February 5, 2015 (Volume 80)

Federal Register February 5, 2015

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Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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This final rule removes certain regulations promulgated under the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (P&S Act). Under the authority granted to the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) and delegated to the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Admini...
Rule Feb 05, 2015
This document contains technical corrections to the USDA organic regulations (7 CFR part 205) which were published in the Federal Register on December 21, 2000. The correcting amendments are minor, mostly typographical amendments which do not change,...
Rule Feb 05, 2015

Annual List:

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This notice lists the newspapers that Ranger Districts, Forests, and the Regional Office of the Alaska Region will use to publish legal notices of the opportunity to object to proposed projects and activities implementing land and resource management...
Notice Feb 05, 2015

Newspapers for Publication:

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This notice lists the newspapers that will be used by all Ranger Districts, Forests, Grasslands, and the Regional Office of the Northern Region to publish legal notices for public comment and decisions subject to predecisional administrative review u...
Notice Feb 05, 2015

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is seeking public input and guidance to direct its continued efforts towards enhancing patent quality. These efforts focus on improving patent operations and procedures to provide the best possibl...
Proposed Rule Feb 05, 2015
The United States Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration, Industry and Analysis is amending a notice for the Ports and Marine Technology Trade Mission to India scheduled for February 2-6, 2015, published November 19, 2014, to noti...
Notice Feb 05, 2015

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

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NMFS implements an accountability measure (AM) to close the hook-and-line component of the commercial sector for king mackerel in the Florida west coast southern subzone. This closure is necessary to protect the Gulf of Mexico (Gulf) king mackerel re...
Rule Feb 05, 2015

Meetings:

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This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a meeting of the Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee (ETTAC).
Notice Feb 05, 2015
This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a meeting of the Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee (ETTAC).
Notice Feb 05, 2015
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold a Webinar meeting of its Standing and Special Reef Fish Scientific Statistical Committee (SSC).
Notice Feb 05, 2015
This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a forthcoming meeting of the National Sea Grant Advisory Board (Board). Board members will discuss and provide advice on the National Sea Grant College Program in the areas of program evaluat...
Notice Feb 05, 2015

Commission of Fine Arts logo Commission of Fine Arts

Meetings:

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Commission of Fine Arts
Notice Feb 05, 2015

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau logo Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Title Type Published
The Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) proposes to amend a system of records notice, RDCAA 240.3, entitled "Legal Opinions" in its existing inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended. This system is used to maintain...
Notice Feb 05, 2015

Education Department logo Education Department

Applications for New Awards:

Vocational Rehabilitation Services:

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The Secretary amends the definition of "reservation" under the regulations governing the American Indian Vocational Rehabilitation Services (AIVRS) program to conform to the Department's current interpretation and practices. "Reservation" means Feder...
Rule Feb 05, 2015

Energy Department logo Energy Department

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Staff Attendances
Notice Feb 05, 2015
Staff Attendances
Notice Feb 05, 2015

Complaints:

Title Type Published
Public Service Electric and Gas Co. v. PJM Interconnection, LLC
Notice Feb 05, 2015

Hydroelectric Applications:

Intent to Grant Partially Exclusive Licenses:

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This notice is issued in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i). The National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) hereby gives notice of its intent to grant a partially exclusive license to practice the invention described and...
Notice Feb 05, 2015

Meetings:

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Available Transfer Capability Standards for Wholesale Electric Transmission Services; Workshop
Notice Feb 05, 2015
The Department of Energy (DOE) is conducting a comprehensive assessment of science and energy technology research, development, demonstration, and deployment (RD3) opportunities to address our nation's energy-linked economic, environmental, and secur...
Notice Feb 05, 2015

Preliminary Permit Applications:

Requests under Blanket Authorization:

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Northern Natural Gas Co.
Notice Feb 05, 2015

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations:

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve revisions to the state implementation plan (SIP), submitted by the State of Florida through the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FL DEP), to EPA on June 29, 2012, as ame...
Proposed Rule Feb 05, 2015
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking final action to approve State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the State of North Carolina, through the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources (NC DENR) on Ja...
Rule Feb 05, 2015
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to grant approval to four State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection for the State of West Virginia on June 29, 2010, July 8,...
Proposed Rule Feb 05, 2015

Air Quality:

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to amend the EPA's regulatory definition of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) under the Clean Air Act (CAA). The regulatory definition of VOCs currently excludes t-butyl acetate (also known as te...
Proposed Rule Feb 05, 2015

Consent Decrees:

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In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended ("CAA" or the "Act"), notice is hereby given of a proposed partial consent decree to address a lawsuit filed by the Sierra Club in the United States District Court for the Northern Di...
Notice Feb 05, 2015

Greenhouse Gas Reporting:

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing an extension of the public comment period for the proposed rule titled "Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program: 2015 Revision and Confidentiality Determinations for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems"....
Proposed Rule Feb 05, 2015

National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan:

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 8 is issuing a Notice of Intent to Delete the Midvale Slag Superfund Site (Site), located in Salt Lake County, Utah from the National Priorities List (NPL) and requests comments on this proposed a...
Proposed Rule Feb 05, 2015
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 8 is publishing a direct final Notice of Deletion of the Midvale Slag Superfund Site (Site), located in Salt Lake County, Utah, from the National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL, promulgated pursua...
Rule Feb 05, 2015

Pesticide Emergency Exemptions:

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EPA has granted or denied emergency exemptions under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) for use of pesticides as listed in this notice. The exemptions or denials were granted during the period July 1, 2014 to September 30...
Notice Feb 05, 2015

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

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On December 23, 2014, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau published a document seeking updated input to better understand the current consumer experience with hearing aid compatible wireless handset...
Proposed Rule Feb 05, 2015

Federal Election Commission logo Federal Election Commission

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Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Feb 05, 2015
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Feb 05, 2015

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
Notice Feb 05, 2015

Changes in Bank Control:

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Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company
Notice Feb 05, 2015

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Feb 05, 2015
In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of Health and Human Services, announces plans to request an extension without change of a currently approved Information Col...
Notice Feb 05, 2015
National Institute of Mental Health, 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 Feedback on Ag...
Notice Feb 05, 2015
In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of Health and Human Services, announces plans to submit an Information Collection Request (ICR), described below, to the Off...
Notice Feb 05, 2015
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Feb 05, 2015

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

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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 Office of Extramural Research (OER), National Institutes of Health (NIH),...
Notice Feb 05, 2015

Color Additive Petitions:

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing that we have filed a petition, submitted by Signature Brands, LLC, proposing that the color additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of mica-based pearlescent pigments in e...
Proposed Rule Feb 05, 2015

Meetings:

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Center for Scientific Review
Notice Feb 05, 2015
The Kidney Interagency Coordinating Committee (KICC) will hold a meeting on March 6, 2015, on future directions for kidney disease research in the Federal government. The meeting is open to the public.
Notice Feb 05, 2015
National Human Genome Research Institute
Notice Feb 05, 2015

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
This notice lists communities where the addition or modification of Base Flood Elevations (BFEs), base flood depths, Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) boundaries or zone designations, or the regulatory floodway (hereinafter referred to as flood hazard...
Notice Feb 05, 2015
This notice lists communities where the addition or modification of Base Flood Elevations (BFEs), base flood depths, Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) boundaries or zone designations, or the regulatory floodway (hereinafter referred to as flood hazard...
Notice Feb 05, 2015

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

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The Federal Emergency Management Agency, 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 a new information collection. In accorda...
Notice Feb 05, 2015

Guidance for Industry and Staff:

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This notice seeks comment on the proposed "Revised Guidelines for Implementing Executive Order 11988, Floodplain Management." The President has directed the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), on behalf of the Mitigation Framework Leadership...
Notice Feb 05, 2015

Security Zones; Moving:

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The Coast Guard is establishing an interim rule providing for temporary moving security zones around vessels being escorted by one or more Coast Guard or other Federal, State, or local law enforcement assets, on the navigable waters of the Lower Miss...
Rule Feb 05, 2015

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

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

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HUD has submitted the proposed information collection requirement described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. The purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 day...
Notice Feb 05, 2015
HUD has submitted the proposed information collection requirement described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. The purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 day...
Notice Feb 05, 2015
HUD has submitted the proposed information collection requirement described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. The purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 day...
Notice Feb 05, 2015
HUD has submitted the proposed information collection requirement described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. The purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 day...
Notice Feb 05, 2015

Loan Guarantee Program:

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This notice announces and solicits public comment on the fee that HUD proposes to collect from borrowers of loans guaranteed under the HUD's Section 108 Loan Guarantee Program (Section 108 Program) for the purpose of covering the credit subsidy costs...
Proposed Rule Feb 05, 2015
This proposed rule would amend HUD's Section 108 Loan Guarantee Program (Section 108 Program) regulations to permit HUD, in accordance with statutory authority, to collect fees from Section 108 borrowers to offset the costs of Section 108 loan guaran...
Proposed Rule Feb 05, 2015

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Programs:

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We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE or OSM), are revising our abandoned mine land (AML) reclamation program regulations under Title IV of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). This...
Rule Feb 05, 2015

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

Title Type Published
To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), ONRR is inviting comments on a collection of information requests that we will submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This Information Collection Request...
Notice Feb 05, 2015

Meetings:

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In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Eastern Montana Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will mee...
Notice Feb 05, 2015

Permits:

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We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities with endangered species. With some exceptions, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) prohibits activities with listed species...
Notice Feb 05, 2015

Repatriation of Cultural Items:

Title Type Published
The Beneski Museum of Natural History, Amherst College (formerly the Pratt Museum of Natural History), in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, has determined that the cultural items listed in this notice m...
Notice Feb 05, 2015

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
Consent Decrees under the Clean Air Act
Notice Feb 05, 2015

Bulk Manufacturers of Controlled Substances; Applications:

Importers of Controlled Substances; Registrations:

Title Type Published
Cerilliant Corporation applied to be registered as an importer of basic classes of controlled substances. The DEA grants Cerilliant Corporation registration as an importer of the controlled substances.
Notice Feb 05, 2015
Chattem Chemicals, Inc. applied to be registered as an importer of certain basic classes of controlled substances. The DEA grants Chattem Chemicals, Inc. registration as an importer of those controlled substances.
Notice Feb 05, 2015

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Petitions for Modification:

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Section 101(c) of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 and 30 CFR part 44 govern the application, processing, and disposition of petitions for modification. This Federal Register Notice notifies the public that MSHA has investigated and iss...
Notice Feb 05, 2015

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Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation

Meetings; Sunshine Act

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
On December 1, 2014, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) requested public comment on the proposed "NRC Tribal Policy Statement." The public comment period was originally scheduled to close on March 31, 2015. The NRC has decided to extend the...
Notice Feb 05, 2015

Combined Licenses:

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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has determined that the inspections, tests, and analyses have been successfully completed, and that the specified acceptance criteria are met for inspections, tests, analyses, and acceptance criteria...
Notice Feb 05, 2015

Spent Fuel Storage Casks; Approved:

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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its spent fuel storage regulations by revising the Holtec International HI- STORM 100 Cask System listing within the "List of approved spent fuel storage casks" to add Revision No. 1 to Amendme...
Rule Feb 05, 2015
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to amend its spent fuel storage regulations by revising the Holtec International HI-STORM 100 Cask System listing within the "List of approved spent fuel storage casks" to add Amendment No. 8,...
Proposed Rule Feb 05, 2015

Postal Service logo Postal Service

Title Type Published
In January 2015, the Postal Service<SUP>TM</SUP> filed a notice of mailing services price adjustments with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC), effective April 26, 2015. This proposed rule contains the revisions to Mailing Standards of the United...
Proposed Rule Feb 05, 2015

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Applications:

Title Type Published
Each applicant seeks an order declaring that it has ceased to be an investment company. Applicants transferred their assets to BlackRock Resources & Commodities Strategy Trust, and on December 8, 2014, made distributions to their shareholders based o...
Notice Feb 05, 2015

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Title Type Published
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA or Agency) is proposing to amend its regulations to implement provisions of the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 and the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013. Based on authorities provided...
Proposed Rule Feb 05, 2015

State Department logo State Department

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

Title Type Published
The Department of State is seeking Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the information collection described below. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we are requesting comments on this collection from all intereste...
Notice Feb 05, 2015

Charter Renewals:

Title Type Published
Notice of renewal of an advisory committee charter.
Notice Feb 05, 2015

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice is to advise interested persons that on Tuesday, February 24, 2015, PHMSA will conduct a public meeting seeking comments on issues or problems concerning requirements in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Regulations for the Sa...
Notice Feb 05, 2015

Request to Release Airport Properties:

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The FAA proposes to rule and invite public comment on the release of land at the South Texas Regional Airport at Hondo under the provisions of Section 125 of the Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment Reform Act for the 21st Century (AIR 21).
Notice Feb 05, 2015
The FAA proposes to rule and invite public comment on the release of land at the South Texas Regional Airport at Hondo under the provisions of Section 125 of the Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment Reform Act for the 21st Century (AIR 21).
Notice Feb 05, 2015

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of three individuals whose property and interests in property have been unblocked pursuant to Executive Order 12978 of October 21, 1995, "Blocking Assets...
Notice Feb 05, 2015
The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of three individuals and two entities whose property and interests in property have been unblocked pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation...
Notice Feb 05, 2015

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

Title Type Published
The OCC, 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 a continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduct...
Notice Feb 05, 2015

Meetings:

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The Financial Research Advisory Committee for the Treasury's Office of Financial Research (OFR) is convening for its fifth meeting on Tuesday, February 24, 2015 in the Benjamin Strong Room, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 33 Liberty Street, New Yor...
Notice Feb 05, 2015

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Rehabilitation Research and Development Service Scientific Merit Review Board
Notice Feb 05, 2015

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