Federal Register December 16, 2016
View all documents issued on December 16, 2016. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.
156 documents were published on this date.
Agencies Publishing on December 16, 2016
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Commerce Department
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Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
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Commodity Futures Trading Commission
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Defense Department
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Education Department
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Energy Department
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Environmental Protection Agency
(8)
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Federal Communications Commission
(1)
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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Federal Reserve System
(3)
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General Services Administration
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Health and Human Services Department
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Homeland Security Department
(4)
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Housing and Urban Development Department
(3)
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Interior Department
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International Trade Commission
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Labor Department
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Legal Services Corporation
(1)
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
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Personnel Management Office
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PPostal Regulatory Commission (1)
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Postal Service
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Securities and Exchange Commission
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Small Business Administration
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Social Security Administration
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Surface Transportation Board
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Transportation Department
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Treasury Department
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Veterans Affairs Department
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Commerce Department
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AGRU America Charleston, LLC, Foreign-Trade Zone 21, North Charleston, SC
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) publishes this final rule to amend the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to implement the recommendations presented at the February 2016 Australia Group (AG) Intersessional Implementation Meeting, and l...
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Rule | Dec 16, 2016 |
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:
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The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, a...
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:
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The Department of Commerce ("Department") is extending the time limits for the final determination of the investigation of certain biaxial integral geogrid products ("geogrids") from the People's Republic of China ("PRC"). The period of investigation...
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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Certain Hardwood Plywood Products from the People's Republic of China
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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Certain Hardwood Plywood Products from the People's Republic of China; Initiation of Less Than Fair Value Investigation
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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On August 12, 2016, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published the preliminary results of the antidumping duty administrative review of certain pasta (pasta) from Italy. The period of review (POR) is July 1, 2014, through June 30, 2015. As...
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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On June 17, 2016, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on diffusion-annealed, nickel-plated flat rolled steel products from Japan.\1\ The review cover...
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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The Department of Commerce ("the Department") has received requests to conduct administrative reviews of various antidumping and countervailing duty orders and findings with October anniversary dates. In accordance with the Department's regulations,...
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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On August 12, 2016, the Department of Commerce ("Department") published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on lightweight thermal paper ("LWTP") from the People's Republic of China ("PRC"). The period o...
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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The Department of Commerce (the Department) is initiating a changed circumstances review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel bar (SSB) from India to determine whether to reinstate the order with respect to Viraj Prof[igrave]les Ltd. (Vir...
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:
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In accordance with the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA) and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Deepwater Horizon Federal and State natural resource trustee agencies for the Alabama Trustee Implementation Group (Alabama TIG) have prepare...
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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Notice is hereby given that the Stewardship Division, Office for Coastal Management, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), U.S. Department of Commerce approves the Management Plan for the He`eia National Estu...
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic:
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NMFS proposes to implement management measures described in Amendment 37 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region (FMP), as prepared and submitted by the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (So...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 16, 2016 |
Sea Turtle Conservation:
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We are proposing to withdraw the alternative tow time restriction and require all skimmer trawls, pusher-head trawls, and wing nets (butterfly trawls) rigged for fishing--with the exception of vessels participating in the Biscayne Bay wing net fisher...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 16, 2016 |
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
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The Committee is proposing to add products and a service to the Procurement List that will be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and to delete products and a service previously furnished...
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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This action adds a service to the Procurement List that will be furnished by the nonprofit agency employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and deletes products and services from the Procurement List previously furnished by s...
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("Commission" or "CFTC") is issuing a final rule to amend part 150 of the Commission's regulations with respect to the policy for aggregation under the Commission's position limits regime for futures and optio...
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Rule | Dec 16, 2016 |
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("Commission" or "CFTC") is proposing to adopt new regulations and to amend existing regulations to implement sections 4s(e) and (f) of the Commodity Exchange Act ("CEA"), as added by section 731 of the Wall S...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 16, 2016 |
Defense Department
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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.
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, and as part of a Federal Government-wide effort to streamline the process to seek feedback from the public on service delivery, the Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction at the Ins...
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated July 21, 1996.
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated July 21, 1996.
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has developed draft internal agency implementation guidance for the Executive Order on Floodplain Management to incorporate the new requirements of the Executive Order on Establishing a Federal Flood Risk Mana...
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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The Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) proposes to update and clarify its policies governing the use of its reservoir projects for domestic, municipal and industrial water supply pursuant to Section 6 of the Flood Control Ac...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 16, 2016 |
Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:
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The Kansas City and Omaha Districts of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), in cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), have developed the Missouri River Recovery Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (MRRMP-EIS)...
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District (USACE), has released the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the update of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) Water Control Master Manual (Master Manua...
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
Federal Acquisition Regulation:
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A final rule was published in the Federal Register on August 25, 2016 amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement the Executive Order (E.O.) on Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces. The E.O. was designed to promote contracting efficiency b...
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Rule | Dec 16, 2016 |
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This document is issued under the joint authority of DOD, GSA, and NASA. This Small Entity Compliance Guide has been prepared in accordance with section 212 of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996. It consists of a summary o...
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Rule | Dec 16, 2016 |
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This document summarizes the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) rules agreed to by the Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) in this Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-93. A companion do...
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Rule | Dec 16, 2016 |
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DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing an interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement the Executive Order, Establishing Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors, and a final rule issued by the Department of Labor.
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Rule | Dec 16, 2016 |
Meetings:
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The Department of Defense is publishing this notice to announce a Federal Advisory Committee meeting of the Department of Defense Military Family Readiness Council (MFRC). This meeting will be open to the public.
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
Education Department
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:
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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is proposing an extension of an existing information collection.
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is proposing an extension of an existing information collection.
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
Meetings:
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This notice sets forth the agenda for a teleconference meeting of the National Assessment Governing Board (hereafter referred to as Governing Board) to take action on the Governing Board's response to recommendations made by the National Academy of S...
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
Energy Department
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In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) is soliciting public comment on the requirements and burden \1\ of the information coll...
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
Applications:
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Appalachian Power Co.
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
Energy Conservation Programs:
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On August 22, 2016, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking to amend the test procedure for conventional cooking products. That proposed rulemaking serves as the basis for this final rule. Specifically,...
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Rule | Dec 16, 2016 |
Energy Efficiency Program for Commercial and Industrial Equipment:
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On November 1, 2016, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) published in the Federal Register a notice of data availability (NODA) pertaining to the provisional analysis of energy conservation standards for commercial and industrial fans and blowers. Th...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 16, 2016 |
Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:
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Hawks Nest Hydro, LLC
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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Northern Natural Gas Co., Cedar Station Upgrade Project
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
Petitions for Declaratory Orders:
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Ad Hoc Renewable Energy Financing Group
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
Schedules for Environmental Review:
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Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC; Notice of Schedule For Environmental Review of the WB XPress Project
Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC, WB XPress Project
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
Environmental Protection Agency
Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations:
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing determinations of attainment by the attainment date and determinations of failure to attain by the attainment date for eleven areas currently classified as "Moderate" for the 2006 24-hour fine pa...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 16, 2016 |
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is finding that the Cincinnati, Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana area is attaining the 2008 ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS or standard) and is redesignating the Ohio portion of the Cincinnati area to...
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Rule | Dec 16, 2016 |
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Tennessee, through the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC), on January 11, 2016. The revision was subm...
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Rule | Dec 16, 2016 |
Certain New Chemicals:
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EPA is required under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to publish in the Federal Register a notice of receipt of a premanufacture notice (PMN); an application for a test marketing exemption (TME), both pending and/or expired; and a periodic st...
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
Consent Decrees:
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In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended ("CAA" or the "Act"), notice is hereby given of a proposed consent decree to address a lawsuit filed by the States of New York, State of Connecticut, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Verm...
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:
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Weekly Receipts
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
Permits:
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This notice announces EPA's receipt of an application 56228- EUP-UG from the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, requesting an experimental use permit (EUP) for chlorophacinone. EPA has determined that...
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
Regulation of Certain Uses under Toxic Substances Control Act:
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Trichloroethylene (TCE) is a volatile organic compound widely used in industrial and commercial processes and has some limited uses in consumer and commercial products. EPA identified significant health risks associated with TCE use in aerosol degrea...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 16, 2016 |
Federal Communications Commission
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As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) invites the general public and other Federal a...
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
No documents available.
Federal Reserve System
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The Board is extending the deadline to complete Schedule G of the Banking Organization Systemic Risk Report (FR Y-15) for certain firms.
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
Capital Rules:
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The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) is adopting a final rule to make several revisions to its rule regarding risk-based capital surcharges for U.S.-based global systemically important bank holding companies (GSIB surcharge ru...
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Rule | Dec 16, 2016 |
General Services Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation:
No documents available.
Health and Human Services Department
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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...
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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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 (PRA), federal agencies are required to publ...
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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Extension of Effective Date of NIH Policy on the Use of a Single Institutional Review Board for Multi-Site Research
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is proposing a regulation to identify an initial list of bulk drug substances that can be used to compound drug products in accordance with certain compounding provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 16, 2016 |
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the Agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA), Federal Agencies are required to pu...
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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Tribal Child Support Enforcement Program Annual Data Report
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
Guidance:
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, we, or Agency) is announcing the availability of a guidance for industry entitled "Gifts to FDA: Evaluation and Acceptance." The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has the authority t...
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of guidance for industry (GFI) #224 entitled "Bioequivalence: Blood Level Bioequivalence Study" (VICH GL52). This guidance has been developed for veterinary use by the In...
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
Medicare Program:
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The purpose of this notice is to announce issuance of the November 23, 2016 single-source cooperative agreement funding opportunity available solely to Vermont's Agency of Human Services in order to provide care coordination and bolster collaboration...
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
Meetings:
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National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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National Institute on Drug Abuse
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
Homeland Security Department
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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is proposing to require security training for employees of higher-risk freight railroad carriers, public transportation agencies (including rail mass transit and bus systems), passenger railroad carrie...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 16, 2016 |
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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is issuing this ANPRM to request public comments on several topics relevant to the development of surface transportation vulnerability assessment and security plan regulations mandated by the Implement...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 16, 2016 |
Commercial Gaugers and Laboratories; Accreditations and Approvals:
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Notice is hereby given, pursuant to CBP regulations, that Intertek USA, Inc. has been approved to gauge petroleum and certain petroleum products and accredited to test petroleum and certain petroleum products for customs purposes for the next three y...
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
Drawbridge Operations:
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The Coast Guard proposes to add permanent winter hours to the operating schedule of the Grosse Ile Toll Bridge (Bridge Road) at mile 8.8, over Trenton Channel at Grosse Ile, MI. A review of the current regulation was requested by the Grosse Ile Bridg...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 16, 2016 |
Housing and Urban Development Department
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This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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HUD's Consolidated Plan is a planning mechanism designed to help States and local governments to assess their affordable housing and community development needs and to make data-driven, place-based investment decisions. The Consolidated Planning proc...
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Rule | Dec 16, 2016 |
Manufactured Housing Program:
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This proposed rule would revise the minimum payments to states approved as State Administrative Agencies (SAAs) under the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 in order to provide for a more equitable guarantee o...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 16, 2016 |
Interior Department
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The National Park Service hereby gives public notice that it proposes to extend the expiring concession contract listed below for 1 year or until the effective date of a new contract, whichever occurs sooner.
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
Atlantic Wind Lease Sales:
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On Monday, October 31, 2016, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) published the Atlantic Wind Lease Sale 6 (ATLW-6) for Commercial Leasing for Wind Power on the Outer Continental Shelf Offshore New York--Final Sale Notice (FSN) in the Federal...
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
Eagle Permits:
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We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service or USFWS), are revising the regulations for eagle nonpurposeful take permits and eagle nest take permits. Revisions include changes to permit issuance criteria and duration, definitions, compensatory mi...
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Rule | Dec 16, 2016 |
Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:
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The National Park Service (NPS) announces the availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to address the presence of wolves at Isle Royale National Park.
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the availability for review of our final comprehensive conservation plan (CCP) and environmental impact statement (EIS) for Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge (Conte NFWR). The...
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
Inventory Completions:
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Notice of Inventory Completion: Office of the State Archaeologist, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
The University of Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program has completed an inventory of human remains, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is a cultu...
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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The Seminole Tribe of Florida has completed an inventory of human remains, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and pres...
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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The St. Joseph Museums, Inc. has completed an inventory of human remains, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and prese...
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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The Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum, University of Washington (Burke Museum) has corrected an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, published in a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register on January 1...
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
Public Land Orders:
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The United States Forest Service (USFS) has filed an application with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) requesting that the Secretary of the Interior extend the duration of Public Land Order (PLO) No. 1144, as modified by PLO No. 7325, for an addit...
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
Records of Decision:
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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability of the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Energy Gateway South Transmission Project (Project) and approved land use plan amendments of the Rawlins, Little Snake, Pony Express, Price, and Ve...
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability of the Record of Decision (ROD) approving the TransWest Express 600-kilovolt (kV) Direct Current Transmission Project (Project) right-of-way in Wyoming, Colora...
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
Repatriation of Cultural Items:
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The Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical Society, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, has determined that the cultural items listed in this notice meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects. Li...
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
International Trade Commission
Investigations; Determinations, Modifications, and Rulings, etc.:
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The Commission hereby gives notice that it will proceed with full reviews pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 to determine whether revocation of the antidumping duty orders on carbon and alloy seamless standard, line, and pressure pipe from Japan and...
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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Notice is hereby given that the presiding administrative law judge ("ALJ") has issued a recommended determination on remedy and bonding in the above-captioned investigation. The Commission is soliciting submissions from the public on any public inter...
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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Certain Iron Mechanical Transfer Drive Components from Canada and China
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from Oman, Pakistan, the United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
Labor Department
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:
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The Department of Labor (DOL), ETA is soliciting comments concerning a proposed extension for the authority to conduct the information collection request (ICR) titled, "Joint Quarterly Narrative Progress Report Template." This comment request is part...
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
Expansion of Recognition; Applications:
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In this notice, OSHA announces its final decision to expand the scope of recognition for Intertek Testing Services NA, Inc. as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL).
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
Meetings:
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Pursuant to Section 10 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), notice is hereby given to announce an open meeting of the Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship (ACA) on Wednesday, January 18, 2017. All meetings of the ACA are open to the public.
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
Recognition; Applications:
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In this notice, OSHA announces the application of Bay Area Compliance Laboratories Corp. for recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) and presents the Agency's preliminary finding to grant this recognition.
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
Legal Services Corporation
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The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) is revising its regulation on procedures for disclosure of information under the Freedom of Information Act to implement the statutorily required amendments in the FOIA Improvement Act of 2016. LSC is also making...
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Rule | Dec 16, 2016 |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 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 inf...
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement:
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NASA is issuing a final rule amending the NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (NFS) to add a monthly reporting requirement for contractors having custody of $10 million or more in NASA-owned Property, Plant and Equipment (PP&E).
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Rule | Dec 16, 2016 |
Federal Acquisition Regulation:
No documents available.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
Guidance:
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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is revising its licensing guidance for possession licenses for the production of radioactive material using an accelerator. The NRC is requesting public comment on draft NUREG-1556, Volume 21, Revision 1,...
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-Employer Plans:
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This final rule amends the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's regulation on Benefits Payable in Terminated Single- Employer Plans to prescribe interest assumptions under the regulation for valuation dates in January 2017. The interest assumptions...
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Rule | Dec 16, 2016 |
Personnel Management Office
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The Retirement Services, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) offers the general public and other Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a revision of a currently approved information collection request (ICR) OMB No. 3206-0144, More Informati...
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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Postal Regulatory Commission
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The Commission is noticing recent Postal Service filings for the Commission's consideration concerning negotiated service agreements. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
Postal Service
Product Changes:
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The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
Securities and Exchange Commission
Applications:
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Notice of an application for an order under section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Act") for an exemption from sections 2(a)(32), 5(a)(1), 22(d), and 22(e) of the Act and rule 22c-1 under the Act, under sections 6(c) and 17(b) of the Act for an exemption from sections 17(a)(1) and 17(a)(2) of the Act, and under section 12(d)(1)(J) for an exemption from sections 12(d)(1)(A) and 12(d)(1)(B) of the Act. The requested order would permit (a) index- based series of certain open-end management investment companies to issue shares ("Shares") redeemable in large aggregations only ("Creation Units"); (b) secondary market transactions in Shares to occur at negotiated market prices rather than at net asset value ("NAV"); (c) certain Funds to pay redemption proceeds, under certain circumstances, more than seven days after the tender of Shares for redemption; (d) certain affiliated persons of a fund to deposit securities into, and receive securities from, the fund in connection with the purchase and redemption of Creation Units; and (e) certain registered management investment companies and unit investment trusts outside of the same group of investment companies as the funds ("Funds of Funds") to acquire Shares of the Funds.
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:
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BOX Options Exchange LLC
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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Bats EDGX Exchange, Inc.
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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Depository Trust Co.; Fixed Income Clearing Corp.; National Securities Clearing Corp.
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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International Securities Exchange, LLC
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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Investors Exchange LLC
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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NYSE Arca, Inc.
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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NYSE MKT LLC
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
Small Business Administration
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The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) proposes to increase the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) licensing and examination fees. The Small Business Investment Act of 1958, as amended, allows SBA to collect licensing and examination fees...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 16, 2016 |
Social Security Administration
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We are revising our rules so that more of our procedures at the hearing and Appeals Council levels of our administrative review process are consistent nationwide. We anticipate that these nationally consistent procedures will enable us to administer...
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Rule | Dec 16, 2016 |
Surface Transportation Board
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Revisions to Arbitration Procedures
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
Discontinuance of Service Exemptions:
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CSX Transportation, Inc. in Perry County, KY
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
Transportation Department
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Application for Approval of Discontinuance or Modification of a Railroad Signal System
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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This amendment adopts miscellaneous amendments to the required IFR (instrument flight rules) altitudes and changeover points for certain Federal airways, jet routes, or direct routes for which a minimum or maximum en route authorized IFR altitude is...
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Rule | Dec 16, 2016 |
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This rule allows air carriers to seek a deviation from the flight simulation training device (FSTD) requirements for related aircraft proficiency checks. As a result, this rule will eliminate an inconsistency that currently permits carriers that have...
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Rule | Dec 16, 2016 |
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:
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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. We are required to publish this notice in the Federal Register by the...
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
Airport Property Releases:
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes to rule and invites public comment on the application for a land release of approximately 0.58 acres of airport property and associated 15-foot- wide access easement owned by Reno Stead Airport, Reno...
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
Airworthiness Directives:
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We are superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2014-13-12 for all Airbus Model A318, A319, A320, and A321 series airplanes. AD 2014- 13-12 required identifying the part number and serial number of each passenger oxygen container, replacing the oxyge...
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Rule | Dec 16, 2016 |
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We are revising an earlier proposal to supersede Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2011-17-09 for all Airbus Model A330-200, -200 Freighter, and -300 series airplanes; and AD 2012-25-12 for all Airbus Model A330-200 and -300 series airplanes. The notice o...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 16, 2016 |
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We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Airbus Model A319, A320, and A321 series airplanes. This AD requires repetitive general visual inspections for broken battery retaining rods and replacement if necessary. We are issuing t...
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Rule | Dec 16, 2016 |
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We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Airbus Model A321 series airplanes. This proposed AD was prompted by a determination from fatigue testing on the Model A321 airframe that cracks could develop in the cabin floor beam junc...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 16, 2016 |
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We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Airbus Model A319-115 and -132 airplanes, and Model A320-214, -232, and -233 airplanes. This AD requires revising the airplane flight manual (AFM) to include information that introduces a...
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Rule | Dec 16, 2016 |
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We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Bombardier, Inc. Model DHC-8-400 series airplanes. This proposed AD was prompted by reports of interruptions in the airstair door operation. This proposed AD would require repetitive...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 16, 2016 |
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We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Bombardier, Inc. Model BD-700-1A10 and BD-700-1A11 airplanes. This AD requires an inspection for discrepancies of the attachment points of the links between the engine rear mount assembli...
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Rule | Dec 16, 2016 |
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We propose to supersede Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2012-22- 15 for all Fokker Services B.V. Model F28 Mark 0070 and Mark 0100 airplanes. AD 2012-22-15 currently requires revising the maintenance program to incorporate the limitations, tasks, thresh...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 16, 2016 |
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We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain International Aero Engines AG (IAE) V2522-A5, V2524-A5, V2527-A5, V2527E-A5, V2527M-A5, V2530-A5, V2533-A5, V2525-D5, V2528-D5, and V2531-E5 turbofan engines. This AD was prompted by nine...
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Rule | Dec 16, 2016 |
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We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Rolls-Royce plc (RR) RB211-Trent 875-17, RB211-Trent 877-17, RB211- Trent 884-17, RB211-Trent 884B-17, RB211-Trent 892-17, RB211-Trent 892B-17, and RB211-Trent 895-17 turbofan engines. Th...
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Rule | Dec 16, 2016 |
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We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain The Boeing Company Model 787-8 airplanes. This AD was prompted by reports of the accumulation of very fine particle deposits in the power control unit (PCU) electro-hydraulic servo valves...
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Rule | Dec 16, 2016 |
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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 during an airplane inspection in production, the variable frequency starter generat...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 16, 2016 |
Class D Airspace; Amendments:
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This action amends the ceiling of the Class D Airspace area at St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport, St. Petersburg, FL. This would allow the Tampa International Airport Air Traffic Control Tower (ATCT) to carry out Letter of Agreement pro...
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Rule | Dec 16, 2016 |
Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications:
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FMCSA announces its decision to renew the exemptions of 125 individuals from its rule prohibiting persons with insulin-treated diabetes mellitus (ITDM) from operating commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) in interstate commerce. FMCSA has statutory author...
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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FMCSA announces its decision to deny applications from 11 individuals seeking exemptions from the Federal cardiovascular standard applicable to interstate truck and bus drivers and discusses the reasons for the denials. The Agency reviewed the medica...
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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FMCSA announces its decision to renew the exemptions from the vision requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations for 131 individuals. FMCSA has statutory authority to exempt individuals from the vision requirement if the exemptions gr...
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
Requests for Administrative Waivers of the Coastwise Trade Laws:
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The Secretary of Transportation, as represented by the Maritime Administration (MARAD), is authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.-build requirement of the coastwise laws under certain circumstances. A request for such a waiver has been received by M...
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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The Secretary of Transportation, as represented by the Maritime Administration (MARAD), is authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.-build requirement of the coastwise laws under certain circumstances. A request for such a waiver has been received by M...
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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The Secretary of Transportation, as represented by the Maritime Administration (MARAD), is authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.-build requirement of the coastwise laws under certain circumstances. A request for such a waiver has been received by M...
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
Treasury Department
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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The OCC, Board, and FDIC (collectively, the agencies) are jointly adopting as final and without change the agencies' interim final rules published in the Federal Register on February 29, 2016, that implemented section 83001 of the Fixing America's Su...
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Rule | Dec 16, 2016 |
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This document contains final regulations relating to certain transfers of property by United States persons to foreign corporations. The final regulations affect United States persons that transfer certain property, including foreign goodwill and goi...
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Rule | Dec 16, 2016 |
Veterans Affairs Department
Meetings:
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Health Services Research and Development Service Scientific Merit Review Board
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Notice | Dec 16, 2016 |
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