December 22, 2017 (Volume 82)

Federal Register December 22, 2017

View all documents issued on December 22, 2017. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

101 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on December 22, 2017

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
This proposal invites comments on revising the eligibility requirements for producer representatives on the Honey Packers and Importers Board (Board) and prescribing late payment and interest charges on past due assessments under the Agricultural Mar...
Proposed Rule Dec 22, 2017

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

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations, the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing its intention to renew an approved information collection regarding labeling...
Notice Dec 22, 2017
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations, the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing its intention to request a renewal of the approved information collection regard...
Notice Dec 22, 2017

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Office of the Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services are sponsoring a public meeting on February 22, 2018. The object...
Notice Dec 22, 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 California Advisory Committee (Committee) to the C...
Notice Dec 22, 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 that the Kansas Advisory Committee (Committee) will hold a meeting on Tuesday,...
Notice Dec 22, 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 that the Ohio Advisory Committee (Committee) will hold a meeting on Wednesday,...
Notice Dec 22, 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 Texas Advisory Committee (Committee) to the Commis...
Notice Dec 22, 2017

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Dec 22, 2017
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Dec 22, 2017

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species:

Title Type Published
NMFS is transferring 14.3 metric tons (mt) of Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) quota from the 24.3-mt General category December 2018 subquota to the January 2018 subquota period (from January 1 through March 31, 2018, or until the available subquota for t...
Rule Dec 22, 2017

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska:

Title Type Published
NMFS publishes standard ex-vessel prices for groundfish and halibut for the calculation of the observer fee under the North Pacific Observer Program (Observer Program). This notice is intended to provide information to vessel owners, processors, regi...
Notice Dec 22, 2017

Fisheries of the Northeastern United States:

Title Type Published
NMFS issues revised scup specifications for the 2018 fishing year and projected specifications for 2019. Additionally, this action implements a summer flounder accountability measure for 2018. These actions are necessary to comply with regulations im...
Rule Dec 22, 2017

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Department of Commerce's internet Policy Task Force (Task Force) will hold a conference at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) facility in Alexandria, Virginia, on January 25, 2018, to discuss current initiatives and technologie...
Notice Dec 22, 2017
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) Crab Plan Team (CPT) will meet in January, in Anchorage, AK.
Notice Dec 22, 2017

Subzone Expansions; Applications:

Title Type Published
Motiva Enterprises LLC; Foreign-Trade Zone 116, Port Arthur, TX
Notice Dec 22, 2017
Westlake Chemical Corp.; Foreign-Trade Zone 154, Baton Rouge, LA
Notice Dec 22, 2017

Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled logo Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

Title Type Published
The Committee is proposing to add products and a service to the Procurement List that will be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and deletes products previously furnished by such agencie...
Notice Dec 22, 2017

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is announcing that it has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) and issued a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) relating to DISA's evaluation of the Proposed Action and Alternatives to installin...
Notice Dec 22, 2017

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Department of the Army is publishing this notice to announce the following Federal advisory committee meeting of the Chief of Engineers, Environmental Advisory Board (EAB). This meeting is open to the public. For additional information about the...
Notice Dec 22, 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 22, 2017
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing a revision of an existing information collection.
Notice Dec 22, 2017

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
EIA, pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, intends to extend with changes for three years with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Form EIA-846 Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey. Form EIA-846 collects information on energy con...
Notice Dec 22, 2017
EIA has submitted an information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for extension under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection requests a three-year extension of its Form GC-859...
Notice Dec 22, 2017

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking final action to approve a request from the state of Tennessee for EPA to relax the Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) standard applicable to gasoline introduced into commerce from June 1 to September 15 of e...
Rule Dec 22, 2017

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Weekly Receipts
Notice Dec 22, 2017

Requests for Nominations:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) invites nominations from a diverse range of qualified candidates to be considered for appointment to the National Advisory Committee (NAC) and the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC), to advise the U.S...
Notice Dec 22, 2017

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take th...
Notice Dec 22, 2017

Closed Captioning of Video Programming:

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 rules adopted in the Commission's document Closed Captioning of Video Prog...
Rule Dec 22, 2017

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation designates that the Designated Reserve Ratio (DRR) for the Deposit Insurance Fund shall remain at 2 percent for 2018. The Board is publ...
Notice Dec 22, 2017

Federal Housing Finance Agency logo Federal Housing Finance Agency

Title Type Published
In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA or the Agency) is seeking public comments concerning an information collection known as "Federal Home Loan Bank Directors," whi...
Notice Dec 22, 2017

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Title Type Published
Agreements Filed
Notice Dec 22, 2017

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) is repealing its Regulation C, which was issued to implement the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). Title X of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Ac...
Rule Dec 22, 2017

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Dec 22, 2017
On Wednesday, December 13, 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a notice document entitled, "Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request". That notice invited public comments on t...
Notice Dec 22, 2017
This notice announces the intention of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approve the proposed changes to the currently approved information collection project: "Medical Exp...
Notice Dec 22, 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 (PRA), federal agencies are required to publ...
Notice Dec 22, 2017
In compliance with the requirement of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of Health and Human Services, is publishing the following summary of a proposed collection for public comment.
Notice Dec 22, 2017

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

Title Type Published
In compliance with the requirement of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 to provide opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will publish periodic summaries of propose projects to b...
Notice Dec 22, 2017
Study of Coaching Practices in Early Care and Education Settings
Notice Dec 22, 2017

Committee Establishment:

Title Type Published
The Health Information Technology Advisory Committee (HITAC) is established in accordance with section 4003(e) of the 21st Century Cures Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The Health information Technology Advisory Committee, among other thi...
Notice Dec 22, 2017

Guidance:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of a draft document entitled "Amendment to `Revised Preventive Measures to Reduce the Possible Risk of Transmission of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease and Variant Creutzfeldt-J...
Notice Dec 22, 2017
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of a draft document entitled "Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls Changes to an Approved Application: Certain Biological Products; Draft Guidance for Industry." The dr...
Notice Dec 22, 2017

Requests for Nominations:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency), in collaboration with the Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative (CTTI), is requesting nominations of patient advocates interested in participating on the Patient Engagement Collaborative (PEC). Th...
Notice Dec 22, 2017

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
This notice announces proposed changes to the 2016 PREP Guidelines and solicits public comment to the proposed changes. The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) is publishing this notice on behalf of the Preparedness for Response Exercise Program Compliance, Coor...
Proposed Rule Dec 22, 2017

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

Title Type Published
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration (USCIS) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment upon this proposed revision of a currently approved collection of information. In accordance with the...
Notice Dec 22, 2017

Drawbridge Operations:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard has issued a temporary deviation from the operating schedule that governs the US1 Bridge across the Merrimack River, mile 3.4, at Newburyport, MA. The deviation is necessary to replace the electrical power and control systems which ar...
Rule Dec 22, 2017

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Lower Mississippi River Waterway Safety Advisory Committee will meet in New Orleans, Louisiana to discuss Committee matters relating to the safe transit of vessels and cargoes to and from the ports of the Lower Mississippi River. The meeting will...
Notice Dec 22, 2017

Safety Zones:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard will enforce safety zones for First Night Fireworks on December 31, 2017, to provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways during the fireworks display. Our regulation for Captain of the Port (COTP) Boston fireworks display zo...
Rule Dec 22, 2017

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Title Type Published
As part of the efforts of HUD's Regulatory Reform Task Force, this document informs the public that HUD has determined not to pursue five proposed rules published in the Federal Register and, as a result, is withdrawing the rules from HUD's Unified A...
Proposed Rule Dec 22, 2017

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

Title Type Published
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 an additional 30 days of...
Notice Dec 22, 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 Dec 22, 2017

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Endangered and Threatened Species:

Title Type Published
We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), have received an application for an incidental take permit (ITP) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA). Lennar Corporation (Applicant) is requesting a 15-year ITP for take of the sand...
Notice Dec 22, 2017

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (NEPA), and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as amended (FLPMA), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) intends to prepare two programmatic Environmental Imp...
Notice Dec 22, 2017

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

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

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has instituted a formal enforcement proceeding relating to the July 14, 2017, remedial orders issued in the above-captioned investigation.
Notice Dec 22, 2017
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has found a violation of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 ("section 337"), as amended, in this investigation. The Commission has issued a limited exclusion order prohibiting the...
Notice Dec 22, 2017
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined in the above-captioned investigation to grant a motion to terminate the investigation on the basis of settlement, resulting in termination of the investigation in its...
Notice Dec 22, 2017

J
Judicial Conference of the United States

Public Hearings:

Title Type Published
The following public hearing on proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure has been canceled: Bankruptcy Rules Hearing on January 17, 2018, in Washington, DC.
Notice Dec 22, 2017

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1...
Notice Dec 22, 2017
The Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1...
Notice Dec 22, 2017
The Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1...
Notice Dec 22, 2017
The Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1...
Notice Dec 22, 2017
The Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1...
Notice Dec 22, 2017

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Labor Certification Process for the Temporary Employment of Aliens in Agriculture in the United States:

Title Type Published
The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) of the Department of Labor (Department) is issuing this notice to announce the 2018 Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR) for the employment of temporary or seasonal nonimmigrant foreign workers (H-2A worker...
Notice Dec 22, 2017

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Announcement of meeting of the Subcommittee on the Site Exposure Matrices of the Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health (Advisory Board) for the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA).
Notice Dec 22, 2017

N
National Science Foundation

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Advisory Committee for International Science and Engineering
Notice Dec 22, 2017
Alan T. Waterman Award Committee
Notice Dec 22, 2017
Proposal Review Panel for Ocean Sciences
Notice Dec 22, 2017

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued a director's decision in response to a petition dated February 19, 2016, filed by Roy Mathew, Sheila Ray, Swagata Som, Gurcharan Singh Matharu, Tania Martinez Navedo, Thomas Koshy, and Kenneth M...
Notice Dec 22, 2017

Requests for Exemptions Regarding Emergency Planning Requirements:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing exemptions in response to a request from Omaha Public Power District (OPPD or the licensee) regarding certain emergency planning (EP) requirements. The exemptions will eliminate the requirements...
Notice Dec 22, 2017

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation logo Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Title Type Published
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) administers a program to hold retirement benefits for missing participants and beneficiaries in terminated retirement plans and to help those participants and beneficiaries find and receive the benefits...
Rule Dec 22, 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 22, 2017

Postal Service logo Postal Service

Title Type Published
The United States Postal Service[supreg] (Postal Service) is proposing to revise the Customer Privacy Act Systems of Records (SOR). These changes are being made to: a. Improve the customer experience by enhancing convenience and facilitating the prov...
Notice Dec 22, 2017

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 22, 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 22, 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 22, 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 22, 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 22, 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 22, 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 22, 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 22, 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 22, 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 22, 2017

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Intention to Cancel Registrations of Certain Transfer Agents
Notice Dec 22, 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 objects to be included in the exhibition "Diamond Mountains: Travel and Nostalgia in Korean Art," imported from abroad for temporary exhibition within the United...
Notice Dec 22, 2017
Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: I hereby determine that twenty-four objects to be included in the exhibition "Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination," imported from abroad for temporary exhibition within the Uni...
Notice Dec 22, 2017

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Title Type Published
The Board has approved the first quarter 2018 Rail Cost Adjustment Factor (RCAF) and cost index filed by the Association of American Railroads. A new base level for the index is calculated in the Board's decision, as the statute requires be done ever...
Notice Dec 22, 2017

Temporary Trackage Rights Exemptions:

Title Type Published
Indiana Rail Road Co.; CSX Transportation, Inc
Notice Dec 22, 2017

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Transportation (DOT) announces the availability of its report issued under Section 2 of Executive Order 13783, "Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth."
Proposed Rule Dec 22, 2017

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

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 22, 2017

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Zodiac Seats France, 536 Series Cabin Attendant Seats. This proposed AD was prompted by cracks found in a highly concentrated stress area of the seat pan hinges. This proposed AD woul...
Proposed Rule Dec 22, 2017

Requests for Administrative Waivers of the Coastwise Trade Laws:

Title Type Published
The Secretary of Transportation, as represented by the Maritime Administration (MARAD), is authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.- build requirement of the coastwise laws under certain circumstances. A request for such a waiver has been received by...
Notice Dec 22, 2017

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
The U.S. Department of the Treasury, 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 colle...
Notice Dec 22, 2017

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
New Hampshire Vision 2025 Task Force
Notice Dec 22, 2017
Prevention of Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Advisory Committee
Notice Dec 22, 2017
Rehabilitation Research and Development Service Scientific Merit Review Board
Notice Dec 22, 2017

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