Federal Register January 6, 2016
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99 documents were published on this date.
Agencies Publishing on January 6, 2016
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Agriculture Department
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Commerce Department
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Commodity Futures Trading Commission
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Defense Department
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Energy Department
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Environmental Protection Agency
(6)
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Executive Office of the President
(3)
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Federal Communications Commission
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General Services Administration
(1)
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Health and Human Services Department
(12)
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Homeland Security Department
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Housing and Urban Development Department
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Interior Department
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Justice Department
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Labor Department
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NNational Science Foundation (1)
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
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PPostal Regulatory Commission (1)
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Securities and Exchange Commission
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State Department
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SSusquehanna River Basin Commission (1)
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Transportation Department
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Treasury Department
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Veterans Affairs Department
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Agriculture Department
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The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) is hereby giving notice that it intends to publish in the near future a notice of solicitation for Fiscal Year 2016 (the "Notice of Solicitation for Applications") specifying the timeframe for the submission of appli...
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:
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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Forest Service is seeking comments from all interested individuals and organizations on the extension with revisions to the information collection, Fire & Aviation Management Medical Qualifi...
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
Meetings:
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The National Advisory Committee for Implementation of the National Forest System Land Management Planning Rule Committee (Committee) will meet in Sacramento, California. Attendees may also participate via webinar and conference call. The Committee op...
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program:
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Under Section 7(h)(9) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, as amended (the Act), States have the option to require that a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) card contains a photo of one or more househ...
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Proposed Rule | Jan 06, 2016 |
Commerce Department
Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:
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As a result of these sunset reviews, the Department of Commerce (the Department) finds that revocation of the antidumping duty orders on chlorinated isocyanurates (chlorinated isos) from Spain and the People's Republic of China (PRC) would be likely...
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
Permits:
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Notice is hereby given that Robert Hardy, 100 8th Avenue Southeast Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Fish & Wildlife Research Institute, St Petersburg, FL 33701, has applied in due form for a permit to take loggerhead (Caretta carett...
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
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Notice is hereby given that a permit has been issued to Briana Witteveen, Ph.D., University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Kodiak Seafood and Marine Science Center, 118 Trident Way, Kodiak, AK, 99615, to conduct research on humpback (Megaptera novaeangliae);...
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("Commission" or "CFTC") is adopting regulations to implement a particular provision of the Commodity Exchange Act ("CEA"), as added by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ("Dodd-Fran...
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Rule | Jan 06, 2016 |
Defense Department
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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.
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
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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.
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
Meetings:
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The Department of Defense is publishing this notice to announce the following meeting of the Board of Regents, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences ("the Board").
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
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The Department of Defense is publishing this notice to announce the following Federal Advisory Committee meeting of the Judicial Proceedings since Fiscal Year 2012 Amendments Panel ("the Judicial Proceedings Panel" or "the Panel"). The meeting is ope...
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
Energy Department
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Combined Filings
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
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Combined Filings
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
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Combined Filings
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
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On December 17, 2015, CPV Towantic, LLC, as owner and operator of a new base load electric powerplant, submitted a coal capability self-certification to the Department of Energy (DOE) pursuant to Sec. 201(d) of the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use...
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
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Staff Attendances
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
Energy Conservation Program:
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The Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 (EPCA), as amended, prescribes energy conservation standards for various consumer products and certain commercial and industrial equipment, including ceiling fan light kits (CFLKs). EPCA also requires th...
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Rule | Jan 06, 2016 |
Initial Market-Based Rate Filings Including Requests for Blanket Section 204 Authorizations:
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AltaGas Pomona Energy Inc.
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
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Blythe Solar II, LLC
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
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ENGIE Portfolio Management, LLC
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
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ENGIE Retail, LLC
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
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GDF SUEZ Energy Resources NA, Inc.
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
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Greeley Energy Facility, LLC
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
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RE Barren Ridge 1, LLC
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
Meetings:
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Commission Technical Conference
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
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This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Savannah River Site. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this meeting be announced in...
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
Preliminary Permit Applications:
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Energy Resources USA, Inc.
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
Refund Effective Dates:
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Startrans IO, LLC
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
Requests under Blanket Authorization:
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National Fuel Gas Supply Corp.
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
Environmental Protection Agency
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This notice announces the availability of EPA's draft human health and ecological risk assessments for the registration review of a group of pesticides identified individually in this document in the table in Unit III, and opens a public comment peri...
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
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This notice announces the availability of EPA's interim registration review decision for the pesticides listed in Unit II of this notice. Registration review is EPA's periodic review of pesticide registrations to ensure that each pesticide continues...
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:
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The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to submit an information collection request (ICR), "Title I of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act" (EPA ICR No. 0824.06, OMB Control No. 2040-0008) to the Office of Management and Budg...
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations:
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking direct final action to approve the Clean Air Act (CAA) section 111(d)/129 negative declaration for the state of Nebraska, for existing sewage sludge incinerator (SSI) units. This negative declaratio...
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Rule | Jan 06, 2016 |
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposes to approve the Clean Air Act (CAA) section 111(d)/129 negative declaration for the state of Nebraska, for existing sewage sludge incinerator (SSI) units. This negative declaration certifies that exis...
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Proposed Rule | Jan 06, 2016 |
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System:
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing changes to the regulations governing small municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) permits to respond to a remand from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Environmenta...
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Proposed Rule | Jan 06, 2016 |
Executive Office of the President
Special Observances:
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National Mentoring Month (Proc. 9385)
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Presidential Document | Jan 06, 2016 |
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National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month (Proc. 9386)
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Presidential Document | Jan 06, 2016 |
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National Stalking Awareness Month (Proc. 9387)
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Presidential Document | Jan 06, 2016 |
Federal Communications Commission
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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...
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
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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...
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
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As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) invites the general public and other Feder...
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
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In this document, the Commission announces that on December 10, 2015, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved, on an emergency basis, for a period for six months, a revision to an approved information collection to implement a modified col...
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Rule | Jan 06, 2016 |
Terminations of Authority:
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In this document, we declare the international section 214 authorization granted to Wypoint Telecom, Inc. ("Wypoint" and formerly known as Sage VOIP Solutions, Inc.) terminated given Wypoint's inability to comply with an express condition for holding...
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
General Services Administration
Meetings:
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The General Services Administration's Labor-Management Relations Council (GLMRC), a Federal Advisory Committee established in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C., App., and Executive Order 13522, plans to hold one meet...
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
Health and Human Services Department
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In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 concerning opportunity for public comment on proposed collections of information, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) will publish peri...
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS or "the Department") is issuing this final rule to modify the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule to expressly permit certain HIPAA covered entities to disc...
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Rule | Jan 06, 2016 |
Medical Devices:
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is classifying the intravaginal culture system into class II (special controls). The special controls that will apply to the device are identified in this order and will be part of the codified language for the...
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Rule | Jan 06, 2016 |
Meetings:
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Center for Scientific Review
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
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National Institute of Mental Health
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
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National Institute of Mental Health
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
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National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
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National Institute on Drug Abuse
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing an amendment to the notice of meeting of the Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee. This meeting was announced in the Federal Register of November 2...
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
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The Food and Drug Administration's (FDA or Agency) Office of Minority Health (OMH), Office of Women's Health (OWH), the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER), the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), and the Center for Device...
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
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Notice.
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
Minimum Standards to Engage in Urine Drug Testing for Federal Agencies:
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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) notifies federal agencies of the laboratories and Instrumented Initial Testing Facilities (IITF) currently certified to meet the standards of the Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testin...
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
Homeland Security Department
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This document provides notice of the revocation of customs brokers' licenses by operation of law.
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) gives notice of the availability of the "Environmentally Friendly Replacement for Buoy Mooring Systems" ideation and prototype multi-phase prize competition and rules. The DHS Science and Technology Directora...
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
Final Determinations of Country of Origin:
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This document provides notice that U.S. Customs and Border Protection ("CBP") has issued a final determination concerning the country of origin of certain multifunction printer products known as bizhub C3850FS multifunction digital printers ("bizhub...
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
Housing and Urban Development Department
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:
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HUD is seeking approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the information collection described below. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is requesting comment from all interested parties on the proposed collection of...
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
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HUD is seeking approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the information collection described below. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is requesting comment from all interested parties on the proposed collection of...
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
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HUD is seeking approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the information collection described below. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is requesting comment from all interested parties on the proposed collection of...
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
Interior Department
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants:
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We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a 12-month finding on a petition to list the Alexander Archipelago wolf (Canis lupus ligoni) as an endangered or threatened species and to designate critical habitat under the Endangered Spec...
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Proposed Rule | Jan 06, 2016 |
Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:
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This notice advises the public that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) as lead agency, and the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation (Nation) as cooperating agency, intend to gather information necessary to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) in...
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
Meetings:
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In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Western Montana Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will mee...
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
Justice Department
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On December 29, 2015, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Central District of California, Western Division, in the lawsuit entitled United States and State of California Department...
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
Changes under National Cooperative Research and Production Act:
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ASTM International Standards
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
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Cooperative Research Group on Mechanical Stratigraphy and Natural Deformation in Eagle Ford Formation and Equivalent Boquillas Formation, South-Central and West Texas, Eagle Ford II
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
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National Chemical and Biological Defense Consortium
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
Labor Department
Meetings:
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Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as amended, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, the Office of Trade and Labor Affairs (OTLA) gives notice of a meeting of the National Advisory Committee for Labor Provisions of U.S. Free Trade Agreements ("Committ...
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
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National Science Foundation
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has received a petition for rulemaking (PRM) requesting that the NRC amend its "Domestic licensing of production and utilization facilities" regulations to define the term "important to safety" and provide...
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Proposed Rule | Jan 06, 2016 |
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Requests to Export Nuclear Waste
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
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Requests to Import Nuclear Waste
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
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Requests to Import Nuclear Waste
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks:
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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to amend its spent fuel storage regulations by revising the Holtec International (Holtec or the applicant) HI-STORM 100 Cask System listing within the "List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Cask...
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Proposed Rule | Jan 06, 2016 |
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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its spent fuel storage regulations by revising the Holtec International ("Holtec," or "the applicant") HI-STORM 100 Cask System listing within the "List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks" to...
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Rule | Jan 06, 2016 |
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
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Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is proposing to make the following changes to PBGC-6, an existing system of records: (1) Revise the Categories of Individuals Covered by the System, (...
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
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Postal Regulatory Commission
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The Postal Service has filed an Annual Compliance Report on the costs, revenues, rates, and quality of service associated with its products in fiscal year 2015. Within 90 days, the Commission must evaluate that information and issue its determination...
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
Securities and Exchange Commission
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:
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Depository Trust Co.
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
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NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc.
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
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NASDAQ OMX PHLX, LLC
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
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NASDAQ OMX PHLX, LLC
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
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Order Entry Firms may not execute as principal against orders on the limit order book they represent as agent unless: (a) Agency orders are first exposed on the limit order book for at least one (1) second, (b) the Order Entry Firm has been bidding or offering on the Exchange for at least one (1) second prior to receiving an agency order that is executable against such order, or (c) the Order Entry Firm proceeds in accordance with the crossing rules contained in Rule 1064.
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
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NASDAQ Stock Market, LLC
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
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NYSE Arca, Inc.
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
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New York Stock Exchange, LLC
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
State Department
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Notice is hereby given that the Department of State has forwarded the attached Notifications of Proposed Export Licenses to the Congress on the dates indicated on the attachments pursuant to sections 36(c) and 36(d), and in compliance with section 36...
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
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Susquehanna River Basin Commission
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The Susquehanna River Basin Commission will hold a public hearing on February 4, 2016, in Grantville, Pennsylvania. At this public hearing, the Commission will hear testimony on the projects listed in the Supplementary Information section of this not...
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
Transportation Department
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This notice contains a summary of a petition seeking relief from specified requirements of title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations. The purpose of this notice is to improve the public's awareness of, and participation in, the FAA's exemption proc...
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
Funding Availability:
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Under the Small Shipyard Grant Program, there is currently $4,900,000 available for grants for capital and related improvements to qualified shipyard facilities that will be effective in fostering efficiency, competitive operations, and quality ship...
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
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...
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
Veterans Affairs Department
Loan Guarantees:
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The U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announces the availability of funds for the Specially Adapted Housing Assistive Technology (SAHAT) Grant Program for fiscal year (FY) 2016. The objective of the grant is to encourage the development of ne...
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Notice | Jan 06, 2016 |
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