March 23, 2020 (Volume 85)

Federal Register March 23, 2020

View all documents issued on March 23, 2020. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

111 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on March 23, 2020

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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This document corrects regulations that were published in the Federal Register on September 3, 2019, and March 2, 2020. The rules revised the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) Programs and Noninsured Crop Assistance Progra...
Rule Mar 23, 2020
Due to circumstances related to the outbreak of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), USDA is publishing this notice to announce that arrangements have been changed to make the public meetings conducted by telephone conference only.
Notice Mar 23, 2020
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the intention of the above-named Agencies to request Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval for a revision of a currently approved information collection in suppo...
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The Rural Housing Service (RHS), an Agency within Rural Development, announces that it is soliciting competitive applications under its Housing Preservation Grant (HPG) program. This action is taken to comply with Agency regulations which requires th...
Notice Mar 23, 2020
This rule adds 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 the U.S. Department of Agr...
Rule Mar 23, 2020
This rulemaking proposes changes to simplify meal pattern and monitoring requirements in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs. The proposed changes, including optional flexibilities, are customer-focused and intended to help State...
Proposed Rule Mar 23, 2020
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This proposed rule would implement a recommendation from the Cherry Industry Administrative Board (Board) to establish free and restricted percentages for the 2019-20 crop year under the Marketing Order for tart cherries grown in the states of Michig...
Proposed Rule Mar 23, 2020

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on circular welded carbon quality steel pipe (circular welded pipes) from the People's Republic of China (China) for the period of review...
Notice Mar 23, 2020
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) has preliminarily determined that two of the three respondents in this administrative review (AR) of the antidumping duty (AD) order on ferrovanadium from the Republic of Korea (Korea), Korvan Ind, Co., Ltd. (Kor...
Notice Mar 23, 2020
NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher vessels using trawl gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the B season apportionment of the 2020 Pacific cod t...
Rule Mar 23, 2020
NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 620 in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the B season allowance of the 2020 total allowable catch of pollock for Statistical Area 620 in the GO...
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The North Pacific Fishery Management Council submitted Amendment 121 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI FMP) and Amendment 110 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of th...
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As a result of this sunset review, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of the antidumping duty (AD) order on lightweight thermal paper (LWTP) from the People's Republic of China (China) would be likely to lead to continuation...
Notice Mar 23, 2020
Notice is hereby given that Environmental Investigation Agency, P.O. Box 53343, Washington, DC 20009 (Responsible Party: Allan Thornton), has applied in due form for a permit to conduct commercial and educational photography on beluga whales (Delphin...
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The Economic Development Administration (EDA) has received petitions for certification of eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance from the firms listed below. Accordingly, EDA has initiated investigations to determine whether increased i...
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Defense Department logo Defense Department

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On February 20, 2020, the Department of Defense (DoD) published a notice that announced the next meeting of the Defense Advisory Committee on Military Personnel Testing ("the Committee"), which was scheduled for Tuesday, March 24, 2020 from 9:00 a.m....
Notice Mar 23, 2020
In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, DoD announces the proposed revision and extension of a public information collection requirement, and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. DoD invites comment...
Notice Mar 23, 2020
As a result of a policy determination by the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) is withdrawing the proposed rule titled "Use of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Reservoir Projects for Domestic, Municip...
Proposed Rule Mar 23, 2020

Education Department logo Education Department

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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing an extension of an existing information collection.
Notice Mar 23, 2020
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing an extension of an existing information collection.
Notice Mar 23, 2020
The Secretary proposes to waive the requirements in the Education Department General Administrative Regulations that generally prohibit project periods exceeding five years and project period extensions involving the obligation of additional Federal...
Proposed Rule Mar 23, 2020

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to remove the air pollution nuisance rule from the Ohio State Implementation Plan (SIP) using the Clean Air Act (CAA) error correction provision. EPA has determined that this rule was not relied...
Proposed Rule Mar 23, 2020
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is withdrawing a direct final rule published on January 15, 2020, because a relevant adverse comment was received. The rule would have amended EPA regulations to notify the public of Clean Air Act (CAA) secti...
Rule Mar 23, 2020
EPA is required under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), as amended by the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, to make information publicly available and to publish information in the Federal Register pertaining to sub...
Notice Mar 23, 2020
The EPA Safer Choice program is accepting submissions for its 2020 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Awards. EPA developed the Partner of the Year Awards to recognize the leadership contributions of Safer Choice partners and stakeholders who, over the...
Notice Mar 23, 2020

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission logo Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC or Commission) announces that it has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for a three-year PRA approval of Component 1...
Notice Mar 23, 2020

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

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Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

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Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

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The FTC is making technical revisions to several of the notices that it has published under the Privacy Act of 1974 to describe its systems of records. This action is intended to make these notices clearer, more accurate, and up-to-date.
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Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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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 Mar 23, 2020
The meeting of the Blood Products Advisory Committee (BPAC) scheduled for April 2-3, 2020, is postponed. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), like other government agencies, is taking the necessary steps to ensure the Agency is prepared to continu...
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of a guidance for industry entitled "Policy for Temporary Compounding of Certain Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizer Products During the Public Health Emergency." Due to the Cor...
Notice Mar 23, 2020
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 to take this opportunity to comme...
Notice Mar 23, 2020
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 Mar 23, 2020
The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health in the Department of Health and Human Services seeks public comment regarding Section 209 of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act. Congress passed the Pandemic and All...
Notice Mar 23, 2020
This notice replaces all language in Part Q (Office of the Secretary) of the Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS or the Department), Office of Inspector General (OIG)...
Notice Mar 23, 2020
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is seeking scientific information submissions from the public. Scientific information is being solicited to inform our review on Platelet-rich Plasma for Wound Care in the Medicare Population, whi...
Notice Mar 23, 2020

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

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Base (1% annual-chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and modified BFEs are made final for the communities listed below. The BFEs and modified BFEs are the basis for the floodplain management measures that each community is required either to adopt or to s...
Rule Mar 23, 2020
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone for the navigable waters of Hilo Harbor, Hawaii. The safety zone is needed to protect personnel, vessels and the marine environment from potential hazards associated with ongoing lightering oper...
Rule Mar 23, 2020
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is requiring owner/operators of higher-risk freight railroad carriers, public transportation agencies (including rail mass transit and bus systems), passenger railroad carriers, and over-the-road bus c...
Rule Mar 23, 2020

Interior Department logo Interior Department

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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, are necessary for the ma...
Notice Mar 23, 2020
The National Park Service is soliciting comments on the significance of properties nominated before February 29, 2020, for listing or related actions in the National Register of Historic Places.
Notice Mar 23, 2020
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Tongass National Forest, in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, has determined that the cultural items listed in this notice meet the definition of unas...
Notice Mar 23, 2020
The Baylor University's Mayborn Museum Complex (formerly Baylor University's Strecker Museum; formerly Baylor University Museum) has corrected an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, published in a Notice of Inventory Completio...
Notice Mar 23, 2020
The Illinois State Museum has completed an inventory of human remains in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and any pres...
Notice Mar 23, 2020
The Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History has corrected an inventory of human remains, published in a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register on August 5, 2019. This notice corrects the cultural affiliation. Lineal descendants o...
Notice Mar 23, 2020
The Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program, previously listed as the Office of the State Archaeologist Burials Program, has completed an inventory of human remains, in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaii...
Notice Mar 23, 2020
The Pueblo Grande Museum has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between...
Notice Mar 23, 2020
The Pueblo Grande Museum has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation betwee...
Notice Mar 23, 2020

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

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Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has received an amended complaint entitled Certain Spa Pumps, Jet Pump Housings, Pedicure Spas, Components Thereof, and Products Containing the Same, DN 3432; the Commission is solic...
Notice Mar 23, 2020

Justice Department logo Justice Department

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The Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Training Division is submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction A...
Notice Mar 23, 2020
The Drug Enforcement Administration is proposing to amend its regulations to comply with the requirements of the Controlled Substances Act, including consistency with treaty obligations, in order to facilitate the cultivation of marihuana for researc...
Proposed Rule Mar 23, 2020

National Credit Union Administration logo National Credit Union Administration

Title Type Published
The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), as part of a continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on the following extension of a currently approved collection,...
Notice Mar 23, 2020

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National Science Foundation

Title Type Published
On February 21, 2020, the National Science Foundation published a notice of open meeting announcing a meeting on March 25-26, 2020 of the Advisory Committee for Environmental Research and Education. This notice announces the cancellation of this meet...
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will convene a meeting of the Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes (ACMUI) on March 30, 2020. This meeting notice, published in the Federal Register on February 19, 2020, is being re-noticed...
Notice Mar 23, 2020
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment draft NUREG-1409, "Backfitting Guidelines," Revision 1. This draft NUREG provides guidance on the implementation of the backfitting and issue finality provisions of the NRC's...
Proposed Rule Mar 23, 2020
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is correcting a notice that was published in the Federal Register (FR) on February 26, 2020, providing notice of submission to the Office of Management and Budget and requesting comment. This action is nec...
Notice Mar 23, 2020
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has determined that specified inspections, tests, and analyses have been successfully completed, and that specified acceptance criteria are met for the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant (VEGP), Units...
Notice Mar 23, 2020

Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

Title Type Published
The Retirement Services, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) offers the general public and other federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a new information collection, Standard Form 3119-- Application for Court-Ordered Benefits for Former Spou...
Notice Mar 23, 2020
The Retirement Services, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) offers the general public and other federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a revised information collection request (ICR), Self- Certification of Full-Time School Attendance For Th...
Notice Mar 23, 2020
The Retirement Services, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) offers the general public and other federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a revised information collection request (ICR), Designation of Beneficiary: Civil Service Retirement Syst...
Notice Mar 23, 2020
The Retirement Services, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) offers the general public and other Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a revised information collection request (ICR), We Need the Social Security Number of the Person Named Be...
Notice Mar 23, 2020
The Retirement Services, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) offers the general public and other Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a revised information collection request (ICR), We Need the Social Security Number of the Person Named Be...
Notice Mar 23, 2020
The Retirement Services, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) offers the general public and other federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a revised information collection request (ICR), Application for Deferred or Postponed Retirement: Federal...
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The Retirement Services, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) offers the general public and other federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a revised information collection request (ICR), We Need Important Information About Your Eligibility for...
Notice Mar 23, 2020
The Retirement Services, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) offers the general public and other federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a revised information collection request (ICR), Death Benefit Payment Rollover Election, RI 94-7.
Notice Mar 23, 2020
The Retirement Services, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) offers the general public and other federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a revised information collection request (ICR), Civil Service Retirement System Survivor Annuitant Expres...
Notice Mar 23, 2020
The Retirement Services, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) offers the general public and other Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a revised information collection request (ICR), Letter Reply to Request for Information, RI 20-64 and Inf...
Notice Mar 23, 2020
The Retirement Services, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) offers the general public and other Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a revised information collection request (ICR), Information and Instruction on Your Reconsideration Right...
Notice Mar 23, 2020

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Postal Regulatory Commission

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The Commission is appointing a presiding officer to set a procedural schedule and conduct limited discovery for the purpose of determining disputed issues of fact in the case. This notice informs the public of the filing and takes other administrativ...
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Postal Service logo Postal Service

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Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

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Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Title Type Published
The Small Business Administration ("SBA") intends to request approval from the Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") for the collection of information described below. The Paperwork Reduction Act ("PRA") of 1995, requires federal agencies to publis...
Notice Mar 23, 2020

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Title Type Published
Notice Mar 23, 2020
The Board has approved the second quarter 2020 Rail Cost Adjustment Factor (RCAF) and cost index filed by the Association of American Railroads. The second quarter 2020 RCAF (Unadjusted) is 1.051. The second quarter 2020 RCAF (Adjusted) is 0.442. The...
Notice Mar 23, 2020

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Trade Representative, Office of United States

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On March 17, 2020, the U.S Trade Representative notified Congress of the Administration's intent to enter into negotiations with the Republic of Kenya (Kenya) for a U.S.-Kenya trade agreement. The Office of the United States Trade Representative (UST...
Notice Mar 23, 2020

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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 a previously approved information collection. The Federal Register Notice w...
Notice Mar 23, 2020
The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Airbus Helicopters Model AS350B2 helicopters. This proposed AD would require performing a test of the main rotor RPM (NR) indicator, and depending on the results, altering the w...
Proposed Rule Mar 23, 2020
The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Bombardier, Inc., Model CL-600-1A11 (600), CL-600-2A12 (601), and CL-600-2B16 (601-3A, 601-3R, and 604 Variants) airplanes. This proposed AD was prompted by a report that fast a...
Proposed Rule Mar 23, 2020
The FAA proposes to supersede Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2018-07-08, which applies to certain Leonardo S.p.A (type certificate previously held by Agusta S.p.A) Model A109E, A109K2, A109S, AW109SP, A119, and AW119 MKII helicopters. AD 2018-07-08 req...
Proposed Rule Mar 23, 2020
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all The Boeing Company Model 787-8, 787-9, and 787-10 airplanes. This AD requires repetitive cycling of the airplane electrical power. This AD was prompted by a report that the stale-data mon...
Rule Mar 23, 2020
All R-number holders and holders of M-number approvals issued without an expiration date that did not show cause why their approvals should not be terminated, or did not apply for a modification of that approval to get a 5-year expiration time frame...
Notice Mar 23, 2020
This action proposes to amend 9 jet routes, remove 22 jet routes, and remove 1 high altitude area navigation (RNAV) route in the eastern United States. This action is in support of the Northeast Corridor Atlantic Coast Route Project to improve the ef...
Proposed Rule Mar 23, 2020
This action proposes to amend two VHF Omnidirectional Range (VOR) Federal airways, V-55 and V-271; amend two low altitude Area Navigation (RNAV) routes, T-215 and T-265; and remove two VOR Federal airways, V-215 and V-450, in the vicinity of Muskegon...
Proposed Rule Mar 23, 2020
This rule amends, suspends, or removes Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) and associated Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures for operations at certain airports. These regulatory actions are needed because of the adoption o...
Rule Mar 23, 2020
This rule establishes, amends, suspends, or removes Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) and associated Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures (ODPs) for operations at certain airports. These regulatory actions are needed becau...
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Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
This document contains final Income Tax Regulations under section 901(m) of the Internal Revenue Code (Code) with respect to transactions that generally are treated as asset acquisitions for U.S. income tax purposes and either are treated as stock ac...
Rule Mar 23, 2020
To provide liquidity to the money market sector to help stabilize the financial system, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System authorized the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston to establish the Money Market Mutual Fund Liquidity Facility (M...
Rule Mar 23, 2020

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

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