February 4, 2014 (Volume 79)

Federal Register February 4, 2014

View all documents issued on February 4, 2014. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

104 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on February 4, 2014

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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Rural Development, a mission area within the U.S. Department of Agriculture comprised of the Rural Housing Service (RHS), Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBS) and Rural Utilities Service (RUS), hereafter referred to as the Agency, is proposing to...
Proposed Rule Feb 04, 2014
In accordance with legislation implementing the results of the Uruguay Round of negotiations under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, we are informing the public of the international standard- setting activities of the World Organization for...
Notice Feb 04, 2014

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

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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, this notice invites the public and other public agencies to comment on a proposed information collection burden for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Employment and Training (E&T) Pr...
Notice Feb 04, 2014

Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

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We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has prepared an environmental assessment concerning authorization to ship for the purpose of field testing, and then to field test, an unlicensed Porcine Reproductive and...
Notice Feb 04, 2014

Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010:

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This proposed rule would establish minimum professional standards for school nutrition personnel who manage and operate the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs. The proposed rule would also institute hiring standards for the selection...
Proposed Rule Feb 04, 2014

Meetings:

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The Ravalli County Resource Advisory Committee will meet in Hamilton, MT. The committee is authorized under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (Pub. L 110-343) (the Act) and operates in compliance with the Federal Advisory...
Notice Feb 04, 2014

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments
Notice Feb 04, 2014

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

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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 Feb 04, 2014

Antidumping Duty Investigations; Results, Extensions, Amendments, etc.:

Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Orders; Results, Extensions, Amendments, etc.:

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As a result of the determinations by the Department of Commerce (the Department) and the U.S. International Trade Commission (the USITC) that revocation of the antidumping duty (AD) order and revocation of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on certa...
Notice Feb 04, 2014

Appeals:

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This announcement provides notice that the Department of Commerce (Department) has received a "Notice of Appeal" filed by CBS Outdoor, Inc. (Appellant) requesting that the Secretary override an objection by the California Coastal Commission to a cons...
Notice Feb 04, 2014
This announcement provides notice that the Department of Commerce (Department) has received a "Notice of Appeal" filed by CBS Outdoor, Inc. (Appellant) requesting that the Secretary override an objection by the California Coastal Commission to a cons...
Notice Feb 04, 2014

Fisheries Off West Coast States:

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NMFS issues this final rule to implement the annual catch limit (ACL), acceptable biological catch (ABC), annual catch target (ACT) and associated annual reference points for Pacific mackerel in the U.S. exclusive economic zone (EEZ) off the Pacific...
Rule Feb 04, 2014
NMFS proposes to implement an annual catch limit (ACL), harvest guideline (HG), annual catch target (ACT), and associated annual reference points for Pacific sardine in the U.S. exclusive economic zone (EEZ) off the Pacific coast for a one-time inter...
Proposed Rule Feb 04, 2014

Meetings:

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This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda for a meeting of the CINTAC.
Notice Feb 04, 2014
This notice announces a public meeting of the Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee (Committee). The Committee provides advice to the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and the National Telecommunications and...
Notice Feb 04, 2014
The Hydrographic Services Review Panel (HSRP) is a Federal Advisory Committee established to advise the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere on matters related to the responsibilities and authorities set forth in section 303 of the H...
Notice Feb 04, 2014

Permit Modifications:

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Notice is hereby given that the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Division of Fish and Wildlife, (Arnold Palacios, Responsible Party) has been issued a modification to scientific research Permit No. 15661.
Notice Feb 04, 2014

Takes of Marine Mammals during Specified Activities:

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NMFS has received an application from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) for an Incidental Harassment Authorization (IHA) to take small numbers of marine mammals, by Level B harassment, incidental to confined blasting operations in the Port of M...
Notice Feb 04, 2014

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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As part of an effort to streamline the process to seek feedback from the public on service delivery, DoDIG has submitted a Generic Information Collection Request (Generic ICR): "Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency S...
Notice Feb 04, 2014
The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated July 21, 1996.
Notice Feb 04, 2014
The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated July 21, 1996.
Notice Feb 04, 2014
The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated July 21, 1996.
Notice Feb 04, 2014

Education Department logo Education Department

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

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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is proposing a new information collection.
Notice Feb 04, 2014
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is proposing an extension of an existing information collection.
Notice Feb 04, 2014

Meetings:

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This notice sets forth the schedule and agenda of the meeting of the President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The notice also describes the functions of the Board. Notice of the meeting is required by section 10(...
Notice Feb 04, 2014

Energy Department logo Energy Department

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Combined Filings
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Combined Filings
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Combined Filings
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Combined Filings
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Combined Filings
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Meetings:

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The Department of Energy (DOE) today gives notice of a workshop hosted by the Bioenergy Technologies Office's (BETO's) Demonstration and Deployment Program to discuss the current state of technology and efforts needed to achieve affordable, scalable,...
Notice Feb 04, 2014

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
This Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) requests public comment and information on potential approaches to updating the Environmental Protection Agency's "Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Nuclear Power Operations" (40 CFR pa...
Proposed Rule Feb 04, 2014
EPA is finalizing a significant new use rule (SNUR) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for chemical substances identified generically as complex strontium aluminate, rare earth doped, which were the subject of several premanufacture notice...
Rule Feb 04, 2014

California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards:

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is granting the California Air Resources Board's (CARB's) request for authorization of amendments to California's Off-Highway Recreational Vehicles and Engines (OHRV) regulations, confirming that certain OHRV...
Notice Feb 04, 2014

Meetings:

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces a public webinar for the Clean Air Act Advisory Committee (CAAAC) on EPA's greenhouse gas standards (i.e., the Clean Air Act 111(d) standards). The EPA established the CAAAC on November 19, 1990, to...
Notice Feb 04, 2014

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Title Type Published
Retirement Savings Security (Memorandum of January 29, 2014)
Presidential Document Feb 04, 2014

Defense and National Security:

Title Type Published
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012; Delegation of Authority (Memorandum of January 20, 2014)
Presidential Document Feb 04, 2014

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
On March 25, 2011, the Board published a notice of proposed rulemaking ("2011 proposal") intended to facilitate the banking industry's ongoing transition to fully electronic interbank check collection and return. Based on its analysis of the comments...
Proposed Rule Feb 04, 2014

Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

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

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The information collection requirements described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act ("PRA"). The FTC is seeking public comments on its proposal to renew its P...
Notice Feb 04, 2014

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
The inventions listed below are owned by an agency of the U.S. Government and are available for licensing in the U.S. in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR Part 404 to achieve expeditious commercialization of results of federally-funded researc...
Notice Feb 04, 2014

Medicare and Medicaid Programs:

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This notice provides eligible entities with the information necessary to apply for participation in the Frontier Community Health Integration Project (FCHIP) demonstration. The demonstration is designed to better integrate the delivery of acute care,...
Notice Feb 04, 2014

Medicare, Medicaid, and Children's Health Insurance Programs:

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This document announces the imposition of temporary moratoria on the enrollment of new ambulance suppliers and home health agencies in designated geographic locations to prevent and combat fraud, waste, and abuse.
Rule Feb 04, 2014

Meetings:

Title Type Published
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Notice Feb 04, 2014

Requests for Information:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration ("FDA" or "we") is announcing the opening of a docket to obtain comments and scientific data and information that will help us to implement the section of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) that requires FDA...
Notice Feb 04, 2014

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

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Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), the Department of Homeland Security ("Department" or "DHS") proposes to modify the current Department of Homeland Security system of records notice titled, "Department of Homeland Security/ALL--001...
Notice Feb 04, 2014

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

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the Department of Homeland Security will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Redu...
Notice Feb 04, 2014

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of Customs and Border Protection (COAC) will meet on February 20, 2014, in Washington, DC. The meeting will be open to the public.
Notice Feb 04, 2014
The Towing Safety Advisory Committee (TSAC) will meet via teleconference to present and discuss its final report on Recommendations for the Improvement of Automatic Identification System Encoding for Towing Vessels, receive status reports from nine T...
Notice Feb 04, 2014

Safety Zones:

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The Coast Guard is establishing a permanent safety zone on the navigable waters of Port Valdez within a 200-yard radius of the Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) Port Valdez Ferry Terminal. The purpose of the safety zone is to restrict all vessels e...
Rule Feb 04, 2014

Special Local Regulations for Marine Events:

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The Coast Guard proposes to establish special local regulations during the "Oxford-Bellevue Sharkfest Swim", a marine event to be held on the waters of the Tred Avon River on May 10, 2014. These special local regulations are necessary to provide for...
Proposed Rule Feb 04, 2014

Special Local Regulations:

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The Coast Guard is updating the list of marine events that occur annually within the Eleventh Coast Guard District. These updates include adding specific marine events to the list of marine events held annually in the Eleventh Coast Guard District as...
Rule Feb 04, 2014

Waterway Suitability Assessments:

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The Coast Guard, at Sector Houston-Galveston, announces receipt of a Letter of Intent (LOI) and Waterways Suitability Assessment (WSA) for two separate proposed construction projects expanding existing Liquefied Hazardous Gas (LHG) facilities in Hous...
Notice Feb 04, 2014

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

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This notice announces the intent of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to conduct the American Housing Survey (AHS) for 2015 with a new national sample and up to 30 metropolitan area samples. As part of the planning for the 2015 AH...
Notice Feb 04, 2014

Interior Department logo Interior Department

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Members of the public are invited to participate with Cahaba Resources, LLC, on a pro rata cost-sharing basis in a program for the exploration of coal deposits owned by the United States of America in lands located in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, enco...
Notice Feb 04, 2014

Inventory Completions:

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The Field Museum of Natural History has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is a cultural affiliat...
Notice Feb 04, 2014
The Museum of Anthropology at Washington State University has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there...
Notice Feb 04, 2014
The State Historical Society of Wisconsin has completed an inventory of human remains, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the human rem...
Notice Feb 04, 2014
The State Historical Society of Wisconsin has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is no cultural a...
Notice Feb 04, 2014
The University of Colorado Museum of Natural History has completed an inventory of human remains, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation between th...
Notice Feb 04, 2014

Meetings:

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In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Northwest Colorado Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet as indicat...
Notice Feb 04, 2014
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a public meeting of the Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council (Council). A Federal advisory committee, the Council was created in part to foster partnerships to enhance public awarene...
Notice Feb 04, 2014

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Investigations; Terminations, Modifications and Rulings, etc.:

Title Type Published
Sodium Nitrite from China and Germany
Notice Feb 04, 2014

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Importers of Controlled Substances; Applications:

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S and B Pharma, Inc.
Notice Feb 04, 2014

Importers of Controlled Substances; Registrations:

Manufacturers of Controlled Substances; Applications:

Manufacturers of Controlled Substances; Registrations:

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Committee Membership:

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On April 12, 2013, the Acting Secretary of Labor announced, the reestablishment of the Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (MACOSH). On January 16, 2014, he selected 15 members and a Special Agency Liaison to serve on the C...
Notice Feb 04, 2014

Library of Congress logo Library of Congress

Meetings:

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The United States Copyright Office will be holding three public meetings in connection with its project of reengineering the recordation of documents pertaining to copyrights. A Notice of Inquiry in connection with this project was published in the F...
Notice Feb 04, 2014

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Title Type Published
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 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 inf...
Notice Feb 04, 2014

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National Science Foundation

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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Feb 04, 2014

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Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Feb 04, 2014

Facility Operating Licenses:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) received and is considering approval of two amendment requests. The amendment requests are for Turkey Point Nuclear Generating, Units 3 and 4; and Seabrook Station, Unit 1. For each amendment request, the...
Notice Feb 04, 2014

Facility Operating and Combined Licenses:

Title Type Published
Applications and Amendments Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations
Notice Feb 04, 2014

Orders:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued a general license to South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (SCEG), authorizing the operation of an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI), in accordance with its regulations. This O...
Notice Feb 04, 2014

Standard Review Plans:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a final revision to the following section of NUREG-0800, "Standard Review Plan for the Review of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants: LWR Edition." The final revision is the Standar...
Notice Feb 04, 2014

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

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

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Title Type Published
The Small Business Administration (SBA) is publishing this notice to comply with requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), which requires agencies to submit proposed reporting and recordkeeping requirements to OMB for...
Notice Feb 04, 2014

Requests for Proposals:

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This call for proposals ("Call") invites experienced early stage fund managers to submit the preliminary materials discussed in Section II below, in the form of the Small Business Investment Company ("SBIC") Management Assessment Questionnaire ("MAQ"...
Notice Feb 04, 2014

State Department logo State Department

Title Type Published
The Department of State has publically released its Service Contract Inventory for FY 13 and its analysis of the FY 12 inventory. They are available here: http://csm.state.gov/content.asp?content-- id=135&menu--id=71. Section 743 of Division C of the...
Notice Feb 04, 2014

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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This notice contains a summary of a petition seeking relief from specified requirements of 14 CFR. The purpose of this notice is to improve the public's awareness of, and participation in, this aspect of FAA's regulatory activities. Neither publicati...
Notice Feb 04, 2014
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is currently finalizing its 2014-2018 strategic plan, and announces that it will hold a public listening session to solicit public comment on emerging or potential traffic safety problems and...
Notice Feb 04, 2014

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

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval to renew an information collection. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day commen...
Notice Feb 04, 2014
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval to renew an information collection. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day commen...
Notice Feb 04, 2014

Restricted Areas R3008A, B, C, and D:

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This action proposes to amend the time of designation for restricted areas R-3008A, B, C, and D, Grand Bay Weapons Range, GA, by expanding the timeframe during which the areas may be activated without prior issuance of a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM). Thi...
Proposed Rule Feb 04, 2014

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the Coin Modernization, Oversight, and Continuity Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-302), the United States Mint announces a stakeholder meeting for the purpose of obtaining direct, first-hand input on the impacts of alternative metal compositions...
Notice Feb 04, 2014

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