathematical and Physical Sciences; Notice of Meeting
Document Number: 2015-27057
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-26
Agency: National Science Foundation, Agencies and Commissions
Domestic Competitive Products Pricing and Mailing Standards Changes
Document Number: 2015-26920
Type: Rule
Date: 2015-10-26
Agency: Postal Service, Agencies and Commissions
The Postal Service is amending Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM[supreg]), to reflect changes to prices and mailing standards for competitive products.
International Product and Price Changes
Document Number: 2015-26918
Type: Rule
Date: 2015-10-26
Agency: Postal Service, Agencies and Commissions
The Postal Service is revising Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM[supreg]), to reflect the prices, product features, and classification changes to Competitive Services, as established by the Governors of the Postal Service.
Notice of Meeting
Document Number: 2015-26859
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-26
Agency: Commission of Fine Arts, Agencies and Commissions
Notice of Availability: CPSC Plan for Retrospective Review of Existing Rules
Document Number: 2015-26695
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2015-10-26
Agency: Consumer Product Safety Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (``Commission,'' or ``CPSC'') has approved a document titled, ``Plan for Retrospective Review of Existing Rules.'' CPSC seeks comments on this plan.
Petition Requesting Rulemaking on Products Containing Organohalogen Flame Retardants; Notice of Extension of Comment Period; Notice of Opportunity for Oral Presentation of Comments
Document Number: 2015-26694
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2015-10-26
Agency: Consumer Product Safety Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (``Commission'' or ``CPSC'') on August 19, 2015 published a notice that the Commission received a petition for rulemaking under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (``FHSA'') regarding additive organohalogen flame retardants. The notice invited the public to submit written comments concerning the petition by October 19, 2015. The Commission has received two requests to extend the comment period. In response to these requests, the Commission is extending the comment period to January 19, 2016. Additionally, the Commission announces that there will be an opportunity for interested persons to present oral comments on the petition.
Senior Executive Service: Performance Review Board Members
Document Number: 2015-26665
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-26
Agency: Small Business Administration, Agencies and Commissions
Title 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(4) requires each agency to publish notification of the appointment of individuals who may serve as members of that Agency's Performance Review Board (PRB). The following individuals have been designated to serve on the FY 2016 Performance Review Board for the U.S. Small Business Administration.
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