March 23, 2018 (Volume 83)

Federal Register March 23, 2018

View all documents issued on March 23, 2018. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

96 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on March 23, 2018

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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The Rural Housing Service (RHS or Agency) will obsolete (and reserve) the Truth in Lending--Real Estate Settlement Procedures regulation to ensure compliance with the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) and Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) Integ...
Rule Mar 23, 2018

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

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Forest Service is seeking comments from all interested individuals and organizations on the renewal of the Stewardship Mapping and Assessment Project (STEW-MAP) information collection.
Notice Mar 23, 2018

Common Crop Insurance Regulations:

Title Type Published
This document contains necessary amendments to apply a technical correction to the final rule with request for comments for the Nursery Crop Insurance Provisions which published in the Federal Register on January 31, 2018.
Rule Mar 23, 2018

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The USDA Forest Service will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to process and respond to the mining Plans of Operations within the Powder River Watershed submitted to the Whitman Ranger District of the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest.
Notice Mar 23, 2018

Subsistence Management Regulations:

Title Type Published
This proposed rule would establish regulations for fish and shellfish seasons, harvest limits, methods, and means related to taking of fish and shellfish for subsistence uses during the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 regulatory years. The Federal Subsistenc...
Proposed Rule Mar 23, 2018

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
The Economic Development Administration (EDA) has received petitions for certification of eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance from the firms listed below. Accordingly, EDA has initiated investigations to determine whether increased i...
Notice Mar 23, 2018
The Economic Development Administration (EDA) has received petitions for certification of eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance from the firms listed below. Accordingly, EDA has initiated investigations to determine whether increased i...
Notice Mar 23, 2018

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:

Title Type Published
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that certain frozen fish fillets (fish fillets) from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam) are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than normal value during the period of...
Notice Mar 23, 2018

Fisheries of the Northeastern United States:

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This rulemaking proposes allocations of annual catch entitlements to groundfish sectors for the 2018 fishing year and also proposes a new regulatory exemption for sectors. The action is necessary because sectors must receive allocations in order to o...
Proposed Rule Mar 23, 2018

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

Title Type Published
This action adds products to the Procurement List that will be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
Notice Mar 23, 2018
This action deletes products from the Procurement List previously furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
Notice Mar 23, 2018

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplements:

Title Type Published
DoD is issuing a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement a section of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 that provides amendments to the DoD Pilot Mentor-Prot[eacute]g[ea...
Rule Mar 23, 2018
DoD is making technical amendments to the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to provide needed editorial changes.
Rule Mar 23, 2018

Education Department logo Education Department

Applications for New Awards:

Title Type Published
The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2018 for the Native American and Native Alaska Children in School Program, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number 84.365C.
Notice Mar 23, 2018

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
Combined Filings
Notice Mar 23, 2018
Combined Filings
Notice Mar 23, 2018
Combined Filings
Notice Mar 23, 2018
Staff Attendances
Notice Mar 23, 2018

Applications to Export Electric Energy:

Title Type Published
ConocoPhillips Company (COP or Applicant) has applied to renew its authority to transmit electric energy from the United States to Mexico pursuant to the Federal Power Act.
Notice Mar 23, 2018

Applications:

Title Type Published
Cheyenne Connector, LLC
Notice Mar 23, 2018
Rockies Express Pipeline, LLC
Notice Mar 23, 2018

Authority to Export and Import Liquefied Natural Gas:

Title Type Published
The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy gives notice that during February 2018, it issued orders granting or vacating authority to import and export natural gas, and to import and export liquefied natural gas (LNG). These orders...
Notice Mar 23, 2018

Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

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

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Old Dominion Electric Coop. v. PJM Interconnection, LLC; Advanced Energy Management Alliance v. PJM Interconnection, LLC; Technical Conference
Notice Mar 23, 2018

Requests for Information:

Title Type Published
The Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE), is seeking comments and information from interested parties to inform its development of a Solid State Power Substation (SSPS) Roadmap. An SSPS is defined as...
Notice Mar 23, 2018

Revoke Market-Based Rate Authority:

Title Type Published
Electric Quarterly Reports; Fibrominn, LLC; BluCo Energy, LLC; Alternate Power Source, Inc.; Atlantic Coast Energy Corp.
Notice Mar 23, 2018

Use of Traditional Licensing Process:

Title Type Published
Jason and Carol Victoria Presley
Notice Mar 23, 2018

Waivers from Ceiling Fan Test Procedures; Approvals:

Title Type Published
This notice announces receipt of and publishes a petition for waiver from Big Ass Solutions (BAS) seeking an exemption from specified portions of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) test procedure for determining the efficiency of ceiling fans under...
Notice Mar 23, 2018

Waivers from Central Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps Test Procedures; Approvals:

Title Type Published
This notice announces a Decision and Order granting Johnson Controls, Inc. ("JCI") a waiver from specified portions of the DOE test procedure for determining the efficiency of specified central air conditioners ("CAC") and heat pump ("HP") basic mode...
Notice Mar 23, 2018

Waivers from External Power Supplies Test Procedures; Approvals:

Title Type Published
This notice announces receipt of and publishes a petition for waiver from Huawei Technologies, Co. Ltd. ("Huawei") seeking an exemption from specified portions of the U.S. Department of Energy's ("DOE's") test procedure for determining external power...
Notice Mar 23, 2018

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a revision to the Butte County Air Quality Management District (BCAQMD) portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). This revision concerns the District's New Source Revi...
Proposed Rule Mar 23, 2018
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving a state implementation plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Delaware. The Clean Air Act's (CAA) Good Neighbor Provision requires EPA and states to address the interstate transport of air...
Rule Mar 23, 2018
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving a revision to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's state implementation plan (SIP). The revision includes amendments to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's (PADEP) regulations...
Rule Mar 23, 2018
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving revisions to the State of West Virginia state implementation plan (SIP). The revisions update the effective date by which the West Virginia regulations incorporate by reference the national ambie...
Rule Mar 23, 2018

Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator signed an Order dated March 1, 2018, denying a Petition dated August 8, 2016 from the Environmental Integrity Project, Sierra Club, and Air Alliance Houston. The Petition requested that the EPA...
Notice Mar 23, 2018

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Weekly Receipts
Notice Mar 23, 2018

National Marine Fisheries Service Biological Opinion Issued under Endangered Species Act:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking comment on the final Biological Opinion (BiOp) issued under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), regarding the potential effects of chlorpyrifos, malath...
Notice Mar 23, 2018

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved the request for the information collection requirements contained in the Commission's 2014 Quadrennial Regulatory Review Second Report and Order, F...
Rule Mar 23, 2018

Connect America Fund:

Title Type Published
In this document, the Wireline Competition Bureau and Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, grant in part and deny in part the Alaska Telephone Association's Petition for Reconsideration of the Bureaus' Map Instructions PN and provide clarification reg...
Notice Mar 23, 2018

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Changes in Subject Matter of Agency
Notice Mar 23, 2018

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) invites comment on a proposal to extend for three years, with revision, the Bank Holding Company Application and Notification Forms (OMB No. 7100-0121): The Application for Prior Approval t...
Notice Mar 23, 2018
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) invites comment on a proposal to extend for three years, with revision, the International Applications and Prior Notifications Under Subpart B of Regulation K (FR K-2; OMB No. 7100-0284). T...
Notice Mar 23, 2018
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) invites comment on a proposal to extend for three years, with revision, the International Applications and Prior Notifications under Subparts A and C of Regulation K (FR K-1; OMB No. 7100-0...
Notice Mar 23, 2018
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) invites comment on a proposal to extend for three years, with revision, the Application for a Foreign Organization to Acquire a U.S. Bank or Bank Holding Company (FR Y-3F; OMB No. 7100-0119...
Notice Mar 23, 2018

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Mar 23, 2018
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of its continuing efforts to reduce public burden and maximize the utility of government information, invite the general public and other Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a p...
Notice Mar 23, 2018
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Mar 23, 2018
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Mar 23, 2018
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Mar 23, 2018
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Mar 23, 2018

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

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for review and approval of the information collection listed below.
Notice Mar 23, 2018

Medicaid Program:

Title Type Published
This final notice announces changes to the Medicaid National Drug Rebate Agreement (NDRA, or Agreement) for use by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and manufacturers under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program (MDRP). We...
Notice Mar 23, 2018
This proposed rule would amend the process for states to document whether Medicaid payments in fee-for-service systems are sufficient to enlist providers to assure beneficiary access to covered care and services consistent with the statute. States ha...
Proposed Rule Mar 23, 2018

Medicare Program:

Title Type Published
This notice announces the approval of the application of the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) as an accreditation organization for clinical laboratories under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) progr...
Notice Mar 23, 2018

Medicare and Medicaid Programs:

Title Type Published
This notice announces our decision to approve the Community Health Accreditation Partner (CHAP) for continued recognition as a national accrediting organization for home health agencies (HHAs) that wish to participate in the Medicare or Medicaid prog...
Notice Mar 23, 2018

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Country of Origin Determinations:

Title Type Published
This document provides notice that U.S. Customs and Border Protection ("CBP") has issued a final determination concerning the country of origin of certain monochrome laser printers and replacement toner cartridges. Based upon the facts presented, CBP...
Notice Mar 23, 2018

Requests for Nominations:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Coast Guard seeks applications for membership on the National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee. The National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee advises the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security on matters and actions concerning...
Notice Mar 23, 2018

Safety Zones:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary moving safety zone in the navigable waters of the San Francisco Bay near Point Cavallo in support of the Juan Benitez Fireworks Display on March 24, 2018. This safety zone is established to ensure the safet...
Rule Mar 23, 2018
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary moving safety zone in the navigable waters of the San Francisco Bay near Pier 39 in support of the Pier 39 Fireworks Display on March 24, 2018. This safety zone is established to ensure the safety of partic...
Rule Mar 23, 2018

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

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

Title Type Published
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is seeking approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the information collection described below. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is requesting comment from al...
Notice Mar 23, 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, are proposing to revise an existing information collection.
Notice Mar 23, 2018

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), as amended, and the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (MLA), as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Rock Springs Field Office has prepared a Draft Environmental Impact Statem...
Notice Mar 23, 2018

Subsistence Management Regulations:

No documents available.

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

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

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined to review-in-part the presiding administrative law judge's initial determination (Order No. 11) granting summary determination that the defaulting respondents have vio...
Notice Mar 23, 2018
The Commission hereby gives notice of the scheduling of the final phase of the antidumping and countervailing duty investigation Nos. 701-TA-588 and 731-TA-1392-1393 (Final) pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 ("the Act") to determine whether an indus...
Notice Mar 23, 2018
The Commission hereby gives notice of the scheduling of full reviews pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 ("the Act") to determine whether revocation of the antidumping duty orders on stainless steel bar from Brazil, India, Japan, and Spain would be li...
Notice Mar 23, 2018

Justice Department logo Justice Department

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

Title Type Published
The Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Laboratory Division (LD) has submitted the following Information Collection Request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the established r...
Notice Mar 23, 2018

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The purpose of this notice is to announce the meeting of the Department of Justice's National Domestic Communications Assistance Center's (NDCAC) Executive Advisory Board (EAB). The meeting is being called to address the items identified in the Agend...
Notice Mar 23, 2018

Labor Department logo Labor Department

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

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) sponsored information collection request (ICR) titled, "Consent to Receive Employee Benefit Plan Disclosures Electronically," to the Office of Management...
Notice Mar 23, 2018
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) sponsored information collection request (ICR) revision titled, "National Compensation Survey," to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval for...
Notice Mar 23, 2018
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) sponsored information collection request (ICR) titled, "Training Plan Regulations and Certificate of Training," to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)...
Notice Mar 23, 2018

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Meetings:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announces a meeting of the Astrophysics Advisory Committee (APAC). This Committee reports to the Director, Astrophysics Divisi...
Notice Mar 23, 2018
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announces a meeting of the Heliophysics Advisory Committee (HPAC). This Committee functions in an advisory capacity to the Dir...
Notice Mar 23, 2018

National Credit Union Administration logo National Credit Union Administration

Title Type Published
The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) will submit the following information collection request 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 dat...
Notice Mar 23, 2018

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

Title Type Published
The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), as part of a continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on the revision of an existing collection, as required by the...
Notice Mar 23, 2018

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards
Notice Mar 23, 2018

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

State Department logo State Department

Specially Designated Global Terrorists:

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC) and the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC) of Canada, under international agreement, jointly publish and presently administer the St. Lawrence Seaway Tariff of Tolls in their r...
Rule Mar 23, 2018

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Bombardier, Inc., Model CL-600-2B19 (Regional Jet Series 100 & 440), Model CL-600-2C10 (Regional Jet Series 700, 701, & 702), Model CL-600- 2D15 (Regional Jet Series 705), and Model CL-600-2D...
Rule Mar 23, 2018

Class E Airspace; Establishments:

Title Type Published
This action proposes to establish Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface at Washington Island Airport, Washington Island, WI. Controlled airspace is necessary to accommodate new standard instrument approach procedures devel...
Proposed Rule Mar 23, 2018

Hours of Service of Drivers of Commercial Motor Vehicles:

Title Type Published
FMCSA grants a limited 90-day waiver from the Federal hours- of-service (HOS) regulations pertaining to electronic logging devices (ELDs) for the transportation of agricultural commodities as defined in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (F...
Rule Mar 23, 2018

Importation Eligibility; Approvals:

Title Type Published
This document announces a decision by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that certain Model Year (MY) 2013-2014 Ferrari F12 Berlinetta passenger cars (PCs) that were not originally manufactured to comply with all applicable Federal Mo...
Notice Mar 23, 2018

Land Waivers:

Title Type Published
The FAA is considering a proposal to change 5.61 acres of airport land from aeronautical use to non-aeronautical use and to authorize the sale of airport property located at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, Detroit, MI. The aforementioned l...
Notice Mar 23, 2018
The FAA is considering a proposal to change 70 acres of airport land from aeronautical use to non-aeronautical use of airport property located at Fort Wayne International, Fort Wayne, IN. The aforementioned land is not needed for aeronautical use. Fo...
Notice Mar 23, 2018

Petitions for Exemptions; Summaries:

Title Type Published
This notice contains a summary of a petition seeking relief from specified requirements of Federal Aviation Regulations. The purpose of this notice is to improve the public's awareness of, and participation in, the FAA's exemption process. Neither pu...
Notice Mar 23, 2018

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

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

Title Type Published
The OCC, 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 a continuing information collection as required by the Paperwork Reducti...
Notice Mar 23, 2018
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 Mar 23, 2018
The Internal Revenue Service, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as requ...
Notice Mar 23, 2018
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 Mar 23, 2018

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

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

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, will submit the collection of information abstracted below to the Office of Managemen...
Notice Mar 23, 2018
Loan Guaranty Service, 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 are require...
Notice Mar 23, 2018
Veterans Health 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 ar...
Notice Mar 23, 2018

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