March 4, 2015 (Volume 80)

Federal Register March 4, 2015

View all documents issued on March 4, 2015. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

106 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on March 4, 2015

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation logo Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) will hold its next quarterly meeting on Thursday, March 19, 2015. The meeting will be held in the Ortega Ballroom at the Officer's Club on Moraga Avenue, The Presidio, S...
Notice Mar 04, 2015

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
We are withdrawing a proposed rule that would have amended the regulations regarding the introduction (importation, interstate movement, and environmental release (field testing)) of certain genetically engineered organisms. We are doing this in ligh...
Proposed Rule Mar 04, 2015

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on a proposal to designate over-snow vehicle (OSV) use on National Forest System roads, National Forest System trails, and Areas on National Fores...
Notice Mar 04, 2015

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
Notice and opportunity for public comment.
Notice Mar 04, 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 Mar 04, 2015
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 Mar 04, 2015

Authorized Production Activities:

Title Type Published
Komatsu America Corp. (Material Handling, Construction and Forestry Machinery), Newberry, SC; Foreign-Trade Zone 127, West Columbia, SC
Notice Mar 04, 2015

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Caribbean Fishery Management Council's (Council) Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will hold a meeting.
Notice Mar 04, 2015

Reorganizations under Alternative Site Frameworks:

Takes of Marine Mammals:

Title Type Published
NMFS has received a request from the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) for an authorization to take small numbers of 11 species of marine mammals, by Level B harassment, incidental to proposed construction activities for a tie-up...
Notice Mar 04, 2015
NMFS received an application from Shell Gulf of Mexico Inc. (Shell) for an Incidental Harassment Authorization (IHA) to take marine mammals, by harassment, incidental to ice overflight surveys in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas, Alaska. Pursuant to the...
Notice Mar 04, 2015
NMFS received an application from Shell Gulf of Mexico Inc. (Shell) for an Incidental Harassment Authorization (IHA) to take marine mammals, by harassment, incidental to offshore exploration drilling on Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) leases in the Chu...
Notice Mar 04, 2015

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau logo Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice sets forth the announcement of a public meeting of the Credit Union Advisory Council (CUAC or Council) of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau). The notice also describes the functions of the Council. Notice of the meeting is...
Notice Mar 04, 2015

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Title Type Published
This interim final rule establishes policy and assigns responsibilities for addressing child abuse and domestic abuse through the FAP. The Family Advocacy Program (FAP): Guidelines for Clinical Intervention for Persons Reported as Domestic Abusers pr...
Rule Mar 04, 2015

Education Department logo Education Department

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

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is proposing a revision of an existing information collection.
Notice Mar 04, 2015

Priorities, Requirements, Definitions, and Selection Criteria:

Title Type Published
The Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education announces priorities, requirements, definitions, and selection criteria for the State Tribal Education Partnership (STEP) program. The Assistant Secretary may use one or more of these pri...
Rule Mar 04, 2015

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
This document announces a meeting of the Appliance Standards and Rulemaking Federal Advisory Committee (ASRAC).
Proposed Rule Mar 04, 2015
Combined Filings
Notice Mar 04, 2015

Application to Export Electric Energy:

Title Type Published
Brookfield Energy Marketing LP (Applicant or BEMLP) has applied to renew its authority to transmit electric energy from the United States to Canada pursuant to section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act.
Notice Mar 04, 2015
Nalcor Energy Marketing Corporation (Applicant or NEMC) has applied for authority to transmit electric energy from the United States to Canada pursuant to section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act.
Notice Mar 04, 2015
Noble Americas Gas & Power Corporation (Applicant or NAG&P) has applied to renew its authority to transmit electric energy from the United States to Canada pursuant to section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act.
Notice Mar 04, 2015

Applications to Export Electric Energy:

Title Type Published
Noble Americas Gas & Power Corporation (Applicant or NAG&P) has applied to renew its authority to transmit electric energy from the United States to Mexico pursuant to section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act.
Notice Mar 04, 2015
Sempra Generation, LLC (Sempra or Applicant) has applied for authority to transmit electric energy from the United States to Mexico pursuant to section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act.
Notice Mar 04, 2015
Vitol Inc. (Vitol or Applicant) has applied for authority to transmit electric energy from the United States to Mexico pursuant to section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act.
Notice Mar 04, 2015

Applications:

Title Type Published
Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC
Notice Mar 04, 2015

Designation Procedures:

Title Type Published
The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) is hereby notifying both applicants for authorizations to import or export natural gas, including liquefied natural gas (LNG), and the current holders of such authorizations that neit...
Notice Mar 04, 2015

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Increasing Market and Planning Efficiency through Improved Software; Increasing Real-Time and Day-Ahead Market Efficiency Through Improved Software
Notice Mar 04, 2015
This notice announces an open meeting of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board (SEAB). SEAB was reestablished pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) (the Act). This notice is provided in accordance with the Act...
Notice Mar 04, 2015

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
This notice, pursuant the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), publishes three Notices of Intent to Suspend certain pesticide registrations issued by EPA. Each Notice of Intent to Suspend was issued following the Agency's issua...
Notice Mar 04, 2015

Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving portions of three revisions to the Arkansas State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted by the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality on July 26, 2010; November 6, 2012; and December 1, 2014....
Rule Mar 04, 2015
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve revisions to the State Implementation Plan (SIP) and the operating permits program for the State of Missouri which were received on November 6, 2013, November 20, 2014, March 27, 2014,...
Proposed Rule Mar 04, 2015
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking direct final action to approve revisions to the State Implementation Plan (SIP) and the operating permits program for the State of Missouri which were received on November 6, 2013, November 20, 2014...
Rule Mar 04, 2015
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's request to redesignate to attainment the Reading, Pennsylvania Nonattainment Area (Reading Area or Area) for the 1997 annual fine particulate matter (PM<INF>2.5...
Rule Mar 04, 2015
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the Commonwealth of Virginia pursuant to the Clean Air Act (CAA). Whenever new or revised National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) ar...
Rule Mar 04, 2015

Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks:

Title Type Published
On February 24, 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a document in the Federal Register regarding the notice of availability and request for public comment on U.S. quantification and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions and...
Notice Mar 04, 2015

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Public Law 92-463, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hereby provides notice that the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council (NEJAC) will host a public teleconference meeting...
Notice Mar 04, 2015

Pesticide Tolerances:

Title Type Published
This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of metaldehyde in or on multiple commodities which are identified and discussed later in this document. Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR-4) requested these tolerances under the Federal Fo...
Rule Mar 04, 2015
This document announces the Agency's receipt of several initial filings of pesticide petitions requesting the establishment or modification of regulations for residues of pesticide chemicals in or on various commodities.
Proposed Rule Mar 04, 2015

Tolerance Requirements:

Title Type Published
This regulation establishes an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of 9-octadecenoic acid (9Z)-, sulfonated, oxidized; 9-octadecenoic acid (9Z)-, sulfonated, oxidized, potassium salts; and 9-octadecenoic acid (9Z)-, sulfonated,...
Rule Mar 04, 2015

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Special Observances:

Title Type Published
American Red Cross Month (Proc. 9235)
Presidential Document Mar 04, 2015
Irish-American Heritage Month (Proc. 9236)
Presidential Document Mar 04, 2015
National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month (Proc. 9237)
Presidential Document Mar 04, 2015
National Consumer Protection Week (Proc. 9239)
Presidential Document Mar 04, 2015
Read Across America Day (Proc. 9240)
Presidential Document Mar 04, 2015
Women's History Month (Proc. 9238)
Presidential Document Mar 04, 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 Mar 04, 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 Commission) invites the general public and other Federal a...
Notice Mar 04, 2015
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) seeks comment on its proposal to permit broadcasters to use modern digital technologies for Remote Pickup operations. Permitting this would further the Commission's goal of enabling...
Proposed Rule Mar 04, 2015
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years, the information collection associated with the Commission's Report and Order (Ord...
Rule Mar 04, 2015
In this Fourth Report and Order, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) adopts measures that will significantly enhance the ability of Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) to accurately identify the location of wireless 911 callers when...
Rule Mar 04, 2015

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Title Type Published
Agreements Filed
Notice Mar 04, 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 Mar 04, 2015

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

Acquisition Regulations:

Title Type Published
The General Services Administration (GSA) announces a public meeting and request for comment on its proposal to amend the General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) to include clauses that would require vendors to report transactio...
Proposed Rule Mar 04, 2015

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Commission To Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities (CECANF), a Federal Advisory Committee established by the Protect Our Kids Act of 2012, Public Law 112-275, will hold a meeting open to the public on Wednesday, March 25 and Thursday, Mar...
Notice Mar 04, 2015

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
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 Mar 04, 2015

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

Title Type Published
Evaluation and System Design for the Next Generation of HPOG Career Pathways Programs
Notice Mar 04, 2015
Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program Carryover and Re-allotment Report
Notice Mar 04, 2015
The Administration on Aging (AoA) is announcing that the proposed collection of information listed below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Mar 04, 2015

Cooperative Agreements:

Title Type Published
The Administration for Community Living (ACL) is proud to announce the Center for Improved Health of Persons with Limb Loss (Limb Loss Program) is moving to ACL as a result of the 2015 budget recently signed by President Obama. The Limb Loss Program...
Notice Mar 04, 2015

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Notice Mar 04, 2015
Board of Scientific Counselors, Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response
Notice Mar 04, 2015
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Mar 04, 2015
Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel
Notice Mar 04, 2015
Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel
Notice Mar 04, 2015
This document corrects a notice that was published in the Federal Register on February 18, 2015 Volume 80, Number 32, pages 8661. The time and date should read as follows: Time And Date: 11:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m., March 19, 2015 (Closed).
Notice Mar 04, 2015
This document corrects a notice that was published in the Federal Register on February 18, 2015, Volume 80, Number 32, pages 8661. The time and date should read as follows: Time and Date: 11:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m., March 18, 2015 (Closed).
Notice Mar 04, 2015
Notice.
Notice Mar 04, 2015
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Notice Mar 04, 2015
Notice.
Notice Mar 04, 2015

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Drawbridge Operations:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard has issued a temporary deviation from the operating schedule that governs the draw of the Seaboard System Railroad (CSX Railroad) Bridge, across Appomattox River, mile 2.5, Hopewell, VA. This deviation is necessary to conduct bridge u...
Rule Mar 04, 2015
The Coast Guard is adding a special operating regulation governing the State Route 3090 (SR 3090) swing span bridge across the Chevron Oil Company Canal, mile 0.05, at Fourchon, Louisiana. Since construction of the bridge in 1972, the bridge has oper...
Rule Mar 04, 2015

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This Notice announces a public meeting on March 18, 2015 to discuss Information Sharing and Analysis Organizations, cybersecurity information sharing, and the Executive Order 13691, "Promoting Private Sector Cybersecurity Information Sharing" of Febr...
Notice Mar 04, 2015

Safety Zones:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard proposes to establish a temporary safety zone on the waters of the New River in Fort Lauderdale, Florida during the Rotary Club of Fort Lauderdale New River Raft Race, on Saturday, April 18, 2015. The safety zone will encompass the wa...
Proposed Rule Mar 04, 2015

Special Local Regulations:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard will enforce the special local regulations on the waters of Oceanside Harbor, California during the California Ironman Triathlon from 6:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. on March 28, 2015. These special local regulations are necessary to provide f...
Rule Mar 04, 2015

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The National Park Service (NPS) and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announce the availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (Final EIS) for the Wilderness Management Plan for the Jimbilnan, Pinto Valley, Black Canyon, Eldorado, Ireteba...
Notice Mar 04, 2015

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) will be conducting consultation meetings to obtain oral and written comments on potential issues about the Johnson O'Malley (JOM) program. The meetings are a continuation of meetings conducted by the Bureau of Ind...
Notice Mar 04, 2015

Plats of Surveys:

Title Type Published
The plats of survey described below are scheduled to be officially filed in the New Mexico State Office, Bureau of Land Management, Santa Fe, New Mexico, thirty (30) calendar days from the date of this publication.
Notice Mar 04, 2015

Requests for Nominations:

Title Type Published
The National Park Service is seeking nominations for three members of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee (Review Committee). The Secretary of the Interior will appoint the members from nominations submitted by nat...
Notice Mar 04, 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 Electronic Devices, Including Wireless Communication Devices, Computers, Tablet Computers, Digital Media Players, and Cameras, DN 3060; the...
Notice Mar 04, 2015
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has received a complaint entitled Certain Wireless Standard Compliant Electronic Devices, Including Communication Devices and Tablet Computers, DN 3061; the Commission is soliciting...
Notice Mar 04, 2015

Public Hearings:

Title Type Published
The Commission has rescheduled the public hearing in this investigation from March 24, 2015 to June 2, 2015.
Notice Mar 04, 2015

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
Proposed Consent Decrees under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
Notice Mar 04, 2015
Proposed Consent Decrees under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
Notice Mar 04, 2015

Library of Congress logo Library of Congress

Title Type Published
The Copyright Royalty Judges solicit comments on a motion of Phase I claimants for partial distribution of 2013 cable royalty funds.
Notice Mar 04, 2015

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a revision to its Enforcement Policy (Enforcement Policy or Policy) to incorporate Commission direction to add escalated non-willful (traditional) enforcement cases with the potential for civil...
Notice Mar 04, 2015

Guidance:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is soliciting public comment on its draft Interim Staff Guidance (ISG), "Guidance for Evaluation of Acute Chemical Exposures and Proposed Quantitative Standards." The ISG supplements existing guidance in N...
Notice Mar 04, 2015
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing Interim Staff Guidance (ISG), OL/FR-ISG-2014-01, "Reviewing and Assessing the Financial Condition of Operating Power Reactor Licensees, Including Requests for Additional Information," dated Febr...
Notice Mar 04, 2015

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Title Type Published
The Securities and Exchange Commission published a document in the Federal Register on February 18, 2015, concerning a Notice of Filing of a Proposed Rule Change to Amend Rules 11.9, 11.12, and 11.13 of BATS Exchange, Inc.. The document contained a t...
Notice Mar 04, 2015
Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.
Notice Mar 04, 2015
EDGA Exchange, Inc.
Notice Mar 04, 2015
EDGX Exchange, Inc.
Notice Mar 04, 2015
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
Notice Mar 04, 2015
Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board
Notice Mar 04, 2015
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice Mar 04, 2015

Trading Suspension Orders:

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 Mar 04, 2015

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) amends the maintenance regulations for domestic, flag, and supplemental operations, and for commuter and on-demand operations for aircraft type certificated with a passenger seating configuration of 10 seats...
Rule Mar 04, 2015
The FAA is correcting a final rule technical amendment published on February 9, 2015 (80 FR 6899). In that final rule, which became effective on the date of publication, the FAA corrected errors in regulatory provisions addressing Automatic Dependent...
Rule Mar 04, 2015
The following Applications for Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier Permits were filed under Subpart B (formerly Subpart Q) of the Department of Transportation's Procedural Regulations (See 14 CFR 302. 201 et. seq....
Notice Mar 04, 2015
The following Applications for Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier Permits were filed under Subpart B (formerly Subpart Q) of the Department of Transportation's Procedural Regulations (See 14 CFR 302. 201 et. seq....
Notice Mar 04, 2015
The following Applications for Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier Permits were filed under Subpart B (formerly Subpart Q) of the Department of Transportation's Procedural Regulations (See 14 CFR 302. 201 et seq.)...
Notice Mar 04, 2015

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Rolls-Royce plc (RR) RB211 Trent 875-17, 877-17, 884-17, 884B-17, 892- 17, 892B-17, and 895-17 turbofan engines. This AD requires modification of the engine by installing upgraded software in...
Rule Mar 04, 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 one individual and one entity whose property and interests in property have been unblocked pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (...
Notice Mar 04, 2015
This document contains proposed regulations under section 6041 regarding the filing of information returns to report winnings from bingo, keno, and slot machine play. The proposed regulations affect persons who pay winnings of $1,200 or more from bin...
Proposed Rule Mar 04, 2015

Acquisition Regulations:

Title Type Published
The Department of the Treasury is amending the Department of the Treasury Acquisition Regulation (DTAR) in order to make editorial changes. These editorial changes are in response to updates made to the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), Treasury...
Rule Mar 04, 2015

Meetings:

Title Type Published
An open meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Tax Forms and Publications Project Committee will be conducted. The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comments, ideas and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Revenue Serv...
Notice Mar 04, 2015

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