Agencies and Commissions June 24, 2016 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined to rescind a limited exclusion order prohibiting importation of infringing marine sonar imaging systems, products containing the same, and components thereof and cease and desist orders directed to the domestic respondents, based upon settlement.

This is a notice of an Administrative declaration of a disaster for the State of Texas dated 06/16/2016. Incident: Severe Storms and Flooding. Incident Period: 05/16/2016. Effective Date: 06/16/2016. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 08/15/2016. Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date: 03/16/2017.

We are extending for one year our pilot program that authorizes the agency to set the time and place for a hearing before an administrative law judge (ALJ). Extending the pilot program continues our commitment to improve the efficiency of our hearing process and to maintain a hearing process that results in accurate, high-quality decisions for claimants. The current pilot program will expire on August 12, 2016. In this final rule, we are extending the effective date to August 11, 2017. We are making no other changes.

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 products previously furnished by such agencies.

Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on May 23, 2016, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Tessera Technologies, Inc. of San Jose, California; Tessera, Inc. of San Jose, California; and Invensas Corporation of San Jose, California. 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 semiconductor devices, semiconductor device packages, and products containing same by reason of infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 6,856,007 (``the '007 patent''); U.S. Patent No. 6,849,946 (``the '946 patent''); and U.S. Patent No. 6,133,136 (``the '136 patent''). The complaint further alleges that an industry in the United States exists as required by subsection (a)(2) of section 337. The complainants request that the Commission institute an investigation and, after the investigation, issue a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders.

Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on May 19, 2016, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Intex Recreation Corp. of Long Beach, California and Intex Marketing Ltd. of Tortola, British Virgin Islands. A supplement to the complaint was filed on June 1, 2016. The complaint, as supplemented, 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 inflatable products with tensioning structures and processes for making the same by reason of infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 8,562,773 (``the '773 patent'') and U.S. Patent No. 9,156,203 (``the '203 patent''). The complaint further alleges that an industry in the United States exists as required by subsection (a)(2) of section 337. The complainants request that the Commission institute an investigation and, after the investigation, issue a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders.

The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.

The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.

This document requests comments on a Petition for Rule Making filed by Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, proposing to amend the FM Table of Allotments, section 73.202(b) of the Commission's Rules, by allotting Channel 228C1 at Eagle Butte, South Dakota, as the first local Tribal- owned service. A staff engineering analysis indicates that Channel 228C1 can be allotted to Eagle Butte consistent with the minimum distance separation requirements of the Commission's rules with no site restriction. The reference coordinates are 45-01-32 NL and 101-14-22 WL.

Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on March 21, 2016, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Laerdal Medical Corp. of Wappingers Falls, New York and Laerdal Medical AS of Stavanger, Norway. An amended complaint was filed on May 18, 2016. A supplement to the amended complaint was filed on June 7, 2016. The complaint, as amended and supplemented, 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 carbon spine board, cervical collar, CPR masks and various medical training manikin devices, and trademarks, copyrights of product catalogues, product inserts and components thereof by reason of infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 6,090,058 (``the '058 patent''); certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 6,170,486 (``the '486 patent''); U.S. Copyright Registration No. VA 1- 879-023 (``the '023 copyright''); U.S. Copyright Registration No. VA 1- 879-026 (``the '026 copyright''), U.S. Trademark Registration No. 3,735,147 (``the '147 trademark''); and U.S. Trademark Registration No. 3,476,656 (``the '656 trademark''), and that an industry in the United States exists as required by section (a)(2) of section 337. The amended complaint further alleges violations of section 337 based upon the importation into the United States, or in the sale of certain carbon spine board, cervical collar, CPR masks and various medical training manikin devices, and trademarks, copyrights of product catalogues, product inserts and components thereof by reason of common law trademark infringement and trade dress misappropriation and infringement, the threat or effect of which is to destroy or substantially injure an industry in the United States. 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.

As required by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015, the Federal Election Commission is adopting interim final rules to adjust for inflation the civil monetary penalties established under the Federal Election Campaign Act, the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act, and the Presidential Primary Matching Payment Account Act. The civil monetary penalties being adjusted are those negotiated by the Commission or imposed by a court for certain statutory violations; and those imposed by the Commission for late filing of or failure to file certain reports required by the Federal Election Campaign Act. The adjusted civil monetary penalties are calculated according to a statutory formula and the adjusted amounts will apply to penalties assessed after the effective date of these rules.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending the licensing, inspection, special project, and annual fees charged to its applicants and licensees and, for the first time, the NRC is recovering its costs when it responds to third-party demands for information in litigation where the United States is not a party (``Touhy requests''). These amendments are necessary to implement the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, as amended (OBRA-90), which requires the NRC to recover approximately 90 percent of its annual budget through fees.