Federal Register January 25, 2016
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71 documents were published on this date.
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Agricultural Marketing Service
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Agriculture Department
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The Department of Agriculture (USDA) Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) is proposing to revise existing regulations and add new regulations under the United States Grain Standards Act (USGSA), as amended, in order to comp...
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Proposed Rule | Jan 25, 2016 |
Lacey Act Implementation Plan:
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We are adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim final rule that established definitions for the terms common cultivar and common food crop and several related terms. The 2008 amendments to the Lacey Act expanded its protections to a broad...
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Rule | Jan 25, 2016 |
Commerce Department
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) invites organizations to provide products and technical expertise to support and demonstrate security platforms for the Wireless Medical Infusion Pumps use case for the health care sector. Thi...
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Notice | Jan 25, 2016 |
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:
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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...
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Notice | Jan 25, 2016 |
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic:
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NMFS proposes to implement management measures described in Amendment 28 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico (FMP), as prepared by the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) (Amendment 28). If...
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Proposed Rule | Jan 25, 2016 |
Permits:
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This notice announces receipt of an exempted fishing permit (EFP) application from the Alaska Seafood Cooperative (AKSC) and co- applicants. If granted, this EFP would allow the applicants to remove halibut from a trawl codend on the deck, and releas...
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Notice | Jan 25, 2016 |
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NMFS proposes to issue a Special Coral Reef Ecosystem Fishing Permit that would authorize Kampachi Farms, LLC, to stock, culture, and harvest fish that are part of the coral reef ecosystem management unit in a submerged net pen moored in Federal wate...
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Notice | Jan 25, 2016 |
Defense Department
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This rule updates policy and outlines fiscal and logistical support the DoD may provide to qualified scouting organizations operating on U.S. military installations overseas based on Executive Order 12715, Support of Overseas Scouting Activities for...
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Rule | Jan 25, 2016 |
Meetings:
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The Department of Defense is publishing this notice to announce that the following Federal Advisory Committee meeting of the Defense Health Board will take place.
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Notice | Jan 25, 2016 |
Energy Department
Energy Conservation Program:
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On April 1, 2015, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) to establish new definitions and a new test procedure for pumps. That proposed rulemaking serves as the basis for this final rule. This final rule est...
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Rule | Jan 25, 2016 |
Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announces the availability of its draft environmental assessment (EA) (DOE/EA-1977) evaluating the potential environmental impacts from a proposed action to receive, store, process and disposition spent nuclear fue...
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Notice | Jan 25, 2016 |
Meetings:
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This notice announces a combined meeting of the Environmental Monitoring and Remediation Committee and Waste Management Committee of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Northern New Mexico (known locally as the Northe...
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Notice | Jan 25, 2016 |
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This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Oak Ridge Reservation. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this meeting be announced...
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Notice | Jan 25, 2016 |
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At the direction of the President, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE or Department), as the Secretariat for the Quadrennial Energy Review Task Force (QER Task Force), will convene a public meeting to introduce the topic of the second installment of...
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Notice | Jan 25, 2016 |
Environmental Protection Agency
Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations:
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the State of Colorado on March 31, 2010, May 16, 2012 and May 13, 2013. The revisions are to Colorado Air Quality Control Commission (Commis...
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Rule | Jan 25, 2016 |
Applications for Emergency Exemption:
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Ortho-Phthalaldehyde; Receipt of Application for Emergency Exemption, Solicitation of Public Comment
EPA has received a specific exemption request from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to use the pesticide ortho-phthalaldehyde (OPA) (CAS No. 643-79-8) to treat the internal active thermal control system (IATCS) coolant of the...
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Notice | Jan 25, 2016 |
National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan:
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing revisions to the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan. These proposed revisions align the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan with the Dep...
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Proposed Rule | Jan 25, 2016 |
Requests for Nominations:
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office invites nominations of scientific experts from a diverse range of disciplines to be considered for appointment to the SAB's 2016-2018 Scientific and Technologica...
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Notice | Jan 25, 2016 |
Farm Credit Administration
Organization and Functions:
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The Farm Credit Administration (FCA, we, Agency or our) amended our regulations to reflect internal organization changes and to update a statutory citation for the Farm Credit Act. In accordance with the law, the effective date of the rule is no earl...
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Rule | Jan 25, 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 25, 2016 |
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In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) finds that a limited extension in this proceeding would be beneficial to the development of a complete record on the issues, and it grants a fourteen-day extension of time for comme...
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Proposed Rule | Jan 25, 2016 |
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The Commission, via the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau (CGB or Bureau) temporarily extends an exemption for smaller broadband Internet access service providers from compliance with certain enhancements to the exiting transparency rule that...
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Rule | Jan 25, 2016 |
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Notice | Jan 25, 2016 |
Health and Human Services Department
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is correcting a final rule that published in the Federal Register of September 17, 2015. That final rule amended our regulation for current good manufacturing practice in manufacturing, packing, or holding...
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Rule | Jan 25, 2016 |
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This notice provides an update of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) poverty guidelines to account for last calendar year's increase in prices as measured by the Consumer Price Index.
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Notice | Jan 25, 2016 |
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
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Under the provisions of section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted to the Office of Management a...
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Notice | Jan 25, 2016 |
Meetings:
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Center for Scientific Review
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Notice | Jan 25, 2016 |
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National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
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Notice | Jan 25, 2016 |
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National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
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Notice | Jan 25, 2016 |
Single-Source Expansion Supplement Grants:
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The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB), Division of Runaway and Homeless Youth, announces the award of $150,000 as a single-source expansion s...
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Notice | Jan 25, 2016 |
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The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB), Division of Adolescent Development and Support (DADS), announces the award of a single-source expansio...
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Notice | Jan 25, 2016 |
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The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), Family and Youth Services Bureau's (FYSB), Runaway and Homeless Youth Program, announces the award of $200,000 as a single-source expansion sup...
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Notice | Jan 25, 2016 |
Single-Source Program Expansion Supplement Grants:
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The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB), Division of Family Violence and Prevention Services (DFVPS), announces the award of $175,000 as a sing...
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Notice | Jan 25, 2016 |
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The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), announces the award of a single-source program expansion supplement grant for $500,000. The expansion supplement grant will support the need to increase home st...
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Notice | Jan 25, 2016 |
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The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB), Division of Family Violence and Prevention Services (DFVPS) announces the award of $125,000 as a singl...
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Notice | Jan 25, 2016 |
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The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB), Division of Family Violence Prevention and Services (DFVPS), announces the award of $370,000 as a sing...
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Notice | Jan 25, 2016 |
Homeland Security Department
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Through this Notice, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announces that the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) is extending the designation of South Sudan for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months, from May 3, 2016 through Nove...
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Notice | Jan 25, 2016 |
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Through this Notice, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announces that the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) is extending the designation of Sudan for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months, from May 3, 2016 through November 2...
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Notice | Jan 25, 2016 |
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In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of Homeland Security proposes to update and reissue a current Department of Homeland Security system of records titled, "Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/U.S. Customs and Border Protecti...
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Notice | Jan 25, 2016 |
Special Local Regulations:
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The Coast Guard is amending and updating its special local regulations relating to recurring marine parades, regattas, and other events that take place in the Coast Guard Sector Ohio Valley area of responsibility (AOR). This document informs the publ...
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Proposed Rule | Jan 25, 2016 |
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The Coast Guard will enforce the Hanohano Ocean Challenge special local regulations on Saturday, January 23, 2016. This event occurs in Mission Bay in San Diego, CA. These special local regulations are necessary to provide for the safety of the parti...
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Rule | Jan 25, 2016 |
Housing and Urban Development Department
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The Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2015, authorizes the Secretary to carry out a demonstration testing the effectiveness of combining vouchers for homeless youth under Family Unification Program authorized under section 8(x...
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Notice | Jan 25, 2016 |
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 25, 2016 |
Interior Department
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The Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) is conducting a public review of proposed revisions to the United States Thoroughfare, Landmark and Postal Address Data Standard (Address Data Standard). The primary purposes of the Address Data Standard a...
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Notice | Jan 25, 2016 |
Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:
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We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the availability of the final comprehensive conservation plan (CCP) and finding of no significant impact for the environmental assessment for Cat Island National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in West Feli...
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Notice | Jan 25, 2016 |
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We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the availability of the final Comprehensive Conservation plan (CCP) and finding of no significant impact for the environmental assessment for Theodore Roosevelt and Holt Collier National Wildlife...
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Notice | Jan 25, 2016 |
Meetings:
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As required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act (16 U.S.C. Appendix 1-16), the National Park Service (NPS) is hereby giving notice that the Aniakchak National Monument Subsistence Resource Commission (SRC), the Cape Krusenstern National Monument SR...
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Notice | Jan 25, 2016 |
Statement of Findings:
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The Secretary of the Interior is publishing this notice in accordance with section 10808(d) of the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation Water Rights Settlement Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111-11) (Settlement Act). Congress enacted the Settl...
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Notice | Jan 25, 2016 |
Withdrawals of Public Lands:
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The General Services Administration (GSA) has filed an application with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) requesting that the Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Land and Minerals Management extend the duration of the withdrawal created by Publ...
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Notice | Jan 25, 2016 |
Justice Department
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This document finalizes the Drug Enforcement Administration's rule implementing the requirements of the Combat Methamphetamine Enhancement Act of 2010 establishing self-certification and training requirements for mail-order distributors of scheduled...
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Rule | Jan 25, 2016 |
Library of Congress
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The U.S. Copyright Office is announcing receipt of twelve notices of intent to audit certain 2012 and 2013 statements of account filed by cable operators and satellite carriers pursuant to the section 111 and 119 statutory licenses.
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Notice | Jan 25, 2016 |
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Marine Mammal Commission
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On January 15, 2016, the Marine Mammal Commission (Commission) announced in the Federal Register (81 FR 2243) plans to hold a series of public meetings in various locations in Alaska in February 2016. This notice corrects the location for the public...
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Notice | Jan 25, 2016 |
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National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact Council
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The National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact Council (Compact Council) approves a Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) proposal requesting access to the Interstate Identification Index (III) System on a delayed fingerprint submission basis.
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Notice | Jan 25, 2016 |
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National Labor Relations Board
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This notice advises the public that the National Labor Relations Board is restructuring and realigning the location and lines of authority of certain of its Headquarters' offices in the Division of Legal Counsel reporting to the Office of the General...
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Notice | Jan 25, 2016 |
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Notice | Jan 25, 2016 |
Confirmatory Orders:
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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is correcting the attachment to a notice that was published in the Federal Register (FR) on January 15, 2016, regarding authorizing the licensees to transfer, receive, possess, transport, import, and use c...
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Notice | Jan 25, 2016 |
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Postal Regulatory Commission
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The Commission is noticing a recent Postal Service filing concerning the calculation of the assumed Federal income tax on competitive products income for fiscal year (FY) 2015. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and...
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Notice | Jan 25, 2016 |
Securities and Exchange Commission
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:
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The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") has submitted the sponsored information collection request (ICR) titled, "Simplification of Disclosure Requirements for Emerging Growth Companies and Forward Incorporation by Reference on Form S-1...
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Notice | Jan 25, 2016 |
Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:
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Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
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Notice | Jan 25, 2016 |
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NASDAQ OMX PHLX LLC
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Notice | Jan 25, 2016 |
Trading Suspension Orders:
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Vadda Energy Corp.
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Notice | Jan 25, 2016 |
Small Business Administration
Conflict of Interest Exemptions:
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Escalate Capital Partners SBIC III, L.P.
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Notice | Jan 25, 2016 |
Small Business Size Standards:
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The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA or Agency) is increasing 47 small business size standards based on a concern's number of employees. These increases affect 46 industries in North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Sector 42, W...
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Rule | Jan 25, 2016 |
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This rule finalizes, without change, the U.S. Small Business Administration's (SBA or Agency) June 12, 2014 interim final rule that adjusted monetary small business size standards (i.e., receipts, assets, net worth, and net income) for inflation that...
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Rule | Jan 25, 2016 |
State Department
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To comply with the Presidential Memorandum entitled "Preparing for the Implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action of July 14, 2015" issued on October 18, 2015 and to give effect to the United States commitment under Section 4.8.1 of Ann...
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Notice | Jan 25, 2016 |
Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition:
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Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of...
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Notice | Jan 25, 2016 |
Presidential Permits:
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On May 23, 2014, the Department of State (Department) issued two Presidential Permits to Plains LPG Services, L.P. (Plains LPG) based on Plains LPG's acquisition of six existing pipelines under the St. Clair River and one existing pipeline under the...
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Notice | Jan 25, 2016 |
Transportation Department
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The Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to amend, by regulation, the means of notification required under the Safety Act, to be in a manner other than, or in addition to, first-class m...
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Proposed Rule | Jan 25, 2016 |
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:
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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval to revise a previously approved information collection. Part A of subtitle VII of th...
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Notice | Jan 25, 2016 |
National Standards for Traffic Control Devices:
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The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways (MUTCD) is incorporated in our regulations, approved by FHWA, and recognized as the national standard for traffic control devices used on all streets, highways, bikeways, and priv...
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Notice | Jan 25, 2016 |
Veterans Affairs Department
Meetings:
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National Research Advisory Council
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Notice | Jan 25, 2016 |
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