Agencies and Commissions April 22, 2016 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is correcting a notice that was published in the Federal Register (FR) on July 7, 2015, regarding the opportunity to request a hearing and to petition for leave to intervene on a request to amend the facility operating license of the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 1. This action is necessary to include an additional supplement that corrected a typographical error in the original license amendment request that was erroneously omitted in the notice dated July 7, 2015.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is soliciting public comment on draft NUREG-0800, ``Standard Review Plan for the Review of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants: LWR Edition,'' Section 5.4.2.1, ``Steam Generator Materials and Design.'' The NRC seeks comments on the proposed draft section revision of the Standard Review Plan (SRP), concerning the design, fabrication, and testing of steam generators.

This is a notice of an Administrative declaration of a disaster for the State of OKLAHOMA dated 04/13/2016. Incident: Tornadoes, severe storms and straight-line winds. Incident Period: 03/30/2016 through 04/01/2016. Effective Date: 04/13/2016. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 06/13/2016. Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date: 01/13/2017.

This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Mississippi (FEMA-4268-DR), dated 03/ 25/2016. Incident: Severe Storms and Flooding. Incident Period: 03/09/2016 through 03/29/2016.

This action adds 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 products and services from the Procurement List previously furnished by such agencies.

NCUA, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on this reinstatement of a previously approved collection, as required by Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment. NCUA is soliciting comments on the reinstatement of the information collection described below.

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, notice is hereby given that four meetings of the Arts Advisory Panel to the National Council on the Arts will be held by teleconference.

The Commission is noticing a recent Postal Service filing concerning an amendment to Priority Mail Contract 136 negotiated service agreement. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.

The Small Business Administration (SBA) is issuing this final rule to change the regulations for SBA's Surety Bond Guarantee Program in four areas. First, as a condition for participating in the Prior Approval and Preferred Surety Bond Programs, this rule clarifies that a Surety must directly employ underwriting and claims staffs sufficient to perform and manage these functions, and that final settlement authority for claims and recovery is vested only in salaried employees of the Surety. Second, this rule provides that all costs incurred by the Surety's salaried claims staff are ineligible for reimbursement by SBA, except the amounts actually paid for reasonable and necessary travel expenses. In addition, the Surety may seek reimbursement for amounts paid for specialized services that are provided by outside consultants in connection with the processing of a claim. Third, the rule modifies the criteria for determining when a Principal that caused a Loss to SBA is ineligible for a bond guaranteed by SBA. Fourth, the rule modifies the criteria for admitting Sureties to the Preferred Surety Bond Program by increasing the Surety's underwriting limitation, as certified by the U.S. Treasury Department on its list of acceptable sureties, from at least $2 million to at least $6.5 million.

The Postal Service is revising Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM[supreg]), to reflect classification changes to Competitive Services, as established by the Governors of the Postal Service.