Federal Register December 21, 2016 (Volume 81)

Agencies Publishing on December 21, 2016

Agriculture Department (7)
Commerce Department (12)
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (2)
Defense Department (3)
Education Department (1)
Energy Department (2)
Environmental Protection Agency (9)
Executive Office of the President (2)
Federal Communications Commission (3)
Federal Maritime Commission (1)
Federal Reserve System (2)
General Services Administration (0)
Health and Human Services Department (6)
Homeland Security Department (6)
Housing and Urban Development Department (4)
Interior Department (8)
Justice Department (2)
Legal Services Corporation (1)
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Management and Budget Office (1)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (1)
National Credit Union Administration (1)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (1)
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (1)
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Postal Regulatory Commission (1)
Postal Service (6)
Securities and Exchange Commission (7)
Small Business Administration (1)
Transportation Department (9)
Treasury Department (1)
Veterans Affairs Department (2)

Agriculture Department

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals	Notice	Dec 21, 2016
Agriculture Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals	Notice	Dec 21, 2016
Agriculture Department Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Office of Inspector General (OIG) amends its regulation relating to organization, functions, and delegations of authority. The amendments are necessary to reflect reorganizations within OIG.	Rule	Dec 21, 2016
Agriculture Department > AMS Revisions to Inspection Application Requirements This rule amends the inspection, certification and standards requirements for fresh fruits, vegetables and other products and processed fruits and vegetables, processed products and certain other processed food products (7 CFR parts 51 and 52) by add...	Rule	Dec 21, 2016

Grade Standards:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > AMS United States Standards for Grades of Canned Vegetables The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) is revising 18 U.S. grade standards for canned vegetables issued on or before August 3, 1998. AMS is replacing the two-term grading system (dual nomenclature) with a sin...	Rule	Dec 21, 2016

Marketing Orders:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > AMS Cranberries Grown in the States of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Oregon, Washington, and Long Island in the State of New York; Proposed Amendment to Marketing Order 929 and Referendum Order This rule proposes an amendment to Marketing Order No. 929 (order), which regulates the handling of cranberries grown in the states of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Oregon, Washington, and Long...	Proposed Rule	Dec 21, 2016

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS Virginia Resource Advisory Committee The Virginia Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet in Roanoke, VA. The committee is authorized under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (the Act) and operates in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The...	Notice	Dec 21, 2016

Commerce Department

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > PTO Extension of the Extended Missing Parts Pilot Program The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) implemented a pilot program (Extended Missing Parts Pilot Program) in which an applicant, under certain conditions, can request a 12-month time period to pay the search fee, the examination fee, a...	Notice	Dec 21, 2016
Interior Department > FWS, Commerce Department > NOAA Joint U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service Habitat Conservation Planning Handbook We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service (Services), announce the availability of the final revised Habitat Conservation Planning (HCP) Handbook, which describes requirements, procedures, and guidance for permi...	Notice	Dec 21, 2016
Commerce Department > ITA Revisions to User Fees for Export and Investment Promotion Services/Events The U.S. & Foreign Commercial Service (US&FCS) within the International Trade Administration (ITA) is seeking comment on its proposal to adjust user fees in light of an independent cost study which concluded that the US&FCS is not fully covering its...	Notice	Dec 21, 2016
Commerce Department > EDA Notice of Petitions by Firms for Determination of Eligibility To Apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance Notice and opportunity for public comment.	Notice	Dec 21, 2016

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

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Chesapeake Bay Watershed Environmental Literacy Indicator Tool 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 21, 2016
Commerce Department > NOAA Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Conflict of Interest Disclosure for Nonfederal Government Individuals Who Are Candidates To Conduct Peer Reviews 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 21, 2016

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Certain Large Diameter Carbon and Alloy Seamless Standard, Line and Pressure Pipe From Japan; Certain Small Diameter Carbon and Alloy Seamless Standard, Line and Pressure Pipe From Japan and Romania: Final Results of the Expedited Third Five-Year Sunset Reviews of the Antidumping Duty Orders As a result of these sunset reviews, the Department of Commerce (the Department) finds that revocation of the antidumping duty orders on certain large diameter carbon and alloy seamless standard, line and pressure pipe (large diameter pipe) from Japa...	Notice	Dec 21, 2016
Commerce Department > ITA Chlorinated Isocyanurates From the People's Republic of China: Notice of Court Decision Not in Harmony With the Final Results and Amended Final Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2010-2011 On November 23, 2016, the United States Court of International Trade (the Court) sustained the final second remand redetermination pertaining to the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on Chlorinated Isocyanurates from the People's Re...	Notice	Dec 21, 2016
Commerce Department > ITA Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe From the People's Republic of China: Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2015 The Department of Commerce is rescinding the administrative review of the countervailing duty order on circular welded carbon quality steel pipe (CWP) from the People's Republic of China (PRC) for the period January 1, 2015, through December 31, 2015...	Notice	Dec 21, 2016
Commerce Department > ITA Seamless Refined Copper Pipe and Tube from the People's Republic of China and Mexico: Continuation of Antidumping Duty Orders As a result of the determinations by the Department of Commerce (the "Department") and the International Trade Commission (the "ITC") that revocation of the antidumping duty ("AD") orders on seamless refined copper pipe and tube ("copper pipe and tub...	Notice	Dec 21, 2016

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NTIA Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee Meeting This notice announces a public meeting of the Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee (Committee). The Committee provides advice to the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and the National Telecommunications and...	Notice	Dec 21, 2016

Requests for Nominations:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ECSA Extension of Deadline for Nominations of Members To Serve on the Commerce Data Advisory Council (CDAC) The Secretary of Commerce is requesting nomination of individuals to the Commerce Data Advisory Council. The Secretary will consider nominations received in response to this notice, as well as from other sources. The SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section...	Notice	Dec 21, 2016

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Title	Type	Published
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Home Mortgage Disclosure (Regulation C) Adjustment to Asset-Size Exemption Threshold The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau) is issuing a final rule amending the official commentary that interprets the requirements of the Bureau's Regulation C (Home Mortgage Disclosure) to reflect the asset-size exemption threshold for b...	Rule	Dec 21, 2016
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Truth in Lending Act (Regulation Z) Adjustment to Asset-Size Exemption Threshold The Bureau is amending the official commentary that interprets the requirements of the Bureau's Regulation Z (Truth in Lending) to reflect a change in the asset-size threshold for certain creditors to qualify for an exemption to the requirement to es...	Rule	Dec 21, 2016

Defense Department

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

Title	Type	Published
DOD, GSA, NASA Submission for OMB Review; Examination of Records by Comptroller General and Contract Audit Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Regulatory Secretariat Division will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a previously approved information collection requ...	Notice	Dec 21, 2016
DOD, GSA, NASA Information Collection; Prospective Subcontractor Requests for Bonds Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Regulatory Secretariat Division will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a previously approved information collection conc...	Notice	Dec 21, 2016
DOD, GSA, NASA Submission for OMB Review; Rights in Data and Copyrights Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Regulatory Secretariat Division will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a previously approved information collection requ...	Notice	Dec 21, 2016

Education Department

Applications for New Awards:

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Applications for New Awards; Supporting Effective Educator Development Grant Program Notice.	Notice	Dec 21, 2016

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Combined Notice of Filings Combined Filings	Notice	Dec 21, 2016
Energy Department > FERC Regulations Implementing FAST Act Section 61003-Critical Electric Infrastructure Security and Amending Critical Energy Infrastructure Information; Availability of Certain North American Electric Reliability Corporation Databases to the Commission The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) amends its regulations to implement provisions of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act that pertain to the designation, protection and sharing of Critical Electric Infrastructure Inform...	Rule	Dec 21, 2016

Environmental Protection Agency

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Procedures for Rulemaking Under Section 6 of the Toxic Substances Control Act; Amendment Section 6 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) provides EPA with several authorities for addressing risks from chemical substances and includes procedures that EPA must follow in doing so. EPA promulgated regulations shortly after TSCA was enac...	Rule	Dec 21, 2016
Environmental Protection Agency Recent Postings of Broadly Applicable Alternative Test Methods This notice announces the broadly applicable alternative test method approval decisions the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has made under and in support of New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) and the National Emission Standards for Hazardo...	Notice	Dec 21, 2016

Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Determination of Attainment of the 2008 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards; Eastern San Luis Obispo, California The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is finalizing our determination that the San Luis Obispo (Eastern San Luis Obispo) ozone nonattainment area (NAA) in California has attained the 2008 ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS or "st...	Rule	Dec 21, 2016
Environmental Protection Agency Determination of Attainment of the 2008 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards; Mariposa County, California The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to determine that the Mariposa County, California Moderate Nonattainment Area (NAA) has attained the 2008 8-hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS or "standards"). This proposed...	Proposed Rule	Dec 21, 2016
Environmental Protection Agency Determination of Attainment of the 2008 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards; Mariposa County, California The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking direct final action to determine that the Mariposa County, California Moderate Nonattainment Area (NAA) has attained the 2008 8-hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS or "standards...	Rule	Dec 21, 2016
Environmental Protection Agency Air Plan Approval; MA; Infrastructure State Implementation Plan Requirements The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving most elements of State Implementation Plan (SIP) submissions from Massachusetts regarding the infrastructure requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act) for the 1997 ozone, 2008 lead (Pb), 200...	Rule	Dec 21, 2016
Environmental Protection Agency Air Plan Approval; Ohio; Redesignation of the Columbus, Ohio Area to Attainment of the 2008 Ozone Standard The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is finding that the Columbus, Ohio area is attaining the 2008 ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS or standard) and redesignating the area to attainment for the 2008 ozone NAAQS because the area...	Rule	Dec 21, 2016
Environmental Protection Agency Air Plan Approval; Tennessee; Regional Haze Progress Report 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 April 19, 2013. Tennessee's April 19, 201...	Rule	Dec 21, 2016

Technical Support Documents:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Final EPA-USGS Technical Report: Protecting Aquatic Life from Effects of Hydrologic Alteration The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the United States Geological Survey are releasing a technical report: Final EPA- USGS Technical Report: Protecting Aquatic Life from Effects of Hydrologic Alteration. Healthy aquatic ecosystems provide an...	Notice	Dec 21, 2016

Executive Office of the President

Special Observances:

Title	Type	Published
Executive Office of the President Returning the Flag of the United States to Full- Staff Returning the Flag of the United States to Full-Staff (Proc. 9556)	Presidential Document	Dec 21, 2016
Executive Office of the President Wright Brothers Day, 2016 Wright Brothers Day (Proc. 9557)	Presidential Document	Dec 21, 2016

Federal Communications Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Deletion of Items From Sunshine Act Meeting The Commission will consider a Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to enhance the Emergency Alert System (EAS) as a tool for community emergency preparedness. The Report and Order improves alerting organization at the state and...	Notice	Dec 21, 2016
Federal Communications Commission Protecting and Promoting the Open Internet In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years for fixed broadband Internet access service (3060-1158) and for a period of two years for mobile broadband Internet ac...	Rule	Dec 21, 2016

Radio Broadcasting Services:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; AM or FM Proposals To Change The Community of License The following applicants filed AM or FM proposals to change the community of License: CSSI Non-Profit Educational Broadcasting Corporation, Station KYQX, Facility ID 62040, BMPED-20161202ABT, From Weatherford, TX, To Mineral Wells, TX; Gois Broadcast...	Notice	Dec 21, 2016

Federal Maritime Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Maritime Commission Notice of Agreements Filed Agreements Filed	Notice	Dec 21, 2016

Federal Reserve System

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Savings and Loan Holding Companies Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Savings and Loan Holding Companies	Notice	Dec 21, 2016

Changes in Bank Control:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company	Notice	Dec 21, 2016

General Services Administration

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

No documents available.

Health and Human Services Department

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

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Index of Legally Marketed Unapproved New Animal Drugs for Minor Species The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 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 publish noti...	Notice	Dec 21, 2016

Medicare Program:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CMS Medicare Program; Implementation of Prior Authorization Process for Certain Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Items and Publication of the Initial Required Prior Authorization List of DMEPOS Items That Require Prior Authorization as a Condition of Payment This document announces the implementation of the prior authorization program for certain durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) items in two phases and the issuance of the initial Required Prior Authorization List o...	Rule	Dec 21, 2016

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meeting Center for Scientific Review	Notice	Dec 21, 2016
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Notice of Meeting National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute	Notice	Dec 21, 2016
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Allergy And Infectious Diseases; Notice of Closed Meetings National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases	Notice	Dec 21, 2016
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Mental Health; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute of Mental Health	Notice	Dec 21, 2016

Homeland Security Department

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

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCIS Agency Information Collection Activities: Application To Adjust Status from Temporary to Permanent Resident, Form I-698; Extension, Without Change, of a Currently Approved Collection The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the...	Notice	Dec 21, 2016
Homeland Security Department > USCIS Agency Information Collection Activities: Petition for Qualifying Family Member of a U-1 Nonimmigrant, Form I-929; Extension, Without Change, of a Currently Approved Collection The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration (USCIS) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment upon this proposed extension of a currently approved collection of information. In accordance with th...	Notice	Dec 21, 2016
Homeland Security Department > TSA Intent To Request Approval From OMB of One New Public Collection of Information: Security Appointment Center (SAC) Visitor Request Form and Foreign National Vetting Request The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) invites public comment on a new Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below that we will submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval in compliance with the Paperwork Redu...	Notice	Dec 21, 2016
Homeland Security Department > USCIS Agency Information Collection Activities: Waiver of Rights, Privileges, Exemptions and Immunities, Form I-508 & I-508F; Extension, Without Change, of a Currently Approved Collection The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration (USCIS) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment upon this proposed extension of a currently approved collection of information. In accordance with th...	Notice	Dec 21, 2016

Commercial Gaugers and Laboratories; Accreditations and Approvals:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCBP Accreditation and Approval of Intertek USA, Inc. as a Commercial Gauger and Laboratory 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...	Notice	Dec 21, 2016

Requests for Nominations:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department DHS Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee The Department of Homeland Security Privacy Office seeks applicants for appointment to the DHS Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee.	Notice	Dec 21, 2016

Housing and Urban Development Department

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

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department 60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Allocation of Operating Subsidies Under the Operating Fund Formula: Data Collection HUD is seeking approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the information collection described below. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is requesting comment from all interested parties on the proposed collection of...	Notice	Dec 21, 2016
Housing and Urban Development Department 60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Consolidated Public Housing Certification of Completion HUD is seeking approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the information collection described below. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is requesting comment from all interested parties on the proposed collection of...	Notice	Dec 21, 2016
Housing and Urban Development Department 60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Public Housing Contracting With Resident-Owned Business-Application Requirements HUD is seeking approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the information collection described below. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is requesting comment from all interested parties on the proposed collection of...	Notice	Dec 21, 2016

Requests for Nominations:

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Establishment of Tribal Intergovernmental Advisory Committee; Request for Nominations for Tribal Intergovernmental Membership On June 23, 2016, HUD published a Federal Register notice announcing its intent to establish a HUD Tribal Intergovernmental Advisory Committee (TIAC), consisting of tribal governmental representatives, to assist HUD to further develop and improve its...	Notice	Dec 21, 2016

Interior Department

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BOR Agency Information Collection; Renewal of a Currently Approved Information Collection (OMB Control Number 1006-0005) We, the Bureau of Reclamation, intend to submit a request for renewal of an existing approved information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) titled, Individual Landholder's and Farm Operator's Certification and Reporting Forms fo...	Notice	Dec 21, 2016
Interior Department > BOR Agency Information Collection; Renewal of a Currently Approved Information Collection (OMB Control Number 1006-0006) We, the Bureau of Reclamation, intend to submit a request for renewal of an existing approved information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) titled, Certification Summary Form, Reporting Summary Form for Acreage Limitation,.	Notice	Dec 21, 2016
Interior Department > BOR Agency Information Collection; Renewal of a Currently Approved Information Collection (OMB Control Number 1006-0023) We, the Bureau of Reclamation, intend to submit a request for the renewal of an existing approved information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) titled, Forms to Determine Compliance by Certain Landholders, 43 CFR part 426, OMB C...	Notice	Dec 21, 2016
Interior Department > USGS Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments We (the U.S. Geological Survey) are notifying the public that we have submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) the information collection request (ICR) described below. To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) and as par...	Notice	Dec 21, 2016

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Identification of 14 Distinct Population Segments of the Humpback Whale and Revision of Species-Wide Listing We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), in accordance with the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), are amending the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife (List) by removing the current species-level listing of the humpbac...	Rule	Dec 21, 2016

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision and the Approved Resource Management Plans for the Beaver Dam Wash and Red Cliffs National Conservation Areas; and Approved Amendment to the St. George Field Office Resource Management Plan in Washington County, Utah The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability of the Records of Decision (RODs) and the Approved Resource Management Plans (RMPs) for the Beaver Dam Wash and Red Cliffs National Conservation Areas (NCA RMPs); and Approved Amendment t...	Notice	Dec 21, 2016

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council; Public Meeting We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, announce a public meeting of the Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council (Council). The Council provides advice about wildlife and habitat conservation endeavors that benefit wildlife resources; enco...	Notice	Dec 21, 2016

Special Regulations:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > NPS Special Regulations; Areas of the National Park System, Cape Hatteras National Seashore-Off-Road Vehicle Management The National Park Service (NPS) amends its special regulation for off-road vehicle (ORV) use at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina, to revise the times that certain beaches open to ORV use in the morning, to extend the dates that certain...	Rule	Dec 21, 2016

Justice Department

Consent Decrees:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department Notice of Lodging of Proposed Modification to Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act Proposed Consent Decrees Under the Clean Water Act	Notice	Dec 21, 2016

Schedules of Controlled Substances:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > DEA Schedules of Controlled Substances: Temporary Placement of Six Synthetic Cannabinoids (5F-ADB, 5F-AMB, 5F-APINACA, ADB-FUBINACA, MDMB-CHMICA and MDMB-FUBINACA) Into Schedule I The Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration is issuing this notice of intent to temporarily schedule six synthetic cannabinoids: methyl 2-(1-(5-fluoropentyl)-1H-indazole-3-carboxamido)- 3,3-dimethylbutanoate [5F-ADB; 5F-MDMB-PINACA]; met...	Rule	Dec 21, 2016

Legal Services Corporation

Title	Type	Published
Legal Services Corporation Definitions; Cost Standards and Procedures; Purchasing and Property Management The Legal Services Corporation ("LSC") issued a proposed rule in the Federal Register of October 28, 2016 [FR Doc. 2016-25831], concerning proposed amendments to its regulations governing definitions, cost standards and procedures, and purchasing and...	Proposed Rule	Dec 21, 2016

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Management and Budget Office

Title	Type	Published
Management and Budget Office Discount Rates for Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Federal Programs The Office of Management and Budget revised Circular A-94 in 1992. The revised Circular specified certain discount rates to be updated annually when the interest rate and inflation assumptions used to prepare the Budget of the United States Governmen...	Notice	Dec 21, 2016

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Title	Type	Published
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Notice of Information Collection 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 21, 2016

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

No documents available.

National Credit Union Administration

Title	Type	Published
National Credit Union Administration Federal Credit Union Occupancy, Planning, and Disposal of Acquired and Abandoned Premises; Incidental Powers As part of NCUA's Regulatory Modernization Initiative, the NCUA Board (Board) is finalizing amendments to its regulation governing federal credit union (FCU) occupancy, planning, and disposal of acquired and abandoned premises, and its regulation reg...	Rule	Dec 21, 2016

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Memorandum of Understanding Between the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Electric Power Research Institute The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) renewed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) supporting cooperative nuclear safety research. Current cooperative research technical areas include spent fuel...	Notice	Dec 21, 2016

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Title	Type	Published
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans; Interest Assumptions for Valuing Benefits This final rule amends the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's regulation on Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans to prescribe interest assumptions under the asset allocation regulation for valuation dates in the first quarter of 2017. Th...	Rule	Dec 21, 2016

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Postal Regulatory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Postal Regulatory Commission New Postal Products 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 21, 2016

Postal Service

Title	Type	Published
Postal Service New Mailing Standards for Domestic Mailing Services Products On October 12, 2016, the Postal Service filed a notice of mailing services price adjustments with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC), effective January 22, 2017. This final rule contains the revisions to Mailing Standards of the United States Pos...	Rule	Dec 21, 2016

Product Changes:

Title	Type	Published
Postal Service Product Change-Priority Mail Express Negotiated Service Agreement 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 21, 2016
Postal Service Product Change-Priority Mail Negotiated Service Agreement 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 21, 2016
Postal Service Product Change-Priority Mail Negotiated Service Agreement 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 21, 2016
Postal Service Product Change-Priority Mail Negotiated Service Agreement 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 21, 2016
Postal Service Product Change-Priority Mail Negotiated Service Agreement 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 21, 2016

Securities and Exchange Commission

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change Relating to Rule 4554 Reporting Requirements for Alternative Trading Systems Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.	Notice	Dec 21, 2016
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; ISE Gemini, LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Remove Direct Debit for Market Data Products ISE Gemini, LLC	Notice	Dec 21, 2016
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; International Securities Exchange, LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Remove Direct Debit for Market Data Products International Securities Exchange, LLC	Notice	Dec 21, 2016
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca, Inc.; Order Granting an Extension to Limited Exemption From Rule 612(c) of Regulation NMS in Connection With the Exchange's Retail Liquidity Program Until June 30, 2017 NYSE Arca, Inc.	Notice	Dec 21, 2016
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change Extending Its Program That Allows Transactions To Take Place at a Price That Is Below $1 Per Option Contract Until July 5, 2017 NYSE Arca, Inc.	Notice	Dec 21, 2016
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE MKT LLC; Notice of Withdrawal of a Proposed Rule Change, as Modified by Amendments No. 1 and 2 Thereto, Relating to Amendments to NYSE MKT Rules 1600 et seq. and the Listing Rules Applicable to the Shares of the Nuveen Diversified Commodity Fund and the Nuveen Long/Short Commodity Total Return Fund NYSE MKT LLC	Notice	Dec 21, 2016
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE MKT LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change Extending Its Program That Allows Transactions to Take Place at a Price That Is Below $1 Per Option Contract Until July 5, 2017 NYSE MKT LLC	Notice	Dec 21, 2016

Small Business Administration

Title	Type	Published
Small Business Administration Small Business Size Standards for Manufacturing; Correction The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is correcting a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register on January 26, 2016 (81 FR 4469). The rule increased small business size standards for a number of industries in North American Industry Cla...	Rule	Dec 21, 2016

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FRA Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request On October 18, 2016, under its emergency processing procedures, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved the information collection activities associated with FRA's Railworthiness Directive No. 2016-01. This 6-month approval expires on Apri...	Notice	Dec 21, 2016
Transportation Department > FTA Limitation on Claims Against Proposed Public Transportation Project This notice announces final environmental actions taken by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for a project in Chapel Hill and Durham, NC. The purpose of this notice is to announce publicly the environmental decisions by FTA on the subject proj...	Notice	Dec 21, 2016

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

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Transportation Department > NHTSA Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping Requirements: Agency Information Collection Activity Before a Federal agency can collect certain information from the public, it must receive approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Under procedures established by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, before seeking OMB approval, Federa...	Notice	Dec 21, 2016

Airworthiness Directives:

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Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Bombardier, Inc. Airplanes We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Bombardier, Inc. Model CL-600-2E25 (Regional Jet Series 1000) airplanes. This AD was prompted by reports of two cases where the main landing gear (MLG) failed to fully extend; it was dete...	Rule	Dec 21, 2016
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Dassault Aviation Airplanes We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Dassault Aviation Model FALCON 7X airplanes. This proposed AD was prompted by reports that during the assembly of structural elements on some airplanes, lack of established procedures...	Proposed Rule	Dec 21, 2016
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. (Embraer) We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Embraer S.A. Model EMB-120, -120ER, -120FC, -120QC, and -120RT airplanes. This proposed AD was prompted by changes to the airworthiness limitations, which add life-limited landing gear pa...	Proposed Rule	Dec 21, 2016
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Saab AB, Saab Aeronautics (Formerly Known as Saab AB, Saab Aerosystems) Airplanes We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Saab AB, Saab Aeronautics Model SAAB 2000 airplanes. This AD was prompted by an occurrence that was reported of rudder pedal restriction on a SAAB Model 2000 airplane with the large potab...	Rule	Dec 21, 2016
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all The Boeing Company Model 747-100, 747-100B, 747-100B SUD, 747-200B, 747- 200C, 747-200F, 747-300, 747-400, 747-400D, 747-400F, 747SR, and 747SP series airplanes. This AD was prompted by repor...	Rule	Dec 21, 2016
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all The Boeing Company Model DC-9-81 (MD-81), DC-9-82 (MD-82), DC-9-83 (MD-83), and DC-9-87 (MD-87) airplanes; and Model MD-88 airplanes. This AD was prompted by a report of fatigue cracking in a...	Rule	Dec 21, 2016

Treasury Department

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department Terrorism Risk Insurance Program The Department of the Treasury (Treasury) is issuing this final rule as part of its implementation of changes to the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (TRIP or Program) required by the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2015 (2015...	Rule	Dec 21, 2016

Veterans Affairs Department

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department Special Monthly Compensation for Veterans With Traumatic Brain Injury The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) seeks to amend its adjudication regulations to add an additional benefit for veterans with residuals of traumatic brain injury (TBI). This benefit was enacted by the Veterans' Benefits Act of 2010 and provides...	Proposed Rule	Dec 21, 2016

Charter Renewals:

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Veterans Affairs Department Advisory Committee Charter Renewals In accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee ACT (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2, and after consultation with the General Services Administration, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs has determined that the following Federal advisory com...	Notice	Dec 21, 2016

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