Agencies and Commissions January 2022 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the Commonwealth of Kentucky (FEMA-4630-DR), dated 12/12/2021. Incident: Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Flooding, and Tornadoes. Incident Period: 12/10/2021 through 12/11/2021.

This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Washington (FEMA-4635-DR), dated 01/05/2022. Incident: Flooding and Mudslides. Incident Period: 11/13/2021 through 11/15/2021.

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) seeks public comment on a proposed rule to revise AIDAR in order to expand fringe benefits for personal services contracts with individuals who are U.S. nationals (USPSCs). Specifically, this rulemaking will provide a paid parental leave benefit comparable to what is available to USAID's U.S. direct-hire employees and provide a relocation expense reimbursement similar to the benefit provided to USAID's direct-hire Foreign Service Officer (FSO) employees.

The Appraisal Subcommittee (ASC) of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) proposes to amend existing rules of practice and procedure governing temporary waiver proceedings, which were promulgated in 1992 pursuant to Title XI of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989, as amended (Title XI). The proposed amendments are intended to provide for greater transparency and clarity on temporary waiver proceedings.

The Commission is acknowledging a recent Postal Service filing concerning classification changes to the Mail Classification Schedule related to Inbound International Tracked Delivery Service. This document informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.

In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces a forthcoming meeting of the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP).

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.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish notice of permits issued under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. This is the required notice.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish notice of permits issued under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. This is the required notice.

This document updates postal regulations by implementing inflation adjustments to civil monetary penalties that may be imposed under consumer protection and mailability provisions enforced by the Postal Service pursuant to the Deceptive Mail Prevention and Enforcement Act and the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act, as well as the civil monetary penalty that may be imposed by the Postal Service for false claims and statements under the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act. These adjustments are required under the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015. This document includes the adjustments for 2022 for the statutory civil monetary penalties subject to the 2015 Act and all necessary updates authorized by the 2015 Act for regulatory civil monetary penalties.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is correcting a notice that was published in the Federal Register on November 30, 2021, regarding an application date that was referenced in the License Amendment Request table as ``Application Date October 30, 2020'' to read ``Application Date June 14, 2021.''

The Securities and Exchange Commission (the ``Commission'') is publishing this notice (the ``Notice'') pursuant to the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (the ``2015 Act''). This Act requires all agencies to annually adjust for inflation the civil monetary penalties that can be imposed under the statutes administered by the agency and publish the adjusted amounts in the Federal Register. This Notice sets forth the annual inflation adjustment of the maximum amount of civil monetary penalties (``CMPs'') administered by the Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the ``Exchange Act''), the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, and certain penalties under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. These amounts are effective beginning on January 15, 2022, and will apply to all penalties imposed after that date for violations of the aforementioned statutes that occurred after November 2, 2015.

The following virtual public hearing on proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure has been canceled: Civil Rules Hearing on February 4, 2022. The announcement for this hearing was previously published in the Federal Register on August 11, 2021.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations, DoD, GSA, and NASA invite the public to comment on an extension concerning subcontracting plans. DoD, GSA, and NASA invite comments on: Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of Federal Government acquisitions, including whether the information will have practical utility; the accuracy of the estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize the burden of the information collection on respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. OMB has approved this information collection for use through March 31, 2022. DoD, GSA, and NASA propose that OMB extend its approval for use for three additional years beyond the current expiration date.

Oklo Power LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Oklo Inc., submitted a custom combined license application for one Aurora reactor to be located at the Idaho National Laboratory in Idaho on March 11, 2020. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has denied the Oklo Aurora custom combined license application for failure to provide information in response to NRC staff requests for additional information (RAIs). The agency is denying the application without prejudice, and Oklo is free to resubmit its application supplemented by additional information that was previously requested.