December 4, 2014 (Volume 79)

Federal Register December 4, 2014

View all documents issued on December 4, 2014. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

53 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on December 4, 2014

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
We are reopening the comment period for our proposed rule that would amend our regulations governing the importation and interstate movement of fruits and vegetables by broadening our existing performance standard to provide for approval of all new f...
Proposed Rule Dec 04, 2014

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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

Title Type Published
Economic Value of Puerto Rico's Coral Reef Ecosystems for Recreation/Tourism Uses
Notice Dec 04, 2014

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:

Title Type Published
The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on diamond sawblades and parts thereof (diamond sawblades) from the People's Republic of China (the PRC). The period of review (POR) is N...
Notice Dec 04, 2014

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

Title Type Published
NMFS implements accountability measures (AMs) for commercial Atlantic migratory group cobia in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the South Atlantic. Commercial landings for Atlantic migratory group cobia, as estimated by the Science Research Direc...
Rule Dec 04, 2014

Fisheries of the Northeastern United States:

Title Type Published
NMFS implements final regulations to establish a process for setting river herring (alewife and blueback) and shad (American and hickory) catch caps for the herring fishery. This action also sets these catch caps for the 2014 and 2015 fishing years....
Rule Dec 04, 2014

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Free Atlantic Shark Identification Workshops and Protected Species Safe Handling, Release, and Identification Workshops will be held in January, February, and March of 2015. Certain fishermen and shark dealers are required to attend a workshop to mee...
Notice Dec 04, 2014

Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Title Type Published
On December 12, 2013, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("Commission") published in the Federal Register a notice of proposed rulemaking (the "Position Limits Proposal") to establish speculative position limits for 28 exempt and agricultural c...
Proposed Rule Dec 04, 2014

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau logo Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) is proposing a new information collection titled, "CFPB'S Consumer Complaint Intake System Company Portal Boarding Form Information Collec...
Notice Dec 04, 2014

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Federal Acquisition Regulations:

Title Type Published
DoD, GSA, and NASA are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement a section of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 to include in the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Informati...
Proposed Rule Dec 04, 2014

Education Department logo Education Department

Program Integrity:

Title Type Published
On October 31, 2014, we published in the Federal Register final regulations for Program Integrity: Gainful Employment (Gainful Employment rule). This document corrects regulatory text, footnotes, and a chart in the Gainful Employment rule.
Rule Dec 04, 2014

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
Combined Filings
Notice Dec 04, 2014
Combined Filings
Notice Dec 04, 2014

Applications:

Combined Filings:

Title Type Published
AltaGas Power Holdings (U.S.) Inc., Veresen U.S. Power Inc., et al.
Notice Dec 04, 2014
Catalina Solar 2, LLC, et al.
Notice Dec 04, 2014
Southwest Power Pool, Inc., et al.
Notice Dec 04, 2014

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Entergy Regional State Committee; Staff Attendances
Notice Dec 04, 2014
BPA is holding a consolidated rate proceeding, Docket No. BP- 16, to establish power and transmission rates for FY 2016-2017. The Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act (Northwest Power Act) provides that BPA must establish an...
Notice Dec 04, 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 04, 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 Commission) invites the general public and other Federal a...
Notice Dec 04, 2014

Federal Election Commission logo Federal Election Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Dec 04, 2014

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Dec 04, 2014

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulations:

No documents available.

Government Ethics Office logo Government Ethics Office

Revision of Departmental Component Designations:

Title Type Published
The Office of Government Ethics (OGE) is issuing this final rule to revoke the designation of one departmental component of one agency and designate a new bureau as a departmental component for purposes of the one-year post-employment conflict of int...
Rule Dec 04, 2014

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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

Title Type Published
In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), wil...
Notice Dec 04, 2014
In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), wil...
Notice Dec 04, 2014

Certified Laboratories and Instrumented Initial Testing Facilities:

Title Type Published
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) notifies federal agencies of the laboratories and Instrumented Initial Testing Facilities (IITF) currently certified to meet the standards of the Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testin...
Notice Dec 04, 2014

Content and Format of Labeling for Human Prescription Drug and Biological Products:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending its regulations governing the content and format of the "Pregnancy," "Labor and delivery," and "Nursing mothers" subsections of the "Use in Specific Populations" section of the labeling for human pre...
Rule Dec 04, 2014

Delegations of Authority:

Title Type Published
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) has reorganized the Administration for Native Americans (ANA). This reorganization creates the Division of Policy and makes other technical changes to reflect the current functions within ANA. The re...
Notice Dec 04, 2014

Guidance for Industry and Staff:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry entitled "Pregnancy, Lactation, and Reproductive Potential: Labeling for Human Prescription Drug and Biological Products--Content and Format." This...
Notice Dec 04, 2014

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
The regulations implementing the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) provide that Indian tribes may designate an agent other than the tribal chairman for service of notice of proceedings under ICWA. This notice includes the current list of designated tri...
Notice Dec 04, 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 Dec 04, 2014

Permits:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), have issued the following permits to conduct certain activities with endangered species, marine mammals, or both. We issue these permits under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and Marine Mammal Protec...
Notice Dec 04, 2014

Labor Department logo Labor Department

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

Title Type Published
OSHA solicits public comments concerning its proposal to extend the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval of the information collection requirements specified in the Methylene Chloride Standard (29 CFR 1910.1052).
Notice Dec 04, 2014
OSHA solicits public comments concerning its proposal to extend OMB approval of the information collection requirements specified in the Vinyl Chloride Standard (29 CFR 1910.1017).
Notice Dec 04, 2014

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulations:

No documents available.

National Archives and Records Administration logo National Archives and Records Administration

Title Type Published
NARA is giving public notice that the agency proposes to reinstate the information collection described in this notice, which is used in the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) grant program. The public is invited to comme...
Notice Dec 04, 2014

O
Overseas Private Investment Corporation

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Dec 04, 2014

R
Railroad Retirement Board

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) is an forwarding Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), Office of Management...
Notice Dec 04, 2014

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

State Department logo State Department

Title Type Published
This notice is to inform the public that the Secretary of State determined on November 20, 2014, pursuant to Section 1245(d)(4)(D) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (NDAA) (Pub. L. 112-81), as amended, that as of November...
Notice Dec 04, 2014

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
Release of Waybill Data
Notice Dec 04, 2014

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
The FAA publishes a monthly notice, as appropriate, of PFC approvals and disapprovals under the provisions of the Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 (Title IX of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990) (Pub. L. 101-508) and Par...
Notice Dec 04, 2014

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

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval to renew an information collection. The respondents are those airport operators volu...
Notice Dec 04, 2014
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval to renew an information collection. The requested information is included in air car...
Notice Dec 04, 2014
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval to renew an information collection. 14 CFR part 21 prescribes certification standard...
Notice Dec 04, 2014
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval to renew an information collection. An Advisory Circular (AC) establishes criteria f...
Notice Dec 04, 2014
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval to renew an information collection. Fractional Ownership is a program that offers in...
Notice Dec 04, 2014
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval to renew an information collection. Airworthiness Directives (ADs) are regulations i...
Notice Dec 04, 2014

Charter Renewals:

Title Type Published
The FAA announces the charter renewal of the COMSTAC, a Federal Advisory Committee that provides information, advice, and recommendations to the Department of Transportation and the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on the cr...
Notice Dec 04, 2014

User Fees:

Title Type Published
The FAA publishes a monthly notice, as appropriate, of PFC approvals and disapprovals under the provisions of the Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 (Title IX of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990) (Pub. L. 101-508) and Par...
Notice Dec 04, 2014

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