January 8, 2016 (Volume 81)

Federal Register January 8, 2016

View all documents issued on January 8, 2016. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

106 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on January 8, 2016

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Petition for Determination of Nonregulated Status:

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We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has received a petition from the Scotts Company and Monsanto Company seeking a determination of nonregulated status of creeping bentgrass designated as event ASR368, which...
Notice Jan 08, 2016

Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board logo Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board

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Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jan 08, 2016

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Jan 08, 2016
In accordance with section 304(e) of the National Marine Sanctuaries Act, as amended, (NMSA), the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is reviewing the Monitor National Marine Sanc...
Proposed Rule Jan 08, 2016

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 08, 2016
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 08, 2016

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 certain coated paper suitable for high-quality print graphics using sheet-fed presses (coated paper) from Indones...
Notice Jan 08, 2016
The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting the second administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into modules (solar cells), from the People's Republ...
Notice Jan 08, 2016
The Department of Commerce ("the Department") is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on multilayered wood flooring ("MLWF") from the People's Republic of China ("PRC"). The period of review ("POR") is December 1, 2013, t...
Notice Jan 08, 2016

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska:

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The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) submitted Amendment 110 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (FMP). If approved, Amendment 110 would improve the management of Chin...
Proposed Rule Jan 08, 2016

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold a four-day meeting to consider actions affecting the Gulf of Mexico fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
Notice Jan 08, 2016
The New England Fishery Management Council (Council, NEFMC) will hold a three-day meeting to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
Notice Jan 08, 2016
The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC) will hold a series of public hearings/scoping meetings pertaining to Amendments 41 and 37 to the Snapper Grouper Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for the South Atlantic, and Atlantic Generic Charterb...
Notice Jan 08, 2016

Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled logo Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

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This action adds services to the Procurement List that will be provided by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and deletes products from the Procurement List previously furnished by such agencies.
Notice Jan 08, 2016
This action adds a service to the Procurement List that will be provided by nonprofit agency employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
Notice Jan 08, 2016
The Committee is proposing to add a product to the Procurement List that will be furnished by a nonprofit agency employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and deletes products previously furnished by such agencies. Comments M...
Notice Jan 08, 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 08, 2016
The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(5)(C) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated July 21, 1996.
Notice Jan 08, 2016
The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(5)(C) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated July 21, 1996.
Notice Jan 08, 2016

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Department of Defense is publishing this notice to announce that the following Federal Advisory Committee meeting of the National Defense University Board of Visitors (BOV) will take place.
Notice Jan 08, 2016

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board logo Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the provisions of the Government in the Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b), and the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board's (Board) regulations implementing the Government in the Sunshine Act, notice is hereby given of the Board's closed meet...
Notice Jan 08, 2016

Education Department logo Education Department

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 an extension of an existing information collection.
Notice Jan 08, 2016

Energy Department logo Energy Department

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Combined Filings
Notice Jan 08, 2016
Combined Filings
Notice Jan 08, 2016
Combined Filings
Notice Jan 08, 2016
Combined Filings
Notice Jan 08, 2016
Combined Filings
Notice Jan 08, 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 refrigerated bottled or canned beverage vending machi...
Rule Jan 08, 2016

Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

Filings:

Title Type Published
City of Anaheim, CA
Notice Jan 08, 2016
City of Colton, CA
Notice Jan 08, 2016
Heartland Consumers Power District
Notice Jan 08, 2016
Martha Coakley, Massachusetts Attorney General, et al. v. Bangor Hydro-Electric Co., et al.
Notice Jan 08, 2016
Martha Coakley, Massachusetts Attorney General, et al. vs Bangor Hydro-Electric Co., et al.
Notice Jan 08, 2016
Martha Coakley, Massachusetts Attorney General, et al. vs Bangor Hydro-Electric Co., et al.
Notice Jan 08, 2016
Martha Coakley, Massachusetts Attorney General, et al. vs Bangor Hydro-Electric Co., et al.
Notice Jan 08, 2016
Martha Coakley, Massachusetts Attorney General; Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority; et al. vs. Bangor Hydro-Electric Co.; Central Maine Power Co.; et al.
Notice Jan 08, 2016
Missouri Joint Municipal Electric Utility Commission
Notice Jan 08, 2016

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.; Availability
Notice Jan 08, 2016

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces a public meeting of the Great Lakes Advisory Board (Board). The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) covering FY15-19 and other relevant matters.
Notice Jan 08, 2016

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
Notice Jan 08, 2016

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

Federal Travel Regulation:

Title Type Published
GSA is proposing to amend the Federal Travel Regulation (FTR) by updating the definition for incidental expenses to include ATM fees, and by clarifying the policy for laundry, cleaning, and pressing of clothing.
Proposed Rule Jan 08, 2016

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Guidance:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is extending the comment period provided in the notice entitled "Over-the-Counter Sunscreens: Safety and Effectiveness Data; Draft Guidance for Industry; Availability" that appeared in the Federal Regi...
Notice Jan 08, 2016
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of a draft document entitled "Use of Nucleic Acid Tests to Reduce the Risk of Transmission of Hepatitis B Virus from Donors of Human Cells, Tissues, and Cellular and Tiss...
Notice Jan 08, 2016

National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program:

Title Type Published
This document announces a public hearing to receive information and views on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) entitled "National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: Revisions to the Vaccine Injury Table."
Proposed Rule Jan 08, 2016

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is accepting comments on the Tribal Declarations Pilot Guidance.
Notice Jan 08, 2016

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

Title Type Published
This notice announces that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has forwarded the Information Collection Request (ICR), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number 1652-0033, abstracted below to OMB for review and approval of an...
Notice Jan 08, 2016
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) invites public comment on one currently approved Information Collection Request (ICR), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number 1652-0035, abstracted below, that we will submit to the OMB f...
Notice Jan 08, 2016
This notice announces that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has forwarded the Information Collection Request (ICR), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number 1652-0043, abstracted below to OMB for review and approval of an...
Notice Jan 08, 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 use to assist the homeless.
Notice Jan 08, 2016

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice announces the eighth meeting of the Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG) program negotiated rulemaking committee.
Proposed Rule Jan 08, 2016

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
The National Park Service is soliciting comments on the significance of properties nominated before December 12, 2015, for listing or related actions in the National Register of Historic Places.
Notice Jan 08, 2016
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), propose to amend our regulations for National Wildlife Refuges (refuges) in Alaska. This proposed rule clarifies how our existing mandates for the conservation of natural and biological diversity, biolo...
Proposed Rule Jan 08, 2016
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), published a proposed rule elsewhere in today's Federal Register to amend our regulations for National Wildlife Refuges (refuges) in Alaska. The public comment period on the proposed rule closes on the d...
Proposed Rule Jan 08, 2016
This notice informs the public that the Assistant Secretary-- Indian Affairs proclaimed approximately 321.34 acres, more or less, as the initial reservation of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe on December 30, 2015.
Notice Jan 08, 2016

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

Title Type Published
In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians, Department of the Interior, is announcing its intention to request renewal approval for the collection of informa...
Notice Jan 08, 2016

Charter Renewals:

Title Type Published
The Secretary of the Interior intends to renew the National Park System Advisory Board, in accordance with section 14(b) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. This action is necessary and in the public interest in connection with the performance of...
Notice Jan 08, 2016

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to reclassify the West Indian manatee from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act) due to substantial improvements in the species' overall status si...
Proposed Rule Jan 08, 2016

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

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We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the availability of the final comprehensive conservation plan (CCP) and record of decision (ROD) for Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) and Wallops Island NWR. We prepared this ROD p...
Notice Jan 08, 2016
The Department of the Interior, through the Bureau of Reclamation and National Park Service (NPS), has made available for public review and comment the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Long-Term Experimental and Management Plan for...
Notice Jan 08, 2016

Meetings:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Las Cruces District Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet as indicated below.
Notice Jan 08, 2016
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Wyoming Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet as indicated...
Notice Jan 08, 2016

Labor Department logo Labor Department

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

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) sponsored information collection request (ICR) revision titled, "Agreement Approval Process for Use of Functional Affirmative Action Programs," to...
Notice Jan 08, 2016
The Department of Labor (DOL) is soliciting comments concerning a proposed approval for the authority to conduct the information collection request (ICR) titled, "VETS' Competitive Grant Programs Reporting Data Collection." This comment request is pa...
Notice Jan 08, 2016

Requests for Information:

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor (DOL), as part of its continuing effort to improve the quality and use of research and evaluation, is requesting comments from the public on its 2016 Research and Evaluation Plan.
Notice Jan 08, 2016

M
Management and Budget Office

Title Type Published
OMB is issuing its Final Sequestration Report to the President and Congress for FY 2016 to report on compliance of enacted 2016 discretionary appropriations legislation with the discretionary caps. The report finds that enacted appropriations are wit...
Notice Jan 08, 2016

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National Science Foundation

Title Type Published
Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), and as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, the National Science Foundation (NSF) is inviting the general public and other Fede...
Notice Jan 08, 2016
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 Jan 08, 2016

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jan 08, 2016
Requests to Amend a License to Import Radioactive Waste
Notice Jan 08, 2016

P
Postal Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The Commission is noticing a recent Postal Service filing concerning the addition of First-Class Package Service Contract 42 negotiated service agreement to the competitive product list. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public co...
Notice Jan 08, 2016
The Commission is noticing a recent Postal Service filing concerning an additional Global Reseller Expedited Package Services 2 negotiated service agreement. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other admini...
Notice Jan 08, 2016
The Commission is noticing a recent Postal Service filing concerning an amendment to Priority Mail Contract 41 negotiated service agreement. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.
Notice Jan 08, 2016
The Commission is noticing a recent Postal Service filing concerning the addition of Parcel Select Contract 13 negotiated service agreement to the competitive product list. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and tak...
Notice Jan 08, 2016
The Commission is noticing a recent Postal Service filing concerning an amendment to Priority Mail Contract 138 negotiated service agreement. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.
Notice Jan 08, 2016
The Commission is noticing a recent Postal Service filing concerning an amendment to Parcel Select Contract 9 negotiated service agreement. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.
Notice Jan 08, 2016
The Commission is noticing a recent Postal Service filing concerning an amendment to First-Class Package Service Contract 37 negotiated service agreement. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administr...
Notice Jan 08, 2016
The Commission is issuing a set of final rules establishing the Commission's process for developing views to the Secretary of State on certain international mail matters pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 407(c)(1). Relative to the proposed rules, the changes are...
Rule Jan 08, 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 08, 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 08, 2016

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

Title Type Published
In accordance with the provisions of the Privacy Act, as amended, this notice announces a renewal of an existing computer matching program that we are currently conducting with RRB.
Notice Jan 08, 2016

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501- 3521 (PRA), the Surface Transportation Board (Board) gives notice that it is requesting from the Office of Managemen...
Notice Jan 08, 2016

Acquisitions and Operation Exemptions:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
Jackson County, Mo. from Union Pacific Railroad Co.
Notice Jan 08, 2016

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below is being forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comme...
Notice Jan 08, 2016
The Office of the Secretary, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval to renew a collection. This collection renewal re...
Notice Jan 08, 2016
Rule Jan 08, 2016

Acquisitions and Operation Exemptions:

No documents available.

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities filed a title XI ANILCA application with the FAA, U.S. Forest Service, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on January 9, 2015. ANILCA section 1104(e), states that "the final environmental imp...
Notice Jan 08, 2016

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of twenty five meeting of RTCA Special Committee 214 to be held jointly with EUROCAE WG-78: Standards for Air Traffic Data Communication Services.
Notice Jan 08, 2016

Pipeline Safety:

Title Type Published
This document announces a public meeting of the Liquid Pipeline Advisory Committee (LPAC). The committee will meet to consider and vote on the proposed rule, "Pipeline Safety: Safety of Hazardous Liquid Pipelines," and the associated regulatory asses...
Proposed Rule Jan 08, 2016

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
This document withdraws proposed regulations that would implement the statutory exception to the "contemporaneous written acknowledgement" requirement for substantiating charitable contribution deductions of $250 or more. The withdrawal affects perso...
Proposed Rule Jan 08, 2016

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is updating the monetary reimbursement rates for caskets and urns purchased for the interment in a VA national cemetery of Veterans who die with no known next of kin and where there are insufficient resources f...
Notice Jan 08, 2016

Meetings:

Title Type Published
MyVA Federal Advisory Committee
Notice Jan 08, 2016

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