Agencies and Commissions December 2019 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved certain Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) information collections under the Paperwork Reduction Act. This notice lists the approved information collections and provides their OMB control numbers and current expiration dates.

As part of its regular business meeting held on December 5, 2019, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the Commission approved the applications of certain water resources projects, and took additional actions, as set forth in the Supplementary Information below.

This notice lists the projects approved by rule by the Susquehanna River Basin Commission during the period set forth in DATES.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is correcting a notice that was published in the Federal Register on December 9, 2019 that extends the comment period on the exploratory process to determine whether to proceed with the development of generic environmental impact statement for the construction and operation of advanced nuclear reactors (ANR GEIS). This action is necessary to correct the public comment period due date from January 24, 2019 to January 24, 2020.

This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of Mississippi (FEMA- 4470-DR), dated 12/06/2019. Incident: Severe Storm, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding. Incident Period: 10/26/2019.

This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of Tennessee (FEMA 4471DR), dated 12/06/2019. Incident: Severe Storm and Straight-line Winds. Incident Period: 10/26/2019.

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 notice announces the membership of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) Senior Executive Service (SES) Performance Review Board (PRB).

DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a second interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to require offerors to represent annually whether they offer to the Government equipment, systems, or services that include covered telecommunications equipment or services. These provisions implement section 889(a)(1)(A) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (collectively, the agencies) are adopting a final rule to revise the definition of ``high volatility commercial real estate (HVCRE) exposure'' in the regulatory capital rule. This final rule conforms this definition to the statutory definition of ``high volatility commercial real estate acquisition, development, or construction (HVCRE ADC) loan,'' in accordance with section 214 of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (EGRRCPA). The final rule also clarifies the capital treatment for loans that finance the development of land under the revised HVCRE exposure definition.

The Commission published a noticed in the Federal Register on August 1, 2019, concerning the institution and scheduling of investigation no. TA-201-75 (Monitoring) pursuant to section 204(a)(2) of the Trade Act of 1974 on its monitoring of developments in the domestic industry following the President's decision to impose a safeguard measure on imports of certain crystalline silicon photovoltaic (``CSPV'') cells, whether or not partially or fully assembled into other products (including, but not limited to, modules, laminates, panels, and building-integrated materials)(``CSPV products''), as described in Proclamation 9693 of January 23, 2018. 84 FR 37674. This amended notice provides for limits on page lengths for posthearing briefs.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish a notice of permit applications received to conduct activities regulated 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 permit applications received.