July 18, 2018 (Volume 83)

Federal Register July 18, 2018

View all documents issued on July 18, 2018. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

77 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on July 18, 2018

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
The 2017 Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program (2017 WHIP) will provide payments to eligible producers who suffered eligible crop, tree, bush, and vine losses resulting from hurricanes and wildfires that occurred in the 2017 calendar year, as au...
Rule Jul 18, 2018
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Jul 18, 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 Mississippi Advisory Committee to the Commission...
Notice Jul 18, 2018

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:

Title Type Published
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that manufacturers/exporters of welded line pipe from the Republic of Korea sold welded line pipe at less than normal value during the period of review (POR), May 22, 2015, through November 30, 2016.
Notice Jul 18, 2018

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species:

Title Type Published
NMFS is adjusting the commercial aggregated large coastal shark (LCS) and hammerhead shark management group retention limit for directed shark limited access permit holders in the Atlantic region from 3 LCS other than sandbar sharks per vessel per tr...
Rule Jul 18, 2018

International Fisheries:

Title Type Published
Under authority of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act (WCPFC Implementation Act), NMFS issues this final rule that establishes limits on fishing effort by U.S. purse seine vessels in the U.S. exclusive economic zo...
Rule Jul 18, 2018

Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions:

Title Type Published
The Regional Administrator, West Coast Region, NMFS, has made a preliminary determination that an application for an Exempted Fishing Permit warrants further consideration. The application, submitted by the California Wetfish Producers Association, r...
Notice Jul 18, 2018

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given of a virtual meeting of the Marine Protected Areas Federal Advisory Committee (MPA FAC) via teleconference.
Notice Jul 18, 2018

Pacific Island Pelagic Fisheries:

Title Type Published
NMFS is closing the Southern Exclusion Zone (SEZ) to deep-set longline fishing through December 31, 2018, for all vessels registered under the Hawaii longline limited access program, as a result of the fishery reaching the established annual trigger...
Rule Jul 18, 2018

Permits:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the Shaw Institute, 55 Main Street, Blue Hill, ME 04614 (Responsible Party: Susan Shaw), has applied in due form for a permit receive, import, and export marine mammal parts for scientific research.
Notice Jul 18, 2018

Requests for Information:

Title Type Published
The Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Program includes a network of centers located in all 50 States and Puerto Rico, and is a source of trusted advice about new technologies, production techniques and business management practices....
Notice Jul 18, 2018

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) is submitting its information collection FERC-725E (Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Western Electric Coo...
Notice Jul 18, 2018

Applications:

Title Type Published
Corpus Christi Liquefaction Stage III, LLC; Corpus Christi Liquefaction, LLC; Cheniere Corpus Christi Pipeline, LP
Notice Jul 18, 2018

Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to submit an information collection request (ICR), "Community Right-to-Know Reporting Requirements under Sections 311 and 312 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), EPA ICR N...
Notice Jul 18, 2018
The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to submit an information collection request (ICR), "Emergency Planning and Release Notification Requirements (EPCRA sections 302, 303, and 304)." (EPA ICR No. 1395.10, OMB Control No. 2050-0092) to the...
Notice Jul 18, 2018
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Production, Import, Export, Destruction, Transhipment, and Exempted Uses of Ozone-Depleting Substances (EPA ICR No. 1432.34, OMB Control No. 2060-0170),...
Notice Jul 18, 2018

Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing a determination of attainment by the attainment date and a clean data determination (CDD) for the 2006 24-hour fine particulate matter (PM<INF>2.5</INF>) Logan, Utah (UT)-Idaho (ID) nonattainment...
Proposed Rule Jul 18, 2018
The Clean Air Act (CAA) requires each State Implementation Plan (SIP) to contain adequate provisions prohibiting emissions that will have certain adverse air quality effects in other states. On December 23, 2015, the State of Idaho made a submission...
Proposed Rule Jul 18, 2018
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve revisions to the Illinois State Implementation Plan (SIP) to establish a general framework for permits-by-rule (PBR) and specifically provide a PBR for small boilers. In addition, EPA...
Proposed Rule Jul 18, 2018
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving a revision to the Minnesota sulfur dioxide (SO<INF>2</INF>) State Implementation Plan (SIP) for the Flint Hills Resources, LLC Pine Bend Refinery (FHR) as submitted on February 8, 2017. The SIP r...
Rule Jul 18, 2018
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving, under the Clean Air Act (CAA), revisions to Ohio's state implementation plan (SIP) as requested by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA) on March 10, 2017, and supplemented on July 18,...
Rule Jul 18, 2018

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Special Observances:

Title Type Published
Captive Nations Week (Proc. 9767)
Presidential Document Jul 18, 2018
Made in America Day and Made in America Week (Proc. 9768)
Presidential Document Jul 18, 2018

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) proposes measures to ensure that internet Protocol Captioned Telephone Service (IP CTS) remains sustainable for those individuals who need it by reducing waste and thereby br...
Proposed Rule Jul 18, 2018
Petitions for Reconsideration (Petitions) have been filed in the Commission's Rulemaking proceeding by Michael R. Romano, on behalf of NTCA--The Rural Broadband Association ("NTCA"), and Kevin G. Rupy, on behalf of USTelecom--The Broadband Associatio...
Proposed Rule Jul 18, 2018

Radio Broadcasting Services:

Title Type Published
At the request of The Chickasaw Nation, the Audio Division amends the FM Table of Allotments by allotting FM Channel 247A at Connerville, Oklahoma, as a Tribal Allotment and a first local Tribal- owned service to the community. A staff engineering an...
Rule Jul 18, 2018

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Changes in Bank Control:

Title Type Published
Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company
Notice Jul 18, 2018

Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board logo Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board

Government Ethics Office logo Government Ethics Office

Title Type Published
The U.S. Office of Government Ethics is issuing a final rule amending the Executive Branch Financial Disclosure, Qualified Trusts, and Certificates of Divestiture regulations. Pursuant to section 402(b) of the Ethics in Government Act, the U.S. Offic...
Rule Jul 18, 2018

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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

Title Type Published
Evaluation of the Transitional Living Program
Notice Jul 18, 2018
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, Agency, or we) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the Agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), Federal Agencies are required to p...
Notice Jul 18, 2018

Charter Renewals:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the renewal of the Science Board to the Food and Drug Administration (Committee) by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs (Commissioner). The Commissioner has determined that it is in the pu...
Notice Jul 18, 2018

Guidance:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry entitled "Innovative Approaches for Nonprescription Drug Products." This draft guidance describes two innovative approaches that may be u...
Notice Jul 18, 2018
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of the draft guidance entitled "Metal Expandable Biliary Stents--Premarket Notification (510(k)) Submissions." This draft guidance provides recommendations for informatio...
Notice Jul 18, 2018

Meetings:

Title Type Published
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Notice Jul 18, 2018
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Notice Jul 18, 2018

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Safety Zones:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone for the upper reaches of Taylor Bayou Turning Basin in Port Arthur, TX. This action is necessary to provide protection for the levee and temporary protection wall located at the north end of the...
Rule Jul 18, 2018

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is amending its regulations to reflect a change of address for the Office of Federal Acknowledgment. This rule is a technical amendment that corrects the address for filing petitions for Federal acknowledgment as an...
Rule Jul 18, 2018
This Public Land Order (PLO) extends the duration of the withdrawal of public land created by two prior PLOs (PLO No. 5645, as extended by PLO No. 7336), for an additional 20-year term. Approval of this PLO would allow the continued operation of the...
Notice Jul 18, 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 scheduling of the final phase of antidumping and countervailing duty investigation Nos. 701-TA-591 and 731-TA-1399 (Final) pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 ("the Act") to determine whether an industry in th...
Notice Jul 18, 2018
The Commission hereby gives notice of the scheduling of the final phase of antidumping and countervailing duty investigation Nos. 701-TA-590 and 731-TA-1397 (Final) pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 ("the Act") to determine whether an industry in th...
Notice Jul 18, 2018

Complaints:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has received a complaint entitled Certain Microperforated Packaging Containing Fresh Produce (II), DN 3327; the Commission is soliciting comments on any public interest issues raised...
Notice Jul 18, 2018

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Changes under the National Cooperative Research and Production Act:

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
This final rule rescinds the regulations established in the final rule titled "Interpretation of the `Advice' Exemption in Section 203(c) of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act," effective April 25, 2016.
Rule Jul 18, 2018
Trade Adjustment Assistance; Determinations
Notice Jul 18, 2018
Worker Adjustment Assistance; Investigations
Notice Jul 18, 2018

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

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor's (DOL's), Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is soliciting comments concerning a proposed extension for the authority to conduct the information collection request (ICR) titled "Claims and Payment Activities Report....
Notice Jul 18, 2018
The Department of Labor's (DOL's) Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is soliciting comments concerning a proposed extension for the authority to conduct the information collection request (ICR) titled "ETA 9161--Self Employment Assistance (...
Notice Jul 18, 2018

National Archives and Records Administration logo National Archives and Records Administration

Title Type Published
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) publishes notice at least once monthly of certain Federal agency requests for records disposition authority (records schedules). Once approved by NARA, records schedules provide mandatory instru...
Notice Jul 18, 2018

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering issuance of amendments to licenses held by Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Exelon, the licensee) for the operation of Limerick Generating Station (Limerick), Units 1 and 2, and Peach Bottom...
Notice Jul 18, 2018

Termination of Licenses:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is terminating the South Texas Project (STP) Units 3 and 4 Combined Licenses (COLs) designated as NPF-97 and NPF-98, and their included licenses to manufacture, produce, transfer, receive, acquire, own, po...
Notice Jul 18, 2018

P
Postal Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The Commission is establishing a public inquiry regarding Postal Service's claim that the Inbound Letter Post product is subject to competition. This notice informs the public of this proceeding, invites public comment, and takes other administrative...
Notice Jul 18, 2018
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 Jul 18, 2018
The Commission is proposing revisions to the periodic reporting requirements codified in our regulations. This document informs the public of the proposed rules, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.
Proposed Rule Jul 18, 2018

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

State Department logo State Department

Title Type Published
"Foreign Service Employee Locator/Notification Records, State-12", which is being rescinded, contains information used to forward employees' mail and for the notification of next of kin in the event of an emergency or death of an employee.
Notice Jul 18, 2018

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Department of State (Department) will hold a Town Hall meeting in Portland, Oregon, to discuss the modernization of the Columbia River Treaty (CRT) regime.
Notice Jul 18, 2018

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Changes in Operator Exemptions:

Title Type Published
Buckingham Branch Railroad Co.; Cassatt Management, LLC d/b/a Bay Coast Railroad
Notice Jul 18, 2018

T
Trade Representative, Office of United States

Fiscal Year 2019 Tariff-Rate Quota Allocations:

Title Type Published
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) is providing notice of country-by-country allocations of the Fiscal Year 2019 (Oct. 1, 2018 through Sept. 30, 2019) in-quota quantity of the tariff-rate quotas for imported raw cane sugar.
Notice Jul 18, 2018

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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

Title Type Published
On May 7, 2019, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) announced its intention in a Federal Register Notice (83 FR 20139) to request that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approve the following information collection: Voluntary Oil and...
Notice Jul 18, 2018

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Airbus Model A330-200, A330-200 Freighter, and A330-300 series airplanes. This proposed AD was prompted by reports of dual flight management system (FMS) resets with the loss of flight pl...
Proposed Rule Jul 18, 2018
We are superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2016-01-11, which applied to certain Airbus Model A320-211, -212, and -231 airplanes. AD 2016-01-11 required repetitive inspections for cracking of the radius of the front spar vertical stringers and th...
Rule Jul 18, 2018
We are superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2017-07-07, which applied to certain Airbus Model A330-200, A330-300, A340-200, and A340-300 series airplanes. AD 2017-07-07 required repetitive inspections of certain fastener holes, and related invest...
Rule Jul 18, 2018
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain The Boeing Company Model 767-300 and -300F series airplanes. This AD was prompted by reports of fatigue cracking in the lower outboard wing skin at the farthest outboard fastener of the i...
Rule Jul 18, 2018

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
FHWA, on behalf of TxDOT, is issuing this notice to advise the public that an EIS will be prepared for a proposed transportation project to construct a new location four lane roadway in and near the City of Kyle in Hays County. The roadway would star...
Notice Jul 18, 2018
The FHWA is extending the comment period for a notice of availability for a DEIS for the Hunts Point Access Improvement Project, which was published on June 1, 2018. The original comment period is set to close on July 16, 2018. The extension is based...
Notice Jul 18, 2018

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
This document contains proposed regulations that amend portions of previously proposed regulations related to the tax return preparer penalty under section 6695(g) of the Internal Revenue Code (Code). These amendments to the previously proposed regul...
Proposed Rule Jul 18, 2018

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

Title Type Published
As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) invites comments on the proposed information collection associated...
Notice Jul 18, 2018

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Debt Management Advisory Committee
Notice Jul 18, 2018

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
National Research Advisory Council
Notice Jul 18, 2018

Requests for Nominations:

Title Type Published
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is seeking nominations of qualified candidates to be considered for appointment as a member of the Veterans and Community Oversight and Engagement Board (herein-after referred in this section to as "the Board")...
Notice Jul 18, 2018

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