August 5, 2020 (Volume 85)

Federal Register August 5, 2020

View all documents issued on August 5, 2020. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

104 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on August 5, 2020

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations, the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing its intention to request renewal of the approved information collection rega...
Notice Aug 05, 2020

Marketing Order:

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This recommended decision proposes amendments to Marketing Order No. 984 (Order), which regulates the handling of walnuts grown in California. The proposed amendments are based on the record of a public hearing held via videoconference technology on...
Proposed Rule Aug 05, 2020

National Dairy Promotion and Research Program:

Title Type Published
This document maintains the number of National Dairy Promotion and Research Board (Dairy Board) importer members at one member, as is stated in the Dairy Promotion and Research Order (Dairy Order). The Dairy Order requires that at least once every th...
Rule Aug 05, 2020

National Organic Program:

Title Type Published
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) proposes amending the USDA organic regulations to strengthen oversight and enforcement of the production, handling, and sale of organic agricultural products. The...
Proposed Rule Aug 05, 2020

Civil Rights Commission logo Civil Rights Commission

Meetings:

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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 a teleconference meeting of the Hawai'i Advisory Committee (Committ...
Notice Aug 05, 2020
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 a teleconference meeting of the Texas Advisory Committee (Committee...
Notice Aug 05, 2020
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 that the Washington Advisory Committee (Committee) will hold a series of meetin...
Notice Aug 05, 2020

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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The Department of Commerce (DOC) will have under OMB review the following proposed Information Collection Request "Improving Customer Experience (OMB Circular A-11, Section 280 Implementation)" for approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), on...
Notice Aug 05, 2020
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) Damage Assessment, Remediation, and Restoration Program (DARRP) is announcing new indirect cost rates on the recovery of indirect costs for its component organizations involved in natural...
Notice Aug 05, 2020

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:

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The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies have been provided to producers and exporters of aluminum extrusions from the People's Republic of China (China) for the period of review (POR) January 1, 2...
Notice Aug 05, 2020
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding its administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain amorphous silica fabric (silica fabric) from the People's Republic of China (China) for the period of review (POR) March 1, 2019 th...
Notice Aug 05, 2020
Certain Metal Lockers and Parts Thereof From the People's Republic of China
Notice Aug 05, 2020
Certain Metal Lockers and Parts Thereof From the People's Republic of China: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation
Notice Aug 05, 2020
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is amending the final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on emulsion styrene-butadiene rubber (ESB rubber) from Brazil to correct two ministerial errors.
Notice Aug 05, 2020

Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation:

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Certain Vertical Shaft Engines Between 99cc and up to 225cc, and Parts Thereof From the People's Republic of China
Notice Aug 05, 2020

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) (collectively referred to as the "Services" or "we"), propose to add a definition of "habitat" to our regulations that implement section 4 of the Endangered...
Proposed Rule Aug 05, 2020

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

Title Type Published
NMFS implements an accountability measure (AM) for commercial blueline tilefish in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the South Atlantic. Commercial landings of blueline tilefish are projected to reach the commercial annual catch limit (ACL) by Aug...
Rule Aug 05, 2020

Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

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

Title Type Published
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the recent revision to the collection of certain information by the Commission. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), Federal agencies...
Notice Aug 05, 2020

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
Combined Filings
Notice Aug 05, 2020
Combined Filings
Notice Aug 05, 2020

Energy Conservation Program:

Title Type Published
The Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended ("EPCA"), directs DOE to determine whether standards for metal halide lamp fixtures ("MHLFs") should be amended. In this notice of proposed determination ("NOPD"), DOE has initially determined that t...
Proposed Rule Aug 05, 2020

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), a semi- autonomous agency within the United States (U.S.) Department of Energy (DOE), announces its intent to prepare a Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement (SWEIS) for the Lawrence Livermore N...
Notice Aug 05, 2020

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

Orders:

Title Type Published
The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy gives notice that during June 2020, it issued orders granting authority to import and export natural gas, to import and export liquefied natural gas (LNG), and vacating prior authorization....
Notice Aug 05, 2020

Request Under Blanket Authorization:

Title Type Published
Bluewater Gas Storage, LLC
Notice Aug 05, 2020
Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC
Notice Aug 05, 2020

Revocation of Exemption and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests:

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is providing notice that one chapter of the current EPA Air Pollution Control Cost Manual (Control Cost Manual) has been updated. The EPA is requesting comment on: Chapter 1, Section 5, "Wet Scrubbers for Aci...
Notice Aug 05, 2020
This document announces the Agency's receipt of an initial filing of a pesticide petition requesting the establishment or modification of regulations for residues of pesticide chemicals in or on various commodities.
Proposed Rule Aug 05, 2020

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

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an information collection request (ICR), "General Administrative Requirements for Assistance Programs" (EPA ICR No. 0938.22, OMB Control No. 2030-0020 to the Office of Management and Bud...
Notice Aug 05, 2020

National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; National Priorities List:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 is issuing a Notice of Intent to Delete Cimarron Mining Corporation Superfund Site (Site) located in Carrizozo, New Mexico, from the National Priorities List (NPL) and requests public comments on thi...
Proposed Rule Aug 05, 2020

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 Aug 05, 2020

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
This notice announces the intention of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approve the proposed information collection project "Programmatic Information Collection for the AH...
Notice Aug 05, 2020
Meetings
Notice Aug 05, 2020
The Office of Combination Products (OCP) in the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is soliciting applications from members of the public interested in participating in a voluntary pilot program to help OCP evaluate a potential new electronic submissi...
Notice Aug 05, 2020

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

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Aug 05, 2020

Medicare Program:

Title Type Published
This final rule updates the payment rates used under the prospective payment system (PPS) for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) for fiscal year (FY) 2021. We are also making changes to the case-mix classification code mappings used under the SNF PPS...
Rule Aug 05, 2020

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Notice Aug 05, 2020
Helping To End Addiction Long-Term Multi-Disciplinary Working Group
Notice Aug 05, 2020
National Human Genome Research Institute
Notice Aug 05, 2020
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Notice Aug 05, 2020
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Notice Aug 05, 2020
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Initial Review Group Neuroscience Review Subcommittee
Notice Aug 05, 2020
National Library of Medicine
Notice Aug 05, 2020
National Library of Medicine
Notice Aug 05, 2020
National Library of Medicine
Notice Aug 05, 2020

Prospective Grant of Exclusive Patent License:

Title Type Published
The National Cancer Institute and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, of the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, are contemplating the grant of an Exclusive Patent L...
Notice Aug 05, 2020

Revised Procedures and Standards:

Title Type Published
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), oversees the Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness (HomVEE) review, which is proposing to revise the procedures and standards that gu...
Notice Aug 05, 2020

Updated Defintions, Rules, and Procedures Related to Model Versions:

Title Type Published
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), oversees the Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness (HomVEE) review, which is proposing to revise the procedures and standards that gu...
Notice Aug 05, 2020

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Drawbridge Operations:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard proposes to modify the operating schedule that governs the Elgin, Joliet, and Eastern Railroad Bridge, mile 0.68, and the Elgin, Joliet, and Eastern Railroad Bridge, mile 1.89, both over the Indiana Harbor Canal near the town of East...
Proposed Rule Aug 05, 2020

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Housing Counseling Program:

Title Type Published
HUD's current rule states that participating agencies and counselors must comply with certification requirements by 36 months after HUD commences the administration of the certification examination. That 36-month grace period ends on August 1, 2020....
Rule Aug 05, 2020

Mortgage and Loan Insurance Programs Under the National Housing Act:

Title Type Published
This Notice announces changes in the interest rates to be paid on debentures issued with respect to a loan or mortgage insured by the Federal Housing Administration under the provisions of the National Housing Act (the Act). The interest rate for deb...
Notice Aug 05, 2020

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants:

No documents available.

Fee Adjustments:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is adjusting certain Special Recreation Permit (SRP) fees for various recreation activities on BLM-administered public lands and related waters. The BLM is adjusting the minimum fee for commercial, competitive, and...
Notice Aug 05, 2020

Permit Application:

Title Type Published
We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce receipt of an application from Freedom Construction USA, LLC (applicant) for an incidental take permit (ITP) under the Endangered Species Act. The applicant requests the ITP to take the federally...
Notice Aug 05, 2020
We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce receipt of an application from ICI Homes, Inc. (applicant) for an incidental take permit (ITP) under the Endangered Species Act. The applicant requests the ITP to take the federally listed Florida...
Notice Aug 05, 2020
We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce receipt of an application from Titan Liberty Lake Underhill JV and Village I- 545 (applicant) for an incidental take permit (ITP) under the Endangered Species Act. The applicant requests the ITP t...
Notice Aug 05, 2020
We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce receipt of an application from Withers, LLC (applicant) for an incidental take permit (ITP) under the Endangered Species Act. The applicant requests the ITP to take the federally listed sand skink...
Notice Aug 05, 2020
We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce receipt of an application from BB Groves, LLC (applicant) for an incidental take permit (ITP) under the Endangered Species Act. The applicant requests the ITP to take the federally listed sand ski...
Notice Aug 05, 2020

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:

Title Type Published
The Commission hereby gives notice of the institution of investigations and commencement of preliminary phase antidumping and countervailing duty investigation Nos. 701-TA-657 and 731-TA-1537 (Preliminary) pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 ("the Act...
Notice Aug 05, 2020

Complaint:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has received a complaint entitled Certain Blowers and Components Thereof, DN 3481; the Commission is soliciting comments on any public interest issues raised by the complaint or comp...
Notice Aug 05, 2020

J
Judicial Conference of the United States

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules will hold a virtual meeting on October 20, 2020. The meeting is open to the public. When a meeting is held virtually, members of the public may join by telephone conference to listen but not participate. An a...
Notice Aug 05, 2020
The Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules will hold a virtual meeting on September 22, 2020. The meeting is open to the public. When a meeting is held virtually, members of the public may join by telephone conference to listen but not participate. A...
Notice Aug 05, 2020
The Advisory Committee on Civil Rules will hold a virtual meeting on October 16, 2020. The meeting is open to the public. When a meeting is held virtually, members of the public may join by telephone conference to listen but not participate. An agend...
Notice Aug 05, 2020
The Advisory Committee on Evidence Rules will hold a virtual meeting on November 13, 2020. The meeting is open to the public. When a meeting is held virtually, members of the public may join by telephone conference to listen but not participate. An a...
Notice Aug 05, 2020

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Justice is proposing to amend regulations to authorize implementation of a sentence in a Federal capital case in any manner consistent with Federal law and to make other amendments.
Proposed Rule Aug 05, 2020

Changes Under the National Cooperative Research and Production Act:

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Application for Permanent Variance and Interim Order:

Title Type Published
In this notice, OSHA announces the application of Gestamp West Virginia (Gestamp) for a permanent variance and interim order from the provision of OSHA standards that regulate the control of hazardous energy (lockout/tagout) and presents the agency's...
Notice Aug 05, 2020

Petitions for Modification:

Title Type Published
This notice is a summary of 5 petitions for modification submitted to the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) by the parties listed below.
Notice Aug 05, 2020
This notice is a summary of 6 petitions for modification submitted to the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) by the parties listed below.
Notice Aug 05, 2020

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Meetings:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announces a meeting of the Technology, Innovation, and Engineering Committee of the NASA Advisory Council (NAC). This Committe...
Notice Aug 05, 2020

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

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

Title Type Published
The Institute of Museum and Library Services announces the following information collection has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This program helps to...
Notice Aug 05, 2020

Postal Service logo Postal Service

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Aug 05, 2020

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 Aug 05, 2020
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 Aug 05, 2020
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 Aug 05, 2020

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Aug 05, 2020
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Aug 05, 2020

Applications:

Title Type Published
Applicant, a unit investment trust, seeks an order declaring that it has ceased to be an investment company. The applicant has transferred its assets to AGL Separate Account D. Expenses of less than $10,000 incurred in connection with the reorganizat...
Notice Aug 05, 2020

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Title Type Published
Miami International Securities Exchange, LLC
Notice Aug 05, 2020
NYSE American, LLC
Notice Aug 05, 2020
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice Aug 05, 2020
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice Aug 05, 2020
NYSE Chicago, Inc.
Notice Aug 05, 2020
NYSE National, Inc.
Notice Aug 05, 2020
New York Stock Exchange, LLC
Notice Aug 05, 2020
New York Stock Exchange, LLC
Notice Aug 05, 2020

State Department logo State Department

Title Type Published
Determination Pursuant to the Foreign Missions Act
Notice Aug 05, 2020

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

Title Type Published
The Department of State has submitted the information collection described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 we are requesting comments on this collection from all...
Notice Aug 05, 2020

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
The FAA is correcting a final rule published on June 29, 2020 in which the FAA amended regulatory relief originally provided in the Relief for Certain Persons and Operations during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) final rule. The FAA inadverte...
Rule Aug 05, 2020
Petition for Waiver of Compliance
Notice Aug 05, 2020
Petition for Waiver of Compliance
Notice Aug 05, 2020
Petition for Waiver of Compliance
Notice Aug 05, 2020
Petition for Waiver of Compliance
Notice Aug 05, 2020

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. Models PC-6, PC-6/350, PC-6/350-H1, PC-6/350-H2, PC-6/A, PC-6/A-H1, PC-6/A-H2, PC-6/B-H2, PC-6/B1-H2, PC-6/B2-H2, PC-6/ B2-H4, PC-6/C-H2, PC-6/C1-H2, PC-6-H1, and PC-6-H...
Rule Aug 05, 2020
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation Model S-76C helicopters. This AD was prompted by reports of inaccurate main gear box (MGB) indications in flight. This AD requires updating the remote da...
Rule Aug 05, 2020

Amendment of Class E Airspace:

Title Type Published
This action proposes to amend Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface at Grant County Airport, Petersburg, WV, due to the decommissioning of the Kessel VHF Omnidirectional Range/Distance Measuring Equipment (VOR/DME) and can...
Proposed Rule Aug 05, 2020

Amendment of Multiple Air Traffic Service (ATS) Routes:

Title Type Published
This action proposes to amend nine VHF Omnidirectional Range (VOR) Federal airways, V-15, V-26, V-55, V-78, V-100, V-159, V-175, V- 219, and V-307, and two Area Navigation (RNAV) routes, T-285 and T-354, in the Northcentral United States. The modific...
Proposed Rule Aug 05, 2020

Establishment of Class E Airspace:

Title Type Published
This action proposes to establish Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface for Norway Heliport, Norway, ME, to accommodate new area navigation (RNAV) global positioning system (GPS) standard instrument approach procedures (SI...
Proposed Rule Aug 05, 2020

Hours of Service of Drivers; Exemption Applications:

Title Type Published
FMCSA announces its decision to deny as moot the application of Turfgrass Producers International (TPI) to extend the hours-of- service (HOS) exemption for "agricultural commodities" to drivers transporting turfgrass sod. FMCSA has analyzed the appli...
Notice Aug 05, 2020

Request for Review:

Title Type Published
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces that it is reviewing a proposed noise compatibility program that was submitted for San Carlos Airport under the provisions of the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act, hereinafter referred to as...
Notice Aug 05, 2020

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
This document contains proposed regulations to implement legislative changes to sections 263A, 448, 460, and 471 of the Internal Revenue Code (Code) that simplify the application of those tax accounting provisions for certain businesses having averag...
Proposed Rule Aug 05, 2020

Public Hearing:

Title Type Published
This document cancels a public hearing on proposed regulations that proposed regulations clarifying that certain deductions allowed to an estate or nongrantor trust are not miscellaneous itemized deductions and thus are not affected by the suspension...
Proposed Rule Aug 05, 2020

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Health Services Research and Development Service Scientific Merit Review Board
Notice Aug 05, 2020

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