January 25, 2016 (Volume 81)

Federal Register January 25, 2016

View all documents issued on January 25, 2016. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

71 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on January 25, 2016

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Agricultural Marketing Service

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Agriculture Department logo 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...
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...
Rule Jan 25, 2016

Commerce Department logo 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...
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...
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...
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...
Notice Jan 25, 2016
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...
Notice Jan 25, 2016

Defense Department logo 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...
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.
Notice Jan 25, 2016

Energy Department logo 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...
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...
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...
Notice Jan 25, 2016
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...
Notice Jan 25, 2016
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...
Notice Jan 25, 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 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...
Rule Jan 25, 2016

Applications for Emergency Exemption:

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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...
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...
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...
Notice Jan 25, 2016

Farm Credit Administration logo Farm Credit Administration

Organization and Functions:

Title Type Published
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...
Rule Jan 25, 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 25, 2016
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...
Proposed Rule Jan 25, 2016
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...
Rule Jan 25, 2016

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jan 25, 2016

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
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...
Rule Jan 25, 2016
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.
Notice Jan 25, 2016

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Jan 25, 2016

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Jan 25, 2016
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Notice Jan 25, 2016
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Notice Jan 25, 2016

Single-Source Expansion Supplement Grants:

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Jan 25, 2016
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...
Notice Jan 25, 2016
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...
Notice Jan 25, 2016

Single-Source Program Expansion Supplement Grants:

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Jan 25, 2016
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...
Notice Jan 25, 2016
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...
Notice Jan 25, 2016
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...
Notice Jan 25, 2016

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Jan 25, 2016
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...
Notice Jan 25, 2016
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...
Notice Jan 25, 2016

Special Local Regulations:

Title Type Published
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...
Proposed Rule Jan 25, 2016
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...
Rule Jan 25, 2016

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Jan 25, 2016

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 25, 2016

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Jan 25, 2016

Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Jan 25, 2016
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...
Notice Jan 25, 2016

Meetings:

Title Type Published
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...
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...
Notice Jan 25, 2016

Withdrawals of Public Lands:

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Jan 25, 2016

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
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...
Rule Jan 25, 2016

Library of Congress logo Library of Congress

Title Type Published
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.
Notice Jan 25, 2016

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Marine Mammal Commission

Title Type Published
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...
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.
Notice Jan 25, 2016

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National Labor Relations Board

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Jan 25, 2016

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jan 25, 2016

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Postal Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Jan 25, 2016

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

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

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Jan 25, 2016

Trading Suspension Orders:

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Conflict of Interest Exemptions:

Small Business Size Standards:

Title Type Published
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...
Rule Jan 25, 2016
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...
Rule Jan 25, 2016

State Department logo State Department

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Jan 25, 2016

Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition:

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Jan 25, 2016

Presidential Permits:

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Jan 25, 2016

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
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...
Proposed Rule Jan 25, 2016

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

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Jan 25, 2016

National Standards for Traffic Control Devices:

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Jan 25, 2016

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
National Research Advisory Council
Notice Jan 25, 2016

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