December 16, 2016 (Volume 81)

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

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
AGRU America Charleston, LLC, Foreign-Trade Zone 21, North Charleston, SC
Notice Dec 16, 2016
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Dec 16, 2016
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Dec 16, 2016
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...
Rule Dec 16, 2016

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 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...
Notice Dec 16, 2016
Certain Hardwood Plywood Products from the People's Republic of China
Notice Dec 16, 2016
Certain Hardwood Plywood Products from the People's Republic of China; Initiation of Less Than Fair Value Investigation
Notice Dec 16, 2016
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...
Notice Dec 16, 2016
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...
Notice Dec 16, 2016
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,...
Notice Dec 16, 2016
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...
Notice Dec 16, 2016
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...
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...
Notice Dec 16, 2016
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...
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...
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...
Proposed Rule Dec 16, 2016

Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled logo Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Dec 16, 2016
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...
Notice Dec 16, 2016

Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo 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...
Rule Dec 16, 2016
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...
Proposed Rule Dec 16, 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 Dec 16, 2016
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...
Notice Dec 16, 2016
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.
Notice Dec 16, 2016
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.
Notice Dec 16, 2016
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...
Notice Dec 16, 2016
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...
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)...
Notice Dec 16, 2016
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...
Notice Dec 16, 2016

Federal Acquisition Regulation:

Title Type Published
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...
Rule Dec 16, 2016
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...
Rule Dec 16, 2016
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...
Rule Dec 16, 2016
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.
Rule Dec 16, 2016

Meetings:

Title Type Published
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.
Notice Dec 16, 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 an extension of an existing information collection.
Notice Dec 16, 2016
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.
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...
Notice Dec 16, 2016

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Dec 16, 2016

Energy Conservation Programs:

Title Type Published
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,...
Rule Dec 16, 2016

Energy Efficiency Program for Commercial and Industrial Equipment:

Title Type Published
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...
Proposed Rule Dec 16, 2016

Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

Petitions for Declaratory Orders:

Title Type Published
Ad Hoc Renewable Energy Financing Group
Notice Dec 16, 2016

Schedules for Environmental Review:

Title Type Published
Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC, WB XPress Project
Notice Dec 16, 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 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...
Proposed Rule Dec 16, 2016
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...
Rule Dec 16, 2016
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...
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...
Notice Dec 16, 2016

Consent Decrees:

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Dec 16, 2016

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Weekly Receipts
Notice Dec 16, 2016

Permits:

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Dec 16, 2016

Regulation of Certain Uses under Toxic Substances Control Act:

Title Type Published
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...
Proposed Rule Dec 16, 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 Dec 16, 2016

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

No documents available.

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
The Board is extending the deadline to complete Schedule G of the Banking Organization Systemic Risk Report (FR Y-15) for certain firms.
Notice Dec 16, 2016
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
Notice Dec 16, 2016

Capital Rules:

Title Type Published
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...
Rule Dec 16, 2016

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation:

No documents available.

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
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 Dec 16, 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 (PRA), federal agencies are required to publ...
Notice Dec 16, 2016
Extension of Effective Date of NIH Policy on the Use of a Single Institutional Review Board for Multi-Site Research
Notice Dec 16, 2016
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...
Proposed Rule Dec 16, 2016

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

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Dec 16, 2016
Tribal Child Support Enforcement Program Annual Data Report
Notice Dec 16, 2016

Guidance:

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Dec 16, 2016
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...
Notice Dec 16, 2016

Medicare Program:

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Dec 16, 2016

Meetings:

Title Type Published
National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Notice Dec 16, 2016
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Notice Dec 16, 2016
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Notice Dec 16, 2016

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
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...
Proposed Rule Dec 16, 2016
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...
Proposed Rule Dec 16, 2016

Commercial Gaugers and Laboratories; Accreditations and Approvals:

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Dec 16, 2016

Drawbridge Operations:

Title Type Published
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...
Proposed Rule Dec 16, 2016

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Title Type Published
This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.
Notice Dec 16, 2016
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...
Rule Dec 16, 2016

Manufactured Housing Program:

Title Type Published
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...
Proposed Rule Dec 16, 2016

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
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.
Notice Dec 16, 2016

Atlantic Wind Lease Sales:

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Dec 16, 2016

Eagle Permits:

Title Type Published
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...
Rule Dec 16, 2016

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
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.
Notice Dec 16, 2016
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...
Notice Dec 16, 2016

Inventory Completions:

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Dec 16, 2016
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...
Notice Dec 16, 2016
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...
Notice Dec 16, 2016
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...
Notice Dec 16, 2016

Public Land Orders:

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Dec 16, 2016

Records of Decision:

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Dec 16, 2016
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...
Notice Dec 16, 2016

Repatriation of Cultural Items:

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Dec 16, 2016

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

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

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Dec 16, 2016
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...
Notice Dec 16, 2016
Certain Iron Mechanical Transfer Drive Components from Canada and China
Notice Dec 16, 2016
Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from Oman, Pakistan, the United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam
Notice Dec 16, 2016

Labor Department logo Labor Department

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

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Dec 16, 2016

Expansion of Recognition; Applications:

Title Type Published
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).
Notice Dec 16, 2016

Meetings:

Title Type Published
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.
Notice Dec 16, 2016

Recognition; Applications:

Title Type Published
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.
Notice Dec 16, 2016

Legal Services Corporation logo Legal Services Corporation

Title Type Published
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...
Rule Dec 16, 2016

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Dec 16, 2016

Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement:

Title Type Published
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).
Rule Dec 16, 2016

Federal Acquisition Regulation:

No documents available.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Dec 16, 2016

Guidance:

Title Type Published
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,...
Notice Dec 16, 2016

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation logo Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-Employer Plans:

Title Type Published
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...
Rule Dec 16, 2016

Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Dec 16, 2016

P
Postal Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
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.
Notice Dec 16, 2016

Postal Service logo Postal Service

Product Changes:

Title Type Published
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.
Notice Dec 16, 2016
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.
Notice Dec 16, 2016
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.
Notice Dec 16, 2016
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.
Notice Dec 16, 2016
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.
Notice Dec 16, 2016
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.
Notice Dec 16, 2016
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.
Notice Dec 16, 2016
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.
Notice Dec 16, 2016
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.
Notice Dec 16, 2016
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.
Notice Dec 16, 2016

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Applications:

Title Type Published
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.
Notice Dec 16, 2016

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Title Type Published
BOX Options Exchange LLC
Notice Dec 16, 2016
Bats EDGX Exchange, Inc.
Notice Dec 16, 2016
Depository Trust Co.; Fixed Income Clearing Corp.; National Securities Clearing Corp.
Notice Dec 16, 2016
International Securities Exchange, LLC
Notice Dec 16, 2016
Investors Exchange LLC
Notice Dec 16, 2016
NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Notice Dec 16, 2016
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice Dec 16, 2016
NYSE MKT LLC
Notice Dec 16, 2016

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Title Type Published
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...
Proposed Rule Dec 16, 2016

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

Title Type Published
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...
Rule Dec 16, 2016

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Title Type Published
Revisions to Arbitration Procedures
Notice Dec 16, 2016

Discontinuance of Service Exemptions:

Title Type Published
CSX Transportation, Inc. in Perry County, KY
Notice Dec 16, 2016

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
Application for Approval of Discontinuance or Modification of a Railroad Signal System
Notice Dec 16, 2016
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...
Rule Dec 16, 2016
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...
Rule Dec 16, 2016

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

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Dec 16, 2016

Airport Property Releases:

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Dec 16, 2016

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
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...
Rule Dec 16, 2016
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...
Proposed Rule Dec 16, 2016
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...
Rule Dec 16, 2016
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...
Proposed Rule Dec 16, 2016
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...
Rule Dec 16, 2016
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...
Proposed Rule Dec 16, 2016
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...
Rule Dec 16, 2016
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...
Proposed Rule Dec 16, 2016
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...
Rule Dec 16, 2016
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...
Rule Dec 16, 2016
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...
Rule Dec 16, 2016
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...
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...
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...
Notice Dec 16, 2016
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...
Notice Dec 16, 2016
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...
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...
Notice Dec 16, 2016
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...
Notice Dec 16, 2016
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...
Notice Dec 16, 2016

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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Dec 16, 2016
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...
Rule Dec 16, 2016
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...
Rule Dec 16, 2016

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Meetings:

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Health Services Research and Development Service Scientific Merit Review Board
Notice Dec 16, 2016

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