December 6, 2017 (Volume 82)

Federal Register December 6, 2017

View all documents issued on December 6, 2017. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

96 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on December 6, 2017

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Depreciation Rates:

Title Type Published
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Utilities Service (RUS) administers rural utilities programs, including the Telecommunications Program. RUS announces the depreciation rates for telecommunications plant for the period ending D...
Notice Dec 06, 2017

U.S. Grade Standards:

Title Type Published
The Agricultural Marketing Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture is revising the United States Standards for Grades of Carcass Beef (beef standards) to allow dentition and documentation of actual age as additional methods of classifying matur...
Notice Dec 06, 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 Minnesota Advisory Committee (Committee) to the Co...
Notice Dec 06, 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 New Mexico Advisory Committee (Committee) to the C...
Notice Dec 06, 2017

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:

Title Type Published
The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain circular welded non-alloy steel pipe from Mexico. The period of review (POR) is November 1, 2015, through October 31, 2016. In...
Notice Dec 06, 2017
As a result of this sunset review, the Department of Commerce (the Department) finds that revocation of the antidumping duty order on certain small diameter seamless carbon and alloy standard, line and pressure pipe (seamless pipe) from Germany would...
Notice Dec 06, 2017
The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on circular welded non-alloy steel pipe (CWP) from the Republic of Korea (Korea). The period of review (POR) is November 1, 2015, through...
Notice Dec 06, 2017
The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on diamond sawblades and parts thereof (diamond sawblades) from the People's Republic of China (the PRC). The period of review (POR) is N...
Notice Dec 06, 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 steel concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) from Mexico, covering the period November 1, 2...
Notice Dec 06, 2017
The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on steel concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) from the Republic of Turkey (Turkey). The period of review (POR) is January 1, 2015, t...
Notice Dec 06, 2017

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species:

Title Type Published
This final rule creates a separate permit endorsement provision for the commercial sale of Atlantic highly migratory species (HMS) by HMS Charter/Headboat permit holders. Prior to implementation of this final rule, all vessels issued an HMS Charter/H...
Rule Dec 06, 2017

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife:

Title Type Published
We, NMFS, announce a 90-day finding on a petition to identify the Northwest Atlantic subpopulation of the leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) as a Distinct Population Segment (DPS) and list it as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA...
Proposed Rule Dec 06, 2017

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Advisory Committee on Earthquake Hazards Reduction (ACEHR or Committee), will meet on Monday, March 12, 2018 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time and Tuesday, March 13, 2018, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time. The primary purpose of th...
Notice Dec 06, 2017
The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public meeting of its Joint Habitat Advisory Panel and Plan Development Team to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Recommendation...
Notice Dec 06, 2017
Free Atlantic Shark Identification Workshops and Protected Species Safe Handling, Release, and Identification Workshops will be held in January, February, and March of 2018. Certain fishermen and shark dealers are required to attend a workshop to mee...
Notice Dec 06, 2017
Notice of U.S.-Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) Civil Nuclear Energy Roundtable.
Notice Dec 06, 2017

Pacific Island Pelagic Fisheries:

Title Type Published
NMFS announces a valid specified fishing agreement that allocates up to 1,000 metric tons (t) of the 2017 bigeye tuna limit for the Territory of American Samoa to identified U.S. longline fishing vessels. The agreement supports the long-term sustaina...
Rule Dec 06, 2017

Reorganizations under Alternative Site Frameworks:

Title Type Published
Foreign-Trade Zone 269; Athens, TX
Notice Dec 06, 2017

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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

Title Type Published
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB) will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a currently approved information collectio...
Notice Dec 06, 2017

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
Combined Filings
Notice Dec 06, 2017
Combined Filings
Notice Dec 06, 2017
Combined Filings
Notice Dec 06, 2017

Applications; Amendments:

Title Type Published
Port Arthur Pipeline, LLC
Notice Dec 06, 2017

Initial Market-Based Rate Filings Including Requests for Blanket Section 204 Authorizations:

Staff Attendances:

Title Type Published
Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. Meetings
Notice Dec 06, 2017

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System General Permits:

Title Type Published
EPA Region 9 is proposing to issue a general NPDES permit for discharges from facilities with discharges classified as low threat located in the Navajo Nation (Permit No. NNG990001) and a general NPDES permit for discharges from bulk fuel storage fac...
Notice Dec 06, 2017

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Changes in Bank Control:

Title Type Published
Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company
Notice Dec 06, 2017

Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

Title Type Published
The FTC intends to ask the Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") to extend for an additional three years the current Paperwork Reduction Act ("PRA") clearance for the FTC's enforcement of the information collection requirements in its Fair Packagin...
Notice Dec 06, 2017

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

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

No documents available.

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) is extending the comment period for the Requests for Comments and Information that appeared in the Federal Register of September 8, 2017. In the Requests for Comments and Information, FDA requested...
Proposed Rule Dec 06, 2017

Guidance:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of a document entitled "Use of Serological Tests to Reduce the Risk of Transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi Infection in Blood and Blood Components; Guidance for Industry."...
Notice Dec 06, 2017

Meetings:

Title Type Published
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Notice Dec 06, 2017
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Notice Dec 06, 2017

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

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

Title Type Published
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment upon this proposed revision of a currently approved collection of information. In accordance...
Notice Dec 06, 2017

Drawbridge Operations:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is re-opening the comment period for its notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM), which published on June 30, 2017. The Coast Guard is proposing to change the regulation governing the DELAIR Memorial Railroad Bridge across the Delaware R...
Proposed Rule Dec 06, 2017

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to comment on applications for permits to conduct activities intended to enhance the propagation or survival of endangered species. With some exceptions, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) prohi...
Notice Dec 06, 2017
This notice provides the names of individuals who have been appointed to serve as members of the Department of the Interior Senior Executive Service (SES) Performance Review Board.
Notice Dec 06, 2017

Endangered and Threatened Species:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce 12- month findings on petitions to list four species as endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). After a thorough review of the best availa...
Proposed Rule Dec 06, 2017
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to comment on the following applications for a permit to conduct activities intended to enhance the survival of endangered or threatened species. Federal law prohibits certain activities with...
Notice Dec 06, 2017

Inventory Completions:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Tuzigoot National Monument, has corrected an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, published in a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register on April 1, 201...
Notice Dec 06, 2017
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Chugach National Forest, 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 c...
Notice Dec 06, 2017

Repatriations of Cultural Items:

Title Type Published
Andover Newton Theological School, in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, has determined that the cultural item listed in this notice meets the definition of object of cultural patrimony. Lineal descendan...
Notice Dec 06, 2017

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Complaints:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has received a complaint entitled Certain Mobile Electronic Devices and Radio Frequency and Processing Components Thereof, DN 3279; the Commission is soliciting comments on any publi...
Notice Dec 06, 2017

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

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined to review in part the presiding administrative law judge's ("ALJ") final initial determination ("ID") issued on September 29, 2017, finding a violation of section 337...
Notice Dec 06, 2017
The Commission hereby gives notice of the institution of investigations and commencement of preliminary phase antidumping and countervailing duty investigation Nos. 701-TA-590 and 731-TA-1397-1398 (Preliminary) pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 ("th...
Notice Dec 06, 2017

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Labor Department logo Labor Department

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

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) sponsored information collection request (ICR) titled, "Application for Permanent Employment Certification," to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for...
Notice Dec 06, 2017

Investigations:

Title Type Published
Section 224(b) of the Trade Act of 1974 ("Trade Act") requires the United States Department of Labor ("Department") to publish in the Federal Register a summary of each report that it submits to the President under section 224(a) of the Trade Act. Se...
Notice Dec 06, 2017

Requests for Nominations:

Title Type Published
The BLS is soliciting new members for the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC). Five current membership terms expire on April 19, 2018. The TAC provides advice to the Bureau of Labor Statistics on technical aspects of data collection and the formulatio...
Notice Dec 06, 2017

Legal Services Corporation logo Legal Services Corporation

Funding Opportunities:

Title Type Published
The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) issues this Notice describing the conditions for submitting Letters of Intent to Apply for 2018 Pro Bono Innovation Fund grants. On May 15, 2017, Congress provided $4 million for the Pro Bono Innovation Fund throu...
Notice Dec 06, 2017

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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

No documents available.

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities logo National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

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

Title Type Published
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), 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 c...
Notice Dec 06, 2017
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), 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 c...
Notice Dec 06, 2017
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), 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 c...
Notice Dec 06, 2017

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Requests for Comments:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is soliciting public comment on draft NUREG-0800, "Standard Review Plan for the Review of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants: LWR Edition," Section 3.11, "Environmental Qualification of Mecha...
Notice Dec 06, 2017

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 06, 2017

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 06, 2017
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 06, 2017

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Title Type Published
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
Notice Dec 06, 2017
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice Dec 06, 2017
Nasdaq BX, Inc.
Notice Dec 06, 2017
New York Stock Exchange, LLC
Notice Dec 06, 2017
New York Stock Exchange, LLC
Notice Dec 06, 2017

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Major Disaster Declarations:

Title Type Published
This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of CALIFORNIA (FEMA- 4344-DR), dated 11/28/2017. Incident: Wildfires. Incident Period: 10/08/2017 through 10/31/2017.
Notice Dec 06, 2017

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is issuing this notice to announce the location, date, time and agenda for the next meeting of the Interagency Task Force on Veterans Small Business Development. The meeting is open to the public.
Notice Dec 06, 2017

State Department logo State Department

Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: I hereby determine that certain additional objects to be included in the exhibition "Arts of Islamic Lands: Masterpieces from The al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait," imported from abroad for temporary...
Notice Dec 06, 2017
Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: I hereby determine that two objects to be included in the exhibition "Plato," imported from abroad for temporary exhibition within the United States, are of cultural significance. The objects ar...
Notice Dec 06, 2017
Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: I hereby determine that certain objects to be included in the exhibition "Rome: City and Empire," imported from abroad for temporary exhibition within the United States, are of cultural signific...
Notice Dec 06, 2017

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Acquisitions and Operation Exemptions:

Title Type Published
Old Augusta Railroad, LLC; KM Railways, LLC
Notice Dec 06, 2017

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR describes the...
Notice Dec 06, 2017
The FHWA invites public comments about our intention to request approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a new information collection, which is summarized below under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. We are required to publish this notic...
Notice Dec 06, 2017
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request abstracted below is being forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comments. A...
Notice Dec 06, 2017
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comme...
Notice Dec 06, 2017
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comme...
Notice Dec 06, 2017
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR describes the...
Notice Dec 06, 2017
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comme...
Notice Dec 06, 2017

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Fokker Services B.V. Model F28 Mark 0070 and 0100 airplanes. This AD requires contacting the FAA to obtain instructions for addressing the unsafe condition on these products, and doing the ac...
Rule Dec 06, 2017
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Fokker Services B.V. Model F28 Mark 1000, 2000, 3000, and 4000 airplanes. This AD requires contacting the FAA to obtain instructions for addressing the unsafe condition on these products,...
Rule Dec 06, 2017
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain The Boeing Company Model 767-200 and -300 series airplanes. This proposed AD was prompted by a report of two cracks at a certain frame inner chord. This proposed AD would require a de...
Proposed Rule Dec 06, 2017

Amendment of Class D and Class E Airspace:

Title Type Published
This action proposes to amend controlled airspace at Lewiston- Nez Perce County Airport, Lewiston, ID, by enlarging Class D airspace, and Class E surface airspace, and reducing Class E airspace designated as an extension, and Class E airspace extendi...
Proposed Rule Dec 06, 2017
This action proposes to modify Class E airspace designated as an extension, and modify Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface at Joslin Field-Magic Valley Regional Airport, Twin Falls, ID. Also, the part-time Notice to Airm...
Proposed Rule Dec 06, 2017

Establishment of Class E Airspace:

Title Type Published
This action corrects a final rule published in the Federal Register of October 11, 2017, that establishes Class E airspace and amends Class D and E airspace at Molokai Airport, Kaunakakai, HI. The airspace description for the airport in Class E airsp...
Rule Dec 06, 2017
This action proposes to establish Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface, at Rangely Airport, Rangely, CO, to accommodate new area navigation (RNAV) procedures at the airport. This action would ensure the safety and managem...
Proposed Rule Dec 06, 2017
This action establishes Class E airspace extending upward from 700 and 1,200 feet above the surface at Twin Bridges Airport, Twin Bridges, MT, to accommodate the development of instrument flight rules (IFR) operations under standard instrument approa...
Rule Dec 06, 2017

Federal Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard; Exemption Approvals:

Title Type Published
This document grants in full Fuji Heavy Industries U.S.A., Inc.'s (FUSA) petition for exemption of the Subaru Ascent vehicle line in accordance with Exemption from Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard. This petition is granted because the agency has det...
Notice Dec 06, 2017

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

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

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Dec 06, 2017

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is updating the monetary allowance payable for qualifying interments that occur during calendar year 2018, which applies toward the private purchase of an outer burial receptacle (or "graveliner") for use in a...
Notice Dec 06, 2017

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

Title Type Published
Veterans Benefits Administrations, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal agencies...
Notice Dec 06, 2017
Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal agencies...
Notice Dec 06, 2017
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, will submit the collection of information abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget (...
Notice Dec 06, 2017
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, will submit the collection of information abstracted below to the Office of Management and...
Notice Dec 06, 2017

Volume Information

This date's documents are part of Volume 82 of the Federal Register.

Browse All Documents from 2017 (Volume 82)

Looking for other issues from December 2017 or the full 2017 Federal Register Archive ?