January 24, 2014 (Volume 79)

Federal Register January 24, 2014

View all documents issued on January 24, 2014. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

76 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on January 24, 2014

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Jan 24, 2014
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) is proposing changes to the rules of practice to facilitate the examination of patent applications and to provide greater transparency concerning the ownership of patent applications and patents....
Proposed Rule Jan 24, 2014

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:

Title Type Published
The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, a...
Notice Jan 24, 2014

Approval of Subzone Status:

Title Type Published
Philips 66 Co.; Rodeo, CA
Notice Jan 24, 2014

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's (Council) Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Advisory Panel will hold a public meeting.
Notice Jan 24, 2014
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold public meetings.
Notice Jan 24, 2014
The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC) will hold a series of public port meetings as part of the Council Visioning Project.
Notice Jan 24, 2014

Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled logo Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

Title Type Published
The Committee is proposing to add a service and products to the Procurement List that will be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities and to delete products and a service previously furnished...
Notice Jan 24, 2014
This action adds products to the Procurement List that will be furnished by the nonprofit agency employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and deletes products and a service from the Procurement List previously furnished by s...
Notice Jan 24, 2014

Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Title Type Published
On September 12, 2013, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("Commission") published in the Federal Register a Concept Release on Risk Controls and System Safeguards for Automated Trading Environments ("Concept Release"). The Concept Release addr...
Proposed Rule Jan 24, 2014

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District (District), is preparing a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) to ascertain compliance with applicable Federal and State environmental laws for the authorized Raritan Bay and Sandy Ho...
Notice Jan 24, 2014

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
This document contains corrections to the final rule (RM13-2- 000) which was published in the Federal Register of Thursday, December 5, 2013 (78 FR 73239). The regulations revised the pro forma Small Generator Interconnection Procedures (SGIP) and pr...
Rule Jan 24, 2014
Staff Attendances
Notice Jan 24, 2014

Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
PayneBridge, LLC
Notice Jan 24, 2014

Technical Conferences:

Title Type Published
Revisions to Electric Quarterly Report Filing Process
Notice Jan 24, 2014

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.
Notice Jan 24, 2014

Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve the State of West Virginia's requests to redesignate to attainment the Charleston nonattainment area for the 1997 annual and the 2006 24-hour fine particulate matter (PM<INF>2.5</INF>)...
Proposed Rule Jan 24, 2014

Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving the State of North Carolina's April 12, 2013, State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision to its approved maintenance plan for the Greensboro/ Winston-Salem/High Point 1997 8-hour Ozone Maintenance...
Rule Jan 24, 2014

Nominations:

Title Type Published
This notice provides the names, addresses, professional affiliations, and selected biographical data of persons recently nominated to serve on the Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) established under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide A...
Notice Jan 24, 2014

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Government Agencies and Employees:

Title Type Published
Afghanistan and Pakistan Strategic Partnership Office; Establishment, and Executive Order 12163, Amendment (EO 13656)
Presidential Document Jan 24, 2014

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
In this document, the Commission seeks comment on its proposal to eliminate the sports blackout rules. Elimination of the sports blackout rules alone likely would not end sports blackouts, but it would leave sports carriage issues to private solution...
Proposed Rule Jan 24, 2014

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jan 24, 2014

Federal Election Commission logo Federal Election Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jan 24, 2014

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Title Type Published
Agreements Filed
Notice Jan 24, 2014

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Jan 24, 2014
In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of Health and Human Services, announces plans to submit an Information Collection Request (ICR), described below, to the Off...
Notice Jan 24, 2014

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Notice of public workshop; request for comments.
Notice Jan 24, 2014
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney and Diseases
Notice Jan 24, 2014
As stipulated by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service (DHHS) is hereby giving notice that the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) will hold a meeting; the primary topic of discussion will b...
Notice Jan 24, 2014

Summary Report and Requested Labeling Changes:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is publishing a summary report of the pediatric studies of sodium nitroprusside conducted in accordance with the Public Health Service Act (the PHS Act) and is making available requested labeling changes for sod...
Notice Jan 24, 2014

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
Base (1% annual-chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and modified BFEs are made final for the communities listed below. The BFEs and modified BFEs are the basis for the floodplain management measures that each community is required either to adopt or to s...
Rule Jan 24, 2014
Base (1% annual-chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and modified BFEs are made final for the communities listed below. The BFEs and modified BFEs are the basis for the floodplain management measures that each community is required either to adopt or to s...
Rule Jan 24, 2014
Base (1% annual-chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and modified BFEs are made final for the communities listed below. The BFEs and modified BFEs are the basis for the floodplain management measures that each community is required either to adopt or to s...
Rule Jan 24, 2014
Base (1% annual-chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and modified BFEs are made final for the communities listed below. The BFEs and modified BFEs are the basis for the floodplain management measures that each community is required either to adopt or to s...
Rule Jan 24, 2014
Base (1% annual-chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and modified BFEs are made final for the communities listed below. The BFEs and modified BFEs are the basis for the floodplain management measures that each community is required either to adopt or to s...
Rule Jan 24, 2014
This rule identifies communities where the sale of flood insurance has been authorized under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) that are scheduled for suspension on the effective dates listed within this rule because of noncompliance with th...
Rule Jan 24, 2014

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:

Title Type Published
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment upon this proposed extension of a currently approved collection of information or new collec...
Notice Jan 24, 2014
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the...
Notice Jan 24, 2014

Safety Zones:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is adding a permanent security zone, which will be enforced 2 weeks each year, on the Detroit River, Detroit, Michigan. This security zone is intended to restrict vessels from a portion of the Detroit River in order to ensure the safe...
Rule Jan 24, 2014

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Title Type Published
This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for use to assist the homeless.
Notice Jan 24, 2014

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Permit Applications:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities endangered species, marine mammals, or both. With some exceptions, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and Marine Mammal Pro...
Notice Jan 24, 2014

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Investigations; Terminations, Modifications, Rulings, etc.:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined to extend the target date for completion of the above-captioned investigation and to solicit additional briefing from the parties and the public.
Notice Jan 24, 2014
Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on December 23, 2013, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Tela Innovations, Inc. of Los Gatos, California...
Notice Jan 24, 2014
Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on December 18, 2013, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Pragmatus Mobile, LLC of Alexandria, Virginia....
Notice Jan 24, 2014

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:

Title Type Published
OSHA solicits public comments concerning its proposal to extend OMB approval of the information collection requirements specified in the Gear Certification Standard (29 CFR part 1919).
Notice Jan 24, 2014
OSHA solicits public comments concerning its proposal to extend the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval of the information collection requirements specified in the OSHA-7 Form.
Notice Jan 24, 2014
OSHA solicits public comments concerning its proposal to extend OMB approval of the information collection requirements specified in the Standard on Ethylene Oxide (EtO) (29 CFR 1910.1047). The standard protects workers from adverse health effects fr...
Notice Jan 24, 2014

Petitions:

Title Type Published
Section 101(c) of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 and 30 CFR part 44 govern the application, processing, and disposition of petitions for modification. This notice is a summary of petitions for modification submitted to the Mine Safety...
Notice Jan 24, 2014

N
National Science Foundation

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering
Notice Jan 24, 2014

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal and Strategic Assessment of Low-Level Radioactive Waste Regulatory Program:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) plans to conduct a public workshop to discuss proposed revisions to its Low-Level Radioactive Waste (LLRW) disposal regulations and gather information on an update to the NRC's 2007 Strategic Assessment of...
Proposed Rule Jan 24, 2014

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Postal Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The Commission is noticing a recent Postal Service filing requesting the addition of Priority Mail Contract 76 to the competitive product list. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps...
Notice Jan 24, 2014
The Commission is adjusting its approach to issuing a report on the Postal Service's Performance Report and Performance Plan. Previously, the Commission has included its report as part of the Annual Compliance Determination. Starting with FY 2013, th...
Notice Jan 24, 2014
The Commission is noticing a recent Postal Service filing requesting the addition of Priority Mail Contract 75 to the competitive product list. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps...
Notice Jan 24, 2014

Postal Service logo Postal Service

Title Type Published
This document announces the postponement of the implementation date for the revised service standards for market-dominant mail products that were scheduled to take effect on February 1, 2014, as part of the Network Rationalization initiative. The new...
Rule Jan 24, 2014

Product Changes:

Title Type Published
The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.
Notice Jan 24, 2014
The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.
Notice Jan 24, 2014

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Title Type Published
BOX Options Exchange LLC
Notice Jan 24, 2014
BOX Options Exchange LLC
Notice Jan 24, 2014
BOX Options Exchange LLC
Notice Jan 24, 2014
Boston Stock Exchange Clearing Corp., et al.
Notice Jan 24, 2014
Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.
Notice Jan 24, 2014
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
Notice Jan 24, 2014
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
Notice Jan 24, 2014
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice Jan 24, 2014
NYSE MKT LLC
Notice Jan 24, 2014
New York Stock Exchange LLC
Notice Jan 24, 2014
The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Notice Jan 24, 2014
The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Notice Jan 24, 2014

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Trade Representative, Office of United States

Title Type Published
In the 2013 Special 301 Report (www.ustr.gov), the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced that, in order to monitor progress on specific intellectual property rights (IPR) issues, an Out-of-Cycle Review (OCR) would be condu...
Notice Jan 24, 2014

WTO Dispute Settlement Proceedings:

Title Type Published
The Office of the United States Trade Representative ("USTR") is providing notice that on December 3, 2013, the People's Republic of China ("China") requested consultations with the United States under the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World T...
Notice Jan 24, 2014

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Establishment and Modification of Area Navigation (RNAV) Routes:

Title Type Published
This action establishes 14 RNAV Q-routes and modifies 4 Q- routes to enhance the efficiency of the National Airspace System (NAS) by improving the flow of air traffic in the vicinity of Atlanta, GA, and Charlotte, NC.
Rule Jan 24, 2014

Track Safety Standards:

Title Type Published
FRA is amending the Federal Track Safety Standards to promote the safety of railroad operations by enhancing rail flaw detection processes. In particular, FRA is establishing minimum qualification requirements for rail flaw detection equipment operat...
Rule Jan 24, 2014

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on a revision of an existing information collection, as required by the Paper...
Notice Jan 24, 2014
This document contains corrections to final regulations (TD 9649) that were published in the Federal Register on Thursday, December 12, 2013 (78 FR 75471). The final regulations are relating to agents authorized by the secretary under section 3504 of...
Rule Jan 24, 2014

Arbitrage Rebate Overpayments on Tax-Exempt Bonds:

Title Type Published
This document cancels a public hearing on proposed regulations that provide guidance on the recovery of overpayments of arbitrage rebate on tax-exempt bonds and other tax-advantaged bonds.
Proposed Rule Jan 24, 2014

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