December 28, 2018 (Volume 83)

Federal Register December 28, 2018

View all documents issued on December 28, 2018. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

213 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on December 28, 2018

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) an agency delivering the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Utilities Programs invites comments on this information collection for Review R...
Notice Dec 28, 2018
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Housing Service (RHS) invites comments on this information collection for Analyzing Credit Needs and Graduation of Borrowers, for which the Agency...
Notice Dec 28, 2018

Meetings:

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The U.S Codex Office is sponsoring a public meeting on January 16, 2019. The objective of the public meeting is to provide information and receive public comments on agenda items and draft United States (U.S.) positions to be discussed at the 26th Se...
Notice Dec 28, 2018

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Dec 28, 2018
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Dec 28, 2018
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Dec 28, 2018
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Dec 28, 2018
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Dec 28, 2018

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:

Title Type Published
On September 10, 2018, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) published a notice of initiation of an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on carbon steel butt-weld pipe fittings from the People's Republic of China (China). Based on Jina...
Notice Dec 28, 2018
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that producers and/or exporters subject to this administrative review made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preli...
Notice Dec 28, 2018
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that certain companies made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value during the period of review (POR), April 1, 2017, through March 31, 2018. We invite interested parties to com...
Notice Dec 28, 2018
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of multilayered wood flooring (wood flooring) from the People's Republic of China (PRC). Interested parties ar...
Notice Dec 28, 2018

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species:

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NMFS is transferring 19.5 metric tons (mt) of Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) quota from the 28.9-mt General category December 2019 subquota to the January 2019 subquota period (from January 1 through March 31, 2019, or until the available subquota for t...
Rule Dec 28, 2018

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska:

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NMFS is adjusting the 2019 total allowable catch (TAC) amounts for the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) pollock, Atka mackerel, and Pacific cod fisheries. This action is necessary because NMFS has determined these TACs are incorrectly specified...
Rule Dec 28, 2018
NMFS is reallocating the projected unused amounts of Pacific cod total allowable catch (TAC) from vessels using jig gear, catcher/ processors using hook-and-line gear, and catcher vessels using trawl gear to catcher vessels less than 50 feet length o...
Rule Dec 28, 2018

Fisheries of the Northeastern United States:

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NMFS announces that the Mid-Atlantic Scallop Access Area is closed to Limited Access General Category Individual Fishing Quota scallop vessels for the remainder of the 2018 fishing year. No vessel issued a Limited Access General Category Individual F...
Rule Dec 28, 2018
NMFS announces that the 2018 summer flounder commercial quota allocated to the state of Rhode Island has been harvested. Vessels issued a commercial Federal permit for the summer flounder fishery may not land summer flounder in Rhode Island for the r...
Rule Dec 28, 2018

Meetings:

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The SEDAR 58 assessment(s) of the Atlantic stock of Cobia will consist of a series of workshops and webinars: Stock Identification (ID) Workshop; Stock ID Review Workshop; Stock ID Joint Cooperator Technical Review; Data Workshop; Assessment Webinars...
Notice Dec 28, 2018
The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public meeting of its Scallop Advisory Panel to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Recommendations from this group will be brough...
Notice Dec 28, 2018
The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public meeting of its Scallop Committee to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Recommendations from this group will be brought to...
Notice Dec 28, 2018
The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. Department of Interior will hold a public meeting of the 41st U.S. Coral Reef Task Force (USCRTF).
Notice Dec 28, 2018

Whaling Provisions:

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NMFS notifies the public of the aboriginal subsistence whaling quota for bowhead whales that it has assigned to the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission (AEWC), and of limitations on the use of the quota deriving from regulations of the International Wha...
Notice Dec 28, 2018

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

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The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) is updating its regulations to reflect required annual inflation-related increases to the civil monetary penalties in its regulations, pursuant to the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustm...
Rule Dec 28, 2018

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Defense has submitted to OMB for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.
Notice Dec 28, 2018
Section 1122 of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2016 requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) establish a pilot program to recommend ten projects for the beneficial use of dredged material. In response to a Federal Register Not...
Notice Dec 28, 2018

Definition of Waters of the United States:

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On December 11, 2018, the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of the Army (the agencies) signed a proposed rule revising the definition of "waters of the United States" to clarify the scope of waters federally regulated under the...
Proposed Rule Dec 28, 2018

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) is preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for the Chicago Area Waterway System Dredged Material Management Plan Study. The study is sp...
Notice Dec 28, 2018

Meetings:

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The Department of Defense (DoD) is publishing this notice to announce that the following Federal Advisory Committee meeting of the U.S. Air Force Scientific Advisory Board will take place.
Notice Dec 28, 2018

Education Department logo Education Department

Applications for New Awards;

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The Department of Education is issuing a notice inviting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2019 for CSP--Grants to State Entities, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number 84.282A.
Notice Dec 28, 2018

Energy Department logo Energy Department

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Combined Filings
Notice Dec 28, 2018
Combined Filings
Notice Dec 28, 2018
Combined Filings
Notice Dec 28, 2018
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) issues this Final Rule to amend its regulations to eliminate the Licensed Hydropower Development Recreation Report, designated as FERC Form No. 80 (Form 80). Form 80 solicits information on the us...
Rule Dec 28, 2018

Determinations of Qualifying Conduit Hydropower Facilities:

Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Environmental Management, announces the availability of the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Disposition of Depleted Uranium Oxide Conversion Product Generated from DOE's Inventory o...
Notice Dec 28, 2018

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

Institution of Section 206 Proceedings:

Requests Under Blanket Authorizations:

Title Type Published
Equitrans, L.P.
Notice Dec 28, 2018

Study on Macroeconomic Outcomes of LNG Exports:

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On June 12, 2018, the Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) gave notice of the availability of a study, Macroeconomic Outcomes of Market Determined Levels of U.S. LNG Exports (2018 LNG Export Study or 2018 Study), in the abov...
Notice Dec 28, 2018

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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EPA has authorized its contractor, Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) of Columbus, OH, to access information which has been submitted to EPA under sections 5 and 8 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Some of the information may be claimed or de...
Notice Dec 28, 2018
EPA has authorized its contractor Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) of Reston, VA, to access information which has been submitted to EPA under all sections of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Some of the information may be...
Notice Dec 28, 2018

Definition of Waters of the United States:

No documents available.

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Weekly Receipts
Notice Dec 28, 2018

Meetings:

Title Type Published
An Environmental Modeling Public Meeting (EMPM) will be held on Wednesday, January 30, 2019. This Notice announces the location and time for the meeting and provides tentative agenda topics. The EMPM provides a public forum for EPA and its stakeholde...
Notice Dec 28, 2018

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission proposes to amend its rules to establish a regulatory framework for earth stations in motion (ESIMs) communications with non-geostationary- satellite orbit (NGSO), fixed-satellite service (FSS)...
Proposed Rule Dec 28, 2018
The Commission continues its efforts to modernize its rules governing the pricing of business data services (BDS) by allowing rate- of-return carriers to voluntarily elect to transition their BDS offerings out of rate-of-return regulation to a lighte...
Rule Dec 28, 2018

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Title Type Published
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is requesting comment on a proposed rule (proposed rule or NPR) that would revise the FDIC's requirements for stress testing by FDIC-supervised institutions, consistent with changes made by Section 401...
Proposed Rule Dec 28, 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 Complex Institution Liquidity Monitoring Report (FR 2052a; OMB No. 7100-0361).
Notice Dec 28, 2018
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
Notice Dec 28, 2018

Changes in Bank Control:

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Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company
Notice Dec 28, 2018

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Dec 28, 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 28, 2018
Findings of research misconduct have been made on the part of Venkata Sudheer Kumar Ramadugu, Ph.D. (Respondent), former postdoctoral scientist in the Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan (UM). Dr. Ramadugu engaged in research misconduct i...
Notice Dec 28, 2018

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

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA).
Notice Dec 28, 2018
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) 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 publis...
Notice Dec 28, 2018
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) 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 publis...
Notice Dec 28, 2018

Determinations of Regulatory Review Periods for Purposes of Patent Extensions:

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) has determined the regulatory review period for PARSABIV and is publishing this notice of that determination as required by law. FDA has made the determination because of the submission of applicat...
Notice Dec 28, 2018
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) has determined the regulatory review period for RUBRACA and is publishing this notice of that determination as required by law. FDA has made the determination because of the submission of an applic...
Notice Dec 28, 2018
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) has determined the regulatory review period for RYDAPT and is publishing this notice of that determination as required by law. FDA has made the determination because of the submission of applicatio...
Notice Dec 28, 2018
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) has determined the regulatory review period for XERMELO and is publishing this notice of that determination as required by law. FDA has made the determination because of the submission of an applic...
Notice Dec 28, 2018

Funding Opportunities:

Title Type Published
4-in-1 Grant Programs
Notice Dec 28, 2018

Guidance:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry (GFI) #259 entitled "Stability Testing of New Veterinary Drug Substances and Medicinal Products in Climatic Zones III and IV" (VICH GL58)...
Notice Dec 28, 2018
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, the Agency, or we) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry on generic linaclotide oral capsules, entitled "Draft Guidance on Linaclotide." The draft guidance, when finalized, will provide...
Notice Dec 28, 2018

Medicare Program:

Title Type Published
This document corrects technical and typographical errors in the final rule with comment period that appeared in the November 21, 2018 Federal Register titled "Changes to Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment...
Rule Dec 28, 2018
This document corrects technical and typographical errors that appeared in the final rule published in the Federal Register on November 14, 2018 titled "Medicare Program; End-Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System, Payment for Renal Dialysis...
Rule Dec 28, 2018

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Dec 28, 2018
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Dec 28, 2018
National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice (NACNEP) has scheduled a public meeting. Information about NACNEP and the agenda for this meeting can be found on the NACNEP website at https://www.hrsa.gov/advisory-committees/nursing/index.h...
Notice Dec 28, 2018
National Eye Institute
Notice Dec 28, 2018
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Notice Dec 28, 2018
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Notice Dec 28, 2018
National Human Genome Research Institute
Notice Dec 28, 2018
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Notice Dec 28, 2018
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
Notice Dec 28, 2018
National Institute of Mental Health
Notice Dec 28, 2018
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Notice Dec 28, 2018
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Notice Dec 28, 2018
National Institute on Aging
Notice Dec 28, 2018
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Notice Dec 28, 2018
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
Notice Dec 28, 2018
National Library of Medicine
Notice Dec 28, 2018
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) and the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act, that a meeting of the National Advisory Committee (NAC) on the Sex Trafficking of Child...
Notice Dec 28, 2018

National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program:

Title Type Published
HRSA is publishing this notice of petitions received under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (the Program), as required by the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, as amended. While the Secretary of HHS is named as the respondent in all pr...
Notice Dec 28, 2018
HRSA is publishing this notice of petitions received under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (the Program), as required by the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, as amended. While the Secretary of HHS is named as the respondent in all pr...
Notice Dec 28, 2018

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
This rule adjusts for inflation the amounts that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) can assess as civil monetary penalties for the following two violations--transporting passengers coastwise for hire by certain vessels (known as Bowaters vessel...
Rule Dec 28, 2018
New or modified Base (1-percent annual chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs), base flood depths, Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) boundaries or zone designations, and/or regulatory floodways (hereinafter referred to as flood hazard determinations) as shown...
Notice Dec 28, 2018
This notice lists communities where the addition or modification of Base Flood Elevations (BFEs), base flood depths, Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) boundaries or zone designations, or the regulatory floodway (hereinafter referred to as flood hazard...
Notice Dec 28, 2018
Comments are requested on proposed flood hazard determinations, which may include additions or modifications of any Base Flood Elevation (BFE), base flood depth, Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) boundary or zone designation, or regulatory floodway on...
Notice Dec 28, 2018
The Coast Guard has set the calendar year 2019 minimum random drug testing rate at 50 percent of covered crewmembers.
Notice Dec 28, 2018
This final rule amends the HSAR by removing the HSAR clause regarding small business subcontracting plan reporting because the requirements of this clause duplicate the requirements in a Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clause. The HSAR clause is...
Rule Dec 28, 2018
This rule identifies communities where the sale of flood insurance has been authorized under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) that are scheduled for suspension on the effective dates listed within this rule because of noncompliance with th...
Rule Dec 28, 2018
This rule identifies communities where the sale of flood insurance has been authorized under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) that are scheduled for suspension on the effective dates listed within this rule because of noncompliance with th...
Rule Dec 28, 2018

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

Title Type Published
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will submit the information collection abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget for review and clearance in accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The sub...
Notice Dec 28, 2018

Emergency and Related Determinations:

Title Type Published
This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of an emergency for the State of Alaska (FEMA-3410-EM), dated November 30, 2018, and related determinations.
Notice Dec 28, 2018

Major Disaster Declarations:

Title Type Published
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Alabama (FEMA-4406-DR), dated November 5, 2018, and related determinations.
Notice Dec 28, 2018
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of California (FEMA-4407-DR), dated November 12, 2018, and related determinations.
Notice Dec 28, 2018

Major Disaster and Related Determinations:

Title Type Published
This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Connecticut (FEMA-4410-DR), dated December 5, 2018, and related determinations.
Notice Dec 28, 2018

Safety Zones:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard will enforce the following segment of the Safety Zone: Brandon Road Lock and Dam to Lake Michigan including Des Plaines River, Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Chicago River, and Calumet-Saganashkee Channel on all waters of the Chicag...
Rule Dec 28, 2018
The Coast Guard will enforce a segment of the Safety Zone; Brandon Road Lock and Dam to Lake Michigan including Des Plaines River, Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Chicago River, Calumet-Saganashkee Channel on all waters of the main branch of the Chi...
Rule Dec 28, 2018
The Coast Guard will enforce the Penn's Landing, Delaware River, Philadelphia, PA; safety zone from 5:45 p.m. through 6:45 p.m. on December 31, 2018, and from 11:45 p.m. on December 31, 2018, through 12:45 a.m. on January 1, 2019. This action is nece...
Rule Dec 28, 2018
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone for all navigable waters between Lower Mississippi River mile marker 99.3 and mile marker 100.3, above Head of Passes. Entry of vessels or persons into this zone, or movement of vessels within t...
Rule Dec 28, 2018
The Coast Guard is establishing three temporary safety zones in the navigable waters of the Sacramento River near River Walk Park and the Tower Bridge in Sacramento, CA in support of the Sacramento New Year's Eve Fireworks Display on December 31, 201...
Rule Dec 28, 2018
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone for certain waters of Spa Creek. This action is necessary to provide for the safety of life on these navigable waters of Spa Creek at Annapolis, MD, for a fireworks display on December 31, 2018....
Rule Dec 28, 2018

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988, as amended, HUD is providing notice of its intent to execute a new computer matching agreement with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for a recurring matching...
Notice Dec 28, 2018

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
This rule would revise the regulations that the Department of the Interior (Department) follows in processing records under the Freedom of Information Act. The revisions clarify and update procedures for requesting information from the Department and...
Proposed Rule Dec 28, 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 Dec 28, 2018

Endangered and Threatened Species:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to designate critical habitat for the trispot darter (Etheostoma trisella) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Act), as amended. In total, approximately 181 river miles (291 kilometers)...
Proposed Rule Dec 28, 2018
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose a rule under section 4(d) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Act), as amended, for the trispot darter (Etheostoma trisella), a fish from Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee. This rule would pr...
Proposed Rule Dec 28, 2018
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), determine threatened species status under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Act), as amended, for trispot darter (Etheostoma trisella), a fish species found in the Coosa River system in Alabama, Geo...
Rule Dec 28, 2018

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Alaska State Office, is issuing the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program and by this notice is announcing the opening of the public comment period. The BLM i...
Notice Dec 28, 2018

Meetings:

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The Assistant Secretary--Land and Minerals Management proposes to extend the duration of Public Land Order (PLO) No. 7384 for an additional 20-year term. PLO No. 7384 withdrew 1,988.27 acres of public lands from surface entry and mining to protect th...
Notice Dec 28, 2018
The National Park Service is hereby giving notice that the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee (Review Committee) will hold one meeting via teleconference. All meetings are open to the public.
Notice Dec 28, 2018
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the National Park Service (NPS) is hereby giving notice that the Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park Advisory Commission will meet as indicated below.
Notice Dec 28, 2018

National Register of Historic Places:

Title Type Published
The National Park Service is soliciting comments on the significance of properties nominated before December 15, 2018, for listing or related actions in the National Register of Historic Places.
Notice Dec 28, 2018
The National Park Service is soliciting comments on the significance of properties nominated before December 8, 2018, for listing or related actions in the National Register of Historic Places.
Notice Dec 28, 2018

Oil and Gas and Sulfur Operations in the Outer Continental Shelf:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) is soliciting information and public comments regarding potential impacts (including impacts on future use of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)) related to decommissioning-in-place (DIP) of ce...
Notice Dec 28, 2018

Requests for Nominations:

Title Type Published
The National Park Service is soliciting nominations for one member of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee (Review Committee). The Secretary of the Interior will appoint one member from nominations submitted by Indi...
Notice Dec 28, 2018

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

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

Title Type Published
Correction is made to notice 83 FR 64156, which was published on December 13, 2018; the investigation number, "Investigation No. 337-TA-1139," is erroneously missing from the title of the investigation.
Notice Dec 28, 2018
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined not to review a final initial determination ("FID") of the presiding administrative law judge ("ALJ") finding a section 337 violation by the Defaulted Respondents. The...
Notice Dec 28, 2018
Notice is hereby given that the presiding administrative law judge ("ALJ") has issued a recommended determination on remedy and bonding should a violation be found in the above-captioned investigation. The Commission is soliciting submissions on publ...
Notice Dec 28, 2018

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Judicial Conference of the United States

Hearings:

Title Type Published
The January 18, 2019 public hearing in Washington, DC, on proposed amendments to the Evidence Rules has been canceled.
Notice Dec 28, 2018

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
This final order establishes the initial 2019 aggregate production quotas for controlled substances in schedules I and II of the Controlled Substances Act and the assessment of annual needs for the list I chemicals ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and phe...
Notice Dec 28, 2018

Schedules of Controlled Substances:

Title Type Published
The Acting Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration is issuing this notice of intent to publish a temporary order to schedule the synthetic cannabinoids (SCs), ethyl 2-(1-(5- fluoropentyl)-1H-indazole-3-carboxamido)-3,3-dimethylbutanoate...
Proposed Rule Dec 28, 2018

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or con...
Notice Dec 28, 2018
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or co...
Notice Dec 28, 2018
This document contains notices of pendency before the Department of Labor (the Department) of proposed exemptions from certain of the prohibited transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA or the Act) and/or...
Notice Dec 28, 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, "H-1B Technical Skills Training and J...
Notice Dec 28, 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, "Short-Time Compensation (STC) Grants....
Notice Dec 28, 2018
The Department of Labor (DOL), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/...
Notice Dec 28, 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, "Transmittal for Unemployment Insuran...
Notice Dec 28, 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, "Unemployment Compensation for Ex-Ser...
Notice Dec 28, 2018

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a forthcoming meeting of the ACVETEO. The ACVETEO will discuss the DOL core programs and services that assist veterans seeking employment and raise employer awareness as to the advantages of...
Notice Dec 28, 2018

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Title Type Published
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 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 proposed and/or continuing inf...
Notice Dec 28, 2018
NASA hereby gives notice of its intent to grant a partially exclusive patent license in the United States to practice the inventions described and claimed in U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 15/635,011 entitled, "Ammonia Capture and Recovery System...
Notice Dec 28, 2018

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities logo National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

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

Title Type Published
The Institute of Museum and Library Services announces the following information collection has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This program helps to...
Notice Dec 28, 2018

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National Intelligence, Office of the National Director

Title Type Published
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) proposes to: Exempt a new system of records (Continuous Evaluation System) as well as systems of records of the Intelligence Community Office of Inspector General (ICIG) from the requirements...
Proposed Rule Dec 28, 2018

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National Transportation Safety Board

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Dec 28, 2018

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Exemptions:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing an exemption in response to a letter dated March 29, 2018, as supplemented by a letter dated May 8, 2018, exemption request from Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Exelon or the licensee). The exem...
Notice Dec 28, 2018
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing exemptions in response to a letter dated March 29, 2018, as supplemented by a letter dated May 8, 2018, exemption request from Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Exelon or the licensee). The exempt...
Notice Dec 28, 2018

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation logo Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Title Type Published
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is required to amend its regulations annually to adjust for inflation the maximum civil penalty for failure to provide certain notices or other material information and for failure to provide certain multiempl...
Rule Dec 28, 2018

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Postal Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The Commission is noticing a recent Postal Service filing for the Commission's consideration concerning a negotiated service agreement. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.
Notice Dec 28, 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 Dec 28, 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 Dec 28, 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 Dec 28, 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 Dec 28, 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 Dec 28, 2018

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Dec 28, 2018
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Dec 28, 2018

Meetings:

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Notice is being provided that the Securities and Exchange Commission Fixed Income Market Structure Advisory Committee will hold a public meeting on Monday, January 28, 2019 in Multi-Purpose Room LL-006 at the Commission's headquarters, 100 F Street N...
Notice Dec 28, 2018

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

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BOX Exchange, LLC
Notice Dec 28, 2018
Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc.
Notice Dec 28, 2018
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
Notice Dec 28, 2018
ICE Clear Credit LLC
Notice Dec 28, 2018
ICE Clear Europe Limited
Notice Dec 28, 2018
MIAX PEARL, LLC
Notice Dec 28, 2018
Miami International Securities Exchange LLC
Notice Dec 28, 2018
Miami International Securities Exchange LLC
Notice Dec 28, 2018
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice Dec 28, 2018
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice Dec 28, 2018
NYSE National, Inc.
Notice Dec 28, 2018
NYSE National, Inc.
Notice Dec 28, 2018
Nasdaq ISE, LLC
Notice Dec 28, 2018
New York Stock Exchange LLC
Notice Dec 28, 2018
New York Stock Exchange LLC
Notice Dec 28, 2018
The Depository Trust Co.
Notice Dec 28, 2018
The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Notice Dec 28, 2018
The Options Clearing Corp.
Notice Dec 28, 2018

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

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Interest Rates
Notice Dec 28, 2018

Disaster Declarations:

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This is a notice of an Administrative declaration of a disaster for the State of Oklahoma dated 12/20/2018. Incident: Tornadoes, Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds. Incident Period: 11/30/2018 through 12/01/2018.
Notice Dec 28, 2018

State Department logo State Department

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This notice contains the text of the report required by the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, as submitted by the Secretary of State pursuant to Executive Order 13818.
Notice Dec 28, 2018

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

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The Department of State is seeking Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the information collection described below. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we are requesting comments on this collection from all intereste...
Notice Dec 28, 2018

Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition:

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Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: I hereby determine that a certain object to be included in the exhibition "Visiting Masterpiece: Juan de Mesa's Saint Louis of France," imported from abroad for temporary exhibition within the U...
Notice Dec 28, 2018

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Trade Representative, Office of United States

Product Exclusions:

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Effective July 6, 2018, the U.S. Trade Representative (Trade Representative) imposed additional duties on goods of China with an annual trade value of approximately $34 billion (the $34 billion action) as part of the action in the Section 301 investi...
Notice Dec 28, 2018

Public Hearings:

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Each year, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) conducts a Special 301 review to identify countries that deny adequate and effective protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) or deny fair and equitable market access to U...
Notice Dec 28, 2018

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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The Department of Transportation (DOT) invites public comments on our intention to request Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval to renew an information collection (OMB Control Number 2105- 0563) in accordance with the requirements of the Pa...
Notice Dec 28, 2018
The FMCSA grants petitions submitted by the American Trucking Associations and the Specialized Carriers and Rigging Association requesting a determination that the State of California's Meal and Rest Break rules (MRB Rules) are preempted under 49 U.S...
Notice Dec 28, 2018
This rule establishes reductions in the annual registration fees collected from motor carriers, motor private carriers of property, brokers, freight forwarders, and leasing companies for the Unified Carrier Registration (UCR) Plan and Agreement for t...
Rule Dec 28, 2018

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Airbus SAS Model A330-223, A330-223F, A330-321, A330-322, and A330-323 airplanes. This proposed AD was prompted by a report of fatigue cracking in the latch beam gussets on a certain thru...
Proposed Rule Dec 28, 2018
We are superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2017-22-07, which applied to certain Airbus SAS Model A319 series airplanes; Model A320-211,-212, -214, -231, -232, and -233 airplanes; and Model A321- 111, -112, -131, -211, -212, -213, -231, and -232...
Rule Dec 28, 2018
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Airbus SAS Model A350-941 and -1041 airplanes. This AD was prompted by a report that due to an issue with the flight warning system (FWS) logic, it is possible that the "AIR Auxiliary Pow...
Rule Dec 28, 2018
We propose to remove Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2007-22-05 and AD 2013-13-13 (referred to after this as "the affected ADs"), which apply to Airbus SAS Model A300-600 and A310 series airplanes. The affected ADs require certain actions to address var...
Proposed Rule Dec 28, 2018
We propose to remove Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2012-02-18, which applies to all Dassault Aviation Model MYSTERE-FALCON 50 airplanes. AD 2012-02-18 requires revising the maintenance program to include revised airworthiness limitations. AD 2012-02-1...
Proposed Rule Dec 28, 2018
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all The Boeing Company Model 737-600, -700, -700C, -800, -900, and -900ER series airplanes. This AD was prompted by reports of loose, worn, or missing attachment bolts for the main landing gear (...
Rule Dec 28, 2018
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain The Boeing Company Model 777 airplanes. This AD was prompted by reports of latently failed engine fuel shutoff spar valves discovered during fuel filter replacement. This AD requires insp...
Rule Dec 28, 2018

Amendment of Area Navigation (RNAV) Route T299, and Establishment of T 318 and T360:

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This action proposes to modify low altitude RNAV route T-299, and establish routes T-318 and T-360 in the eastern United States. The proposal would expand the availability of RNAV routing in support of transitioning the National Airspace System (NAS)...
Proposed Rule Dec 28, 2018

Amendment of Class E Airspace:

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This action modifies Class E airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface at Atqasuk Edward Burnell Sr. Memorial Airport, Atqasuk, AK. This action adds exclusionary language to the legal description of the airport to ensure the safety...
Rule Dec 28, 2018
This action modifies Class E airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface in Alaska at Nuiqsut Airport; Oooguruk Island Heliport, Nuiqsut; Pioneer Heliport, Nuiqsut; Perryville Airport; Pilot Point Airport; and Point Lay Airport. This...
Rule Dec 28, 2018

Amendment of VOR Federal Airway V18:

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This action proposes to modify VHF Omnidirectional Range (VOR) Federal airway V-18, in the Vicinity of Talladega, AL. This action is necessary due to the planned decommissioning of the Talladega, AL, VOR/ DME navigation aid which provides navigation...
Proposed Rule Dec 28, 2018

Amendment of VOR Federal Airways V115, V184, V188, and V542:

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This action proposes to modify VHF Omnidirectional Range (VOR) Federal airways V-115, V-184, V-188, and V-542 due to planned decommissioning of the Tidioute, PA, VORTAC navigation aid which provides navigation guidance for segments of the routes.
Proposed Rule Dec 28, 2018

Amendment of VOR Federal Airways V170 and V219:

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This action modifies VHF Omnidirectional Range (VOR) Federal airways V-170 and V-219 in the vicinity of Fairmont, MN. The FAA is taking this action due to the planned decommissioning of the Fairmont, MN, VOR navigation aid (NAVAID), which provides na...
Rule Dec 28, 2018

Drug and Alcohol Testing:

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This notification of determination announces FRA's minimum annual random drug and minimum annual random alcohol testing rates for covered employees and for maintenance-of-way (MOW) employees for calendar year 2019.
Notice Dec 28, 2018

Establishment of Class E Airspace and Amendment of Class D and Class E Airspace:

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This action establishes Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface and modifies Class E airspace designated as an extension at Olympia Regional Airport (formerly Olympia Airport). This action removes the Notice to Airmen (NOTAM...
Rule Dec 28, 2018

Establishment of Class E Airspace:

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This action establishes Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface at Hyde County Airport, Engelhard, NC, to accommodate new area navigation (RNAV) global positioning system (GPS) standard instrument approach procedures serving...
Rule Dec 28, 2018

Federal Agency Actions:

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This notice announces actions taken by TxDOT and Federal agencies that are final. The environmental review, consultation, and other actions required by applicable Federal environmental laws for this project are being, or have been, carried-out by TxD...
Notice Dec 28, 2018

Removal of Jet Route J147:

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This action proposes to remove jet route J-147 which currently extends between Beckley, WV, and Casanova, VA. This action is necessary due to the planned decommissioning of the Greenbrier, WV, VOR/DME navigation aid which provides navigation guidance...
Proposed Rule Dec 28, 2018

Request for Positive Train Control Safety Plan Approval and System Certification:

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This document provides the public with notice that on August 9, 2018, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) submitted its Positive Train Control Safety Plan (PTCSP) Revision 0, dated July 17, 2018, to FRA via the Secure Information Rep...
Notice Dec 28, 2018

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

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This document contains proposed regulations implementing sections 245A(e) and 267A of the Internal Revenue Code ("Code") regarding hybrid dividends and certain amounts paid or accrued in hybrid transactions or with hybrid entities. Sections 245A(e) a...
Proposed Rule Dec 28, 2018
On August 29, 2018, the OCC, Board, and FDIC (collectively, the agencies) issued interim final rules that were effective immediately to implement section 210 of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (Economic Growth Act)...
Rule Dec 28, 2018
This document contains a correction to notice of proposed rulemaking and notice of public hearing (REG-115420-18) that was published in the Federal Register on Monday, October 29, 2018. The proposed regulations are providing guidance under new sectio...
Proposed Rule Dec 28, 2018
This notice of proposed rulemaking provides rules regarding the limitation on the deduction for business interest expense after the enactment of recent tax legislation. Specifically, these regulations provide general rules and definitions. The regula...
Proposed Rule Dec 28, 2018

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

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The Department of the Treasury has submitted the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance utilizing emergency review procedures in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 19...
Notice Dec 28, 2018

Requests for Nominations:

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FinCEN is inviting the public to nominate financial institutions, trade groups, and non-federal regulators or law enforcement agencies for membership on the Bank Secrecy Act Advisory Group. New members will be selected for three-year membership terms...
Notice Dec 28, 2018

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