December 23, 2015 (Volume 80)

Federal Register December 23, 2015

View all documents issued on December 23, 2015. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

170 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on December 23, 2015

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
Domestic Quarantine Notices; CFR Correction
Rule Dec 23, 2015
Foreign Quarantine Notices; CFR Correction
Rule Dec 23, 2015
General Administrative Regulations; CFR Correction
Rule Dec 23, 2015
Participation of Retail Food Stores, Wholesale Food Concerns and Insured Financial Institutions; CFR Correction
Rule Dec 23, 2015
Performance Reporting; CFR Correction
Rule Dec 23, 2015

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The San Bernardino National Forest (Forest Service), together with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), published a Notice of Intent in the Federal Register on October 2, 2015 for the joint Environmental Impact Report and Environmental...
Notice Dec 23, 2015

Broadcasting Board of Governors logo Broadcasting Board of Governors

Title Type Published
BBG proposes to add a new time and attendance system to its inventory of records systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 522a), as amended. The primary purpose of this system is to track time worked and leave for pay administration, leav...
Notice Dec 23, 2015

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Dec 23, 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 Dec 23, 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 Dec 23, 2015

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:

Title Type Published
The Department of Commerce ("the Department") is rescinding the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on light-walled rectangular pipe and tube from Mexico for the period of review ("POR") August 1, 2014, through July 31, 2015.
Notice Dec 23, 2015

Boundary Extensions:

Title Type Published
NOAA originally published final rules expanding the boundaries of Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary (TBNMS) and National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa (NMSAS), and specifying new boundary coordinates for those sanctuaries, on September 5, 20...
Rule Dec 23, 2015

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of the Census (Census Bureau) is giving notice of a virtual meeting of the National Advisory Committee (NAC). The Committee will address updates on the 2020 Census Tribal Consultations. The NAC will meet virtually on Wednesday, January 13,...
Notice Dec 23, 2015
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Smart Grid Advisory Committee (SGAC or Committee), will meet in open session on Tuesday, January 26, 2016 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern time and Wednesday, January 27, 2016 from 8:30 a.m...
Notice Dec 23, 2015
The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public meeting of its Whiting Committee on January 21, 2016 to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Recommendations from this group...
Notice Dec 23, 2015
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) Crab Plan Team (CPT) will meet in Anchorage, AK.
Notice Dec 23, 2015
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) Electronic Monitoring Workgroup (EMWG) will meet in Anchorage, AK.
Notice Dec 23, 2015
This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a forthcoming meeting of the Ocean Exploration Advisory Board (OEAB). OEAB members will discuss and provide advice on Federal ocean exploration programs, with a particular emphasis on Nationa...
Notice Dec 23, 2015

Production Activities:

Title Type Published
Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America, Inc., Foreign-Trade Zone 84, Houston, TX
Notice Dec 23, 2015

Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities:

Title Type Published
NMFS has received a request from UniSea, Inc., for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to construction activities as part of a dock construction project at a commercial fish processing facility in Unalaska, AK. Pursuant to the Marine Mamm...
Notice Dec 23, 2015
NMFS (hereinafter, "we" or "our") received an application from the U.S. Department of the Air Force, Headquarters 96th Air Base Wing (Air Force), Eglin Air Force Base (Eglin AFB), requesting an Incidental Harassment Authorization (Authorization) to t...
Notice Dec 23, 2015

Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 ("PRA"), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request ("ICR") abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") for review and comment. The ICR d...
Notice Dec 23, 2015
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("Commission" or "CFTC") is amending its system safeguards rules for designated contract markets, swap execution facilities, and swap data repositories, by enhancing and clarifying existing provisions relating...
Proposed Rule Dec 23, 2015
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("Commission") is proposing enhanced requirements for a derivatives clearing organization's testing of its system safeguards, as well as additional amendments to reorder and renumber certain paragraphs within...
Proposed Rule Dec 23, 2015

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau logo Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Home Mortgage Disclosure:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau) is issuing a final rule amending the official commentary that interprets the requirements of the Bureau's Regulation C (Home Mortgage Disclosure) to reflect the asset-size exemption threshold for b...
Rule Dec 23, 2015

Truth in Lending:

Title Type Published
The Bureau is amending the official commentary that interprets the requirements of the Bureau's Regulation Z (Truth in Lending) to reflect a change in the asset size threshold for certain creditors to qualify for an exemption to the requirement to es...
Rule Dec 23, 2015

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated July 21, 1996.
Notice Dec 23, 2015
The Office of the Secretary of Defense proposes to alter a system of records, DWHS P18, entitled "Office of the Secretary of Defense Identification Badge System" to be used by officials of the Military Personnel Division, Human Resources Directorate,...
Notice Dec 23, 2015
The Department of the Navy proposes to add a new system of records, N05220-1, entitled "Data Warehouse Business Intelligence System (DWBIS)" to be used as a management tool for statistical analysis, tracking, reporting, and to increase program effect...
Notice Dec 23, 2015

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Mobile District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) intends to prepare a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (DSEIS) to address the potential impacts associated with improving the Mobile Harbor Federal Navigation Channel in Mobile...
Notice Dec 23, 2015

Education Department logo Education Department

Submission of Data by State Educational Agencies:

Title Type Published
The Secretary announces dates for State educational agencies (SEAs) to submit expenditure and revenue data and average daily attendance statistics on ED Form 2447 (the National Public Education Financial Survey (NPEFS)) for fiscal year (FY) 2015, rev...
Notice Dec 23, 2015

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
Combined Filings
Notice Dec 23, 2015
Combined Filings
Notice Dec 23, 2015
The U.S Department of Energy (DOE) is implementing a consent- based siting process to establish an integrated waste management system to transport, store, and dispose of commercial spent nuclear fuel and high level defense radioactive waste. In a con...
Notice Dec 23, 2015
Pursuant to Delegation Order Nos. 00-037.00A, effective October 25, 2013, and 00-001.00F, effective November 17, 2014, the Deputy Secretary has approved and placed into effect on an interim basis Rate Order No. SWPA-70, which increases the power rate...
Notice Dec 23, 2015
Pursuant to Delegation Order Nos. 00-037.00A, effective October 25, 2013, and 00-001.00F, effective November 17, 2014, the Deputy Secretary has approved and placed into effect on an interim basis Rate Order No. SWPA-69, which increases the power rate...
Notice Dec 23, 2015

Designation of Commission Staff as Non-Decisional:

Title Type Published
ETRACOM LLC and Michael Rosenberg
Notice Dec 23, 2015

Energy Conservation Program:

Title Type Published
In this final rule, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) reaffirms that the currently prescribed test procedure, with certain amendments adopted in this rulemaking, must be used when measuring the energy efficiency of certain categories of small, larg...
Rule Dec 23, 2015

Filings:

Title Type Published
City of Banning, CA
Notice Dec 23, 2015

Petitions for Declaratory Orders:

Title Type Published
Williams Field ServicesGulf Coast Co., LP
Notice Dec 23, 2015

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
EPA issued a proposed rule in the Federal Register of August 24, 2015, concerning certification of applicators of restricted use pesticides. This document extends the comment period to January 22, 2016. The comment period is being extended to provide...
Proposed Rule Dec 23, 2015

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

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an information collection request (ICR), "Distribution of Offsite Consequence Analysis Information under Section 112(r)(7)(H) of the Clean Air Act (CAA)," (EPA ICR No. 1981.06, OMB Contr...
Notice Dec 23, 2015
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), "EPA Strategic Plan Information on Source Water Protection" (EPA ICR No. 1816.06, OMB Control No. 2040-0197) to the Office of Management and Budget...
Notice Dec 23, 2015
The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an information collection request (ICR), "NESHAP for Chromium Emissions from Hard and Decorative Chromium Electroplating and Chromium Anodizing Tanks (40 CFR part 63, subpart N) (Renewal)" (EPA ICR No...
Notice Dec 23, 2015
The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an information collection request (ICR), "NESHAP for Mercury (40 CFR part 61, subpart E) (Renewal)" (EPA ICR No. 0113.12, OMB Control No. 2060- 0097), to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for...
Notice Dec 23, 2015
The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an information collection request (ICR), "NESHAP for Metal Furniture Surface Coating (40 CFR part 63, subpart RRRR) (Renewal)" (EPA ICR No. 1952.06, OMB Control No. 2060-0518), to the Office of Manage...
Notice Dec 23, 2015
The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an information collection request (ICR), "NSPS for Beverage Can Surface Coating (40 CFR part 60, subpart WW) (Renewal)" (EPA ICR No. 0663.12, OMB Control No. 2060-0001), to the Office of Management an...
Notice Dec 23, 2015
The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an information collection request (ICR), "NSPS for Metal Furniture Coating (40 CFR part 60, subpart EE) (Renewal)" (EPA ICR No. 0649.12, OMB Control No. 2060-0106) to the Office of Management and Budg...
Notice Dec 23, 2015
The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an information collection request (ICR), "NSPS for Surface Coating of Large Appliances (40 CFR part 60, subpart SS)" (EPA ICR No. 0659.13, OMB Control No. 2060-0108), to the Office of Management and B...
Notice Dec 23, 2015

Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is updating the materials that are incorporated by reference (IBR) into the South Dakota State Implementation Plan (SIP). The Regulations affected by this update have been previously submitted by the South Da...
Rule Dec 23, 2015

Exemptions from the Requirement of a Tolerance:

Title Type Published
This regulation establishes an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of ammonium acetate (CAS No. 631-61-8) when used as an inert ingredient (buffering agent) limited to 15% in pesticide formulations applied to pre-harvested crop...
Rule Dec 23, 2015

Pesticide Registration Reviews:

Title Type Published
EPA issued a notice in the Federal Register of September 25, 2015, opening a comment period on draft human health and ecological risk assessments for certain organophosphate pesticides listed in Table 1, along with additional chemicals. Following thi...
Notice Dec 23, 2015

Pesticide Tolerances:

Title Type Published
EPA is requesting new available data on certain chlorinated paraffins in different industries and for different uses, to inform the risk assessments for chlorinated paraffins submitted as Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Premanufacture Notices (PM...
Notice Dec 23, 2015
This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of propiconazole 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...
Rule Dec 23, 2015

Pesticide Tolerances; Exemptions:

Title Type Published
This regulation establishes an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of 2-propenoic acid, homopolymer, ester with [alpha]-[2,4,6-tris(1-phenylethyl)phenyl]-[omega]-hydroxypoly(oxy- 1,2-ethanediyl), compd. with 2,2',2"-nitrilotris...
Rule Dec 23, 2015

Proposed CERCLA Administrative Cost Recovery Settlement:

Title Type Published
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is hereby providing notice of a proposed administrative settlement with two parties for recovery of response costs concerning the Riverside Chrome Plating Superfund Site in Riverside County, Cal...
Notice Dec 23, 2015

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Government Agencies and Employees:

Title Type Published
Rates of Pay; Adjustments (EO 13715)
Presidential Document Dec 23, 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 Commission) invites the general public and other Federal a...
Notice Dec 23, 2015
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) seeks comment on proposed revisions to the annual Telecommunications Reporting Worksheet, FCC Form 499-A (FCC Form 499-A) and accompanying instructions (FC...
Notice Dec 23, 2015

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

No documents available.

Federal Housing Finance Agency logo Federal Housing Finance Agency

Title Type Published
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) proposes this rule to implement the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act of 1986 (31 U.S.C. 3801 et seq.), by establishing administrative procedures for imposing civil penalties and assessments against persons wh...
Proposed Rule Dec 23, 2015
This final rule establishes requirements and procedures for the Federal Housing Finance Agency's (FHFA) Suspended Counterparty Program. Under the Suspended Counterparty Program, FHFA may issue suspension orders directing the regulated entities (Fanni...
Rule Dec 23, 2015

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System ("Board") has adopted final amendments to its Regulation A to reflect the Board's approval of an increase in the rate for primary credit at each Federal Reserve Bank. The secondary credit rate at e...
Rule Dec 23, 2015

Changes in Bank Control:

Title Type Published
Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company
Notice Dec 23, 2015

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

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 Dec 23, 2015

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects (Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995), the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announces plans to subm...
Notice Dec 23, 2015
Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the NIEHS, the National Institutes of Health, has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for review and approval of the information collec...
Notice Dec 23, 2015
In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects (Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995), the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announces plans to subm...
Notice Dec 23, 2015
In accordance with section 205 of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), this annual document solicits proposals and recommendations for developing new, and modifying existing, safe harbor provisions under the Federa...
Proposed Rule Dec 23, 2015

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

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is correcting a notice entitled "Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Bar Code Label Requirement for Human Drug and Biological Products" that appeared in the Federal Re...
Notice Dec 23, 2015
Collection of LIHEAP Recipient Household Data for 2015 RECS LIHEAP Administrative Data Matching
Notice Dec 23, 2015
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the Agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA), Federal Agencies are required to publish noti...
Notice Dec 23, 2015
Head Start Grant Application and Budget Instruments
Notice Dec 23, 2015
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 Dec 23, 2015
Native Language Preservation and Maintenance Grant Application Template Pilot
Notice Dec 23, 2015

Determination of Regulatory Review Period for Purposes of Patent Extension:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined the regulatory review period for JETREA and is publishing this notice of that determination as required by law. FDA has made the determination because of the submission of an application to the Di...
Notice Dec 23, 2015

Fixed-Combination and Co-Packaged Drugs:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) is proposing to revise its regulations on prescription fixed-combination drugs to apply the regulations to both prescription and nonprescription fixed-combination and co-packaged drugs and combinat...
Proposed Rule Dec 23, 2015

Guidance for Industry:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry entitled "Advancement of Emerging Technology Applications to Modernize the Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Base." This guidance provides rec...
Notice Dec 23, 2015
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of a document entitled "Revised Recommendations for Reducing the Risk of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Transmission by Blood and Blood Products; Guidance for Industry." Th...
Notice Dec 23, 2015

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for Health Statistics
Notice Dec 23, 2015
Clinical Center
Notice Dec 23, 2015
Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel
Notice Dec 23, 2015
Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel
Notice Dec 23, 2015
Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel
Notice Dec 23, 2015
Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel
Notice Dec 23, 2015
Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel
Notice Dec 23, 2015
Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel
Notice Dec 23, 2015
Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel
Notice Dec 23, 2015
National Advisory Council on Migrant Health
Notice Dec 23, 2015
National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice
Notice Dec 23, 2015
National Center For Advancing Translational Sciences
Notice Dec 23, 2015
Safety and Occupational Health Study Section, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Notice Dec 23, 2015

My Preparedness StoryStaying Healthy and Resilient Video Challenges:

Title Type Published
The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR), located within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, announces the launch of the "My Preparedness Story: Staying Healthy and Resilient" Video Challenge. Natural d...
Notice Dec 23, 2015

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

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

Title Type Published
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the...
Notice Dec 23, 2015
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the...
Notice Dec 23, 2015

Drawbridge Operations:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard has issued a temporary deviation from the operating schedule that governs the Bayville Bridge across the Mill Neck Creek, mile 0.1, at Oyster Bay, New York. The deviation is necessary to perform electrical and mechanical upgrades. Thi...
Rule Dec 23, 2015

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has submitted an information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to continue the collection of information pertaining to Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing, and Drainage Protection (43 CFR part...
Notice Dec 23, 2015

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

Title Type Published
We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) will ask the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve the information collection (IC) described below. As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and as part of our continuing efforts to reduce pape...
Notice Dec 23, 2015
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB a request for approval for the collection of information for Class III Gaming Procedures authorized b...
Notice Dec 23, 2015

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), withdraw the proposed rule to reclassify the arroyo toad (Anaxyrus californicus) as threatened under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). This withdrawal is based on our conclusion th...
Proposed Rule Dec 23, 2015
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), determine endangered status for the lion subspecies Panthera leo leo and threatened status for P. l. melanochaita under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). We are also publishing a c...
Rule Dec 23, 2015

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The National Park Service (NPS) is terminating preparation of an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the modification/removal of the Canal Diversion Dam (Dam) in Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio (CUVA). Instead, the NPS will be preparing an e...
Notice Dec 23, 2015
Mount Rainier National Park is initiating process to prepare a Wilderness Stewardship Plan (WSP) for the Mount Rainier Wilderness, a 228,480-acre area surrounding and including Mount Rainier, as designated by the Washington Parks Wilderness Act of 19...
Notice Dec 23, 2015

Indian Gaming:

Title Type Published
The State of California entered into Tribal-State compacts governing Class III gaming with: (1) The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation, California; (2) the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation; and (3) the United A...
Notice Dec 23, 2015

Meetings:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, and the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the Southeast Oregon Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet as...
Notice Dec 23, 2015

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
Proposed Joint Stipulation to Modify Consent Decree under the Clean Air Act
Notice Dec 23, 2015

Labor Department logo Labor Department

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 Dec 23, 2015

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

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) sponsored information collection request (ICR) titled, "Benefit Accuracy Measurement Program," to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and ap...
Notice Dec 23, 2015
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) sponsored information collection request (ICR) titled, "Data Sharing Agreement Program," to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval for continu...
Notice Dec 23, 2015
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) sponsored information collection request (ICR) titled, "Employee Retirement Income Security Act Summary Annual Report Requirement," to the Office of Mana...
Notice Dec 23, 2015
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) sponsored information collection request (ICR) proposal titled, "Required Elements for Submission of the Unified or Combined State Plan and Plan Modification...
Notice Dec 23, 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 modify a previously noticed system of records and to establish a new system of record...
Notice Dec 23, 2015
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 modify its previously noticed system of records. This notice publishes updates to sys...
Notice Dec 23, 2015
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 modify its previously noticed system of records. This notice publishes updates a Godd...
Notice Dec 23, 2015

National Archives and Records Administration logo National Archives and Records Administration

Title Type Published
NARA gives public notice that it has submitted to OMB for approval the information collections described in this notice. We invite you to comment on the proposed information collections pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Dec 23, 2015
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) publishes notice at least once monthly of certain Federal agency requests for records disposition authority (records schedules). Once approved by NARA, records schedules provide agencies with ma...
Notice Dec 23, 2015

Meetings:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. appendix 2), NARA announces the following meeting of the Advisory Committee on Presidential Library-Foundation Partnerships.
Notice Dec 23, 2015

National Credit Union Administration logo National Credit Union Administration

Title Type Published
The NCUA Board (Board) is continuing its comprehensive review of its regulations to identify outdated, unnecessary, or burdensome regulatory requirements imposed on federally insured credit unions, as contemplated by section 2222 of the Economic Grow...
Notice Dec 23, 2015

N
National Science Foundation

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Advisory Committee for International Science and Engineering
Notice Dec 23, 2015

Permit Applications:

Title Type Published
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish notice of permits issued under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. This is the required notice.
Notice Dec 23, 2015

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Guidance:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment a draft NUREG, NUREG-2191, "Generic Aging Lessons Learned for Subsequent License Renewal (GALL-SLR) Report, Volume 1 and Volume 2," and draft NUREG-2192, "Standard Review Plan...
Notice Dec 23, 2015

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation logo Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Title Type Published
On June 19, 2015, PBGC published an interim final rule to implement the application process and notice requirements for partitions of eligible multiemployer plans under title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), as amend...
Rule Dec 23, 2015

P
Postal Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The Commission is noticing a recent Postal Service filing concerning the addition of Priority Mail Contract 169 negotiated service agreement to the competitive product list. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and ta...
Notice Dec 23, 2015
The Commission is noticing a recent Postal Service filing concerning the addition of Priority Mail Contract 167 negotiated service agreement to the competitive product list. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and ta...
Notice Dec 23, 2015
The Commission is noticing a recent Postal Service filing concerning the addition of Priority Mail Contract 168 negotiated service agreement to the competitive product list. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and ta...
Notice Dec 23, 2015
The Commission is noticing a recent Postal Service filed a notice it has entered into an Inbound Competitive Multi-Service Agreement with Foreign Postal Operators 1 Canada Post Corporation. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public...
Notice Dec 23, 2015
The Commission is noticing a recent Postal Service filing concerning the addition of Priority Mail Contract 166 negotiated service agreement to the competitive product list. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and ta...
Notice Dec 23, 2015
The Commission is noticing a recent Postal Service filing concerning an additional Global Expedited Package Services 3 negotiated service agreement. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative...
Notice Dec 23, 2015
The Commission is noticing a recent Postal Service filing concerning an additional Global Expedited Package Services 3 negotiated service agreement. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative...
Notice Dec 23, 2015
The Commission is noticing a recent Postal Service filing concerning the addition of Priority Mail Contract 165 negotiated service agreement to the competitive product list. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and ta...
Notice Dec 23, 2015
The Commission is noticing a recent Postal Service filing announcing its intention to change rates not of general applicability for Inbound Parcel Post (at Universal Postal Union (UPU) Rates). This notice informs the public of the filing, invites pub...
Notice Dec 23, 2015

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
We are proposing Rule 13q-1 and an amendment to Form SD to implement Section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act relating to disclosure of payments by resource extraction issuers. Rule 13q-1 was initially adopted by...
Proposed Rule Dec 23, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC" or "Commission") is publishing for comment a proposed amendment to specify the form and manner with which security-based swap data repositories ("SDRs") will be required to make security-based swap ("SBS"...
Proposed Rule Dec 23, 2015

Applications:

Title Type Published
Notice of an application under section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Act") for an exemption from sections 18(c) and 18(i) of the Act and for an order pursuant to section 17(d) of the Act and rule 17d-1 under the Act.
Notice Dec 23, 2015

Orders Granting Requests to Withdraw from Registration as a Clearing Agency:

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Title Type Published
Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.
Notice Dec 23, 2015
Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.
Notice Dec 23, 2015
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
Notice Dec 23, 2015
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
Notice Dec 23, 2015
Miami International Securities Exchange, LLC
Notice Dec 23, 2015
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice Dec 23, 2015

State Department logo State Department

Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition:

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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 Dec 23, 2015
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 Dec 23, 2015

Requests for Nominations:

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This notice announces that applications are now being accepted from members of the public who wish to serve on the IPoDS Committee, which was established in accordance with the provisions of the 39 U.S.C. 407(b)(3) and the Federal Advisory Committee...
Notice Dec 23, 2015

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DOT, STB
The Board has approved the first quarter 2016 Rail Cost Adjustment Factor (RCAF) and cost index filed by the Association of American Railroads. The first quarter 2016 RCAF (Unadjusted) is 0.864. The first quarter 2016 RCAF (Adjusted) is 0.368. The fi...
Notice Dec 23, 2015

Control Acquisitions:

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DOT, STB
On November 23, 2015, National Express LLC (National Express or Applicant), a non-carrier, filed an application under 49 U.S.C. 14303 so that it can acquire common control of White Plains Bus Company, Inc. (White Plains). The Board is tentatively app...
Notice Dec 23, 2015

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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On September 2, 2015, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) published an interim final rule and request for comment entitled "Allowing Importers to Provide Information to U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Electronic Format."...
Rule Dec 23, 2015
This action removes jet route J-477 in the northwest United States. The FAA is taking this action to reflect and accommodate the decommissioning of the Medicine Hat VHF omnidirectional range (VOR) in Alberta, Canada.
Rule Dec 23, 2015

Airworthiness Directives:

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We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Airbus Model A300 B4-600, B4-600R, and F4-600R series airplanes, and Model A300 C4-605R Variant F airplanes (collectively called Model A300- 600 series airplanes); and Model A310 series a...
Proposed Rule Dec 23, 2015
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Airbus Model A318, A319, A320, and A321 series airplanes. This proposed AD was prompted by the discovery of corroded circlips in fuel vent protectors (FVP) having a certain part number. T...
Proposed Rule Dec 23, 2015
We are revising an earlier proposed airworthiness directive (AD) for all Airbus Model A330-200, A330-200 Freighter, A330-300, A340- 200, and A340-300 series airplanes. The NPRM proposed to require inspecting certain trimmable horizontal stabilizer ac...
Proposed Rule Dec 23, 2015
We are revising an earlier proposed airworthiness directive (AD) for all Airbus Model A318, A319, A320, and A321 series airplanes. The NPRM proposed to require replacing certain pitot probes on the captain, first officer, and standby sides with certa...
Proposed Rule Dec 23, 2015
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain The Boeing Company Model 747-400, 747-400D, and 747-400F series airplanes; Model 757 airplanes; and Model 767 airplanes. This proposed AD was prompted by reports of uncommanded autopi...
Proposed Rule Dec 23, 2015
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain The Boeing Company Model 777-200, -200LR, -300, and -300ER series airplanes. This proposed AD was prompted by a report indicating that the manufacturer discovered locations where the...
Proposed Rule Dec 23, 2015

Control Acquisitions:

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Federal Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard; Exemption Petitions:

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This document grants in full the Maserati North America, Inc.'s, (Maserati) petition for an exemption of the Levante sports utility vehicle (SUV) line in accordance with 49 CFR part 543, Exemption from Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard. This petition...
Notice Dec 23, 2015

Meetings:

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NHTSA is announcing two public hearings to invite public comment on the planned upgrade to the New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) recently announced in a Request for Comments (RFC) Notice.
Notice Dec 23, 2015

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

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The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...
Notice Dec 23, 2015
This document contains proposed regulations that would require annual country-by-country reporting by United States persons (U.S. persons) that are the ultimate parent entity of a multinational enterprise (MNE) group. These proposed regulations affec...
Proposed Rule Dec 23, 2015
This document contains final regulations regarding the distribution requirement for non-functionally integrated Type III supporting organizations. The regulations reflect changes to the law made by the Pension Protection Act of 2006. The regulations...
Rule Dec 23, 2015
The OCC, Board, and FDIC (each an "Agency"; together "we" or "Agencies") are conducting a review of the regulations we have issued in order to identify outdated or otherwise unnecessary regulatory requirements imposed on insured depository institutio...
Proposed Rule Dec 23, 2015

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