December 14, 2017 (Volume 82)

Federal Register December 14, 2017

View all documents issued on December 14, 2017. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

90 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on December 14, 2017

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Requests for Information:

Title Type Published
The National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Child and Adult Care Food Program, and Summer Food Service Program (Child Nutrition Programs), which are administered by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Nutriti...
Notice Dec 14, 2017

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species:

Title Type Published
NMFS is adjusting the Swordfish (SWO) General Commercial permit retention limits for the Northwest Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and U.S. Caribbean regions for January through June of the 2018 fishing year, unless otherwise later noticed. The SWO General...
Rule Dec 14, 2017

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Pacific Council) will host the Area 2A Pacific Halibut Managers Coordination Meeting via webinar. The meeting is open to the public.
Notice Dec 14, 2017

Consumer Product Safety Commission logo Consumer Product Safety Commission

Title Type Published
The Children's Gasoline Burn Prevention Act (CGBPA or the Act) adopted as a consumer product safety rule, the child-resistance requirements for closures on portable gasoline containers published in the ASTM voluntary standard, Standard Specification...
Rule Dec 14, 2017

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Defense has submitted to OMB for clearance, the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.
Notice Dec 14, 2017
The Department of Defense (Department) is amending its interpretive rule for the Military Lending Act (the MLA). The MLA, as implemented by the Department, limits the military annual percentage rate (MAPR) that a creditor may charge to a maximum of 3...
Rule Dec 14, 2017

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Department of Defense (DoD) is publishing this notice to announce that the following Federal Advisory Committee meeting of the Vietnam War Commemoration Advisory Committee will take place.
Notice Dec 14, 2017

Education Department logo Education Department

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

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing an extension of an existing information collection.
Notice Dec 14, 2017
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing a new information collection.
Notice Dec 14, 2017
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing a new information collection.
Notice Dec 14, 2017

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
Combined Filings
Notice Dec 14, 2017
Combined Filings
Notice Dec 14, 2017

Engineering Guidelines for the Evaluation of Hydropower Projects:

Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

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

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reopening the comment period for a proposed rulemaking notice published in the Federal Register on October 13, 2017, which accompanied a direct final rulemaking published on the same date. The direct final...
Proposed Rule Dec 14, 2017
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking final action finding that Washington State failed to submit an infrastructure State Implementation Plan (SIP) to satisfy certain interstate transport requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA) with res...
Rule Dec 14, 2017
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or "Agency") is taking final action to determine that the deficiency that formed the basis for a disapproval of the contingency measures submitted for the San Joaquin Valley nonattainment area for the 1997 fin...
Rule Dec 14, 2017

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Title Type Published
Space Exploration Program, U.S.; Efforts To Reinvigorate (Space Policy Directive1 of December 11, 2017)
Presidential Document Dec 14, 2017

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) eliminates historic preservation review of replacement utility poles that support communications equipment, subject to conditions that ensure no effects on historic properties. The Commission also co...
Rule Dec 14, 2017
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this o...
Notice Dec 14, 2017
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this o...
Notice Dec 14, 2017
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this o...
Notice Dec 14, 2017

Ancillary Terrestrial Component of Mobile Satellite Service Systems:

Title Type Published
In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years, the information collection associated with the Commission's Terrestrial Use of the 2473-2495 MHz bands for Low-Power...
Rule Dec 14, 2017

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Terminations of Receivership:

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) is adopting a proposal to extend for three years, without revision, the Reporting Requirements Associated with Regulation XX Concentration Limit (FR XX) and Financial Company (as defined) R...
Notice Dec 14, 2017
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
Notice Dec 14, 2017
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System ("Board") is requesting comment on proposed changes to part II of the Federal Reserve Policy on Payment System Risk ("PSR policy") related to procedures for determining the net debit cap and maximu...
Proposed Rule Dec 14, 2017

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
The invention listed below is owned by an agency of the U.S. Government and is available for licensing to achieve expeditious commercialization of results of federally-funded research and development. Foreign patent applications are filed on selected...
Notice Dec 14, 2017
This final rule with comment period revises the Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) and the Medicare ambulatory surgical center (ASC) payment system for CY 2018 to implement changes arising from our continuing experience wi...
Rule Dec 14, 2017

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

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the Agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), Federal Agencies are required to publis...
Notice Dec 14, 2017
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the Agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), Federal Agencies are required to publis...
Notice Dec 14, 2017
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for review and approval of the information collection listed below.
Notice Dec 14, 2017

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the following public workshop entitled "Patient-Focused Drug Development: Developing and Submitting Proposed Draft Guidance Relating to Patient Experience Data." The purpose of the public...
Notice Dec 14, 2017
The Food and Drug Administration is correcting a notice entitled "Safety Assessment for Investigational New Drug Safety Reporting; Public Workshop" that appeared in the Federal Register of November 27, 2017. The document announced a public workshop t...
Notice Dec 14, 2017

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the U.S. Coast Guard intends to submit an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), requesting an ex...
Notice Dec 14, 2017
Rule Dec 14, 2017

Safety Zones:

Title Type Published
This interim rule modifies and extends the effective period of the existing temporary safety zone encompassing all navigable waters within a 250-yard radius of Commerce Construction vessels and machinery conducting diving and pipeline removal operati...
Rule Dec 14, 2017

Interior Department logo Interior Department

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

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) are proposing to renew an information collection with revisions relating to abandoned mine reclamation funds.
Notice Dec 14, 2017
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) are proposing to renew an information collection relating to Subsidence insurance program grants.
Notice Dec 14, 2017

Exclusive Patent Liceses; Approvals:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Department of the Interior, is contemplating the grant of an exclusive license in the United States of America, its territories, possessions and commonwealths, to USGS's interest in the invention embodied in U.S. Pr...
Notice Dec 14, 2017

Justice Department logo Justice Department

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

Title Type Published
The Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs, Federal Bureau of Investigation, will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the...
Notice Dec 14, 2017

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

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The National Endowment for the Humanities will hold three meetings of the Humanities Panel, a federal advisory committee, during January, 2018. The purpose of the meetings is for panel review, discussion, evaluation, and recommendation of application...
Notice Dec 14, 2017

N
National Labor Relations Board

Title Type Published
The National Labor Relations Board (the Board) is seeking information from the public regarding its representation election regulations (the Election Regulations), with a specific focus on amendments to the Board's representation case procedures adop...
Proposed Rule Dec 14, 2017

P
Postal Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The Commission is noticing a recent Postal Service filing for the Commission's consideration concerning a negotiated service agreement. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.
Notice Dec 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 2017

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") is publishing this document to inform the public that it has set a compliance date for its previously-adopted exhibit hyperlinking requirements for Form 10-Ds that require hyperlinks to any exhibi...
Rule Dec 14, 2017
The Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") is adopting a temporary final rule that requires funds in larger fund groups to maintain in their records the information that is required to be included in Form N-PORT, in lieu of filing repo...
Rule Dec 14, 2017
Notice Dec 14, 2017

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Title Type Published
Cboe BYX Exchange, Inc.
Notice Dec 14, 2017
Cboe EDGA Exchange, Inc.
Notice Dec 14, 2017
Cboe EDGX Exchange, Inc.
Notice Dec 14, 2017
Cboe Futures Exchange, LLC
Notice Dec 14, 2017
Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc.
Notice Dec 14, 2017
Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc.
Notice Dec 14, 2017
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
Notice Dec 14, 2017
Investors Exchange LLC
Notice Dec 14, 2017
MIAX PEARL, LLC
Notice Dec 14, 2017
Miami International Securities Exchange, LLC
Notice Dec 14, 2017
Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board
Notice Dec 14, 2017
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice Dec 14, 2017
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice Dec 14, 2017
NYSE MKT LLC
Notice Dec 14, 2017
Nasdaq BX, Inc.
Notice Dec 14, 2017
Nasdaq GEMX, LLC
Notice Dec 14, 2017
Nasdaq PHLX LLC
Notice Dec 14, 2017
Nasdaq PHLX LLC
Notice Dec 14, 2017
The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC
Notice Dec 14, 2017
The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC
Notice Dec 14, 2017
The Options Clearing Corp.
Notice Dec 14, 2017

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

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

Title Type Published
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is submitting a Generic Information Collection Request (Generic ICR): ``Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery'' to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB...
Notice Dec 14, 2017

State Department logo State Department

Title Type Published
This proposed rule provides various changes and updates to the Department of State passport rules. The proposed rule incorporates statutory passport denial and revocation requirements for certain convicted sex offenders. It notes that, notwithstandin...
Proposed Rule Dec 14, 2017

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Acquisition Exemptions:

Title Type Published
City and County of Denver; Western Stock Show Association in the City and County of Denver, CO
Notice Dec 14, 2017

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
This action amends the Special Federal Aviation Regulation (SFAR) that prohibits certain flights in specified areas of the Sanaa (OYSC) Flight Information Region (FIR) by all: United States (U.S.) air carriers; U.S. commercial operators; persons exer...
Rule Dec 14, 2017
The Department of Transportation (the Department) is withdrawing a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) published on July 15, 2011 that proposed to collect detailed revenue information regarding airline imposed fees from those air carriers meeting th...
Proposed Rule Dec 14, 2017
The Department is withdrawing the supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (SNPRM) on Transparency of Airline Ancillary Service Fees issued on January 9, 2017. The SNPRM proposed to require air carriers, foreign air carriers, and ticket agents to c...
Proposed Rule Dec 14, 2017

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Airbus Model A330-200, A330-200 Freighter, and A330-300 series airplanes; and Airbus Model A340-200, A340-300, A340-500, and A340-600 series airplanes. This AD requires repetitive inspections...
Rule Dec 14, 2017
We propose to supersede Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2015-15- 13, which applies to certain Airbus Model A319 series airplanes; Model A320-211, -212, -214, -231, -232, and -233 airplanes; and Model A321- 111, -112, -131, -211, -212, -213, -231, and -2...
Proposed Rule Dec 14, 2017
We are superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2012-21-04, which applied to all Airbus Model A300 series airplanes; Model A310 series airplanes; and Model A300 B4-600, B4-600R, and F4-600R series airplanes, and Model A300 C4-605R Variant F airplanes...
Rule Dec 14, 2017
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Alexander Schleicher GmbH & Co. Segelflugzeugbau Models ASH 25M and ASH 26E gliders. This AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) issued by an aviation authority...
Rule Dec 14, 2017
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for 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 action...
Rule Dec 14, 2017
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all The Boeing Company Model 737-100, -200, -200C, -300, -400, and -500 series airplanes. This AD was prompted by a report indicating that wear of the bearing plate slider bushings could cause di...
Rule Dec 14, 2017

Surface Transportation Project Delivery Program:

Title Type Published
The Surface Transportation Project Delivery Program allows a State to assume FHWA's environmental responsibilities for review, consultation, and compliance for Federal highway projects. When a State assumes these Federal responsibilities, the State b...
Notice Dec 14, 2017

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Title Type Published
This Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) notice updates the data for calculating the ``Reasonable Charges'' collected or recovered by VA for medical care or services. This notice also updates the ``National Average Administrative Prescription Costs''...
Notice Dec 14, 2017

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