August 12, 2014 (Volume 79)

Federal Register August 12, 2014

View all documents issued on August 12, 2014. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

105 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on August 12, 2014

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Aug 12, 2014
This rule adjusts representation on the Cattlemen's Beef Promotion and Research Board (Board), established under the Beef Promotion and Research Act of 1985 (Act), to reflect changes in cattle inventories as well as cattle and beef imports that have...
Rule Aug 12, 2014

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

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The Forest Service proposes ecological restoration in the Tobias Forest Ecosystem Restoration Project (Tobias Project) by encouraging a healthy and diverse forest ecosystem that is resilient to the effects of wildfire, drought, disease, and other dis...
Notice Aug 12, 2014

Funding Availability:

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This notice announces the availability of funds and solicits applications from eligible institutions to compete for financial assistance in the form of a grant to establish a Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers Policy Research Center (The Cen...
Notice Aug 12, 2014

Civil Rights Commission logo Civil Rights Commission

Meetings:

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Rhode Island Advisory Committee
Notice Aug 12, 2014

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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The Department of Commerce ("Department") hereby publishes a list of scope rulings and anticircumvention determinations made between April 1, 2014, and June 30, 2014, inclusive. We intend to publish future lists after the close of the next calendar q...
Notice Aug 12, 2014

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:

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The Department of Commerce ("Department") received information sufficient to warrant initiation of a changed circumstances review of the antidumping duty order on certain pasta ("pasta") from Italy. Specifically, based upon a request filed by La Moli...
Notice Aug 12, 2014
As a result of the determinations by the Department of Commerce (the "Department") the International Trade Commission (the "ITC") that revocation of the countervailing duty ("CVD") order on circular welded stainless pressure pipe from the People's Re...
Notice Aug 12, 2014
As a result of the determinations by the Department of Commerce (the "Department") and the International Trade Commission (the "ITC") that revocation of the antidumping duty ("AD") order on malleable cast iron pipe fittings from the People's Republic...
Notice Aug 12, 2014
The Department of Commerce ("the Department") is amending the final results of the 2011-2012 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on seamless refined copper pipe and tube ("copper pipe") from the People's Republic of China ("PRC") to c...
Notice Aug 12, 2014

Domestic Fisheries:

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The Assistant Regional Administrator for Sustainable Fisheries, Greater Atlantic Region, NMFS (Assistant Regional Administrator), has made a preliminary determination that two separate exempted fishing permit applications contain all of the required...
Notice Aug 12, 2014

Fisheries of the Northeastern United States:

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NMFS adjusts the 2014 Winter II commercial scup quota. This action complies with Framework Adjustment 3 to the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan, which established a process to allow the rollover of unused commercial s...
Rule Aug 12, 2014

Pacific Island Fisheries:

Title Type Published
NMFS announces approval of a Marine Conservation Plan (MCP) for Guam.
Notice Aug 12, 2014

Proposed Foreign-Trade Zones under Alternative Site Framework:

Proposed Production Activities:

Energy Department logo Energy Department

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Combined Filings
Notice Aug 12, 2014
Combined Filings
Notice Aug 12, 2014
Combined Filings
Notice Aug 12, 2014

Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC, Algonquin Incremental Market Project
Notice Aug 12, 2014

Filings:

Title Type Published
Trans-Union Interstate Pipeline, LP (Trans-Union)
Notice Aug 12, 2014

Motions for Disclosure of Redacted Information:

Title Type Published
ISO New England, Inc.
Notice Aug 12, 2014

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Acquisition Regulations:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposes to amend the EPA Acquisition Regulation (EPAAR) to remove the evaluation of contracting performance and incorporate flexibility to identify the required number of days of key personnel commitment dur...
Proposed Rule Aug 12, 2014

Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations:

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposes to approve the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the Commonwealth of Virginia removing from the Virginia SIP two operating permits and a consent agreement for GenOn Potomac River,...
Proposed Rule Aug 12, 2014
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking direct final action to approve revisions to the Commonwealth of Virginia State Implementation Plan (SIP). The revision removes from the Virginia SIP references to two operating permits and a consent...
Rule Aug 12, 2014

General Permits:

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The Associate Director, Office of Water and Watersheds, EPA Region 10, is publishing this notice of availability of the final National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General Permit for Groundwater Remediation Facilities in Idaho (the...
Notice Aug 12, 2014

National Oil and Hazardous Substance Pollution Contingency Plans:

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 8 is publishing a direct final Notice of Partial Deletion of Operable Unit 4, (OU4) Upper California Gulch; Operable Unit 5 (OU5), ASARCO Smelters/Slag/Mill Sites; and Operable Unit 7 (OU7), Apach...
Rule Aug 12, 2014

National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plans:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 8 is issuing a Notice of Intent to Delete the Operable Unit 4, (OU4) Upper California Gulch; Operable Unit 5 (OU5), ASARCO Smelters/Slag/Mill Sites; and Operable Unit 7 (OU7), Apache Tailing Impoundmen...
Proposed Rule Aug 12, 2014

Risk Assessment Forum White Paper; Availability:

Title Type Published
This notice announces the availability of "Risk Assessment Forum White Paper: Probabilistic Risk Assessment Methods and Case Studies" and its companion document "Probabilistic Risk Assessment to Inform Decision Making: Frequently Asked Questions." Th...
Notice Aug 12, 2014

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Auction of Advanced Wireless Services Licenses:

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This document announces the procedures, reserve prices, and minimum opening bids for the upcoming auction of AWS-3 licenses (Auction 97). This document is intended to familiarize prospective applicants with the procedures and other requirements for p...
Notice Aug 12, 2014

Debarments:

Title Type Published
The Enforcement Bureau (the "Bureau") debars Bryan J. Cahoon from the schools and libraries universal service support mechanism (or "E-Rate Program") for a period of three years. The Bureau takes this action to protect the E-Rate Program from waste,...
Notice Aug 12, 2014

Federal Election Commission logo Federal Election Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Aug 12, 2014

Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

Title Type Published
Early Terminations of Waiting Periods under the Premerger Notification Rules
Notice Aug 12, 2014
The Federal Trade Commission ("Commission") amends its Energy Labeling Rule ("Rule") by publishing new ranges of comparability for required labels on central air conditioners, heat pumps, and weatherized furnaces.
Rule Aug 12, 2014

Proposed Consent Agreements:

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The consent agreement in this matter settles alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair methods of competition. The attached Analysis to Aid Public Comment describes both the allegations in the draft complaint and the terms of the consent o...
Notice Aug 12, 2014

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Financial Stability Oversight Council

Title Type Published
The Financial Stability Oversight Council will submit the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13, on or...
Notice Aug 12, 2014

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

Title Type Published
GSA reviewed its Privacy Act systems to ensure that they are relevant, necessary, accurate, up-to-date and covered by the appropriate legal or regulatory authority. This notice is an updated Privacy Act system of records notice.
Notice Aug 12, 2014
GSA proposes to update a system of records subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 552a.
Notice Aug 12, 2014

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities (CECANF), a Federal Advisory Committee established by the Protect Our Kids Act of 2012, Public Law 112-275, will hold a meeting open to the public on Thursday, August 28, 2014 in Plymouth...
Notice Aug 12, 2014

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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This notice extends the comment period for a 60-day notice request for proposed information collection request associated with the notice [Document Identifier: CMS- 10305] entitled "Medicare Part C and Part D Data Validation" that was published in th...
Notice Aug 12, 2014
This notice announces the intention of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approve the proposed information collection project: "Evaluation of the AHRQ Healthcare Horizon Sca...
Notice Aug 12, 2014
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of vitamin D<INF>3</INF> as a nutrient supplement in meal replacement beverages that are not intended for special dietary use in reduci...
Rule Aug 12, 2014

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

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on our proposed collection of certain information. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA), Federal Agencies are required to publish notice in th...
Notice Aug 12, 2014

Declarations Regarding Emergency Use:

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The Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) is issuing this notice pursuant to section 564 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic (FD&C) Act, 21 U.S.C. 360bbb-3. On September 22, 2006, then Secretary of Homeland Security, Michael Chertoff, dete...
Notice Aug 12, 2014

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Aug 12, 2014
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Aug 12, 2014
National Cancer Institute
Notice Aug 12, 2014
National Cancer Institute
Notice Aug 12, 2014
National Cancer Institute
Notice Aug 12, 2014
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
Notice Aug 12, 2014
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Notice Aug 12, 2014
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Notice Aug 12, 2014
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Notice Aug 12, 2014
National Institute of Mental Health
Notice Aug 12, 2014
National Institute on Aging
Notice Aug 12, 2014
National Institute on Aging
Notice Aug 12, 2014
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
Notice Aug 12, 2014
As stipulated by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is hereby giving notice that the National Vaccine Advisory Committee (NVAC) will hold a meeting September 9-10, 2014. The meeting is open to the pu...
Notice Aug 12, 2014

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is amending its regulations to separately list an annual fee for renewals of endorsements upon the Certificate of Documentation. We are required to establish user fees for services related to the documentation of vessels. This final r...
Rule Aug 12, 2014

Drawbridge Operations:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is removing the existing drawbridge operation regulation for the Pinellas Bayway Structure "C" Bridge across the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway mile 114, St Petersburg Beach, Florida. The drawbridge was replaced with a fixed bridge in 201...
Rule Aug 12, 2014

Guidance:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is extending the public comment period on its draft change to Navigation and Inspection Circular (NVIC) 01-13.
Notice Aug 12, 2014

Safety Zones:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard will enforce the Pyro Spectaculars USS MIDWAY Museum firework display safety zone on August 28, 2014. This marine event occurs on the navigable waters of San Diego Bay, immediately to the west of the USS MIDWAY, in San Diego, Californ...
Rule Aug 12, 2014

Special Local Regulations, Safety Zones:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is establishing two special local regulations for two separate marine events and establishing three safety zones for two fireworks displays and one swim event within the Captain of the Port (COTP) Long Island Sound (LIS) Zone. This te...
Rule Aug 12, 2014

Special Local Regulations:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard proposes to temporarily change the enforcement periods of special local regulations for a recurring marine event in the Fifth Coast Guard District. These regulations apply to the Chesapeake Challenge power boat race, a recurring marin...
Proposed Rule Aug 12, 2014

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given of contractual actions that have been proposed to the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) and are new, discontinued, or completed since the last publication of this notice. This notice is one of a variety of means used to infor...
Notice Aug 12, 2014

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, designate critical habitat for the Florida leafwing (Anaea troglodyta floridalis) and Bartram's scrub-hairstreak (Strymon acis bartrami) butterflies under the Endangered Species Act. In total, approximately 4,2...
Rule Aug 12, 2014
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, determine endangered species status under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended, for the Florida leafwing (Anaea troglodyta floridalis) and Bartram's scrub-hairstreak (Strymon acis bartrami), two butte...
Rule Aug 12, 2014

Meetings:

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In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Pecos District Resource Advisory Council's (RAC) Lesser Prairie- Chicken (LPC) Habitat Preservation Area of Crit...
Notice Aug 12, 2014

Plats of Surveys:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will file the plat of survey of the lands described below in the BLM Montana State Office, Billings, Montana, on September 11, 2014.
Notice Aug 12, 2014

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Investigations; Determinations, Modifications, and Rulings, etc.:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on June 20, 2014, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Sunlight Supply, Inc. of Vancouver, Washington and...
Notice Aug 12, 2014

Justice Department logo Justice Department

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

Title Type Published
The Department of Justice (DOJ), Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), 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 Red...
Notice Aug 12, 2014
The Department of Justice (DOJ), Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), 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 Red...
Notice Aug 12, 2014

Commerce in Firearms and Ammunition:

Title Type Published
The Department of Justice proposes amending Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) regulations that concern firearms stolen or lost in transit. The proposed rule specifies that when a Federal firearms licensee (FFL) discovers a fi...
Proposed Rule Aug 12, 2014

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National Science Foundation

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Advisory Committee for Environmental Research and Education
Notice Aug 12, 2014

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National Transportation Safety Board

Title Type Published
The NTSB is proposing to amend its regulations that address the NTSB's investigation procedures. Specifically, the NTSB proposes to organize regulations into distinct mode-specific subparts, where appropriate. While some of these proposed amendments...
Proposed Rule Aug 12, 2014

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) invites public comment about our intention to request the OMB's approval for a generic information collection that is summarized below. We are required to publish this notice in the Federal Register under...
Notice Aug 12, 2014
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has recently submitted to OMB for review the following proposal for the collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). The NRC hereby informs...
Notice Aug 12, 2014

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
The Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC" or "Commission") is adopting rules and providing guidance to address the application of certain provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act") that were added by Subtitle B of Title VI...
Rule Aug 12, 2014
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Aug 12, 2014

Applications:

Title Type Published
Temporary order and notice of application for a permanent order under section 9(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("Act").
Notice Aug 12, 2014

State Department logo State Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Shipping Coordinating Committee
Notice Aug 12, 2014

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3521), this notice announces that FHWA will submit the collection of information described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The Fed...
Notice Aug 12, 2014
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3521), this notice announces that FHWA will submit the collection of information described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The Fed...
Notice Aug 12, 2014
Applications for Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier Permits
Notice Aug 12, 2014
This rulemaking provides the opportunity for an informal conference with an FAA attorney before an order is issued under the FAA's regulation covering orders other than certificate action and civil penalty orders. This change is necessary to provide...
Rule Aug 12, 2014
This rule amends the FAA's repair station regulations to allow the FAA to deny an application for a new repair station certificate if the applicant or certain associated key individuals had materially contributed to the circumstances that caused a pr...
Rule Aug 12, 2014

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Airbus Model A318, A319, A320, and A321 series airplanes. This proposed AD was prompted by a determination that the maintenance actions for airplane systems susceptible to aging must be m...
Proposed Rule Aug 12, 2014
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Bombardier, Inc. Model CL-600-1A11 (CL-600) airplanes. This AD requires revising the airplane flight manual to prohibit thrust reverser operation, and repetitive detailed inspections of b...
Rule Aug 12, 2014
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Dassault Aviation Model Mystere-Falcon 50 airplanes. This proposed AD was prompted by a report of an untimely and intermittent indication of slat activity due to chafing of the electr...
Proposed Rule Aug 12, 2014
We are revising an earlier proposed airworthiness directive (AD) for all Saab AB, Saab Aerosystems Model 340B airplanes. The NPRM proposed to require an inspection of the stick pusher rigging and an adjustment to the correct setting if necessary. The...
Proposed Rule Aug 12, 2014

Hazardous Materials:

Title Type Published
PHMSA is proposing to address certain matters identified in the Hazardous Materials Transportation Safety Act of 2012 related to the Office of Hazardous Materials Safety's Approvals and Permits Division. Specifically, we propose to revise the regulat...
Proposed Rule Aug 12, 2014

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The purpose of this notice is to inform the public that the U.S. Department of Transportation will host a workshop to discuss implementation of a Global Positioning System (GPS) Adjacent Band Compatibility Assessment. Discussion at this workshop will...
Notice Aug 12, 2014

Noise Exposure Maps:

Title Type Published
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its determination that the noise exposure maps for Portsmouth International Airport at Pease, as submitted by the Pease Development Authority under the provisions of Title I of the Aviation Safety a...
Notice Aug 12, 2014

Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications:

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FMCSA announces receipt of applications from 6 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 o...
Notice Aug 12, 2014
FMCSA confirms its decision to exempt 34 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 allow these indiv...
Notice Aug 12, 2014

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
These regulations provide comprehensive guidance for the award program authorized under Internal Revenue Code (Code) section 7623. The regulations provide guidance on submitting information regarding underpayments of tax or violations of the internal...
Rule Aug 12, 2014
The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") is publishing the names of two entities whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13551 of August 30, 2010, as well as the names of 18 vessels...
Notice Aug 12, 2014

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Title Type Published
This Federal Register Notice announces an opportunity for public review and comment on the draft Policy and Implementation Plan for Public Access to Scientific Publications and Digital Data from Research Funded by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Notice Aug 12, 2014

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