May 23, 2016 (Volume 81)

Federal Register May 23, 2016

View all documents issued on May 23, 2016. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

101 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on May 23, 2016

Administrative Conference of the United States logo Administrative Conference of the United States

Meetings:

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Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), the Assembly of the Administrative Conference of the United States will hold a meeting to consider two proposed recommendations and to conduct other business. This meeting will be open t...
Notice May 23, 2016

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Funding Availability:

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The Rural Housing Service (RHS), an agency within the USDA Rural Development mission area herein referred to as the Agency announces the availability of funding under the Rural Community Development Initiative (RCDI) program. Applicants must provide...
Notice May 23, 2016

Meetings:

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The Eastern Arizona Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet in Springerville, Arizona. The committee is authorized under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (Pub. L. 110- 343) (the Act) and operates in compliance with th...
Notice May 23, 2016
The Prince of Wales Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet in Craig, Alaska. The committee is authorized under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (the Act) and operates in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee...
Notice May 23, 2016
The Prince of Wales Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet in Craig, Alaska. The committee is authorized under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (the Act) and operates in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee...
Notice May 23, 2016
The Prince of Wales Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet in Craig, Alaska. The committee is authorized under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (the Act) and operates in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee...
Notice May 23, 2016
The Tri-County Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet in Deer Lodge, Montana. The committee is authorized under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (the Act) and operates in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committe...
Notice May 23, 2016

Request for Proposals:

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This Request for Proposal (RFP) announces an availability of funds and the timeframe to submit proposals for Farm Labor Housing Technical Assistance (FLH-TA) grants. Section 516(i) of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended (Act), authorizes the Rural Ho...
Notice May 23, 2016

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), 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 this extension of a contin...
Notice May 23, 2016

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:

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On April 7, 2016, the United States Court of International Trade (the CIT or the Court) issued final judgment in Foshan Shunde Yongjian Housewares & Hardwares Co., Ltd. and Polder Inc. v. United States, Court No. 10-00059, sustaining the Department o...
Notice May 23, 2016
The Department of Commerce (the Department) completed its administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on multilayered wood flooring (wood flooring) from the People's Republic of China (PRC). The period of review (POR) is January 1, 2...
Notice May 23, 2016

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic:

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NMFS issues regulations to implement Amendment 35 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region (FMP) (Amendment 35), as prepared and submitted by the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council)....
Rule May 23, 2016

Fisheries of the Northeastern United States

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NMFS proposes management measures for the 2016 summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass recreational fisheries. NMFS is also proposing a change to the commercial scup incidental possession limit, and two minor corrections to the summer flounder mini...
Proposed Rule May 23, 2016

Meetings:

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The SEDAR 49 assessment of the Gulf of Mexico Data-limited Species will consist of two in-person workshops and a series of webinars. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
Notice May 23, 2016
The SEDAR Data Best Practices Panel will develop, review, and evaluate best practice recommendations for SEDAR Data Workshops. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
Notice May 23, 2016
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will hold a meeting of its Data Collection Technical Committee.
Notice May 23, 2016
The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public meeting of its Scallop Advisory Panel to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Recommendations from this group will be brough...
Notice May 23, 2016
The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public meeting of its Groundfish Committee to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Recommendations from this group will be brought...
Notice May 23, 2016
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and its advisory committees will meet June 6 through June 14, 2016.
Notice May 23, 2016

Production Activity Authorizations:

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau logo Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau) is requesting to renew the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for an existing information collection titled, "Policy to Enc...
Notice May 23, 2016
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau) is requesting to renew the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for an existing information collection titled, "Equal Access...
Notice May 23, 2016

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs announces a proposed public information collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are invited on...
Notice May 23, 2016

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

Title Type Published
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, Regulatory Secretariat Division will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a previously approved information collection requirem...
Notice May 23, 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 Security Education Board (NSEB) will take place. This meeting is open to the public.
Notice May 23, 2016
The Department of Defense (DoD) is publishing this notice to announce that the following Federal Advisory Committee meeting of the Reserve Forces Policy Board (RFPB) will take place.
Notice May 23, 2016
The Department of the Air Force is withdrawing the notice, Meeting of the U.S. Air Force Academy Board of Visitors Notice of Meeting that published May 17, 2016 at 81 FR 30521.
Notice May 23, 2016
The U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors will meet to make such inquiry, as the Board shall deem necessary, into the state of morale and discipline, the curriculum, instruction, physical equipment, fiscal affairs, and academic methods of the Naval Ac...
Notice May 23, 2016

Education Department logo Education Department

Applications for New Awards:

Election Assistance Commission logo Election Assistance Commission

Title Type Published
Notice of public meeting agenda.
Notice May 23, 2016

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
Combined Filings
Notice May 23, 2016
Combined Filings
Notice May 23, 2016
Records Governing Off-the-Record Communications
Notice May 23, 2016
Staff Attendances
Notice May 23, 2016

Complaints:

Title Type Published
American Airlines, Inc., v. Plantation Pipe Line Co.
Notice May 23, 2016

Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

Environmental Reviews

Title Type Published
NEXUS Gas Transmission, LLC and Texas Eastern Transmission, LP, Appalachian Lease Projects
Notice May 23, 2016

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice sets forth the schedule and summary agenda for a conference call of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), and describes the functions of the Council. The Federal Advisory Committee Act requires that public...
Notice May 23, 2016

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to submit an information collection request, EPA Application Materials for the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (EPA ICR no. 2549.01, OMB Control No. 2040-NEW) to the Office of Management...
Notice May 23, 2016
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an information collection request (ICR) "Registration of Fuels and Fuel Additives--Requirements for Manufacturers" (EPA ICR No. 0309.15, OMB Control No. 2060-0150) to the Office of Manag...
Notice May 23, 2016

Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations:

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is disapproving severable portions of the February 6, 2012 Oklahoma State Implementation Plan (SIP) submittal that are inconsistent with federal laws based on recent decisions by the United States Courts and...
Rule May 23, 2016
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of New Hampshire that contains an ozone maintenance plan for New Hampshire's former 1-hour ozone nonattainment areas....
Proposed Rule May 23, 2016
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of New Hampshire that contains an ozone maintenance plan for New Hampshire's former 1-hour ozone nonattainment areas. The Clean A...
Rule May 23, 2016

Protection of Stratospheric Ozone:

Title Type Published
This determination of acceptability expands the list of acceptable substitutes pursuant to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) program. This action lists as acceptable additional substitutes for...
Rule May 23, 2016

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Title Type Published
Atrocity Prevention and Response; Comprehensive Approach (EO 13729)
Presidential Document May 23, 2016

Special Observances:

Title Type Published
National Hepatitis Testing Day (Proc. 9450)
Presidential Document May 23, 2016

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

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

No documents available.

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 May 23, 2016
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 May 23, 2016
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice May 23, 2016
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice May 23, 2016

Banned Devices:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is extending the comment period for the proposed rule that appeared in the Federal Register of April 25, 2016. In the proposed rule, FDA requested comments for a ban on electrical stimulation devices (ESDs) used...
Proposed Rule May 23, 2016

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Center for Scientific Review
Notice May 23, 2016
Center for Scientific Review
Notice May 23, 2016

Requests for Information:

Title Type Published
The Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic- Resistant Bacteria (Advisory Council) requests information from the general public and stakeholders related to efforts and strategies to combat antibiotic-resistance. In the process of develo...
Notice May 23, 2016

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

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

Title Type Published
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment upon this proposed revision of a currently approved collection of information or new collect...
Notice May 23, 2016

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announces a public workshop on Thursday, June 9, 2016 to discuss information sharing as related to Title I of the Cybersecurity Act of 2015, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act.
Notice May 23, 2016

National Flood Insurance Program:

Title Type Published
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is proposing to remove the copy of the Financial Assistance/Subsidy Arrangement and the summary of the Financial Control Plan from the appendices of its National Flood Insurance Program regulations, as i...
Proposed Rule May 23, 2016

Processing of Electronic Entry and Entry Summary Filings:

Title Type Published
This document announces that the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) will be the sole electronic data interchange (EDI) system authorized by the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for processing electronic entry and entry sum...
Notice May 23, 2016

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
BOEM is extending the public comment period to submit comments on the proposed rule entitled "Air Quality Control, Reporting, and Compliance," which was published in the Federal Register on April 5, 2016. The original public comment period to submit...
Proposed Rule May 23, 2016

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce our intention to conduct a 5-year status review under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA), for the Eskimo curlew. A 5-year status review is based on the best scientific and c...
Notice May 23, 2016

Minor Boundary Revisions:

Title Type Published
The boundary of Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park is modified to include four tracts containing 25.55 acres of land, more or less, located in Orange County and Spotsylvania County, Virginia, immediate...
Notice May 23, 2016

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

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

Title Type Published
The Commission hereby gives notice of the scheduling of an expedited review pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 ("the Act") to determine whether revocation of the antidumping duty order on alloy magnesium from China would be likely to lead to continua...
Notice May 23, 2016
Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on April 20, 2016, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Select Comfort Corporation of Minneapolis, Minneso...
Notice May 23, 2016
Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on April 15, 2016, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Paice LLC of Baltimore, Maryland and Abell Foundat...
Notice May 23, 2016
The Commission hereby gives notice of the scheduling of an expedited review pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 ("the Act") to determine whether revocation of the antidumping duty order on porcelain-on-steel cooking ware from China would be likely to...
Notice May 23, 2016

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Justice is amending the regulations of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) regarding administrative hearings held as part of firearms license proceedings. This rule clarifies that persons requesting a hear...
Rule May 23, 2016

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA or Act) guarantees a minimum wage for all hours worked during the workweek and overtime premium pay of not less than one and one-half times the employee's regular rate of pay for hours worked over 40 in a workweek....
Rule May 23, 2016
The Department of Labor's (Department or DOL) Final Rule revising the regulations for implementing the exemption from minimum wage and overtime pay for executive, administrative, professional, outside sales, and computer employees, published in the R...
Rule May 23, 2016

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

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) sponsored information collection request (ICR) titled, "Multiple Worksite Report and Report of Federal Employment and Wages," to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB...
Notice May 23, 2016
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) sponsored information collection request (ICR) titled, "Personal Protective Equipment for Shipyard Employment," to the Office of Management and Budge...
Notice May 23, 2016

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Title Type Published
In accordance with Section 743 of Division C of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-117), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is publishing this notice to advise the public of the availability of its Service...
Notice May 23, 2016

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

No documents available.

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National Science Foundation

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, the National Science Foundation (NSF) intends to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to evaluate potential environmental effects of proposed changes to operatio...
Notice May 23, 2016

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Direct and Indirect Transfer of Licenses:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing an order approving the direct transfer of ownership and indirect transfer of control of Facility Operating License (FOL) Nos. NPF-87 and NPF-89 and the general license for the independent spent...
Notice May 23, 2016

Guidance:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing Regulatory Issue Summary (RIS) 2016-07, "Containment Shell or Liner Moisture Barrier Inspection." This RIS reiterates the NRC staff's position regarding American Society of Mechanical Engineers...
Notice May 23, 2016

License Amendment Applications:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering issuance of amendments to Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-70 and 75, issued to PSEG Nuclear LLC (PSEG or the licensee) for operation of the Salem Nuclear Generating Station (Salem), Unit...
Notice May 23, 2016

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards Subcommittee on Planning and Procedures
Notice May 23, 2016

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Title Type Published
Bats BZX Exchange, Inc.
Notice May 23, 2016
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
Notice May 23, 2016
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice May 23, 2016
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice May 23, 2016
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice May 23, 2016
New York Stock Exchange, LLC
Notice May 23, 2016

State Department logo State Department

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

Title Type Published
The Department of State published a Federal Register Notice on May 17, 2016, notifying the public of the new reporting requirement on responsible investment in Burma. The notice contained an incorrect investment amount. This document corrects the inv...
Notice May 23, 2016

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
This document corrects the Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (SNPR) served on April 29, 2016, and published in the Federal Register on May 5, 2016, (81 FR 27069), titled "United States Rail Service Issues--Performance Data Reporting."
Proposed Rule May 23, 2016

Abandonment Exemptions:

Title Type Published
BNSF Railway Co. in Cook County, IL
Notice May 23, 2016

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
The US. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announces the selection of projects with Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 and FY 2016 appropriations for the Passenger Ferry Grant Program (Ferry Program), 49 U.S.C. 5307(h), as a...
Notice May 23, 2016
This rule makes a technical correction to the regulations that govern the enforcement of the Heavy Vehicle Use Tax. The amendments contained herein make no substantive changes to FHWA regulations, policies, or procedures. The current regulation refer...
Rule May 23, 2016
This action establishes revised uniform procedures implementing State highway safety grant programs, as a result of enactment of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act. It also reorganizes, streamlines and updates some grant requireme...
Rule May 23, 2016

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Airbus Model A300B4-203 and A300B4-2C airplanes. This proposed AD was prompted by cracks found on pylon side panels (upper section) at rib 8. This proposed AD would require a detailed...
Proposed Rule May 23, 2016
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Dassault Aviation Model MYSTERE-FALCON 900 airplanes, FALCON 900EX airplanes, and FALCON 2000EX airplanes. This AD was prompted by a report that during a test flight, it was found that th...
Rule May 23, 2016

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of the Forty-Fourth RTCA Special Committee 206 meeting.
Notice May 23, 2016
The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of the Twenty-Third RTCA Special Committee 225 meeting.
Notice May 23, 2016
The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of the Ninth RTCA Special Committee 230 meeting.
Notice May 23, 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 May 23, 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 May 23, 2016
The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the name of six entities whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13448 of October 18, 2007, "Blocking Property and...
Notice May 23, 2016

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

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

Title Type Published
The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal...
Notice May 23, 2016
The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal...
Notice May 23, 2016
The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal...
Notice May 23, 2016

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