January 6, 2016 (Volume 81)

Federal Register January 6, 2016

View all documents issued on January 6, 2016. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

99 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on January 6, 2016

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Jan 06, 2016

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

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Jan 06, 2016

Meetings:

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Jan 06, 2016

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program:

Title Type Published
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...
Proposed Rule Jan 06, 2016

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Jan 06, 2016

Permits:

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Jan 06, 2016
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);...
Notice Jan 06, 2016

Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Title Type Published
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...
Rule Jan 06, 2016

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 Jan 06, 2016
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 Jan 06, 2016

Meetings:

Title Type Published
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").
Notice Jan 06, 2016
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...
Notice Jan 06, 2016

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
Combined Filings
Notice Jan 06, 2016
Combined Filings
Notice Jan 06, 2016
Combined Filings
Notice Jan 06, 2016
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...
Notice Jan 06, 2016
Staff Attendances
Notice Jan 06, 2016

Energy Conservation Program:

Title Type Published
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...
Rule Jan 06, 2016

Initial Market-Based Rate Filings Including Requests for Blanket Section 204 Authorizations:

Title Type Published
AltaGas Pomona Energy Inc.
Notice Jan 06, 2016
Blythe Solar II, LLC
Notice Jan 06, 2016
ENGIE Portfolio Management, LLC
Notice Jan 06, 2016
ENGIE Retail, LLC
Notice Jan 06, 2016
GDF SUEZ Energy Resources NA, Inc.
Notice Jan 06, 2016
Greeley Energy Facility, LLC
Notice Jan 06, 2016
RE Barren Ridge 1, LLC
Notice Jan 06, 2016

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Commission Technical Conference
Notice Jan 06, 2016
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...
Notice Jan 06, 2016

Refund Effective Dates:

Requests under Blanket Authorization:

Title Type Published
National Fuel Gas Supply Corp.
Notice Jan 06, 2016

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Jan 06, 2016
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...
Notice Jan 06, 2016

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

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Jan 06, 2016

Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations:

Title Type Published
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...
Rule Jan 06, 2016
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...
Proposed Rule Jan 06, 2016

National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System:

Title Type Published
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...
Proposed Rule Jan 06, 2016

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Special Observances:

Title Type Published
National Mentoring Month (Proc. 9385)
Presidential Document Jan 06, 2016
National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month (Proc. 9386)
Presidential Document Jan 06, 2016
National Stalking Awareness Month (Proc. 9387)
Presidential Document Jan 06, 2016

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 Jan 06, 2016
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 Jan 06, 2016
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...
Notice Jan 06, 2016
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...
Rule Jan 06, 2016

Terminations of Authority:

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Jan 06, 2016

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

Meetings:

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Jan 06, 2016

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Jan 06, 2016
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...
Rule Jan 06, 2016

Medical Devices:

Title Type Published
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...
Rule Jan 06, 2016

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Jan 06, 2016
National Institute of Mental Health
Notice Jan 06, 2016
National Institute of Mental Health
Notice Jan 06, 2016
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Notice Jan 06, 2016
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Notice Jan 06, 2016
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...
Notice Jan 06, 2016
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...
Notice Jan 06, 2016
Notice.
Notice Jan 06, 2016

Minimum Standards to Engage in Urine Drug Testing for Federal Agencies:

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Jan 06, 2016

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
This document provides notice of the revocation of customs brokers' licenses by operation of law.
Notice Jan 06, 2016
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...
Notice Jan 06, 2016

Final Determinations of Country of Origin:

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Jan 06, 2016

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

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

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Jan 06, 2016
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...
Notice Jan 06, 2016
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...
Notice Jan 06, 2016

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a 12-month finding on a petition to list the Alexander Archipelago wolf (Canis lupus ligoni) as an endangered or threatened species and to designate critical habitat under the Endangered Spec...
Proposed Rule Jan 06, 2016

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Jan 06, 2016

Meetings:

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Jan 06, 2016

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Jan 06, 2016

Changes under National Cooperative Research and Production Act:

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Jan 06, 2016

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National Science Foundation

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jan 06, 2016

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
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...
Proposed Rule Jan 06, 2016
Requests to Export Nuclear Waste
Notice Jan 06, 2016
Requests to Import Nuclear Waste
Notice Jan 06, 2016
Requests to Import Nuclear Waste
Notice Jan 06, 2016

List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks:

Title Type Published
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...
Proposed Rule Jan 06, 2016
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...
Rule Jan 06, 2016

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation logo Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Title Type Published
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, (...
Notice Jan 06, 2016

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Postal Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Jan 06, 2016

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Jan 06, 2016
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Jan 06, 2016
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Jan 06, 2016
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Jan 06, 2016
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Jan 06, 2016

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Title Type Published
Depository Trust Co.
Notice Jan 06, 2016
NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc.
Notice Jan 06, 2016
NASDAQ OMX PHLX, LLC
Notice Jan 06, 2016
NASDAQ OMX PHLX, LLC
Notice Jan 06, 2016
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.
Notice Jan 06, 2016
NASDAQ Stock Market, LLC
Notice Jan 06, 2016
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice Jan 06, 2016
New York Stock Exchange, LLC
Notice Jan 06, 2016

State Department logo State Department

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Jan 06, 2016

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Susquehanna River Basin Commission

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Jan 06, 2016

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
This notice contains a summary of a petition seeking relief from specified requirements of title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations. The purpose of this notice is to improve the public's awareness of, and participation in, the FAA's exemption proc...
Notice Jan 06, 2016

Funding Availability:

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Jan 06, 2016

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 Jan 06, 2016

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Loan Guarantees:

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Jan 06, 2016

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