September 17, 2019 (Volume 84)

Federal Register September 17, 2019

View all documents issued on September 17, 2019. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

107 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on September 17, 2019

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations, this notice announces the National Agricultural Library's (NAL) intent to request renewal of an information collection to obtain an eval...
Notice Sep 17, 2019
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Sep 17, 2019

Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

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We are advising the public that we have prepared a final environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact relative to the release of Ceratapion basicorne for the biological control of yellow starthistle, Centaurea solstitialis (Asteracea...
Notice Sep 17, 2019

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Sep 17, 2019
Notice is hereby given that NOAA is establishing a national marine sanctuary advisory council for the proposed sanctuary in eastern Lake Ontario. The council will provide advice and recommendations to ONMS regarding the sanctuary's designation. ONMS...
Notice Sep 17, 2019

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:

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The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on biodiesel from the Republic of Indonesia (Indonesia) for the period of review (POR) August 28, 2017, through December 31, 2018.
Notice Sep 17, 2019
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is initiating changed circumstances reviews (CCRs) and preliminarily determines that Shanghai Huafon Aluminium Corporation (Shanghai Huafon) is the successor-in- interest to Huafon Nikkei Aluminium Corporation (H...
Notice Sep 17, 2019
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain circular welded non-alloy steel pipe from Mexico. The period of review (POR) is November 1, 2017 through October 31, 2018. We invite...
Notice Sep 17, 2019
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is notifying the public that the Court of International Trade's (CIT) final judgment in this case is not in harmony with Commerce's final scope ruling and is, therefore, finding that certain finished components o...
Notice Sep 17, 2019

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species:

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NMFS is transferring 5 metric tons (mt) dressed weight (dw) of blacktip quota, 50 mt dw of aggregated large coastal shark (LCS) quota, and 8 mt dw of hammerhead shark management group quota from the western Gulf of Mexico sub-region to the eastern Gu...
Rule Sep 17, 2019

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic:

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NMFS proposes to implement management measures described in Amendment 42 to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for the Snapper- Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region (Amendment 42), as prepared and submitted by the South Atlantic Fishery Manage...
Proposed Rule Sep 17, 2019

Fisheries of the Northeastern United States:

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NMFS proposes to implement the New England Fishery Management Council's Habitat Clam Dredge Exemption Framework Adjustment to its Fishery Management Plans. The proposed action is intended to establish areas within the Great South Channel Habitat Mana...
Proposed Rule Sep 17, 2019

Takes of Marine Mammals:

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NMFS has received a request from the U.S. Navy (Navy) for authorization to take small numbers of marine mammals incidental to conducting construction activities related to construction of an ammunition pier and turning basin at Naval Weapons Station...
Notice Sep 17, 2019

Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency logo Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency

Title Type Published
This notice sets forth the names and titles of the current membership of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) Performance Review Board as of October 1, 2019.
Notice Sep 17, 2019

Education Department logo Education Department

Title Type Published
The Institute of Education Sciences extends, for certain prospective eligible applicants described elsewhere in this notice, the deadline date for transmittal of applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2019 under the Statewide Longitudinal D...
Notice Sep 17, 2019
The Department publishes a letter, dated August 29, 2019, notifying the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ("UNC") of the Department's review of the Annual Project Reports ("APR") submitted by the Duke-UNC Consortium for Middle East Studies...
Notice Sep 17, 2019

Energy Department logo Energy Department

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Combined Filings
Notice Sep 17, 2019
Combined Filings
Notice Sep 17, 2019
Combined Filings
Notice Sep 17, 2019

Application:

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Aclara Meters, LLC
Notice Sep 17, 2019

Complaint:

Title Type Published
Cimarron Windpower II, LLC v. Southwest Power Pool, Inc.
Notice Sep 17, 2019

Filing:

Title Type Published
Merchant, Robert F.
Notice Sep 17, 2019

Meetings:

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AEP Generation Resources, Inc.; Teleconference
Notice Sep 17, 2019
This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Oak Ridge. The Federal Advisory Committee Act requires that public notice of this meeting be announced in the Federal Register.
Notice Sep 17, 2019

Petition for Declaratory Orders:

Title Type Published
Medallion Midland Gathering, LLC, Medallion Pipeline Co., LLC
Notice Sep 17, 2019

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Acquisition Regulation:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to amend the Environmental Protection Agency Acquisition Regulation (EPAAR) to address common Commercial Supplier Agreement terms that are inconsistent with or create ambiguity with Federal Law,...
Proposed Rule Sep 17, 2019

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

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to submit an information collection request (ICR), "State Review Framework (EPA ICR No. 2185.07, OMB Control No. 2020-0031) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accord...
Notice Sep 17, 2019

Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving under the Clean Air Act (CAA) a request from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA) to revise the Ohio State Implementation Plan (SIP) to incorporate revisions to Ohio Administrative...
Rule Sep 17, 2019

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Special Observances:

Title Type Published
National Farm Safety and Health Week (Proc. 9926)
Presidential Document Sep 17, 2019

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 of 1995 (PRA), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this o...
Notice Sep 17, 2019
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this o...
Notice Sep 17, 2019
The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved a new information collection associated with the Commission's 833 Auction Procedures Public Notice (FCC 19-75) (Public Notice), f...
Notice Sep 17, 2019

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Title Type Published
The Federal Maritime Commission is seeking public comment on its interpretation of the Shipping Act prohibition against failing to establish, observe, and enforce just and reasonable regulations and practices relating to or connected with receiving,...
Proposed Rule Sep 17, 2019

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
The Board has adopted as final, without change, the new system of records titled BGFRS-40, "FRB--Board Subscription Services."
Notice Sep 17, 2019

Change in Bank Control:

Title Type Published
Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company
Notice Sep 17, 2019

Government Publishing Office logo Government Publishing Office

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Depository Library Council to the Acting Deputy Director
Notice Sep 17, 2019

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is proposing to amend the requirements that specify the analytical method FDA uses to determine the concentration of sulfites in food. This action, if finalized, would, among other things, provide a new an...
Proposed Rule Sep 17, 2019
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the utility of government information, invites the general public and other Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a p...
Notice Sep 17, 2019
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the utility of government information, invites the general public and other Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a p...
Notice Sep 17, 2019
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 Sep 17, 2019
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 (PRA), federal agencies are required to publ...
Notice Sep 17, 2019

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

Title Type Published
This information request is part of the project, Assessing the Implementation and Cost of High Quality Early Care and Education (ECE- ICHQ). The project's goal is to create a technically sound and feasible instrument that will provide consistent, sys...
Notice Sep 17, 2019

Guidance:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of additional draft and revised draft product-specific guidances. The guidances provide product-specific recommendations on, among other things, the design of bioequivale...
Notice Sep 17, 2019
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry entitled "Reconditioning of Fish and Fishery Products by Segregation." The draft guidance, when finalized, will provide industry with an expl...
Notice Sep 17, 2019

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Sep 17, 2019
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Sep 17, 2019
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Sep 17, 2019
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Sep 17, 2019
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Notice Sep 17, 2019
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
Notice Sep 17, 2019
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
Notice Sep 17, 2019
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Notice Sep 17, 2019
National Institute of Mental Health
Notice Sep 17, 2019
National Institute on Aging
Notice Sep 17, 2019
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Notice Sep 17, 2019
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces the next meeting of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives for 2030 (Committee) regarding the development of national health p...
Notice Sep 17, 2019

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard proposes to increase from 3 years to 7 years the period within which qualifying sea service aboard vessels of the uniformed services can be used to satisfy the requirement for recent sea service to qualify for a Merchant Mariner Crede...
Proposed Rule Sep 17, 2019

Safety Zones:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone for the Head of the Cuyahoga Regatta located in the federal regulations for Annual Events in the Captain of the Port Buffalo zone. This action is necessary and intended to protect the safety of life and pr...
Rule Sep 17, 2019
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone for navigable waters of the Lake of the Ozarks within 300 feet of the fireworks barge in the vicinity of mile marker 7.0. This action is necessary to provide for the safety of life on these navi...
Rule Sep 17, 2019

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Housing Opportunity through Modernization Act of 2016:

Title Type Published
The Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2016 (HOTMA) was enacted on July 29, 2016. This proposed rule would revise HUD regulations to put sections 102, 103, and 104 of HOTMA into effect. These sections make sweeping changes to the United...
Proposed Rule Sep 17, 2019

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

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

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on August 15, 2019, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, on behalf of Velodyne Lidar, Inc. of San Jose, California. A supplement was fi...
Notice Sep 17, 2019

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
Proposed Consent Decree under the Clean Air Act
Notice Sep 17, 2019

Schedules of Controlled Substances:

Title Type Published
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) proposes to designate the precursor chemical, N-phenyl-N-(piperidin-4- yl)propionamide (norfentanyl) as an immediate precursor for the schedule II controlled substance fentanyl. Furthermore, the DEA proposes...
Proposed Rule Sep 17, 2019

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Grant of Expansion of Recognition and Modification to the Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory Program's List of Appropriate Test Standards:

Title Type Published
In this notice, OSHA announces the final decision to expand the scope of recognition for MET Laboratories, Inc., as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL). Additionally, OSHA announces the addition of one test standard to the NRTL Program'...
Notice Sep 17, 2019

Grant of Expansion of Recognition:

Title Type Published
In this notice, OSHA announces the final decision to expand the scope of recognition for QAI Laboratories, Ltd., as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL).
Notice Sep 17, 2019

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 Sep 17, 2019

Request for Nominations:

Title Type Published
The BLS is soliciting new members for its Data Users Advisory Committee (DUAC). The current membership expired on January 15, 2018. The DUAC provides advice to the Bureau of Labor Statistics from the points of view of data users from various sectors...
Notice Sep 17, 2019

National Archives and Records Administration logo National Archives and Records Administration

Title Type Published
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) publishes notice of certain Federal agency requests for records disposition authority (records schedules). We publish notice in the Federal Register and on regulations.gov for records schedules...
Notice Sep 17, 2019

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National Science Foundation

Title Type Published
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish a notice of requests to modify permits issued to conduct activities regulated under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. This is the required notice of a requested permit modification.
Notice Sep 17, 2019

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering
Notice Sep 17, 2019

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Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Sep 17, 2019

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment a draft regulatory guide (DG), DG-1341, "Standard Format and Content for Applications to Renew Nuclear Power Plant Operating Licenses." This regulatory guide (RG) describes th...
Notice Sep 17, 2019

Exemption:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued exemptions in response to a December 13, 2018, request from Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E or the licensee) from certain regulatory requirements for the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant...
Notice Sep 17, 2019

Proposed Revisions to Standard Review Plan Section 14.3.3:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a final revision to Section 14.3.3, "Piping Systems and Components-- Inspections, Tests, Analyses, and Acceptance Criteria," of NUREG-0800, "Standard Review Plan for the Review of Safety Analysi...
Notice Sep 17, 2019

Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

Title Type Published
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing proposed regulations governing probation on initial appointment to a competitive position, performance-based reduction in grade and removal actions, and adverse actions. The proposed rule will effec...
Proposed Rule Sep 17, 2019

Postal Service logo Postal Service

Title Type Published
The Postal Service is proposing to amend Hazardous, Restricted, and Perishable Mail, Publication 52, in various sections to require markings on mailpieces containing cremated remains, to eliminate the use of USPS-produced Priority Mail Express[supreg...
Notice Sep 17, 2019

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Title Type Published
Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc.
Notice Sep 17, 2019
Cboe C2 Exchange, Inc.
Notice Sep 17, 2019
Cboe EDGX Exchange, Inc.
Notice Sep 17, 2019
Cboe EDGX Exchange, Inc.
Notice Sep 17, 2019
Fixed Income Clearing Corp.
Notice Sep 17, 2019
ICE Clear Europe, Ltd.
Notice Sep 17, 2019
New York Stock Exchange, LLC
Notice Sep 17, 2019
The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC
Notice Sep 17, 2019

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Title Type Published
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA or Agency) is seeking comments on potential changes to the regulations governing its Export Loan Programs (the Export Express, Export Working Capital, and International Trade Loan Programs). SBA is soliciti...
Proposed Rule Sep 17, 2019

Disaster Declaration:

Title Type Published
This is a notice of an Administrative declaration of a disaster for the State of Louisiana dated 09/11/2019. Incident: Hurricane Barry. Incident Period: 07/10/2019 through 07/15/2019.
Notice Sep 17, 2019

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Title Type Published
The Surface Transportation Board (STB or Board) proposes a new procedure for challenging the reasonableness of railroad rates in smaller cases. In this procedure, the Board would decide a case by selecting either the complainant's or the defendant's...
Proposed Rule Sep 17, 2019
The Surface Transportation Board (STB or Board) proposes a streamlined approach for pleading market dominance in rate reasonableness proceedings. The Board expects that this streamlined approach would reduce burdens on parties, expedite proceedings,...
Proposed Rule Sep 17, 2019

Hearings:

Title Type Published
The Surface Transportation Board (Board) will hold a public hearing on December 12, 2019, on revenue adequacy issues raised in the report issued by the Board's Rate Reform Task Force (RRTF). The hearing will be held in the James E. Webb Memorial Audi...
Notice Sep 17, 2019

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Susquehanna River Basin Commission

Title Type Published
This notice lists Grandfathering Registration for projects by the Susquehanna River Basin Commission during the period set forth in DATES.
Notice Sep 17, 2019
This notice lists Grandfathering Registration for projects by the Susquehanna River Basin Commission during the period set forth in DATES.
Notice Sep 17, 2019

Meetings:

Title Type Published
As part of its regular business meeting held on September 6, 2019, in Big Flats, New York, the Commission approved the applications of certain water resources projects, and took additional actions, as set forth in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION below.
Notice Sep 17, 2019

Projects Approved:

Title Type Published
This notice lists the projects approved by rule by the Susquehanna River Basin Commission during the period set forth in DATES.
Notice Sep 17, 2019
This notice lists the projects approved by rule by the Susquehanna River Basin Commission during the period set forth in DATES.
Notice Sep 17, 2019

Tennessee Valley Authority logo Tennessee Valley Authority

Record of Decision:

Title Type Published
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has decided to adopt the preferred alternative in its final environmental impact statement (Final EIS) for the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP). The TVA Board of Directors approved the IRP and authorized staff to im...
Notice Sep 17, 2019

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
This notice proposes to amend Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 141, Minimum Sound Requirements for Hybrid and Electric Vehicles, to allow manufacturers of hybrid and electric vehicles (HEVs) to install a number of driver-selectable p...
Proposed Rule Sep 17, 2019

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

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval to renew an information collection. The collection involves the collection of inform...
Notice Sep 17, 2019

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2016-12- 09, which applied to certain Airbus Model A330-200, -200 Freighter, and -300 series airplanes; and Model A340-200 and -300 series airplanes. AD 2016-12-09 requirements included removing exi...
Rule Sep 17, 2019

Hazardous Materials:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the procedures governing the application for, and the processing of, special permits from the Department of Transportation's Hazardous Material Regulations, notice is hereby given that the Office of Hazardous Materials Safety has r...
Notice Sep 17, 2019
In accordance with the procedures governing the application for, and the processing of, special permits from the Department of Transportation's Hazardous Material Regulations, notice is hereby given that the Office of Hazardous Materials Safety has r...
Notice Sep 17, 2019
In accordance with the procedures governing the application for, and the processing of, special permits from the Department of Transportation's Hazardous Material Regulations, notice is hereby given that the Office of Hazardous Materials Safety has r...
Notice Sep 17, 2019

Petition for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance:

Title Type Published
Mobility Ventures, LLC (Mobility), a wholly owned subsidiary of AM General, LLC, has determined that certain model year (MY) 2015- 2016 Mobility Ventures MV-1 motor vehicles do not fully comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 1...
Notice Sep 17, 2019

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is updating the entries of 33 persons on OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List based on OFAC's determination that one or more applicable legal criteria...
Notice Sep 17, 2019
Blocking or Unblocking of Persons and Properties
Notice Sep 17, 2019

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

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 Sep 17, 2019

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Charter Renewals:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee ACT (FACA) and after consultation with the General Services Administration, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs renewed the charter for the following statutorily authorized Federal adv...
Notice Sep 17, 2019

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Voluntary Service National Advisory Committee
Notice Sep 17, 2019

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