December 24, 2015 (Volume 80)

Federal Register December 24, 2015

View all documents issued on December 24, 2015. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

146 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on December 24, 2015

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended), the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Utilities Service (RUS) invites comments on this information collection for which the Agency intends...
Notice Dec 24, 2015
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended), the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Utilities Service (RUS) invites comments on this information collection for which the Agency intends...
Notice Dec 24, 2015
This rule prescribes late payment and interest charges on past due assessments under the Paper and Paper-Based Packaging Promotion, Research and Information Order (Order). The Order is administered by the Paper and Packaging Board (Board) with oversi...
Rule Dec 24, 2015

Domestic Sugar Program:

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The Farm Service Agency (FSA) on behalf of the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) is issuing this notice to publish the sugar Overall Allotment Quantity (OAQ), beet and cane sugar marketing allotments, and processor allocations for fiscal year (FY) 2...
Notice Dec 24, 2015

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is providing notification that the agency will not identify additional fisheries to observe on the Annual Determination (AD) for 2016, pursuant to its authority under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Thro...
Notice Dec 24, 2015
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Dec 24, 2015
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) implemented a pilot program (Extended Missing Parts Pilot Program) in which an applicant, under certain conditions, can request a 12-month time period to pay the search fee, the examination fee, a...
Notice Dec 24, 2015
The United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") issues a final rule to incorporate classification changes adopted by the Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of...
Rule Dec 24, 2015

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:

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Pasta from Italy
Notice Dec 24, 2015
The Department of Commerce (the "Department") is rescinding the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on polyester staple fiber ("PSF") from the People's Republic of China (the "PRC") for the period of review June 1, 2014, through May 3...
Notice Dec 24, 2015

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

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The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) has submitted Amendment 28 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico (FMP) for review, approval, and implementation by NMFS. Amendment 28 would revise the...
Proposed Rule Dec 24, 2015

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska:

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NMFS is reallocating the projected unused amounts of Pacific cod from catcher vessels greater than or equal to 60 feet (18.3 meters (m)) length overall (LOA) using pot gear and catcher vessels less than 60 feet (18.3 m) LOA using hook-and-line or pot...
Rule Dec 24, 2015

Meetings:

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The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public meeting of its Herring Advisory Panel to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Recommendations from this group will be brough...
Notice Dec 24, 2015

Takes of Marine Mammals:

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We, NMFS, give notice that we have revised an Incidental Harassment Authorization (Authorization) issued to Point Blue Conservation Science (Point Blue) to take marine mammals, by harassment, incidental to conducting seabird research activities on So...
Notice Dec 24, 2015

Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the "Commission" or "CFTC") is amending Commission Regulation 1.35(a) to: Provide that all records required to be maintained under this regulation must be maintained in a form and manner which permits prompt,...
Rule Dec 24, 2015

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

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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC" or the "Commission") is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed revision to the collection of certain information by the Commission. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act ("PRA"), Fede...
Notice Dec 24, 2015

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau logo Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) is making technical corrections to Regulation Z (Truth in Lending) and the Official Interpretations of Regulation Z. These corrections republish certain provisions of Regulation Z and the Official Int...
Rule Dec 24, 2015

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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The Department of Defense has submitted to OMB for clearance, the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.
Notice Dec 24, 2015
The Department of Defense has submitted to OMB for clearance, the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.
Notice Dec 24, 2015

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is issuing this notice to advise the public that a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (Draft EIS) has been completed and is available for review and comment.
Notice Dec 24, 2015

Education Department logo Education Department

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In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (Privacy Act), the Department of Education (Department) publishes this notice to amend the systems of records entitled "Debarment and Suspension Proceedings under Executive Order (EO) 12549, the...
Notice Dec 24, 2015

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 Dec 24, 2015
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 Dec 24, 2015

Energy Department logo Energy Department

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In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) is soliciting public comment on the requirements and burden of the FERC-714 (Annual Ele...
Notice Dec 24, 2015
Combined Filings
Notice Dec 24, 2015
Combined Filings
Notice Dec 24, 2015
Commission Half-Day Closing
Notice Dec 24, 2015
Draft Guidance Manual for Environmental Report Preparation
Notice Dec 24, 2015
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) proposes to amend its regulations to clarify the scope of ownership information that sellers seeking to obtain or retain market-based rate authority must provide. The Commission proposes to find t...
Proposed Rule Dec 24, 2015

Energy Conservation Program:

Title Type Published
On October 31, 2014, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) to amend the test procedures for ceiling fan light kits (CFLKs). That proposed rulemaking serves as the basis for this final rule. In this final...
Rule Dec 24, 2015

Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

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Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, LLC; Broad Run Expansion Project
Notice Dec 24, 2015

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

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The U.S. Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) is announcing its Preferred Alternative for the disposition of certain quantities of surplus plutonium evaluated in the Final Surplus Plutonium Disposition Supplemental...
Notice Dec 24, 2015
Southeast Market Pipelines Project, Florida Southeast Connection, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co.;and Sabal Trail Transmission, LLC
Notice Dec 24, 2015

Meetings:

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This notice sets forth the schedule and summary agenda for a partially-closed meeting of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), and describes the functions of the Council. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92...
Notice Dec 24, 2015

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), this document announces that EPA is planning to submit an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The ICR, entitled: "Submission of Protocols and Study R...
Notice Dec 24, 2015
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), this document announces that EPA is planning to submit an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The ICR, entitled: "Tolerance Petitions for Pesticides...
Notice Dec 24, 2015
Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.
Notice Dec 24, 2015

Draft Integrated Science Assessments:

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing a 30- day extension of the public comment period for the draft document titled, "External Review Draft Integrated Science Assessment for Sulfur Oxides--Health Criteria" (EPA/600/R-15/066). The o...
Notice Dec 24, 2015

Electronic Reporting; Availability:

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is notifying the public that electronic emissions reporting is now available for sources covered by the Federal Air Rules for Reservations (FARR). The FARR requires certain sources of air pollution on Indian...
Notice Dec 24, 2015

Pesticide Tolerances:

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This regulation establishes a tolerance for residues of propiconazole in or on tea. The Tea Association of the U.S.A., Inc. requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).
Rule Dec 24, 2015
This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of spinetoram in or on multiple commodities that are identified and discussed later in this document. In addition, this regulation removes a number of existing tolerances for residues of spinetoram...
Rule Dec 24, 2015

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Trade:

Title Type Published
African Growth and Opportunity Act; Beneficiary Country Designations (Proc. 9383)
Presidential Document Dec 24, 2015

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
The Commission will consider a Third Report and Order that extends the deadline for LPTV and TV Translator Stations to Transition to Digital and adopts measures to mitigate the impact of incentive auction displacement. The Fourth Notice of Proposed R...
Notice Dec 24, 2015
In this document, the 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 Second E- rate Modernization Report and Order and Order o...
Rule Dec 24, 2015

Meetings:

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In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), this notice advises interested persons that the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Task Force on Optimal Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) Architecture (Task Force) will hold its...
Notice Dec 24, 2015

Federal Housing Finance Agency logo Federal Housing Finance Agency

Technical Amendments:

Title Type Published
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is issuing this final rule as a technical change to correct regulatory references to FHFA's address and postal zip code.
Rule Dec 24, 2015

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

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Agreements Files
Notice Dec 24, 2015

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

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Dec 24, 2015

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

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Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
Notice Dec 24, 2015

Changes in Bank Control:

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Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company
Notice Dec 24, 2015

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Dec 24, 2015
The Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, proposes to amend the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) regulations. This proposed rule makes changes to CCDF regulations to detail provisions of the Child Ca...
Proposed Rule Dec 24, 2015
In accordance with the Awarding Agency Grants Administration Manual (AAGAM) Chapter 1.03.103, the Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC) has been granted class deviations from the requirements for extensions contained in the AAGAM Chapter 2.04.104B-4A....
Notice Dec 24, 2015

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

Title Type Published
ANA Project Outcomes Assessment Survey
Notice Dec 24, 2015

Funding Availability:

Title Type Published
Indian Health Professions Preparatory, Indian Health Professions Pre-Graduate and Indian Health Professions Scholarship Programs
Notice Dec 24, 2015
Loan Repayment Program for Repayment of Health Professions Educational Loans
Notice Dec 24, 2015

Guidance:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of a draft document entitled "Deviation Reporting for Human Cells, Tissues, and Cellular and Tissue-Based Products Regulated Solely Under Section 361 of the Public Health...
Notice Dec 24, 2015

Meetings:

Title Type Published
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
Notice Dec 24, 2015
Office of the Director
Notice Dec 24, 2015

Petitions Received:

Title Type Published
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is publishing this notice of petitions received under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (the Program), as required by Section 2112(b)(2) of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, as...
Notice Dec 24, 2015

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

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The Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL), the Privacy Office (Privacy), and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announce the availability of the following document: "Best Practices for Protecting Privacy, Civil Rights & Civil Liber...
Notice Dec 24, 2015

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

Title Type Published
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 Dec 24, 2015

Drawbridge Operations:

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The Coast Guard has issued a temporary deviation from the operating schedule that governs the Blynman (SR127) Bridge across the Annisquam River and Blynman Canal at mile 0.0 at Gloucester, MA. The deviation is necessary due to the inhabitability of t...
Rule Dec 24, 2015
The Coast Guard has issued a temporary deviation from the operating schedule that governs the Arthur Kill (AK) Railroad Bridge across Arthur Kill, mile 11.6, between Staten Island, New York and Elizabeth, New Jersey. This deviation allows the bridge...
Rule Dec 24, 2015

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (COAC) will meet on January 13, 2016, in New Orleans, LA. The meeting will be open to the public.
Notice Dec 24, 2015

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Title Type Published
This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.
Notice Dec 24, 2015

Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards:

Title Type Published
The Department of Housing and Urban Development is correcting a final rule that was published in the Federal Register on December 7, 2015 (80 FR 75931). The December 7, 2015, final rule contains an amendatory instruction that is inconsistent with ame...
Rule Dec 24, 2015

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) is announcing its intention to request approval to continue the collection of information for one of its Technical Training Progr...
Notice Dec 24, 2015

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

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We (National Park Service) will ask the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve an information collection (IC) concerning a national household survey that will be used to help determine the perceptions of the American public regarding the na...
Notice Dec 24, 2015

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants:

Title Type Published
In this Candidate Notice of Review (CNOR), we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), present an updated list of plant and animal species native to the United States that we regard as candidates for or have proposed for addition to the Lists o...
Notice Dec 24, 2015

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Indian Affairs Eastern Oklahoma Region has prepared a draft environmental impact statement for the management of oil and gas resources owned by the United States in trust for the Osage in Osage County, Oklahoma. This notice amends the n...
Notice Dec 24, 2015

Intention to Relinquish Lands Withdrawn for Military Purposes:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014, the Department of the Navy has submitted a Notice of Intention to Relinquish 1,958.49 acres of lands in Riverside County, California, withdrawn from the public domain by the Cal...
Notice Dec 24, 2015

National Register of Historic Places:

Title Type Published
The National Park Service is soliciting comments on the significance of properties nominated before November 21, 2015, for listing or related actions in the National Register of Historic Places.
Notice Dec 24, 2015

Temporary Closure on Public Lands:

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Notice is hereby given that identified public lands administered by the Palm Springs-South Coast Field Office, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), are temporarily closed to all public entry.
Notice Dec 24, 2015

Transfer of Administrative Jurisdiction:

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This order transfers administrative jurisdiction of 501.43 acres of public lands from the Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary of Navy for the realignment of the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range boundary in Riverside County, California....
Notice Dec 24, 2015

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Dec 24, 2015

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

Title Type Published
Melamine from China and Trinidad and Tobago
Notice Dec 24, 2015

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Importers of Controlled Substances; Applications:

Title Type Published
Notice of application.
Notice Dec 24, 2015

Importers of Controlled Substances; Registrations:

Title Type Published
Alltech Associates, Inc. applied to be registered as an importer of certain basic classes of controlled substances. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) grants Alltech Associates, Inc. registration as an importer of those controlled substances.
Notice Dec 24, 2015

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL), Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS) supports local Stand Down events that help homeless veterans attain meaningful civilian employment. Authority to support such events is in 38 U.S.C. Section 2021,...
Notice Dec 24, 2015

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

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor (Department or DOL), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on propose...
Notice Dec 24, 2015
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Employment and Training (ETA) sponsored information collection request (ICR) "Placement Verification and Follow Up of Job Corps Participants" to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and...
Notice Dec 24, 2015
The Department of Labor (DOL) is soliciting comments concerning the proposed extension of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the Solicitation of Nominations for the Iqbal Masih Award for the Elimination of Child Labor information coll...
Notice Dec 24, 2015

Apprenticeship Programs:

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor (Department) issued a proposed rule in the Federal Register of November 6, 2015 [80 FR 68907], concerning proposed updates to the equal opportunity regulations that implement the National Apprenticeship Act of 1937. This docum...
Proposed Rule Dec 24, 2015

Legal Services Corporation logo Legal Services Corporation

Title Type Published
The Legal Services Corporation Office of Inspector General ("LSC OIG") issued a notice requesting comments on proposed changes to the Compliance Supplement for Audits of LSC Recipients in the Federal Register of December 4, 2015 [FR Doc. 2015-30643]....
Notice Dec 24, 2015

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National Science Foundation

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The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish a notice of permit applications received to conduct activities regulated under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. NSF has published regulations under the Antarctic Conservation Act at...
Notice Dec 24, 2015
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish a notice of permit applications received to conduct activities regulated under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. NSF has published regulations under the Antarctic Conservation Act at...
Notice Dec 24, 2015

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National Transportation Safety Board

Rules of Practice in Transportation:

Title Type Published
The NTSB amends its regulations which contain the NTSB's procedures for holding investigative hearings, various types of meetings, issuing reports, and responding to petitions for reconsideration. The NTSB introduced a number of substantive and techn...
Rule Dec 24, 2015

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is seeking public comment on a draft regulatory issue summary (RIS) to reiterate the NRC staff's position in regard to American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) code-required inservice inspection req...
Notice Dec 24, 2015
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Dec 24, 2015
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment a draft NUREG/CR, NUREG/CR-7206, "Spent Fuel Transportation Package Response to the MacArthur Maze Fire Scenario." This report presents analyses that were performed to examine...
Notice Dec 24, 2015
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment a draft NUREG/CR, NUREG/CR-7207, "Spent Fuel Transportation Package Response to the Newhall Pass Fire Scenario." This report presents analyses that were performed to examine t...
Notice Dec 24, 2015

Combined License Applications:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing an exemption in a response to an October 7, 2015, letter from Bell Bend, LLC, which requested an exemption from Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR) updates included in their combined license (CO...
Notice Dec 24, 2015

Draft Regulatory Guides:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment draft regulatory guide (DG), DG-1324, "Guidance on Making Changes to Emergency Plans for Nuclear Power Reactors." This guidance is proposed Revison 1 of RG 1.219, which incorp...
Notice Dec 24, 2015
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment draft regulatory guide (DG), DG-8033, "Operating Philosophy for Maintaining Occupational Radiation Exposures As Low as is Reasonably Achievable." This DG is proposed Revision...
Notice Dec 24, 2015

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Dec 24, 2015

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Title Type Published
BATS Exchange, Inc.
Notice Dec 24, 2015
BATS Y-Exchange, Inc.
Notice Dec 24, 2015
ICE Clear Europe, Ltd.
Notice Dec 24, 2015
Miami International Securities Exchange, LLC
Notice Dec 24, 2015
NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc.
Notice Dec 24, 2015
NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc.
Notice Dec 24, 2015
NASDAQ OMX PHLX, LLC
Notice Dec 24, 2015
NASDAQ OMX PHLX, LLC
Notice Dec 24, 2015
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice Dec 24, 2015
The Options Clearing Corp.
Notice Dec 24, 2015

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Title Type Published
The Small Business Administration (SBA) is publishing this notice to comply with requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), which requires agencies to submit proposed reporting and recordkeeping requirements to OMB for...
Notice Dec 24, 2015
Interest Rates
Notice Dec 24, 2015
Surrender of License
Notice Dec 24, 2015

State Department logo State Department

Re-Delegations of Authority:

Title Type Published
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
Notice Dec 24, 2015

Re-Delegations of Immunity:

Title Type Published
Judicial Seizure Authorities
Notice Dec 24, 2015

Tennessee Valley Authority logo Tennessee Valley Authority

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The TVA Regional Energy Resource Council (RERC) will hold a meeting on Wednesday, January 20 and Thursday, January 21, 2016, regarding regional energy related issues in the Tennessee Valley. The RERC was established to advise TVA on its energy resour...
Notice Dec 24, 2015

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
The FMCSA announces, pursuant to 49 CFR 382.305, that it is reducing the minimum annual percentage rate for random controlled substances testing for drivers of commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) requiring a commercial driver's license (CDL) from the cu...
Notice Dec 24, 2015
Petitions for Waivers of Compliance
Notice Dec 24, 2015
Petitions for Waivers of Compliance
Notice Dec 24, 2015
Petitions for Waivers of Compliance
Notice Dec 24, 2015
Petitions for Waivers of Compliance
Notice Dec 24, 2015
Petitions for Waivers of Compliance
Notice Dec 24, 2015
Petitions for Waivers of Compliance
Notice Dec 24, 2015
Petitions for Waivers of Compliance
Notice Dec 24, 2015
Pursuant to the Federal pipeline safety laws, PHMSA is publishing this notice of a special permit request we have received from a pipeline operator, seeking relief from compliance with certain requirements in the Federal pipeline safety regulations....
Notice Dec 24, 2015

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Airbus Model A330-200, A330-200 Freighter, and A330-300 series airplanes; and all Model A340-200 and A340-300 series airplanes. This AD was prompted by reports that a bracket that attache...
Rule Dec 24, 2015
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for B-N Group Ltd. Models BN-2, BN-2A, BN-2A-2, BN-2A-3, BN-2A-6, BN-2A-8, BN- 2A-9, BN-2A-20, BN-2A-21, BN-2A-26, BN-2A-27, BN-2B-20, BN-2B-21, BN- 2B-26, BN-2B-27, BN2A MK. III, BN2A MK. III-2,...
Proposed Rule Dec 24, 2015
We propose to supersede Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2014-16- 02, for certain Bombardier, Inc. Model CL-600-1A11 (CL-600) airplanes. AD 2014-16-02 currently requires revising the airplane flight manual to prohibit thrust reverser operation, doing rep...
Proposed Rule Dec 24, 2015
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Bombardier, Inc. Model CL-600-2A12 (CL-601) and CL-600-2B16 (CL-601-3A, CL-601-3R, and CL-604 Variants) airplanes. This AD was prompted by a report of an aft equipment bay fire due to cha...
Rule Dec 24, 2015
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Fokker Services B.V. Model F.28 Mark 0070 and 0100 airplanes. This proposed AD was prompted by a report of cracking in a certain section of the secondary structure of the wing. This propo...
Proposed Rule Dec 24, 2015
We are revising an earlier proposed airworthiness directive (AD) for all Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation Model GV and GV-SP airplanes. The NPRM proposed to supersede Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2013-22-19, which requires inspecting to determine if...
Proposed Rule Dec 24, 2015
We are superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2013-23-03, which applies to certain The Boeing Company Model 747-100, 747-100B, 747-100B SUD, 747-200B, 747-200C, 747-200F, 747-300, 747-400, 747-400D, 747-400F, and 747SR series airplanes. AD 2013-23-...
Rule Dec 24, 2015
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all The Boeing Company Model 777 airplanes. This AD was prompted by an evaluation by the design approval holder (DAH) indicating that the lap splices of the aft pressure bulkhead webs are subject...
Rule Dec 24, 2015

Deepwater Port License Application:

Title Type Published
The Maritime Administration (MARAD), in cooperation with the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), announces the receipt and availability of the amended deepwater port license application submitted by Delfin LNG LLC (Delfin LNG) on November 19, 2015 (amended appl...
Notice Dec 24, 2015
The Maritime Administration (MARAD) announces the termination of the Liberty Natural Gas LLC (Liberty) Port Ambrose Deepwater Port License Application and all related Federal processing activities required by applicable provisions of the Deepwater Po...
Notice Dec 24, 2015

Establishment of Class E Airspace:

Title Type Published
This action proposes to establish Class E airspace at Danville, AR. Controlled airspace is necessary to accommodate new Standard Instrument Approach Procedures developed at Danville Municipal Airport, for the safety and management of Instrument Fligh...
Proposed Rule Dec 24, 2015

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The FMCSA announces that it will hold two public listening sessions, on January 12 and 31, 2016, to solicit information on the potential benefits and feasibility of voluntary compliance and ways to credit carriers and drivers who initiate and establi...
Notice Dec 24, 2015

Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications:

Title Type Published
FMCSA announces its decision to renew the exemptions from the vision requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations for 120 individuals. FMCSA has statutory authority to exempt individuals from the vision requirement if the exemptions gr...
Notice Dec 24, 2015

Random Drug Testing Rate:

Title Type Published
PHMSA has determined that the minimum random drug testing rate for covered employees will remain at 25 percent during calendar year 2016. Operators are reminded that drug and alcohol testing information must be submitted for contractors performing or...
Notice Dec 24, 2015

Release of Airport Property:

Title Type Published
The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the release of Lake Murray State Park Airport at Lake Murray State Park in Ardmore, Oklahoma.
Notice Dec 24, 2015

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
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 24, 2015
The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of two individuals whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13667 and four individuals whose property and interes...
Notice Dec 24, 2015
The United States Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, is issuing a final rule amending regulations governing United States savings bonds to address certain state escheat claims.
Rule Dec 24, 2015
By this notice, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) of the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) announces the availability of two related documents that are part of the Customer Due Diligence Requirements for Financial Institutions Pro...
Proposed Rule Dec 24, 2015

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

Title Type Published
The OCC, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on a new information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 19...
Notice Dec 24, 2015

Surety Companies Acceptable on Federal Bonds:

Title Type Published
This is Supplement No. 5 to the Treasury Department Circular 570, 2015 Revision, published July 1, 2015, at 80 FR 37735.
Notice Dec 24, 2015

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