Agencies and Commissions December 1, 2020 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing NUREG- 2224, ``Dry Storage and Transportation of High Burnup Spent Nuclear Fuel.'' The NUREG provides technical background information applicable to high burnup spent nuclear fuel (HBU SNF), provides an engineering assessment of recent NRC-sponsored mechanical testing of HBU SNF, and presents example approaches for licensing and certification of HBU SNF in transportation and dry storage.

The Small Business Administration (SBA) intends to request approval, from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the collection of information described below. The Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) requires Federal agencies to publish a notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information before submission to OMB, and to allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice. This notice complies with that requirement.

Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on October 29, 2020, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, on behalf of Meenaxi Enterprise Inc. of Edison, New Jersey. A supplement was filed on November 10, 2020. 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 chocolate milk powder and packaging thereof by reason of infringement of U.S. Trademark Registration No. 4,206,026 (``the '026 trademark''). The complaint further alleges that an industry in the United States exists as required by the applicable Federal Statute. The complainant requests that the Commission institute an investigation and, after the investigation, issue a general exclusion order and cease and desist orders.

The National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) adopted the Federal Environment Element, Section G of the Comprehensive Plan for the National Capital: Federal Elements on November 5, 2020. The Element establishes policies in Section G to preserve and replace trees that are impacted by development on federal land so they contribute to the sustainability of the National Capital Region's environment. The National Capital Region includes the District of Columbia; Montgomery and Prince George's Counties in Maryland; Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William Counties in Virginia; and all cities within the boundaries of these counties. Section G of the Element provides the policy framework for Commission actions on plans and projects subject to Commission review.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) invites public comment on the renewal of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for an existing collection of information. The information collection is entitled, ``Voluntary Reporting of Planned New Reactor Applications.''

Pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974, notice is given that the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) proposes to modify an existing system of records, entitled BGFRS-33, ``FRBTelephone Call Detail Records'' to reflect changes in the format, location, and source of its wireless phone records. The Board also proposes to rename the system of records BGFRS-33, ``FRB Wired and Wireless Telephone Records,'' as it stores information on the use of Board telephones, both wired and wireless.

The Minneapolis Grain Exchange, Inc. (or any successor thereto) (``MGEX'') has expressed an interest in listing and trading contracts for sale for future delivery on the SPIKES\TM\ Index (``SPIKES'') (such futures contracts (and any options thereon) hereinafter referred to as the ``Product''). After careful consideration, the Securities and Exchange Commission (``SEC'' or ``Commission'') believes that the Product has the potential to offer competition with the only comparable incumbent volatility product in the market, and is therefore conditionally exempting the Product from the definition of ``security future'' for all purposes other than as follows: First, the anti-fraud and anti-manipulation provisions under the Exchange Act will continue to apply; second, MGEX will continue to be subject to the requirement to register with the Commission as a national securities exchange (which may be done pursuant to a notice filing) and comply with related amendment and supplemental filing requirements; and third, MGEX will continue to be required, in its capacity as a national securities exchange, to make available to the Commission (or its representatives) books and records relating to transactions in the Product, upon request, and to make itself available to inspection and examination by the Commission (or its representatives), upon request. However, because registration as a notice-registered national securities exchange is intended only as a means to facilitate the Commission's ability to exercise its books and records and examination authority over the Product, MGEX will be exempt from compliance with all other requirements applicable to national securities exchanges. Taken together, these actions will allow the Product to trade as a futures contract on MGEX, a designated contract market (``DCM'') and derivatives clearing organization (``DCO'') that is subject to the jurisdiction of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (``CFTC''), consistent with the terms and conditions set forth below.

Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined not to review an initial determination (``ID'') (Order No. 8) of the presiding administrative law judge (``ALJ'') granting complainant's motion to amend the complaint and the notice of investigation to correct the name of the complainant.

We are proposing to amend our electronic records management regulations to add a subpart containing standards for digitizing permanent Federal records so that agencies may dispose of the original source records, where appropriate and in accordance with the Federal Records Act amendments of 2014. We are also making a minor revision to our records schedule review provisions to establish a requirement for agencies to review, every five years, all records schedules that are ten years old and older, based on the date the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) approved the schedule.

The Federal Trade Commission (``FTC'' or ``Commission'') is issuing this advance notice of proposed rulemaking (``ANPRM'') to gather information, related to seven topics, that will help to determine the path for future amendments to the premerger notification rules (``the Rules'') under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act (``the Act'' or ``HSR'').