January 15, 2015 (Volume 80)

Federal Register January 15, 2015

View all documents issued on January 15, 2015. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

96 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on January 15, 2015

Agency for International Development logo Agency for International Development

Charter Renewals:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is hereby given of the renewal of the Charter of the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid.
Notice Jan 15, 2015

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Rural Business-Cooperative Service's (RBS) intention to request an extension of a currently approved information collection in support of the program for 7 CFR, part 19...
Notice Jan 15, 2015
FSIS is announcing the availability of the Agency's draft Establishment-Specific Data Release Strategic Plan (the draft Plan) for sharing data on federally inspected meat and poultry establishments with the public. FSIS developed the Plan in response...
Notice Jan 15, 2015
Notice is hereby given that the comment period on proposed modifications to the organic assessment exemption regulations under 23 Federal marketing orders and 22 research and promotion programs is extended until February 17, 2015. The proposed rule w...
Proposed Rule Jan 15, 2015

Child and Adult Care Food Program:

Title Type Published
This rule proposes changes to the meal pattern requirements for the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) to better align the meal patterns with the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, as required by the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (...
Proposed Rule Jan 15, 2015

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Ochoco National Forest is preparing an environmental impact statement (EIS) to analyze the effects of managing vegetation and fuels within the 34,011 acre Black Mountain project area, which is approximately 35 miles east of Prineville, Oregon. Th...
Notice Jan 15, 2015

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Forestry Research Advisory Council (FRAC) will meet in Washington, DC. The Council is required by Section 1441 of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 to provide advice to the Secretary of Agriculture on accomplishing efficiently the purposes of...
Notice Jan 15, 2015

Records of Decisions:

Title Type Published
Regional Forester Faye Krueger signed the final Record of Decisions (RODs) for the Kootenai and Idaho Panhandle National Forests revised Land Management Plans (Plans) on January 5, 2015. The Final RODs document the Regional Forester's decision and ra...
Notice Jan 15, 2015

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Jan 15, 2015

Fisheries of the Northeastern United States:

Title Type Published
Based on Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission recommendations, we are issuing this final rule enacting Federal American lobster regulations for Lobster Conservation Management Areas 2, 3, 4, and 5, including trap reductions in Areas 2 and 3, a...
Rule Jan 15, 2015
NMFS has approved Framework Adjustment 52 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan. This final rule contains two modifications to the current windowpane flounder accountability measures. First, the size of the accountability measure gear...
Rule Jan 15, 2015

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) will convene a joint webinar meeting of its Coastal Pelagic Species Management Team (CPSMT) and Coastal Pelagic Species Advisory Subpanel (CPSAS). Information on how to participate will be post...
Notice Jan 15, 2015
The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Pacific Council) Groundfish Management Team (GMT) will hold a weeklong work session that is open to the public.
Notice Jan 15, 2015

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations:

Title Type Published
DoD is making technical amendments to the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to provide needed editorial changes.
Rule Jan 15, 2015

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The comment period for the Availability of Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Dallas Floodway Project, in the City of Dallas, Dallas County, TX published in the Federal Register on Friday, December 19, 2014 (79 FR 75794), required comments...
Notice Jan 15, 2015

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
Combined Filings
Notice Jan 15, 2015

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the availability of the final report titled, "Connectivity of Streams and Wetlands to Downstream Waters: A Review and Synthesis of the Scientific Evidence" (EPA/600/R-14/475F). The purpose...
Notice Jan 15, 2015

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

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to submit an information collection request (ICR), "Exchange Network Grants Progress Reports (Renewal)" (EPA ICR No. 2207.06, OMB Control No. 2025-0006) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for...
Notice Jan 15, 2015

Air Quality Designations:

Title Type Published
This rule establishes air quality designations for most areas in the United States (U.S.), including areas of Indian country, for the 2012 primary annual fine particle (PM<INF>2.5</INF>) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). Through these d...
Rule Jan 15, 2015

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 Ventura County Air Pollution Control District (VCAPCD) portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). This revision concerns the District's reas...
Rule Jan 15, 2015

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces a public meeting of the National Drinking Water Advisory Council's Lead and Copper Rule Working Group (LCRWG). The meeting is scheduled for February 5 and 6, 2015, in Arlington, Virginia. Durin...
Notice Jan 15, 2015

National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing that the period for providing public comments on the December 8, 2014, supplemental proposed rule titled "National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Primary Aluminum Reduction Pla...
Proposed Rule Jan 15, 2015
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing that the period for providing public comments on the December 8, 2014, supplemental proposed rule titled "National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Secondary Aluminum Production"...
Proposed Rule Jan 15, 2015

Significant New Use Rules:

Title Type Published
Under the Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA), EPA is proposing a significant new use rule (SNUR) for 2,4-toluene diisocyanate, 2,6- toluene diisocyanate, toluene diisocyanate unspecified isomers (these three chemical substances are hereafter referred...
Proposed Rule Jan 15, 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 Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) invites the general public and other Feder...
Notice Jan 15, 2015
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 Jan 15, 2015
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 15, 2015
In this document, the Commission propose new rules designed to better reflect the fact that video services are being provided increasingly over the Internet. Specifically, we propose to modernize our interpretation of the term "multichannel video pro...
Proposed Rule Jan 15, 2015

Television Broadcasting Services:

Title Type Published
The Commission has before it a petition for rulemaking filed by WLAJ-TV LLC, the licensee of station WLAJ-TV, channel 51, Lansing, Michigan, requesting the substitution of channel 25 for channel 51 at Lansing. While the Commission instituted a freeze...
Proposed Rule Jan 15, 2015

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Regulatory Publication and Review:

No documents available.

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Title Type Published
Agreements Filed
Notice Jan 15, 2015

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Regulatory Publication and Review:

No documents available.

Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

Premerger Notification Rules:

Title Type Published
Request for Early Termination of Waiting Period
Notice Jan 15, 2015

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
The inventions listed below are owned by an agency of the U.S. Government and are available for licensing in the U.S. in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR part 404 to achieve expeditious commercialization of results of federally-funded researc...
Notice Jan 15, 2015

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

Title Type Published
Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for review and approval of the information collection l...
Notice Jan 15, 2015

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Jan 15, 2015
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Jan 15, 2015
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Jan 15, 2015
As stipulated by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is hereby giving notice that the Advisory Committee on Minority Health (ACMH) will hold a meeting. This meeting will be open to the public. Prereg...
Notice Jan 15, 2015
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Notice Jan 15, 2015
National Human Genome Research Institute
Notice Jan 15, 2015
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Notice Jan 15, 2015
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Notice Jan 15, 2015
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Notice Jan 15, 2015
National Institute of Nursing Research
Notice Jan 15, 2015
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
Notice Jan 15, 2015
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Notice Jan 15, 2015
As stipulated by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is hereby giving notice that the National Vaccine Advisory Committee (NVAC) will hold a meeting February 10-11, 2015. The meeting is open to the pu...
Notice Jan 15, 2015

Requests for Nominations:

Title Type Published
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Minority Health (OMH), is seeking nominations of qualified candidates to be considered for appointment as a member of the Advisory Committee on Minority Health (hereafter referred to as the...
Notice Jan 15, 2015

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Anchorage Regulations:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is establishing and modifying anchorage grounds within the Port of New York. This action is necessary to facilitate safe navigation and provide safe and secure anchorages for vessels operating in the area. This rule is intended to inc...
Rule Jan 15, 2015

Security Zones:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary security zone within Sector Boston's Captain of the Port (COTP) Zone on the waters in the vicinity of John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse, Boston, MA. Enforcement of this temporary security zone is...
Rule Jan 15, 2015

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Title Type Published
On July 19, 2013, HUD published a proposed rule on Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing. The comment period for the proposed rule closed on September 17, 2013. HUD received over 1,000 public comments in response to the proposed rule. While many comm...
Proposed Rule Jan 15, 2015

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
The National Park Service is reopening the public comment period for the proposed rule to amend its regulations for sport hunting and trapping in National Preserves in Alaska. The proposed rule also includes updates to procedures for closing an area...
Proposed Rule Jan 15, 2015
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities with endangered or threatened species. The Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), prohibits activities with en...
Notice Jan 15, 2015
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has finalized a policy to implement a strategic approach to the growth of the National Wildlife Refuge System (Refuge System, System). The National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act (Administration...
Notice Jan 15, 2015

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The National Park Service (NPS) announces the availability of a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Off-Road Vehicle Management Plan (Plan), Lake Meredith National Recreation Area, Texas. The Plan/FEIS evaluates the impacts of four al...
Notice Jan 15, 2015
This notice advises the public that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) as lead agency intends to gather information necessary for preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) in connection...
Notice Jan 15, 2015

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) is announcing that the Advisory Board for Exceptional Children (Advisory Board) will hold its next meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The purpose of the meeting is to meet the mandates of the Individuals with Dis...
Notice Jan 15, 2015

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jan 15, 2015
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jan 15, 2015

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
Proposed Consent Decrees under CERCLA
Notice Jan 15, 2015
Proposed Consent Decrees under the Clean Air Act
Notice Jan 15, 2015

Meetings:

Title Type Published
On December 18, 2014, President Barack Obama signed Executive Order 13684 titled "Establishment of the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing" establishing the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing ("Task Force"). The Task Force se...
Notice Jan 15, 2015

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
The Mine Safety and Health Administration's (MSHA) final rule requires underground coal mine operators to equip continuous mining machines, except full-face continuous mining machines, with proximity detection systems. Miners working near continuous...
Rule Jan 15, 2015

Library of Congress logo Library of Congress

Digital Performance Rights:

Title Type Published
The Copyright Royalty Judges are publishing for comment proposed regulations that would set the royalty rates and terms for the digital transmission of sound recordings by new subscription services and for the making of ephemeral recordings necessary...
Proposed Rule Jan 15, 2015

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Meetings:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces a forthcoming meeting of the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel.
Notice Jan 15, 2015

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation logo Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-Employer Plans:

Title Type Published
This final rule amends the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's regulation on Benefits Payable in Terminated Single- Employer Plans to prescribe interest assumptions under the regulation for valuation dates in February 2015. The interest assumption...
Rule Jan 15, 2015

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Jan 15, 2015
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Jan 15, 2015

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Title Type Published
EDGA Exchange, Inc.
Notice Jan 15, 2015
EDGA Exchange, Inc.
Notice Jan 15, 2015
EDGX Exchange, Inc.
Notice Jan 15, 2015
EDGX Exchange, Inc.
Notice Jan 15, 2015
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
Notice Jan 15, 2015
ICE Clear Europe, Ltd.
Notice Jan 15, 2015
NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc.
Notice Jan 15, 2015
NASDAQ OMX PHLX, LLC
Notice Jan 15, 2015
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice Jan 15, 2015
New York Stock Exchange LLC
Notice Jan 15, 2015

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Airbus Helicopters (previously Eurocopter France) Model EC155B1 and AS 365 N3 helicopters with a certain automated flight control system (AFCS) and with a Garmin global positioning system (GPS) i...
Rule Jan 15, 2015
We are superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2014-03-05, for certain Bombardier, Inc. Model BD-700-1A10 airplanes. AD 2014-03-05 required modification of the air data probes and sensors. This new AD continues to require modification of the air dat...
Rule Jan 15, 2015

Applications:

Title Type Published
The United States-Mexico Cross-Border Long-Haul Trucking Pilot Program (Pilot Program) concluded on October 10, 2014. The Pilot Program was part of FMCSA's implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) cross-border long-haul truck...
Notice Jan 15, 2015

Aviation Training Device Credit:

Title Type Published
The FAA is withdrawing a direct final rule regarding aviation training devices published December 3, 2014. That rule would have relieved burdens on pilots seeking to obtain aeronautical experience for an instrument rating by increasing the allowed us...
Rule Jan 15, 2015

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

Title Type Published
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 Jan 15, 2015
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 Jan 15, 2015
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 Jan 15, 2015
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 Jan 15, 2015

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

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 take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...
Notice Jan 15, 2015
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 take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...
Notice Jan 15, 2015
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 take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...
Notice Jan 15, 2015

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Debt Management Advisory Committee
Notice Jan 15, 2015

Regulatory Publication and Review:

Title Type Published
The OCC, Board, and FDIC ("we" or "Agencies") announce the second in a series of outreach meetings on the Agencies' interagency process to review their regulations under the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996 ("EGRPRA").
Proposed Rule Jan 15, 2015

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

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

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3521), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, will submit the collection of information abstracted below to t...
Notice Jan 15, 2015
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-21), this notice announces that the Office of Human Resources and Administration (OHR&A), Department of Veterans Affairs, will submit the collection of information abstracte...
Notice Jan 15, 2015
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3521), this notice announces that the Office of Human Resources Management, Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted below to t...
Notice Jan 15, 2015
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3521), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, will submit the collection of information abstracted below to t...
Notice Jan 15, 2015
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3521), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, will submit the collection of information abstracted below to t...
Notice Jan 15, 2015
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-21), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, will submit the collection of information abstracted below to the Offic...
Notice Jan 15, 2015

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