October 24, 2014 (Volume 79)

Federal Register October 24, 2014

View all documents issued on October 24, 2014. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

102 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on October 24, 2014

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation logo Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) will hold its next quarterly meeting on Thursday, November 6, 2014. The meeting will be held in Room SR325 at the Russell Senate Office Building at Constitution and Dela...
Notice Oct 24, 2014

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
This is a corrected notice. This notice updates the scoping period from 30 days to 45 days and gives notice that the proposed project will be subject to 36 CFR 218 subpart A and B regulations. The original notice was published in the Federal Register...
Notice Oct 24, 2014

Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board logo Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board

Title Type Published
The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) plans to hold its regular committee and Board meetings in Washington, DC, Tuesday and Wednesday, November 18-19, 2014 at the times and location listed below.
Notice Oct 24, 2014

Broadcasting Board of Governors logo Broadcasting Board of Governors

Title Type Published
The Broadcasting Board of Governors (Board) will be meeting at the time and location listed above. The Board will vote on a consent agenda consisting of the minutes of its August 13, 2014 meeting and a resolution to propose Board meeting dates in 201...
Notice Oct 24, 2014

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Oct 24, 2014
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Oct 24, 2014
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Oct 24, 2014
On October 16, 2014, Grupo Simec, Orge S.A. DE C.V., and Orge S.A. DE C.V. ("Simec") filed a First Request for Panel Review with the United States Section of the NAFTA Secretariat pursuant to Article 1904 of the North American Free Trade Agreement. P...
Notice Oct 24, 2014
Notice and Opportunity for Public Comment.
Notice Oct 24, 2014

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska:

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NMFS is reallocating projected unused amounts of the 2014 halibut prohibited species catch (PSC) allowance from the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands trawl (BSAI) limited access sector to the Amendment 80 cooperatives in the BSAI management area. This...
Rule Oct 24, 2014

International Fisheries; Pacific Tuna Fisheries:

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Because the 2014 catch limit of 500 metric tons is expected to be reached, NMFS is closing the U.S. pelagic longline fishery for bigeye tuna for vessels over 24 meters in overall length in the eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO) through December 31, 2014. Th...
Rule Oct 24, 2014

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Science Advisory Board (SAB) was established by a Decision Memorandum dated September 25, 1997, and is the only Federal Advisory Committee with responsibility to advise the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere on strategies for r...
Notice Oct 24, 2014

Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan and Sector Annual Catch Entitlements:

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Based on the final Northeast multispecies sector rosters, we are adjusting the fishing year 2014 specification of annual catch limits for commercial groundfish vessels, as well as sector annual catch entitlements for groundfish stocks by adding carri...
Rule Oct 24, 2014

Requests for Nominations:

Title Type Published
NMFS solicits nominations for the Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Advisory Panel (AP). NMFS consults with and considers the comments and views of the HMS AP when preparing and implementing Fishery Management Plans (FMPs) or FMP amendments for...
Notice Oct 24, 2014

Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled logo Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

Title Type Published
This action adds products and services to the Procurement List that will be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and deletes products from the Procurement List previously furnished by such...
Notice Oct 24, 2014
The Committee is proposing to add products and a service to the Procurement List that will be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and deletes a product previously furnished by such agency...
Notice Oct 24, 2014

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated July 21, 1996.
Notice Oct 24, 2014
This document announces the availability of the Science Advisory Board's (SAB) final peer review of the EPA's draft report Connectivity of Streams and Wetlands to Downstream Waters: A Review and Synthesis. This document has been placed in the docket...
Proposed Rule Oct 24, 2014
The Department of Defense is publishing this notice to announce that it is terminating the Defense Legal Policy Board, effective September 30, 2014.
Notice Oct 24, 2014

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

Title Type Published
In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), DoD announces the proposed extension of a public information collection requirement and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. DoD invite...
Notice Oct 24, 2014

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The purpose of this notice is to initiate the scoping process for preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Los Angeles Harbor Department (LAHD) Berths 226-236 [Everport] Container Terminal Improvements Project.
Notice Oct 24, 2014
The Department of the Navy (DoN) announces its intent to prepare a Supplement to the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement (OEIS) for the Northwest Training and Testing (NWTT) Study Area. This Supplementa...
Notice Oct 24, 2014

Federal Acquisition Regulations:

Title Type Published
DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a correction to FAR Case 2012- 023; Uniform Procurement Identification (Item III), which was published in the Federal Register at 79 FR 61739, October 14, 2014.
Rule Oct 24, 2014

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
Combined Filings
Notice Oct 24, 2014

Filings:

Title Type Published
Tucson Electric Power Co.
Notice Oct 24, 2014

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Joint Technical Conference on New York Markets and Infrastructure
Notice Oct 24, 2014
Price Formation in Energy and Ancillary Services, Markets Operated by Regional Transmission Organizations, and Independent System Operators; Workshop
Notice Oct 24, 2014
Price Formation; Scarcity and Shortage Pricing, Offer Mitigation, and Offer Caps in RTO and ISO Markets; Workshop
Notice Oct 24, 2014

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
Environmental Impact Statements; Weekly Receipts
Notice Oct 24, 2014
Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting; CFR Correction
Rule Oct 24, 2014
This document announces the Agency's receipt of several initial filings of pesticide petitions requesting the establishment or modification of regulations for residues of pesticide chemicals in or on various commodities.
Proposed Rule Oct 24, 2014
Pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 USC 552a), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is giving notice that it is amending the External Compliance Program Discrimination Complaint Files system of records. The system is being a...
Notice Oct 24, 2014

Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is making a finding that California has not submitted a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision for the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act) provisions that require the SIP to contain adequate provisions to addre...
Rule Oct 24, 2014
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management. This revision includes regulatory amendments that allow gasoli...
Proposed Rule Oct 24, 2014

Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is amending the reporting and recordkeeping requirements of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program. These amendments include an alternative verification approach in lieu of collecting certain data elements for...
Rule Oct 24, 2014

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the joint 2014 Fall Meeting of the Ozone Transport Commission (OTC) and the Mid-Atlantic Northeast Visibility Union (MANE- VU). The meeting agenda will include topics regarding red...
Notice Oct 24, 2014

National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 8 announces the deletion of the Operable Unit 4 (OU4), Upper California Gulch; Operable Unit 5 (OU5), ASARCO Smelters/Slag/Mill Sites; and Operable Unit 7 (OU7), Apache Tailing Impoundment, of the Cali...
Rule Oct 24, 2014

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Government Agencies and Employees:

Title Type Published
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service; Order of Succession (Memorandum of October 17, 2014)
Presidential Document Oct 24, 2014
Social Security Administration; Order of Succession (Memorandum of October 17, 2014)
Presidential Document Oct 24, 2014

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
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 24, 2014
In this document, the Commission eliminates the sports blackout rules for cable operators, satellite carriers, and open video systems. Elimination of the sports blackout rules will remove unnecessary and outdated regulations and remove regulatory rei...
Rule Oct 24, 2014

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Title Type Published
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC") is proposing a rule with request for comments that would implement section 210(a)(16)(D) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act). This statutory provision re...
Proposed Rule Oct 24, 2014
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is proposing to amend our regulations. Part 340 implements section 11(p) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act. Under section 11(p), individuals or entities whose acts or omissions have, or may have, co...
Proposed Rule Oct 24, 2014
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is adopting a final rule to rescind and remove regulations for securities of State savings associations and all references thereto, and revise regulations for securities of nonmember insured banks, to...
Rule Oct 24, 2014
Notice is hereby given that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (Corporation) has been appointed the sole receiver for the following financial institutions effective as of the Date Closed as indicated in the listing. This list (as updated from...
Notice Oct 24, 2014

Federal Election Commission logo Federal Election Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Oct 24, 2014

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

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Oct 24, 2014
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Oct 24, 2014

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
Notice Oct 24, 2014
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Savings and Loan Holding Companies
Notice Oct 24, 2014

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

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given of the final approval of a proposed information collection by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) under OMB delegated authority, as per 5 CFR 1320.16 (OMB Regulations on Controlling Paperwork Burdens on...
Notice Oct 24, 2014

Changes in Bank Control:

Title Type Published
Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company
Notice Oct 24, 2014
Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company
Notice Oct 24, 2014

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulations:

No documents available.

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Guidance:

Title Type Published
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for the research community entitled "Guidance on Disclosing Reasonably Foreseeable Risks in...
Notice Oct 24, 2014

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of Homeland Security is giving notice that it proposes to consolidate the following Privacy Act system of records notice, Department of Homeland Security/United States Citizenship and Immigra...
Notice Oct 24, 2014
The Coast Guard announces the availability of five Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circulars (NVICs), which are the third set of a series of NVICs to implement the Final Rule that aligned Coast Guard regulations with amendments to the International...
Rule Oct 24, 2014

Disaster Assistance:

Title Type Published
Under the authority of Section 420 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, as amended, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provides grants for the mitigation, management, and control of any fire or fire comp...
Rule Oct 24, 2014

Requests for Nominations:

Title Type Published
This notice requests individuals interested in serving on the North Carolina Area Maritime Security Committee (AMSC) to submit their applications for membership, to the Captain of the Port, North Carolina.
Notice Oct 24, 2014

Safety Zones:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone in the navigable waters of South San Francisco Bay in support of the Semisubmersible Loading Operation taking place between October 14 and 23, 2014 for a 24-hour period. This safety zone is esta...
Rule Oct 24, 2014

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Title Type Published
This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for use to assist the homeless.
Notice Oct 24, 2014

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

Title Type Published
The proposed information collection requirement described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposa...
Notice Oct 24, 2014
HUD is seeking approval for the proposed information collection requirement described below, and will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting publ...
Notice Oct 24, 2014

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), determine threatened species status under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Act), as amended, for the Dakota skipper (Hesperia dacotae), a butterfly currently found in Minnesota, North Dakota, South...
Rule Oct 24, 2014

Permit Applications:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities with endangered species, marine mammals, or both. With some exceptions, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and Marine Mamma...
Notice Oct 24, 2014

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

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

Title Type Published
Correction is made to the investigation number and caption for notice 79 FR 62465 which was published on Friday, October 17, 2014. The investigation number should be corrected from 337-TA-884 to 337-TA-925, and the caption should be corrected from Ce...
Notice Oct 24, 2014
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined not to review the presiding administrative law judge's ("ALJ") initial determination ("ID") (Order No. 9) granting Complainants' motion to amend the Complaint and Noti...
Notice Oct 24, 2014

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
Proposed Consent Decrees under the Clean Air Act
Notice Oct 24, 2014

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

Title Type Published
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 Oct 24, 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 Oct 24, 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 Oct 24, 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 Oct 24, 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 Oct 24, 2014

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The National Coordination Committee on the American Indian/ Alaska Native (AI/AN) Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE)--Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) Initiative ("National Coordination Committee" or "Committee") will meet to carry out its missi...
Notice Oct 24, 2014

Labor Department logo Labor Department

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

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) sponsored information collection request (ICR) titled, "Report on Current Employment Statistics," to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval fo...
Notice Oct 24, 2014

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans
Notice Oct 24, 2014
Data Users Advisory Committee
Notice Oct 24, 2014

Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission logo Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission

Title Type Published
The Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission (MCRMC) is issuing a final rule, establishing procedures for the public to obtain information from MCRMC under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
Rule Oct 24, 2014

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulations:

No documents available.

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

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), as amended, notice is hereby given that the 70th meeting of the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH) will be held in the Monument Room, Occide...
Notice Oct 24, 2014

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering issuance of an exemption from certain emergency planning (EP) requirements for License No. DPR-7 held by Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E, the licensee) for the possession of the Humbo...
Notice Oct 24, 2014

Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installations:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering issuance of an exemption for special nuclear materials (SNM) license number SNM-2506 issued initially in July 1993 and held by Northern States Power Company, a Minnesota corporation (NSPM or...
Notice Oct 24, 2014

License Renewals:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued renewed facility operating license Nos. NPF-39 and NPF-85 to Exelon Generation Company, LLC (the licensee), the operator of the Limerick Generating Station, Units 1 and 2 (Limerick). Renewed fac...
Notice Oct 24, 2014

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards
Notice Oct 24, 2014

R
Railroad Retirement Board

Title Type Published
In accordance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 which provides opportunity for public comment on new or revised data collections, the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) will publish periodic summaries o...
Notice Oct 24, 2014

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Applications:

Title Type Published
Notice of an application for an order pursuant to sections 6(c), 17(b), and 57(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Act") for an exemption from sections 17(a) and 57(a) of the Act permitting certain transactions.
Notice Oct 24, 2014

State Department logo State Department

Title Type Published
Performance Review Board; Member Appointments
Notice Oct 24, 2014

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Acquisition Exemptions:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
Massachusetts Department of Transportation from Pan Am Southern LLC
Notice Oct 24, 2014

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
This amendment adopts miscellaneous amendments to the required IFR (instrument flight rules) altitudes and changeover points for certain Federal airways, jet routes, or direct routes for which a minimum or maximum en route authorized IFR altitude is...
Rule Oct 24, 2014

Acquisition Exemptions:

No documents available.

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Fiberglas-Technik Rudolf Lindner GmbH & Co. KG (type certificates formerly held by GROB-WERKE GMBH & CO KG and BURKHART GROB LUFT- UND RAUMFAHRT GmbH & CO KG) Models G102 STANDARD ASTIR III, G102...
Rule Oct 24, 2014

Funding Availability:

Title Type Published
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announces a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the Innovative Public Transportation Workforce Development Program (Ladders of Opportunity Initiative). FTA has budgeted approximately $9 million for this...
Notice Oct 24, 2014

Guidance:

Title Type Published
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has placed in the docket and on its Web site, guidance in the form of a circular to assist grantees in implementing the Section 5311 Rural Area Formula Program. The purpose of the circular is to provide recipi...
Notice Oct 24, 2014

Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures:

Title Type Published
This rule establishes, amends, suspends, or revokes Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) and associated Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures for operations at certain airports. These regulatory actions are needed because of t...
Rule Oct 24, 2014
This rule amends, suspends, or revokes Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) and associated Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures for operations at certain airports. These regulatory actions are needed because of the adoption o...
Rule Oct 24, 2014
This rule establishes, amends, suspends, or revokes Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) and associated Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures for operations at certain airports. These regulatory actions are needed because of t...
Rule Oct 24, 2014
This rule amends, suspends, or revokes Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) and associated Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures for operations at certain airports. These regulatory actions are needed because of the adoption o...
Rule Oct 24, 2014

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

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

Title Type Published
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on an extension of an existing information collection, as required by the Pap...
Notice Oct 24, 2014

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
National Research Advisory Council
Notice Oct 24, 2014

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