Agencies and Commissions February 2021 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing Revision 4 to Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.105, ``Setpoints for Safety- Related Instrumentation.'' This RG describes an approach that is acceptable to the staff of the NRC to meet regulatory requirements ensuring that setpoints for safety-related instrumentation are established and maintained within the technical specification limits. RG 1.105 has been revised to incorporate additional information regarding American National Standards Institute (ANSI)/International Society of Automation (ISA) Standard 67.04.01-2018, ``Setpoints for Nuclear Safety Related Instrumentation.''

The Commission hereby gives notice of the scheduling of an expedited review pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 (``the Act'') to determine whether revocation of the antidumping duty order on diamond sawblades and parts thereof from China would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing Revision 4 to Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.136, ``Design Limits, Loading Combinations, Materials, Construction and Testing of Concrete Containments.'' It updates the guidance for materials, design, construction, fabrication, examination, and testing of concrete containments in nuclear power plants through endorsement, with exceptions, of the 2019 edition of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Boiler & Pressure Vessel (B&PV) Code, Section III, Division 2 (American Concrete Institute (ACI) Standard 359-19), ``Code for Concrete Containments.''

We have submitted a request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval to continue to collect information from people requesting military records so that we can locate, identify, and provide the requested information. We invite you to comment on this proposed information collection.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to amend the licensing, inspection, special project, and annual fees charged to its applicants and licensees. These proposed amendments are necessary to implement the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act (NEIMA), which, starting in fiscal year (FY) 2021, requires the NRC to recover, to the maximum extent practicable, approximately 100 percent of its annual budget less certain amounts excluded from this fee-recovery requirement. In addition, the NRC is also proposing improvements associated with fee invoicing to implement provisions in NEIMA.

The Postal Service is revising its pending proposal to amend Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM[supreg]) in various sections of Addressing, to update addressing standards.

In this Public Notice, the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau and Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (collectively the Bureaus) modify suspensions of acceptance and processing of certain Part 22 and Part 90 applications for 470-512 MHz (T-Band) spectrum.

The SBA is issuing this notice to announce the date, time, and agenda for a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Veterans Business Affairs (ACVBA).

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.

In this document, the International Bureau (Bureau) provides the following notice to (1) operators of incumbent Fixed Satellite Service (FSS) C-band earth station antennas that have been reported as no longer operational and (2) incumbent FSS C-band earth station operators that have not responded to communications from RSM US LLP (RSM), the C-band Relocation Coordinator, and/or incumbent C-band satellite operators: Failure to submit a filing to the Bureau by no later than 90 days after the release of the Bureau's Notice (April 19, 2021) affirming the continued operation of the identified earth station antennas and the intent to participate in the C-band transition will result in a Bureau announcement that the authorizations identified in the attached documents filed by RSM in IB Docket No. 20-205 on January 14, 2021 have automatically terminated by operation of rule, and that those authorizations will be terminated in the International Bureau Filing System (IBFS) and removed from the incumbent earth station list.

The Postal Service proposes to revise Publication 52, Hazardous, Restricted, and Perishable Mail, to incorporate new statutory restrictions on the mailing of electronic nicotine delivery systems. Such items would be subject to the same prohibition as cigarettes and smokeless tobacco, subject to many of the same exceptions.

In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announces a meeting of the Astrophysics Advisory Committee. This Committee reports to the Director, Astrophysics Division, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters. The meeting will be held for the purpose of soliciting, from the scientific community and other persons, scientific and technical information relevant to program planning.

The Commission will hear a presentation on the creation of an Emergency Broadband Benefit Program. Congress charged the FCC with developing a new $3.2 billion program to help struggling Americans to pay for broadband internet service during the pandemic. 2...................... WIRELINE COMPETITION Title: Presentation on COVID-19 Telehealth Program. Summary: The Commission will hear a presentation about the next steps for the agency's COVID-19 Telehealth program. Congress recently provided an additional $249.95 million to support the FCC's efforts to expand connected care throughout the country and help more patients receive health care safely. 3...................... OFFICE OF ECONOMICS Title: Presentation on AND ANALYTICS, Collection of Broadband WIRELINE Deployment Data. COMPETITION AND Summary: The Commission WIRELESS TELE- will hear a presentation COMMUNICATIONS. on the work the agency is doing to collect precise and accurate fixed and mobile broadband deployment data as part of its mission to close the digital divide. 4...................... PUBLIC SAFETY & Title: 911 Fee Diversion HOMELAND SECURITY. (PS Docket No. 20-291); New and Emerging Technologies 911 Improvement Act of 2008 (PS Docket No. 09-14). Summary: The Commission will consider a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would implement section 902 of the Don't Break Up the T-Band Act of 2020, which requires the Commission to take action to help address the diversion of 911 fees by states and other jurisdictions for purposes unrelated to 911. 5...................... WIRELINE COMPETITION Title: Implementing the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act (WC Docket No. 18- 89). Summary: The Commission will consider a Third Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that proposes to modify FCC rules consistent with changes that were made to the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021.

The U.S. Copyright Office is issuing an interim rule amending its regulations governing the registration of copyright claims in secure tests and secure test items in order to address a temporary disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The interim rule allows for examination of these claims via secure videoconference during the national emergency.