August 17, 2016 (Volume 81)

Federal Register August 17, 2016

View all documents issued on August 17, 2016. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

111 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on August 17, 2016

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
The Francis Marion National Forest, located in South Carolina, has prepared an environmental impact statement, a revised land management plan and a draft record of decision. This notice is to inform the public that a 60-day period is being initiated...
Notice Aug 17, 2016

Increased Assessment Rates:

Title Type Published
This proposed rule would implement a recommendation from the Texas Valley Citrus Committee (Committee) to increase the assessment rate established for the 2016-17 and subsequent fiscal periods from $0.08 to $0.09 per 7/10-bushel carton or equivalent...
Proposed Rule Aug 17, 2016

Quality and Handling Requirements:

Title Type Published
This rule implements a recommendation from the Almond Board of California (Board) to change the quality control requirements currently prescribed under the California almond marketing order (order). The order regulates the handling of almonds grown i...
Rule Aug 17, 2016

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Aug 17, 2016
This notice announces modifications to the provisions of the Commerce Alternative Personnel System, formerly the Department of Commerce Personnel Management Demonstration Project, published in the Federal Register on December 24, 1997. As published o...
Notice Aug 17, 2016
This final rule implements changes that were proposed on May 22, 2015, in a proposed rule entitled Revisions to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR): Harmonization of the Destination Control Statements. This final rule revises the destination...
Rule Aug 17, 2016

Fisheries of the Northeastern United States:

Title Type Published
This rule approves regulations to implement Northeast Skate Complex Fishery Management Plan Framework Adjustment 3 management measures, including fishing year 2016-2017 specifications, and implements a new seasonal quota allocation for the skate wing...
Rule Aug 17, 2016

Subzone Approvals:

Title Type Published
Westlake Chemical Corp., Geismar, LA
Notice Aug 17, 2016

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau logo Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice sets forth the announcement of a public meeting of the Credit Union Advisory Council (CUAC or Council) of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau). The notice also describes the functions of the Council. Notice of the mee...
Notice Aug 17, 2016

Consumer Product Safety Commission logo Consumer Product Safety Commission

Determinations Regarding Certain Plastics:

Title Type Published
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (Commission, or CPSC) is proposing a rule to determine that certain plastics with specified additives would not contain the specified phthalates prohibited in children's toys and child care articles. Based on th...
Proposed Rule Aug 17, 2016

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Defense has submitted to OMB for clearance, the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.
Notice Aug 17, 2016

Certifications and Exemptions Under the International Regulations:

Title Type Published
The Department of the Navy (DoN) is amending its certifications and exemptions under the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (72 COLREGS), to reflect that the Deputy Assistant Judge Advocate General (DAJAG) (Admiralty and...
Rule Aug 17, 2016

Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) announces the availability of an environmental assessment (EA) documenting the potential environmental effects associated with the Proposed Action to relocate and expand DLA Disposition Services at Richmond, which is at...
Notice Aug 17, 2016

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Department of Defense is publishing this notice to announce a Federal Advisory Committee meeting of the Defense Acquisition University Board of Visitors. This meeting will be open to the public.
Notice Aug 17, 2016
The Department of Defense is publishing this notice to announce a Federal Advisory Committee meeting of the Department of Defense Military Family Readiness Council. This meeting will be open to the public.
Notice Aug 17, 2016
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 Aug 17, 2016
The Department of Defense is publishing this notice to announce an open meeting of the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program, Scientific Advisory Board (SAB). This meeting will be open to the public.
Notice Aug 17, 2016

Education Department logo Education Department

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

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is proposing a reinstatement of a previously approved information collection.
Notice Aug 17, 2016

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
Combined Filings
Notice Aug 17, 2016
Staff Attendances
Notice Aug 17, 2016

Applications to Export Liquefied Natural Gas:

Title Type Published
The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) gives notice of receipt of an application, filed on March 25, 2016 (Application), by Carib Energy (USA) LLC (Carib). Carib requests long-term, multi-contract authorization to export d...
Notice Aug 17, 2016

Applications:

Title Type Published
Millennium Pipeline Co., LLC
Notice Aug 17, 2016
Northern Natural Gas Co.
Notice Aug 17, 2016

Energy Conservation Program:

Title Type Published
This document proposes amending the test procedure for certain walk-in cooler and freezer components by improving the procedure's clarity, updating related certification and enforcement provisions to address the performance-based energy conservation...
Proposed Rule Aug 17, 2016
On July 25, 2016, the U.S. Department of Energy published a final rule amending test procedures for ceiling fans. 81 FR 48619. This correction addresses an amendatory term error in that final rule.
Rule Aug 17, 2016

Institution of Section 206 Proceeding and Refund Effective Date:

Title Type Published
Elwood Energy, LLC; Exelon Generation Company, LLC
Notice Aug 17, 2016

Meetings:

Title Type Published
On August 2, 2016, the Department of Energy (DOE) published a notice of open meeting announcing a meeting on August 18, 2016, of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Paducah. This notice announces the cancellation of this meetin...
Notice Aug 17, 2016

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve changes to the Kentucky State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted by the Commonwealth of Kentucky through its Energy and Environment Cabinet (EEC) on May 3, 2016. This SIP revision see...
Proposed Rule Aug 17, 2016
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving a revision to the Pennsylvania state implementation plan (SIP) submitted by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. This SIP revision pertains to Pennsylvania's regulation for fiberglass boat manufactu...
Rule Aug 17, 2016

Consent Decrees:

Title Type Published
Supplemental notice is hereby given for the Wyoming portions of a proposed consent decree to address a lawsuit filed by the Sierra Club ("Plaintiff") in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California: Sierra Club v. Gina McC...
Notice Aug 17, 2016

Plant-Incorporated Protectants:

Title Type Published
EPA issued a notice in the Federal Register of June 30, 2016, concerning the availability for public comment of a White Paper describing how the Agency is proposing to modify its current approach to plant-incorporated protectants in breeding line int...
Notice Aug 17, 2016

Proposed Consent Decrees:

Title Type Published
In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended ("CAA" or the "Act"), 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), notice is hereby given of a proposed consent decree to address a lawsuit filed by Concerned Citizens of Seneca County, Inc. and Dixie D. Lemmo...
Notice Aug 17, 2016

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Government Agencies and Employees:

Title Type Published
Environmental Protection Agency; Providing an Order of Succession (EO 13737)
Presidential Document Aug 17, 2016
Humanities, National Endowment for the; Providing an Order of Succession (Memorandum of August 12, 2016)
Presidential Document Aug 17, 2016
Personnel Management, Office of; Designation of Officers To Act as Director (Memorandum of August 12, 2016)
Presidential Document Aug 17, 2016
Treasury, Department of the; Providing an Order of Succession (EO 13735)
Presidential Document Aug 17, 2016
Veterans Affairs, Department of; Providing an Order of Succession (EO 13736)
Presidential Document Aug 17, 2016

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Agreements Filed:

Title Type Published
Transpacific Stabilization Agreement
Notice Aug 17, 2016

Complaints and Assignments:

Title Type Published
Mavl Capital, Inc., Iam and Al Group Inc., and Maxim Ostrovskiy v. Marine Transport Logistics, Inc. and Dimitry Alper
Notice Aug 17, 2016

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given of the final approval of a proposed information collection by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) under OMB delegated authority, as per 5 CFR 1320.16 (OMB Regulations on Controlling Paperwork Burdens on...
Notice Aug 17, 2016
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
Notice Aug 17, 2016

Changes in Bank Control:

Title Type Published
Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company
Notice Aug 17, 2016

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

Title Type Published
The General Services Administration's Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 per diem reimbursement rates review has resulted in lodging and meal allowance changes for certain locations within CONUS to provide for reimbursement of Federal employees' subsistence expen...
Notice Aug 17, 2016

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
The Indian Health Service published a document in the Federal Register on July 15, 2016, for the Fiscal Year 2016 National Indian Health Outreach and Education II Program. The notice contained an incorrect Announcement Number.
Notice Aug 17, 2016
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is issuing a final rule that amends and clarifies the criteria in our regulations for when the use of a substance in food for humans or animals is not subject to the premarket approval requirements of the...
Rule Aug 17, 2016
In 2011 and 2012, the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), promulgated regulations designed to govern the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program (Program), including the processes by which eligible responders and survivors may a...
Proposed Rule Aug 17, 2016

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

Title Type Published
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
Notice Aug 17, 2016
Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Study
Notice Aug 17, 2016
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Aug 17, 2016

Guidance for Industry:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry entitled "Regulatory Classification of Pharmaceutical Co-Crystals." This guidance provides applicants planning to submit new drug applica...
Notice Aug 17, 2016
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of a document entitled "Use of Nucleic Acid Tests to Reduce the Risk of Transmission of Hepatitis B Virus from Donors of Human Cells, Tissues, and Cellular and Tissue-Bas...
Notice Aug 17, 2016

Meetings:

Title Type Published
National Cancer Institute
Notice Aug 17, 2016
National Cancer Institute; Amendments
Notice Aug 17, 2016
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
Notice Aug 17, 2016
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Notice Aug 17, 2016
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Notice Aug 17, 2016
National Institute on Aging
Notice Aug 17, 2016
National Institute on Aging
Notice Aug 17, 2016
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announces a forthcoming public advisory committee of the Pediatric Advisory Committee. The general function of the committee is to provide advice and recommendations to the Agency on FDA's regulatory issues. The...
Notice Aug 17, 2016

Prospective Grant of Exclusive Patent License:

Title Type Published
This is notice, in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR part 404, that the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, is contemplating the grant of an exclusive patent license to Kite Pharma...
Notice Aug 17, 2016

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
This document proposes amendments to the U.S Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulations relating to the importation into the United States of certain vehicles and engines subject to federal antipollution emission standards under the Clean Air Ac...
Proposed Rule Aug 17, 2016

Drawbridge Operations:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard has issued a temporary deviation from the operating schedule that governs the Marine Parkway Bridge across the Rockaway Inlet, mile 3.0, at Queens, New York. This deviation is necessary to allow the bridge owner to replace mechanical...
Rule Aug 17, 2016

Special Local Regulations:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is establishing temporary special local regulations on the navigable waters of Lake Superior and Duluth Harbor, Minnesota for the Tall Ships Duluth 2016 Parade of Sail. This action is necessary to provide for the safety of life and pr...
Rule Aug 17, 2016

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

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

Title Type Published
HUD has submitted the proposed information collection requirement described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. The purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 day...
Notice Aug 17, 2016
HUD has submitted the proposed information collection requirement described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. The purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 day...
Notice Aug 17, 2016
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 Aug 17, 2016

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
On November 9, 2015, the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) published a notice of intent requesting comments and nominations for Tribal representatives for the Accountability Negotiated Rulemaking Committee (Committee). The comment period for that noti...
Proposed Rule Aug 17, 2016

Endangered and Threatened Species:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), determine threatened status under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended, for Lepidium papilliferum (slickspot peppergrass), a plant species from the State of Idaho. Lepidium papilliferum was...
Rule Aug 17, 2016

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Complaints:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has received a complaint entitled Certain Athletic Footwear, DN 3166; the Commission is soliciting comments on any public interest issues raised by the complaint or complainant's fil...
Notice Aug 17, 2016

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

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined to institute an advisory opinion proceeding in the above-captioned investigation.
Notice Aug 17, 2016

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Decisions and Orders:

Title Type Published
Lawrence E. Stewart, M.D.
Notice Aug 17, 2016

Manufacturers of Controlled Substances; Applications:

Title Type Published
Notice of application.
Notice Aug 17, 2016

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The National Commission on Forensic Science will hold meeting eleven at the time and location listed below.
Notice Aug 17, 2016

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
This rule proposes revisions to the Department of Labor's regulations under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), found in our regulations. The regulations are being revised to update and streamline the language of several procedural provisions, and...
Proposed Rule Aug 17, 2016

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

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP) sponsored information collection request (ICR) revision titled, "Death Gratuity," to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval for...
Notice Aug 17, 2016
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) sponsored information collection request (ICR) titled, "Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption for Certain Transactions Between Investment Companies and...
Notice Aug 17, 2016

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to Section 10 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (5 U.S.C. App. 2 Sec. 10), notice is hereby given to announce an open meeting of the Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship (ACA) on Tuesday, September 27, 2016 and Wednesday, Septembe...
Notice Aug 17, 2016

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Title Type Published
This notice is issued in accordance with 51 U.S.C. 20144(c). The Space Robotics Challenge is open and teams that wish to compete may now register. Centennial Challenges is a program of prize competitions to stimulate innovation in technologies of int...
Notice Aug 17, 2016
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is proposing to amend the NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) to remove NFS clause 1852.243-70, Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs) basic clause with its Alternate I & II and associated information collectio...
Proposed Rule Aug 17, 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 one meeting of the Arts Advisory Panel to the National Council on the Arts will be held by teleconference.
Notice Aug 17, 2016

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Guidance:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing final revisions to the following sections in Chapter 13, "Conduct of Operations," of NUREG-0800, "Standard Review Plan for the Review of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants: LWR Edi...
Notice Aug 17, 2016
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing Revision 3 to Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.140, "Design, Inspection, and Testing Criteria for Air Filtration and Adsorption Units of Normal Atmosphere Cleanup Systems in Light Water Cooled Nuclear Po...
Notice Aug 17, 2016

O
Overseas Private Investment Corporation

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Aug 17, 2016

R
Railroad Retirement Board

Title Type Published
In accordance with the requirement of Section 3506 (c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 which provides opportunity for public comment on new or revised data collections, the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) will publish periodic summaries...
Notice Aug 17, 2016

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Title Type Published
Bats BYX Exchange, Inc.
Notice Aug 17, 2016
Bats BZX Exchange, Inc.
Notice Aug 17, 2016
Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.
Notice Aug 17, 2016
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
Notice Aug 17, 2016
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
Notice Aug 17, 2016
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
Notice Aug 17, 2016
Investors Exchange LLC
Notice Aug 17, 2016
Investors Exchange LLC
Notice Aug 17, 2016
Miami International Securities Exchange LLC
Notice Aug 17, 2016
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice Aug 17, 2016
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice Aug 17, 2016
NYSE MKT LLC
Notice Aug 17, 2016
NYSE MKT LLC
Notice Aug 17, 2016
New York Stock Exchange LLC
Notice Aug 17, 2016

Trading Suspension Orders:

State Department logo State Department

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

Title Type Published
The Department of State has submitted the information collection described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 we are requesting comments on this collection from all...
Notice Aug 17, 2016

Amendment to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations:

Title Type Published
As part of the President's Export Control Reform (ECR) initiative, the Department of State is amending the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) to clarify rules pertaining to the export of items subject to the Export Administration Regula...
Rule Aug 17, 2016

S
Susquehanna River Basin Commission

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Susquehanna River Basin Commission published a document in the Federal Register of August 10, 2016 (81 FR 52946), concerning its regular business meeting on September 8, 2016, in Cooperstown, New York. The document was revised to update agenda it...
Notice Aug 17, 2016

T
Trade Representative, Office of United States

Hearings:

Title Type Published
The interagency Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) will convene a public hearing and seek public comment to assist the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) in the preparation of its annual report to Congress on Russia's implementa...
Notice Aug 17, 2016

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), this notice announces that FRA is forwarding the renewal of the information collection requirements (ICRs) abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICRs...
Notice Aug 17, 2016
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 Aug 17, 2016

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain The Boeing Company Model 787-8 airplanes. This proposed AD was prompted by a report indicating that the fire block in the video control station and closets, and fire blocking tape in...
Proposed Rule Aug 17, 2016

Amendment of Class C Airspace:

Title Type Published
This action proposes to modify Class C airspace at El Paso International Airport, El Paso, TX, by removing a cutout from the Class C airspace area that excludes the airspace within a 2-mile radius of West Texas Airport and the airspace beyond an 8-mi...
Proposed Rule Aug 17, 2016

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a meeting of NINETY-SIXTH MEETING Special Committee 159 Global Positioning System.
Notice Aug 17, 2016

Petitions for Waivers of Compliance:

Title Type Published
Norfolk Southern Corp.
Notice Aug 17, 2016

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

No documents available.

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Title Type Published
The Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552(e) (4)) requires that all agencies publish in the Federal Register a notice of the existence and character of their systems of records. Notice is hereby given that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is estab...
Notice Aug 17, 2016

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