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
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Agriculture Department
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Civil Rights Commission
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Commerce Department
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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Defense Department
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Education Department
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Energy Department
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Environmental Protection Agency
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Executive Office of the President
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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Federal Election Commission
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Federal Reserve System
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Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
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Federal Trade Commission
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Health and Human Services Department
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Homeland Security Department
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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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JJoint Board for Enrollment of Actuaries (1)
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Justice Department
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Labor Department
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Legal Services Corporation
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Library of Congress
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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National Archives and Records Administration
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National Credit Union Administration
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National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
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NNational Science Foundation (1)
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Personnel Management Office
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Securities and Exchange Commission
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Social Security Administration
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State Department
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Surface Transportation Board
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TTrade Representative, Office of United States (1)
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Transportation Department
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Treasury Department
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Agriculture Department
Common Crop Insurance Regulations:
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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),...
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Rule | Dec 27, 2017 |
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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...
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Rule | Dec 27, 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 meeting of the Montana Advisory Committee (Committee) to the Comm...
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Notice | Dec 27, 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 planning meetings of the South Dakota Advisory Committee to the C...
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
Commerce Department
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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...
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
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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...
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
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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...
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
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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...
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
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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...
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
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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...
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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,...
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
Determinations of Sales at Less Than Fair Value:
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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...
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic:
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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...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 27, 2017 |
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska:
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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...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 27, 2017 |
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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...
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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).
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
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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.
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
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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...
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
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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...
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
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The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Pacific Council) Highly Migratory Species Management Team (HMSMT) will hold a meeting, which is open to the public.
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence:
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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...
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
Production Activities:
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Voestalpine Texas, LLC; Foreign-Trade Zone 122; Corpus Christi, TX
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
Subzone Approvals:
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North American Hoganas Co.; Johnstown, Hollsopple and St. Mary's, PA
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
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R.W. Smith and Co/TriMark USA, LLC; Lewisville, TX
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
Taking and Importing Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities:
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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...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 27, 2017 |
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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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...
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
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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...
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Rule | Dec 27, 2017 |
Truth in Lending Act (Regulation Z) Adjustment to Asset-Size Exemption Threshold:
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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...
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Rule | Dec 27, 2017 |
Defense Department
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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.
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
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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...
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
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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.
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
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The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of an arms sales notification.
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:
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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...
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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.
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
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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.
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
Education Department
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:
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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing an extension of an existing information collection.
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing an extension of an existing information collection.
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
Energy Department
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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...
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
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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...
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
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Combined Filings
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
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Combined Filings
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
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Combined Filings
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
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Combined Filings
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
Applications:
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Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
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Texas Eastern Transmission, LP
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
Complaints:
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Brookfield Energy Marketing LP v. Green Mountain Power Corp.
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
Effectiveness of Exempt Wholesale Generator Status:
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CA Flats Solar 150, LLC, et al.
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:
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PacifiCorp
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
Filings:
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City of Banning, CA
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
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City of Azusa, CA
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
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City of Colton, CA
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
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City of Pasadena, CA
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
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City of Riverside, CA
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
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Western Area Power Administration
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
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Western Area Power Administration
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
Hydroelectric Applications:
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Swan Lake North Hydro, LLC
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
Initial Market-Based Rate Filings Including Requests for Blanket Section 204 Authorizations:
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States Edge Wind I Holding, LLC
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
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States Edge Wind I, LLC
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
License Applications:
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Goodyear Lake Hydro, LLC
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
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Jason and Carol Victoria Presley
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
Preliminary Permits; Surrenders:
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Merchant Hydro Developers, LLC
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
Presidential Permits; Applications:
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Steel Reef Pipelines US, LLC
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
Requests for Information:
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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...
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
Environmental Protection Agency
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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...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 27, 2017 |
Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations:
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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...
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Rule | Dec 27, 2017 |
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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...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 27, 2017 |
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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...
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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.
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System General Permits:
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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...
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
Protection of Stratospheric Ozone:
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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...
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Rule | Dec 27, 2017 |
Renewable Fuel Standard Program:
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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...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 27, 2017 |
Executive Office of the President
Government Agencies and Employees:
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Rates of Pay; Adjustments (EO 13819)
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Presidential Document | Dec 27, 2017 |
Trade:
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African Growth and Opportunity Act; Beneficiary Country Designations (Proc. 9687)
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Presidential Document | Dec 27, 2017 |
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
No documents available.
Federal Election Commission
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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...
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Rule | Dec 27, 2017 |
Federal Reserve System
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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...
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
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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...
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Rule | Dec 27, 2017 |
Federal Trade Commission
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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...
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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-...
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
Health and Human Services Department
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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.
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
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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...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 27, 2017 |
Food Additive Petitions (Animal Use):
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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...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 27, 2017 |
Guidance:
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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...
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
Lists of Petitions Received:
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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...
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
Medical Devices:
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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 (...
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Rule | Dec 27, 2017 |
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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...
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Rule | Dec 27, 2017 |
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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...
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Rule | Dec 27, 2017 |
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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...
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Rule | Dec 27, 2017 |
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Medical Devices; Radiology Devices; Classification of the Rectal Balloon for Prostate Immobilization
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...
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Rule | Dec 27, 2017 |
Medicare Program:
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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...
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Rule | Dec 27, 2017 |
Meetings:
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National Cancer Institute
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
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National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
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National Institute on Aging
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
Patient Safety Organizations; Delistings:
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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...
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
Homeland Security Department
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:
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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...
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
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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...
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
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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...
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
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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...
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
Drawbridge Operations:
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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...
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Rule | Dec 27, 2017 |
Requests for Nominations:
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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...
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
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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....
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
Housing and Urban Development Department
Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Grantees:
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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...
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
Interior Department
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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.
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Proposed Rule | Dec 27, 2017 |
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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...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 27, 2017 |
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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...
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Rule | Dec 27, 2017 |
Endangered and Threatened Species:
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Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Listing the Yangtze Sturgeon as an Endangered Species
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...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 27, 2017 |
Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:
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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.
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
Requests for Nominations:
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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...
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
International Trade Commission
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:
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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).
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
Investigations; Determinations, Modifications, and Rulings, etc.:
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Hardwood Plywood from China
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
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Joint Board for Enrollment of Actuaries
Meetings:
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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.
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
Justice Department
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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...
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
Proposed Consent Decrees:
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CERCLA
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
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Clean Water Act
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
Requests for Certifications:
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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...
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
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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...
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
Labor Department
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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...
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
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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...
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
Investigations:
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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...
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Notice | Dec 27, 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 27, 2017 |
Legal Services Corporation
Solicitations of Proposals:
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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...
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
Library of Congress
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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...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 27, 2017 |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Meetings:
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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...
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
National Archives and Records Administration
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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...
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
National Credit Union Administration
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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...
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Rule | Dec 27, 2017 |
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
Meetings:
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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.
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
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National Science Foundation
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
Personnel Management Office
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:
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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,...
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
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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...
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
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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.
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
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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...
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
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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...
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
Securities and Exchange Commission
Applications:
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Notice.
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
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Notice.
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:
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Nasdaq PHLX, LLC
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
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Options Clearing Corp.
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
Social Security Administration
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In accordance with the provisions of the Privacy Act, as amended, this notice announces a new matching program with the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB).
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
State Department
Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition:
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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...
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
Surface Transportation Board
Acquisitions and Operation Exemptions:
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New Orleans Public Belt Railroad Corp.; Public Belt Railroad Commission of City of New Orleans
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
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Trade Representative, Office of United States
Public Hearings:
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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...
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
Transportation Department
Airworthiness Directives:
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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...
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Rule | Dec 27, 2017 |
Meetings:
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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.
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
Treasury Department
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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...
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
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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...
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
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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"...
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Rule | Dec 27, 2017 |
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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...
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Rule | Dec 27, 2017 |
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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...
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Rule | Dec 27, 2017 |
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:
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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...
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
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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...
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
Exclusion of Foreign Currency Gain or Loss Related to Business Needs from Foreign Personal Holding Company Income:
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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...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 27, 2017 |
Requests for Nominations:
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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...
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Notice | Dec 27, 2017 |
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