Agencies and Commissions June 15, 2021 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) intends to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to assess the impacts associated with the proposed retirement of the nine coal-fired units at the Kingston Fossil Plant (KIF) and the construction and operation of facilities to replace the retired generation. TVA will use the EIS process to elicit and prioritize the values and concerns of stakeholders; formulate, evaluate and compare alternatives; provide opportunities for public review and comment; and ensure that TVA's evaluation of potential retirement and replacement energy generation reflects a full range of stakeholder input. Public comment is invited concerning the scope of the EIS, alternatives being considered, and environmental issues that should be addressed as a part of this EIS. TVA is also requesting data, information and analysis relevant to the proposed action from the public; affected Federal, State, tribal, and local governments, agencies, and offices; the scientific community; industry; or any other interested party.

The SBA Office of the Administrator (OA) is issuing this notice to solicit nominations of qualified former and current small business owners, community leaders, officials from small business trade associations, and academic institutions to serve on the Council of Underserved Communities (CUC). The CUC members provide advice, ideas and opinions on the SBA programs and services and issues of interest to small business in underserved communities. Nominations of qualified candidates are being sought to fill vacancies on the CUC. CUC members are appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of, the SBA Administrator for terms of no longer than two years. The Administrator may reappoint an individual for no more than three terms of service. Members serve without compensation. They will, however, be reimbursed for authorized travel-related expenses at per diem rates established by GSA when asked to perform official duties as a CUC member.

This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the Commonwealth of Kentucky (FEMA-4595-DR), dated 04/23/2021. Incident: Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides. Incident Period: 02/27/2021 through 03/14/2021.

This final rule amends the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's regulation on Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans to prescribe interest assumptions under the asset allocation regulation for plans with valuation dates in the third quarter of 2021. These interest assumptions are used for valuing benefits under terminating single-employer plans and for other purposes.

This document corrects the inadvertent omission of the DATES section in the preamble to a proposed rule document published in the Federal Register on June 4, 2021. This correction provides the due dates for comments and reply comments to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking summarized in the Federal Register document.

The General Services Administration (GSA), in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, is proposing to amend the Federal Travel Regulation (FTR) to authorize Withholding Tax Allowance (WTA) and Relocation Income Tax Allowance (RITA) to all individuals who receive relocation allowances paid by the Federal Government. This amendment is in accordance with legislative changes to GSA's statutory authority for taxes on reimbursements for travel, transportation, and relocation expenses as enacted in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020.