Federal Register December 18, 2017
View all documents issued on December 18, 2017. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.
86 documents were published on this date.
Agencies Publishing on December 18, 2017
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Agency for International Development
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Agriculture Department
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Civil Rights Commission
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Commerce Department
(4)
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Defense Department
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Energy Department
(10)
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Environmental Protection Agency
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Federal Communications Commission
(4)
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
(2)
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Federal Maritime Commission
(1)
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Federal Reserve System
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Federal Trade Commission
(1)
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Health and Human Services Department
(10)
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Homeland Security Department
(1)
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Housing and Urban Development Department
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Interior Department
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International Trade Commission
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Justice Department
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Labor Department
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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NNational Science Foundation (1)
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PPostal Regulatory Commission (1)
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Postal Service
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Securities and Exchange Commission
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Small Business Administration
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Transportation Department
(8)
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Veterans Affairs Department
(1)
Agency for International Development
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U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is making efforts to reduce the paperwork burden. USAID invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following proposed and/or continuing informatio...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
Agriculture Department
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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the intention of the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) to request approval to revise and extend a currently approved information collection, the Milk and Milk...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
National Organic Program:
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This proposed rule sets forth the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA or Department) intention to withdraw the Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices (OLPP) final rule published in the Federal Register on January 19, 2017, by USDA's Agricultural...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 18, 2017 |
Civil Rights Commission
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 New Jersey State Advisory Committee to...
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Notice | Dec 18, 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 meeting of the Oregon Advisory Committee (Committee) to the Commi...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
Commerce Department
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic:
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The NMFS Southeast Region, in collaboration with the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council), intends to prepare a DEIS to describe and analyze management alternatives to be included in Amendment 9 to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States:
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NMFS announces that the Commonwealth of Virginia is transferring a portion of its 2017 commercial summer flounder quota to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. This quota adjustment is necessary to comply with the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea B...
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Rule | Dec 18, 2017 |
Meetings:
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This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a meeting of the NOAA Science Advisory Board (SAB). The members will discuss issues outlined in the section on Matters to be considered. Time and Date: The meeting will be held Tuesday, Febru...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
North American Free Trade Agreement:
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A Request for Panel Review was filed on behalf of the Government of Canada, the Government of Ontario, the Government of Qu[eacute]bec, British Columbia Lumber Trade Council ("BCLTC"), Conseil de l'Industrie forestiere du Qu[eacute]bec ("CIFQ"), Onta...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
Defense Department
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In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, DoD announces the proposed extension of a public information collection requirement and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. DoD invites comments on: Whether the proposed collection o...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
Energy Department
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Combined Filings
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
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Combined Filings
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
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The Department of Energy (DOE) is amending the worker safety and health program regulations to update the safety and health standards and delete the obsolete directives currently incorporated by reference in the code of federal regulations. The regul...
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Rule | Dec 18, 2017 |
Hydroelectric Applications:
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Deschutes Valley Water District
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
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Utah Board of Water Resources
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
Petitions for Waivers:
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Alabama Municipal Electric Authority
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
Requests for Information:
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) invites public comment on its Request for Information (RFI) on Identifying Opportunities to Address Barriers for Lowering the Cost and Risk of Geothermal Drilling. The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Ener...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
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As part of its implementation of, "Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs," (January 30, 2017) and, "Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda," (Feb. 24, 2017), the Department of Energy (DOE) is seeking comments and information from inter...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 18, 2017 |
Requests under Blanket Authorizations:
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Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
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WBI Energy Transmission, Inc.
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
Environmental Protection Agency
Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations:
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve several different revisions to the State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted to EPA by the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (VT DEC). On May 23, 2017, Vermont submitted...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 18, 2017 |
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving Vermont's Regional Haze Five-Year Progress Report (Progress Report), submitted on February 29, 2016 as a revision to its State Implementation Plan (SIP). Vermont's SIP revision addresses requirem...
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Rule | Dec 18, 2017 |
Request for Ad Hoc Expert Nominations:
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The Agency is issuing this notice to announce the opportunity to provide additional nominations for experts to serve as ad hoc members for the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Scientific Advisory Panel (FIFRA SAP) reviewing physiol...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
Federal Communications Commission
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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...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
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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, information requirements associated with the Commission's Order, FCC 17-15. In this Order, the Commission minimized t...
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Rule | Dec 18, 2017 |
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In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved the non-substantive change request for the information collection requirements contained in FCC 17-137. This document is consistent with the Report...
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Rule | Dec 18, 2017 |
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In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) adopts a regulatory framework to facilitate the delivery of broadband services through satellite constellation networks. The Commission updates, clarifies and streamlines the curren...
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Rule | Dec 18, 2017 |
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Terminations of Receivership:
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10388; First National Bank of Olathe; Olathe, KS
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
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4632; BestBank; Boulder, CO
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
Federal Maritime Commission
Petitions for Exemptions:
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SM Line Corp.
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Notice | Dec 18, 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 | Dec 18, 2017 |
Regulatory Capital Rules:
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The Board is providing notice of the aggregate global indicator amounts for purposes of a calculation for 2017, which is required under the Board's rule regarding risk-based capital surcharges for global systemically important bank holding companies...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
Federal Trade Commission
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The information collection requirements described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act ("PRA"). The FTC is seeking public comments on its proposal to extend for...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
Health and Human Services Department
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces an opportunity for commercial manufacturers to work with CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD) o...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
Charter Renewals:
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This gives notice under the Federal Advisory Committee Act of October 6, 1972, that the Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (BSC, NCIPC), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health a...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
Guidance:
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry entitled "Developing Targeted Therapies in Low-Frequency Molecular Subsets of a Disease." The purpose of this guidance is to describe the...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry entitled "Drug Products, Including Biological Products, that Contain Nanomaterials." This draft guidance has been developed to provide in...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry entitled "Information Requests and Discipline Review Letters Under GDUFA." This draft guidance explains how FDA will issue and use an inf...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of the draft guidance entitled "Investigational IVDs Used in Clinical Investigations of Therapeutic Products." This draft guidance is intended to assist sponsors of clini...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of the draft guidance entitled "Replacement Reagent and Instrument Family Policy for In Vitro Diagnostic Devices." FDA is issuing this draft guidance document to update a...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
Meetings:
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Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
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National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
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Safety and Occupational Health Study Section
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
Homeland Security Department
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:
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The DHS NPPD Office of Cybersecurity and Communications (CS&C), SECIR, will submit the following information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
Housing and Urban Development Department
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Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974, notice is hereby given that the Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), provides public notice regarding a revision of its System of Records for th...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:
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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...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
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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...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
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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...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:
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The Commonwealth of Virginia, through the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD), is providing notice of its intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Ohio Creek Watershed Project located in the City o...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
Interior Department
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:
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To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), we, the Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR), are proposing to renew an information collection.
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
International Trade Commission
Investigations; Determinations, Modifications, and Rulings, etc.:
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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 ("Final ID") issued on September 1, 2017, finding a violation of section...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
Justice Department
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:
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Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Bureau of Investigation, Criminal Justice Information Services Division will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accor...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
Decisions and Orders:
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Michel P. Toret, M.D.
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
Labor Department
Expansion of Recognition; Applications:
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In this notice, OSHA announces the application of Canadian Standards Association (CSA) for expansion of its recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) and presents the Agency's preliminary finding to grant the application.
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
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In this notice, OSHA announces the applications of MET Laboratories, Inc. (MET) for expansion of its recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) and presents the Agency's preliminary finding to grant the applications.
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
Meetings:
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Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the Labor Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiation and Trade Policy has been postponed until further notice. This meeting, which was closed to the public, was scheduled for December 15, 2017, from 2 p.m. to 4...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
Petitions for Modifications:
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This notice is a summary of petitions for modification submitted to the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) by the parties listed below.
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
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This notice is a summary of petitions for modification submitted to the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) by the parties listed below.
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Requests for Nominations:
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Further to the NASA Federal Register notice of December 12, 2017 (see citation above), NASA announces an invitation for public nominations of U.S. citizens to serve as potential members of the National Space Council Users' Advisory Group (UAG). The U...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
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National Science Foundation
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish notice of permits issued under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. This is the required notice.
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
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Postal Regulatory Commission
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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.
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
Postal Service
Product Changes:
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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.
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
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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.
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
Securities and Exchange Commission
Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:
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Bats BZX Exchange, Inc.
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
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Cboe BYX Exchange, Inc.
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
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Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc.
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
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Cboe EDGA Exchange, Inc.
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
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Cboe EDGX Exchange, Inc.
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
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Cboe EDGX Exchange, Inc.
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
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NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
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NYSE American LLC
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
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NYSE Arca, Inc.
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
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NYSE Arca, Inc.
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
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New York Stock Exchange LLC
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
Small Business Administration
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The Small Business Administration (SBA) is publishing this notice to comply with requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), which requires agencies to submit proposed reporting and recordkeeping requirements to OMB for review and approval, an...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
Surrender of Licenses of Small Business Investment Companies:
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Frontier Fund I, LP
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
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UTFC Fund II, LLC
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
Transportation Department
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The FHWA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval for a new information collection, which is summarized below under Supplementary Information. We are required to publish this notice i...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
Airworthiness Directives:
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We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain ATR-GIE Avions de Transport R[eacute]gional Model ATR42-300 and -500 airplanes and Model ATR72-202 and -212A airplanes. This AD requires identifying the serial number of the dual distribu...
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Rule | Dec 18, 2017 |
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We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Airbus Model A330-200 Freighter, -200, and -300 series airplanes; and Airbus Model A340-200, -300, -500, and -600 series airplanes. This AD was prompted by a report that the trimmable horizon...
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Rule | Dec 18, 2017 |
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We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Dassault Aviation Model FALCON 2000EX airplanes. This AD was prompted by a quality review of delivered airplanes, which identified a manufacturing deficiency of some engine air inlet anti-ice...
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Rule | Dec 18, 2017 |
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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 reports of cracking in the webs of the stub beams at certain fuselage stations. T...
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Rule | Dec 18, 2017 |
Exemption Petitions; Summaries:
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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...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
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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, this aspect of the FAA's regulatory act...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
Federal Agency Actions:
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The FHWA, on behalf of Caltrans, is issuing this notice to announce actions taken by Caltrans that are final within the meaning of agency law. The actions relate to a proposed highway project, Interstate 15, from post mile 18.3 to post mile 21.0, in...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
Veterans Affairs Department
Loan Guaranty:
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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announces that the aggregate amounts of assistance available under the Specially Adapted Housing (SAH) grant program will increase by 4.88 percent for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018.
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Notice | Dec 18, 2017 |
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