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

Sunshine Act Meeting; National Science Board
Document Number: 2016-15720
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-06-30
Agency: National Science Foundation, Agencies and Commissions
Sunshine Act Meeting
Document Number: 2016-15650
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-06-30
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Sunshine Act Meeting
Document Number: 2016-15633
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-06-30
Agency: International Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
North Anna Power Station Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation
Document Number: 2016-15573
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-06-30
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering a license amendment request for the Virginia Electric and Power Company's (Dominion) Special Nuclear Materials (SNM) License SNM-2507 for the operation of North Anna Power Station's (NAPS) independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI). The proposed amendment would revise the technical specifications (TSs) to allow the loading and storing of high burnup spent nuclear fuel from NAPS, Units 1 and 2, in a single, modified (and instrumented) TN-32B HBU cask.
Inflation Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalties
Document Number: 2016-15569
Type: Rule
Date: 2016-06-30
Agency: Federal Maritime Commission, Agencies and Commissions
This rule implements the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (2015 Act) (Sec. 701 of Pub. L. 11-74). The rule adjusts the maximum amount of each statutory civil penalty subject to Federal Maritime Commission (Commission) jurisdiction for inflation, in accordance with the requirements of that Act. The 2015 Act requires that agencies publish a catch-up adjustment in the penalties in an interim rule by July 1, 2016, and that agencies adjust penalties yearly thereafter.
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC and North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation; Acceptance Criteria for Emergency Core Cooling Systems, McGuire Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2, Catawba Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2
Document Number: 2016-15548
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-06-30
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing an exemption in response to a license amendment request and exemption request dated August 20, 2015, from Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC (Duke Energy or the licensee) from portions of the regulations to support the use of fuel that is clad in Optimized ZIRLO\TM\.
Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Unit 3; Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Georgia Power Company, Oglethorpe Power Corporation, MEAG Power SPVM, LLC., MEAG Power SPVJ, LLC., MEAG Power SPVP, LLC., and the City of Dalton, Georgia
Document Number: 2016-15547
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-06-30
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is granting an exemption from the requirements of the Commission's regulations that require a portion of the operating test, which is part of the operator licensing examination, to be administered in a plant walk-through and approving alternative examination criteria in response to a May 27, 2016, request from Southern Nuclear Operating Company (SNC or facility licensee).
Omaha Public Power District; Fort Calhoun Station, Unit No. 1
Document Number: 2016-15544
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-06-30
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted the request of Omaha Public Power District to withdraw its application dated September 10, 2015, for a proposed amendment to Facility Operating License No. DPR-40. The proposed amendment would have revised the Updated Safety Analysis Report (USAR) to allow the use of the equipment classification methodology in industry standard American National Standards Institute/American Nuclear Society (ANSI/ANS)-58.14- 2011, ``Safety and Pressure Integrity Classification Criteria for Light Water Reactors.''
Arts Advisory Panel Meetings
Document Number: 2016-15538
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-06-30
Agency: National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities, Agencies and Commissions, National Endowment for the Arts
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, notice is hereby given that 1 meeting of the Arts Advisory Panel to the National Council on the Arts will be held by teleconference.
Texas Disaster Number TX-00472
Document Number: 2016-15531
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-06-30
Agency: Small Business Administration, Agencies and Commissions
This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Texas (FEMA-4272-DR), dated 06/11/2016. Incident: Severe Storms and Flooding. Incident Period: 05/26/2016 and continuing. Effective Date: 06/22/2016. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 08/10/2016. Eidl Loan Application Deadline Date: 03/11/2017.
Florida Disaster #FL-00117 Declaration of Economic Injury
Document Number: 2016-15530
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-06-30
Agency: Small Business Administration, Agencies and Commissions
This is a notice of an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) declaration for the State of Florida, dated 06/23/2016. Incident: Violent Attack and Related Investigation. Incident Period: 06/12/2016 and continuing. Effective Date: 06/23/2016. EIDL Loan Application Deadline Date: 03/23/2017.
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Document Number: 2016-15521
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-06-30
Agency: National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities, Agencies and Commissions, National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance 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. This program helps to ensure that requested data is provided in the desired format; reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized; collection instruments are clearly understood; and the impact of collection requirements on respondents is properly assessed. Currently, the National Endowment for the Arts is soliciting comments concerning the proposed information collection of: Blanket Justification for NEA Funding Application Guidelines and Reporting Requirements. A copy of the current information collection request can be obtained by contacting the office listed below in the address section of this notice.
SEC Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies
Document Number: 2016-15509
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-06-30
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Securities and Exchange Commission Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies is providing notice that it will hold a public meeting on Tuesday, July 19, 2016, in Multi-Purpose Room LL-006 at the Commission's headquarters, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC. The meeting will begin at 9:30 a.m. (EDT) and will be open to the public. The meeting will be webcast on the Commission's Web site at www.sec.gov. Persons needing special accommodations to take part because of a disability should notify the contact person listed below. The public is invited to submit written statements to the Committee. The agenda for the meeting includes matters relating to rules and regulations affecting small and emerging companies under the federal securities laws.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Third Party Conformity Assessment Body Registration Form
Document Number: 2016-15496
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-06-30
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 under the requirements pertaining to a third party conformity assessment body registration form, approved previously under OMB Control No. 3041-0143. 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'').
Advisory Committee for Mathematical and Physical Sciences; Notice of Meeting
Document Number: 2016-15489
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-06-30
Agency: National Science Foundation, Agencies and Commissions
Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Intent To Renew Collection 3038-0102, Clearing Exemption for Certain Swaps Entered Into by Cooperatives
Document Number: 2016-15473
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-06-30
Agency: Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (``CFTC'' or ``Commission'') is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection renewal 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. This notice solicits comments on the reporting requirements related to Commission regulation 50.51, which permits certain cooperatives to elect not to clear certain swaps that otherwise would be required to be cleared, provided that they meet certain conditions.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Intent To Renew Collection 3038-0005, Rules Relating to the Operations and Activities of Commodity Pool Operators and Commodity Trading Advisors and to Monthly Reporting by Futures Commission Merchants
Document Number: 2016-15472
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-06-30
Agency: Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (``CFTC'' or ``Commission'') is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed 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, including each proposed extension of an existing collection of information, and to allow 60 days for public comment. This notice solicits comments on requirements relating to reporting and recordkeeping by Commodity Pool Operators and Commodity Trading Advisors.
Inspection Service Authority; Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment
Document Number: 2016-15464
Type: Rule
Date: 2016-06-30
Agency: Postal Service, Agencies and Commissions
This rule updates postal regulations to implement inflation adjustments to civil monetary penalties that may be imposed under consumer protection and mailability provisions enforced by the Postal Service pursuant to the Deceptive Mail Prevention and Enforcement Act and the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act. These adjustments are required under the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015. This notice also includes the statutory civil monetary penalties subject to the 2015 Act.
Product Change-Priority Mail and First-Class Package Service Negotiated Service Agreement
Document Number: 2016-15463
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-06-30
Agency: Postal Service, Agencies and Commissions
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.
Product Change-Priority Mail Negotiated Service Agreement
Document Number: 2016-15462
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-06-30
Agency: Postal Service, Agencies and Commissions
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.
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
Document Number: 2016-15461
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-06-30
Agency: Postal Service, Agencies and Commissions
The United States Postal Service[supreg] (Postal Service) is proposing to modify two Customer Privacy Act Systems of Records (SOR). These changes are being made to support the automatic and seamless update of National Change of Address (NCOA) information, voluntarily provided by customers, in related customer databases that require the same NCOA information.
Notice of Applications for Deregistration Under Section 8(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
Document Number: 2016-15458
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-06-30
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Applicant seeks an order declaring that it has ceased to be an investment company. On December 1, 2015, applicant made a liquidating distribution to its shareholders, based on net asset value. Applicant incurred no expenses in connection with the liquidation. Filing Date: The application was filed on June 1, 2016. Applicant's Address: 6803 S. Tucson Way, Centennial, CO 80112.
Deletion of Items From Sunshine Act Meeting
Document Number: 2016-15451
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-06-30
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Commission will consider a Report and Order that would revise the Emergency Alert System rules by adding new event codes covering extreme high winds and storm surges caused by Category 3 (and greater) hurricanes. * * * * *
Actions Taken at June 16, 2016, Meeting
Document Number: 2016-15427
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-06-30
Agency: Susquehanna River Basin Commission, Agencies and Commissions
As part of its regular business meeting held on June 16, 2016, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, the Commission took the following actions: (1) Approved or tabled the applications of certain water resources projects; (2) accepted a settlement in lieu of penalty from New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., Inc.; and (3) took additional actions, as set forth in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION below.
Ex Parte Communications
Document Number: 2016-15349
Type: Rule
Date: 2016-06-30
Agency: Postal Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Commission is issuing a set of final rules amending existing Commission rules related to ex parte communications. The final rules are consistent with the recommended approach to agency treatment of ex parte communications. Relative to the proposed rules, some rules were restructured based on comments received, others were modified to alleviate confusion.
Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalty Amounts
Document Number: 2016-15302
Type: Rule
Date: 2016-06-30
Agency: Federal Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Pursuant to the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act, as amended, the Federal Trade Commission (``FTC'' or ``Commission'') is increasing the maximum civil penalty amounts within its jurisdiction, as required by the Federal Civil Penalty Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015.
Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalties To Reflect Inflation
Document Number: 2016-14801
Type: Rule
Date: 2016-06-30
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (the 2015 Inflation Adjustment Act) requires the Federal Communications Commission to amend its forfeiture penalty rules for inflation.
National Science Board; Sunshine Act Meetings; Notice
Document Number: 2016-15540
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-06-29
Agency: National Science Foundation, Agencies and Commissions
Notice of Receipt of Complaint; Solicitation of Comments Relating to the Public Interest
Document Number: 2016-15450
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-06-29
Agency: International Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has received a complaint entitled Certain Potassium Chloride Powder Products, DN 3157; the Commission is soliciting comments on any public interest issues raised by the complaint or complainant's filing under section 210.8(b) of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 210.8(b)).
Notice of Agreements Filed
Document Number: 2016-15418
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-06-29
Agency: Federal Maritime Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review
Document Number: 2016-15344
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-06-29
Agency: Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Agencies and Commissions
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (``PRA''), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (``ICR'') abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (``OMB'') for review and comment. The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its expected costs and burden.
Certain Network Devices, Related Software and Components Thereof (I); Commission's Final Determination Finding a Violation; Issuance of a Limited Exclusion Order and Cease and Desist Order; Termination of the Investigation
Document Number: 2016-15341
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-06-29
Agency: International Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has found a violation of section 337 in this investigation and has (1) issued a limited exclusion order prohibiting importation of certain network devices, related software and components thereof, and (2) issued a cease and desist order. The Commission terminates the investigation.
Certain Tissue Paper Products From China; Cancellation of Hearing for Full Five-Year Review
Document Number: 2016-15340
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-06-29
Agency: International Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Certain Footwear Products; Commission Decision To Affirm-in-Part, Reverse-in-Part, and Vacate Certain Portions of a Final Initial Determination Finding a Violation of Section 337; Issuance of General Exclusion Order; Termination of the Investigation
Document Number: 2016-15339
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-06-29
Agency: International Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined to affirm-in-part, reverse-in-part, and vacate certain portions of a final initial determination (``ID'') of the presiding administrative law judge (``ALJ'') finding a violation of section 337 in the above-captioned investigation, and has issued a general exclusion order directed against infringing footwear products. The Commission has terminated the investigation.
Information Collection Being Submitted for Review and Approval to the Office of Management and Budget
Document Number: 2016-15337
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-06-29
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 Communication Commission (FCC or Commission) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collections. 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 OMB 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 OMB control number.
Authorization of Radiofrequency Equipment and Approval of Terminal Equipment by Telecommunications
Document Number: 2016-15336
Type: Rule
Date: 2016-06-29
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
In this document the Commission addresses two petitions for reconsideration of its Report and Order in this proceeding by describing how it will implement the rules that govern how it recognizes laboratories as accredited and authorized to perform the compliance testing associated with applications for equipment certification and the bodies that accredit those laboratories and extending the transition period by which time all laboratories that test for equipment certification must have FCC-recognized accreditation to perform such testing.
New Postal Product
Document Number: 2016-15334
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-06-29
Agency: Postal Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Commission is noticing a recent Postal Service filing for the Commission's consideration concerning a negotiated service agreement. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.
Notice of Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Quarterly Business Meeting
Document Number: 2016-15332
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-06-29
Agency: Historic Preservation, Advisory Council, Agencies and Commissions
Notice is hereby given that the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) will hold its next quarterly meeting on Thursday, July 14, 2016. The meeting will be held in Room SR325 at the Russell Senate Office Building at Constitution and Delaware Avenues NE., Washington, DC, starting at 10:30 a.m. DST.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Announcement of Board Approval Under Delegated Authority and Submission to OMB
Document Number: 2016-15326
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-06-29
Agency: Federal Reserve System, Agencies and Commissions
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.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Announcement of Board Approval Under Delegated Authority and Submission to OMB
Document Number: 2016-15325
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-06-29
Agency: Federal Reserve System, Agencies and Commissions
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 Board 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.
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