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Airline Passenger Rights
Document Number: 2024-28930
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2024-12-11
Agency: Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary
The U.S. Department of Transportation (Department or DOT) seeks public comment on a rulemaking to ensure consumers experiencing significant flight disruptions are taken care of and protected from financial losses. Specifically, the Department is considering imposing requirements on airlines to provide affected passengers cash compensation, free rebooking, and amenities such as meals, lodging for overnight delays, and transportation to and from lodging. The Department also seeks comment on whether some protections should be provided during any type of disruption, how to determine whether a cancellation or delay is within an airline's control, and how to ensure that passengers receive the correct information from the airline in a timely manner. Additionally, the Department solicits comments on how to ensure that the process for passengers to receive compensation and amenities is clear, simple, straightforward, and prompt, and whether to require certain aspects of the process to be automatic. Further, the Department seeks comment on whether it should require airlines to offer free rebooking on the same or partner airline to a passenger with a disability and others in the same travel party when one or more accessibility feature needed by the person with disability is unavailable.
Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act Regulations
Document Number: 2024-28871
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2024-12-11
Agency: Council on Environmental Quality, Executive Office of the President
The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) is proposing to amend its Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) regulations to incorporate amendments to the FOIA set forth in the FOIA Improvement Act of 2016; to conform to guidance for Federal agencies from the Department of Justice; to make them easier for the public to understand and use; and to better reflect CEQ's current policy and practice. These proposed regulations reaffirm CEQ's commitment to providing the fullest possible disclosure of records to the public. In addition, CEQ is proposing to amend its regulations implementing the Privacy Act of 1974 (the Privacy Act) to make them easier for the public to understand and use and to better reflect CEQ's current policy and practice. The proposed regulations would also make administrative changes, including reorganizing, renumbering, and renaming the sections of CEQ's current FOIA and Privacy Act regulations.
Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards
Document Number: 2024-28864
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-12-11
In this document, the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM or the Agency) adopts the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (Uniform Guidance) initially set forth as guidance by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and published by OMB on December 26, 2013, and updated on April 4, 2024. This rule is necessary in order to incorporate into regulation and thus bring into effect the Uniform Guidance as required by OMB. Implementation of this guidance will reduce administrative burden and risk of waste, fraud, and abuse related to the Federal financial assistance awarded each year by the Agency. To avoid confusion, we additionally supersede existing agency regulations related to this same subject matter.
Hazardous Waste Generator Improvements Rule, the Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals Rule, and the Definition of Solid Waste Rule; Technical Corrections
Document Number: 2024-28802
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-12-11
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) is finalizing five amendments that were withdrawn in its December 6, 2023, partial withdrawal of direct final rule. Due to receipt of adverse comments, the EPA withdrew eight amendments from the August 9, 2023, direct final rule that included revisions to the 2016 Hazardous Waste Generator Improvements Rule, the 2019 Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals Rule and the 2018 Vacatur of the Definition of Solid Waste Rule (88 FR 54086). The EPA is responding to the relevant adverse comments in this action.
Federal Plan Requirements for Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration Units That Commenced Construction On or Before June 4, 2010 and Have Not Been Modified or Reconstructed Since August 7, 2013
Document Number: 2024-26650
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-12-11
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This action finalizes the Federal plan for existing commercial and industrial solid waste incineration units (CISWI). This final action implements the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) emission guidelines adopted on February 7, 2013, as amended on June 23, 2016, and on April 16, 2019, in states that do not have an approved state plan implementing the emission guidelines in place by the effective date of this Federal plan. The implementation of the emission guidelines will result in emissions reductions of the regulated pollutants including cadmium, hydrogen chloride, lead, mercury, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, particulate matter, and sulfur dioxide from the affected CISWI. This final action is also revising the definition of "small, remote incinerator" to reflect new statutory prohibitions on the implementation of CISWI standards to units in the State of Alaska.
Airworthiness Directives; Bombardier, Inc., Airplanes
Document Number: 2024-28778
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-12-11
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Bombardier, Inc., Model BD-700-1A10 and BD-700-1A11 airplanes. This AD was prompted by a determination that new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations for certain brake accumulators are necessary. This AD requires revising the existing maintenance or inspection program, as applicable, to incorporate new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations. This AD also requires determining the accumulated landings on the affected brake accumulators. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.
Federal Housing Administration (FHA): Single Family Sale Program
Document Number: 2024-28706
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-12-11
Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development
This rule amends the requirements for the sale of eligible single family mortgage loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) that have been assigned to the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in exchange for claim payments. The mortgage notes are sold, without FHA insurance, to qualified purchasers in a manner that seeks to maximize recoveries and strengthen HUD's Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund (MMIF) and to achieve HUD's operational goals for the MMIF. This rule transitions the pilot Single Family Sale Program from a demonstration to a permanent program and removes existing Disposition of HUD-Acquired and -Owned Single Family Property regulations, which provided for a retired program that handled the sale of HUD-held single family mortgage loans.
Air Plan Approval; Pennsylvania; Redesignation of the Allegheny County Nonattainment Area to Attainment and Approval of the Area's Maintenance Plan for the 2010 1-Hour Primary Sulfur Dioxide National Ambient Air Quality Standard
Document Number: 2024-28536
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2024-12-11
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a state implementation plan (SIP) revision and redesignation request submitted on November 14, 2023, by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) on behalf of the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD). The SIP revision asks the EPA to redesignate the Allegheny County, Pennsylvania area from nonattainment to attainment for the 2010 1-hour primary sulfur dioxide (SO2) national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS). The revision also asks the EPA to approve into the SIP Allegheny County's maintenance plan for the 2010 1-hour primary SO2 standard for the Allegheny County area. This action is being taken under the Clean Air Act (CAA).
Taxable Income or Loss and Currency Gain or Loss With Respect to a Qualified Business Unit
Document Number: 2024-28372
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-12-11
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
This document contains final regulations relating to the determination of taxable income or loss and foreign currency gain or loss with respect to a qualified business unit. These final regulations include an election to treat all items of a qualified business unit as marked items (subject to a loss suspension rule), an election to recognize all foreign currency gain or loss with respect to a qualified business unit on an annual basis, and a new transition rule.
Accounting for Disregarded Transactions Between a Qualified Business Unit and Its Owner
Document Number: 2024-28371
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2024-12-11
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
This document contains proposed regulations relating to the determination of taxable income or loss and foreign currency gain or loss with respect to a qualified business unit. The proposed regulations include an election that is intended to reduce the compliance burden of accounting for certain disregarded transactions between a qualified business unit and its owner. This document also includes a request for comments relating to the treatment of partnerships and controlled foreign corporations.
Permitting of Rights-of-Way Across National Wildlife Refuges and Other U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service-Administered Lands
Document Number: 2024-28367
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-12-11
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are revising our process for permitting of rights-of-way across National Wildlife Refuge System lands and other Service-administered lands. By aligning Service processes more closely with those of other Department of the Interior bureaus, to the extent practicable and consistent with applicable law, we will reduce the amount of time the Service requires to process applications for rights-of-way across Service-managed lands. We will require a preapplication meeting and use of a standard application, allow electronic submission of applications, and provide the Service with additional flexibility, as appropriate, to determine the fair market value or fair market rental value of rights-of-way across Service-managed lands. Additionally, we are implementing new permit terms and conditions and other regulatory changes.
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Reclassification of the Rough Popcornflower From Endangered to Threatened With a Section 4(d) Rule
Document Number: 2024-28351
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2024-12-11
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to reclassify the rough popcornflower (Plagiobothrys hirtus) from endangered to threatened (downlist) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). The proposed downlisting is based on our evaluation of the best available scientific and commercial information, which indicates that the species' status has improved such that it is not currently in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range, but that it is still likely to become so within the foreseeable future. We also propose protective regulations under the authority of section 4(d) of the Act that are necessary and advisable to provide for the conservation of the rough popcornflower.
Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Determination 39 for the Significant New Alternatives Policy Program
Document Number: 2024-28307
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-12-11
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This determination of acceptability expands the list of acceptable substitutes pursuant to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Significant New Alternatives Policy program. This action lists four substitutes as acceptable additional substitutes for use in the refrigeration and air conditioning and foam blowing sectors.
Self-Governance PROGRESS Act Regulations
Document Number: 2024-28302
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-12-11
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs
The U.S. Department of the Interior (Department), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, is issuing revisions to the regulations that implement Tribal Self-Governance, as authorized by title IV of the Indian Self Determination and Education Assistance Act. This final rule has been negotiated among representatives of Self- Governance and non-Self Governance Tribes and the Department.
Amendment of Class D and Class E Airspace and Revocation of Class E Airspace; Youngstown/Warren, OH
Document Number: 2024-28922
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-12-10
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
This action amends the Class D and Class E airspace and revokes Class E airspace at Youngstown/Warren, OH. This action is the result of an airspace review conducted due to the decommissioning of the Youngstown very high frequency omnidirectional range (VOR) as part of the VOR Minimum Operational Network (MON) Program. The name and geographic coordinates of the airport are also being updated to coincide with the FAA's aeronautical database. This action brings the airspace into compliance with FAA orders and supports instrument flight rule (IFR) procedures and operations.
Fisheries of the Atlantic; Atlantic Migratory Group Cobia; 2024 Commercial Closure for Atlantic Migratory Group Cobia
Document Number: 2024-28943
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-12-10
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS implements a closure in Federal waters off Georgia through New York for Atlantic migratory group cobia (Atlantic cobia) that are harvested and sold (commercial). Commercial landings of Atlantic cobia are projected to reach the commercial quota on December 18, 2024. Therefore, NMFS closes the commercial sector for Atlantic cobia in Federal waters. This closure is necessary to protect the Atlantic cobia resource.
Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments
Document Number: 2024-28937
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-12-10
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
This rule amends, suspends, or removes Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) and associated Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures for operations at certain airports. These regulatory actions are needed because of the adoption of new or revised criteria, or because of changes occurring in the National Airspace System, such as the commissioning of new navigational facilities, adding new obstacles, or changing air traffic requirements. These changes are designed to provide for the safe and efficient use of the navigable airspace and to promote safe flight operations under instrument flight rules at the affected airports.
Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments
Document Number: 2024-28936
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-12-10
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
This rule establishes, amends, suspends, or removes Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPS) and associated Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure procedures (ODPs) for operations at certain airports. These regulatory actions are needed because of the adoption of new or revised criteria, or because of changes occurring in the National Airspace System, such as the commissioning of new navigational facilities, adding new obstacles, or changing air traffic requirements. These changes are designed to provide safe and efficient use of the navigable airspace and to promote safe flight operations under instrument flight rules at the affected airports.
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder Fishery; 2024 Commercial Quota Harvested for the State of Connecticut
Document Number: 2024-28889
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-12-10
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS announces that the 2024 summer flounder commercial quota allocated to the State of Connecticut has been harvested. Vessels issued a commercial Federal fisheries permit for the summer flounder fishery may not land summer flounder in Connecticut for the remainder of calendar year 2024, unless additional quota becomes available through a transfer from another state. Regulations governing the summer flounder fishery require publication of this notification to advise Connecticut that the quota has been harvested, and to advise vessel permit holders and dealer permit holders that no Federal commercial quota is available for landing summer flounder in Connecticut.
Air Plan Approval; SC; Updates to the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule
Document Number: 2024-28873
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2024-12-10
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted through the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SC DHEC) on September 26, 2023, regarding updates to the State's Cross- State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) emissions trading programs. The SIP revision incorporates by reference (IBRs) certain amendments EPA has made to the regulations for the Federal CSAPR trading programs for annual emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOX) and sulfur dioxide (SO2) for large electric generating units (EGUs). EPA created these Federal trading programs in 2011 as market-based mechanisms for South Carolina and certain other States to address their obligations to downwind States under the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act)'s good neighbor provision with respect to the national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for fine particulate matter (PM2.5). EPA is proposing to approve South Carolina's September 26, 2023, SIP revision because it is consistent with EPA's good neighbor CSAPR trading programs and the CAA.
Modification of Class D and Class E Airspace; Cheyenne Regional/Jerry Olson Field, Cheyenne, WY
Document Number: 2024-28872
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2024-12-10
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
This action proposes to modify the Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface and remove the Class E airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface at Cheyenne Regional/Jerry Olson Field, Cheyenne, WY. Additionally, this action proposes administrative amendments to update the airport's legal descriptions for its Class D airspace and Class E airspace designated as a surface area. These actions would support the safety and management of visual flight rules (VFR) and instrument flight rules (IFR) operations at the airport.
Establishment of Class E Airspace; Stanford/Biggerstaff Field, Stanford, MT
Document Number: 2024-28869
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2024-12-10
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
This action proposes to establish Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface at Stanford/Biggerstaff Field, Stanford, MT. This action would support the airport's transition from visual flight rules (VFR) to instrument flight rules (IFR) operations.
Visas: Special Immigrant Visas-U.S. Government Employee Special Immigrant Visas for Service Abroad
Document Number: 2024-28846
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-12-10
Agency: Department of State
This final rule makes updates to reflect a statutory change to the class of individuals who may qualify for Special Immigrant Visas (SIVs).
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; 2025 Specifications for the Summer Flounder, Scup, Black Sea Bass, and Bluefish Fisheries
Document Number: 2024-28845
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-12-10
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS announces 2025 specifications for the summer flounder, scup, black sea bass, and bluefish fisheries. The implementing regulations for the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan (FMP) and the Bluefish Fishery Management Plan require us to publish specifications for the upcoming fishing year for each of these species. The specifications for these species are intended to establish allowable harvest levels that will prevent overfishing, consistent with the most recent scientific information, for the 2025 fishing year.
Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters
Document Number: 2024-28831
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2024-12-10
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
The FAA proposes to supersede Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2021-09-14, which applies to certain Airbus Helicopters (Airbus) Model SA330J helicopters. AD 2021-09-14 requires repetitively inspecting for a gap between the main gearbox (MGB) oil cooling fan assembly (fan) rotor blade and the upper section of the guide vane bearing housing, installing improved MGB fan rotor shaft bearings, and repetitively inspecting the improved MGB fan rotor shaft bearings. Since the FAA issued AD 2021-09-14, Airbus has developed modifications to the components of the MGB fan bearing assembly and issued new material regarding these modifications. This proposed AD would retain the actions required by AD 2021-09-14 and would also require installing the improved MGB fan rotor bearing assembly, which would constitute terminating action for the repetitive inspections. These actions are specified in a European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) AD, which is proposed for incorporation by reference. The FAA is proposing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.
Air Plan Approval; WA; Southwest Clean Air Agency; Revisions to Excess Emissions, Startup, Shutdown, and General Requirements
Document Number: 2024-28804
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2024-12-10
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve Washington State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions to the Southwest Clean Air Agency (SWCAA) air quality regulations submitted by the State of Washington, through the Department of Ecology (Ecology) on June 22, 2023. The revisions were submitted in part to respond to the EPA's June 12, 2015 "SIP call" in which the EPA found a provision in the Washington SIP applicable in the area regulated by SWCAA to be substantially inadequate, providing affirmative defenses that operate to limit the jurisdiction of the Federal court in an enforcement action related to excess emissions during startup, shutdown, and malfunction (SSM) events. The EPA is proposing approval of the SIP revisions and proposing to determine that the submitted revisions to the substantially inadequate provision corrects the deficiency identified in the 2015 SSM SIP call and the EPA's January 2022 finding of failure to submit. Washington withdrew some portions of the revisions submitted that were not identified in the 2015 SSM SIP call and therefore the EPA is not proposing action on those withdrawn portions.
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 12-Month Not-Warranted Finding for the Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout
Document Number: 2024-28749
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2024-12-10
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a 12-month finding on a petition to list the Rio Grande cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii virginalis) as an endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). Rio Grande cutthroat trout, a subspecies of cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii), inhabit high-elevation streams in New Mexico and southern Colorado. After a thorough review of the best available scientific and commercial information, we find that listing the Rio Grande cutthroat trout as an endangered or threatened species is not warranted at this time. However, we ask the public to submit to us at any time any new information relevant to the status of the Rio Grande cutthroat trout or its habitat.
Federal “Good Neighbor Plan” for the 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards; Notice on Remand of the Record of the Good Neighbor Plan To Respond to Certain Comments
Document Number: 2024-28739
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-12-10
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is addressing certain comments that were submitted on the proposed Good Neighbor Plan that the Supreme Court of the United States concluded the EPA had likely not sufficiently addressed in the final Good Neighbor Plan. The EPA is providing a fuller explanation of its reasoning at the time of its action in response to these comments. The Good Neighbor Plan addressed 23 states' obligations to eliminate significant contribution to nonattainment or interference with maintenance of the 2015 ozone national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS), pursuant to the "good neighbor" provision of the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act). On September 12, 2024, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals remanded the record of the Good Neighbor Plan to the EPA to permit the Agency to further respond to comments related to the Good Neighbor Plan's operation if one or more upwind States were no longer participating. In this document, the EPA responds to the comments by more fully explaining why the Good Neighbor Plan appropriately defines each state's obligations, regardless of the status of the rule in other states, and can be implemented without modification in any individual state or combination of states covered by the rule.
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for the Fluminense Swallowtail Butterfly, Harris' Mimic Swallowtail Butterfly, and Hahnel's Amazonian Swallowtail Butterfly
Document Number: 2024-28430
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-12-10
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), determine endangered species status under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Act), as amended, for three butterflies endemic to Brazil: the Fluminense swallowtail (Parides ascanius), Harris' mimic swallowtail (Eurytides (=Mimoides) lysithous harrisianus), and Hahnel's Amazonian swallowtail (Parides hahneli). This rule extends the Act's protections to these species.
Telemarketing Sales Rule
Document Number: 2024-28399
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-12-10
Agency: Federal Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC" or "Commission") adopts amendments to the Telemarketing Sales Rule ("TSR" or "Rule") that extend the Rule's applicability to inbound telemarketing calls in response to an advertisement through any medium or direct mail solicitation in which technical support products or services are offered for sale.
Natural Grass Sod Promotion, Research, and Information Order
Document Number: 2024-28389
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2024-12-10
Agency: Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
This document proposes to establish an industry-funded promotion, research, and information program for natural grass sod products. The proposed program, the Natural Grass Sod Promotion, Research, and Information Order (Order), was submitted to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) by Turfgrass Producers International (TPI), a group of natural grass sod producers. The purpose of the program would be to maintain and expand markets for natural grass sod products and the program would be financed by an assessment on domestic sod producers. This proposed Order also announces that USDA is conducting a referendum among eligible producers to determine whether they favor establishing the program. The program would be established if it is favored by a majority of industry producers voting in the referendum. A separate final rule on referendum procedures is published in this issue of the Federal Register. This proposed Order also announces the Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) intent to request approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) of new information collection requirements to implement the program.
Natural Grass Sod Promotion, Research, and Information Order; Referendum Procedures
Document Number: 2024-28388
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-12-10
Agency: Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
This rule establishes procedures for conducting a referendum to determine whether issuance of the proposed Natural Grass Sod Promotion, Research, and Information Order (Order) is favored by natural grass sod producers. The procedures will also be used for any subsequent referenda under the Order. The proposed Order is published separately in this issue of the Federal Register.
List of Rules To Be Reviewed Pursuant to the Regulatory Flexibility Act
Document Number: 2024-28353
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2024-12-10
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Securities and Exchange Commission is publishing a list of rules to be reviewed pursuant to the Regulatory Flexibility Act. The list is published to provide the public with notice that these rules are scheduled for review by the agency and to invite public comment on whether the rules should be continued without change, or should be amended or rescinded to minimize any significant economic impact of the rules upon a substantial number of small entities.
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for the Peñasco Least Chipmunk and Designation of Critical Habitat
Document Number: 2024-28338
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-12-10
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), list the Pe[ntilde]asco least chipmunk (Neotamias minimus atristriatus), a mammal from New Mexico, as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Act), as amended. We also designate critical habitat. In total, approximately 1,774 hectares (4,386 acres) in Lincoln County, New Mexico, fall within the boundaries of the critical habitat designation. This rule extends the protections of the Act to this species and its designated critical habitat.
Chlorpyrifos; Tolerance Revocation
Document Number: 2024-28332
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2024-12-10
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA is proposing to revoke all tolerances for residues of chlorpyrifos, except for those associated with the use of chlorpyrifos on the following crops: alfalfa, apple, asparagus, tart cherry, citrus, cotton, peach, soybean, strawberry, sugar beet, and spring and winter wheat. This proposal also addresses the request to revoke all chlorpyrifos tolerances contained in the September 12, 2007, petition submitted by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA).
Testing, Evaluation, and Approval of Electric Motor-Driven Mine Equipment and Accessories
Document Number: 2024-28315
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-12-10
Agency: Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is revising its regulations that set out the testing, evaluation, and approval requirements for electric motor-driven mine equipment and accessories intended for use in gassy mines. Under this final rule, MSHA incorporates by reference eight ANSI-approved voluntary consensus standards that are suitable for gassy mining environments to protect against fire or explosion hazards, and accepts them as alternatives to the existing testing, evaluation, and approval requirements for electric motor-driven mine equipment and accessories. This final rule offers more flexibility in the testing, evaluation, and approval requirements that product designers and manufacturers must meet in seeking MSHA approvals. This final rule will promote the use of innovative and advanced technologies that lead to improvements in mine safety and health.
Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Contract Year 2026 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program, Medicare Cost Plan Program, and Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly
Document Number: 2024-27939
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2024-12-10
Agency: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services
This proposed rule would revise the Medicare Advantage (Part C), Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (Part D), Medicaid, Medicare cost plan, and Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) regulations to implement changes related to Star Ratings, marketing and communications, agent/broker compensation, health equity, drug coverage, dual eligible special needs plans (D-SNPs), utilization management, network adequacy, and other programmatic areas, including the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program. This proposed rule also includes proposals to codify existing subregulatory guidance in the Part C and Part D programs.
Defining Larger Participants of a Market for General-Use Digital Consumer Payment Applications
Document Number: 2024-27836
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-12-10
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issues this rule to define larger participants of a market for general-use digital consumer payment applications. Larger participants of this market will be subject to the CFPB's supervisory authority under the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA). A nonbank covered person qualifies as a larger participant if it facilitates an annual covered consumer payment transaction volume of at least 50 million transactions as defined in the rule, and it is not a small business concern.
International Traffic in Arms Regulations: Registration Fees
Document Number: 2024-29032
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-12-10
Agency: Department of State
The Department of State published a proposed rule on April 24, 2024, requesting comment on proposals to amend the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) by increasing and specifying the fees required for registration with the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC). The Department now responds to the public comments received in response to that proposed rule and issues this final rule.
Safety Zone; Los Angeles County Annual New Years Eve Fireworks Event
Document Number: 2024-28754
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-12-09
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard will enforce safety zones for the Los Angeles County Holiday Fireworks on December 14, 2024, and the Los Angeles County New Years Eve Fireworks on December 31, 2024 through January 1, 2025. These safety zones are to provide for the safety of life and property on the navigable waterways during these events. Our regulation for firework events within the Los Angeles Long Beach Captain of the Port Zone identifies the regulated areas for these firework events in Marina del Rey, CA. During the enforcement periods, the operator of any vessel in the regulated area must comply with directions from the Patrol Commander or any Official Patrol displaying a Coast Guard ensign.
Safety Zone; Santa Barbara Harbor, Santa Barbara, CA
Document Number: 2024-28752
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-12-09
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone for the navigable waters of Santa Barbara Harbor. The safety zone is needed to protect personnel, vessels, and the marine environment from potential hazards created by a fireworks display. Entry of vessels or persons into this zone is prohibited unless specifically authorized by the Captain of the Port Los Angeles-Long Beach.
Special Local Regulations; Marine Events Within the Eleventh Coast Guard District
Document Number: 2024-28751
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-12-09
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard will enforce multiple special local regulations codified in federal regulations for recurring marine events taking place in December 2024 located in the Los Angeles Long Beach Captain of the Port Area. This action is necessary and intended to provide for the safety of life and property on navigable waterways during these events. During the enforcement periods, the operator of any vessel in the regulated area must comply with directions from the Patrol Commander or any official patrol vessel displaying a Coast Guard ensign.
Amendment of VOR Federal Airways V-68, V-76, V-212, V-222, and V-558, and United States Area Navigation Route T-220 in the Vicinity of Industry, TX
Document Number: 2024-28750
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-12-09
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
This action amends Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range (VOR) Federal Airways V-68, V-212, and V-222, and United States Area Navigation (RNAV) Route T-220; and revokes VOR Federal Airway V-558. The proposed V-76 airway amendment is removed from this action due to the amendment already being accomplished by a separate airspace docket action. The FAA is taking this action due to the planned decommissioning of the VOR portion of the Industry, TX (IDU), VOR/ Tactical Air Navigation (VORTAC) navigational aid (NAVAID). The Industry VOR is being decommissioned in support of the FAA's VOR Minimum Operational Network (MON) Program.
Amendment of Jet Route J-538 and VOR Federal Airways V-129; Establishment of Canadian RNAV Routes Q-828, Q-945, Q-971, and T-797; and Revocation of Jet Routes J-483 and J-562; Northcentral United States
Document Number: 2024-28727
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2024-12-09
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
This action proposes to amend Jet Route J-538 and Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range (VOR) Federal Airway V-129; establish Canadian Area Navigation (RNAV) Routes Q-828, Q-945, Q-971, and T-797 within United States (U.S.) airspace; and revoke Jet Routes J-483 and J-562. The FAA is proposing this action due to NAV CANADA's decommissioning of the Sioux Narrows (VBI), Ontario (ON), Canada, Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range (VOR)/Distance Measuring Equipment (VOR/DME) navigational aid (NAVAID) and the planned decommissioning of the Lumsden (VLN), Saskatchewan (SK), Canada, VOR/Tactical Air Navigation (VORTAC) and Brandon (YBR), Manitoba (MB), Canada, VORTAC NAVAIDs. This action is proposed in support of NAV CANADA's NAVAID Modernization Program within Canada.
Amendment of Jet Routes J-60 and J-82, and VOR Federal Airways V-8, V-55, and V-221; and Revocation of VOR Federal Airways V-92 and V-126 in the Vicinity of Goshen, IN
Document Number: 2024-28726
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2024-12-09
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
This action proposes to amend Jet Routes J-60 and J-82, and Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range (VOR) Federal Airways V-8, V- 55, and V-221; and revoke VOR Federal Airways V-92 and V-126. The FAA is proposing this action due to the planned decommissioning of the VOR portion of the Goshen, IN (GSH), VOR/Tactical Air Navigation (VORTAC) navigational aid (NAVAID). The Goshen VOR is being decommissioned in support of the FAA's VOR Minimum Operational Network (MON) program.
Amendment of Jet Routes J-26, J-64 and J-181, and VOR Federal Airways V-10 and V-156; and Revocation of VOR Federal Airway V-262 in the Vicinity of Bradford, IL
Document Number: 2024-28725
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2024-12-09
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
This action proposes to amend Jet Routes J-26, J-64, and J- 181, and Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range (VOR) Federal Airways V-10 and V-156; and to revoke VOR Federal Airway V-262. The FAA is proposing this action due to the planned decommissioning of the VOR portion of the Bradford, IL (BDF), VOR/Tactical Air Navigation (VORTAC) navigational aid (NAVAID). The Bradford VOR is being decommissioned in support of the FAA's VOR Minimum Operational Network (MON) program.
Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes
Document Number: 2024-28780
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-12-09
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain The Boeing Company Model MD-11 and MD-11F airplanes. This AD was prompted by a report of a Model MD-11F airplane experiencing an uncommanded deployment of a thrust reverser in flight at low altitude. This AD requires initial and repetitive detailed inspections and repetitive wire integrity tests of the engine pylon thrust reverser control system wire harnesses, junction box assembly and junction box cover, left-side and right-side thrust reverser electrical harnesses, core (engine compartment) miscellaneous wire harness assembly, and 30- degree bulkhead wire harness assembly; and applicable on-condition actions. This AD also requires reporting inspection results. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.
Airworthiness Directives; Airbus SAS Airplanes
Document Number: 2024-28779
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-12-09
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Airbus SAS Model A321-251NX, -252NX, -253NX, -271NX, and -272NX airplanes. This AD was prompted by the discovery during a quality review performed during manufacturing, that a torque strip indicator (material "Dykem") had been applied on the orifice fitting on certain slides' inflation reservoirs' venting holes. This AD requires an inspection for discrepancies of affected parts (certain reservoirs having certain orifices) and replacement of discrepant affected parts, and prohibits installing affected parts, as specified in a European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) AD, which is incorporated by reference. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Bluefish Fishery; Quota Transfer From New York to North Carolina
Document Number: 2024-28776
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-12-09
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS announces that the State of New York is transferring a portion of their 2024 commercial bluefish quota to the State of North Carolina. This quota adjustment is necessary to comply with the Atlantic Bluefish Fishery Management Plan (FMP) quota transfer provisions. This announcement informs the public of the revised 2024 commercial bluefish quotas for New York and North Carolina.
Airworthiness Directives; Airbus SAS Airplanes
Document Number: 2024-28759
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2024-12-09
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Airbus SAS Model 330-200, A330-200 Freighter, and A330-300 series airplanes. This proposed AD was prompted by a report of contamination of the advanced pneumatic detector pressure switch of engine pylon fire detectors. This proposed AD would require replacement of the affected parts and would prohibit installation of affected parts, as specified in a European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) AD, which is proposed for incorporation by reference (IBR). The FAA is proposing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.
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