Agencies and Commissions December 20, 2021 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Document Number: 2021-27497
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-12-20
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC; Palisades Nuclear Plant
Document Number: 2021-27491
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-12-20
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing an exemption in response to a December 23, 2020, request from Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC (HDI). The exemption permits HDI to make withdrawals from the Palisades Nuclear Plant (PNP) Decommissioning Trust Fund (DTF) for spent fuel management and site restoration activities at PNP without prior notification to the NRC. This exemption is effective upon issuance, but only applies to HDI upon the consummation of the indirect transfer of the license for PNP to Holtec International and the transfer of the operating authority under the license to HDI.
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
Document Number: 2021-27487
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-12-20
Agency: Federal Reserve System, Agencies and Commissions
Notice of Open to the Public Meetings of the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Program
Document Number: 2021-27316
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-12-20
Agency: National Science Foundation, Agencies and Commissions
The NITRD Program holds meetings that are open to the public to attend. The Joint Engineering Team (JET) and Middleware and Grid Interagency Coordination (MAGIC) Team provide an opportunity for the public to engage and participate in information sharing with Federal agencies. The JET and MAGIC Team report to the NITRD Large Scale Networking (LSN) Interagency Working Group (IWG).
Agency Information Collection Activities: Final Collection; Comment Request
Document Number: 2021-27472
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-12-20
Agency: Export-Import Bank, Agencies and Commissions
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. This form is to be completed by EXIM borrowers as required under certain EXIM long-term guarantee and direct loan transactions in conjunction with a borrower's request for disbursement for U.S. goods and services. It is used to summarize disbursement documents submitted with a borrower's request and to calculate the requested financing amount. It will enable EXIM to identify the specific details of the amount of disbursement requested for approval to ensure that the financing request is complete and in compliance with EXIM's disbursement requirements. This form will be uploaded into an electronic disbursement portal.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Final Collection; Comment Request
Document Number: 2021-27469
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-12-20
Agency: Export-Import Bank, Agencies and Commissions
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. This form is to be completed by EXIM borrowers as required under EXIM Credit Guarantee Facility (CGF) transactions in conjunction with a borrower's request for disbursement for U.S. goods and services. It is used to summarize disbursement documents submitted with a borrower's request and to calculate the requested financing amount. It will enable EXIM lenders to identify the specific details of the amount of disbursement requested for approval to ensure that the financing request is complete and in compliance with EXIM's disbursement requirements.
Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules; Meeting of the Judicial Conference
Document Number: 2021-27468
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-12-20
Agency: Judicial Conference of the United States, Agencies and Commissions
The following virtual public hearing on proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure has been canceled: Appellate Rules Hearing on January 14, 2022. The announcement for this hearing was previously published in the Federal Register on August 11, 2021.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Final Collection; Comment Request
Document Number: 2021-27466
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-12-20
Agency: Export-Import Bank, Agencies and Commissions
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. This form is to be completed by EXIM borrowers as required under EXIM Credit Guarantee Facility (CGF) transactions in conjunction with a borrower's request for disbursement for local cost goods and services. It is used to summarize disbursement documents submitted with a borrower's request and to calculate the requested financing amount. It will enable EXIM lenders to identify the specific details of the amount of disbursement requested for approval to ensure that the financing request is complete and in compliance with EXIM's disbursement requirements.
Business and Operations Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting
Document Number: 2021-27465
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-12-20
Agency: National Science Foundation, Agencies and Commissions
Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request
Document Number: 2021-27464
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-12-20
Agency: Export-Import Bank, Agencies and Commissions
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. EXIM's financial institution policy holders provide this form to U.S. exporters, who certify to the eligibility of their exports for EXIM support. The completed forms are held by the financial institution policy holders, only to be submitted to EXIM in the event of a claim filing. A requirement of EXIM's policies is that the insured financial institution policy holder obtains a completed Exporter's Certificate at the time it provides financing for an export. This form will enable EXIM to identify the specific details of the export transaction. These details are necessary for determining the eligibility of claims for approval. EXIM staff and contractors review this information to assist in determining that an export transaction, on which a claim for non-payment has been submitted, meets all of the terms and conditions of the insurance coverage.
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
Document Number: 2021-27440
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-12-20
Agency: Consumer Product Safety Commission, Agencies and Commissions
A system for the US CPSC's Consumer Ombudsman to track public inquiries.
Community Reinvestment Act Regulations
Document Number: 2021-27439
Type: Rule
Date: 2021-12-20
Agency: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Agencies and Commissions, Federal Reserve System
The Board and the FDIC (collectively, the Agencies) are amending their Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) regulations to adjust the asset-size thresholds used to define ``small bank'' and ``intermediate small bank.'' As required by the CRA regulations, the adjustment to the threshold amount is based on the annual percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W).
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
Document Number: 2021-27438
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-12-20
Agency: Consumer Product Safety Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is proposing changes to one system of records notice (SORN). CPSC is proposing to amend CPSC 23Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Disability/Accommodation Files. The amendment will expand the authorities for maintenance of the system, the purposes of the system, the categories of individuals covered by the system, the record source categories, and the records contained in the system, to include records of requests for accommodation based on sincerely held religious beliefs, practices, or observances.
Credit Risk Retention-Notification of Determination of Review
Document Number: 2021-27561
Type: Rule
Date: 2021-12-20
Agency: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Agencies and Commissions, Federal Reserve System, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Securities and Exchange Commission, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury, Federal Housing Finance Agency
The OCC, Board, FDIC, Commission, FHFA, and HUD (the agencies) are providing notice of the determination of the results of the review of the definition of qualified residential mortgage, the community-focused residential mortgage exemption, and the exemption for qualifying three-to-four unit residential mortgage loans, in each case as currently set forth in the Credit Risk Retention Regulations (as defined below) as adopted by the agencies. After completing the review, the agencies have determined not to propose any change at this time to the definition of qualified residential mortgage, the community-focused residential mortgage exemption, or the exemption for qualifying three- to-four unit residential mortgage loans.
Notice of Commission Determination To Conduct a Full Five-Year Review; Lemon Juice From Argentina
Document Number: 2021-27502
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-12-20
Agency: International Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Commission hereby gives notice that it will proceed with a full review pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 to determine whether termination of the suspended antidumping duty investigation on lemon juice from Argentina would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time. A schedule for the review will be established and announced at a later date.
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Document Number: 2021-27500
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-12-20
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Document Number: 2021-27499
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-12-20
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Document Number: 2021-27498
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-12-20
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission Under Delegated Authority
Document Number: 2021-27475
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-12-20
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
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.
Rate for Assessment on Direct Payment of Fees to Representatives in 2022
Document Number: 2021-27474
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-12-20
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
We are announcing the assessment percentage rate under the Social Security Act (Act) is 6.3 percent for 2022.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Final Collection; Comment Request
Document Number: 2021-27473
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-12-20
Agency: Export-Import Bank, Agencies and Commissions
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. This form is to be completed by EXIM borrowers as required under certain EXIM long-term guarantee and direct loan transactions in conjunction with a borrower's request for disbursement for local cost goods and services. It is used to summarize disbursement documents submitted with a borrower's request and to calculate the requested financing amount. It will enable EXIM to identify the specific details of the amount of disbursement requested for approval to ensure that the financing request is complete and in compliance with EXIM's disbursement requirements. This form will be uploaded into an electronic disbursement portal.
Inbound Competitive Multi-Service Agreements With Foreign Postal Operators
Document Number: 2021-27414
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-12-20
Agency: Postal Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Commission is acknowledging a recent filing by the Postal Service that it has entered into the Inbound Competitive Multi-Service Agreement with Foreign Postal Operators (FPOs). This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.
Summary of Commission Practice Relating to Administrative Protective Orders
Document Number: 2021-27413
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-12-20
Agency: International Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Since February 1991, the U.S. International Trade Commission (``Commission'') has published in the Federal Register reports on the status of its practice with respect to breaches of its administrative protective orders (``APOs'') under title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 in response to a direction contained in the Conference Report to the Customs and Trade Act of 1990. Over time, the Commission has added to its report discussions of APO breaches in Commission proceedings other than under title VII and violations of the Commission's rules, including the rule on bracketing business proprietary information (the ``24-hour rule''). This notice provides a summary of APO breach investigations completed during fiscal years 2020 and 2021. This summary addresses APO breach investigations related to proceedings under both title VII and section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930. The Commission intends for this summary to inform representatives of parties to Commission proceedings of the specific types of APO breaches before the Commission and the corresponding types of actions that the Commission has taken.
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