December 18, 2018 (Volume 83)

Federal Register December 18, 2018

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

114 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on December 18, 2018

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
The Ozark-St. Francis National Forests in Arkansas, will be implementing new fees at Richland Creek Campground at $10 per night for a single site or $20 per night for a double site. This site has had additional amenities added to improve services and...
Notice Dec 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 Connecticut Advisory Committee to the Commission...
Notice Dec 18, 2018
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 planning meeting of the Rhode Island State Advisory Committee t...
Notice Dec 18, 2018

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:

Title Type Published
As a result of the determinations by the Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the International Trade Commission (ITC) that revocation of the antidumping duty order on clad steel plate from Japan would likely lead to a continuation or recurrence of...
Notice Dec 18, 2018

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed topics of discussion for public meetings of the Advisory Committee on Supply Chain Competitiveness (Committee).
Notice Dec 18, 2018

SnapperGrouper Fishery of the South Atlantic:

Title Type Published
NMFS implements an accountability measure (AM) for the recreational sector for the other jacks complex (lesser amberjack, almaco jack, and banded rudderfish) in the South Atlantic for the 2018 fishing year through this temporary rule. NMFS has determ...
Rule Dec 18, 2018

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Title Type Published
This rule exercises the Department of Defense's (DoD's) authority to update current regulations to compute reasonable charges for inpatient and ambulatory (outpatient) institutional resources and also for pharmaceuticals, durable medical equipment (D...
Proposed Rule Dec 18, 2018

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

Title Type Published
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Regulatory Secretariat Division will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an existing OMB emergency clearance notice regarding violations o...
Notice Dec 18, 2018

Charter Renewals:

Title Type Published
The Department of Defense is publishing this notice to announce that it is renewing the charter for the Department of Defense Military Family Readiness Council ("the Council").
Notice Dec 18, 2018

Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
On June 8, 2018, DLA published an NOA in the Federal Register announcing the publication of the Environmental Assessment (EA) Addressing Construction and Operation of a Fiscal Year 2019 (FY19) General Purpose Warehouse (GPW) at DLA Distribution Red R...
Notice Dec 18, 2018

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District (USACE), is issuing this notice to inform Federal, State, local governmental agencies, and the public that USACE is withdrawing the Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare a draft Environmental Impact St...
Notice Dec 18, 2018

Education Department logo Education Department

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

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing a new information collection.
Notice Dec 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 soliciting public comment on the currently approved information collection, FERC-538 (Gas Pipelines Certifica...
Notice Dec 18, 2018
In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) is soliciting public comment on the currently approved information collection, FERC-592 (Standards of Conduct fo...
Notice Dec 18, 2018
In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) is soliciting public comment on the currently approved information collection, FERC-919 (Refinement to Policies...
Notice Dec 18, 2018
Combined Filings
Notice Dec 18, 2018
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Dec 18, 2018

Authorization for Continued Project Operation:

Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
City of Tallahassee
Notice Dec 18, 2018

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Filings:

Title Type Published
Colorado Interstate Gas Company, LLC
Notice Dec 18, 2018
El Paso Natural Gas Co., LLC
Notice Dec 18, 2018
Midcontinent Express Pipeline LLC
Notice Dec 18, 2018
Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America, LLC
Notice Dec 18, 2018
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., LLC
Notice Dec 18, 2018
Virginia Electric and Power Co.
Notice Dec 18, 2018

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

Institution of Section 206 Proceedings and Refund Effective Dates:

Title Type Published
Bayou Cove Peaking Power, LLC; Louisiana Generating LLC; Big Cajun I Peaking Power LLC
Notice Dec 18, 2018

Institution of Section 206 Proceedings:

License Applications:

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Mid-America Pipeline Company, LLC and Seminole Pipeline Company, LLC
Notice Dec 18, 2018

Rate Orders:

Title Type Published
The Deputy Secretary of Energy extends the existing Parker- Davis Project (P-DP) formula rates and will submit them to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for confirmation and approval on a final basis. The existing formula rates were sch...
Notice Dec 18, 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 State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Alabama through the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) with a letter dated June 26, 2018. Alabam...
Proposed Rule Dec 18, 2018
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a revision to the Antelope Valley Air Quality Management District (AVAQMD) portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). This revision concerns emissions of volatile organ...
Proposed Rule Dec 18, 2018
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve most elements of the state implementation plan (SIP) revisions submitted by California to address Clean Air Act (CAA or "Act") requirements for the 2012 annual fine particulate matter...
Proposed Rule Dec 18, 2018
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving portions of the State Implementation Plan (SIP) submission, submitted by the State of Mississippi, through the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), on December 11, 2015, to dem...
Rule Dec 18, 2018

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Government Agencies and Employees:

Title Type Published
White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council; Establishment (EO 13853)
Presidential Document Dec 18, 2018

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take th...
Notice Dec 18, 2018

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

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

No documents available.

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
This notice announces the intention of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approve the proposed information collection project: "Online Application Order Form for Products fr...
Notice Dec 18, 2018
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing an opportunity for the public to comment on CMS' intention to collect information from the public. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA), federal agencies are required to...
Notice Dec 18, 2018
In compliance with the requirement of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of Health and Human Services, is publishing the following summary of a proposed collection for public comment.
Notice Dec 18, 2018
The Office of Child Support Enforcement proposes to eliminate regulations rendered outdated or unnecessary and make technical amendments to the Flexibility, Efficiency, and Modernization in Child Support Enforcement (FEM) final rule, published on Dec...
Proposed Rule Dec 18, 2018
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing our intent to consider the appropriate classification of hyaluronic acid (HA) intra-articular products intended for the treatment of pain in osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee. Although HA products in...
Notice Dec 18, 2018

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

Title Type Published
In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA announces plans to submit an Information Collection Request (ICR), described below, to the Office...
Notice Dec 18, 2018
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA has submitted an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. A 60-day Federal Register Notice was published in the Federal Reg...
Notice Dec 18, 2018

Eliminating Youth Electronic Cigarette and Other Tobacco Product Use:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) is announcing a new date for the public hearing to discuss its efforts to eliminate youth electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use as well as other tobacco product use, with a focus on the potential...
Proposed Rule Dec 18, 2018

Meetings:

Title Type Published
National Cancer Institute
Notice Dec 18, 2018
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Notice Dec 18, 2018
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Notice Dec 18, 2018
National Institute on Aging
Notice Dec 18, 2018
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), is announcing a webinar to provide background information pertaining to the commissioning of a new report on oral health by the Surgeon General a...
Notice Dec 18, 2018

New Animal Drugs:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect application-related actions for new animal drug applications (NADAs) and abbreviated new animal drug applications (ANADAs) during April, May, and June 201...
Rule Dec 18, 2018

Requests for Information:

Title Type Published
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is seeking scientific information submissions from the public. Scientific information is being solicited to inform our review of Diagnostic and Treatment of Clinical Alzheimer's-type Dementia (CAT...
Notice Dec 18, 2018

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is extending, for 30 days, the period for submitting public comments on the notice of availability of the Draft Merchant Mariner Medical Manual. The extension responds to requests made by the public.
Proposed Rule Dec 18, 2018
This document adopts as final, with changes, proposed amendments to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulations implementing changes to the drawback regulations, as directed by the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (TF...
Rule Dec 18, 2018

Commercial Gaugers and Laboratories; Accreditations and Approvals:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to CBP regulations, that AmSpec LLC (New Haven, CT), has been approved to gauge petroleum and certain petroleum products and accredited to test petroleum and certain petroleum products for customs purposes for the nex...
Notice Dec 18, 2018
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to CBP regulations, that AmSpec LLC (Yorktown, VA), has been approved to gauge petroleum and certain petroleum products and accredited to test petroleum and certain petroleum products for customs purposes for the next...
Notice Dec 18, 2018
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to CBP regulations, that Intertek USA, Inc. (Benicia, CA), has been approved to gauge petroleum and certain petroleum products and accredited to test petroleum and certain petroleum products for customs purposes for t...
Notice Dec 18, 2018

Safety Zones:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is proposing to establish a temporary safety zone on the navigable waters of Oregon Inlet in Dare County, North Carolina in support of demolition of the old Herbert C. Bonner Bridge. This temporary safety zone is intended to protect m...
Proposed Rule Dec 18, 2018
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone for navigable waters within a 190 yard radius of a fireworks barge located in Tumon Bay for the New Year's Eve Fireworks display. The Coast Guard believes this safety zone is necessary to protec...
Rule Dec 18, 2018

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, this announcement notifies the public of funding decisions made by the Department in competitions for funding under the Notices of Funding Availability (NOFAs) for...
Notice Dec 18, 2018

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Reclamation is announcing the interest rate to be used by Federal agencies in the formulation and evaluation of plans for water and related land resources is 2.875 percent for fiscal year 2019.
Notice Dec 18, 2018
Notice is hereby given of contractual actions that have been proposed to the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) and are new, discontinued, or completed since the last publication of this notice. This notice is one of a variety of means used to infor...
Notice Dec 18, 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 Reclamation (Reclamation) are proposing to renew an information collection with revisions.
Notice Dec 18, 2018
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) are proposing to renew an information collection.
Notice Dec 18, 2018

Hydroelectric Power Development:

Title Type Published
Current Federal policy allows non-Federal development of electrical power resource potential on Federal water resource projects. The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) will consider proposals for non-Federal development of hydroelectric power at Sil...
Notice Dec 18, 2018

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Coastal Barrier Resources Reauthorization Act of 2006 requires the Secretary of the Interior to prepare digital versions of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System (CBRS) maps. We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, have prepared pro...
Notice Dec 18, 2018

Plats of Surveys:

Title Type Published
The plat of survey of the following described lands is scheduled to be officially filed in the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Colorado State Office, Lakewood, Colorado, 30 calendar days from the date of this publication. The survey, which was execu...
Notice Dec 18, 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 (the "Commission") has determined to review in part the final initial determination ("ID") of the administrative law judge ("ALJ"), which was issued on September 28, 2018. The Commis...
Notice Dec 18, 2018

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Changes under the National Cooperative Research and Production Act:

Proposed Consent Decrees:

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
Trade Adjustment Assistance; Determinations
Notice Dec 18, 2018
Trade Adjustment Assistance; Determinations
Notice Dec 18, 2018
Worker Adjustment Assistance; Investigations
Notice Dec 18, 2018

M
Management and Budget Office

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

Title Type Published
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is seeking public comment on a draft memorandum titled, "Update to the Trusted Internet Connections Initiative."
Notice Dec 18, 2018

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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

No documents available.

National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service logo National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, the National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service (the "Commission") gives notice of the establishment of a new system of records titled, "NCMNPS-2, Employee Administrative Recor...
Notice Dec 18, 2018

N
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Dec 18, 2018

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing an Environmental Assessment (EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) in support of the NRC's consideration of a request from Waste Control Specialists LLC (WCS) to continue to store tra...
Notice Dec 18, 2018

Establishment of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board:

Title Type Published
Exelon Generation Company, LLC
Notice Dec 18, 2018

Facility Operating and Combined Licenses:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is publishing this regular biweekly notice. The Act requires the Commission to publish notice of any amendments issued, or proposed to be is...
Notice Dec 18, 2018

List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its spent fuel storage regulations by revising the NAC International Multi- Purpose Canister (NAC-MPC) Storage System listing within the "List of approved spent fuel storage casks" to include A...
Rule Dec 18, 2018
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to amend its spent fuel storage regulations by revising the NAC International Multi-Purpose Canister (NAC-MPC) Storage System listing within the "List of approved spent fuel storage casks" to...
Proposed Rule Dec 18, 2018

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Dec 18, 2018
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Dec 18, 2018
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Dec 18, 2018
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Dec 18, 2018

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Disaster Declarations:

Title Type Published
This is a notice of an Administrative declaration of a disaster for the State of Iowa dated 12/11/2018. Incident: Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds and Flooding. Incident Period: 06/06/2018 through 07/02/2018.
Notice Dec 18, 2018
This is a notice of an Administrative declaration of a disaster for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania dated 12/11/2018. Incident: Flooding. Incident Period: 08/10/2018 through 08/15/2018.
Notice Dec 18, 2018

Major Disaster Declarations:

Title Type Published
This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of Connecticut (FEMA- 4410-DR), dated 12/05/2018. Incident: Severe Storms and Flooding. Incident Period: 09/25/2018 through 09/26/2018.
Notice Dec 18, 2018
This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Florida (FEMA-4399-DR), dated 10/11/ 2018. Incident: Hurricane Michael. Incident Period: 10/07/2018 through 10/19/2018.
Notice Dec 18, 2018

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

Title Type Published
We are announcing that the assessment percentage rate under the Social Security Act (Act) is 6.3 percent for 2019.
Notice Dec 18, 2018

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces that the information collection request abstracted below is being forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. PHMSA proposes revising cer...
Notice Dec 18, 2018
This notice announces final environmental action taken by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for a project in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. The purpose of this notice is to announce publicly the environmental decision by FTA on the subject proje...
Notice Dec 18, 2018

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
We are revising Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2014-05-06 for Eurocopter Deutschland GmbH Model EC135 and MBB-BK 117C-2 helicopters. AD 2014-05-06 required repetitive inspections of the flight-control bearings, replacing any loose bearings with airwort...
Rule Dec 18, 2018

Amendment of Class D Airspace:

Title Type Published
This action modifies Class D airspace at Appleton International Airport (formerly Outagamie County Airport), Appleton, WI. This action is required due to the decommissioning of the GAMIE locator outer marker (LOM) and collocated outer marker (OM) whi...
Rule Dec 18, 2018

Commercial Driver's License Standards; Exemption Applications:

Title Type Published
FMCSA announces that Navistar, Inc. (Navistar) has requested an exemption for one commercial motor vehicle (CMV) driver from the Federal requirement to hold a U.S. commercial driver's license (CDL). Navistar requests an exemption for Mr. Jerome Douay...
Notice Dec 18, 2018

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is issuing this notice under the provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended to advise the public that an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be prepared to assess the...
Notice Dec 18, 2018

Hours of Service of Drivers; Exemption Applications:

Title Type Published
FMCSA announces that it has received a joint application from the American Bakers Association (ABA) and the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) requesting an exemption from the hours-of-service (HOS) regulations for drivers engaged in the de...
Notice Dec 18, 2018
FMCSA announces that it has received an application from the Association of American Railroads and American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (AAR/ASLRRA) requesting a limited exemption from the maximum driving time requirements of the hou...
Notice Dec 18, 2018
FMCSA announces that it has received an application from North Shore Environmental Construction, Inc. (North Shore) for exemption from the hours-of-service (HOS) regulations for drivers engaged in providing direct assistance in environmental emergenc...
Notice Dec 18, 2018

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice announces a public meeting of the Technical Pipeline Safety Standards Committee, also known as the Gas Pipeline Advisory Committee (GPAC), and a joint meeting of the GPAC and the Technical Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Standards Commit...
Notice Dec 18, 2018

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
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 Dec 18, 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 Dec 18, 2018
This document contains proposed regulations eliminating withholding on payments of gross proceeds, deferring withholding on foreign passthru payments, eliminating withholding on certain insurance premiums, and clarifying the definition of investment...
Proposed Rule Dec 18, 2018

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Title Type Published
The Privacy Act of 1974 requires that all agencies publish in the Federal Register a notice of the existence and character of their systems of records. Notice is hereby given that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is establishing a new system o...
Notice Dec 18, 2018

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