October 25, 2016 (Volume 81)

Federal Register October 25, 2016

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

94 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on October 25, 2016

Agency for International Development logo Agency for International Development

Priorities, Requirements, Definitions, and Selection Criteria:

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The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended (FAA), authorizes the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to provide foreign assistance in the form of development and humanitarian assistance that reflect American ideals. To help emphasiz...
Rule Oct 25, 2016

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Oct 25, 2016

Increased Assessment Rates:

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This rule implements a recommendation from the Texas Valley Citrus Committee (Committee) for an increase of 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 of oran...
Rule Oct 25, 2016

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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

Title Type Published
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 Oct 25, 2016
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 Oct 25, 2016

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:

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The Department of Commerce ("the Department") has conducted a new shipper review ("NSR") of Jinxiang Huameng Imp & Exp Co., Ltd. ("Huameng") regarding the antidumping duty order on fresh garlic from the People's Republic of China ("the PRC"). Based o...
Notice Oct 25, 2016

Applications:

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office or USPTO) is soliciting public feedback as part of an effort to reevaluate its examination time goals. Examination time goals vary by technology and represent the average amount of time that a pat...
Notice Oct 25, 2016

Meetings:

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The National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) Program Office will hold an organizational meeting on October 27, 2016, to reconstitute the Executive Council.
Notice Oct 25, 2016

Permits:

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Notice is hereby given that Heather E. Liwanag, Ph.D. (California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407- 0401) has withdrawn an application for a permit to conduct research on Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) near McMurdo Sta...
Notice Oct 25, 2016
Notice is hereby given that James Harvey, Ph.D., Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, 8272 Moss Landing Road, Moss Landing, California 95039, has applied in due form for a permit to conduct research on blue (Balaenoptera musculus), fin (B. physalus), hu...
Notice Oct 25, 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 revision of an existing information collection.
Notice Oct 25, 2016
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is proposing a new information collection.
Notice Oct 25, 2016

Energy Department logo Energy Department

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This notice provides the Performance Review Board Standing Register for the Department of Energy. This listing supersedes all previously published lists of PRB members.
Notice Oct 25, 2016
This notice provides the Performance Review Board Chair designee for the Department of Energy. This listing supersedes all previously published lists of Performance Review Board Chair.
Notice Oct 25, 2016

Requests for Information:

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The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's Technology-to-Market (T2M) team is issuing a Request for Information (RFI) on Supporting Clean Energy Startups-- Industry and Investment Partnerships for Scaling Innov...
Notice Oct 25, 2016

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Consent Decrees:

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In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended ("CAA"), notice is hereby given of a proposed consent decree to address a lawsuit filed by Air Alliance Houston, Community In-Power and Development Association, Inc., Louisiana Bucket...
Notice Oct 25, 2016

Funding Availability:

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will accept requests, from November 1, 2016 through December 31, 2016, for grants to establish and enhance State and Tribal Response Programs. This notice provides guidance on eligibility for funding, use of...
Notice Oct 25, 2016

Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Fuel Efficiency Standards:

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EPA and NHTSA, on behalf of the Department of Transportation, are establishing rules for a comprehensive Phase 2 Heavy-Duty (HD) National Program that will reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and fuel consumption from new on-road medium- and heavy-...
Rule Oct 25, 2016

Peer Review Materials to Inform the Safe Drinking Water Act Decision Making:

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is extending the comment period for the notice, "Request for Public Comments To Be Sent to EPA on Peer Review Materials To Inform the Safe Drinking Water Act Decision Making on Perchlorate." In response to st...
Notice Oct 25, 2016

Pesticide Tolerances:

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This regulation establishes a tolerance for residues of spirotetramat in or on asparagus. Bayer CropScience LP requested this tolerance under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).
Rule Oct 25, 2016

State Hazardous Waste Management Programs:

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The Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended, commonly referred to as the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), allows the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to authorize States to operate their hazardous waste management programs in lieu of...
Rule Oct 25, 2016
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposes to codify in the regulations entitled "Approved State Hazardous Waste Management Programs", Oklahoma's authorized hazardous waste program. The EPA will incorporate by reference into the Code of Feder...
Proposed Rule Oct 25, 2016

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Title Type Published
Congo, Democratic Republic of the; Continuation of National Emergency (Notice of October 21, 2016)
Presidential Document Oct 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 Oct 25, 2016
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 the Commission) invites the general public and other Feder...
Notice Oct 25, 2016
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 the Commission) invites the general public and other Feder...
Notice Oct 25, 2016
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) proposes to adopt rules that prohibit certain practices some multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs) use in their negotiations for carriage of video programming that may...
Proposed Rule Oct 25, 2016

Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission logo Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission

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

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Oct 25, 2016
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Oct 25, 2016
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing an opportunity for the public to comment on CMS' intention to collect information from the public. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA), federal agencies are required to...
Notice Oct 25, 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 Oct 25, 2016

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

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) 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 Oct 25, 2016

Meetings:

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Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel; Initial review
Notice Oct 25, 2016
Mine Safety and Health Research Advisory Committee, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Notice Oct 25, 2016
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the following public workshop entitled "The Role of Hospitals in Modernizing Evidence Generation for Device Evaluation: Harnessing the Digital Revolution for Surveillance." Hospitals play a critica...
Notice Oct 25, 2016
Subcommittee for Dose Reconstruction Reviews, Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Notice Oct 25, 2016

Interior Department logo Interior Department

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

Title Type Published
We (National Park Service, NPS) have sent an Information Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for review and approval. We summarize the ICR below and describe the nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost. We may not conduct or sponsor an...
Notice Oct 25, 2016

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:

Title Type Published
The Commission hereby gives notice of the scheduling of expedited reviews pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 ("the Act") to determine whether revocation of the antidumping duty orders on heavy forged hand tools from China would be likely to lead to c...
Notice Oct 25, 2016
The Commission hereby gives notice of the scheduling of expedited reviews pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 ("the Act") to determine whether revocation of the countervailing duty order on stainless steel plate from South Africa and the antidumping d...
Notice Oct 25, 2016

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

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Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on September 19, 2016, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Andrea Electronics Corp. of Bohemia, New York....
Notice Oct 25, 2016
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined not to review the presiding administrative law judge's ("ALJ") initial determination ("ID") (Order No. 34), granting a motion of complainant United States Steel Corpor...
Notice Oct 25, 2016
Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on May 26, 2016, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Silicon Genesis Corporation of Santa Clara, Californ...
Notice Oct 25, 2016

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Manufacturers of Controlled Substances; Applications:

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This final order establishes the final adjusted 2016 aggregate production quotas for controlled substances in schedules I and II of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) and the assessment of annual needs for the list I chemicals ephedrine, pseudoephed...
Notice Oct 25, 2016

Labor Department logo Labor Department

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

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) sponsored information collection request (ICR) titled, "Program to Prevent Smoking in Hazardous Areas of Underground Coal Mines," to the Office of Management...
Notice Oct 25, 2016

National Credit Union Administration logo National Credit Union Administration

Title Type Published
The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) will be submitting the following information collection requests to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law...
Notice Oct 25, 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, notice is hereby given that the National Council on the Humanities will meet to advise the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) with respect to policies, programs and procedures f...
Notice Oct 25, 2016

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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

Facility Operating and Combined Licenses:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to Section 189a.(2) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is publishing this regular biweekly notice. The Act requires the Commission to publish notice of any amendments issued,...
Notice Oct 25, 2016

Guidance:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is withdrawing selected generic communications because their guidance no longer provides useful information, their guidance is superseded by updated guidance, or the information can be more effectively mad...
Notice Oct 25, 2016

List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its spent fuel storage regulations by revising the Holtec International HI- STORM Underground Maximum Capacity (UMAX) Canister Storage System listing within the "List of approved spent fuel sto...
Rule Oct 25, 2016
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to amend its spent fuel storage regulations by revising the Holtec International HI-STORM Underground Maximum Capacity (UMAX) Canister Storage System listing within the "List of approved spent...
Proposed Rule Oct 25, 2016

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards Subcommittee on Digital Instrumentation and Control Systems
Notice Oct 25, 2016
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards Subcommittee on Planning and Procedures
Notice Oct 25, 2016

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Oct 25, 2016
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Oct 25, 2016
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Oct 25, 2016
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Oct 25, 2016
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Oct 25, 2016
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Oct 25, 2016

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Disaster Declarations:

Title Type Published
This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Florida (FEMA-4283-DR), dated 10/17/2016. Incident: Hurricane Matthew. Incident Period: 10/03/2016 and continuing. Effective Date: 10/17/2016. Physical Loan Applica...
Notice Oct 25, 2016
This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Georgia (FEMA-4284-DR), dated 10/17/2016. Incident: Hurricane Matthew. Incident Period: 10/04/2016 through 10/15/2016. Dates: Effective Date: 10/17/2016. Physical L...
Notice Oct 25, 2016
This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of North Carolina (FEMA-4285-DR), dated 10/10/2016. Incident: Hurricane Matthew. Incident Period: 10/04/2016 and continuing. Effective Date: 10/17/2016. Physical L...
Notice Oct 25, 2016
This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of NORTH CAROLINA (FEMA-4285-DR), dated 10/10/2016. Incident: Hurricane Matthew. Incident Period: 10/04/2016 and continuing. Effective Date: 10/17/2016. Physical L...
Notice Oct 25, 2016
This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of South Carolina (FEMA-4286-DR), dated 10/14/ 2016. Incident: Hurricane Matthew. Incident Period: 10/04/2016 and continuing. Effective Date: 10/14/2016. Physical Loan...
Notice Oct 25, 2016
This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of SOUTH CAROLINA (FEMA-4286-DR), dated 10/14/2016. Incident: Hurricane Matthew. Incident Period: 10/04/2016 and continuing. Effective Date: 10/17/2016. Physical L...
Notice Oct 25, 2016

State Department logo State Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Shipping Coordinating Committee
Notice Oct 25, 2016

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Discontinuance of Service Exemptions:

Title Type Published
CSX Transportation, Inc., Clay, Marion, and Clinton Counties, IL
Notice Oct 25, 2016

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
In accordance with the procedures governing the application for, and the processing of, special permits from the Department of Transportation's Hazardous Material Regulations (49 CFR part 107, subpart B), notice is hereby given that the Office of Haz...
Notice Oct 25, 2016
In accordance with the procedures governing the application for, and the processing of, special permits from the Department of Transportation's Hazardous Material Regulations (49 CFR part 107, subpart B), notice is hereby given that the Office of Haz...
Notice Oct 25, 2016
In accordance with the procedures governing the application for, and the processing of, special permits from the Department of Transportation's Hazardous Material Regulations (49 CFR part 107, subpart B), notice is hereby given that the Office of Haz...
Notice Oct 25, 2016
In accordance with the procedures governing the application for, and the processing of, special permits from the Department of Transportation's Hazardous Material Regulations (49 CFR part 107, subpart B), notice is hereby given that the Office of Haz...
Notice Oct 25, 2016

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Airbus Model A330-200, A330-300, A340-200, and A340-300 series airplanes. This proposed AD was prompted by a report of cracking at fastener holes located at a certain frame on the low...
Proposed Rule Oct 25, 2016
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Diamond Aircraft Industries GmbH Model DA 42 airplanes. This proposed AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) originated by an aviation authority of anot...
Proposed Rule Oct 25, 2016

Class D and E Airspace; Amendments:

Title Type Published
This action corrects a final rule published in the Federal Register of September 23, 2016, amending Class D and E airspace. Class E airspace designated as an extension at Cape Cod Coast Guard Air Station, (formerly Otis ANGB), Falmouth, MA is correct...
Rule Oct 25, 2016
This action corrects a final rule published in the Federal Register of September 23, 2016, amending Class E Airspace designated as an extension, and Class E airspace areas extending upward from 700 feet or more above the surface at Hagerstown Regiona...
Rule Oct 25, 2016

Class E Airspace; Amendments:

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This action modifies Class E surface area airspace and Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface at Frank Wiley Field Airport, Miles City, MT, due to airspace redesign for the safety and management of Instrument Flight Rules (...
Rule Oct 25, 2016

Class E Airspace; Establishments:

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This action proposes to establish Class E en route domestic airspace at Drummond Island Airport, Drummond Island, MI, to facilitate vectoring of Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) aircraft under control of Minneapolis Air Route Traffic Control Center (ART...
Proposed Rule Oct 25, 2016

Hours of Service of Drivers; Exemption Applications:

Title Type Published
FMCSA announces that it has received an application from the American Concrete Pumping Association (ACPA) for an exemption from the 30-minute rest break provision of the Agency's hours-of-service (HOS) regulations for commercial motor vehicle (CMV) d...
Notice Oct 25, 2016

Limitation on Claims for Judicial Review:

Title Type Published
The FHWA, on behalf of Caltrans, is issuing this notice to announce actions taken by Caltrans, that are final within the meaning of 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). The actions relate to a proposed highway project, located at the Galleria Boulevard/Stanford Ranc...
Notice Oct 25, 2016

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is announcing a meeting that will be held in Washington, DC on November 3, 2016 to discuss older driver traffic safety program priorities and current research efforts. The Traffic Safety for...
Notice Oct 25, 2016

Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications:

Title Type Published
FMCSA announces its denial of 74 applications from individuals who requested an exemption from the Federal diabetes standard applicable to interstate truck and bus drivers and the reasons for the denials. FMCSA has statutory authority to exempt indiv...
Notice Oct 25, 2016

Release of Airport Properties:

Title Type Published
This notice requests the current holder(s) (or their heirs) of STC SA893CE come forward and identify themselves; otherwise, the FAA will declare the STC as abandoned. This notice is issued in accordance with Sec. 302 of the FAA Modernization and Refo...
Notice Oct 25, 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 Oct 25, 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 Oct 25, 2016
The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of 4 individuals and 1 entity whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001, "Blocking Pro...
Notice Oct 25, 2016
This notice announces the appointment of the members of the Fiscal Service Performance Review Board (PRB) for the Bureau of the Fiscal Service (Fiscal Service). The PRB reviews the performance appraisals of career senior executives who are below the...
Notice Oct 25, 2016

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

Title Type Published
The OCC, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on the renewal of an information collection as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA)...
Notice Oct 25, 2016

Meetings:

Title Type Published
An open meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel for the Internal Revenue Service Environmental Scan for strategic planning. The Internal Revenue Service is seeking the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel's input for this project.
Notice Oct 25, 2016

Special Enrollment Examination User Fees:

Title Type Published
This document withdraws a proposed regulation relating to the user fee for the special enrollment examination to become an enrolled agent. This document also proposes a new regulation to increase the user fee for the examination to recover the cost t...
Proposed Rule Oct 25, 2016

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