September 8, 2014 (Volume 79)

Federal Register September 8, 2014

View all documents issued on September 8, 2014. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

97 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on September 8, 2014

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), the Office of Advocacy and Outreach (OAO) is announcing a meeting of the Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Advisory Committee (Committee). The Committee is being convened to consider issues involvin...
Notice Sep 08, 2014
The Ketchikan Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet in Ketchikan, Alaska. The RAC is authorized under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (the Act) (Pub. L. 110-343) and operates in compliance with the Federal Advisory...
Notice Sep 08, 2014
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, (5 U.S.C. App.), the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is announcing an upcoming meeting of the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB). Written public comments are invited in adva...
Notice Sep 08, 2014

Civil Rights Commission logo Civil Rights Commission

Requests for Nominations:

Title Type Published
Because the terms of the members of the Arkansas Advisory Committee are expiring on January 3, 2015, the United States Commission on Civil Rights hereby invites any individual who is eligible to be appointed to apply. The memberships are exclusively...
Notice Sep 08, 2014

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Sep 08, 2014
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Sep 08, 2014
The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) requires that NMFS periodically review existing regulations that have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities, such as small businesses, small organizations, and small governmental...
Proposed Rule Sep 08, 2014

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:

Title Type Published
The Department of Commerce ("Department") preliminarily determines that carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod ("steel wire rod") from the People's Republic of China ("PRC") is being, or is likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair v...
Notice Sep 08, 2014
The Department of Commerce (the Department) is currently conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on hand trucks and certain parts thereof (hand trucks) from the People's Republic of China (PRC).\1\ The period of review (POR)...
Notice Sep 08, 2014

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants:

Title Type Published
NMFS announces a 5-year review of the southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) and sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA). A 5-year review is a periodic process conducted to ensure that the l...
Notice Sep 08, 2014

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic:

Title Type Published
NMFS implements accountability measures (AMs) for the commercial sector for vermilion snapper in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the South Atlantic. Commercial landings for vermilion snapper, as estimated by the Science Research Director (SRD),...
Rule Sep 08, 2014

Foreign Availability Assessments:

Title Type Published
This notice is to announce that the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is initiating a foreign availability assessment pursuant to section 5(f) of the Export Administration Act of 1979, as amended (EAA). BIS's Office of Technology Evaluation (OTE)...
Notice Sep 08, 2014

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold a meeting of the Special Red Drum Working Group.
Notice Sep 08, 2014
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold a meeting of its Coral Workshop Group via conference call.
Notice Sep 08, 2014
This notice sets forth the proposed schedule and agenda of a forthcoming meeting of the Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee (MAFAC). The members will discuss and provide advice on issues outlined under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION below.
Notice Sep 08, 2014
The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public meeting of its Scallop Committee to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Recommendations from this group will be brought to...
Notice Sep 08, 2014

Patent Extensions:

Title Type Published
The United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued an order granting interim extension under 35 U.S.C. 156(d)(5) for a one- year interim extension of the term of U.S. Patent No. 5,686,060.
Notice Sep 08, 2014

Reorganizations under Alternative Site Framework:

Title Type Published
Foreign-Trade Zone 62; Brownsville, TX
Notice Sep 08, 2014

Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Sep 08, 2014

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Department of the Army is publishing this notice to announce the following Federal advisory committee meeting of the Army Education Advisory Committee. This meeting is open to the public.
Notice Sep 08, 2014

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board logo Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

Title Type Published
This notice announces the membership of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) Senior Executive Service (SES) Performance Review Board (PRB).
Notice Sep 08, 2014

Education Department logo Education Department

Proposed Requirements:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Secretary of Education (Secretary) proposes revising the final requirements for the School Improvement Grants (SIG) program, published in the Federal Register on October 28, 2010, authorized under section 1003(g) of title I of the Elementary...
Proposed Rule Sep 08, 2014

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) is submitting the information collection FERC-725Y, Mandatory Reliability Standard PER-...
Notice Sep 08, 2014
Combined Filings
Notice Sep 08, 2014
Combined Filings
Notice Sep 08, 2014
Combined Filings
Notice Sep 08, 2014

Applications:

Title Type Published
Ozark Gas Transmission, LLC
Notice Sep 08, 2014

License Applications:

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Southwest Power Pool, Inc.; Technical Conference
Notice Sep 08, 2014

Refund Effective Dates:

Requests under Blanket Authorization:

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the availability of three final documents titled Policy Assessment for the Review of the Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (PA); Health Risk and Exposure Assessment for Ozone (HREA);...
Notice Sep 08, 2014
In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended ("CAA" or the "Act"), notice is hereby given of a proposed consent decree to address a lawsuit filed by the Sierra Club in the United States District Court for the District of Columbi...
Notice Sep 08, 2014

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

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR) "Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles" (EPA ICR No. 2394.03, OMB Control No. 2...
Notice Sep 08, 2014

Charter Renewals:

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces upcoming public meetings of the Clean Air Act Advisory Committee (CAAAC). The EPA established the CAAAC on November 19, 1990, to provide independent advice and counsel to EPA on policy issues associ...
Notice Sep 08, 2014
The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB) will hold a public meeting on October 28-29, 2014. EFAB is an EPA advisory committee chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) to provide advice...
Notice Sep 08, 2014

Proposed Settlements under CERCLA:

Title Type Published
In accordance with Section 122(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended ("CERCLA"), notice is hereby given by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA"), Region 2, of two proposed settl...
Notice Sep 08, 2014

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Title Type Published
Terrorist Attacks; Continuation of National Emergency (Notice of September 4, 2014)
Presidential Document Sep 08, 2014

Export-Import Bank logo Export-Import Bank

Title Type Published
This Notice is to inform the public, in accordance with Section 3(c)(10) of the Charter of the Export-Import Bank of the United States ("Ex-Im Bank"), that Ex-Im Bank has received an application for final commitment for a long-term loan or financial...
Notice Sep 08, 2014

Farm Credit Administration logo Farm Credit Administration

Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation Funding and Fiscal Affairs:

Title Type Published
The Farm Credit Administration (FCA) published a final rule in the Federal Register on November 1, 2013 to strengthen liquidity risk management at the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation, improve the quality of assets in its liquidity reserves,...
Rule Sep 08, 2014

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Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given of the regular meeting of the Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation Board (Board). Date and Time: The meeting of the Board will be held at the offices of the Farm Credit Administration in McLean, Virginia, on September 11, 2...
Notice Sep 08, 2014

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Radio Broadcasting Services:

Title Type Published
The Audio Division, at the request of Roy E. Henderson, substitutes FM Channel 260A for FM Channel 263A as the vacant allotment at Custer, Michigan. Channel 260A can be allotted at Custer, consistent with the minimum distance separation requirements...
Rule Sep 08, 2014

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Title Type Published
The FDIC, 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 the renewal of an existing information collection, as required by the P...
Notice Sep 08, 2014
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Sep 08, 2014

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), GSA plans to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed Federal Bureau of Investigation Headquarters (FBI HQ) Consolidation to guide the evalu...
Notice Sep 08, 2014

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Sep 08, 2014
In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects (Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995), the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announces plans to subm...
Notice Sep 08, 2014
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Sep 08, 2014
Section 3003(b)(3) of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 mandates that the HIT Standards Committee develop a schedule for the assessment of policy recommendations developed by the HIT Policy Committee and publish it in the Federal Reg...
Notice Sep 08, 2014
In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended; the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2012, Public Law (Pub. L.) 112-248, 126 Stat. 2390 (31 U.S.C. 3321 (note)); and OMB Memorandum M-13-20 (Prot...
Notice Sep 08, 2014

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Advisory Committee on Interdisciplinary, Community-Based Linkages
Notice Sep 08, 2014

New Animal Drugs:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect approval actions for new animal drug applications (NADAs) and abbreviated new animal drug applications (ANADAs) during July 2014. FDA is also informing the publ...
Rule Sep 08, 2014

Postmarketing Safety Reports for Human Drug and Biological Products:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is correcting a document entitled "Postmarketing Safety Reports for Human Drug and Biological Products; Electronic Submission Requirements; Correction" that appeared in the Federal Register of August 14, 2014 (7...
Rule Sep 08, 2014
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is correcting a final rule entitled "Postmarketing Safety Reports for Human Drug and Biological Products; Electronic Submission Requirements" that appeared in the Federal Register of June 10, 2014 (79 FR 33072)....
Rule Sep 08, 2014

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Commercial Gaugers and Labratories; Accreditations and Approvals:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to CBP regulations, that AmSpec Services, LLC, has been approved to gauge petroleum and certain petroleum products and accredited to test petroleum and certain petroleum products for customs purposes for the next thre...
Notice Sep 08, 2014

Commercial Labortaories; Accreditations:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to CBP regulations, that Intertek USA, Inc., has been accredited to test petroleum and certain petroleum products for customs purposes for the next three years as of April 29, 2014.
Notice Sep 08, 2014

Interior Department logo Interior Department

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

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is seeking comments on the renewal of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the collection of information for the Indian Child Welfare Quarterly a...
Notice Sep 08, 2014
To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is notifying the public that we have submitted an information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and...
Notice Sep 08, 2014

Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (NEPA), and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Medford District Office, Medford, Oregon intends to prepare a...
Notice Sep 08, 2014

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given, in accordance with Public Laws 92-463 and 94-579, that the California Desert District Advisory Council (DAC) to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), U.S. Department of the Interior, will participate in a field tour of BLM-admi...
Notice Sep 08, 2014
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Wyoming Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet as indicated...
Notice Sep 08, 2014

National Register of Historic Places:

Title Type Published
Pending Nominations and Related Actions
Notice Sep 08, 2014

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

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

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the presiding administrative law judge has issued a Final Initial Determination and Recommended Determination on Remedy and Bonding in the above-captioned investigation. The Commission is soliciting comments on public inte...
Notice Sep 08, 2014

Justice Department logo Justice Department

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

Title Type Published
The Department of Justice (DOJ), Criminal Division, Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section, will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with...
Notice Sep 08, 2014
The Department of Justice (DOJ), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) will submit the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork...
Notice Sep 08, 2014

Changes under the National Cooperative Research and Production Act:

Nondiscrimination on Basis of Disability by Public Accommodations:

Title Type Published
On August 1, 2014, the Department of Justice published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal Register in order to propose amendments to its Americans with Disabilities Act title III regulation to require the provision of closed movie...
Proposed Rule Sep 08, 2014

Schedules of Controlled Substances:

Title Type Published
This notice establishes the initial 2015 aggregate production quotas for controlled substances in schedules I and II of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) and the assessment of annual needs for the list I chemicals ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and ph...
Notice Sep 08, 2014

N
National Nanotechnology Coordination Office

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The National Nanotechnology Coordination Office (NNCO), on behalf of the Nanoscale Science, Engineering, and Technology (NSET) Subcommittee of the Committee on Technology, National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), will hold a technical intercha...
Notice Sep 08, 2014

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Sep 08, 2014

O
Overseas Private Investment Corporation

Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Federal Salary Council will meet on October 17, 2014, at the time and location shown below. The Council is an advisory body composed of representatives of Federal employee organizations and experts in the fields of labor relations and pay policy....
Notice Sep 08, 2014

P
Postal Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The Commission is noticing a recent Postal Service filing concerning an addition of Priority Mail Express Contract 19 to the competitive product list. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrativ...
Notice Sep 08, 2014
The Commission is updating the product lists. This action reflects a publication policy adopted in a recent Commission order. The referenced policy assumes periodic updates. The updates are identified in the body of this document. The product lists,...
Rule Sep 08, 2014

S
Science and Technology Policy Office

Meetings:

No documents available.

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Applicant, a unit investment trust, seeks an order declaring that it has ceased to be an investment company. Applicant has never made a public offering of its securities and does not propose to make a public offering or engage in business of any kind...
Notice Sep 08, 2014
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Sep 08, 2014

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Title Type Published
Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.
Notice Sep 08, 2014
Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc.
Notice Sep 08, 2014
EDGX Exchange, Inc.
Notice Sep 08, 2014
Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board
Notice Sep 08, 2014
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice Sep 08, 2014

State Department logo State Department

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comme...
Notice Sep 08, 2014
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 Sep 08, 2014
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 Sep 08, 2014
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 Sep 08, 2014

Special Conditions:

Title Type Published
These special conditions are issued for Airbus Model A350-900 airplanes. These airplanes will have a novel or unusual design feature associated with electronic system-security protection from unauthorized external access. The applicable airworthiness...
Rule Sep 08, 2014
These special conditions are issued for Airbus Model A350-900 airplanes. These airplanes will have a novel or unusual design feature that will incorporate a nitrogen generation system (NGS) for all fuel tanks, to actively reduce flammability exposure...
Rule Sep 08, 2014

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") is providing notice of actions taken by OFAC with respect to VITALY SOKOLENKO to impose sanctions pursuant to Executive Order 13608 of May 1, 2012 and Executive Order 13645 of June 3...
Notice Sep 08, 2014

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is proposing to implement through regulation statutory authority to provide grants for the development of new assistive technologies for use in specially adapted housing for eligible veterans or servicemembers,...
Proposed Rule Sep 08, 2014

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