January 2, 2015 (Volume 80)

Federal Register January 2, 2015

View all documents issued on January 2, 2015. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

73 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on January 2, 2015

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
We are proposing to amend the regulations governing approval of facilities that receive livestock moved in interstate commerce. We are also proposing several amendments to the conditions under which livestock may move to such facilities without offic...
Proposed Rule Jan 02, 2015
The Farm Service Agency (FSA) is revising regulations on behalf of the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) as required by the Agricultural Act of 2014 (2014 Farm Bill) to update the Marketing Assistance Loan (MAL) and Loan Deficiency Payments (LDP) Pr...
Rule Jan 02, 2015

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
This notice announces the expansion of employee coverage under the Commerce Alternative Personnel System, formerly the Department of Commerce Personnel Management Demonstration Project, published in the Federal Register on December 24, 1997. This cov...
Notice Jan 02, 2015

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

Title Type Published
Applications for Trademark Registration
Notice Jan 02, 2015
National Oceanographic Data Center Send2NODC Web Application
Notice Jan 02, 2015
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 Jan 02, 2015
Summer Teacher Institute
Notice Jan 02, 2015

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:

Fisheries Off West Coast States:

Title Type Published
NMFS announces the receipt of exempted fishing permit (EFP) applications, and is considering issuance of EFPs for vessels participating in the EFP fisheries. The EFPs are necessary to allow activities that are otherwise prohibited by Federal regulati...
Notice Jan 02, 2015

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) will meet Wednesday, February 11, 2015, from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. Eastern Time, Thursday, February 12, 2015, from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. Eastern Time, and Friday, February 13, 2015, from 8...
Notice Jan 02, 2015

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
The Committee is proposing to add product and service to the Procurement List that will be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
Notice Jan 02, 2015
This action adds products to the Procurement List that will be furnished by the nonprofit agency employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
Notice Jan 02, 2015

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs announces a proposed public information collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are invited on...
Notice Jan 02, 2015
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Notice Jan 02, 2015
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Army & Air Force Exchange Service announces a proposed public information collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed col...
Notice Jan 02, 2015

Education Department logo Education Department

Title Type Published
This document provides notice of the continuation of the computer matching program between the Departments of Education (ED) and Defense (DoD). The continuation is effective on the date described in paragraph 5 of this notice.
Notice Jan 02, 2015

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

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), ED is proposing a new information collection.
Notice Jan 02, 2015

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
The EIA invites public comment on a proposed collection of information that EIA is developing for submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The EIA is soliciting comments on the proposed...
Notice Jan 02, 2015

Filings:

Title Type Published
San Diego Gas and Electric Co. v. Sellers of Energy and Ancillary Services into Markets Operated by the California Independent System Operator Corp., et al.
Notice Jan 02, 2015

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
Environmental Impact Statements; Weekly Receipts
Notice Jan 02, 2015

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

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), this document announces that EPA is planning to submit an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The ICR, entitled "Reporting in the FIFRA Cooperative A...
Notice Jan 02, 2015

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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 Jan 02, 2015

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Jan 02, 2015
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Jan 02, 2015
Center for Scientific Review; Amendments
Notice Jan 02, 2015
National Institute on Aging
Notice Jan 02, 2015

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 the U.S. Coast Guard is forwarding Information Collection Requests (ICRs), abstracted below, to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), req...
Notice Jan 02, 2015
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the U.S. Coast Guard intends to submit an Information Collection Request (ICRs) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), requesting appr...
Notice Jan 02, 2015
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the U.S. Coast Guard intends to submit an Information Collection Request (ICRs) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), requesting appr...
Notice Jan 02, 2015

Drawbridge Operations:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard proposes to temporarily change the operating schedule that governs the Simpson Avenue Bridge on the Hoquiam River, mile 0.5, at Hoquiam, Washington. The proposed rule change is necessary to accommodate Washington State Department of T...
Proposed Rule Jan 02, 2015
The Coast Guard is changing the operating schedule that governs the Amtrak Bridge across the Thames River at mile 3.0, at New London, Connecticut. The bridge owner, National Passenger Railroad Corporation (Amtrak), submitted a request to allow the Am...
Rule Jan 02, 2015

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 Jan 02, 2015

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Indian Affairs is proposing to amend its regulations governing its Housing Improvement Program, which is a safety-net program that provides grants for repairing, renovating, or replacing existing housing and for providing new housing. T...
Proposed Rule Jan 02, 2015

Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
BOEM is extending the comment period on an Environmental Assessment (EA) that considers the reasonably foreseeable environmental consequences associated with approval of wind energy-related research activities offshore Virginia as proposed by the Vir...
Notice Jan 02, 2015

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
On February 24, 2012, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) published a Notice of Availability (NOA) of the Eastern Interior Draft Resource Management Plan (RMP)/Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for public review and comment in the Federal Register...
Notice Jan 02, 2015
In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has prepared a Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Vantage to Pomona Heights 230 kV Transmission Line Projec...
Notice Jan 02, 2015

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National Science Foundation

Title Type Published
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish notice of permits issued under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. This is the required notice.
Notice Jan 02, 2015

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing NUREG- 1021, Revision 10, "Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors, Final Report." This NUREG provides policy and guidance for the development, administration, and grading of...
Notice Jan 02, 2015
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a final revision to the following section in Chapter 3 of NUREG-0800, "Standard Review Plan for the Review of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants: LWR Edition," Section 3.7.1, "Seis...
Notice Jan 02, 2015

Guidance:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment draft regulatory guide (DG), DG-5027, "General Use of Locks in Protection and Control of Facilities and Special Nuclear Materials, Classified Matter, and Safeguards Informatio...
Notice Jan 02, 2015

License Renewal Applications:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment a draft plant-specific Supplement 54 to the Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS) for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, NUREG-1437, regarding the renewal of operating...
Notice Jan 02, 2015

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Title Type Published
BATS Exchange, Inc.
Notice Jan 02, 2015
BATS Y-Exchange, Inc.
Notice Jan 02, 2015
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.
Notice Jan 02, 2015
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.
Notice Jan 02, 2015
EDGA Exchange, Inc.
Notice Jan 02, 2015
EDGX Exchange, Inc.
Notice Jan 02, 2015
ICE Clear Credit LLC
Notice Jan 02, 2015
Miami International Securities Exchange LLC
Notice Jan 02, 2015
NYSE MKT LLC
Notice Jan 02, 2015
NYSE MKT LLC
Notice Jan 02, 2015
National Stock Exchange, Inc.
Notice Jan 02, 2015
New York Stock Exchange LLC
Notice Jan 02, 2015
The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Notice Jan 02, 2015

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Disaster Declarations:

Title Type Published
This is an amendment of the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) declaration for the State of Missouri, dated 09/03/2014. Incident: Civil Unrest. Incident Period: 08/09/2014 and continuing through 12/17/2014. Effective Date: 12/22/2014. EIDL Loan App...
Notice Jan 02, 2015
This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of New York (FEMA- 4204-DR), dated 12/22/2014. Incident: Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding. Incident Period: 11/17/2014 through 1...
Notice Jan 02, 2015

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

Title Type Published
We are extending the expiration dates of the following body systems in the Listing of Impairments (listings) in our regulations: Growth Impairment, Musculoskeletal System, Respiratory System, Cardiovascular System, Digestive System, Hematological Dis...
Rule Jan 02, 2015

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Acquisition Exemptions:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
Massachusetts Department of Transportation, Certain Assets of CSX Transportation, Inc.
Notice Jan 02, 2015

Acquisition and Operation Exemptions:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
TransDistribution Brookfield Railroad Co. to Sweetener Supply Co., Inc.
Notice Jan 02, 2015
DOT, STB
TransDistribution Ridgeland Railroad Co. to Sweetener Supply Co., Inc.
Notice Jan 02, 2015

Discontinuance of Service Exemptions:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
Alabama Great Southern Railroad Co., St. Tammany Parish, LA
Notice Jan 02, 2015
DOT, STB
Norfolk Southern Railway Co.; Henry County, VA
Notice Jan 02, 2015

Leases and Operation Exemptions:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
Alabama Southern Railroad, LLC from Kansas City Southern Railway Co.
Notice Jan 02, 2015

S
Susquehanna River Basin Commission

Title Type Published
The Susquehanna River Basin Commission will hold a public hearing on January 29, 2015, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. At this public hearing, the Commission will hear testimony on the projects listed in the Supplementary Information section of this not...
Notice Jan 02, 2015

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
Before a Federal agency can collect certain information from the public, it must receive approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Under procedures established by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, before seeking OMB approval, Federa...
Notice Jan 02, 2015
In accordance with the requirements of 49 U.S.C. 5117(c), PHMSA is publishing the following list of special permit applications that have been in process for 180 days or more. The reason(s) for delay and the expected completion date for action on eac...
Notice Jan 02, 2015

Acquisition Exemptions:

No documents available.

Acquisition and Operation Exemptions:

No documents available.

Applications for Special Permits:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the procedures governing the application for, and the processing of, special permits from the Department of Transportation's Hazardous Material Regulations (49 CFR part 107, subpart B), notice is hereby given that the Office of Haz...
Notice Jan 02, 2015

Discontinuance of Service Exemptions:

No documents available.

Leases and Operation Exemptions:

No documents available.

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public that a meeting of the Federal Aviation Administration Air Traffic Procedures Advisory Committee (ATPAC) will be held to review present air traffic control procedures and practices for standardizatio...
Notice Jan 02, 2015

Petitions for Temporary Exemptions from Electrical Safety Requirements; Approvals:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the procedures in 49 CFR part 555, Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (Toyota) petitioned the agency for a temporary exemption from one portion of FMVSS No. 305 that requires manufacturers to maintain a certain level of electrical is...
Notice Jan 02, 2015

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on an information collection that is due for renewed approval by the Office of Management a...
Notice Jan 02, 2015
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of 4 individuals whose property and interests in property have been blocked pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (Kingpin Act)...
Notice Jan 02, 2015
The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of 14 individuals and 14 entities whose property and interests in property have been unblocked pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act...
Notice Jan 02, 2015
The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of the individuals whose property and interests in property have been unblocked pursuant to Executive Order 12978 of October 21, 1995, "Blocking Assets a...
Notice Jan 02, 2015

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