November 7, 2017 (Volume 82)

Federal Register November 7, 2017

View all documents issued on November 7, 2017. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

90 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on November 7, 2017

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Nov 07, 2017
We are withdrawing a proposed rule that would have revised our regulations regarding the importation, interstate movement, and environmental release of certain genetically engineered organisms. We are taking this action after considering the comments...
Proposed Rule Nov 07, 2017

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

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Forest Service is seeking comments from all interested individuals and organizations on the extension with revision of a currently approved information collection, Outreach Opportunity Quest...
Notice Nov 07, 2017
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 this notice announces the intention of the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) to seek approval to conduct a new information collection to gather data related to water usage for North...
Notice Nov 07, 2017

Civil Rights Commission logo Civil Rights Commission

Meetings:

Title Type Published
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 meeting of the Alaska Advisory Committee (Committee) to the Commi...
Notice Nov 07, 2017
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 meeting of the Alaska Advisory Committee (Committee) to the Commi...
Notice Nov 07, 2017

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
This final rule on attorney-client privilege amends the existing rules relating to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office or USPTO) trial practice for inter partes review, post- grant review, the transitional program for covered busine...
Rule Nov 07, 2017
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is publishing this notice on behalf of the United States Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) to announce the availability of a draft Fourth National Climate Assessment report for public c...
Notice Nov 07, 2017

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 Nov 07, 2017

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:

Title Type Published
The Department of Commerce (the Department) is postponing the deadline for issuing the final determinations in the less-than-fair- value (LTFV) investigations of carbon and alloy steel wire rod (wire rod) from Italy, the Republic of Korea (Korea), Sp...
Notice Nov 07, 2017
On May 5, 2017 the Department of Commerce (the Department) published the preliminary results of the 9th administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain activated carbon from the People's Republic of China (PRC). We gave interested part...
Notice Nov 07, 2017
On May 5, 2017, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain steel threaded rod from the People's Republic of China (PRC) for the period of review...
Notice Nov 07, 2017
The Department of Commerce is simultaneously initiating and issuing the preliminary results of a changed circumstances review of the antidumping duty order on diamond sawblades and parts thereof from the People's Republic of China to determine whethe...
Notice Nov 07, 2017
As a result of this sunset review, the Department of Commerce (the Department) finds that revocation of the antidumping duty order on large power transformers (LPTs) from the Republic of Korea (Korea) would be likely to lead to continuation or recurr...
Notice Nov 07, 2017
In response to requests from interested parties, the Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel bar (SSB) from India. The period of review (POR) is February 1, 2016,...
Notice Nov 07, 2017
The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on uncovered innerspring units (innerspring units) from the People's Republic of China (PRC). The period of review (POR) is February 1, 2...
Notice Nov 07, 2017

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic:

Title Type Published
NMFS implements an accountability measure (AM) for commercial Spanish mackerel in the northern zone of the Atlantic exclusive economic zone (EEZ) through this temporary rule. NMFS has determined that the revised commercial quota for Spanish mackerel...
Rule Nov 07, 2017

Fisheries of the Northeastern United States:

Title Type Published
NMFS issues final specifications for the 2018 commercial golden tilefish fishery and projected specifications for 2019 and 2020. This action establishes allowable harvest levels and other management measures to prevent overfishing while allowing opti...
Rule Nov 07, 2017
NMFS proposes revised scup specifications for the 2018 fishing year and projected specifications for 2019. Updated scientific information regarding the scup stock indicates that higher catch limits may be implemented to achieve optimum yield. This ac...
Proposed Rule Nov 07, 2017

Education Department logo Education Department

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the Education Department General Administrative Regulations, this notice authorizes grantees receiving awards under the High School Career and Technical Education (CTE) Teacher Pathway Initiative (CFDA 84.051D) to make subgrants, subject...
Notice Nov 07, 2017

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

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing an extension of an existing information collection.
Notice Nov 07, 2017

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Energy pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, intends to extend for three years an information collection request with the Office of Management and Budget.
Notice Nov 07, 2017
Combined Filings
Notice Nov 07, 2017
Combined Filings
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Combined Filings
Notice Nov 07, 2017
Combined Filings
Notice Nov 07, 2017
Combined Filings
Notice Nov 07, 2017
Combined Filings
Notice Nov 07, 2017
Records Governing Off-the-Record Communications
Notice Nov 07, 2017

Applications:

Title Type Published
Texas Eastern Transmission, LP
Notice Nov 07, 2017

Complaints:

Title Type Published
EDF Renewable Energy, Inc. v. Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc., Southwest Power Pool, Inc., and PJM Interconnection, LLC
Notice Nov 07, 2017

Hydroelectric Applications:

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Crown Hydro, LLC; Crown Mill Hydroelectric Project; Teleconference
Notice Nov 07, 2017

Petitions for Declaratory Orders:

Title Type Published
BridgeTex Pipeline Co., LLC
Notice Nov 07, 2017
Permian Express Terminal, LLC and Permian Express Partners, LLC
Notice Nov 07, 2017

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 to approve a revision to the Wisconsin State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) to EPA on May 16, 2017. The revision replaces the definiti...
Proposed Rule Nov 07, 2017
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking direct final action to approve a revision to the Wisconsin State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) to EPA on May 16, 2017. The revision repl...
Rule Nov 07, 2017

Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the Clean Air Act (CAA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator signed an Order, dated October 6, 2017, denying a petition to object to a title V operating permit, issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Pr...
Notice Nov 07, 2017

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Meetings:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, this notice advises interested persons that the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Technological Advisory Council will hold a meeting.
Notice Nov 07, 2017

Federal Election Commission logo Federal Election Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Nov 07, 2017

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
Notice Nov 07, 2017

Changes in Bank Control:

Title Type Published
Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company
Notice Nov 07, 2017

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is publishing a list of information collections that have been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Nov 07, 2017
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 Nov 07, 2017
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is issuing this proposed order to reclassify the needle destruction device, renaming the device to "sharps needle destruction device," a postamendments class III device (regulated under product code MTV), into c...
Proposed Rule Nov 07, 2017
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is amending the color additive regulations to provide for the safe use of calcium carbonate to color hard and soft candy, mints, and chewing gum. We are taking this action in response to a color additive p...
Rule Nov 07, 2017

Guidance:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of a guidance for industry entitled "Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection: Developing Direct-Acting Antiviral Drugs for Treatment." The purpose of this guidance is to assi...
Notice Nov 07, 2017
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of a guidance for industry entitled "Recommended Statement for Over-the-Counter Aspirin-Containing Drug Products Labeled With Cardiovascular-Related Imagery." The guidanc...
Notice Nov 07, 2017

Immunology and Microbiology Devices:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, the Agency, or we) is classifying the genetic health risk assessment system into class II (special controls). The special controls that apply to the device type are identified in this order and will be part of t...
Rule Nov 07, 2017

Medical Devices:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, the Agency, or we) is classifying the total 25-hydroxyvitamin D mass spectrometry test system into class II (special controls). The special controls that apply to the device type are identified in this order and...
Rule Nov 07, 2017
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is publishing an order to exempt autosomal recessive carrier screening gene mutation detection systems from the premarket notification requirements, subject to certain limitations. This exemption from...
Rule Nov 07, 2017
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) is announcing its intent to exempt a list of class II devices from premarket notification requirements, subject to certain limitations. The Agency has determined that, based on established factors,...
Notice Nov 07, 2017

Medicare and Medicaid Programs:

Title Type Published
This final rule updates the home health prospective payment system (HH PPS) payment rates, including the national, standardized 60- day episode payment rates, the national per-visit rates, and the non- routine medical supply (NRS) conversion factor,...
Rule Nov 07, 2017

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Nov 07, 2017
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Notice Nov 07, 2017

Requests for Nominations:

Title Type Published
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is seeking nominations for membership on the STAC. The STAC consists of 17 members including experts in fields associated with occupational medicine, environmental medicine, environmental health, i...
Notice Nov 07, 2017

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Title Type Published
In accordance with Section 206A of the National Housing Act, HUD has adjusted the Basic Statutory Mortgage Limits for Multifamily Housing Programs for Calendar Year 2017.
Notice Nov 07, 2017

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

Title Type Published
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 Nov 07, 2017
HUD submitted the proposed information collection requirement described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 30 days of public commen...
Notice Nov 07, 2017

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

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

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division, will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and...
Notice Nov 07, 2017

Manufacturers of Controlled Substances; Applications:

Title Type Published
Notice of application.
Notice Nov 07, 2017

Proposed Consent Decrees:

Title Type Published
Clean Air Act
Notice Nov 07, 2017

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor (DOL) is seeking public comment on its Draft FY 2018-2022 Strategic Plan.
Notice Nov 07, 2017

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

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) sponsored information collection request (ICR) revision titled, "Report on Current Employment Statistics," to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and ap...
Notice Nov 07, 2017

Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Program:

Title Type Published
The Secretary of Labor signed the annual certifications under the Federal Unemployment Tax Act, 26 U.S.C. 3301 et seq., thereby enabling employers who make contributions to state unemployment funds to obtain certain credits against their liability fo...
Notice Nov 07, 2017

Library of Congress logo Library of Congress

Title Type Published
The Copyright Royalty Judges solicit comments on proposed rates and terms for use of certain works in connection with noncommercial broadcasting for the period commencing January 1, 2018, and ending on December 31, 2022.
Proposed Rule Nov 07, 2017

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Facility Operating and Combined Licenses:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to Section 189a. (2) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is publishing this regular biweekly notice. The Act requires the Commission to publish notice of any amendments issued,...
Notice Nov 07, 2017

Guidance:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is revising its licensing guidance for licenses authorizing the use of Yttrium-90 (Y- 90) Microsphere Brachytherapy Sources and Devices TheraSphere[supreg] and SIR-Spheres[supreg]. The NRC is requesting pu...
Notice Nov 07, 2017

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Nov 07, 2017

Applications:

Title Type Published
Notice of an application for an order under section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("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...
Notice Nov 07, 2017
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State Department logo State Department

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

Title Type Published
The Department of State is seeking Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the information collection described below. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we are requesting comments on this collection from all intereste...
Notice Nov 07, 2017

Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: I hereby determine that certain objects to be included in the exhibition "Paper Promises: Early American Photography," imported from abroad for temporary exhibition within the United States, are...
Notice Nov 07, 2017

Tennessee Valley Authority logo Tennessee Valley Authority

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Nov 07, 2017

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Airworthiness Criteria:

Title Type Published
These airworthiness design criteria for the Alexander Schleicher GmbH & Co. models ASG 32 & ASG 32 Mi gliders. The administrator finds the design criteria, which make up the certification basis for the ASG 32 & ASG 32 Mi gliders, acceptable.
Rule Nov 07, 2017

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Ipeco Holdings Ltd. (Ipeco) pilot and co-pilot seats. This AD requires modification and reidentification of the affected seats. This AD was prompted by reports of unexpected movement of p...
Rule Nov 07, 2017
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Piper Aircraft, Inc. Models PA-28-140, PA-28-150, PA-28-160, PA-28-180, PA-28-235, PA-32-260, and PA-32-300 airplanes. This proposed AD was prompted by reports of corrosion found in a...
Proposed Rule Nov 07, 2017
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Rolls-Royce plc (RR) RB211-Trent 970-84 and RB211-Trent 972-84 turbofan engines. This AD requires an inspection of the drains mast. This AD was prompted by cracks found in the transition duct...
Rule Nov 07, 2017

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice announces both a public meeting of the Technical Pipeline Safety Standards Committee, also known as the Gas Pipeline Advisory Committee (GPAC), to discuss topics and provisions of the proposed rule titled "Safety of Gas Transmission and G...
Notice Nov 07, 2017
The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a meeting of Twenty Fifth RTCA SC-223 IPS and AeroMACS Plenary.
Notice Nov 07, 2017
The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a meeting of Twenty First RTCA SC-227 Standards of Navigation Performance Plenary.
Notice Nov 07, 2017

Petitions for Exemptions; Summaries:

Title Type Published
This notice contains a summary of a petition seeking relief from specified requirements of Federal Aviation Regulations. The purpose of this notice is to improve the public's awareness of, and participation in, the FAA's exemption process. Neither pu...
Notice Nov 07, 2017

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Title Type Published
Under provisions of law agencies are required to publish a notice in the Federal Register of the appointment of Performance Review Board (PRB) members. This notice announces the appointment of individuals to serve on the PRB of the Department of Vete...
Notice Nov 07, 2017
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has a current 12 month computer matching agreement (CMA) re-establishment agreement with the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) regarding Veterans who are in Federal prison and are also in receipt of compensation...
Notice Nov 07, 2017

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Joint Biomedical Laboratory Research and Development and Clinical Science Research and Development Services Scientific Merit Review Board
Notice Nov 07, 2017

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