Federal Register August 31, 2017
View all documents issued on August 31, 2017. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.
69 documents were published on this date.
Agencies Publishing on August 31, 2017
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Agriculture Department
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Civil Rights Commission
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Commerce Department
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Defense Department
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Energy Department
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Environmental Protection Agency
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Executive Office of the President
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Federal Communications Commission
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Federal Labor Relations Authority
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Federal Reserve System
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Health and Human Services Department
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Homeland Security Department
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Interior Department
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Labor Department
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NNational Science Foundation (1)
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Personnel Management Office
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Securities and Exchange Commission
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State Department
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Surface Transportation Board
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Transportation Department
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Treasury Department
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Agriculture Department
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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the United States Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (RUS), invites comments on this information collection for which the Agency intends to request approval from the Office of M...
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Notice | Aug 31, 2017 |
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:
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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations, the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing its intention to request a renewal of the approved information collection regard...
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Notice | Aug 31, 2017 |
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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations, the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing its intention to request a renewal of the approved information collection regard...
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Notice | Aug 31, 2017 |
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Notice of Request for Revision of an Approved Information Collection (Salmonella Initiative Program)
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations, the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing its intention to request a revision of the approved information collection relat...
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Notice | Aug 31, 2017 |
Civil Rights Commission
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Notice of Commission briefing and business meeting.
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Notice | Aug 31, 2017 |
Meetings:
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Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the rules and regulations of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (Commission), and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), that a planning meeting of the Montana Advisory Committee to the Commi...
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Notice | Aug 31, 2017 |
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Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the rules and regulations of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (Commission), and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), that a planning meeting of the New Mexico Advisory Committee to the Co...
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Notice | Aug 31, 2017 |
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Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the rules and regulations of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (Commission) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act that the Tennessee (State) Advisory Committee will hold a meeting on Wednesday,...
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Notice | Aug 31, 2017 |
Commerce Department
Atlantic Highly Migratory Species:
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The Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) General category is currently closed and will reopen on September 1, 2017. NMFS is updating the adjustment of the BFT General category daily retention limit that will take effect beginning September 1, 2017, from the r...
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Rule | Aug 31, 2017 |
Charter Renewals:
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Please note that the U.S. Department of Commerce renewed the Charter for the Bureau of Economic Analysis Advisory Committee on June 9, 2017. It has been determined that the Committee is necessary and in the public interest.
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Notice | Aug 31, 2017 |
Fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska:
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NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific ocean perch in the Central Aleutian district (CAI) of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI) by vessels participating in the BSAI trawl limited access fishery. This action is necess...
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Rule | Aug 31, 2017 |
Pacific Island Pelagic Fisheries:
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NMFS proposes a 2017 limit of 2,000 metric tons (mt) of longline-caught bigeye tuna for each U.S. Pacific territory (American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands). NMFS would allow each territory to allocate up to 1,000 mt each year to U.S....
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Proposed Rule | Aug 31, 2017 |
Defense Department
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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, Washington Headquarters Service (WHS), Facilities Services Directo...
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Notice | Aug 31, 2017 |
Energy Department
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The Federal Power Act requires hydropower licensees to recompense the United States for the use, occupancy, and enjoyment of federal lands. The Commission assesses annual charges for the use of federal lands through Part 11 of its regulations. The Co...
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Proposed Rule | Aug 31, 2017 |
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Combined Filings
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Notice | Aug 31, 2017 |
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Combined Filings
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Notice | Aug 31, 2017 |
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Combined Filings
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Notice | Aug 31, 2017 |
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The Deputy Secretary, Department of Energy, confirmed and approved, on an interim basis new rate schedules SOCO-1-F, SOCO-2-F, SOCO-3-F, SOCO-4-F, ALA-1-O, Duke-1-F, Duke-2-F, Duke-3-F, Duke-4-F, Santee-1-F, Santee-2-F, Santee-3-F, Santee-4-F, SCE&G-...
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Notice | Aug 31, 2017 |
Initial Market-Based Rate Filings Including Requests for Blanket Section 204 Authorizations:
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Cuyama Solar, LLC
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Notice | Aug 31, 2017 |
Environmental Protection Agency
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Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations:
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is updating the materials that are incorporated by reference (IBR) into the Georgia state implementation plan (SIP). The regulations affected by this update have been previously submitted by Georgia and appro...
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Rule | Aug 31, 2017 |
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EPA is proposing to approve a revision to the Illinois state implementation plan (SIP) to amend requirements applicable to certain coal-fired electric generating units (EGUs). These amendments require the Will County 3 and Joliet 6, 7, and 8 EGUs to...
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Proposed Rule | Aug 31, 2017 |
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve elements of a state implementation plan (SIP) submission from Indiana regarding the infrastructure requirements of section 110 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) for the 2012 fine particulate...
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Proposed Rule | Aug 31, 2017 |
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On August 29, 2012, the Commonwealth of Kentucky, through the Kentucky Division for Air Quality (KDAQ), submitted changes to the Kentucky State Implementation Plan (SIP) on behalf of the Louisville Metro Air Pollution Control District (District or Je...
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Rule | Aug 31, 2017 |
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a revision to the Nevada State Implementation Plan (SIP). This revision concerns emissions of carbon monoxide (CO) from passenger vehicles. We are proposing to approve the suspension o...
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Proposed Rule | Aug 31, 2017 |
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is correcting a final rule; administrative change, that was published in the Federal Register on July 3, 2017. In that document, EPA approved the revised format for materials submitted by New Jersey that have...
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Rule | Aug 31, 2017 |
CERCLA Administrative Cost Recovery Settlements:
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In accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended ("CERCLA"), notice is hereby given by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA"), Region 2, of a proposed cost recovery settlement...
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Notice | Aug 31, 2017 |
Executive Office of the President
Law Enforcement:
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Lifesaving Equipment and Resources; Provisions To Restore Access to State, Tribal, and Local Law Enforcement Agencies (EO 13809)
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Presidential Document | Aug 31, 2017 |
Federal Communications Commission
Public Inspection File Requirements; Revisions:
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In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years, changes to FCC Form 303-S (Application for Renewal of Broadcast Station License) associated with the Commission's dec...
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Rule | Aug 31, 2017 |
Federal Labor Relations Authority
Memberships:
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The Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) publishes the names of the persons selected to serve on its SES Performance Review Board (PRB). This notice supersedes all previous notices of the PRB membership.
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Notice | Aug 31, 2017 |
Federal Reserve System
Changes in Bank Control:
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Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company
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Notice | Aug 31, 2017 |
Health and Human Services Department
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
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Notice | Aug 31, 2017 |
Guidance:
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing support for the most current version of Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities (MedDRA), end of support for earlier versions of MedDRA, and an update to the FDA Data Standards Catal...
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Notice | Aug 31, 2017 |
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, we, or Agency) is announcing the availability of another draft chapter of a multichapter guidance for industry entitled "Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food: Guidance for Industry."...
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Proposed Rule | Aug 31, 2017 |
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of the draft guidance entitled "Policy Clarification and Premarket Notification [510(k)] Submissions for Ultrasonic Diathermy Devices--Draft Guidance for Industry and Foo...
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Notice | Aug 31, 2017 |
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of the guidance entitled "Use of Real-World Evidence to Support Regulatory Decision-Making for Medical Devices." FDA is issuing this guidance to clarify how we evaluate r...
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Notice | Aug 31, 2017 |
Meetings:
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The National Toxicology Program (NTP) announces an expert panel meeting and is obtaining comment on a proposed approach to genomic dose-response modeling. Prior to the expert panel meeting, NTP will host four webinars that present other approaches to...
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Notice | Aug 31, 2017 |
Homeland Security Department
Pilotage Rates:
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In this final rule, the Coast Guard is setting new rates for the 2017 shipping season for pilotage services on the Great Lakes. The Coast Guard is also updating its methodology for setting these rates. These updates to the methodology will incorporat...
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Rule | Aug 31, 2017 |
Safety Zones:
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The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone for the navigable waters of the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii, near Ka'Ena Point. The temporary safety zone encompasses all waters extending 3 nautical miles in all directions from position 21[deg...
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Rule | Aug 31, 2017 |
Interior Department
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:
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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) are proposing to renew an information collection.
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Notice | Aug 31, 2017 |
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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is proposing to renew an information collection.
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Notice | Aug 31, 2017 |
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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) are proposing to revise an information collection.
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Notice | Aug 31, 2017 |
Migratory Bird Hunting:
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This rule prescribes special migratory bird hunting regulations for certain Tribes on Federal Indian reservations, off- reservation trust lands, and ceded lands. This rule allows the establishment of season bag limits and, thus, harvest at levels com...
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Rule | Aug 31, 2017 |
Labor Department
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The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or co...
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Notice | Aug 31, 2017 |
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This document proposes to extend the special transition period under sections II and IX of the Best Interest Contract Exemption and section VII of the Class Exemption for Principal Transactions in Certain Assets Between Investment Advice Fiduciaries...
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Proposed Rule | Aug 31, 2017 |
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:
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The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the information collection request (ICR) titled, "Department of Labor Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery," to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) f...
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Notice | Aug 31, 2017 |
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The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) sponsored information collection request (ICR) titled, "Employee Retirement Income Security Act Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 1981-8, Investment...
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Notice | Aug 31, 2017 |
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On August 31, 2017, the Department of Labor (DOL) will submit the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) sponsored information collection request (ICR) titled, "Interstate Arrangement for Combining Employment and Wages," to the Office of Manage...
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Notice | Aug 31, 2017 |
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The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) sponsored information collection request (ICR) titled, "Overpayment Detection and Recovery Activities," to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for revi...
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Notice | Aug 31, 2017 |
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National Science Foundation
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) has submitted the following information collection requirement to OMB for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 on the National Science Foundation Proposal and Award Policies and Procedur...
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Notice | Aug 31, 2017 |
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks:
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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) published a direct final rule on January 6, 2016, amending its spent fuel storage regulations by revising the Holtec International, Inc. (Holtec) HI- STORM 100 Cask System listing within the "List of appro...
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Rule | Aug 31, 2017 |
Personnel Management Office
Prevailing Rate Systems:
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The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) published a final rule in the Federal Register on May 31, 2017 (82 FR 24825), amending the geographic boundaries of several nonappropriated fund (NAF) Federal Wage System (FWS) wage areas. The final rule...
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Rule | Aug 31, 2017 |
Securities and Exchange Commission
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Applicant seeks an order declaring that it has ceased to be an investment company. On April 21, 2017, applicant made a liquidating distribution to its shareholders, based on net asset value. Expenses of $2,325 incurred in connection with the liquidat...
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Notice | Aug 31, 2017 |
Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:
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Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.
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Notice | Aug 31, 2017 |
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Depository Trust Co.; Fixed Income Clearing Corp.; National Securities Clearing Corp.
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Notice | Aug 31, 2017 |
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ICE Clear Credit, LLC
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Notice | Aug 31, 2017 |
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Investors Exchange, LLC
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Notice | Aug 31, 2017 |
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Investors Exchange, LLC
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Notice | Aug 31, 2017 |
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(a) A Cleared Transaction entered into between LCH SA (acting as Index Swaption seller in respect of such Cleared Transaction) and either: (x) In the event the Index Swaption buyer of the Original Transaction is a Clearing Member, such Clearing Member (acting as Index Swaption Buyer in respect of such Cleared Transaction); or (y) in the event the Index Swaption buyer of the Original Transaction is a Client, the relevant Nominated Clearing Member (acting as Index Swaption Buyer in respect of such Cleared Transaction), as applicable; and (b) a Cleared Transaction entered into between LCH SA (acting as Index Swaption buyer in respect of such Cleared Transaction) and either: (x) In the event the Index Swaption seller of the Original Transaction is a Clearing Member, such Clearing Member (acting as Index Swaption Seller in respect of such Cleared Transaction); or (y) in the event the Index Swaption seller of the Original Transaction is a Client, the relevant Nominated Clearing Member (acting as Index Swaption Seller in respect of such Cleared Transaction), as applicable. Various other conforming and clarifying changes would also be made Article 3.1.6.1 to add references for Index Swaptions. Existing Article 3.1.6.1(iv) would be renumbered as 3.1.6.1(v).
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Notice | Aug 31, 2017 |
State Department
Charter Renewals:
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Industry Advisory Group
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Notice | Aug 31, 2017 |
Surface Transportation Board
Abandonment Exemptions:
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Columbia and Cowlitz Railway, LLC, Cowlitz County, WA
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Notice | Aug 31, 2017 |
Abandonments and Discontinuances of Service Exemptions:
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Patriot Woods Railroad, LLC, Cowlitz County, WA; Columbia and Cowlitz Railway, LLC, Cowlitz County, WA
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Notice | Aug 31, 2017 |
Discontinuances of Service Exemptions:
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Wisconsin Central, Ltd.; Waupaca County, WI
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Notice | Aug 31, 2017 |
Transportation Department
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:
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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval to reinstate a previously approved information collection. In order for the FAA to e...
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Notice | Aug 31, 2017 |
Airworthiness Directives:
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We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Dassault Aviation Model FALCON 2000 and FALCON 2000EX airplanes. This AD was prompted by reports of ice accretion on the airplane wing due to the failure of certain anti-ice piccolo tubes in...
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Rule | Aug 31, 2017 |
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We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Dassault Aviation Model FALCON 7X airplanes. This AD was prompted by a discovery of noncompliant rivets in the flight deck upper skin. This AD requires replacement of noncompliant rivets....
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Rule | Aug 31, 2017 |
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We are superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2012-05-03, which applied to certain 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. AD 2...
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Rule | Aug 31, 2017 |
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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 airplanes. This AD was prompted by a report of...
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Rule | Aug 31, 2017 |
Treasury Department
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
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The Department of the Treasury will submit the following information collection requests to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the date of publication...
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Notice | Aug 31, 2017 |
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