December 27, 2017 (Volume 82)

Federal Register December 27, 2017

View all documents issued on December 27, 2017. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

153 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on December 27, 2017

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Common Crop Insurance Regulations:

Title Type Published
The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) amends the Common Crop Insurance Regulations to provide California Avocado insurance. The provisions will be used in conjunction with the Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions (Basic Provisions),...
Rule Dec 27, 2017
The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) amends the Common Crop Insurance Regulations to provide Cultivated Clam insurance. The provisions will be used in conjunction with the Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions (Basic Provisions), whi...
Rule Dec 27, 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 Montana Advisory Committee (Committee) to the Comm...
Notice Dec 27, 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 planning meetings of the South Dakota Advisory Committee to the C...
Notice Dec 27, 2017

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) requests comments on the draft Special Publication (SP) 2000-01 ABC's of Conformity Assessment document. The draft ABC's of Conformity Assessment document is posted on the NIST website at: htt...
Notice Dec 27, 2017
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Dec 27, 2017
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Dec 27, 2017
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Dec 27, 2017
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) requests comments on the draft Special Publication (SP) 2000-02 Conformity Assessment Considerations for Federal Agencies (Considerations) document. The draft Considerations document is posted...
Notice Dec 27, 2017
On November 1, 2017, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) published a Federal Register notice regarding the establishment of the Localization and Tracking System (LTS) Testing Consortium, inviting organizations to participate in...
Notice Dec 27, 2017
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) invites organizations to provide products and technical expertise to support and demonstrate security platforms for the Mitigating IoT-Based DDoS Building Block. This notice is the initial ste...
Notice Dec 27, 2017
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) invites organizations to provide products and technical expertise to support and demonstrate security platforms for the Privileged Account Management for the Financial Services sector. This no...
Notice Dec 27, 2017
In this final rule, the Bureau of Industry and Security corrects certain provisions in the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to provide accurate references and fix typographical errors, and amend several Export Control Classification Numbers (E...
Rule Dec 27, 2017

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:

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The Department of Commerce (the Department) determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of 100- to 150-seat large civil aircraft (aircraft) from Canada. The period of investigation (POI) is January 1, 2016,...
Notice Dec 27, 2017

Determinations of Sales at Less Than Fair Value:

Title Type Published
The Department of Commerce (the Department) determines that 100- to 150-seat large civil aircraft (aircraft) from Canada are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV). The period of investigation (POI) is Ap...
Notice Dec 27, 2017

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

Title Type Published
NMFS proposes to implement management measures described in Amendment 47 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico (FMP), as prepared by the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) (Amendment 47). Fo...
Proposed Rule Dec 27, 2017

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska:

Title Type Published
NMFS proposes regulations to modify specific provisions of the North Pacific Observer Program. The first two elements of this proposed rule would modify the requirements for an observer to obtain a nontrawl lead level 2 (LL2) deployment endorsement a...
Proposed Rule Dec 27, 2017
NMFS is reallocating the projected unused amount of Pacific cod from catcher vessels equal to or greater than 60 feet (18.3 meters) length overall (LOA) using pot gear to catcher/processors (C/Ps) using pot gear, catcher vessels less than 60 feet (18...
Rule Dec 27, 2017

Meetings:

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This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed topics of discussion for public meetings of the Advisory Committee on Supply Chain Competitiveness (Committee).
Notice Dec 27, 2017
The SEDAR 51 assessment process of Gulf of Mexico gray snapper will consist of a Data Workshop, a series of assessment webinars, and a Review Workshop. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
Notice Dec 27, 2017
The Interim Meeting of the National Conference on Weights and Measures (NCWM) will be held in St. Pete Beach, Florida, from Sunday, January 21, 2018, through Wednesday, January 24, 2018. This notice contains information about significant items on the...
Notice Dec 27, 2017
The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) has begun its annual preseason management process for the 2018 ocean salmon fisheries. This document announces the availability of Pacific Council documents as well as the dates and locations o...
Notice Dec 27, 2017
The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Pacific Council) Highly Migratory Species Management Team (HMSMT) will hold a meeting, which is open to the public.
Notice Dec 27, 2017

National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence:

Title Type Published
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) invites organizations to provide products and technical expertise to support and demonstrate security platforms for the Transport Layer Security (TLS) Server Certificate Management Building Bl...
Notice Dec 27, 2017

Production Activities:

Subzone Approvals:

Title Type Published
North American Hoganas Co.; Johnstown, Hollsopple and St. Mary's, PA
Notice Dec 27, 2017
R.W. Smith and Co/TriMark USA, LLC; Lewisville, TX
Notice Dec 27, 2017

Taking and Importing Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities:

Title Type Published
NMFS has received a request from the United States Air Force (USAF), 96th Civil Engineer Group/Environmental Planning Office (96 CEG/CEIEA) at Eglin Air Force Base (hereafter referred to as Eglin AFB) for authorization to take marine mammals incident...
Proposed Rule Dec 27, 2017

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau logo Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau) is requesting to renew the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for an existing information collection, titled, "State Offici...
Notice Dec 27, 2017
The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau) is issuing a final rule amending the official commentary that interprets the requirements of the Bureau's Regulation C (Home Mortgage Disclosure) to reflect the asset-size exemption threshold for b...
Rule Dec 27, 2017

Truth in Lending Act (Regulation Z) Adjustment to Asset-Size Exemption Threshold:

Title Type Published
The Bureau is amending the official commentary that interprets the requirements of the Bureau's Regulation Z (Truth in Lending) to reflect a change in the asset-size threshold for certain creditors to qualify for an exemption to the requirement to es...
Rule Dec 27, 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 27, 2017
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs announces a proposed public information collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are invited on...
Notice Dec 27, 2017
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 27, 2017
The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of an arms sales notification.
Notice Dec 27, 2017

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The action being taken by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is an evaluation of CSRM problems, and an evaluation of alternative structural, non-structural, and natural and nature-based feature (NNBF) measures to address the CSRM problems in th...
Notice Dec 27, 2017

Meetings:

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The Air Force Department is amending its prior notice of the meeting of the Air Force Scientific Advisory Barod that published in the Federal Register on November 27, 2017.
Notice Dec 27, 2017
The Department of Defense is publishing this notice to announce the following Federal advisory committee meeting of the Government-Industry Advisory Panel. This meeting is open to the public.
Notice Dec 27, 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 27, 2017
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing an extension of an existing information collection.
Notice Dec 27, 2017

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Energy (DOE) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance, a proposal for a three-year extension of collections of information pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The collections are used by...
Notice Dec 27, 2017
Notice is hereby given that the U. S. Department of Energy, pursuant to Section 229 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, published in the Federal Register on August 26, 1963 (28 FR 8400), prohibits the unauthorized entry, and the unauthorize...
Notice Dec 27, 2017
Combined Filings
Notice Dec 27, 2017
Combined Filings
Notice Dec 27, 2017
Combined Filings
Notice Dec 27, 2017
Combined Filings
Notice Dec 27, 2017

Applications:

Title Type Published
Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC
Notice Dec 27, 2017
Texas Eastern Transmission, LP
Notice Dec 27, 2017

Complaints:

Title Type Published
Brookfield Energy Marketing LP v. Green Mountain Power Corp.
Notice Dec 27, 2017

Effectiveness of Exempt Wholesale Generator Status:

Title Type Published
CA Flats Solar 150, LLC, et al.
Notice Dec 27, 2017

Filings:

Title Type Published
City of Banning, CA
Notice Dec 27, 2017
City of Azusa, CA
Notice Dec 27, 2017
City of Colton, CA
Notice Dec 27, 2017
City of Pasadena, CA
Notice Dec 27, 2017
City of Riverside, CA
Notice Dec 27, 2017
Western Area Power Administration
Notice Dec 27, 2017
Western Area Power Administration
Notice Dec 27, 2017

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

Preliminary Permits; Surrenders:

Title Type Published
Merchant Hydro Developers, LLC
Notice Dec 27, 2017

Presidential Permits; Applications:

Requests for Information:

Title Type Published
The Office of High Energy Physics (HEP) in the Department of Energy (DOE) invites interested parties to provide input on topical areas in which progress in quantum information science can inform high energy physics, and on contributions that the high...
Notice Dec 27, 2017

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) proposes to establish federal nutrient criteria to protect designated uses for the State of Missouri's lakes and reservoirs. On August 16, 2011, EPA disapproved most of the numeric criteria for tota...
Proposed Rule Dec 27, 2017

Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking final action to approve a revision to the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). This revision concerns emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), oxides of nitrogen (NO<INF>X</INF>) and p...
Rule Dec 27, 2017
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a revision to the Northern Sierra Air Quality Management District (NSAQMD) portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). This revision concerns emissions of particulate ma...
Proposed Rule Dec 27, 2017
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve two state implementation plan (SIP) revisions (Revision C16 and Revision I16) formally submitted by the Commonwealth of Virginia. These revisions pertain to amendments made to the defi...
Proposed Rule Dec 27, 2017

Meetings:

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of the Science Advisor announces two separate public meetings of the Human Studies Review Board (HSRB) to advise the Agency on the ethical and scientific review of research involving human subjects.
Notice Dec 27, 2017

National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System General Permits:

Title Type Published
Today, the EPA Region 4 (the "Region") is reissuing the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) general permit for the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) of the Gulf of Mexico (General Permit No. GEG460000) for new and existing source disc...
Notice Dec 27, 2017

Protection of Stratospheric Ozone:

Title Type Published
On September 28, 2017, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a direct final rule and an accompanying notice of proposed rulemaking entitled "Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Refrigerant Management Regulations for Small Cans of Motor V...
Rule Dec 27, 2017

Renewable Fuel Standard Program:

Title Type Published
In this proposed rule, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is providing an opportunity to comment on an analysis of the lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with certain biofuels that are produced from grain sorghum oil extracted...
Proposed Rule Dec 27, 2017

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Government Agencies and Employees:

Title Type Published
Rates of Pay; Adjustments (EO 13819)
Presidential Document Dec 27, 2017

Trade:

Title Type Published
African Growth and Opportunity Act; Beneficiary Country Designations (Proc. 9687)
Presidential Document Dec 27, 2017

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

No documents available.

Federal Election Commission logo Federal Election Commission

Title Type Published
As required by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, the Federal Election Commission is adjusting for inflation the civil monetary penalties established under the Federal Election Campaign Act, the Presidential Election Campai...
Rule Dec 27, 2017

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) (collectively, the "agencies") may not conduct or s...
Notice Dec 27, 2017

Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board logo Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board

Title Type Published
The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board ("FRTIB") is correcting a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register on December 19, 2017. The document issued final regulations implementing the new Blended Retirement System. The correction is a...
Rule Dec 27, 2017

Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the FTC is seeking public comments on its request to OMB for a three- year extension of the current PRA clearance for information collection requirements contained in its Trade Regulation...
Notice Dec 27, 2017

Proposed Consent Agreements:

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The consent agreement in this matter settles alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair methods of competition. The attached Analysis to Aid Public Comment describes both the allegations in the complaint and the terms of the consent orders-...
Notice Dec 27, 2017

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
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 27, 2017
In accordance with section 205 of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), this annual notification solicits proposals and recommendations for developing new, and modifying existing, safe harbor provisions under the Fe...
Proposed Rule Dec 27, 2017

Food Additive Petitions (Animal Use):

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) is reopening the comment period for the notice of petition that appeared in the Federal Register of September 21, 2017, proposing that the food additive regulations be amended to provide for the sa...
Proposed Rule Dec 27, 2017

Guidance:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of a draft document entitled "Implementation of Pathogen Reduction Technology in the Manufacture of Blood Components in Blood Establishments: Questions and Answers; Draft...
Notice Dec 27, 2017

Lists of Petitions Received:

Title Type Published
HRSA is publishing this notice of petitions received under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (the program), as required by the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, as amended. While the Secretary of HHS is named as the respondent in all pr...
Notice Dec 27, 2017

Medical Devices:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is classifying the reagents for molecular diagnostic instrument test systems into class I (general controls). We are taking this action because we have determined that classifying the device into class I (...
Rule Dec 27, 2017
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is classifying the flow cytometric test system for hematopoietic neoplasms into class II (special controls). The special controls that apply to the device type are identified in this order and will be part...
Rule Dec 27, 2017
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is classifying the computerized behavioral therapy device for psychiatric disorders into class II (special controls). The special controls that apply to the device type are identified in this order and wil...
Rule Dec 27, 2017
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is classifying the external vagal nerve stimulator for headache into class II (special controls). The special controls that apply to the device type are identified in this order and will be part of the cod...
Rule Dec 27, 2017
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is classifying the rectal balloon for prostate immobilization into class II (special controls). The special controls that apply to the device type are identified in this order and will be part of the codif...
Rule Dec 27, 2017

Medicare Program:

Title Type Published
This document corrects technical errors that appeared in the final rule with comment period published in the Federal Register on December 14, 2017 entitled "Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Qu...
Rule Dec 27, 2017

Meetings:

Title Type Published
National Cancer Institute
Notice Dec 27, 2017
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Notice Dec 27, 2017
National Institute on Aging
Notice Dec 27, 2017

Patient Safety Organizations; Delistings:

Title Type Published
The Patient Safety Rule authorizes AHRQ, on behalf of the Secretary of HHS, to list as a PSO an entity that attests that it meets the statutory and regulatory requirements for listing. A PSO can be "delisted" by the Secretary if it is found to no lon...
Notice Dec 27, 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) will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the...
Notice Dec 27, 2017
The DHS NPPD Office of Infrastructure Protection (IP), Infrastructure Security Compliance Division (ISCD) will submit the following Information Collection Request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance wit...
Notice Dec 27, 2017
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the...
Notice Dec 27, 2017
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the...
Notice Dec 27, 2017

Drawbridge Operations:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard has issued a temporary deviation from the operating schedule that governs the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Railway Bridge across the Columbia River, mile 105.6, at Vancouver, WA. The deviation is necessary to accommodate replac...
Rule Dec 27, 2017

Requests for Nominations:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Coast Guard seeks applications for membership on the Commercial Fishing Safety Advisory Committee. The Commercial Fishing Safety Advisory Committee provides advice and makes recommendations to the Coast Guard and the Department of Homeland S...
Notice Dec 27, 2017
The U.S. Coast Guard seeks applications for membership on the Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee. This committee acts solely in an advisory capacity to the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security through the Commandant of the U.S....
Notice Dec 27, 2017

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Grantees:

Title Type Published
This notice allocates $57,800,000 of Community Development Block Grant disaster recovery (CDBG-DR) funds to the State of Texas in response to Hurricane Harvey. This allocation is made pursuant to the requirements of Public Law 115-31. This notice als...
Notice Dec 27, 2017

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
The National Park Service (NPS) no longer intends to prepare a final rule or issue a Golden Gate National Recreation Area dog management plan. The NPS has terminated the rulemaking process.
Proposed Rule Dec 27, 2017
This proposed rule revises regulations addressing electric power utilities of the Colorado River, Flathead, and San Carlos Indian irrigation projects to use plain language, update definitions, lengthen a regulatory deadline, and make other minor chan...
Proposed Rule Dec 27, 2017
The National Indian Gaming Commission is amending its minimum technical standards for Class II gaming systems and equipment. The rule amends the regulations that describe how tribal governments, tribal gaming regulatory authorities, and tribal gaming...
Rule Dec 27, 2017

Endangered and Threatened Species:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a proposed rule and a 12-month finding on a petition to list the Yangtze sturgeon (Acipenser dabryanus) as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). Lo...
Proposed Rule Dec 27, 2017

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The National Park Service (NPS) has cancelled its planning process for the Golden Gate National Recreation Area dog management plan, and no longer intends to issue a Record of Decision.
Notice Dec 27, 2017

Requests for Nominations:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Department of the Interior, on behalf of the interdepartmental National Invasive Species Council (NISC), proposes to appoint new members to the Invasive Species Advisory Committee (ISAC). The Secretary of the Interior, acting as administrati...
Notice Dec 27, 2017

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

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

Title Type Published
Notice of submission of request for approval of a questionnaire to the Office of Management and Budget. This notice is being given pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
Notice Dec 27, 2017

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

Title Type Published
Hardwood Plywood from China
Notice Dec 27, 2017

J
Joint Board for Enrollment of Actuaries

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries gives notice of a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Actuarial Examinations (a portion of which will be open to the public) in Arlington, VA, on January 11-12, 2018.
Notice Dec 27, 2017

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Justice (DOJ), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), will submit the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork...
Notice Dec 27, 2017

Requests for Certifications:

Title Type Published
This notice advises the public that the State of Arizona has provided additional information regarding its request for certification of its capital counsel mechanism by the Attorney General, and that the period to submit public comment to the Departm...
Notice Dec 27, 2017
This notice advises the public that the State of Texas has provided additional information regarding its request for certification of its capital counsel mechanism by the Attorney General, and that the period to submit public comment to the Departmen...
Notice Dec 27, 2017

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
Currently, the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs is soliciting comments concerning the proposed collection: Miner's Claim for Benefits under the Black Lung Benefit's Act (CM-911) and Employment History (CM-911A). A copy of the proposed informa...
Notice Dec 27, 2017
The Department of Labor, 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 comment on proposed and/or co...
Notice Dec 27, 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 27, 2017

Petitions for Modifications:

Title Type Published
This notice is a summary of petitions for modification submitted to the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) by the parties listed below.
Notice Dec 27, 2017

Legal Services Corporation logo Legal Services Corporation

Solicitations of Proposals:

Title Type Published
The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) is a federally established and funded organization that funds civil legal aid organizations across the country and in the U.S. territories. Its mission is to expand access to justice by funding high-quality legal...
Notice Dec 27, 2017

Library of Congress logo Library of Congress

Title Type Published
The United States Copyright Office is extending the deadlines for the submission of written comments in response to its December 1, 2017 notice of proposed rulemaking concerning the royalty reporting practices of cable operators under section 111 and...
Proposed Rule Dec 27, 2017

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Meetings:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announces a meeting of the Applied Sciences Advisory Committee (ASAC). This Committee functions in an advis...
Notice Dec 27, 2017

National Archives and Records Administration logo National Archives and Records Administration

Title Type Published
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) publishes notice at least once monthly of certain Federal agency requests for records disposition authority (records schedules). Once approved by NARA, records schedules provide mandatory instru...
Notice Dec 27, 2017

National Credit Union Administration logo National Credit Union Administration

Title Type Published
The NCUA is correcting a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register on December 20, 2017. The document implemented certain features of the NCUA reorganization that the NCUA Board announced earlier this year. This correction amends one reference...
Rule Dec 27, 2017

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

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is hereby given that the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities will hold a meeting of the Arts and Artifacts Domestic Indemnity Panel.
Notice Dec 27, 2017

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National Science Foundation

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Dec 27, 2017

Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

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

Title Type Published
The Retirement Services, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) offers the general public and other federal agencies the opportunity to comment on the revision of a currently approved information collection request (ICR), Alternative Annuity Election,...
Notice Dec 27, 2017
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) intends to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for review of a currently approved collection, Customer Satisfaction Surveys. Approval of these surveys is necessary to collect informat...
Notice Dec 27, 2017
The Retirement Services, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) offers the general public and other Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a revised information collection, It's Time to Sign Up for Direct Deposit or Direct Express, RI 38-128.
Notice Dec 27, 2017
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) intends to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for review of a currently approved collection, Leadership Assessment Surveys. OPM is requesting approval of the OPM Leadership 360<SUP>T...
Notice Dec 27, 2017
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) intends to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for review of a currently approved collection, Organizational Assessment Surveys. OPM is requesting approval of Organizational Assessmen...
Notice Dec 27, 2017

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Applications:

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

Title Type Published
In accordance with the provisions of the Privacy Act, as amended, this notice announces a new matching program with the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB).
Notice Dec 27, 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 two objects to be included in the exhibition "Jasper Johns: `Something Resembling Truth,' " imported from abroad for temporary exhibition within the United States, are of...
Notice Dec 27, 2017

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Acquisitions and Operation Exemptions:

Title Type Published
New Orleans Public Belt Railroad Corp.; Public Belt Railroad Commission of City of New Orleans
Notice Dec 27, 2017

T
Trade Representative, Office of United States

Public Hearings:

Title Type Published
Each year, the Office of the United States Trade Representative conducts a Special 301 review to identify countries that deny adequate and effective protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) or deny fair and equitable market access to U.S. per...
Notice Dec 27, 2017

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Rolls-Royce Corporation (RRC) AE 3007A and AE 3007C model turbofan engines. This AD was prompted by an updated analysis that lowered the life limit of fan wheels installed on the affected...
Rule Dec 27, 2017

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a meeting of Fifty Fourth RTCA SC-224 Standards for Airport Security Access Control Systems Plenary.
Notice Dec 27, 2017

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

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 27, 2017
The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of persons that have been placed on OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List based on OFAC's determination that one or more applica...
Notice Dec 27, 2017
The OCC, the Board, and the FDIC (collectively, the Agencies) are amending their Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) regulations to adjust the asset-size thresholds used to define "small bank" or "small savings association" and "intermediate small bank"...
Rule Dec 27, 2017
This document contains corrections to final regulations (TD 9825) that were published in the Federal Register on Thursday, October 19, 2017. The final regulations are under section 597 of the Internal Revenue Code. These final regulations amend exist...
Rule Dec 27, 2017
This document contains corrections to final regulations (TD 9825) that were published in the Federal Register on Thursday, October 19, 2017. The final regulations are under section 597 of the Internal Revenue Code. These final regulations amend exist...
Rule Dec 27, 2017

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 27, 2017
The 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 collection...
Notice Dec 27, 2017

Exclusion of Foreign Currency Gain or Loss Related to Business Needs from Foreign Personal Holding Company Income:

Title Type Published
This document contains corrections to the proposed regulations (REG-119514-15) that were published in the Federal Register on Tuesday, December 19, 2017. The proposed regulations provide guidance on the treatment of foreign currency gain or loss of a...
Proposed Rule Dec 27, 2017

Requests for Nominations:

Title Type Published
FinCEN is inviting the public to nominate financial institutions, trade groups, and non-federal regulators or law enforcement agencies for membership on the Bank Secrecy Act Advisory Group. New members will be selected for three-year membership terms...
Notice Dec 27, 2017

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