September 27, 2019 (Volume 84)

Federal Register September 27, 2019

View all documents issued on September 27, 2019. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

80 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on September 27, 2019

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
The results of the Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) Request for Referendum indicate that too few soybean producers wanted a referendum on the Soybean Promotion and Research Order (Order) for one to be conducted. The Request for Referendum was c...
Notice Sep 27, 2019

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

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Forest Service is seeking comment from all interested individuals and organizations on the extension with no revisions of a currently approved information collection, OMB 0596-0016), Applica...
Notice Sep 27, 2019

Continuance Referendum:

Title Type Published
This document directs that a referendum be conducted among eligible producers of Vidalia onions to determine whether they favor continuance of the marketing order regulating the handling of Vidalia onions produced in Georgia.
Proposed Rule Sep 27, 2019

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:

Title Type Published
On August 12, 2019, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) published the preliminary results of the changed circumstances review of the antidumping duty order on certain frozen warmwater shrimp (shrimp) from India. For these final results, Commerce co...
Notice Sep 27, 2019
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of dried tart cherries (cherries) from the Republic of Turkey (Turkey). The period of investigation is January...
Notice Sep 27, 2019

Application for Subzone:

Title Type Published
United Furniture Industries, Inc., Foreign-Trade Zone 158, Vicksburg, MS
Notice Sep 27, 2019

Application for an Exempted Fishing Permit:

Title Type Published
The Assistant Regional Administrator for Sustainable Fisheries, West Coast Region, NMFS, has made a preliminary determination that an exempted fishing permit application titled, "Annual Vessel Limit Pooling for Groundfish IFQ Vessels Operating Under...
Notice Sep 27, 2019

Authorization of Production Activity:

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value:

Title Type Published
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that dried tart cherries (cherries) from the Republic of Turkey (Turkey) are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV). The period of investigat...
Notice Sep 27, 2019

Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
NMFS announces the availability of the revised application and Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) on the effects of issuing an Incidental Take Permit (ITP) (No. 21316) to Barney M. Davis L.P., pursuant to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973, as...
Notice Sep 27, 2019

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska:

Title Type Published
NMFS proposes regulations to implement Amendment 120 to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) Management Area (BSAI FMP) and Amendment 108 to the FMP for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA)...
Proposed Rule Sep 27, 2019

Rescission of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review:

Title Type Published
The Department of Commerce is rescinding the new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on hardwood plywood products from the People's Republic of China for the period January 1, 2019, through June 30, 2019, based on the timely withdrawal of th...
Notice Sep 27, 2019

Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities:

Title Type Published
NMFS has received a request from Skipjack Offshore Energy, LLC (Skipjack) for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to marine site characterization surveys offshore of Delaware in the area of the Commercial Lease of Submerged Lands for Rene...
Notice Sep 27, 2019

Commission of Fine Arts logo Commission of Fine Arts

Title Type Published
Meetings
Notice Sep 27, 2019

Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled logo Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

Title Type Published
The Committee is proposing to delete products and services from the Procurement List that were furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
Notice Sep 27, 2019

Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR describ...
Notice Sep 27, 2019
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR describ...
Notice Sep 27, 2019
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC" or "Commission") is issuing a final rule to amend the position limit rules applicable to security futures products ("SFP") by increasing the default maximum level of equity SFP position limits that des...
Rule Sep 27, 2019

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 an extension of an existing information collection.
Notice Sep 27, 2019

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announces its decision to demolish the 18 buildings it owns in Area IV of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL) and dispose of or recycle the materials off site. This action will be taken in accordance with appl...
Notice Sep 27, 2019

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
On August 24, 2018, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) jointly published in the Federal Register a notice of proposed rulemaking entitled, "The Safer...
Rule Sep 27, 2019

Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the Federal Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is finalizing an approval of a portion of a revision to the Arkansas State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted by the State of Arkansas through the Arka...
Rule Sep 27, 2019
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is amending a Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) that addresses regional haze for the first planning period for Arkansas as it applies to the best available retrofit technology (BART) requirements for sulfur d...
Rule Sep 27, 2019
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is finalizing a clean data determination (CDD) for the 2006 24-hour fine particulate matter (PM<INF>2.5</INF>) Salt Lake City, Utah, (UT) nonattainment area (NAA). The proposed determination is based upon qua...
Rule Sep 27, 2019

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Weekly Receipt
Notice Sep 27, 2019

Tolerance Exemption:

Title Type Published
This regulation establishes an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of 2- phenoxyethanol when used as an inert ingredient (solvent or cosolvent) limited to 0.2% by weight in pesticide formulations applied to growing crops and ra...
Rule Sep 27, 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 27, 2019
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, 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 this o...
Notice Sep 27, 2019
The Commission will consider a Report and Order that would allocate $950 million in fixed and mobile high-cost universal service support for Stage 2 of the Uniendo a Puerto Rico Fund and the Connect USVI Fund to expand, improve, and harden communicat...
Notice Sep 27, 2019

Radio Broadcasting Services:

Title Type Published
At the request of SSR Communications Inc., the Audio Division amends the FM Table of Allotments, by allotting Channel 264A at Caliente, Nevada, as the first local service. A staff engineering analysis indicates that Channel 264A can be allotted to Ca...
Rule Sep 27, 2019

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Title Type Published
Terminations of Receiverships
Notice Sep 27, 2019

Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

Title Type Published
The FTC plans to ask the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to extend for an additional three years the current Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) clearance for information collection requirements contained in the FTC's portion of the information colle...
Notice Sep 27, 2019
The FTC requests that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) extend for three years the current PRA clearance for information collection requirements contained in the Contact Lens Rule (Rule). That clearance expires on October 31, 2019.
Notice Sep 27, 2019
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 ("PRA"), the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC" or "Commission") is seeking public comment on its proposal to extend for an additional three years the Office of Management and Budget clearance for i...
Notice Sep 27, 2019

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
The inventions listed below are owned by an agency of the U.S. Government and are available for licensing in the U.S. in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR part 404 to achieve expeditious commercialization of results of federally-funded researc...
Notice Sep 27, 2019
The invention listed below is owned by an agency of the U.S. Government and is available for licensing to achieve expeditious commercialization of results of federally-funded research and development. Foreign patent applications are filed on selected...
Notice Sep 27, 2019
The ACF, ANA, Division of Program Operations (DPO) intends to award a grant of $106,638 to 500 Sails, Inc. in Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The purpose of the award is to support restoration of culturally significant sites and...
Notice Sep 27, 2019

Guidance:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of a final guidance entitled "Changes to Existing Medical Software Policies Resulting From Section 3060 of the 21st Century Cures Act." This guidance provides clarity on...
Notice Sep 27, 2019
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of the draft guidance entitled "Clinical Decision Support Software." This guidance clarifies the types of clinical decision support (CDS) functions that do not meet the d...
Notice Sep 27, 2019

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Sep 27, 2019

Prospective Grant of Exclusive Patent License:

Title Type Published
The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, is contemplating the grant of an exclusive patent license to Generation Bio Co. ("Generation Bio"), a company based in Cambr...
Notice Sep 27, 2019

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Safety Zone:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone on the navigable waters of the Neches River extending 500-feet on either side of the Kansas City Southern Railroad Bridge that crosses the Neches River in Beaumont, TX. The safety zone is necess...
Rule Sep 27, 2019

Special Local Regulation:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary special local regulation for certain waters of the Intracoastal Waterway. This action is necessary to provide for the safety of life on these navigable waters in Venice, FL, during the Battle of the Bridges...
Rule Sep 27, 2019

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), and the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) have jointly developed a final environmental impact statement (FEIS), which analyzes the WDNR's proposal to amend the 1997 State Trust L...
Notice Sep 27, 2019
In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has prepared Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Proposed...
Notice Sep 27, 2019

Plats of Survey:

Title Type Published
The plats of survey of lands described in this notice are scheduled to be officially filed in the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Alaska State Office, Anchorage, Alaska. These surveys were executed at the request of the BLM, and are necessary for th...
Notice Sep 27, 2019

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

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

Title Type Published
Following receipt of a request from the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) on August 30, 2019, under the Tariff Act of 1930, the U.S. International Trade Commission has instituted Investigation No. 332-573, Global Economic Impact of Missing and Low Pes...
Notice Sep 27, 2019
The U.S. International Trade Commission ("Commission") hereby gives notice of the remand of its final determinations in the antidumping duty and countervailing duty investigations of softwood lumber from Canada. For further information concerning the...
Notice Sep 27, 2019

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor is updating and revising the regulations issued under the Fair Labor Standards Act implementing the exemptions from minimum wage and overtime pay requirements for executive, administrative, professional, outside sales, and com...
Rule Sep 27, 2019
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is announcing the date and location of a public meeting on the Agency's Request for Information on Respirable Silica (Quartz). In addition, this document corrects a typographical error included in the...
Proposed Rule Sep 27, 2019

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

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) sponsored information collection request (ICR) titled, "Employment Information Form," to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval for use in accorda...
Notice Sep 27, 2019
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) sponsored information collection request (ICR) titled, "Records to be Kept by Employers--Fair Labor Standards Act," to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review a...
Notice Sep 27, 2019

Black Lung Benefits Act:

Title Type Published
The Black Lung Benefits Act provides benefits to miners who are totally disabled due to pneumoconiosis arising out of coal mine employment and to certain miners' survivors. Determining benefits entitlement necessarily entails evaluating the miner's p...
Proposed Rule Sep 27, 2019

Millennium Challenge Corporation logo Millennium Challenge Corporation

Title Type Published
Section 608(a) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 requires the Millennium Challenge Corporation to publish a report that identifies countries that are "candidate countries" for Millennium Challenge Account assistance during FY 2020. The report i...
Notice Sep 27, 2019
This report to Congress is provided in accordance with the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003, as amended (Act). The Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 requires the Millennium Challenge Corporation to publish a report that identifies the criteria and met...
Notice Sep 27, 2019

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has recently submitted a request for renewal of an existing collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. The information collection is entitled, "Criteria and Procedur...
Notice Sep 27, 2019

Guidance:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is withdrawing Regulatory Guide (RG) 3.53, "Applicability of Existing Regulatory Guides to the Design, Construction, and Operation of an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation." This document is being...
Notice Sep 27, 2019

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is undertaking activities to develop a report identifying best practices for establishment and operation of local community advisory boards (CABs) associated with decommissioning activities, including less...
Notice Sep 27, 2019

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Sep 27, 2019

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Title Type Published
Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc.
Notice Sep 27, 2019
Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc.
Notice Sep 27, 2019
Cboe EDGX Exchange, Inc.
Notice Sep 27, 2019
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice Sep 27, 2019
New York Stock Exchange, LLC
Notice Sep 27, 2019

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

Title Type Published
In accordance with the provisions of the Privacy Act, as amended, this notice announces a new matching program with the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB). This matching agreement sets forth the terms, conditions, and safeguards under which RRB will dis...
Notice Sep 27, 2019

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Acquisition of Control Exemption:

Title Type Published
First State Infrastructure Managers (International) Limited, Global Diversified Infrastructure Fund (North America) LP, and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.; SteelRiver Transport Ventures LLC and Patriot Rail Company LLC
Notice Sep 27, 2019
On August 30, 2019, National Express Transit Corporation (National Express), an intrastate passenger motor carrier, filed an application for National Express to acquire control of Fox Bus Lines, Inc. (Fox), an interstate passenger motor carrier, from...
Notice Sep 27, 2019

Discontinuance of Service Exemption:

Title Type Published
CSX Transportation, Inc. in Harlan County, KY
Notice Sep 27, 2019

Lease and Operation Exemption:

Title Type Published
Motive Rail, Inc. d/b/a Illinois Terminal Belt; Illinois Central Railroad Co.
Notice Sep 27, 2019

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
In a separate Federal Register document, NHTSA issued a final rule that will allow for state adoption of electronic odometer disclosure systems without having to petition the agency for approval. NHTSA believes that, with the promulgation of this fin...
Proposed Rule Sep 27, 2019

Amendment of Area Navigation Routes:

Title Type Published
This action proposes to amend 12 high altitude area navigation (RNAV) routes (Q-routes) in support of the Florida Metroplex Project. The proposed amendments would provide more efficient, streamlined options for users, and improve the efficiency of th...
Proposed Rule Sep 27, 2019

Construction and Maintenance:

Title Type Published
The FHWA is revising its regulations to provide greater flexibility for States to use proprietary or patented materials in Federal-aid highway projects. This final rule rescinds the requirements limiting the use of Federal funds in paying for patente...
Rule Sep 27, 2019

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards:

Title Type Published
The Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act of 2012 directs NHTSA to initiate a rulemaking proceeding to amend Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 208, "Occupant crash protection," to require a seat belt use warning system for rear se...
Proposed Rule Sep 27, 2019

Submission Deadline for Schedule Information:

Title Type Published
Under this notice, the FAA announces the submission deadline of October 3, 2019, for Summer 2020 flight schedules at Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD), John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), and...
Notice Sep 27, 2019

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 general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on continuing information collections, as required by...
Notice Sep 27, 2019
Appointment of Members of the Legal Division to the Performance Review Board
Notice Sep 27, 2019
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of one or more persons that have been placed on OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) based on OFAC's determinat...
Notice Sep 27, 2019

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Prosthetics and Special-Disabilities Programs
Notice Sep 27, 2019

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