Agencies and Commissions October 2017 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, notice is hereby given that a meeting of the National Council on the Arts will be held. Open to the public on a space available basis.

Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB) will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a currently approved information collection requirement concerning Standard Form (SF) 28, Affidavit of Individual Surety.

In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463 (Oct. 6, 1972), notice is hereby given of a meeting of the FDIC Advisory Committee on Community Banking, which will be held in Washington, DC. The Advisory Committee will provide advice and recommendations on a broad range of policy issues that have particular impact on small community banks throughout the United States and the local communities they serve, with a focus on rural areas.

Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has received a complaint and motion for temporary relief entitled Certain Network Personal Computers and Mobile Devices, DN 3265; the Commission is soliciting comments on any public interest issues raised by the complaint or complainant's filing pursuant to the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure.

The Commission is noticing a recently filed Postal Service notice of rate adjustments affecting competitive domestic and international products and services. The adjustments are scheduled to take effect January 21, 2018. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.

The Commission is noticing a recently-filed Postal Service notice of inflation-based rate adjustments affecting market dominant domestic and international products and services, along with numerous proposed classification changes. The adjustments and other changes are scheduled to take effect January 21, 2018. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announces SBA's Express Bridge Loan Pilot Program (Express Bridge Pilot), as described in this document, and its impact on an Agency regulation relating to loan underwriting for loans made under the Express Bridge Pilot. This pilot will provide expedited guaranteed bridge loan financing for disaster-related purposes to small businesses located in communities impacted by a Presidentially-declared disaster, while those small businesses apply for and await long-term financing (including through SBA's direct disaster loan program, if eligible). The modification of the lending criteria will minimize the burden on businesses applying for loans through the Express Bridge Pilot and provide an incentive for SBA Express lenders to participate in the pilot.

As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, 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 information collection requirements described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The FTC seeks public comments on its proposal to extend, for three years, the current PRA clearance for information collection requirements contained in its Trade Regulation Rule entitled Power Output Claims for Amplifiers Utilized in Home Entertainment Products (Amplifier Rule or Rule) (OMB Control Number 3084-0105). That clearance expires on January 31, 2018.

This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the US Virgin Islands (FEMA- 4340-DR), dated 10/05/2017. Incident: Hurricane Maria. Incident Period: 09/16/2017 and continuing.

In accordance with Section 743 of Division C of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2010, the National Science Foundation is publishing this notice to advise the public of the availability of NSF's FY 2016 service contract inventory data. This inventory provides information on service contract actions over $25,000 that were made in FY 2016. The information is organized by function to show how contracted resources are distributed throughout the agency. The inventory has been developed in accordance with guidance issued on November 5, 2010, and December 19, 2011, by the Office of Management and Budget's Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP). The FY 2016 government-wide service contract inventory is available at https:// www.acquisition.gov/service-contract-inventory/. NSF's FY 2016 service contract inventory data is included in the government-wide inventory posted on https://www.acquisition.gov and the government-wide inventory can be filtered to display the inventory data for NSF. The National Science Foundation has posted its FY 2015 NSF Inventory Analysis including FY 2016 Analysis Plan on the National Science Foundation homepage at the following link: https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf1713 3.

The Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM), as a part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal Agencies to comment on the proposed information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Our customers will be able to submit this form on paper or electronically. This form is used by insurance brokers to register with Export-Import Bank. It provides EXIM staff with the information necessary to make a determination of the eligibility of the broker to receive commission payments under Export-Import Bank's credit insurance programs.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish a notice of requests to modify permits issued to conduct activities regulated and permits issued under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. NSF has published regulations under the Antarctic Conservation Act in the Code of Federal Regulations. This is the required notice of a requested permit modification and permit issued.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment draft regulatory guide (DG), DG-8056, ``Instructions for Recording and Reporting Occupational Radiation Dose Data.'' This DG is a proposed Revision 4 to Regulatory Guide (RG) 8.7 of the same name. The DG addresses issues that were identified after Revision 3 was issued in December 2016. The DG reinstates the long-standing staff position concerning a licensee's consideration of prior occupational dose when making prospective occupational dose monitoring determinations. The DG retains the guidance from Revision 3 on completing NRC Form 4, ``Cumulative Occupational Dose History,'' and NRC Form 5, ``Occupational Dose Record for a Monitoring Period.''

Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on September 6, 2017, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, on behalf of Rockwell Automation, Inc. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A supplement to the complaint was filed on September 29, 2017. 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 industrial automation systems and components thereof including control systems, controllers, visualization hardware, motion and motor control systems, networking equipment, safety devices, and power supplies, by reason of infringement of U.S. Trademark Reg. No. 1,172,995 (``the '995 trademark''); U.S. Trademark Reg. No. 696,401 (``the '401 trademark''); U.S. Trademark Reg. No. 693,780 (``the '780 trademark''); U.S. Trademark Reg. No. 1,172,994 (``the '994 trademark''); U.S. Trademark Reg. No. 712,800 (``the '800 trademark''); U.S. Trademark Reg. No. 712,836 (``the '836 trademark''); U.S. Trademark Reg. No. 2,510,226 (``the '226 trademark''); U.S. Trademark Reg. No. 2,671,196 (``the '196 trademark''); U.S. Trademark Reg. No. 2,701,786 (``the '786 trademark''); U.S. Trademark Reg. No. 2,412,742 (``the '742 trademark''); U.S. Copyright Reg. No. TX0008389890 (``the '890 copyright''); U.S. Copyright Reg. No. TX0008389887 (``the '887 copyright''); U.S. Copyright Reg. No. TX0008390098 (``the '098 copyright)''; U.S. Copyright Reg. No. TX0008390094 (``the '094 copyright''); U.S. Copyright Reg. No. TX0008390077 (``the '077 copyright''); U.S. Copyright Reg. No. TX0008390088 (``the '088 copyright''); U.S. Copyright Reg. No. TX0008390116 (``the '116 copyright''); U.S. Copyright Reg. No. TX0008390084 (``the '084 copyright''); U.S. Copyright Reg. No. TX0008390111 (``the '111 copyright''); and U.S. Copyright Reg. No. TX0008390091 (``the '091 copyright''). The complaint also alleges that an industry in the United States exists as required by the applicable Federal Statute. The Complaint further alleges a violation of Section 337 based on unfair methods of competition and unfair acts in the importation or sale of certain industrial automation systems and components thereof including control systems, controllers, visualization hardware, motion and motor control systems, networking equipment, safety devices, and power supplies, the threat or effect of which is to destroy or substantially injure an industry in the United States. The complainant requests that the Commission institute an investigation and, after the investigation, issue a general exclusion order and cease and desist orders.