March 13, 2014 (Volume 79)

Federal Register March 13, 2014

View all documents issued on March 13, 2014. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

110 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on March 13, 2014

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Forest Service in the Federal Register of March 7, 2014 concerning a notice of meeting for the Del Norte Resource Advisory Committee. The document contained an incorrect date and location.
Notice Mar 13, 2014
The Trinity County Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet in Weaverville, California. 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...
Notice Mar 13, 2014

Requests for Nominations:

Title Type Published
The National Advisory Committee for Implementation of the National Forest System Land Management Planning Rule (Committee) was re-established on February 3, 2014, in the public interest, to continue providing advice and recommendations on the impleme...
Notice Mar 13, 2014
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is extending the call for nominations an additional fifteen days, from February 27, 2014, to March 14, 2014, for the solicitation of membership to the newly established Tongass Advisory Committee (Committee)....
Notice Mar 13, 2014

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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

Title Type Published
As a result of these sunset reviews, the Department of Commerce ("the Department") finds that revocation of the antidumping duty ("AD") orders on ferrovanadium from the People's Republic of China ("PRC") and the Republic of South Africa ("South Afric...
Notice Mar 13, 2014

Applications for Duty Free Entry of Scientific Instruments:

Denials of Export Privileges:

Expanded Manufacturing Authority Applications; Amendments:

Reorganizations under Alternative Site Frameworks:

Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) regulations, notification is hereby given that NMFS has issued an Incidental Harassment Authorization (IHA) to the National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Polar Programs, and Antarctic...
Notice Mar 13, 2014
Notice is hereby given that the National Ocean Service's Office of National Marine Sanctuaries Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary (GFNMS) has withdrawn its application for an Incidental Harassment Authorization (IHA). The following acti...
Notice Mar 13, 2014

Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Title Type Published
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is correcting final rules published in the Federal Register of November 14, 2013 (78 FR 68506). Those rules, 17 CFR Parts 1, 3, 22, 30, and 140, took effect on January 13, 2014. This correction amends A...
Rule Mar 13, 2014

Consumer Product Safety Commission logo Consumer Product Safety Commission

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

Title Type Published
As part of a federal government-wide effort to streamline the process to seek feedback from the public on service delivery, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (Commission or CPSC) announces that CPSC intends to submit a Generic Information Collec...
Notice Mar 13, 2014

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Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia

Title Type Published
CSOSA is proposing a new system of records, which will provide for the collection of information to track, verify, update, develop the skills of CSOSA employees, and to establish and maintain an electronic system to facilitate the management of CSOSA...
Notice Mar 13, 2014

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) announces a proposed public information collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are invited on...
Notice Mar 13, 2014
The Defense Finance and Accounting Service is amending a system of records notice, T7335, entitled "Defense Civilian Pay System (DCPS)" in its existing inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended. This system is used to...
Notice Mar 13, 2014

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
Combined Filings
Notice Mar 13, 2014
Combined Filings
Notice Mar 13, 2014
Combined Filings
Notice Mar 13, 2014

Energy Conservation Programs:

Title Type Published
In this notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) proposes to revise its test procedures established under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) for packaged terminal air conditioners (PTACs) and packaged termi...
Proposed Rule Mar 13, 2014

Initial Market-Based Rate Filings Including Requests for Blanket Section 204 Authorization:

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is finalizing approval of revisions to the South Coast Air Quality Management District and El Dorado County Air Quality Management District portions of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). The Sout...
Rule Mar 13, 2014

Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Revisions:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking direct final action to approve revisions to the Placer County Air Pollution Control District (PCAPCD) portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). These revisions concern volatile orga...
Rule Mar 13, 2014
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve revisions to the Placer County Air Pollution Control District (PCAPCD) portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). These revisions concern volatile organic compound (VOC...
Proposed Rule Mar 13, 2014

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public teleconference of the Chartered CASAC and the CASAC Ozone Review Panel to review and finalize CASAC draft letters on three EPA documents: (1) Healt...
Notice Mar 13, 2014
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces three public teleconferences of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) Air Monitoring and Methods Subcommittee (AMMS) to conduct a review of th...
Notice Mar 13, 2014

Pesticide Registrations:

Title Type Published
This notice announces EPA's order for the cancellations, voluntarily requested by the registrants and accepted by the Agency, of the products listed in Table 1 of Unit II., pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)....
Notice Mar 13, 2014

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Government Agencies and Employees:

Title Type Published
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act; Sequestration Order for FY 2015 (Order of March 10, 2014)
Presidential Document Mar 13, 2014

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Meetings:

Title Type Published
In this document, the Commission released a public notice announcing the closed meeting and agenda of the North American Numbering Council (NANC). The intended effect of this action is to make the public aware of the NANC's closed meeting and agenda.
Notice Mar 13, 2014

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

DoddFrank Act:

No documents available.

Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission logo Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Mar 13, 2014

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

DoddFrank Act:

No documents available.

Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board logo Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Mar 13, 2014

Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

Title Type Published
As part of its ongoing, systematic review of all Federal Trade Commission rules and guides, the Commission announces a modified ten- year regulatory review schedule. No Commission determination on the need for, or the substance of, the rules and guid...
Proposed Rule Mar 13, 2014

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

Acquisition Regulations:

Title Type Published
The General Services Administration (GSA) is issuing a final rule amending the General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) to add a Modifications (Federal Supply Schedule) clause, and an Alternate I version of the clause that will r...
Rule Mar 13, 2014

Federal Management Regulation Bulletins:

Title Type Published
The purpose of this notice is to announce FMR Bulletin C-2. The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) recently completed a review of agencies' lease files for space acquired using a delegation of leasing authority from GSA in accordance with Fed...
Notice Mar 13, 2014

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Mar 13, 2014
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Mar 13, 2014
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Mar 13, 2014
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Mar 13, 2014
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Mar 13, 2014
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 Mar 13, 2014

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

Title Type Published
In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), wil...
Notice Mar 13, 2014
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Mar 13, 2014

Food Additives Permitted in Feed and Drinking Water of Animals:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the regulations for food additives permitted in feed and drinking water of animals to provide for the safe use of benzoic acid as an acidifying agent in swine feed. This action is in response to a fo...
Rule Mar 13, 2014

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Mar 13, 2014
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Notice Mar 13, 2014
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Notice Mar 13, 2014
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Notice Mar 13, 2014
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Notice Mar 13, 2014

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
This final rule removes the regulations that implement the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). FEMA's implementation of FACA is now governed by the rules promulgated by the General Services Admini...
Rule Mar 13, 2014

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

Title Type Published
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 Mar 13, 2014

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

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

Title Type Published
HUD is seeking approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the information collection described below. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is requesting comment from all interested parties on the proposed collection of...
Notice Mar 13, 2014

Federal Housing Administration Handling Prepayments:

Title Type Published
This rule proposes to revise FHA's regulations that allow an FHA-approved mortgagee to charge the mortgagor interest through the end of the month in which the mortgage is being paid. The proposed change would prohibit mortgagees from charging post-pa...
Proposed Rule Mar 13, 2014

Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act:

Title Type Published
This notice announces the third meeting of the negotiated rulemaking committee.
Proposed Rule Mar 13, 2014

Interior Department logo Interior Department

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

Title Type Published
To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), we are notifying the public that we have submitted to OMB an information collection request (ICR) for approval of the paperwork requirements in the regulations under Oil and Gas and Sulphur Op...
Notice Mar 13, 2014
To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), we are notifying the public that we have submitted to OMB an information collection request (ICR) for approval of the paperwork requirements in the regulations under Oil and Gas and Sulphur Op...
Notice Mar 13, 2014

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the reopening of the public comment period on the June 4, 2013, proposed revised designation of critical habitat for the Salt Creek tiger beetle (Cicindela nevadica lincolniana) under the End...
Proposed Rule Mar 13, 2014
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a 12-month finding on a petition to reclassify the tidewater goby (Eucyclogobius newberryi) as threatened under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). The species is currently...
Proposed Rule Mar 13, 2014

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. Appendix 1-16) that the Preservation Technology and Training Board of the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (NCPTT) will meet on March 31, 2...
Notice Mar 13, 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 grant the parties' joint motion to terminate the investigation on the basis of a settlement agreement.
Notice Mar 13, 2014

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
Proposed Consent Decrees
Notice Mar 13, 2014

Final Judgements:

Title Type Published
United States, et al. v. US Airways Group, Inc., et al.
Notice Mar 13, 2014

Manufacturers of Controlled Substances; Applications:

Manufacturers of Controlled Substances; Registrations:

Title Type Published
Cambrex Charles City, Inc.
Notice Mar 13, 2014
Cedarburg Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Notice Mar 13, 2014
GE Healthcare
Notice Mar 13, 2014
Johnson Matthey, Inc.
Notice Mar 13, 2014
Johnson Matthey, Inc.
Notice Mar 13, 2014
Morton Grove Pharmaceuticals
Notice Mar 13, 2014
Nektar Therapeutics
Notice Mar 13, 2014
Pharmacore, Inc.
Notice Mar 13, 2014
Research Triangle Institute
Notice Mar 13, 2014
Stepan Co.
Notice Mar 13, 2014

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Request for Nominations:

Title Type Published
The Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health requests nominations for membership on the Whistleblower Protection Advisory Committee (WPAC).
Notice Mar 13, 2014

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities logo National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

Title Type Published
The National Endowment for the Arts, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on propose...
Notice Mar 13, 2014

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National Transportation Safety Board

Title Type Published
The NTSB is announcing it is submitting a plan for an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This ICR Plan describes various evaluation forms the...
Notice Mar 13, 2014

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

License Exemptions:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing an exemption in response to a June 25, 2013, request from NextEra Energy, Seabrook, LLC, requesting an exemption for the use of a different fuel rod cladding material (Optimized ZIRLO\TM\).
Notice Mar 13, 2014

P
Postal Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The Commission is noticing a recent Postal Service filing requesting the addition of PHI Acquisitions, Inc. to the market dominant product list. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative step...
Notice Mar 13, 2014

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Mar 13, 2014
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Mar 13, 2014
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Mar 13, 2014
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Mar 13, 2014
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Mar 13, 2014
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Mar 13, 2014
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Mar 13, 2014

Applications:

Title Type Published
Notice of an application for an order pursuant to section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("Act") granting an exemption from sections 18(f) and 21(b) of the Act; pursuant to section 12(d)(1)(J) of the Act granting an exemption from section 12(d)(1) of the Act; pursuant to sections 6(c) and 17(b) of the Act granting an exemption from sections 17(a)(1), 17(a)(2) and 17(a)(3) of the Act; and pursuant to section 17(d) of the Act and rule 17d-1 under the Act to permit certain joint arrangements.
Notice Mar 13, 2014

State Department logo State Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Industry Advisory Group
Notice Mar 13, 2014

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Acquisition and Operation Exemptions:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
The Board is granting an exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502 from the prior approval requirements of 49 U.S.C. 11323-25 for Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP), a Class I rail carrier, to acquire and operate 0.8 miles of rail line owned by Brownsville an...
Notice Mar 13, 2014

T
Trade Representative, Office of United States

Title Type Published
The United States Trade Representative (Trade Representative) has determined that certain intellectual property rights (IPR) acts, policies, and practices of Ukraine are unreasonable and burden or restrict United States commerce and are thus actionab...
Notice Mar 13, 2014

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
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 Mar 13, 2014

Acquisition and Operation Exemptions:

No documents available.

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

Title Type Published
The Department of Transportation (DOT) invites public comments about our intention to request Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for a new information collection. The information collection involves eligibility, demographic, and debriefin...
Notice Mar 13, 2014

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
We are revising Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2011-22-05 for Eurocopter France (Eurocopter) Model AS350B, B1, B2, B3, BA, C, D, D1, AS355E, F, F1, F2, N, and NP helicopters with certain tail rotor (T/R) pitch control rods (control rods) installed. AD...
Rule Mar 13, 2014

Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications:

Title Type Published
FMCSA announces receipt of applications from 13 individuals for an exemption from the prohibition against persons with a clinical diagnosis of epilepsy or any other condition which is likely to cause a loss of consciousness or any loss of ability to...
Notice Mar 13, 2014
FMCSA announces its decision to exempt 33 individuals from the vision requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs). They are unable to meet the vision requirement in one eye for various reasons. The exemptions will enable thes...
Notice Mar 13, 2014
FMCSA announces its decision to renew the exemptions from the vision requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations for 17 individuals. FMCSA has statutory authority to exempt individuals from the vision requirement if the exemptions gra...
Notice Mar 13, 2014
FMCSA announces its decision to renew the exemptions from the vision requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations for 23 individuals. FMCSA has statutory authority to exempt individuals from the vision requirement if the exemptions gra...
Notice Mar 13, 2014

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

DoddFrank Act:

Title Type Published
The Board, FDIC, and OCC, (collectively, the agencies) are issuing this guidance, which outlines principles for implementation of the stress tests required under section 165(i)(2) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd...
Rule Mar 13, 2014

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