December 1, 2014 (Volume 79)

Federal Register December 1, 2014

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Agencies Publishing on December 1, 2014

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
This notice announces the intention of the Office of the Chief Financial Officer to request approval for a new information collection for suspension and debarment and drug-free workplace certifications.
Notice Dec 01, 2014
This rule amends the regulations that specify the requirements for the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC)-approved warehouses storing cotton, which are administered by the Farm Service Agency (FSA). FSA is changing the definition of Bales Made Availa...
Rule Dec 01, 2014
We are adopting as a final rule, with changes, an interim rule that amended the regulations concerning the importation of animals and animal products to prohibit or restrict the importation of live birds and poultry (including hatching eggs) and bird...
Rule Dec 01, 2014
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is establishing January 1, 2018, as the uniform compliance date for new meat and poultry product labeling regulations that are issued between January 1, 2015, and December 31, 2016. FSIS periodically anno...
Rule Dec 01, 2014

Avocados Grown in South Florida:

Title Type Published
This document directs that a referendum be conducted among eligible producers of avocados grown in South Florida to determine whether they favor continuance of the marketing order regulating the handling of avocados grown in the production area.
Proposed Rule Dec 01, 2014

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
The Bureau of the Census (Census Bureau) publishes this notice to announce that it is conducting the 2014 Company Organization Survey. The survey's data are needed, in part, to update the multilocation companies in the Business Register. We have dete...
Notice Dec 01, 2014

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:

Title Type Published
In accordance with section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended ("the Act"), the Department of Commerce ("the Department") is automatically initiating the five-year review ("Sunset Review") of the antidumping and countervailing duty ("AD/ CVD...
Notice Dec 01, 2014
The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on lightweight thermal paper (LWTP) from Germany. The period of review (POR) is November 1, 2012, through October 31, 2013. The review co...
Notice Dec 01, 2014
In response to requests from interested parties, the Department of Commerce (the "Department") is conducting the third administrative review of the antidumping duty order on seamless refined copper pipe and tube from the People's Republic of China ("...
Notice Dec 01, 2014
The Department of Commerce (the Department) preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of passenger vehicle and light truck tires (passenger tires) from the People's Republic of China (PRC)....
Notice Dec 01, 2014
On June 25, 2014, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on welded carbon steel standard pipe and tube products (welded pipe and tube) from Turkey.\1\ T...
Notice Dec 01, 2014

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species:

Title Type Published
NMFS is closing the fisheries for commercial aggregated LCS and hammerhead sharks in the Atlantic region. This action is necessary because the commercial landings of Atlantic aggregated LCS for the 2014 fishing season have reached 80 percent of the a...
Rule Dec 01, 2014

Export Administration Regulations:

Title Type Published
This rule updates the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) legal authority paragraphs in the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to cite the most recent Presidential notice extending an emergency declared pursuant to the International Emergency Econ...
Rule Dec 01, 2014

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (NACIE) will hold an organizational meeting on Friday, December 5, 2014. This notice revises the notice previously published on November 18, 2014. The meeting will be held from 8:30 a.m...
Notice Dec 01, 2014
The New England Fishery Management Council's (Council) Observer Policy Committee will meet to review scientific information affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
Notice Dec 01, 2014

Validated End-User Authorizations:

Title Type Published
In this rule, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to revise the existing authorization for Validated End User (VEU) Lam Research Service Co., Ltd. (Lam) in the People's Republic of China (PRC)....
Rule Dec 01, 2014

Consumer Product Safety Commission logo Consumer Product Safety Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Dec 01, 2014
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Dec 01, 2014

Corporation for National and Community Service logo Corporation for National and Community Service

Title Type Published
The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the general public and federal agencies with an opportunit...
Notice Dec 01, 2014

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Title Type Published
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 Dec 01, 2014

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Department of Defense is publishing this notice to announce a Federal Advisory Committee meeting of the Uniform Formulary Beneficiary Advisory Panel (hereafter referred to as the Panel).
Notice Dec 01, 2014

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board logo Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

Title Type Published
The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (Board) is promulgating a final rule which establishes procedures for conducting preliminary and formal safety investigations of events or practices at Department of Energy (DOE) defense nuclear facilities...
Rule Dec 01, 2014

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Energy (DOE) invites public comment on a proposed collection of information that DOE is developing for submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This proposed informatio...
Notice Dec 01, 2014

Emergency Preparedness and Response:

Title Type Published
On September 3, 2014, the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board submitted Recommendation 2014-1, concerning Emergency Preparedness and Response, to the Department of Energy. In accordance with section 315(c) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as ame...
Notice Dec 01, 2014

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
On July 30, 2013, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed the NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule that would require electronic reporting instead of current paper-based NPDES reports. This action would modernize NPDES reporting, save time and...
Proposed Rule Dec 01, 2014

Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking final action to approve a revision to the State Implementation Plan (SIP) for the State of Iowa. This final action will approve a revision to Iowa's SIP for the 2006 24-hour PM<INF>2.5</INF> Nationa...
Rule Dec 01, 2014
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Massachusetts on November 6, 2013. This proposal, if finalized, would remove the design of the Red Line/Blue Line C...
Proposed Rule Dec 01, 2014
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing approval of a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Montana. On July 13, 2011, the Governor of Montana's designee submitted to EPA a second 10-year maintenance plan f...
Proposed Rule Dec 01, 2014
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve elements of State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions from the State of South Dakota to demonstrate the State meets infrastructure requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA) for the Natio...
Proposed Rule Dec 01, 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 Commission) invites the general public and other Federal a...
Notice Dec 01, 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 Dec 01, 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 Dec 01, 2014

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

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Dec 01, 2014

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Changes in Bank Control:

Title Type Published
Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company
Notice Dec 01, 2014
Proposals to Engage in or to Acquire Companies Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking Activities
Notice Dec 01, 2014

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announces plans to submit an Information Collection Request (ICR), described below, to the Of...
Notice Dec 01, 2014
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Dec 01, 2014
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Dec 01, 2014
Statements of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority
Notice Dec 01, 2014

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

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Dec 01, 2014
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Dec 01, 2014
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Dec 01, 2014

Fee Schedule:

Title Type Published
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), located within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces that HHS/CDC has reviewed and updated its fee schedule for reference biological standards and biological preparations req...
Notice Dec 01, 2014

Food Labeling:

Title Type Published
To implement the vending machine food labeling provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is establishing requirements for providing calorie declarations for food sold from...
Rule Dec 01, 2014
To implement the nutrition labeling provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (Affordable Care Act or ACA), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is requiring disclosure of certain nutrition information for standard...
Rule Dec 01, 2014

Medicare and Medicaid Programs:

Title Type Published
This notice extends the comment period for the October 9, 2014 proposed rule entitled "Conditions of Participation for Home Health Agencies" (79 FR 61164). The comment period for the proposed rule, which would have ended on December 8, 2014, is exten...
Proposed Rule Dec 01, 2014

Meetings:

Title Type Published
National Eye Institute
Notice Dec 01, 2014
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing an amendment to the notice of a public workshop entitled "Seventh Annual Sentinel Initiative" to be held on February 5, 2015. The workshop was announced in the Federal Register of October 22, 2014....
Notice Dec 01, 2014

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of Homeland Security proposes to update and reissue a current Department of Homeland Security system of records titled, "Department of Homeland Security/Immigration and Customs Enforcement-00...
Notice Dec 01, 2014

Commercial Gaugers and Laboratories; Accreditations and Approvals:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to CBP regulations, that NMK Resources, Inc. 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 three...
Notice Dec 01, 2014
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to CBP regulations, that NMK Resources, Inc. 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 three...
Notice Dec 01, 2014
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to CBP regulations, that Thionville Surveying Company, Inc. has been approved to gauge animal and vegetable oils and accredited to test certain animal and vegetable oils for customs purposes for the next three years a...
Notice Dec 01, 2014

Great Lakes Pilotage Rates:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is extending the comment period for the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) entitled "Great Lakes Pilotage Rates-- 2015 Annual Review and Adjustment," published on September 4, 2014, for 30 days. We have decided to extend the comment...
Proposed Rule Dec 01, 2014

Safety Zones:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone for all waters of the Upper Mississippi River, extending the entire width from mile 44 and 46. This safety zone is needed to protect persons, property, and infrastructure from potential damage a...
Rule Dec 01, 2014

Security Zones:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary security zone in the navigable waters of the Charleston Harbor, Charleston, SC within Coast Guard Sector Charleston's Captain of the Port Zone. The security zone is necessary to prevent damage or injury to...
Rule Dec 01, 2014

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Inventory Completions:

Title Type Published
The Carnegie Museum of Natural History has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is a cultural affil...
Notice Dec 01, 2014
The Fort Sill National Historic Landmark and Museum has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that a relationsh...
Notice Dec 01, 2014

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:

Title Type Published
The Commission hereby gives notice that it has instituted reviews pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1675(c)) (the Act) to determine whether revocation of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on oil country tubu...
Notice Dec 01, 2014

Complaints:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has received a complaint entitled Certain Wireless Devices, Including Mobile Phones and Tablets III, DN 3043; the Commission is soliciting comments on any public interest issues rais...
Notice Dec 01, 2014

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Joint Board for Enrollment of Actuaries

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Executive Director of the Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries gives notice of a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Actuarial Examinations (portions of which will be open to the public) in Washington, DC, on January 8-9, 2015.
Notice Dec 01, 2014

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
Consent Decrees under the Clean Water Act
Notice Dec 01, 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 Dec 01, 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 Dec 01, 2014
The Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance, will be submitting the following information collection request for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Dec 01, 2014
The Department of Justice (DOJ), Civil Division, 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 Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed...
Notice Dec 01, 2014

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or con...
Notice Dec 01, 2014
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or con...
Notice Dec 01, 2014
This notice announces the publication of an updated list of goods--along with countries of origin--that the Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) has reason to believe are produced by child labor or forced labor in violation of international s...
Notice Dec 01, 2014

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

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed collectio...
Notice Dec 01, 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 Dec 01, 2014
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) invites public comment about our intention to request the OMB's approval for renewal of an existing information collection that is summarized below. We are required to publish this notice in the Federal Re...
Notice Dec 01, 2014

Applications:

Title Type Published
License to Export Deuterium
Notice Dec 01, 2014

Guidance:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is making available for public comment the proposed Policy Statement, "NRC Tribal Policy Statement." The proposed policy statement establishes principles to be followed by the NRC to ensure effective gover...
Notice Dec 01, 2014
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment Revision 1 of the NRC's "Tribal Protocol Manual: Guidance for NRC Staff." The Tribal Protocol Manual provides internal guidance to the NRC staff on protocols to facilitate the...
Notice Dec 01, 2014

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Office of National Drug Control Policy

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

Title Type Published
The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) intends to submit the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget for review and approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chap...
Notice Dec 01, 2014

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation logo Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans:

Title Type Published
This rule amends the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's regulation on Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans by substituting a new table for determining expected retirement ages for participants in pension plans undergoing distress or invo...
Rule Dec 01, 2014

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Science and Technology Policy Office

Requests for Information:

Title Type Published
The purpose of this Request for Information (RFI) is to solicit input from interested parties on: (1) The current and near-term state of microsatellite technologies, and (2) whether microsatellite systems will be capable of meeting current and future...
Notice Dec 01, 2014

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Applications:

Title Type Published
Applicant seeks an order declaring that it has ceased to be an investment company. Applicant transferred its assets to corresponding series of MainStay Funds Trust, and on July 7, 2014, made distributions to its shareholders based on net asset value....
Notice Dec 01, 2014
Summary of Application: Applicant requests an order that would permit an issuer of asset-backed securities ("ABS") that is not registered as an investment company under the Act in reliance on Rule 3a-7 under the Act (an "Issuer") to appoint the appli...
Notice Dec 01, 2014

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Trade Representative, Office of United States

Title Type Published
The following staff members have been appointed to serve on the Performance Review Board: Performance Review Board (PRB) Chair: Wendy Cutler Member: Barbara Weisel Member: Florizelle Liser Member: Lewis Karesh Member: Sharon Bomer-Lauritsen Executive...
Notice Dec 01, 2014

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Lockheed Martin Corporation/Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company Model 382, 382B, 382E, 382F, and 382G airplanes. This proposed AD was prompted by an evaluation by the design approval hold...
Proposed Rule Dec 01, 2014
We propose to revise airworthiness directive (AD) 2014-17-08 that applies to all Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. (P&WC) PT6A-114 and PT6A-114A turboprop engines. AD 2014-17-08 requires initial and repetitive borescope inspections (BSIs) of compressor tu...
Proposed Rule Dec 01, 2014
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for The Boeing Company Model 747 airplanes equipped with a main deck side cargo door (MDSCD). This proposed AD was prompted by recent testing that indicates that intermodal containers, when loade...
Proposed Rule Dec 01, 2014

Roadway Worker Authority Limits:

Title Type Published
On November 25, 2014, FRA published a document in the Federal Register to reemphasize the importance of clear communication and compliance with applicable rules and procedures regarding roadway worker authority limits on controlled track, and to ensu...
Notice Dec 01, 2014

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Dec 01, 2014

Publications:

Title Type Published
Publication of the tier 2 tax rates for calendar year 2015 as required by section 3241(d) of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. 3241). Tier 2 taxes on railroad employees, employers, and employee representatives are one source of funding for benefit...
Notice Dec 01, 2014

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Loan Guaranties:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announces that the aggregate amounts of assistance available under the Specially Adapted Housing (SAH) grant program will increase by 4.307 percent for Fiscal Year (FY) 2015.
Notice Dec 01, 2014

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