December 2, 2019 (Volume 84)

Federal Register December 2, 2019

View all documents issued on December 2, 2019. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

100 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on December 2, 2019

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment on this information collection. This is a revision of a currently approved collection. This information collection con...
Notice Dec 02, 2019
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the USDA Forest Service and certain Department of Interior agencies are seeking comments from all interested individuals and organizations on the extension of a currently approved information co...
Notice Dec 02, 2019

Peanut Promotion, Research, and Information Order:

Title Type Published
This proposal invites comments on adding the State of Missouri as a primary peanut-producing State under the Peanut Promotion, Research, and Information Order (Order). The Order is administered by the National Peanut Board (Board) with oversight by t...
Proposed Rule Dec 02, 2019

Civil Rights Commission logo Civil Rights Commission

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the rules and regulations of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (Commission) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) that the meeting of the Wyoming Advisory Committee (Committee) to the Co...
Notice Dec 02, 2019

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Commerce is currently seeking applications from travel and tourism leaders from specific industries for membership on the Board of Directors (Board) of the Corporation for Travel Promotion (doing business as Brand USA). The purpose...
Notice Dec 02, 2019

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:

Title Type Published
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is automatically initiating the five-year reviews (Sunset Reviews) of the antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) order(s) listed below. The International Trade Commission (the Commission) is publishing conc...
Notice Dec 02, 2019

Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
NMFS announces the availability of the Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) on the effects of issuing an Incidental Take Permit (ITP) (No. 23148) to Exelon Generating Company, LLC, pursuant to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973, as amended, for...
Notice Dec 02, 2019

Fisheries Off West Coast States:

Title Type Published
Through this final rule, NMFS is implementing allowable catch levels, an overfishing limit, an allowable biological catch, and an annual catch limit for Pacific mackerel in the U.S. exclusive economic zone off the West Coast (California, Oregon and W...
Rule Dec 02, 2019

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska:

Title Type Published
NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific ocean perch in the Bering Sea subarea of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2019 Pacific Ocean perch total allowable catch (TA...
Rule Dec 02, 2019

Fisheries off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery:

Title Type Published
This action contains a correction to the final rule published on May 10, 2019, to establish the harvest specifications and management measures for the 2019 Pacific whiting fishery under the authority of the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management...
Rule Dec 02, 2019

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau logo Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau) is requesting, to renew the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for an existing information collection titled, "Generic Info...
Notice Dec 02, 2019
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau) is requesting to reinstate the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the previously-approved information collection titled...
Notice Dec 02, 2019

Consumer Product Safety Commission logo Consumer Product Safety Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Dec 02, 2019

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Title Type Published
On Wednesday, October 16, 2019, the DoD published a notice titled "Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records" that modified a System of Records titled, "Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS), DMDC 02 DoD." Subsequent to the publication...
Notice Dec 02, 2019

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

Title Type Published
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Regulatory Secretariat Division has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve a revision and renewal of a previously approved information collection...
Notice Dec 02, 2019

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The DoD is publishing this notice to announce that the following Federal Advisory Committee meeting of the Department of Defense Military Family Readiness Council (MFRC) will take place.
Notice Dec 02, 2019
The DoD is publishing this notice to announce that the following Federal Advisory Committee meeting of the Reserve Forces Policy Board (RFPB) will take place.
Notice Dec 02, 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 a revision of an existing information collection.
Notice Dec 02, 2019
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing a revision of an existing information collection.
Notice Dec 02, 2019

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
EIA is requesting a three-year extension without changes of the Coal Markets Reporting System as required under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The Coal Markets Reporting System (CMRS) consists of 5 surveys including, Form EIA-3 Quarterly Survey...
Notice Dec 02, 2019

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given of the membership of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Performance Review Board for 2019.
Notice Dec 02, 2019

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

Title Type Published
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an information collection request (ICR), "National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards for Consumer Products (Renewal)," EPA ICR No. 1764.08, OMB Control No. 2060-0348, to...
Notice Dec 02, 2019

Hazardous and Solid Waste Management System:

Title Type Published
On April 17, 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) promulgated national minimum criteria for existing and new coal combustion residuals (CCR) landfills and existing and new CCR surface impoundments. On August 21, 2018, the D.C...
Proposed Rule Dec 02, 2019

Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulations:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to update a portion of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Air Regulations. Requirements applying to OCS sources located within 25 miles of states' seaward boundaries must be updated periodically t...
Proposed Rule Dec 02, 2019

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Committees; Establishment, Renewal, Termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives Task Force; Establishment (EO 13898)
Presidential Document Dec 02, 2019

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Establishment of Advisory Committee:

Title Type Published
The Chairman of the FDIC is establishing the FDIC Advisory Committee of State Regulators (the ACSR). The ASCR will provide advice and recommendations to the FDIC on a broad range of policy issues regarding the regulation of state-chartered financial...
Notice Dec 02, 2019

Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council logo Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council

Title Type Published
The Appraisal Subcommittee (ASC) of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) is providing notice of termination of temporary waiver relief of appraiser credentialing requirements for appraisals of federally related transactions...
Notice Dec 02, 2019

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Notice of special meeting.
Notice Dec 02, 2019

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

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

No documents available.

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Delegation of Authority
Notice Dec 02, 2019

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

Title Type Published
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is requesting a three-year extension of the previously approved forms that include satisfaction surveys; surveys to assess jurisdiction's foundational capacity; a workshop follow-up survey; webinar a...
Notice Dec 02, 2019
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA has submitted an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. Comments submitted during the first public review of this ICR wil...
Notice Dec 02, 2019
In compliance with the requirement of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 to provide opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) will publish periodic summaries of propose projects to be su...
Notice Dec 02, 2019
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 02, 2019

Guidance:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of a final guidance for industry entitled "Adaptive Designs for Clinical Trials of Drugs and Biologics." This guidance provides guidance to sponsors and applicants submit...
Notice Dec 02, 2019

Meetings:

Title Type Published
National Cancer Institute
Notice Dec 02, 2019
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
Notice Dec 02, 2019

Request for Information:

Title Type Published
The Expert Panel Working Group of the NHLBI National Asthma Education and Prevention Program Coordinating Committee (NAEPPCC) is soliciting comments and suggestions from the public on "Update on Selected Topics in Asthma Management 2020: A Report fro...
Notice Dec 02, 2019

Withdrawal of Approval of 21 Abbreviated New Drug Applications:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is withdrawing approval of 21 abbreviated new drug applications (ANDAs) from multiple applicants. The applicants notified the Agency in writing that the drug products were no longer marketed and reques...
Notice Dec 02, 2019

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
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 02, 2019

Major Disaster Declaration:

Title Type Published
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for State of Alaska (FEMA-4413-DR), dated January 31, 2019, and related determinations.
Notice Dec 02, 2019
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for State of Illinois (FEMA-4461-DR), dated September 19, 2019, and related determinations.
Notice Dec 02, 2019
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for State of Oregon (FEMA-4452-DR), dated July 9, 2019, and related determinations.
Notice Dec 02, 2019
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for State of Oregon (FEMA-4432-DR), dated May 2, 2019, and related determinations.
Notice Dec 02, 2019
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of South Dakota (FEMA-4463-DR), dated September 23, 2019, and related determinations.
Notice Dec 02, 2019

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Homeland Security Advisory Council ("HSAC" or "Council") will meet via teleconference on Tuesday, December 17, 2019 to review, deliberate, and vote on the final draft report of the Prevention of Targeted Violence Against Faith-Based Communities S...
Notice Dec 02, 2019

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

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

Title Type Published
HUD is seeking approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the information collection described below. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is requesting comment from all interested parties on the proposed collection of...
Notice Dec 02, 2019
HUD is seeking approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the information collection described below. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is requesting comment from all interested parties on the proposed collection of...
Notice Dec 02, 2019
HUD is seeking approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the information collection described below. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is requesting comment from all interested parties on the proposed collection of...
Notice Dec 02, 2019

Interior Department logo Interior Department

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

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are proposing to renew an information collection.
Notice Dec 02, 2019
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, the National Park Service (NPS) are proposing a new information collection.
Notice Dec 02, 2019

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) intends to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on the Friant-Kern Canal Middle Reach Capacity Correction Project. Reclamation is requesting public and agency comment to identify significant issues o...
Notice Dec 02, 2019

Public Land Order:

Title Type Published
This Public Land Order (PLO) extends the duration of the withdrawal created by PLO No. 7420 for an additional 20-year term. PLO No. 7420 would otherwise expire on December 3, 2019. This extension is necessary to continue to protect the value of the c...
Notice Dec 02, 2019

Record of Decision:

Title Type Published
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) Buffalo Field Office prepared a Record of Decision (ROD) for the Sup...
Notice Dec 02, 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) Montana Miles City Field Office has prepared a Record of Decision an...
Notice Dec 02, 2019

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

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

Title Type Published
The Commission hereby gives notice that it has instituted reviews pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 ("the Act"), as amended, to determine whether revocation of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on calcium hypochlorite from China would b...
Notice Dec 02, 2019
The Commission hereby gives notice that it has instituted reviews pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 ("the Act"), as amended, to determine whether revocation of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod...
Notice Dec 02, 2019
The Commission hereby gives notice of the scheduling of the final phase of antidumping and countervailing duty investigations Nos. 701-TA-621 and 731-TA-1447 (Final) pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 ("the Act") to determine whether an industry in t...
Notice Dec 02, 2019
The Commission hereby gives notice that it has instituted a review pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 ("the Act"), as amended, to determine whether revocation of the antidumping duty order on electrolytic manganese dioxide from China would be likely...
Notice Dec 02, 2019
The Commission hereby gives notice that it has instituted reviews pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 ("the Act"), as amended, to determine whether revocation of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on lightweight thermal paper from China wo...
Notice Dec 02, 2019

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
This final order establishes the initial 2020 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 02, 2019

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

Title Type Published
The Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics, will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Pap...
Notice Dec 02, 2019

Labor Department logo Labor Department

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

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) is providing notice to the public that the WHD sponsored information collection request (ICR) titled, "Employment Information Form," has been approved by the Offic...
Notice Dec 02, 2019
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) is providing notice to the public that the WHD sponsored information collection request (ICR) titled, "Records to be Kept by Employers--Fair Labor Standards Act,"...
Notice Dec 02, 2019

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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

No documents available.

National Credit Union Administration logo National Credit Union Administration

Title Type Published
The NCUA Board (Board) is updating and revising its Interpretive Ruling and Policy Statement (IRPS) regarding statutory prohibitions imposed by Section 205(d) of the Federal Credit Union Act (FCU Act). Section 205(d) prohibits, except with the prior...
Rule Dec 02, 2019

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

Charter Renewal:

Title Type Published
The Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities (the Council) gives notice that the Charter for the Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Panel advisory committee was renewed for an additional two- year period on November 22, 2019.
Notice Dec 02, 2019

N
National Science Foundation

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Dec 02, 2019

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Dec 02, 2019

P
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 02, 2019

R
Railroad Retirement Board

Title Type Published
As required by the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (Act), the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) hereby publishes its notice for calendar year 2020 of account balances, factors used in calculating experience-based employer contribution rates, comput...
Notice Dec 02, 2019

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Dec 02, 2019
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Dec 02, 2019

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Securities and Exchange Commission Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee, established pursuant to Section 40 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as added by the SEC Small Business Advocate Act of 2016, is providing notice that it...
Notice Dec 02, 2019

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Title Type Published
BOX Exchange, LLC
Notice Dec 02, 2019
ICE Clear Credit, LLC
Notice Dec 02, 2019
ICE Clear Credit, LLC
Notice Dec 02, 2019
ICE Clear Europe, Ltd.
Notice Dec 02, 2019
MIAX Emerald, LLC
Notice Dec 02, 2019
MIAX Emerald, LLC
Notice Dec 02, 2019
MIAX PEARL, LLC
Notice Dec 02, 2019
MIAX PEARL, LLC
Notice Dec 02, 2019
Miami International Securities Exchange, LLC
Notice Dec 02, 2019
Miami International Securities Exchange, LLC
Notice Dec 02, 2019
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice Dec 02, 2019
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice Dec 02, 2019
NYSE Chicago, Inc.
Notice Dec 02, 2019
NYSE National, Inc.
Notice Dec 02, 2019
NYSE National, Inc.
Notice Dec 02, 2019

State Department logo State Department

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the authority in section 1(ii) of Executive Order 13382, "Blocking Property of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators and Their Supporter", the State Department, in consultation with the Secretary of Treasury and the Attorney General,...
Notice Dec 02, 2019

Blocking or Unblocking of Persons and Properties:

Title Type Published
On January 12, 2009, the Department of State imposed sanctions under various authorities on members of the A.Q. Khan nuclear procurement network including, BSA Tahir, a Sri Lankan national and key middleman involved in the network. This resulted in T...
Notice Dec 02, 2019

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Department of State (Department) will hold a Town Hall meeting, co-hosted by the Northwest Power and Conservation Council (NWPCC), on December 16, 2019, in Richland, Washington, to discuss the modernization of the Columbia River Treaty (CRT) regi...
Notice Dec 02, 2019

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Bombardier, Inc., Model CL-600-2B19 (Regional Jet Series 100 & 440) airplanes. This proposed AD was prompted by a report that a fouling condition was found between the generator...
Proposed Rule Dec 02, 2019
The FAA is revising an earlier proposal for all The Boeing Company Model 757 airplanes. This action revises the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) by reducing the compliance time for certain airplane configurations. The FAA is proposing this airwor...
Proposed Rule Dec 02, 2019

Request to Release Airport Property:

Title Type Published
The FAA proposes to rule and invite public comment on the release of land at the San Marcos Regional Airport under the provisions of Section 125 of the Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment Reform Act for the 21st Century (AIR 21).
Notice Dec 02, 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 information collections, as required by the Paperwor...
Notice Dec 02, 2019
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 information collections, as required by the Paperwo...
Notice Dec 02, 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 based on OFAC's determination that on...
Notice Dec 02, 2019
This document cancels a public hearing on proposed regulations under sections 1291, 1297, and 1298 of the Internal Revenue Code ("Code") regarding the determination of ownership in a passive foreign investment company within the meaning of section 12...
Proposed Rule Dec 02, 2019
By this Notice, the Department of the Treasury is informing the public that it is conducting a mandatory survey of ownership of foreign securities by U.S. residents as of December 31, 2019. This Notice constitutes legal notification to all United Sta...
Notice Dec 02, 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 Dec 02, 2019
The Department of the Treasury, 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 information collection...
Notice Dec 02, 2019

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