Agencies and Commissions May 26, 2016 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment draft regulatory guide on Foreign Ownership, Control, or Domination of Nuclear Power, and Non-Power Production or Utilization Facility. The NRC is issuing this guidance to provide NRC staff's regulatory position to applicants for, and licensees of, nuclear power reactors and non-power production or utilization facilities (NPUFs), regarding methods acceptable to the staff of the NRC for complying with foreign ownership, control, or domination (FOCD) requirements, including guidance on the subject of foreign financing. This draft regulatory guide may be used in connection with license applications for new facilities, renewal of existing licenses, or applications for approval of direct or indirect transfers of facility licenses.

The Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act of 1980 (16 U.S.C. 839 et seq.) requires the Council to adopt and periodically review and revise a regional power plan, the Northwest Electric Power and Conservation Plan. The Council first adopted the power and conservation plan in 1983, with significant amendments or complete revisions adopted in 1986, 1991, 1998, 2004 and 2010. The Council began a review of the power and conservation plan in March 2013, and in October 2015 the Council released for public review and comment the Draft Northwest Seventh Electric Power and Conservation Plan. During the comment period, the Council held public hearings in each of the four Northwest states, as required by the Northwest Power Act, engaged in consultations about the power and conservation plan with various governments, entities and individuals in the region, and accepted and considered substantial written and oral comments. At the Council's regularly scheduled public meeting in February 2016 in Portland, Oregon, the Council formally adopted the revised power and conservation plan, called the Seventh Northwest Electric Power and Conservation Plan. The revised power and conservation plan meets the requirements of the Northwest Power Act, which specifies the components the power plan is to have, including an energy conservation program, a recommendation for research and development; a methodology for determining quantifiable environmental costs and benefits; a 20- year demand forecast; a forecast of power resources that the Bonneville Power Administration will need to meet its obligations; and an analysis of reserve and reserve reliability requirements. The power and conservation plan also includes the Council's Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program, developed pursuant to other procedural requirements under the Northwest Power Act. The Council followed the adoption of the power and conservation plan with a decision at its regular monthly meeting in May 2016 in Boise, Idaho, to approve a Statement of Basis and Purpose and Response to Comments to accompany the final plan. The final power and conservation plan is available on the Council's Web site, at https://www.nwcouncil.org/energy/powerplan/7/home/.

Notice is hereby given of the final approval of a proposed information collection by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) under OMB delegated authority. Board-approved collections of information are incorporated into the official OMB inventory of currently approved collections of information. Copies of the Paperwork Reduction Act Submission, supporting statements and approved collection of information instrument(s) are placed into OMB's public docket files. The Federal Reserve may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection that has been extended, revised, or implemented on or after October 1, 1995, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

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.

The Postal Service has filed a notice with the Postal Regulatory Commission to establish a new implementation date for the changes to the Mail Classification Schedule provisions pertaining to Priority Mail International Flat Rate Envelopes and Priority Mail International Small Flat Rate Boxes.

The Commission is noticing a recent Postal Service filing concerning the addition of Priority Mail Contract 215 to the competitive product list. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.

The Commission is noticing a recent Postal Service filing concerning the addition of Priority Mail Contract 216 to the competitive product list. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.

The Commission is noticing a recent Postal Service filing concerning the addition of Priority Mail Contract 218 to the competitive product list. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.

Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on March 22, 2016, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Razor USA LLC of Cerritos, California; Inventist, Inc. of Camas, Washington; and Shane Chen of Camas, Washington. Supplements to the complaint were filed on March 23, April 12 and 13, and May 5, 2016. The complaint alleges violations of section 337 based upon the importation into the United States, the sale for importation, and the sale within the United States after importation of certain motorized self-balancing vehicles by reason of infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 8,738,278 (``the '278 patent'') and that an industry in the United States exists or is in the process of being established as required by subsection (a)(2) of section 337. The complaint further alleges violations of section 337 based on the importation into the United States, or in the sale of certain motorized self-balancing vehicles by reason of false advertising and misrepresentation and unfair competition, the threat or effect of which is to destroy or substantially injure an industry in the United States or to prevent the establishment of such an industry. The complainants request that the Commission institute an investigation and, after the investigation, issue a general exclusion order, or in the alternative a limited exclusion order, and cease and desist orders.

On February 26, 2016, the FDIC published in the Federal Register a notice of proposed rulemaking entitled ``Recordkeeping for Timely Deposit Insurance Determination'' and solicited public comment. To allow the public more time to consider this proposed rulemaking and the issues and questions posed for comment, particularly those related to the estimated cost of compliance, the FDIC has determined that an extension of the comment period for an additional 30-day period ending June 27, 2016, is appropriate.