December 6, 2019 (Volume 84)

Federal Register December 6, 2019

View all documents issued on December 6, 2019. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

91 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on December 6, 2019

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing the 2020 rates it will charge meat and poultry establishments, egg products plants, and importers and exporters for providing voluntary, overtime, and holiday inspection and identification,...
Notice Dec 06, 2019
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Dec 06, 2019
This rule is revising the Commodity Credit Corporation's (CCC) Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) regulations to specify the terms and conditions of CRP and to implement amendments made by the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 Farm Bill). The...
Rule Dec 06, 2019

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

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) intention to request approval from the Office of Management and Budget, for an extension to the currently approved information co...
Notice Dec 06, 2019

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:

Title Type Published
As a result of the determinations by the Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) that revocation of the antidumping duty (AD) order and countervailing duty (CVD) order on circular welded austenitic stainles...
Notice Dec 06, 2019
Opportunity to Request Administrative Review
Notice Dec 06, 2019

Application for Reorganization under Alternative Site Framework:

Endangered and Threatened Species:

Title Type Published
We, NMFS, announce the initiation of a status review of queen conch (Strombus gigas) to determine whether listing the species as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) is warranted. A comprehensive status review must be based...
Notice Dec 06, 2019

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold a meeting of its Citizen Science Operations Committee via webinar.
Notice Dec 06, 2019

Order Denying Export Privileges:

Title Type Published
Mahan Airways, et al.
Notice Dec 06, 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
This action deletes products and a service from the Procurement List that were furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
Notice Dec 06, 2019
The Committee is proposing to delete services from the Procurement List that were furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
Notice Dec 06, 2019

Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Dec 06, 2019

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau logo Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) and the Code of Federal Regulations, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) is announcing Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval of revised information collection require...
Notice Dec 06, 2019
The Electronic Fund Transfer Act (EFTA), as amended by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act), establishes certain protections for consumers sending international money transfers, or remittance transfers. The B...
Proposed Rule Dec 06, 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 Dec 06, 2019

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
Combined Filings
Notice Dec 06, 2019
Combined Filings
Notice Dec 06, 2019

Change in Control:

Title Type Published
The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) gives notice of receipt of a Notice of Change in Control (Notice) filed by Pieridae Energy (USA) Ltd. (Pieridae US) in the above- referenced docket on November 6, 2019. The Notice des...
Notice Dec 06, 2019

Energy Conservation Program:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Department of Energy ("DOE") is proposing to revise its test procedure for external power supplies ("EPS" or "EPSs"). DOE is proposing to add a definition for "commercial and industrial power supply" in its regulations to differentiate betwe...
Proposed Rule Dec 06, 2019

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

Record of Decision:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is issuing this Record of Decision (ROD) for the long-term management and storage of elemental mercury to meet the federal government's statutory responsibility for long-term storage of the elemental mercury genera...
Notice Dec 06, 2019

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
EPA is proposing significant new use rules (SNURs) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for certain chemical substances that were the subject of premanufacture notices (PMNs). They are either the subject of Orders issued by EPA under TSCA or...
Proposed Rule Dec 06, 2019

Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve revisions to the Missouri State Implementation Plan (SIP) received on March 7, 2019. The submission revises a Missouri regulation that establishes emission limits for batch-type charco...
Proposed Rule Dec 06, 2019

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Weekly Receipt
Notice Dec 06, 2019

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) adopts an Order that closes Lockbox 979096 and removes the relevant rule relating to the collection of payment for charges for certain international telecommunications servic...
Rule Dec 06, 2019

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Title Type Published
The FDIC is amending its deposit insurance assessment regulations to apply the community bank leverage ratio (CBLR) framework to the deposit insurance assessment system (CBLR Assessments final rule). The FDIC, the Board of Governors of the Federal Re...
Rule Dec 06, 2019
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is seeking comment on proposed regulations clarifying the law that governs the interest rates State-chartered banks and insured branches of foreign banks (collectively, State banks) may charge. The pro...
Proposed Rule Dec 06, 2019

Federal Election Commission logo Federal Election Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Dec 06, 2019

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Change in Bank Control:

Title Type Published
Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company
Notice Dec 06, 2019

Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board logo Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Board Members
Notice Dec 06, 2019

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Dec 06, 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 Dec 06, 2019
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of its continuing efforts to reduce public burden and maximize the utility of government information, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comm...
Notice Dec 06, 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 Dec 06, 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 Dec 06, 2019
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Dec 06, 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 Dec 06, 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 Dec 06, 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 Dec 06, 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 Dec 06, 2019
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Dec 06, 2019
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announces the opening of a docket to obtain comments on Draft Toxicological Profiles for 1,2-Dichloropropane, 1,1-Dichloroethene,...
Notice Dec 06, 2019

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

Title Type Published
The Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is requesting a three-year extension of the forms OCSE- 21-U4: Transmittal and Notice of Approval of S...
Notice Dec 06, 2019
In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA announces plans to submit an Information Collection Request (ICR), described below, to the Office...
Notice Dec 06, 2019

Determination of Regulatory Review Period for Purposes of Patent Extension:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) has determined the regulatory review period for PALYNZIQ 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 06, 2019

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announces a forthcoming public advisory committee meeting of the Anesthetic and Analgesic Drug Products Advisory Committee and the Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee. The general function of the...
Notice Dec 06, 2019
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announces a forthcoming joint public advisory committee meeting of the Anesthetic and Analgesic Drug Products Advisory Committee and the Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee. The general function o...
Notice Dec 06, 2019
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the CDC announces the following meeting for the Board of Scientific Counselors, Center for Preparedness and Response, (BSC, CPR). This meeting is open to the public, limited only by the space ava...
Notice Dec 06, 2019
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
Notice Dec 06, 2019
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Notice Dec 06, 2019
National Institute on Aging
Notice Dec 06, 2019
National Institute on Aging
Notice Dec 06, 2019
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Notice Dec 06, 2019

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

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

Title Type Published
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration (USCIS) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment upon this proposed revision of a currently approved collection of information or new collection of in...
Notice Dec 06, 2019

Safety Zone:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone for navigable waters within 100 yards of a work site pulling new overhead electrical cables along a line crossing the Menominee River in Menominee, MI. The safety zone is needed to protect perso...
Rule Dec 06, 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 Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) are proposing to renew an information collection.
Notice Dec 06, 2019
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) are proposing to renew an information collection.
Notice Dec 06, 2019
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) are proposing to renew an information collection.
Notice Dec 06, 2019

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to list Pectis imberbis (beardless chinchweed), a plant species from southern Arizona and northern Mexico, as an endangered species and to designate critical habitat for Beardless chinchweed u...
Proposed Rule Dec 06, 2019

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) intends to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on the Lake Powell Pipeline (LPP) Project. Reclamation is requesting public scoping comments to identify significant issues or other alternatives to be...
Notice Dec 06, 2019
In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has prepared a Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) analyzing the potential impacts of the United States Gypsum Compa...
Notice Dec 06, 2019

National Register of Historic Places:

Title Type Published
The National Park Service is soliciting comments on the significance of properties nominated before November 9, 2019, for listing or related actions in the National Register of Historic Places.
Notice Dec 06, 2019

Public Land Order:

Title Type Published
This Public Land Order (PLO) extends the duration of the withdrawal created by PLO No. 7419, issued effective December 9, 1999, for an additional 20-year term. The extension is necessary for the Department of the Air Force (DAF), Nellis Air Force Bas...
Notice Dec 06, 2019

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

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

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined to affirm with modification a final initial determination ("FID") of the presiding administrative law judge ("ALJ") finding no violation of section 337 of the Tariff A...
Notice Dec 06, 2019
Vertical Metal File Cabinets from China
Notice Dec 06, 2019

Justice Department logo Justice Department

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

Title Type Published
The Department of Justice (DOJ), Civil Rights Division, Federal Coordination and Compliance Section, will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance wi...
Notice Dec 06, 2019

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Direct Transfer of License; Order:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing an order approving the direct transfer of Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-39 and DPR-48 for Zion Nuclear Power Station (ZNPS), Units 1 and 2, respectively, and the general license for the ZN...
Notice Dec 06, 2019

Direct and Indirect Transfer of Licenses; Order:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing the Order approving the application filed by FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC), acting on behalf of itself and FirstEnergy Nuclear Generation, LLC (FENGen), (together, the Applicants...
Notice Dec 06, 2019

Postal Service logo Postal Service

Product Change:

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 06, 2019

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Application:

Title Type Published
Notice.
Notice Dec 06, 2019

State Department logo State Department

Designation as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist:

Title Type Published
Amadou Kouffa
Notice Dec 06, 2019

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Acquisition and Change of Operator Exemption:

Title Type Published
Decatur and Eastern Illinois Railroad, LLC; NRG, Inc., and Eastern Illinois Railroad Co.
Notice Dec 06, 2019

Lease and Operation Exemption:

Title Type Published
Davenport Industrial Railroad, LLC; City of Davenport, IA
Notice Dec 06, 2019

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Trade Representative, Office of United States

Determination and Request for Comments Concerning Action Pursuant to Section 301:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Trade Representative has determined that France's Digital Services Tax is unreasonable or discriminatory and burdens or restricts U.S. commerce. The U.S. Trade Representative proposes action in the form of additional duties of up to 100 perc...
Notice Dec 06, 2019

Determination of Trade Surplus:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS), the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) is providing notice of its determination of the trade surplus in certain sugar and syrup goods and sugar-conta...
Notice Dec 06, 2019

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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 new information collection. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period...
Notice Dec 06, 2019

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limited (BHTC) Model 427 helicopters. This AD requires inspecting the inboard skin of the vertical fin around the four tailboom attachment points. This AD was p...
Rule Dec 06, 2019

Final Federal Agency Actions:

Title Type Published
This notice announces actions taken by FHWA and other Federal agencies that are final. The actions relate to a proposed highway project, Kirby-Whitten Parkway (Shelby Farms Parkway), from Walnut Grove Road to Macon Road in Memphis, Shelby County, Ten...
Notice Dec 06, 2019

Requests for Administrative Waivers of the Coastwise Trade Laws:

Title Type Published
The Secretary of Transportation, as represented by the Maritime Administration (MARAD), is authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.-build requirements of the coastwise trade laws to allow the carriage of no more than twelve passengers for hire on vess...
Notice Dec 06, 2019
The Secretary of Transportation, as represented by the Maritime Administration (MARAD), is authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.-build requirements of the coastwise trade laws to allow the carriage of no more than twelve passengers for hire on vess...
Notice Dec 06, 2019

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
This document contains proposed regulations that provide guidance regarding the base erosion and anti-abuse tax imposed on certain large corporate taxpayers with respect to certain payments made to foreign related parties. The proposed regulations wo...
Proposed Rule Dec 06, 2019
This document contains final regulations implementing the base erosion and anti-abuse tax, designed to prevent the reduction of tax liability by certain large corporate taxpayers through certain payments made to foreign related parties and certain ta...
Rule Dec 06, 2019

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