January 16, 2015 (Volume 80)

Federal Register January 16, 2015

View all documents issued on January 16, 2015. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

101 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on January 16, 2015

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Interstate Movement and Import Restrictions on Certain Live Fish:

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We are withdrawing an interim rule that established regulations to restrict the interstate movement and importation into the United States of live fish that are susceptible to viral hemorrhagic septicemia, a highly contagious disease of certain fresh...
Rule Jan 16, 2015

Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board logo Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jan 16, 2015

Civil Rights Commission logo Civil Rights Commission

Meetings:

Title Type Published
New Mexico Advisory Committee
Notice Jan 16, 2015
Wyoming State Advisory Committee
Notice Jan 16, 2015

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Jan 16, 2015
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Jan 16, 2015
This rule amends the Export Administration Regulations to create License Exception Support for the Cuban People (SCP) to authorize the export and reexport of certain items to Cuba that are intended to improve the living conditions of the Cuban people...
Rule Jan 16, 2015
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) proposes to withdraw six (6) Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) from the FIPS series. The standards proposed for withdrawal are: FIPS 181, FIPS 185, FIPS 188, FIPS 190, FIPS 191 a...
Notice Jan 16, 2015

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:

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The Department of Commerce ("the Department") published the Preliminary Results of the tenth administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain frozen fish fillets ("fish fillets") from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam ("Vietnam") on Jul...
Notice Jan 16, 2015
Welded Carbon Steel Standard Pipe and Tube Products from Turkey
Notice Jan 16, 2015

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

Title Type Published
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) has submitted Amendment 40 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico (FMP) for review, approval, and implementation by NMFS. Amendment 40 includes actions...
Proposed Rule Jan 16, 2015

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska:

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NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher/processors using trawl gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the A season allowance of the 2015 Pacific cod total...
Rule Jan 16, 2015

Meetings:

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The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and its advisory committees will hold public meetings, February 4-10, 2015.
Notice Jan 16, 2015
There will be a joint meeting of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) in Seattle, WA.
Notice Jan 16, 2015
The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Pacific Council) Highly Migratory Species Management Team (HMSMT) will hold a meeting, which is open to the public.
Notice Jan 16, 2015
The Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology (VCAT or Committee), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), will meet in open session on Wednesday, February 4, 2015 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Eastern Time and Thursday, February 5, 2015...
Notice Jan 16, 2015

Trademark Rules of Practice:

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office ("Office") is revising the Trademark Rules of Practice and the Rules of Practice in Filings Pursuant to the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks to...
Rule Jan 16, 2015

Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled logo Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

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This action adds products and a service to the Procurement List that will be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and deletes products and a service from the Procurement List previously fu...
Notice Jan 16, 2015
The Committee is proposing to add a product and services to the Procurement List that will be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
Notice Jan 16, 2015

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau logo Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Applications for Memberships:

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Pursuant to the authorities given to the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("Bureau") under the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ("Dodd-Frank Act") Director Richard Cordray invites the public to apply for membership f...
Notice Jan 16, 2015

Consumer Product Safety Commission logo Consumer Product Safety Commission

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The Consumer Product Safety Commission (the Commission or CPSC) has reason to believe that certain cords on window coverings may present an unreasonable risk of injury to young children. This advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) initiates a r...
Proposed Rule Jan 16, 2015

Education Department logo Education Department

Applications for New Awards:

Title Type Published
On December 15, 2014, we published in the Federal Register a notice inviting applications for new awards under the SPDG competition. That notice established a January 29, 2015, deadline for the submission of applications, and a deadline of March 30,...
Notice Jan 16, 2015

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Energy (DOE) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance, pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, a three-year extension to its collection of information titled: Budget Justification, OMB No. 19...
Notice Jan 16, 2015
In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) is soliciting public comment on the requirements and burden \1\ of the information coll...
Notice Jan 16, 2015

Designations of Commission Personnel:

Due Dates for Intervention Proceedings:

Environmental Assessments, etc.:

Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) announces the availability of the Engineered High Energy Crop (EHEC) Programs Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (or Draft PEIS) (DOE/EIS-0481). DOE...
Notice Jan 16, 2015

Filings:

Title Type Published
New York Independent System Operator, Inc.
Notice Jan 16, 2015

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321-4307h), the Council on Environmental Quality's NEPA regulations (40 CFR part 1500-1508), and EPA's regulations for implementing NEPA (40 CFR part 6), EPA has prepared an Environ...
Notice Jan 16, 2015
Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.
Notice Jan 16, 2015

Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations:

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The EPA is approving a portion of the State Implementation Plan submission from the State of Oregon to address Clean Air Act interstate transport requirements for the 2006 24-hour fine particulate matter (PM<INF>2.5</INF>) National Ambient Air Qualit...
Rule Jan 16, 2015

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces two meetings of the Chemical Assessment Advisory Committee Augmented for the Review of the Draft Benzo[a]pyrene IRIS Assessment (CAAC--Benzo[a]pyr...
Notice Jan 16, 2015
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Research and Development's Air, Climate, and Energy (ACE) program is organizing a workshop on Ultrafine Particulate Matter (UFP) metrics and research. This workshop is intended to provide an...
Notice Jan 16, 2015

Pesticide Tolerances:

Title Type Published
This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of Aluminum tris (O-ethylphosphonate) (fosetyl-Al) in or on pepper/eggplant, subgroup 8-10B. Bayer CropScience requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).
Rule Jan 16, 2015

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
In this document, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau) announces the implementation of further enhancements to the Commission's Universal Licensing System and Antenna Structure Registration System for providing access to official electroni...
Notice Jan 16, 2015

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jan 16, 2015

Federal Election Commission logo Federal Election Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jan 16, 2015

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

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jan 16, 2015

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 Jan 16, 2015
Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company
Notice Jan 16, 2015

Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

Title Type Published
The Commission plans to conduct a study to update and expand on the divestiture study it conducted in the mid-1990s to assess the effectiveness of the Commission's policies and practices regarding remedial orders where the Commission has permitted a...
Notice Jan 16, 2015

G
Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council

Title Type Published
The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council (Council) requests public comment on proposed procedures for implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The Council also requests public comment on proposed categorical exclusions of action...
Notice Jan 16, 2015

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing an opportunity for the public to comment on CMS' intention to collect information from the public. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA), federal agencies are required to...
Notice Jan 16, 2015
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing an opportunity for the public to comment on CMS' intention to collect information from the public. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), federal agencies are required to publ...
Notice Jan 16, 2015
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Jan 16, 2015

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

Title Type Published
Child Care Quarterly Case Record Report
Notice Jan 16, 2015

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 "Evaluating Drug Effects on the Ability to Operate a Motor Vehicle." The purpose of this guidance is to assist sponsors in the evaluation...
Notice Jan 16, 2015

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice announces the public meeting of the Advisory Council on Alzheimer's Research, Care, and Services (Advisory Council). The Advisory Council on Alzheimer's Research, Care, and Services provides advice on how to prevent or reduce the burden o...
Notice Jan 16, 2015
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Jan 16, 2015

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
30-Day Notice of Information Collection for review; Allegation of Counterfeiting and Intellectual Piracy; OMB Control No. 1653-NEW.
Notice Jan 16, 2015
The Coast Guard proposes amending its passenger vessel regulations to implement the Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2010 with respect to deck rails, systems for detecting or recording falls overboard and for recording evidence of possible cr...
Proposed Rule Jan 16, 2015

Drawbridge Operations:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard has issued a temporary deviation from the regulation governing the operation of the Morgan City(Berwick Bay) Railroad Bridge across the Atchafalaya River, mile 17.5 (Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (Morgan City-Port Allen Alternate Route)...
Rule Jan 16, 2015
The Coast Guard has issued a temporary deviation from the operating schedule that governs the operation of the Galveston Causeway Railroad Vertical Lift Bridge across the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, mile 357.2 west of Harvey Locks, at Galveston, Galv...
Rule Jan 16, 2015

Major Disasters and Related Determinations:

Title Type Published
This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Mississippi (FEMA-4205-DR), dated January 7, 2015, and related determinations.
Notice Jan 16, 2015

Requests for Applicants for Appointment:

Title Type Published
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is requesting individuals who are interested in serving on the FEMA National Advisory Council (NAC) to apply for appointment as identified in this notice. Pursuant to the Post-Katrina Emergency Managemen...
Notice Jan 16, 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 possible use to assist the homeless.
Notice Jan 16, 2015

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Applications for Withdrawal:

Title Type Published
The United States Forest Service (USFS) has filed an application with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) requesting that the Secretary of the Interior withdraw approximately 73 acres of National Forest System land from location and entry under the m...
Notice Jan 16, 2015

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to create a species-specific rule under authority of section 4(d) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), that provides measures that are necessary and advisable to provide fo...
Proposed Rule Jan 16, 2015
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), determine endangered status under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended, for the Mexican wolf (Canis lupus baileyi). The effect of this regulation will be to revise the List of Endangered and...
Rule Jan 16, 2015
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), revise the regulations for the nonessential experimental population of the Mexican wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) under section 10(j) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended. This action is bein...
Rule Jan 16, 2015

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) prepared a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Bull Mountain Unit Master Development Plan (MDP) and by this notice is ann...
Notice Jan 16, 2015
In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (NEPA), and the Federal Land Policy Act of 1976 (FLPMA) and associated regulations, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has prepared a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (...
Notice Jan 16, 2015

Meetings:

Title Type Published
As required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. Appendix 1-16), the National Park Service (NPS) is hereby giving notice that the Aniakchak National Monument Subsistence Resource Commission (SRC), the Kobuk Valley National Park SRC, and th...
Notice Jan 16, 2015
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. Appendix 1-16), notice is hereby given of the next meeting of the Gateway National Recreation Area Fort Hancock 21st Century Advisory Committee. This meeting will take place on Friday, F...
Notice Jan 16, 2015
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Northwest Colorado Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet as indicat...
Notice Jan 16, 2015

Records of Decision:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability of the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Approved Resource Management Plan (RMP) for the Bakersfield Field Office located in Kings, Madera, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Tulare, Ventura,...
Notice Jan 16, 2015

States Decisions on Participating in Accounting and Auditing Relief:

Title Type Published
Final regulations that ONRR published on September 13, 2004 (69 FR 55076), provide two types of accounting and auditing relief for Federal onshore or Outer Continental Shelf lease production from marginal properties. As the regulations require, ONRR...
Notice Jan 16, 2015

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Complaints:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has received a complaint entitled Certain Light-Emitting Diode Products and Components Thereof, DN 3051; the Commission is soliciting comments on any public interest issues raised by...
Notice Jan 16, 2015

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

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The Commission hereby gives notice that it will proceed with full reviews pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1675(c)) to determine whether revocation of the antidumping duty order on cut-to-length carbon steel plate from...
Notice Jan 16, 2015

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
On December 17, 2014, the Office of the Secretary of Labor published a Federal Register notice of intent to issue declaratory order and request for comment ("Notice"). This Notice (79 FR 75179) states the Secretary of Labor ("Secretary") is consideri...
Notice Jan 16, 2015

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

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the information collection request (ICR) proposal titled, "Youth CareerConnect Grant Program Participant Tracking System," to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval for use in acc...
Notice Jan 16, 2015

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Title Type Published
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public to take this opportunity to comment on the "Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative...
Notice Jan 16, 2015

Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

Title Type Published
The Office of Personnel Management is proposing to add a new system of records to its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended. This action is necessary to meet the requirements of the Privacy Act to...
Notice Jan 16, 2015

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Title Type Published
C2 Options Exchange, Inc.
Notice Jan 16, 2015
Fixed Income Clearing Corp.
Notice Jan 16, 2015
NYSE MKT LLC
Notice Jan 16, 2015
New York Stock Exchange, LLC
Notice Jan 16, 2015
New York Stock Exchange, LLC
Notice Jan 16, 2015
The Miami International Securities Exchange, LLC
Notice Jan 16, 2015
The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Notice Jan 16, 2015

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Title Type Published
Interest Rates
Notice Jan 16, 2015

State Department logo State Department

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

Title Type Published
The Department of State has submitted the information collection described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we are requesting comments on this collection from all...
Notice Jan 16, 2015

Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of...
Notice Jan 16, 2015

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Abandonment Exemptions:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
Norfolk Southern Railway Co., Erie County, NY
Notice Jan 16, 2015
DOT, STB
Ouachita Railroad, Inc., Union County, AR, and Union Parish, LA
Notice Jan 16, 2015

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
This notice explains the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) authorities and practice in the areas of proposed airline mergers and acquisitions.
Notice Jan 16, 2015

Abandonment Exemptions:

No documents available.

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

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FMCSA announces its plan to submit the Information Collection Request (ICR) described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for its review and approval and invites public comment. T...
Notice Jan 16, 2015

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards:

Title Type Published
This document denies a petition for reconsideration of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 305, "Electric-powered vehicles; electrolyte spillage, and electrical shock protection" from Nissan Motor Company (Nissan) requesting the use of...
Rule Jan 16, 2015

PublicPrivate Partnership Model Contract Guide:

Title Type Published
The Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) requires DOT and FHWA to develop public-private partnership (P3) transaction model contracts for the most popular type of P3s for transportation projects. Based on public input favoring a...
Notice Jan 16, 2015

Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications:

Title Type Published
FMCSA confirms its decision to exempt 52 individuals from its rule prohibiting persons with insulin-treated diabetes mellitus (ITDM) from operating commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) in interstate commerce. The exemptions enable these individuals to op...
Notice Jan 16, 2015
FMCSA announces its decision to exempt 12 individuals from the vision requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs). They are unable to meet the vision requirement in one eye for various reasons. The exemptions will enable thes...
Notice Jan 16, 2015
FMCSA announces receipt of applications from 51 individuals for exemption from the vision requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations. They are unable to meet the vision requirement in one eye for various reasons. The exemptions will...
Notice Jan 16, 2015

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is amending the Cuban Assets Control Regulations to implement policy changes announced by the President on December 17, 2014 to further engage and empower the Cuban people. Thes...
Rule Jan 16, 2015

U
United States Sentencing Commission

Title Type Published
Pursuant to section 994(a), (o), and (p) of title 28, United States Code, the United States Sentencing Commission is considering promulgating certain amendments to the sentencing guidelines, policy statements, and commentary. This notice sets forth t...
Notice Jan 16, 2015

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

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

Title Type Published
The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal...
Notice Jan 16, 2015
The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal...
Notice Jan 16, 2015

Funding Availability

Title Type Published
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is announcing the availability of funds for assistance under the Per Diem Only (PDO) component of VA's Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem (GPD) Program. This Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) is for...
Notice Jan 16, 2015

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