October 6, 2015 (Volume 80)

Federal Register October 6, 2015

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

108 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on October 6, 2015

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Oct 06, 2015
The Rural Housing Service (RHS or Agency) proposes to amend the current regulation for the Single Family Housing Guaranteed Loan Program (SFHGLP) on the subject of liquidation value appraisals. In order to reduce overall processing time, reduce cost,...
Proposed Rule Oct 06, 2015
The Rural Business-Cooperative Service (the Agency) announces the acceptance of applications under the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) which is designed to help agricultural producers and rural small businesses reduce energy costs and consump...
Notice Oct 06, 2015

Civil Rights Commission logo Civil Rights Commission

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the rules and regulations of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (Commission), and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), that a planning meeting of the Montana Advisory Committee to the Commi...
Notice Oct 06, 2015

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Oct 06, 2015
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Oct 06, 2015
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Oct 06, 2015
The Department of Commerce ("the Department") has received requests to conduct administrative reviews of various antidumping and countervailing duty orders and findings with August anniversary dates. In accordance with the Department's regulations, w...
Notice Oct 06, 2015
The American Inventors Protection Act of 1999 (AIPA) provided for publication of patent applications at eighteen months from the earliest filing date for which a benefit is claimed. Thus, the patent laws and regulations require that foreign priority...
Notice Oct 06, 2015
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) invites organizations to provide products and technical expertise to support and demonstrate security platforms for the Domain Name System- Based (DNS) Security for Electronic Mail Building Bl...
Notice Oct 06, 2015

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

Title Type Published
The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, a...
Notice Oct 06, 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 Oct 06, 2015

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Board of Overseers of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (Board) will meet in open session on Wednesday, December 2, 2015. The purpose of this meeting is to review and discuss the work of the private sector contractor, which assists the...
Notice Oct 06, 2015

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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

Title Type Published
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Regulatory Secretariat Division will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a previously approved information collection requ...
Notice Oct 06, 2015
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Regulatory Secretariat Division will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), a request to review and approve a new information collection requirement regarding Payment of Su...
Notice Oct 06, 2015

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
Staff Attendances
Notice Oct 06, 2015

Authority to Import and Export Natural Gas, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy gives notice that during March 2015, it issued orders granting authority to import and export natural gas, to import and export liquefied natural gas (LNG), and vacating authority and Chang...
Notice Oct 06, 2015
The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy gives notice that during August 2015, it issued orders granting authority to import and export natural gas, and to export liquefied natural gas (LNG). These orders are summarized in the att...
Notice Oct 06, 2015
The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy gives notice that during January 2015, it issued orders granting authority to import and export natural gas, and to import and export liquefied natural gas (LNG). These orders are summarize...
Notice Oct 06, 2015

Charter Renewals:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to section 14(a)(2)(A) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463) and in accordance with Title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations, section 102-3.65, and following consultation with the Committee Management Secretariat of the G...
Notice Oct 06, 2015

Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Arkabutla Lake Hydroelectric Project; Sardis Lake Hydroelectric Project; Enid Lake Hydroelectric Project; Grenada Lake Hydroelectric Project
Notice Oct 06, 2015
Kern River Transmission Co.; Summerlin Pipe Replacement Project
Notice Oct 06, 2015

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice announces a closed meeting of the Defense Programs Advisory Committee (DPAC). The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of meetings be announced in the Federal Register. Due to national...
Notice Oct 06, 2015
This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Idaho National Laboratory. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this meeting be announ...
Notice Oct 06, 2015

Restricted Service List for a Programmatic Agreement:

Title Type Published
FFP Project 92, LLC; Kentucky Kentucky River Lock and Dam No. 11 Hydroelectric Project
Notice Oct 06, 2015

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Maryland. This revision pertains to a negative declaration for the Automobile and Light-Duty Truck Assembly Coating...
Proposed Rule Oct 06, 2015
Under the Federal Clean Air Act (CAA) the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve elements of a State Implementation Plan (SIP) submission from the State of Texas for the Sulfur Dioxide (SO<INF>2</INF>) National Ambient Air Qual...
Proposed Rule Oct 06, 2015
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving revisions to the Texas State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) on March 19, 2010 and July 2, 2010. These revisions to the Texas SIP revis...
Rule Oct 06, 2015

Farm Credit Administration logo Farm Credit Administration

Title Type Published
The Farm Credit Administration (FCA, we, Agency or our) amended our regulations to change the address for a field office as a result of a recent office relocation. In accordance with the law, the effective date of the rule is no earlier than 30 days...
Rule Oct 06, 2015

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

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

No documents available.

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Oct 06, 2015
As authorized by the Secretary of HHS, AHRQ coordinates the development of sets of common definitions and reporting formats (Common Formats) for reporting on health care quality and patient safety. The purpose of this notice is to announce the availa...
Notice Oct 06, 2015
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of an Electronic Common Technical Document (eCTD) Technical Conformance Guide, Version 1.0. The eCTD Technical Conformance Guide supplements the guidance for industry entitled "Pro...
Notice Oct 06, 2015
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing a pilot project for the submission of final approved Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) and certain REMS summary information electronically in a standard Structured Product...
Notice Oct 06, 2015

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

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Oct 06, 2015

Guidance:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of a guidance for industry entitled "Acceptability of Draft Labeling to Support ANDA Approval." This guidance provides recommendations and information related to the subm...
Notice Oct 06, 2015
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reopening the comment period for the "Established Conditions: Reportable Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls (CMC) Changes for Approved Drug and Biologic Products; Draft Guidance for Industry," published i...
Notice Oct 06, 2015

Medical Devices:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is publishing a list of premarket approval applications (PMAs) that have been approved. This list is intended to inform the public of the availability of safety and effectiveness summaries of approved PMAs throu...
Notice Oct 06, 2015

Meetings:

Title Type Published
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
Notice Oct 06, 2015
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
Notice Oct 06, 2015
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Notice Oct 06, 2015

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

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

Title Type Published
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 revision of a currently approved infor...
Notice Oct 06, 2015
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the Department of Homeland Security will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Redu...
Notice Oct 06, 2015
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 an extension of a currently approved inf...
Notice Oct 06, 2015

Drawbridge Operations:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard has issued a temporary deviation from the operating schedule that governs the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad Company (BNSF) Bridge 38.3 across Ebey Slough (Snohomish River), mile 1.5 at Marysville, WA. The deviation is necessar...
Rule Oct 06, 2015
The Coast Guard has issued a temporary deviation from the operating schedule that governs the U.S. 70 (Alfred C. Cunningham) Bridge across the Trent River, mile 0.0, at New Bern, NC. This deviation allows the bridge to remain in the closed-to-navigat...
Rule Oct 06, 2015
The Coast Guard has issued a temporary deviation from the operating schedule that governs the U.S. 70 (Alfred C. Cunningham) Bridge across the Trent River, mile 0.0, at New Bern, NC. This deviation allows the bridge to remain in the closed-to-navigat...
Rule Oct 06, 2015

Import Restrictions:

Title Type Published
This document amends Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulations to reflect the extension of import restrictions on certain categories of archaeological material from the Pre-Hispanic cultures of the Republic of Nicaragua. The restrictions, which...
Rule Oct 06, 2015

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a 12-month finding on a petition to list the Sonoran desert tortoise (Gopherus morafkai) as an endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). Aft...
Proposed Rule Oct 06, 2015
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), determine endangered species status under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Act), as amended, for Trichomanes punctatum ssp. floridanum (Florida bristle fern), a plant subspecies from Miami-Dade and...
Rule Oct 06, 2015
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to list the Suwannee moccasinshell (Medionidus walkeri), a freshwater mussel species from the Suwannee River Basin in Florida and Georgia, as a threatened species under the Endangered Species...
Proposed Rule Oct 06, 2015
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), determine threatened species status under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Act), as amended, for the black pinesnake (Pituophis melanoleucus lodingi), a reptile subspecies from Alabama, Louisiana,...
Rule Oct 06, 2015

National Register of Historic Places:

Title Type Published
The National Park Service is soliciting comments on the significance of properties nominated before September 12, 2015 for listing or related actions in the National Register of Historic Places.
Notice Oct 06, 2015

J
Joint Board for Enrollment of Actuaries

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Executive Director of the Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries gives notice of a closed teleconference meeting of the Advisory Committee on Actuarial Examinations.
Notice Oct 06, 2015

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Oct 06, 2015
Proposed Consent Decrees under the Clean Air Act
Notice Oct 06, 2015

Established Aggregate Production Quotas for Schedule I and II Controlled Substances:

Title Type Published
This final order establishes the initial 2016 aggregate production quotas for controlled substances in schedules I and II of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) and the assessment of annual needs for the list I chemicals ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, a...
Notice Oct 06, 2015

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
This document contains exemptions issued by the Department of Labor (the Department) from certain of the prohibited transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA or the Act) and/or the Internal Revenue Code of...
Notice Oct 06, 2015
The purpose of this notice is to announce the annual list of labor surplus areas for Fiscal Year (FY) 2016.
Notice Oct 06, 2015

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

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor (DOL), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/...
Notice Oct 06, 2015

Applications for Expansion of Recognition:

Title Type Published
In this notice, OSHA announces the application of Canadian Standards Association for expansion of its recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) and presents the Agency's preliminary finding to grant the application.
Notice Oct 06, 2015

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans
Notice Oct 06, 2015

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is issuing public notice of its proposal to update its standard Appendix A applicable to all NASA Systems of Records, as set fort...
Notice Oct 06, 2015
In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, NASA is giving notice that it proposes to cancel the following Privacy Act systems of records, NASA Aeronautics Scholarship Program (October 17, 2011, 76 FR 64115) and Government Motor Vehicle Operators Per...
Notice Oct 06, 2015

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

No documents available.

National Archives and Records Administration logo National Archives and Records Administration

Meetings:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app 2) and implementing regulation 41 CFR 101-6, NARA announces an upcoming committee meeting.
Notice Oct 06, 2015

N
National Science Foundation

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Advisory Committee for Cyberinfrastructure
Notice Oct 06, 2015
Proposal Review Panel for Materials Research
Notice Oct 06, 2015

Permit Applications:

Title Type Published
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish a notice of requests to modify permits issued to conduct activities regulated under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. This is the required notice of a requested permit modification.
Notice Oct 06, 2015

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has recently submitted a request for renewal of an existing collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. The information collection is entitled, "Environmental Protect...
Notice Oct 06, 2015
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) invites public comment on the renewal of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for an existing collection of information. The information collection is entitled, "Packaging and Transportation of R...
Notice Oct 06, 2015

S
Science and Technology Policy Office

Requests for Information:

Title Type Published
On July 2, 2015, the Executive Office of the President (EOP) issued a memorandum (Ref. 1) directing the primary agencies that regulate the products of biotechnology--the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Food and Drug Administration (FD...
Notice Oct 06, 2015

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Oct 06, 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 Section 1614 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014. The proposed amendments authorized by this statute would allow an o...
Proposed Rule Oct 06, 2015

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

Transaction Fees:

Title Type Published
We provide fee-based Social Security number (SSN) verification services to enrolled private businesses and government agencies who obtain a valid, signed consent form from the Social Security number holder. We originally published a notice announcing...
Notice Oct 06, 2015

State Department logo State Department

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 Oct 06, 2015

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
The FAA is proposing to establish a Special Flight Rules Area in the vicinity of Pearson Field Airport, Vancouver, Washington. Pearson Field Airport is located approximately three nautical miles northwest of Portland International Airport, Portland,...
Proposed Rule Oct 06, 2015

Airspace Designations:

Title Type Published
This action incorporates certain amendments into FAA Order 7400.9Z, dated August 6, 2015, and effective September 15, 2015, for incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1.
Rule Oct 06, 2015

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Bombardier, Inc. Model CL-600-2C10 (Regional Jet Series 700, 701, & 702), CL-600-2D15 (Regional Jet Series 705), and CL-600-2D24 (Regional Jet Series 900) airplanes. This AD was prompted...
Rule Oct 06, 2015
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain The Boeing Company Model 717-200 airplanes. This proposed AD was prompted by multiple reports of the vertical stabilizer leading edge showing signs of fastener distress. This proposed...
Proposed Rule Oct 06, 2015
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain The Boeing Company Model 747-100, 747-100B, 747-100B SUD, 747- 200B, 747-300, 747SR, and 747SP series airplanes. This proposed AD was prompted by an evaluation by the design approval...
Proposed Rule Oct 06, 2015
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Viking Air Limited (Type Certificate Previously Held by Bombardier, Inc.) Model DHC-7-1 and DHC-7-100 airplanes. This AD was prompted by reports of cracks that were discovered in the outboard...
Rule Oct 06, 2015

Amendment of Class D and E Airspace:

Title Type Published
This action modifies Class D airspace, Class E surface area airspace, and Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface, at Stockton Metropolitan Airport, Stockton, CA. A review of the airspace and the decommissioning of the Mante...
Rule Oct 06, 2015

Amendment of Class E Airspace:

Title Type Published
This action amends Class E airspace at Audubon County Airport, Audubon, IA; Corning Municipal Airport, Corning, IA; Ellen Church Field Airport, Cresco, IA; Eagle Grove Municipal Airport, Eagle Grove, IA; Guthrie County Regional Airport, Guthrie Cente...
Rule Oct 06, 2015

Applications for Commuter Authority:

Title Type Published
The Department of Transportation is directing all interested persons to show cause why it should not issue an order finding Altius Aviation, LLC fit, willing, and able, and awarding it a Commuter Air Carrier Authorization.
Notice Oct 06, 2015

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public of its intent to prepare an environmental impact statement, in cooperation with the NDDOT, for a proposed highway project in Stark, Billings, and McKenzie Counties, North Dakota.
Notice Oct 06, 2015

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards:

Title Type Published
This document reopens the comment period for a July 23, 2015 advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) that NHTSA issued in response to a petition for rulemaking from Ms. Marianne Karth and the Truck Safety Coalition relating to rear impact (unde...
Proposed Rule Oct 06, 2015

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is announcing a meeting that will be held in Washington, DC on November 4- 5, 2015 to kick off a new national drowsy driving initiative. The NHTSA Drowsy Driving Forum will include presentati...
Notice Oct 06, 2015
The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of the ninety-fourth Special Committee 159 meeting.
Notice Oct 06, 2015
The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of the sixteenth Special Committee 227 meeting.
Notice Oct 06, 2015
The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of the thirtieth Special Committee 213 meeting.
Notice Oct 06, 2015

Petitions for Exemptions; Summaries:

Title Type Published
This notice contains a summary of a petition seeking relief from specified requirements of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations. The purpose of this notice is to improve the public's awareness of, and participation in, the FAA's exemption proc...
Notice Oct 06, 2015

Special Conditions:

Title Type Published
These special conditions are issued for the Cessna Model 680A airplane. This airplane will have novel or unusual design features when compared to the state of technology envisioned in the airworthiness standards for transport-category airplanes. This...
Rule Oct 06, 2015

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
Appointment of Members of the Legal Division to the Performance Review Board
Notice Oct 06, 2015
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of six individuals and 11 entities whose property and interests in property have been blocked pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation...
Notice Oct 06, 2015
This document contains corrections to final regulations (TD 9737) that were published in the Federal Register on Tuesday, September 15, 2015 (80 FR 55243). The final rules are with revisions to examples that illustrate the controlled group rules appl...
Rule Oct 06, 2015
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(4), this notice announces the appointment of members of the Combined Performance Review Board (CPRB) for the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), the United States Mint (USM), the Bureau of the Fiscal Service (...
Notice Oct 06, 2015

Import Restrictions:

No documents available.

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