February 1, 2018 (Volume 83)

Federal Register February 1, 2018

View all documents issued on February 1, 2018. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

108 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on February 1, 2018

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Feb 01, 2018
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is proposing to amend the Federal meat inspection regulations to establish a new inspection system for market hog slaughter establishments that has been demonstrated to provide public health protection at...
Proposed Rule Feb 01, 2018

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

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request a revision to and extension of approval of an information collection associated with the voluntary Tri...
Notice Feb 01, 2018

Funds Availability:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) has withdrawn support for the Farm-to-Fleet BPI Program, and is cancelling funding for the BPI payments to companies that are refining biofuel in the United States from cert...
Notice Feb 01, 2018

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
The First Responder Network Authority ("FirstNet") publishes this notice of its final procedures for implementing the National Environmental Policy Act ("NEPA"). The final procedures include a revised list of, and replace, previously established cate...
Notice Feb 01, 2018

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:

Title Type Published
Advance Notification of Sunset Reviews
Notice Feb 01, 2018
Based on affirmative final determinations by the Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the International Trade Commission (ITC), Commerce is issuing countervailing duty orders on certain cold-drawn mechanical tubing of carbon and alloy steel (cold-dr...
Notice Feb 01, 2018
In accordance with the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), the Department of Commerce (Commerce) is automatically initiating the five-year reviews (Sunset Reviews) of the antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) order(s) listed below. The I...
Notice Feb 01, 2018
Opportunity to Request Administrative Review
Notice Feb 01, 2018

Fisheries of the Northeastern United States:

Title Type Published
NMFS is implementing regulations to open a 2018 February recreational season in the Federal black sea bass fishery. This action provides additional recreational fishing opportunities in winter, while maintaining management measures to prevent overfis...
Rule Feb 01, 2018

Fisheries of the South Atlantic:

Title Type Published
The SEDAR 58 Cobia Stock Identification Data Scoping webinar originally scheduled for January 22, 2018 had to be rescheduled due to the Federal government shutdown. The SEDAR 58 assessment(s) of the Atlantic stock(s) of cobia will consist of a series...
Notice Feb 01, 2018

Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) announces that on Wednesday, February 14, 2018, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., the CFTC's Technology Advisory Committee (TAC) will hold a rescheduled public meeting at the CFTC's Washington...
Notice Feb 01, 2018

Consumer Product Safety Commission logo Consumer Product Safety Commission

Acceptance of Third Party Laboratories:

Title Type Published
This final rule updates the notice of requirements (NOR) for the accreditation of third party laboratories to assess conformity with the prohibitions of children's toys and child care articles containing specified phthalates. The NOR provides the cri...
Rule Feb 01, 2018

Corporation for National and Community Service logo Corporation for National and Community Service

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

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, CNCS is proposing to renew an information collection for the Day of Service Project Collection Tool.
Notice Feb 01, 2018

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 Feb 01, 2018
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 Feb 01, 2018

Education Department logo Education Department

Applications for New Awards:

Title Type Published
The Department of Education is issuing a notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2018 for Indian Education Formula Grants to Local Educational Agencies, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number 84.060A.
Notice Feb 01, 2018

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
Filings
Notice Feb 01, 2018

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

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a document in the Federal Register on January 9, 2017. That document revised filing and service requirements in permit appeal proceedings before the Environmental Appeals Board, but in doing so two...
Rule Feb 01, 2018

Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by Colorado on May 16, 2017. The May 16, 2017 SIP revision addresses minor changes and typographical corrections to the transportat...
Proposed Rule Feb 01, 2018
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking final action to approve State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions, which Illinois submitted to EPA on March 2, 2016, and supplemented on August 8, 2016 and May 4, 2017, for attaining the 2010 1-hour...
Rule Feb 01, 2018
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving elements of a state implementation plan (SIP) submission from Indiana regarding the infrastructure requirements of section 110 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) for the 2012 fine particulate matter (PM<...
Rule Feb 01, 2018
Pursuant to the Federal Clean Air Act (CAA or Act), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve portions of the Louisiana State Implementation Plan (SIP) submittal and a technical supplement addressing the CAA requirement that S...
Proposed Rule Feb 01, 2018
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to notify the public that it has received a negative declaration for commercial and industrial solid waste incineration (CISWI) units within the State of Maryland. This negative declaration certi...
Proposed Rule Feb 01, 2018
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking final action to re-approve a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Montana. On September 19, 2016, the Governor of Montana submitted to the EPA a Clean Air Act (CAA) sec...
Rule Feb 01, 2018

Amendments to Terminate Uses for Certain Pesticide Registrations:

Title Type Published
This notice announces EPA's final order for the amendments to terminate uses, voluntarily requested by the registrant and accepted by the Agency, of products containing dicloran (DCNA), pursuant to section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicid...
Notice Feb 01, 2018

Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program:

Title Type Published
This document announces that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator has responded to a citizen petition asking the EPA to object to the proposed issuance of an Authority to Construct/Certificate of Conformity (Permit) issued by the S...
Notice Feb 01, 2018
This document announces that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator has responded to two citizen petitions asking the EPA to object to the proposed issuance of two Authority to Construct/Certificate of Conformity documents (Permits)...
Notice Feb 01, 2018

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public teleconference of the SAB Chemical Assessment Advisory Committee augmented for the review of two EPA draft assessments; Toxicological Review for Et...
Notice Feb 01, 2018

Proposed CERCLA Cost Recovery Settlement:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended ("CERCLA"), notice is hereby given by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA"), Region 2, of a proposed cost recovery settlement...
Notice Feb 01, 2018

Repeal of Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources:

Title Type Published
On October 16, 2017, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a proposal to announce its intention to repeal the Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units, commonly referred to...
Proposed Rule Feb 01, 2018

Farm Credit Administration logo Farm Credit Administration

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the Government in the Sunshine Act, of the regular meeting of the Farm Credit Administration Board (Board).
Notice Feb 01, 2018

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (the 2015 Inflation Adjustment Act) requires the Federal Communications Commission to amend its forfeiture penalty rules to reflect annual adjustments for inflation in orde...
Rule Feb 01, 2018
The Commission will consider a Second Report and Order and Second Order on Reconsideration to enhance the effectiveness of Wireless Emergency Alerts, including improving the geographic accuracy of these alerts. 3.................. WIRELINE COMPETITIO...
Notice Feb 01, 2018

Federal Election Commission logo Federal Election Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Feb 01, 2018

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Petitions for Rulemaking:

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Feb 01, 2018
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Feb 01, 2018
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 (the Secretary) is named as the resp...
Notice Feb 01, 2018

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

Title Type Published
The Administration for Community Living is announcing that the proposed collection of information listed above has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance as required under section 506(c)(2)(A) of the Pape...
Notice Feb 01, 2018

Certified Laboratories and Instrumented Initial Testing Facilities:

Title Type Published
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) notifies federal agencies of the laboratories and Instrumented Initial Testing Facilities (IITF) currently certified to meet the standards of the Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testin...
Notice Feb 01, 2018

Charter Amendments:

Title Type Published
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices; Correction
Notice Feb 01, 2018

Determinations of Regulatory Review Periods for Purposes of Patent Extensions:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) has determined the regulatory review period for CORLANOR and is publishing this notice of that determination as required by law. FDA has made the determination because of the submission of applicat...
Notice Feb 01, 2018

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Advisory Committee for Women's Services
Notice Feb 01, 2018
The Food and Drug Administration's (FDA, the Agency, or we) Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), in co-sponsorship with the International Society of Pharmacometrics (ISoP), is announcing a public workshop entitled "Best Practices in Modeli...
Notice Feb 01, 2018
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Feb 01, 2018
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Feb 01, 2018
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Feb 01, 2018
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Feb 01, 2018
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Feb 01, 2018
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Notice Feb 01, 2018
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Notice Feb 01, 2018
National Institute on Aging
Notice Feb 01, 2018
National Institute on Aging
Notice Feb 01, 2018

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

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

Title Type Published
DHS NPPD IP will submit the following information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Partnerships between the U.S. Government and the...
Notice Feb 01, 2018
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will submit the information collection abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget for review and clearance in accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The sub...
Notice Feb 01, 2018

Drawbridge Operations:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard has issued a temporary deviation from the operating schedule that governs the Margate Boulevard/Margate Bridge which carries Margate Boulevard across the New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway, Beach Thorofare, mile 74.0, at Margate City, N...
Rule Feb 01, 2018

Interior Department logo Interior Department

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

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service, we) are proposing a new information collection.
Notice Feb 01, 2018

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife:

Title Type Published
Under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA), we, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the receipt and availability of a proposed habitat conservation plan and environmental assessment related to an application for a permit...
Notice Feb 01, 2018

Migratory Bird Subsistence Harvest:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service or we) is proposing migratory bird subsistence harvest regulations in Alaska for the 2018 season. These regulations allow for the continuation of customary and traditional subsistence uses of migratory bird...
Proposed Rule Feb 01, 2018

Plats of Survey:

Title Type Published
The plats of surveys for the lands described in this notice are scheduled to be officially filed 30 calendar days after the date of this publication in the BLM Montana State Office, Billings, Montana. The surveys, which were executed at the request o...
Notice Feb 01, 2018

Proposed Class II Reinstatements:

Title Type Published
In accordance with Section 31 of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended, Berry Petroleum Company timely filed a petition for reinstatement of oil and gas lease UTU77328 for lands in Duchesne County, Utah, along with all required rentals and roya...
Notice Feb 01, 2018

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:

Title Type Published
The Commission hereby gives notice of the institution of investigations and commencement of preliminary phase antidumping and countervailing duty investigation Nos. 701-TA-597 and 731-TA-1407 (Preliminary) pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 ("the Act...
Notice Feb 01, 2018
The Commission hereby gives notice that it has instituted a review pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 ("the Act"), as amended, to determine whether revocation of the antidumping duty order on certain activated carbon from China would be likely to lea...
Notice Feb 01, 2018

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

Title Type Published
The Commission hereby gives notice that it has instituted a review pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 ("the Act"), as amended, to determine whether revocation of the antidumping duty order on folding gift boxes from China would be likely to lead to c...
Notice Feb 01, 2018
The Commission hereby gives notice that it has instituted a review pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 ("the Act"), as amended, to determine whether termination of the suspended investigation on fresh tomatoes from Mexico would be likely to lead to co...
Notice Feb 01, 2018

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Bulk Manufacturers of Controlled Substances; Registrations:

Title Type Published
Registrants listed below have applied for and been granted registration by the Drug Enforcement Administration as bulk manufacturers of various classes of schedule I and II controlled substances.
Notice Feb 01, 2018

Importers of Controlled Substances; Registrations:

Title Type Published
Registrants listed below have applied for and been granted registration by the Drug Enforcement Administration as importers of various classes of schedule I or II controlled substances.
Notice Feb 01, 2018

Proposed Consent Decrees:

Title Type Published
Clean Air Act
Notice Feb 01, 2018

Schedules of Controlled Substances:

Title Type Published
The Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration is issuing this temporary scheduling order to schedule seven fentanyl- related substances in schedule I. These seven substances are: N-(1- phenethylpiperidin-4-yl)-N-phenylpentanamide (valeryl...
Rule Feb 01, 2018

Legal Services Corporation logo Legal Services Corporation

Title Type Published
The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) proposes to create a rule governing subpoenas and requests for LSC documents and testimony by non-federal litigants in cases in which LSC is not a party. Currently, LSC has no internal or external procedures in pl...
Proposed Rule Feb 01, 2018
This proposed rulemaking would remove the Legal Services Corporation's (LSC) regulation on state advisory councils. LSC believes this action is appropriate because the state advisory councils are no longer active and their oversight functions have be...
Proposed Rule Feb 01, 2018

N
National Science Foundation

Title Type Published
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has submitted the following information collection requirement to OMB for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This is the second notice for public comment; the first was published in t...
Notice Feb 01, 2018

O
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission

Title Type Published
Notice is given of the appointment of members to the Performance Review Board (PRB) of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.
Notice Feb 01, 2018

P
Postal Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The Commission adopts a final rule concerning mail preparation changes. This Order amends an existing Commission rule.
Rule Feb 01, 2018

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Registration Cancellations:

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Title Type Published
Bats BZX Exchange, Inc.
Notice Feb 01, 2018
Fixed Income Clearing Corp.
Notice Feb 01, 2018
NYSE, Arca, Inc.
Notice Feb 01, 2018
NYSE, Arca, Inc.
Notice Feb 01, 2018
The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC
Notice Feb 01, 2018

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Title Type Published
The Small Business Administration (SBA) is publishing this notice to comply with requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), which requires agencies to submit proposed reporting and recordkeeping requirements to OMB for review and approval, an...
Notice Feb 01, 2018
The Small Business Administration (SBA) is publishing this notice to comply with requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA),which requires agencies to submit proposed reporting and recordkeeping requirements to OMB for review and approval, and...
Notice Feb 01, 2018
The Small Business Administration (SBA) is publishing this notice to comply with requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), which requires agencies to submit proposed reporting and recordkeeping requirements to OMB for review and approval, an...
Notice Feb 01, 2018

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Feb 01, 2018
In accordance with the provisions of the Privacy Act, as amended, this notice announces a new matching program with Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA). This computer matching agreement sets forth the terms, co...
Notice Feb 01, 2018

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Productivity Adjustments:

Title Type Published
In a decision served on January 29, 2018, the Surface Transportation Board adopted as final its calculation of the productivity adjustment, with the linking factor for the year 2015, proposed in its September 29, 2017 decision in the same docket. See...
Notice Feb 01, 2018

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
Petitions for Waivers of Compliance
Notice Feb 01, 2018
Petitions for Waivers of Compliance
Notice Feb 01, 2018
Petitions for Waivers of Compliance
Notice Feb 01, 2018
Petitions for Waivers of Compliance
Notice Feb 01, 2018
Petitions for Waivers of Compliance
Notice Feb 01, 2018

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Rolls-Royce Corporation (RRC) model 250-C turboshaft engines. This proposed AD was prompted by several reports of engine power loss, one of which resulted in a fatal helicopter accide...
Proposed Rule Feb 01, 2018
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Textron Aviation Inc. Models 172N, 172P, 172Q, 172RG, F172N, F172P, FR172K, R172K, 182E, 182F, 182G, 182H, 182J, 182K, 182L, 182M, 182N, 182P, 182Q, 182R, T182, F182P, F182Q, F182RG,...
Proposed Rule Feb 01, 2018

Changes in Use of Aeronautical Properties:

Title Type Published
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is requesting public comment on Los Angeles World Airports' (LAWA) request to change approximately 5 acres of airport property from aeronautical use to non- aeronautical use. The property is located at the no...
Notice Feb 01, 2018

Class D and E Airspace, and Amendment of Class E Airspace; Establishments:

Title Type Published
This action proposes to establish Class D airspace, Class E surface airspace, and amend Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface at Austin Executive Airport, Austin, TX. The FAA conducted an airspace review and determined tha...
Proposed Rule Feb 01, 2018

Class D and E Airspace; Revocation of Class E Airspace; Amendments:

Title Type Published
This action proposes to amend Class D airspace at Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport, Kansas City, MO; remove Class E airspace designated as an extension to Class D airspace at Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport; and amend Class E airspace extendin...
Proposed Rule Feb 01, 2018

Class E Airspace; Amendments:

Title Type Published
This action amends Class E airspace at Carrabassett, ME, due to the new arrival procedure established for Sugarloaf Regional Airport. Controlled airspace is necessary for the safety and management of instrument flight rules (IFR) operations at the ai...
Rule Feb 01, 2018

Special Conditions:

Title Type Published
These special conditions are issued for the Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation (Gulfstream) Model GVII-G500 airplane. This airplane will have a novel or unusual design feature when compared to the state of technology envisioned in the airworthiness sta...
Rule Feb 01, 2018

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of one or more persons and vessels that have been placed on OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List based on OFAC's determination...
Notice Feb 01, 2018

Funding Availability:

Title Type Published
Through the NACA Program, the Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund provides (i) FA awards of up to $1 million to Certified Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) serving Native American, Alaska Native, or Native Hawa...
Notice Feb 01, 2018

Funding Opportunities:

Title Type Published
Through the CDFI Program, the CDFI Fund provides (i) FA awards of up to $1 million to Certified Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) to build their financial capacity to lend to their Target Markets, and (ii) TA grants of up to $125,0...
Notice Feb 01, 2018

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

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

Title Type Published
Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal agencies...
Notice Feb 01, 2018

Funding Availability:

Title Type Published
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is announcing the availability of funds for the Specially Adapted Housing Assistive Technology (SAHAT) Grant Program for fiscal year (FY) 2018. The objective of the grant is to encourage the development of new...
Notice Feb 01, 2018

Requests for Information:

Title Type Published
On January 5, 2018, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) published a Notice, Request for Information in the Federal Register, 83 FR 701, requesting information regarding its Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC). That n...
Notice Feb 01, 2018

Requests for Nominations:

Title Type Published
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), National Cemetery Administration (NCA), is seeking nominations of qualified candidates to be considered for appointment as a member of the Advisory Committee on Cemeteries and Memorials (herein-after in this s...
Notice Feb 01, 2018

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