January 6, 2015 (Volume 80)

Federal Register January 6, 2015

View all documents issued on January 6, 2015. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

92 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on January 6, 2015

Agency for International Development logo Agency for International Development

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is issuing public notice for an altered system of records entitled, "AID-16 Employee Time, Attendance, and Payroll Records" last published at 4...
Notice Jan 06, 2015

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
This final rule removes regulations for the Forest Land Enhancement Program (FLEP) from the Code of Federal Regulations in conformity with Sec. 8001 of the Agriculture Act of 2014 (2014 Farm Bill), in which Congress repealed FLEP. The Program's fundi...
Rule Jan 06, 2015
As set forth in 7 CFR 4279.107, the Agency has the authority to charge an initial guarantee fee and an annual renewal fee for loans made under the Business and Industry (B&I) Guaranteed Loan Program. Pursuant to that authority, the Agency is establis...
Notice Jan 06, 2015

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

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request a revision to and extension of approval of an information collection associated with the Animal Welfar...
Notice Jan 06, 2015
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request an extension of approval of an information collection associated with training related to animal disea...
Notice Jan 06, 2015
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request a revision to and extension of approval of an information collection associated with the regulations f...
Notice Jan 06, 2015

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Jan 06, 2015

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

Title Type Published
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 Jan 06, 2015

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:

Title Type Published
On November 26, 2014, the Department of Commerce ("the Department") published the First Amended Final Determination in the Federal Register. We are amending our First Amended Final Determination to correct a ministerial error and amending the order t...
Notice Jan 06, 2015

Fisheries Off West Coast States:

Title Type Published
This proposed rule would establish the 2015-2016 harvest specifications and management measures for groundfish taken in the U.S. exclusive economic zone off the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California, consistent with the Magnuson-Stevens Fisher...
Proposed Rule Jan 06, 2015

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice announces a public meeting of the Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee (Committee). The Committee provides advice to the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and the National Telecommunications and...
Notice Jan 06, 2015
The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public meeting of its Groundfish Recreational Advisory Panel to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Recommendations from this grou...
Notice Jan 06, 2015
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 Jan 06, 2015

Patent Term Extensions:

Title Type Published
The United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued an order granting a second interim extension under 35 U.S.C. 156(d)(5) for a one-year interim extension of the term of U.S. Patent No. 5,593,823.
Notice Jan 06, 2015

Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR describ...
Notice Jan 06, 2015

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Department of the Army (DOA) announces a proposed public information collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collecti...
Notice Jan 06, 2015
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 Jan 06, 2015
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 Jan 06, 2015
The Defense Commissary Agency proposes to alter a system of records, Z0035-01, entitled "Commissary Retail Sales Transaction Data" in its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended. The Commissary Retail Sales Transact...
Notice Jan 06, 2015

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Department of Defense is publishing this notice to announce the following meeting of the Board of Regents, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences ("the Board").
Notice Jan 06, 2015

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
Combined Filings
Notice Jan 06, 2015
Combined Filings
Notice Jan 06, 2015
Combined Filings
Notice Jan 06, 2015

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

Title Type Published
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE or the Department) seeks to develop a common definition for Zero Energy Buildings (ZEBs). A broadly accepted market definition of ZEB boundaries and metrics is foundational to efforts by governments, utilities, or p...
Notice Jan 06, 2015

Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is amending its test procedures for vented home heating equipment and pool heaters established under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. This rulemaking fulfills DOE's statutory obligation to review its test pr...
Rule Jan 06, 2015

Energy Conservation Program:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) proposes to clarify its energy conservation standards and test procedures for fluorescent lamp ballasts established under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. DOE proposes to reorganize, reformat, correct, and c...
Proposed Rule Jan 06, 2015

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Transfer Capability Standards for Wholesale Electric Transmission Services; Workshop
Notice Jan 06, 2015

Requests for Temporary Waivers:

Title Type Published
Tapstone Midstream, LLC
Notice Jan 06, 2015

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Clean Data Determination for 1997 PM2.5 Standards:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is extending the existing public comment period for a proposal published in the Federal Register on December 9, 2014. In that action, pursuant to the Clean Air Act, EPA proposed to determine that the Los Ange...
Proposed Rule Jan 06, 2015

Purchaser Agreements:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Prospective Purchaser Agreement, notice is hereby given of a proposed administrative settlement concerning a portion of the Willow Run Powertrain Site in Ypsilanti, Michigan with the following settling party: Yankee Air Force I...
Notice Jan 06, 2015

Tribal Implementation Plans and Designations of Air Quality Planning Areas:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to revise the boundaries of the Southern California air quality planning areas to designate the reservation of the Pechanga Band of Luise[ntilde]o Mission Indians of the Pechanga Reservation, Cal...
Proposed Rule Jan 06, 2015

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Title Type Published
North Korea; Imposing Additional Sanctions (EO 13687)
Presidential Document Jan 06, 2015

Export-Import Bank logo Export-Import Bank

Title Type Published
This Notice is to inform the public of the withdrawal of an invalid notice published on December 30, 2014 at 79 FR 78433.
Notice Jan 06, 2015
This Notice is to inform the public of the withdrawal of an invalid notice published on December 30, 2014 at 79 FR 78433.
Notice Jan 06, 2015

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 Communication Commission (FCC or Commission) invites the general public and other Federal ag...
Notice Jan 06, 2015
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) initiates a rulemaking seeking public comment on: Ensuring reliable back-up power for consumers of IP-based voice and data services across networks that provide residential fixed se...
Proposed Rule Jan 06, 2015

Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council logo Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Notice of Meeting.
Notice Jan 06, 2015

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Title Type Published
Agreements Filed
Notice Jan 06, 2015

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Changes in Bank Control:

Title Type Published
Acquitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company
Notice Jan 06, 2015

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Jan 06, 2015

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 (the PRA).
Notice Jan 06, 2015

Determinations that Products were Not Withdrawn from Sale for Reasons of Safety or Effectiveness:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) has determined that REYATAZ (atazanavir sulfate) capsules, 100 milligrams (mg), were not withdrawn from sale for reasons of safety or effectiveness. This determination will allow FDA to approve abbrevi...
Notice Jan 06, 2015

Exclusive Licenses:

Title Type Published
This is notice, in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR part 404, that the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, is contemplating the grant of an exclusive patent license to HUIYU Pharmaceuticals Co, Ltd located...
Notice Jan 06, 2015

Food Additive Petition (Animal Use):

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that the Humic Products Trade Assn. has filed a petition proposing that the food additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of humate, fulvic acid and humic substances as a source...
Proposed Rule Jan 06, 2015

Guidance for Industry and Staff:

Title Type Published
On December 3, 2014, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) published a request for public comments in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts on a draft policy to promote the use of a single Institutional Review Board of record for domestic sites of...
Notice Jan 06, 2015

Meetings:

Title Type Published
National Cancer Institute
Notice Jan 06, 2015
National Cancer Institute
Notice Jan 06, 2015
National Cancer Institute; Amendment
Notice Jan 06, 2015
National Cancer Institute; Amendment
Notice Jan 06, 2015
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Notice Jan 06, 2015
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Notice Jan 06, 2015
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Notice Jan 06, 2015
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Notice Jan 06, 2015

Single-Source Grants:

Title Type Published
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) announces the award of an urgent single- source grant in the amount of $250,000 to the Center for Survivors of Torture (CST) in Dallas, TX, to ensure incoming re...
Notice Jan 06, 2015

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

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

Title Type Published
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the Department of Homeland Security 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 Redu...
Notice Jan 06, 2015
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) invites public comment on one currently approved Information Collection Request (ICR), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number 1652-0059, abstracted below, that we will submit to OMB for r...
Notice Jan 06, 2015

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Title Type Published
Section 243 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2014 (2014 Appropriations Act), authorized HUD to implement certain statutory changes to the United States Housing Act of 1937 (1937 Act) made by the 2014 Appropriatio...
Proposed Rule Jan 06, 2015

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
The Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR) proposes to change the regulations governing valuation for royalty purposes of oil and gas produced from Federal onshore and offshore leases and coal produced from Federal and Indian leases. The proposed...
Proposed Rule Jan 06, 2015
National Register of Historic Places; Pending Nominations and Related Actions
Notice Jan 06, 2015

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Work Group (AMWG) makes recommendations to the Secretary of the Interior concerning Glen Canyon Dam operations and other management actions to protect resources downstream of Glen Canyon Dam, consistent with th...
Notice Jan 06, 2015

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

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

Title Type Published
Melamine from China, Trinidad and Tobago
Notice Jan 06, 2015

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
Consent Decrees under the Clean Water Act
Notice Jan 06, 2015

N
National Science Foundation

Permit Applications:

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 06, 2015

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Facility Operating and Combined Licenses:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to Section 189a. (2) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is publishing this regular biweekly notice. The Act requires the Commission to publish notice of any amendments issued,...
Notice Jan 06, 2015
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) received and is considering approval of four amendment requests. The amendment requests are for Turkey Point Nuclear Generating, Units 3 and 4; Duane Arnold Energy Center; Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units...
Notice Jan 06, 2015

P
Postal Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The Commission is noticing a recent Postal Service filing concerning the addition of Global Expedited Package Services-Non- Published Rates Contract 5 to the competitive product list. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comme...
Notice Jan 06, 2015

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Title Type Published
BATS Exchange, Inc.
Notice Jan 06, 2015
C2 Options Exchange, Inc.
Notice Jan 06, 2015
Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.
Notice Jan 06, 2015
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
Notice Jan 06, 2015
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
Notice Jan 06, 2015
International Securities Exchange, LLC
Notice Jan 06, 2015
Miami International Securities Exchange LLC
Notice Jan 06, 2015
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice Jan 06, 2015
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice Jan 06, 2015
NYSE MKT LLC
Notice Jan 06, 2015
New York Stock Exchange LLC
Notice Jan 06, 2015
The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Notice Jan 06, 2015
The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Notice Jan 06, 2015
The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Notice Jan 06, 2015
The Options Clearing Corp.
Notice Jan 06, 2015

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

Title Type Published
We are adopting, with two revisions, our interim final rules that implemented amendments to the Social Security Act (Act) made by the Social Security Disability Applicants' Access to Professional Representation Act of 2010 (PRA). The interim final ru...
Rule Jan 06, 2015

State Department logo State Department

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

United States Rail Service Issues:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
Through this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, the Board is proposing to establish new regulations requiring all Class I railroads and the Chicago Transportation Coordination Office (CTCO), through its Class I members, to report certain service performa...
Proposed Rule Jan 06, 2015

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
This final rule requires railroads that operate one or more trains through highway-rail or pathway crossings to submit information to the U.S. DOT National Highway-Rail Crossing Inventory about the crossings through which they operate. These amendmen...
Rule Jan 06, 2015

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for GA 8 Airvan (Pty) Ltd Model GA8-TC320 airplanes. This proposed AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) originated by an aviation authority of another country to...
Proposed Rule Jan 06, 2015
The FAA withdraws a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that proposed to revise Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2012-12-15, which applies to all The Boeing Company Model 757 airplanes. The NPRM would have corrected errors in certain paragraph reference...
Proposed Rule Jan 06, 2015

Environmental Assessment Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
This notice announces final environmental actions taken by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for a project in Douglas County, CO. The purpose of this notice is to announce publicly the environmental decisions by FTA on the subject project and...
Notice Jan 06, 2015

Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications:

Title Type Published
FMCSA announces its decision to renew the exemptions from the vision requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations for 21 individuals. FMCSA has statutory authority to exempt individuals from the vision requirement if the exemptions gra...
Notice Jan 06, 2015

United States Rail Service Issues:

No documents available.

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) is expanding the approximately 33-square mile "Fair Play" viticultural area in El Dorado County, California, by 1,200 acres (approximately 2 square miles). The established viticultural area and the e...
Rule Jan 06, 2015

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