January 14, 2016 (Volume 81)

Federal Register January 14, 2016

View all documents issued on January 14, 2016. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

105 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on January 14, 2016

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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Title VI, Section 6006 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Pub. L. 113-79)(2014 Farm Bill) authorized the Essential Community Facilities Technical Assistance and Training Program. The Act authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants to public...
Rule Jan 14, 2016

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

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Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jan 14, 2016

Civil Rights Commission logo Civil Rights Commission

Meetings:

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Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the rules and regulations of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (Commission) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act that the South Carolina (State) Advisory Committee will hold a meeting on Wedne...
Notice Jan 14, 2016
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the rules and regulations of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (Commission) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act that the North Carolina (State) Advisory Committee will hold a meeting on Frida...
Notice Jan 14, 2016

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Jan 14, 2016

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:

Title Type Published
The Department of Commerce (the Department) is rescinding the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain oil country tubular goods from Turkey covering the period February 25, 2014, through August 31, 2015.
Notice Jan 14, 2016
Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags from the People's Republic of China; Rescission
Notice Jan 14, 2016

International Fisheries:

Title Type Published
NMFS is issuing regulations to implement a resolution adopted by the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) that requires U.S. vessels fishing for tuna and tuna-like species with a capacity equal to or greater than 100 gross resister tons (G...
Rule Jan 14, 2016

Meetings:

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On November 4, 2015, NMFS published a notice inviting qualified commercial shark permit holders to submit applications to participate in the 2016 shark research fishery. The shark research fishery allows for the collection of fishery-dependent data f...
Notice Jan 14, 2016
This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a forthcoming meeting of the Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee (MAFAC). The members will discuss and provide advice on issues outlined in the agenda below.
Notice Jan 14, 2016
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and its advisory committees will meet February 1, 2016 through February 9, 2016.
Notice Jan 14, 2016

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
Combined Filings
Notice Jan 14, 2016
Combined Filings
Notice Jan 14, 2016
Combined Filings
Notice Jan 14, 2016

Complaints:

Meetings:

Title Type Published
PJM Interconnection, LLC, Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc. v. PJM Interconnection, LLC, Linden VFT, LLC v. PJM Interconnection, LLC, et al.; Technical Conference
Notice Jan 14, 2016
This notice announces a teleconference call of the State Energy Advisory Board (STEAB). The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463; 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meetings be announced in the Federal Register.
Notice Jan 14, 2016

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations:

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving a revision to the Arkansas State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted to meet the Clean Air Act (CAA) emissions inventory (EI) requirement for the Crittenden County ozone nonattainment area. EPA i...
Rule Jan 14, 2016
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a revision to the Arkansas State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted to meet the Clean Air Act (CAA) emissions inventory (EI) requirement for the Crittenden County ozone nonattainment...
Proposed Rule Jan 14, 2016
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) inadvertently approved and codified this action under both part 52 (Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans) and part 70 (State Operating Permit Programs). This technical amendment removes the part...
Rule Jan 14, 2016
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve revisions to the State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted by the State of Missouri consisting of the Early Progress Plan and motor vehicle emissions budgets (MVEBs) for volatile organ...
Proposed Rule Jan 14, 2016
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking direct final action to approve revisions to the State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted by the State of Missouri consisting of the Early Progress Plan and motor vehicle emissions budgets (MVEBs) f...
Rule Jan 14, 2016
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is finalizing a partial approval and partial disapproval of revisions to the Clark County portion of the Nevada State Implementation Plan (SIP). The SIP revisions include rescission of four local rules that c...
Rule Jan 14, 2016
Under the Federal Clean Air Act (CAA) the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving a State Implementation Plan (SIP) submission from the State of Texas for the 2008 Lead (Pb) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). The submittal add...
Rule Jan 14, 2016
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to take action pursuant to section 110 of the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act) on State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the State of Utah on June 4, 2015, and October 20, 2015 to imple...
Proposed Rule Jan 14, 2016

Cross-Media Electronic Reporting:

Title Type Published
This notice announces EPA's approval of the State of Delaware's request to revise its National Primary Drinking Water Regulations Implementation EPA-authorized program to allow electronic reporting.
Notice Jan 14, 2016

Pesticide Product Registrations:

Title Type Published
EPA has received applications to register pesticide products containing an active ingredient, fluopyram included in currently registered pesticide products. Pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), EPA is hereby pr...
Notice Jan 14, 2016

Time Limited Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance:

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This regulation establishes a time-limited exemption from the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) section 408(a) requirement of a tolerance for residues of the pesticide Aspergillus flavus AF36 in or on dried figs resulting from use in accor...
Rule Jan 14, 2016

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Trade:

Title Type Published
African Growth and Opportunity Act; Beneficiary Country Designation (Proc. 9388)
Presidential Document Jan 14, 2016

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years, the information collection associated with the Commission's Radio Experimentation and Market Trials, Report and Order...
Rule Jan 14, 2016

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

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Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
Notice Jan 14, 2016
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) is providing this notice pursuant to the Board's rule regarding risk- based capital surcharges for global systemically important bank holding companies (GSIB surcharge rule). The GSIB surch...
Notice Jan 14, 2016

Changes in Bank Control:

Title Type Published
Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company
Notice Jan 14, 2016

Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

Title Type Published
The Commission issues final amendments to its Rule for Automotive Fuel Ratings, Certification and Posting ("Fuel Rating Rule" or "Rule") by adopting rating, certification, and labeling requirements for certain ethanol-gasoline blends. The amendments...
Rule Jan 14, 2016

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of its continuing efforts to reduce public burden and maximize the utility of government information, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comm...
Notice Jan 14, 2016
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Jan 14, 2016
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Jan 14, 2016
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Jan 14, 2016

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

Title Type Published
In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the National Cancer Institute, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will p...
Notice Jan 14, 2016
Tribal PREP Implementation Plan
Notice Jan 14, 2016

Guidance for Industry

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of a document entitled "Revised Preventive Measures to Reduce the Possible Risk of Transmission of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease and Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease by Bloo...
Notice Jan 14, 2016

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the following public workshop entitled "Patient and Medical Professional Perspectives on the Return of Genetic Test Results." The purpose of this public workshop is to understand patient and provid...
Notice Jan 14, 2016

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
This rule identifies communities where the sale of flood insurance has been authorized under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) that are scheduled for suspension on the effective dates listed within this rule because of noncompliance with th...
Rule Jan 14, 2016
This rule identifies communities where the sale of flood insurance has been authorized under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) that are scheduled for suspension on the effective dates listed within this rule because of noncompliance with th...
Rule Jan 14, 2016
The mail room servicing the Director, National Commodity Specialist Division, Regulations and Rulings, in the Office of International Trade, of U.S. Customs and Border Protection is relocating within New York and a temporary location has been establi...
Notice Jan 14, 2016

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

Title Type Published
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the Department of Homeland Security will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Redu...
Notice Jan 14, 2016
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will submit the information collection abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget for review and clearance in accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The sub...
Notice Jan 14, 2016

Emergency and Related Determinations:

Title Type Published
This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of an emergency for the State of Missouri (FEMA-3374-EM), dated January 2, 2016, and related determinations.
Notice Jan 14, 2016
This notice amends the notice of an emergency declaration for the State of Missouri (FEMA-3374-EM), dated January 2, 2016, and related determinations.
Notice Jan 14, 2016

Major Disaster Declarations:

Title Type Published
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 14, 2016

Major Disasters and Related Determinations:

Title Type Published
This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Mississippi (FEMA-4248-DR), dated January 4, 2016, and related determinations.
Notice Jan 14, 2016

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
The Department of the Interior is issuing public notice of its intent to delete the Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians Privacy Act system of records, "Accounting Reconciliation Tool (ART)-- Interior, OS-11," from its existing inventor...
Notice Jan 14, 2016

Endangered and Threatened Species:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), finalize a rule under authority of section 4(d) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Act), as amended, that provides measures that are necessary and advisable to provide for the conservation of the...
Rule Jan 14, 2016

Realty Actions:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has examined and found suitable for classification and lease to the City of Port Angeles under the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act, as amended, approximately 16.91 acres of public land i...
Notice Jan 14, 2016

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has received a complaint entitled Certain Surgical Stapler Devices and Components Thereof, DN 3112; the Commission is soliciting comments on any public interest issues raised by the...
Notice Jan 14, 2016

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:

Title Type Published
The Commission hereby gives notice that it will proceed with full reviews pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 to determine whether revocation of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on certain coated paper suitable for high-quality print gra...
Notice Jan 14, 2016
The Commission hereby gives notice that it will proceed with full reviews pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 to determine whether revocation of the countervailing duty order on heavy iron construction castings from Brazil, the antidumping duty order...
Notice Jan 14, 2016
The Commission hereby gives notice of the scheduling of expedited reviews pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 ("the Act") to determine whether revocation of the antidumping duty and countervailing duty orders on seamless carbon and alloy steel standar...
Notice Jan 14, 2016
The Commission hereby gives notice that it will proceed with full reviews pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, to determine whether revocation of the antidumping duty orders on seamless refined copper pipe and tube from China and Mexico wo...
Notice Jan 14, 2016

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

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on November 10, 2015, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Saxon Glass Technologies, Inc. of Alfred, New Y...
Notice Jan 14, 2016

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Prisons (Bureau) removes rules which designated various offenses as sexual offenses for purposes of 18 U.S.C. 4042(c) because that provision, which necessitated regulations, has been repealed in relevant part.
Rule Jan 14, 2016

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities logo National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, notice is hereby given that 1 meeting of the Arts Advisory Panel to the National Council on the Arts will be held by teleconference.
Notice Jan 14, 2016
Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92-463), as amended, notice is hereby given that a meeting of the Federal Advisory Committee on International Exhibitions (FACIE) Panel will be held by teleconference from...
Notice Jan 14, 2016

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards Subcommittee on Fukushima
Notice Jan 14, 2016
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards Subcommittee on Planning and Procedures
Notice Jan 14, 2016
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards Subcommittee on Plant License Renewal
Notice Jan 14, 2016
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards Subcommittee on Regulatory Policies and Practices
Notice Jan 14, 2016
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards Subcommittee on Research and Test Reactors
Notice Jan 14, 2016

Withdrawal of License Applications:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted the request of Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Entergy, the licensee), to withdraw its application dated June 26, 2014, for a proposed amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-29, for...
Notice Jan 14, 2016

P
Postal Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The Commission is proposing rules which amend the existing Commission rules concerning ex parte communications. The proposed rules are brought up to date to be consistent with the recommended approach to agency treatment of ex parte communications an...
Proposed Rule Jan 14, 2016

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

State Department logo State Department

Designations Foreign Terrorist Organizations:

Title Type Published
Review of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
Notice Jan 14, 2016

Designations as Foreign Terrorist Organizations:

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Acquisition and Operation Exemptions:

Title Type Published
BD Highspire Holdings, LLC; Mittal Steel USA-Railways Inc.
Notice Jan 14, 2016

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Transportation (DOT) invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval to renew an information collection. Before a Federal agency can collect certain information from the publ...
Notice Jan 14, 2016
This action makes an editorial change to the legal description of United States Area Navigation Route Q-35 to reverse the order of points listed in the route description in FAA Order 7400.9. This action is simply to comply with the standard format fo...
Rule Jan 14, 2016
This notice announces actions taken by the FHWA and other Federal agencies that are final within the meaning of 23 U.S.C. 139(I)(1). The actions relate to a proposed highway project (TIP# U- 5526A, Federal-Aid Project No. FSTRNHPP-0074(153)), U.S. 74...
Notice Jan 14, 2016
Notice of Unified Carrier Registration Plan Board of Directors Meeting.
Notice Jan 14, 2016
This action would establish a new noise standard for certain subsonic jet airplanes and subsonic transport category large airplanes. This noise standard, known as Stage 5, would apply to any person submitting an application for a new airplane type de...
Proposed Rule Jan 14, 2016

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
We are superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2004-14-09 for certain Airbus Model A320-211, -212, and -231 airplanes. AD 2004-14-09 required repetitive inspections for fatigue cracking of the lower surface panel on the wing center box, and repair i...
Rule Jan 14, 2016
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Fokker Services B.V. Model F.28 Mark 1000, 2000, 3000, and 4000 airplanes. This AD was prompted by a design review, which revealed that no controlled bonding provisions are present on a numbe...
Rule Jan 14, 2016

Denial of Petition for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance:

Title Type Published
Graco Children's Products, Inc., (Graco) has determined that certain Graco child restraints do not fully comply with paragraph S5.5.2(g)(1)(iii) of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 213, Child Restraint Systems. Graco filed a report d...
Notice Jan 14, 2016

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C. App. 2), notice is hereby given of a teleconference of the Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee (COMSTAC). The Teleconference will take place o...
Notice Jan 14, 2016
The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of the Twenty-Fifth RTCA Special Committee 217 meeting.
Notice Jan 14, 2016
The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of the Eighth RTCA Special Committee 231 meeting.
Notice Jan 14, 2016
The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of the Sixth RTCA Special Committee 232 meeting.
Notice Jan 14, 2016

Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications:

Title Type Published
FMCSA announces receipt of applications from 40 individuals for exemption from the prohibition against persons with insulin-treated diabetes mellitus (ITDM) operating commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) in interstate commerce. If granted, the exemptions...
Notice Jan 14, 2016
FMCSA announces its denial of 100 applications from individuals who requested an exemption from the Federal vision standard applicable to interstate truck and bus drivers and the reasons for the denials. FMCSA has statutory authority to exempt indivi...
Notice Jan 14, 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 14, 2016
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 14, 2016
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 14, 2016
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 14, 2016
The IRS is continuing its program of reviewing detections of potential violations of security policies to determine whether there has been an actual violation. This review includes matching data from existing IRS systems of records such as:
Notice Jan 14, 2016
Proposed Rule Jan 14, 2016

Meetings:

Title Type Published
In the Federal Register notice that was originally published on December 28, 2015, (Volume 80, Number 248, Page 80881), the meeting date is now changed. The new date for the meeting is, Wednesday, March 30, 2016.
Notice Jan 14, 2016
In the Federal Register notice that was originally published on December 28, 2015, (Volume 80, Number 248, Page 80880), the meeting date is now changed. The new dates for the meeting are, Thursday, March 3, 2016 and Friday, March 4, 2016.
Notice Jan 14, 2016
In the Federal Register notice that was originally published on December 28, 2015, (Volume 80, Number 248, Page 80879), the meeting date is now changed. The new dates for the meeting are, Thursday, March 3, 2016 and Friday, March 4, 2016.
Notice Jan 14, 2016
In the Federal Register notice that was originally published on December 28, 2015, (Volume 80, Number 248, Page 80879), the meeting date is now changed. The new dates for the meeting are, Monday, February 29, 2016 and Tuesday, March 1, 2016.
Notice Jan 14, 2016
In the Federal Register notice that was originally published on December 28, 2015, (Volume 80, Number 248, Page 80878), the meeting date is now changed. The new dates for the meeting are, Thursday, March 3, 2016 and Friday, March 4, 2016.
Notice Jan 14, 2016
In the Federal Register notice that was originally published on December 28, 2015, (Volume 80, Number 248, Page 80880), the meeting date is now changed. The new dates for the meeting are, Monday, February 29, 2016 and Tuesday, March 1, 2016.
Notice Jan 14, 2016
In the Federal Register notice that was originally published on December 28, 2015, (Volume 80, Number 248, Page 80879), the meeting date is now changed. The new dates for the meeting are, Monday, February 29, 2016 and Tuesday, March 1, 2016.
Notice Jan 14, 2016

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