October 21, 2014 (Volume 79)

Federal Register October 21, 2014

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93 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on October 21, 2014

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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Below is a listing of individuals who are eligible to serve on the Performance Review Board (PRB) in accordance with the Economics and Statistics Administration's Senior Executive Service and Senior Professional Performance Management Systems:
Notice Oct 21, 2014

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

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on the extension of a continuing information collectio...
Notice Oct 21, 2014
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), 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 continuing information...
Notice Oct 21, 2014
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 Oct 21, 2014

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska:

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NMFS revises regulations for the application process, use, surrender, and amendment of a Federal Fisheries Permit (FFP) or a Federal Processor Permit (FPP). This action will reduce industry compliance costs associated with fishing and processing perm...
Rule Oct 21, 2014

Fisheries of the Northeastern United States:

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NMFS informs surfclam and ocean quahog individual transferable quota (ITQ) allocation holders that they will be required to purchase their fishing year 2015 (January 1, 2015--December 31, 2015) cage tags from the National Band and Tag Company. The in...
Notice Oct 21, 2014

Reorganizations under Alternative Site Frameworks:

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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The Department of Defense has submitted to OMB for clearance, the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.
Notice Oct 21, 2014
The Department of Defense has submitted to OMB for clearance, the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.
Notice Oct 21, 2014

Education Department logo Education Department

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On September 29, 2014, the U.S. Department of Education published a 30-day comment period notice in the Federal Register (page 58338, Column 1) seeking public comment for an information collection entitled "Application for Grants Under the Student Su...
Notice Oct 21, 2014

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 revision of an existing information collection.
Notice Oct 21, 2014

Energy Department logo Energy Department

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The Department of Energy (DOE) has submitted an information collection request to the OMB for extension under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection requests a three-year extension of its Procurement Collect...
Notice Oct 21, 2014
Staff Attendances
Notice Oct 21, 2014

Complaints:

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PaTu Wind Farm, LLC v. Portland General Electric Co.
Notice Oct 21, 2014

Energy Conservation Program for Certain Commercial Industrial Equipment:

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This document announces an extension of the time period for submitting comments, data, and information on the framework document for commercial pre-rinse spray valves, published on September 11, 2014. The comment period is extended to November 12, 20...
Proposed Rule Oct 21, 2014

Energy Conservation Program for Certain Industrial Equipment:

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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is initiating a rulemaking to consider amended energy conservation standards for commercial water heaters, hot water supply boilers, and unfired hot water storage tanks (commercial water heating equipment). Once co...
Proposed Rule Oct 21, 2014

Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products:

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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is requesting comments, data, and information related to solar-thermal water heating systems where solar components are paired with electric and/or fossil fuel- fired water heaters, which are utilized as secondary...
Proposed Rule Oct 21, 2014

Energy Conservation Program:

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The Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 (EPCA), as amended, requires DOE to prescribe test procedures and energy conservation standards for high-intensity discharge (HID) lamps for which it has determined that standards would be technologicall...
Proposed Rule Oct 21, 2014
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) proposes to amend its test procedures for fluorescent lamp ballasts. Proposed changes include adopting text at its regulations concerning test procedures for the measurement of energy and water consumption to clari...
Proposed Rule Oct 21, 2014

Meetings:

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This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Portsmouth. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this meeting be announced in the...
Notice Oct 21, 2014

Requests for Information:

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The Department of Energy (DOE) today gives notice of a request for information regarding the possible technical areas of research in the area of photovoltaic module recycling. DOE intends to understand the current state of recycling technology and th...
Notice Oct 21, 2014

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations:

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking final action to approve elements of a State Implementation Plan (SIP) submission from the State of Kansas addressing the applicable requirements of Clean Air Act (CAA) sections 110 for the 2008 Nati...
Rule Oct 21, 2014
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve two revisions to the State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted by the State of Missouri on May 8, 2012 and October 17, 2013, related to a Missouri rule titled "Restriction of Emissions...
Proposed Rule Oct 21, 2014
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking direct final action to approve revisions to the State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted by the State of Missouri on May 8, 2012, and October 17, 2013, related to a Missouri rule titled "Restrictio...
Rule Oct 21, 2014
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposes to approve the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the state of Nebraska to address the requirements of section 110(a)(1) and (2) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) for the 2008 Lead (Pb) N...
Proposed Rule Oct 21, 2014
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking direct final action to approve two State Implementation Plan (SIP) submissions from the State of Nebraska. EPA is approving elements of a SIP submission from the State of Nebraska that addresses the...
Rule Oct 21, 2014
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve revisions to the applicable state implementation plan for the State of Nevada submitted by the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection. The revisions include amended State rules re...
Proposed Rule Oct 21, 2014
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking direct final action to approve revisions to the applicable state implementation plan for the State of Nevada submitted by the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection. The revisions include amend...
Rule Oct 21, 2014
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the State of Iowa for the purpose of approving the 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, and 2013 updates to the Linn County Air Quality Ordinance. EP...
Rule Oct 21, 2014
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the state of Iowa for the purpose of approving the 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, and 2013 updates to the Linn County Air Quality Ord...
Proposed Rule Oct 21, 2014
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposes to approve the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the state of Missouri on May 8, 2012, related to a Missouri rule titled "Control of Emissions from Hand-Fired Equipment." This SIP...
Proposed Rule Oct 21, 2014
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking direct final action to approve revisions to the State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted by the State of Missouri on May 8, 2012, related to a Missouri rule titled "Control of Emissions from Hand-F...
Rule Oct 21, 2014
EPA is approving changes to Wyoming's State Implementation Plan (SIP). On February 10, 2014, the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (WDEQ) submitted to EPA revisions to the Wyoming SIP. These revisions included the removal of an exemption fr...
Rule Oct 21, 2014

Charter Renewals:

Title Type Published
Notice of charter renewal.
Notice Oct 21, 2014

Meetings:

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The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA), Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office is announcing a teleconference of the SAB's Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards (STAA) Committee to discuss draft recommendations for the chartered SAB...
Notice Oct 21, 2014

Protection of Stratospheric Ozone:

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This Determination of Acceptability expands the list of acceptable substitutes for ozone-depleting substances under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) program. This action lists as acceptable a...
Rule Oct 21, 2014

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

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As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) invites the general public and other Feder...
Notice Oct 21, 2014
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) invites the general public and other Feder...
Notice Oct 21, 2014

Radio Broadcasting Services:

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The Audio Division, at the request of Bryan Broadcasting License Corporation, substitutes Channel 274A for vacant Channel 267A at Centerville, Texas, and grant the Application for Station KKEE, Centerville, Texas, File No. BMPH-20140324ADD. A staff e...
Rule Oct 21, 2014

Telecommunications Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for Individuals with Hearing and Speech Disabilities:

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In this document, the Commission eliminates certain waivers of the telecommunications relay service (TRS) requirements that are no longer necessary, given advances in communications technology. At the same time, it extends certain existing waivers of...
Rule Oct 21, 2014
In this document, the Commission issues a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) seeking comment on amending the definition of Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS) in the Commission's rules to conform to changes made to this definition by t...
Proposed Rule Oct 21, 2014

Federal Election Commission logo Federal Election Commission

Title Type Published
The Federal Election Commission is revising its rules regarding corporate and labor organization funding of expenditures, independent expenditures, and electioneering communications. The Commission is issuing these rules in response to a Petition for...
Rule Oct 21, 2014

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

Acquisition Regulations:

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The General Services Administration (GSA) is amending the General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) to remove the GSAR provision Qualifications of Offerors.
Rule Oct 21, 2014

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Developers and innovators have many great ideas and products that could improve the U.S. health care system and make life better for patients and care providers. However, effecting actual change is extremely difficult due to the high barriers to entr...
Notice Oct 21, 2014

Color Additive Petitions:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing that we have filed a petition, submitted by EMD Millipore Corp., proposing that the color additive regulations be amended to expand the safe use of mica-based pearlescent pigments in alcoholi...
Proposed Rule Oct 21, 2014

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Drawbridge Operations:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard has issued a temporary deviation from the operating schedule that governs the operation of the New Jersey Transit Rail Operations (NJTRO) railroad bridge across Cheesequake Creek, mile 0.2, at Morgan, New Jersey. The bridge owner will...
Rule Oct 21, 2014
The Coast Guard has issued a temporary deviation from the operating schedule that governs the SR 661 Swing Bridge across the Houma Navigation Canal, mile 36.0, in Houma, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. This deviation allows the bridge to remain closed...
Rule Oct 21, 2014
The Coast Guard has issued a temporary deviation from the operating schedule that governs the operation of the Long Beach Bridge, across Reynolds Channel, mile 4.7, at Nassau, New York. This deviation is necessary to allow the bridge to remain in the...
Rule Oct 21, 2014
The Coast Guard has issued a temporary deviation from the operating schedule that governs the operation of the Metropolitan Avenue Bridge across English Kills, mile 3.4, at Brooklyn, New York. The bridge owner, New York City Department of Transportat...
Rule Oct 21, 2014

Regulated Navigation Areas:

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The Coast Guard is establishing a regulated navigation area (RNA) on a portion of the Lower Duwamish Waterway in Seattle, Washington. The RNA will protect the riverbed in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Slip 4 Early Action Area (EAA)...
Rule Oct 21, 2014

Safety Zones:

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The Coast Guard is establishing a safety zone in Portland, OR. This safety zone is necessary to help ensure the safety of the maritime public during the annual marine event and will do so by prohibiting unauthorized persons and vessels from entering...
Rule Oct 21, 2014

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Environmental Impact Statements; 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) Grand Canyon- Parashant National Monument and Arizona Strip F...
Notice Oct 21, 2014

Plats of Surveys:

Title Type Published
The plats of survey of the described lands were officially filed in the Arizona State Office, Bureau of Land Management, Phoenix, Arizona, on dates indicated.
Notice Oct 21, 2014

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Complaints:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has received a complaint entitled Certain Windshield Wipers and Components Thereof, DN 3036; the Commission is soliciting comments on any public interest issues raised by the complai...
Notice Oct 21, 2014

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Decisions and Orders:

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Michael A. White, M.D.
Notice Oct 21, 2014

Meetings:

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The purpose of this notice is to announce the meeting of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Advisory Policy Board (APB). The FBI CJIS APB is a federal advisory committee established pursuant to the Fede...
Notice Oct 21, 2014

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
Worker and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance; Determinations
Notice Oct 21, 2014

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

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP) sponsored information collection request (ICR) titled, "Agreement and Undertaking," to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval f...
Notice Oct 21, 2014
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP) sponsored information collection request (ICR) revision titled, "Payment of Compensation Without Award," to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for...
Notice Oct 21, 2014
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) sponsored information collection request (ICR) titled, "Unemployment Insurance State Quality Service Plan Planning and Reporting Guidelines," to the Office o...
Notice Oct 21, 2014

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Office of Management and Budget Guidance for Drug-Free Workplace Requirements (Financial Assistance):

Title Type Published
On September 22, 2014, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) published a direct final rule which rearranged existing drug-free workplace requirements for financial assistance in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). The action was...
Rule Oct 21, 2014

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

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

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As part of a Federal Government-wide effort to streamline the process to seek feedback from the public on service delivery, The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has submitted a Generic Information Collection Request (Generic ICR): "Generic Clear...
Notice Oct 21, 2014

Meetings:

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The National Endowment for the Humanities will hold sixteen meetings of the Humanities Panel, a federal advisory committee, during November, 2014. The purpose of the meetings is for panel review, discussion, evaluation, and recommendation of applicat...
Notice Oct 21, 2014

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National Transportation Safety Board

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Oct 21, 2014

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
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 Oct 21, 2014

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Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board will conduct a public meeting with industry representatives, academics, technologists, government personnel, and members of the advocacy community, on the topic: "Defining Privacy." While the Board will...
Notice Oct 21, 2014

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Oct 21, 2014
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Oct 21, 2014

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Title Type Published
BATS Exchange, Inc.
Notice Oct 21, 2014
BATS Exchange, Inc.
Notice Oct 21, 2014
BATS Exchange, Inc.
Notice Oct 21, 2014
BATS Y-Exchange, Inc.
Notice Oct 21, 2014
BATS Y-Exchange, Inc.
Notice Oct 21, 2014
Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.
Notice Oct 21, 2014
Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.
Notice Oct 21, 2014
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.
Notice Oct 21, 2014
Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board
Notice Oct 21, 2014
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice Oct 21, 2014
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice Oct 21, 2014
NYSE MKT, LLC
Notice Oct 21, 2014
NYSE MKT, LLC
Notice Oct 21, 2014
NYSE MKT, LLC
Notice Oct 21, 2014
National Securities Clearing Corp.
Notice Oct 21, 2014
New York Stock Exchange, LLC
Notice Oct 21, 2014

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Small Business Investment Companies:

Title Type Published
In this final rule, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is revising the regulations for the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program concerning investments in passive businesses. SBICs are generally prohibited from investing in passi...
Rule Oct 21, 2014

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Susquehanna River Basin Commission

Projects for Consumptive Uses of Water; Approvals:

Title Type Published
This notice lists the projects approved by rule by the Susquehanna River Basin Commission during the period set forth in DATES.
Notice Oct 21, 2014

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces that the renewal Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below is being forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR descr...
Notice Oct 21, 2014

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
We propose to supersede Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2011-19- 04, for all Airbus Model A318, A319, A320, and A321 series airplanes. AD 2011-19-04 currently requires repetitive inspections of the left- hand and right-hand inboard and outboard elevator...
Proposed Rule Oct 21, 2014

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) issue this Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and an evaluation per 49 U.S.C. 303 and 23 CFR 774 ("Section 4(...
Notice Oct 21, 2014

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is providing additional notice of the following actions, which were taken between March 20, 2014 and October 6, 2014 to address the national emergency declared by the President...
Notice Oct 21, 2014

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice announces that the Department of the Treasury's Federal Advisory Committee on Insurance will convene a meeting on Thursday, November 6, 2014, in the Cash Room, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20220, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Eas...
Notice Oct 21, 2014

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