January 5, 2016 (Volume 81)

Federal Register January 5, 2016

View all documents issued on January 5, 2016. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

89 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on January 5, 2016

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments regarding (a) whether the collection of information...
Notice Jan 05, 2016

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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 Jan 05, 2016

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:

Title Type Published
On December 14, 2015, the United States Court of International Trade (CIT or the Court) sustained the Department of Commerce's (Department's) results of redetermination,\1\ which recalculated the subsidy rate for Tai Shan City Kam Kiu Aluminium Extru...
Notice Jan 05, 2016
On November 25, 2015, the Department of Commerce (the Department) initiated a changed circumstances review and published a notice of preliminary results of changed circumstances review of the antidumping duty order on certain frozen warmwater shrimp...
Notice Jan 05, 2016
The Department of Commerce ("Department") is conducting the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on magnesium metal from the People's Republic of China ("PRC"). The period of review ("POR") is April 1, 2014, through March 31, 2015. Thi...
Notice Jan 05, 2016

Fisheries Off West Coast States:

Title Type Published
NMFS proposes regulations to implement Comprehensive Ecosystem-Based Amendment 1 (CEBA 1), which includes amendments to the Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council's) four fishery management plans (FMPs): The Coastal Pelagic Species (CPS) FMP,...
Proposed Rule Jan 05, 2016
This document announces the reapportionment of 30,000 metric tons (mt) of Pacific whiting from the tribal allocation to the non- tribal commercial fishery sectors via automatic action on September 21, 2015, in order to allow full utilization of the P...
Rule Jan 05, 2016

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska:

Title Type Published
NMFS publishes regulations to implement cost recovery fee programs for the Western Alaska Community Development Quota (CDQ) Program for groundfish and halibut, and three limited access privilege programs: The American Fisheries Act (AFA), Aleutian Is...
Rule Jan 05, 2016
NMFS is adjusting the 2016 total allowable catch (TAC) amounts for the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) pollock, Atka mackerel, and Pacific cod fisheries. This action is necessary because NMFS has determined these TACs are incorrectly specified...
Rule Jan 05, 2016
NMFS is adjusting the 2016 total allowable catch (TAC) amounts for the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) pollock and Pacific cod fisheries. This action is necessary because NMFS has determined these TACs are incorrectly specified, and will ensure the GOA pollock...
Rule Jan 05, 2016

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Economic and Statistics Administration (ESA) is giving notice of virtual meetings to be held by the following Commerce Data Advisory Council (CDAC) Working Groups (WG): Data Governance, Data Usability, and Commerce Data Advisory Council (CDAC). E...
Notice Jan 05, 2016
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announces the Genome in a Bottle Consortium--Progress and Planning Workshop to be held on Thursday, January 28, 2016, and Friday, January 29, 2016. The Genome in a Bottle Consortium is develop...
Notice Jan 05, 2016
The 101st Interim Meeting of the National Conference on Weights and Measures (NCWM) will be held in San Diego, California, from Sunday, January 10, 2016, through Wednesday, January 13, 2016. This notice contains information about significant items on...
Notice Jan 05, 2016

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Los Angeles District intends to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to support a cost-shared feasibility study with the Port of Long Beach, California, for navigation improvements to existing navigation channels within the Port. The p...
Notice Jan 05, 2016

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) invites public comment in Docket No. RD16-2-000 on a proposed change to collections of information (FERC-725P and FERC-725P1) that the Commission is developing for submission to the Office of Mana...
Notice Jan 05, 2016
Combined Filings
Notice Jan 05, 2016
Combined Filings
Notice Jan 05, 2016
Combined Filings
Notice Jan 05, 2016
Records Governing Off-the-Record Communications
Notice Jan 05, 2016

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 November 2015, it issued orders granting authority to import and export natural gas, to import and export liquefied natural gas (LNG), to vacate prior authority, an...
Notice Jan 05, 2016

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Refund Effective Dates:

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of requests by the registrants to voluntarily cancel their registrations of certain products containing the pesticides alachlor, at...
Notice Jan 05, 2016

Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is partially approving and partially disapproving a revision to the Texas State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted on March 31, 2009, to address the regional haze requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA). The...
Rule Jan 05, 2016

Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board logo Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) modernizes its wireless hearing aid compatibility rules. The Commission adopts these rules to ensure that people with hearing loss have full access to innovative handsets and techno...
Rule Jan 05, 2016
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) seeks comment on revisions to the Commission's wireless hearing aid compatibility rules. The Commission proposes to adopt a consensus approach developed cooperatively by consumer ad...
Proposed Rule Jan 05, 2016

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Title Type Published
The FDIC, 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 the renewal of an existing information collection, as required by the P...
Notice Jan 05, 2016

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Title Type Published
Agreements Filed
Notice Jan 05, 2016

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

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jan 05, 2016
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jan 05, 2016

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) is issuing a final order to require the filing of a premarket approval application (PMA) or notice of completion of a product development protocol (PDP) for surgical mesh for transvaginal pelvic or...
Rule Jan 05, 2016

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

Title Type Published
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 Jan 05, 2016

Charter Renewals:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the renewal of the Food Advisory Committee by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs (the Commissioner). The Commissioner has determined that it is in the public interest to renew the Food Advisory Com...
Notice Jan 05, 2016

Meetings:

Title Type Published
As stipulated by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is hereby giving notice that the Advisory Committee on Minority Health (ACMH) will hold a meeting. This meeting will be open to the public. Prereg...
Notice Jan 05, 2016
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Jan 05, 2016
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Notice Jan 05, 2016
National Cancer Institute
Notice Jan 05, 2016
National Cancer Institute
Notice Jan 05, 2016
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Notice Jan 05, 2016
As stipulated by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service is hereby giving notice that the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) will be holding a meeting to continue discussions and possibly dev...
Notice Jan 05, 2016

Obstetrical and Gynecological Devices:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) is issuing a final order to reclassify surgical mesh for transvaginal pelvic organ prolapse (POP) repair from class II to class III. FDA is reclassifying these devices based on the determination th...
Rule Jan 05, 2016

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard announces that it has received approval from the Office of Management and Budget for an information collection request associated with ballast water management reporting and recordkeeping requirements in a final rule we published in t...
Rule Jan 05, 2016

Anchorage Regulations:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard proposes to amend the geographic coordinates and modify the regulated use of anchorage "10" in the Delaware River in the vicinity of the Navy Yard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The proposed change would alter the size and use of the...
Proposed Rule Jan 05, 2016

Major Disaster Declarations:

Title Type Published
This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Idaho (FEMA-4246-DR), dated December 23, 2015, and related determinations.
Notice Jan 05, 2016
This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Oklahoma (FEMA-4247-DR), dated December 29, 2015, and related determinations.
Notice Jan 05, 2016
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Texas (FEMA-4245-DR), dated November 25, 2015, and related determinations.
Notice Jan 05, 2016

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 Jan 05, 2016
In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended by the Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988 (Pub. L. 100-503), and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Guidelines on the Conduct of Matching Programs (54 FR...
Notice Jan 05, 2016

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities with endangered species. With some exceptions, the Endangered Species Act (Act) prohibits activities with endangered and...
Notice Jan 05, 2016

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the reopening of the comment period on our October 13, 2015, proposed rule to list five species from American Samoa--two endemic American Samoan land snails, the American Samoa distinct popul...
Proposed Rule Jan 05, 2016

Habitat Conservation Plans:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), have received an application from Central Coastal Water Authority (CCWA) for a 30-year incidental take permit (ITP) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). The application addresse...
Notice Jan 05, 2016

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or co...
Notice Jan 05, 2016
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or co...
Notice Jan 05, 2016

Library of Congress logo Library of Congress

Determination of Rates and Terms:

Title Type Published
The Copyright Royalty Judges announce commencement of a proceeding to determine reasonable rates and terms for making and distributing phonorecords for the period beginning January 1, 2018, and ending December 31, 2022. The Copyright Royalty Judges a...
Notice Jan 05, 2016
The Copyright Royalty Judges announce commencement of a proceeding to determine reasonable rates and terms for the use of certain copyrighted works by public broadcasting entities \2\ for the period beginning January 1, 2018, and ending December 31,...
Notice Jan 05, 2016
The Copyright Royalty Judges announce commencement of a proceeding to determine reasonable rates and terms for the digital performance of sound recordings and the making of ephemeral recordings by satellite radio and "preexisting" subscription servic...
Notice Jan 05, 2016

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Facility Operating and Combined Licenses:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to Section 189a.(2) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is publishing this regular biweekly notice. The Act requires the Commission to publish notice of any amendments issued,...
Notice Jan 05, 2016
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) received and is considering approval of two amendment requests. The amendment requests are for Limerick Generating Station, Unit 1, and Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Unit 1. The NRC proposes to determine tha...
Notice Jan 05, 2016

P
Postal Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The Commission is noticing a recent Postal Service filing concerning an additional Global Reseller Expedited Package Contracts 2 negotiated service agreement. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other admin...
Notice Jan 05, 2016
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 Jan 05, 2016

Postal Service logo Postal Service

Product Changes:

Title Type Published
The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.
Notice Jan 05, 2016
The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.
Notice Jan 05, 2016
The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.
Notice Jan 05, 2016
The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.
Notice Jan 05, 2016
The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.
Notice Jan 05, 2016
The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.
Notice Jan 05, 2016
The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.
Notice Jan 05, 2016
The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.
Notice Jan 05, 2016
The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.
Notice Jan 05, 2016
The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.
Notice Jan 05, 2016
The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.
Notice Jan 05, 2016
The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.
Notice Jan 05, 2016

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jan 05, 2016

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

Title Type Published
We are announcing that the assessment percentage rate under sections 206(d) and 1631(d)(2)(C) of the Social Security Act (Act), 42 U.S.C. 406(d) and 1383(d)(2)(C), is 6.3 percent for 2016.
Notice Jan 05, 2016

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
The DOT invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for new information collection. Before a Federal agency can collect certain information from the public, it must receive approval from O...
Notice Jan 05, 2016
This document extends the comment period for the notice of intent that was published in the Federal Register on Monday, December 7, 2015. The notice announced that the Department of Transportation ("Department" or "DOT") is exploring the feasibility...
Proposed Rule Jan 05, 2016

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Airbus Helicopters Model AS332L2 and EC225LP helicopters. This proposed AD would require installing a cut-out for the left-hand (LH) and right-hand (RH) rail support junction profiles...
Proposed Rule Jan 05, 2016
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Piper Aircraft, Inc. Model PA-44-180 and PA-44-180T airplanes. This AD requires an inspection and, if necessary, modification of the emergency gear extension cable. This AD was prompted b...
Rule Jan 05, 2016
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Sikorsky) Model S-76A, S-76B, and S-76C helicopters. This AD requires inspecting the main gearbox (MGB) lower housing jet bores for leaks, paint or caulk bl...
Rule Jan 05, 2016

Commercial Driver's License Standards; Exemption Applications:

Title Type Published
FMCSA announces that CRST Expedited (CRST) has applied for an exemption from the requirement in 49 CFR 383.25(a)(1) that requires a commercial learner's permit (CLP) holder to always be accompanied by a commercial driver's license (CDL) holder with t...
Notice Jan 05, 2016

Requests for Nominations:

Title Type Published
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Park Service (NPS) are inviting interested persons to apply to fill two upcoming openings on the National Parks Overflights Advisory Group (NPOAG) Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC). The upc...
Notice Jan 05, 2016

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
This document cancels a public hearing on proposed regulations providing guidance to nonresident alien individuals and foreign corporations that hold certain financial products providing for payments that are contingent upon or determined by referenc...
Proposed Rule Jan 05, 2016

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) proposes to amend its regulations concerning copayments charged to certain veterans for medication required on an outpatient basis to treat non-service connected conditions. VA currently charges non-exempt vete...
Proposed Rule Jan 05, 2016

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