June 20, 2018 (Volume 83)

Federal Register June 20, 2018

View all documents issued on June 20, 2018. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

125 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on June 20, 2018

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) announces its Household Water Well System (HWWS) Grant Program funds availability and solicitation of applications application window for fiscal year (FY) 2018. RUS will make available $993,000 in grant funds to qual...
Notice Jun 20, 2018
The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) announces its Revolving Fund Program (RFP) application window and funds availability for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018. The Agency will make available $1,000,000 in grant funds to qualified private, non-profit organizations...
Notice Jun 20, 2018
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is extending the comment period for our request for information on how we can provide better customer service and remove unintended barriers to participation in our regulatory programs published in the Federal Regis...
Proposed Rule Jun 20, 2018
The Rural Housing Service (RHS or Agency) proposes to amend the current regulation for the Single Family Housing Guaranteed Loan Program (SFHGLP) on the subject of Single Close Combination Construction to Permanent Loans. The Agency proposes to amend...
Proposed Rule Jun 20, 2018

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

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Forest Service (FS) is seeking comments from all interested individuals and organizations on the extension with no revision of a currently approved information collection; Community Forest a...
Notice Jun 20, 2018

Almonds Grown in California:

Title Type Published
This final rule implements a recommendation from the Almond Board of California (Board) to revise the adjusted kernel weight computation currently prescribed under the Marketing Order for almonds grown in California. In addition, this action allows a...
Rule Jun 20, 2018

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Land Management Plans:

Title Type Published
James Melonas, the Forest Supervisor for the Santa Fe National Forest, Southwest Region, signed the final Record of Decision (ROD) for the amendment to the Santa Fe National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan (Forest Plan Amendment). The final...
Notice Jun 20, 2018
James Melonas, the Forest Supervisor for the Santa Fe National Forest, Southwest Region, signed the final Record of Decision (ROD) for the amendment to the Santa Fe National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan (Forest Plan Amendment). The final...
Notice Jun 20, 2018

National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard:

Title Type Published
This document contains corrections to the proposed rule published on May 4, 2018, regarding a new national mandatory bioengineered food disclosure standard. Corrections are made to the notice of proposed rule making's (NPRM) Initial Regulatory Flexib...
Proposed Rule Jun 20, 2018

Olives Grown in California:

Title Type Published
This rule implements a recommendation from the California Olive Committee (Committee) to decrease the assessment rate established for the 2018 fiscal period for olives grown in California. The assessment rate will remain in effect indefinitely unless...
Rule Jun 20, 2018

Civil Rights Commission logo Civil Rights Commission

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the rules and regulations of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (Commission) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) that a meeting of the Nevada Advisory Committee (Committee) to the Commi...
Notice Jun 20, 2018

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska:

Title Type Published
NMFS is correcting a proposed rule that published on June 6, 2018, that would limit access to the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) Trawl Limited Access Sector (TLAS) yellowfin sole directed fishery by vessels that deliver their catch of yellowf...
Proposed Rule Jun 20, 2018

Fisheries of the Northeastern United States:

Title Type Published
The final rule adjusting the 2018 management area annual catch limits for the herring fishery published in the Federal Register on February 15, 2018. That rule contained several errors and this document corrects those errors. This action is necessary...
Rule Jun 20, 2018

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice announces a public meeting of the Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee (Committee). The Committee provides advice to the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and the National Telecommunications and...
Notice Jun 20, 2018
Sensors and Instrumentation Technical Advisory Committee
Notice Jun 20, 2018

Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

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

Title Type Published
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the extension of a collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act ("PRA"), Federal agencies are required to publish...
Notice Jun 20, 2018

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Title Type Published
The invention listed below is assigned to the United States (U.S.) Government as represented by the Secretary of the Navy and is available for licensing by the Department of the Navy. U.S. Patent Application Number 15/474,374 entitled "Synergistic Me...
Notice Jun 20, 2018
The invention listed below is assigned to the United States Government as represented by the Secretary of the Army and is being made generally availability of exclusive, partially exclusive or non- exclusive licenses by the Department of the Army. U....
Notice Jun 20, 2018

Requests for Information:

Title Type Published
The notice for Request for Information on Technologies to Support Operations in the Information Environment published in the Federal Register on Wednesday, May 23, 2018, did not request participants to register online. This notice publicizes the regi...
Notice Jun 20, 2018

Education Department logo Education Department

Title Type Published
Rule Jun 20, 2018
The Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services proposes a requirement under the Technical Assistance and Dissemination to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities (TA&D) program. The Assistant Secretary m...
Proposed Rule Jun 20, 2018

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
Combined Filings
Notice Jun 20, 2018
Combined Filings
Notice Jun 20, 2018
Combined Filings
Notice Jun 20, 2018
Combined Filings
Notice Jun 20, 2018
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jun 20, 2018

Applications to Export Electric Energy:

Title Type Published
Emera Energy Services Subsidiary No. 1 LLC (Applicant or EESS- 1) has applied to renew its authority to transmit electric energy from the United States to Canada pursuant to the Federal Power Act.
Notice Jun 20, 2018
Emera Energy Services Subsidiary No. 2 LLC (Applicant or EESS- 2) has applied to renew its authority to transmit electric energy from the United States to Canada pursuant to the Federal Power Act.
Notice Jun 20, 2018
Emera Energy Services Subsidiary No. 3 LLC (Applicant or EESS- 3) has applied to renew its authority to transmit electric energy from the United States to Canada pursuant to the Federal Power Act.
Notice Jun 20, 2018
Emera Energy Services Subsidiary No. 4 LLC (Applicant or EESS- 4) has applied to renew its authority to transmit electric energy from the United States to Canada pursuant to the Federal Power Act.
Notice Jun 20, 2018
Emera Energy Services Subsidiary No. 5 LLC (Applicant or EESS- 5) has applied to renew its authority to transmit electric energy from the United States to Canada pursuant to the Federal Power Act.
Notice Jun 20, 2018

Designations of Commission Staff as Non-Decisional:

Title Type Published
White Cliffs Pipeline, LLC
Notice Jun 20, 2018

Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Sierrita Gas Pipeline, LLC, Sierrita Compressor Expansion Project
Notice Jun 20, 2018

Guidance:

Title Type Published
Document Labelling Guidance for Documents Submitted to or Filed with the Commission or Commission Staff
Notice Jun 20, 2018
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) gives notice of updated guidance for the Energy Policy Act of 2005 program. The guidance describes the hydroelectric incentive payment requirements and explains the type of information that owners or authorized ope...
Notice Jun 20, 2018

Post-Technical Conference Comments:

Title Type Published
Old Dominion Electric Coop. v. PJM Interconnection, LLC; Advanced Energy Management Alliance v. PJM Interconnection, LLC
Notice Jun 20, 2018

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations:

Title Type Published
On January 3, 2018, the State of Alabama, through the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM), submitted a request for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to redesignate the Troy 2008 lead Nonattainment Area ("Troy Area" or "Area"...
Rule Jun 20, 2018
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve several Tennessee State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation (TDEC), on behalf of Knox County's Air Quality Managemen...
Proposed Rule Jun 20, 2018
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to take the following four actions regarding the Tennessee State Implementation Plan (SIP): approve Tennessee's November 22, 2017, SIP submittal seeking to change reliance from the Clean Air Inte...
Proposed Rule Jun 20, 2018
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve changes to the Tennessee State Implementation Plan (SIP) to revise New Source Review (NSR) regulations. Specifically, EPA is proposing to approve the portions of a SIP revision submitt...
Proposed Rule Jun 20, 2018

National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; National Priorities List:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 3, is issuing a Notice of Intent to Delete the Ordnance Works Disposal Areas Superfund Site (Site) located in Morgantown, West Virginia, from the National Priorities List (NPL) and requests public com...
Proposed Rule Jun 20, 2018

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Title Type Published
The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) is considering updating its implementing regulations for the procedural provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Over the past four decades, CEQ has issued numerous guidance documents but...
Proposed Rule Jun 20, 2018

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Title Type Published
Agreements Filed
Notice Jun 20, 2018

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) is adopting a proposal to extend for three years, with revision, the Recordkeeping and Disclosure Requirements Associated with Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB) Regulation M (Co...
Notice Jun 20, 2018
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
Notice Jun 20, 2018
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Savings and Loan Holding Companies
Notice Jun 20, 2018
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System ("Board") has adopted final amendments to its Regulation A to reflect the Board's approval of an increase in the rate for primary credit at each Federal Reserve Bank. The secondary credit rate at e...
Rule Jun 20, 2018
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System ("Board") is amending Regulation D (Reserve Requirements of Depository Institutions) to revise the rate of interest paid on balances maintained to satisfy reserve balance requirements ("IORR") and...
Rule Jun 20, 2018

Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board logo Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jun 20, 2018

Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

Title Type Published
Early Terminations of Waiting Periods under Premerger Notification Rules
Notice Jun 20, 2018
Early Terminations of Waiting Periods under Premerger Notification Rules
Notice Jun 20, 2018

Proposed Consent Agreements:

Title Type Published
The consent agreement in this matter settles alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair methods of competition. The attached Analysis to Aid Public Comment describes both the allegations in the complaint and the terms of the consent orders-...
Notice Jun 20, 2018

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

Title Type Published
The General Services Administration (GSA) is issuing a proposed rule to amend its regulations implementing the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The regulations are being revised to update and streamline the language of several procedural provisions...
Proposed Rule Jun 20, 2018

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), located within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces fees for vessel sanitation inspections for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019. These inspections are conducted by HHS/CDC's Vessel San...
Notice Jun 20, 2018

Guidance:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, we, or Agency) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry entitled "Mitigation Strategies to Protect Food Against Intentional Adulteration: Guidance for Industry." This draft guidance docume...
Notice Jun 20, 2018

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Jun 20, 2018
National Cancer Institute
Notice Jun 20, 2018
National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics
Notice Jun 20, 2018
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Notice Jun 20, 2018
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Notice Jun 20, 2018

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Safety Zones:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard will enforce certain safety zones located in federal regulations for recurring marine events. This action is necessary and intended for the safety of life and property on navigable waters during these events. During each enforcement p...
Rule Jun 20, 2018
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone for navigable waters within a 420-foot radius of the launch site located at the Oswego Harbor, Lake Ontario, Oswego, NY. This safety zone is intended to restrict vessels from portions of Lake On...
Rule Jun 20, 2018
The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone for the Cornucopia Annual Fireworks Display in Cornucopia, WI from 9:30 p.m. through 11:30 p.m. on June 30, 2018. This action is necessary to protect participants and spectators during the Cornucopia Firew...
Rule Jun 20, 2018
The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone for the Duluth Fourth Fest in Duluth, MN from 9:30 p.m. through 11:30 p.m. on July 4, 2018, with a rain date of 9:30 p.m. through 11:30 p.m. on July 5, 2018. This action is necessary to protect participant...
Rule Jun 20, 2018
The Coast Guard will enforce fourteen safety zones for fireworks displays in the Sector Long Island Sound area of responsibility on the date and time listed in the table below. This action is necessary to provide for the safety of life on navigable w...
Rule Jun 20, 2018

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Title Type Published
This advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) invites public comment on possible amendments to HUD's 2013 final rule implementing the Fair Housing Act's disparate impact standard, as well as the 2016 supplement to HUD's responses to certain insur...
Proposed Rule Jun 20, 2018

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, have issued permits to conduct activities with endangered and threatened species under the authority of the Endangered Species Act, as amended (ESA). With some exceptions, the ESA prohibits activities involving...
Notice Jun 20, 2018

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

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), are proposing to renew an information collection with revisions.
Notice Jun 20, 2018

Applications:

Title Type Published
The State of Alaska has filed an application with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for a Recordable Disclaimer of Interest (RDI) from the United States in those lands underlying the Taku River located in southeast Alaska. The State of Alaska asser...
Notice Jun 20, 2018

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (NEPA), and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Black Rock Field Office, Winnemucca, Nevada intends to prepar...
Notice Jun 20, 2018

Requests for Nominations:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Department of the Interior proposes to appoint members to the Yakima River Basin Conservation Advisory Group (CAG). The Secretary of the Interior, acting as administrative lead, is requesting nominations for qualified persons to serve as mem...
Notice Jun 20, 2018

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 found a violation of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, in this investigation. The Commission has issued a general exclusion order prohibiting the unlicensed impo...
Notice Jun 20, 2018
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined to review in part a final initial determination ("FID") of the presiding administrative law judge ("ALJ") finding a violation of section 337 the Tariff Act of 1930, as...
Notice Jun 20, 2018
Following receipt on June 6, 2018 of a correction to the United States Trade Representative's (USTR) request letter of May 18, 2018, the U.S. International Trade Commission (Commission) has amended the scope of its investigation No. 332-567, Generali...
Notice Jun 20, 2018

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
Registrants listed below have applied for and been granted registration by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) as bulk manufacturers of various classes of schedule I and II controlled substances.
Notice Jun 20, 2018

Importers of Controlled Substances; Applications:

Title Type Published
Notice of application.
Notice Jun 20, 2018

Manufacturers of Controlled Substances; Applications:

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
On May 21, 2018, OSHA published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) titled "Cranes and Derricks in Construction: Operator Qualification." The period for submitting public comments is being extended by 15 days to allow parties affected by the rule...
Proposed Rule Jun 20, 2018

N
National Science Foundation

Requests for Information:

Title Type Published
The purpose of this Request for Information (RFI) is to seek input from the public on possible future directions for fundamental environmental science and education. The RFI intends to gather views from external stakeholders on what environmental res...
Notice Jun 20, 2018

P
Postal Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The Commission is noticing a recent Postal Service filing for the Commission's consideration concerning negotiated service agreements. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.
Notice Jun 20, 2018

Postal Service logo Postal Service

Product Changes:

Title Type Published
The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.
Notice Jun 20, 2018
The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.
Notice Jun 20, 2018
The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.
Notice Jun 20, 2018
The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.
Notice Jun 20, 2018
The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.
Notice Jun 20, 2018
The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.
Notice Jun 20, 2018
The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.
Notice Jun 20, 2018

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Applications:

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Title Type Published
Cboe BYX Exchange, Inc.
Notice Jun 20, 2018
Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc.
Notice Jun 20, 2018
Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc.
Notice Jun 20, 2018
Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc.
Notice Jun 20, 2018
Cboe EDGX Exchange, Inc.
Notice Jun 20, 2018
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice Jun 20, 2018
NYSE National, Inc.
Notice Jun 20, 2018
NYSE National, Inc.
Notice Jun 20, 2018
Nasdaq GEMX, LLC
Notice Jun 20, 2018
Nasdaq ISE, LLC
Notice Jun 20, 2018
Nasdaq ISE, LLC
Notice Jun 20, 2018
Nasdaq MRX, LLC
Notice Jun 20, 2018
Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC
Notice Jun 20, 2018
New York Stock Exchange, LLC
Notice Jun 20, 2018

State Department logo State Department

Title Type Published
Information in the Legal Adviser's Case Management Records is used to provide or facilitate the provision of legal advice and opinion to the offices of the Department of State and to facilitate defense or representation of the Department in litigatio...
Notice Jun 20, 2018

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Trackage Rights Exemptions:

Title Type Published
New Orleans Public Belt Railroad Corp.; Illinois Central Railroad Co.
Notice Jun 20, 2018

T
Trade Representative, Office of United States

Requests for Comments:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Trade Representative (Trade Representative) has determined that appropriate action in this investigation includes the imposition of an additional ad valorem duty of 25 percent on products from China classified in the subheadings of the Harmo...
Notice Jun 20, 2018

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
Petitions for Waivers of Compliance
Notice Jun 20, 2018
Petitions for Waivers of Compliance
Notice Jun 20, 2018
This action streamlines and improves commercial space transportation regulations' general rulemaking and petition procedures to better reflect current practice; reorganizes the regulations for clarity and flow; and allows petitioners to file their pe...
Rule Jun 20, 2018

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

Title Type Published
The DOT invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval to renew an information collection used to support the analysis of safety data as part of a Safety Management System required for part 1...
Notice Jun 20, 2018

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Airbus Model A318 series; Model A319 series; Model A320 series; and Model A321-111, -112, -131, -211, -212, -213, -231, and -232 airplanes. This proposed AD was prompted by reports of mul...
Proposed Rule Jun 20, 2018
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Bombardier, Inc., Model BD-100-1A10 airplanes. This AD was prompted by a report indicating that certain lanyards for the passenger oxygen masks located in the airplane's entry area are to...
Rule Jun 20, 2018
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Bombardier, Inc., Model BD-700-1A10 and BD-700-1A11 airplanes. This proposed AD was prompted by reports of multiple in-flight departures of the aft belly fairing access panels. This p...
Proposed Rule Jun 20, 2018
We propose to supersede Airworthiness Directive (AD) 88-12-10, which applies to certain Honeywell International Inc. (Honeywell) TPE331 turboprop engines. AD 88-12-10 requires reducing the life limit for certain second stage turbine rotors. Since we...
Proposed Rule Jun 20, 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 Jun 20, 2018

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
The Department of the Treasury (Treasury) proposes to amend its rules to revise the method by which the statutory three percent limitation on administrative costs (referred to throughout this notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) as the "three percent...
Proposed Rule Jun 20, 2018

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