December 8, 2020 (Volume 85)

Federal Register December 8, 2020

View all documents issued on December 8, 2020. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

90 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on December 8, 2020

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
This notice announces the Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) intention to request that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approve a 3-year extension of a currently approved information collection for the "Reporting and Recordkeeping Requir...
Notice Dec 08, 2020
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Dec 08, 2020
The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is announcing the designation of Amarillo Grain Exchange, Inc. (Amarillo) to provide Class X or Class Y weighing services under the United States Grain Standards Act (USGSA), as amended.
Notice Dec 08, 2020

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) has received requests to conduct administrative reviews of various antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders and findings with October anniversary dates. In accordance with Commerce's regulations...
Notice Dec 08, 2020

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:

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The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on certain cold-drawn mechanical tubing of carbon and alloy steel (cold-drawn mechanical tubing) from Switzerland for the period of revie...
Notice Dec 08, 2020
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the administrative review of the countervailing duty order on certain steel racks (steel racks) from the People's Republic of China (China) for the period December 3, 2018, through December 31, 2019...
Notice Dec 08, 2020

Fisheries of the Northeastern United States:

Title Type Published
The New England Fishery Management Council is drafting Amendment 21 to the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery Management Plan, which considers measures related to the Northern Gulf of Maine Scallop Management Area and various Limited Access General Categor...
Notice Dec 08, 2020

Pacific Island Fisheries:

Title Type Published
The Hawaii Longline Association (HLA) has applied for an experimental fishing permit (EFP) to test the conservation and management usefulness of tori lines (bird scaring streamers) in the Hawaii deep-set longline fishery.
Notice Dec 08, 2020

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of an arms sales notification.
Notice Dec 08, 2020

Certificate of Alternate Compliance:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Navy hereby announces that a Certificate of Alternate Compliance has been issued for USS OREGON (SSN 793). Due to the special construction and purpose of this vessel, the Deputy Assistant Judge Advocate General (DAJAG) (Admiralty and Maritim...
Notice Dec 08, 2020

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 without change of a currently approved collection.
Notice Dec 08, 2020

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
EIA submitted an information collection request for extension as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection requests a three-year extension of the Natural Gas Data Collection Program, OMB Control Number 1905-0175. The...
Notice Dec 08, 2020
Combined Filings
Notice Dec 08, 2020
Combined Filings
Notice Dec 08, 2020

Authority To Import and Export Natural Gas, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) gives notice (Notice) of receipt of an application (Application), filed on November 18, 2020, by Vista Pacifico LNG, S.A.P.I de C.V. (Vista Pacifico), and supplemented on November 23,...
Notice Dec 08, 2020

Energy Conservation Program:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Department of Energy ("DOE") is undertaking an early assessment review for amended energy conservation standards for miscellaneous refrigeration products to determine whether to amend the applicable energy conservation standards for this pro...
Proposed Rule Dec 08, 2020
The U.S. Department of Energy ("DOE") is undertaking an early assessment review to determine whether to proceed with a rulemaking to amend DOE's test procedures for packaged terminal air conditioners ("PTACs") and packaged terminal heat pumps ("PTHPs...
Proposed Rule Dec 08, 2020

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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

Title Type Published
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to submit a renewal of an information collection request (ICR), "Implementation of the 8-hour National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone: State Implementation Plan Requirements" (EPA IC...
Notice Dec 08, 2020

State Coal Combustion Residuals Permit Program:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) is proposing to approve in part the Texas Coal Combustion Residuals (CCR) permit program. After reviewing the state CCR permit prog...
Proposed Rule Dec 08, 2020

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Title Type Published
Artificial Intelligence in Federal Government, Use of Trustworthy; Promotion Efforts (EO 13960)
Presidential Document Dec 08, 2020
COVID19 Response and Economic Recovery Facilitation in Iowa; Extension of Governor's Use of National Guard (Memorandum of December 3, 2020)
Presidential Document Dec 08, 2020
COVID19 Response and Economic Recovery Facilitation in Various States and Territories; Extension of Governors' Use of National Guard (Memorandum of December 3, 2020)
Presidential Document Dec 08, 2020

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
The National Suicide Hotline Designation Act of 2020 (Suicide Hotline Act) designates 988 as the universal telephone number within the United States for the purpose of the national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system within one...
Notice Dec 08, 2020

Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission logo Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Dec 08, 2020

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
Notice Dec 08, 2020
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) is adopting a final rule (final rule) to amend the Board's assessment rule, Regulation TT, pursuant to Section 318 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the Dodd...
Rule Dec 08, 2020

Change in Bank Control:

Title Type Published
Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company
Notice Dec 08, 2020

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Clinical Center
Notice Dec 08, 2020
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Notice Dec 08, 2020
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Notice Dec 08, 2020
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Notice Dec 08, 2020
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Notice Dec 08, 2020

Requests for Nominations:

Title Type Published
HRSA is seeking nominations of qualified candidates to be considered for appointment as members of the National Advisory Council on Migrant Health (NACMH). The NACMH consults with and makes recommendations to the HHS Secretary concerning the organiza...
Notice Dec 08, 2020

Single-Source Grant:

Title Type Published
ACF/OPRE announces the intent to award a grant in the amount of $499,514 to the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland. The purpose of this award is to develop alternative statistical methods for adjusting Temporary Assistance for Needy Fam...
Notice Dec 08, 2020

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announces the activation of a Plan of Action to establish a National Strategy for the manufacture, allocation, and distribution of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to respond to COVID-19 implemented u...
Notice Dec 08, 2020

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

Title Type Published
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the...
Notice Dec 08, 2020
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public to take this opportunity to comment on a reinstatement, with change, of a previously approved infor...
Notice Dec 08, 2020
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the...
Notice Dec 08, 2020
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the...
Notice Dec 08, 2020

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Fair Housing Act Design and Construction Requirements:

Title Type Published
This rule amends HUD's Fair Housing Act design and construction regulations by incorporating by reference the 2009 edition of the International Code Council (ICC) Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities (ICC A117.1-2009) standard, as a safe ha...
Rule Dec 08, 2020

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 08, 2020

Meetings:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Southeast Oregon Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet as...
Notice Dec 08, 2020

Permit Application:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, have received a request under the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 from the Kaktovik I[ntilde]upiat Corporation (KIC), for authorization to take by harassment small numbers of polar bears incidental to seis...
Notice Dec 08, 2020

Requests for Nominations:

Title Type Published
The purpose of this notice is to request public nominations to the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Utah Resource Advisory Council (RAC).
Notice Dec 08, 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 scheduling of the final phase of countervailing duty investigation Nos. 701-TA-650-651 (Final) pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 ("the Act") to determine whether an industry in the United States is materiall...
Notice Dec 08, 2020

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Justice, Office of Private Sector, 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 Act of 1995.
Notice Dec 08, 2020

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 08, 2020
The Department of Justice (DOJ), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Ac...
Notice Dec 08, 2020
The Department of Justice (DOJ), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), will submit the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork...
Notice Dec 08, 2020
The Department of Justice (DOJ), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Ac...
Notice Dec 08, 2020

Guidance:

Title Type Published
This notice publishes updated and supplemental guidance on the use of arbitration by the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice. The document includes case selection criteria to help identify Antitrust Division cases that would benefit from...
Notice Dec 08, 2020

Importer of Controlled Substances Application:

Title Type Published
Johnson Matthey Inc. has applied to be registered as an importer of basic class(es) of controlled substance(s). Refer to Supplemental Information listed below for further drug information.
Notice Dec 08, 2020

Labor Department logo Labor Department

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

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management (OASAM)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accord...
Notice Dec 08, 2020

Charter Renewal:

Title Type Published
The Secretary of Labor (Secretary) has renewed the charter for MACOSH.
Notice Dec 08, 2020

Requests for Nominations:

Title Type Published
OSHA invites interested persons to submit nominations for membership on the Maritime Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (MACOSH).
Notice Dec 08, 2020

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is requesting public comment on this proposed Evaluation Policy Statement that presents the standards that will govern the NRC's planning, conduct, and use of program evaluations. The policy statement is i...
Notice Dec 08, 2020

Guidance:

Title Type Published
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a draft report for comment, NUREG-1757, Volume 2, Revision 2, "Consolidated Decommissioning Guidance, Characterization, Survey, and Determination of Radiological Criteria." NUREG-1757 has been revise...
Notice Dec 08, 2020

Peace Corps logo Peace Corps

Title Type Published
The Peace Corps will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and implementing OMB guidance, we are request...
Notice Dec 08, 2020
The Peace Corps will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and implementing OMB guidance, we are request...
Notice Dec 08, 2020
The Peace Corps will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and implementing OMB guidance, we are request...
Notice Dec 08, 2020

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation logo Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

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

Title Type Published
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is requesting that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) extend approval, under the Paperwork Reduction Act, of a collection of information under PBGC's regulation on Missing Participants, with modi...
Notice Dec 08, 2020

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 08, 2020

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Title Type Published
Fixed Income Clearing Corp.
Notice Dec 08, 2020
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice Dec 08, 2020
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice Dec 08, 2020
The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC
Notice Dec 08, 2020
The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC
Notice Dec 08, 2020

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Dec 08, 2020
In accordance with 20 CFR 402.35(b)(2), 404.985(e) and 416.1485(e), the Commissioner of Social Security gives notice of the rescission of Social Security Acquiescence Ruling 15-1(4).
Notice Dec 08, 2020

State Department logo State Department

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

Title Type Published
The Department of State is seeking Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the information collection described below. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we are requesting comments on this collection from all intereste...
Notice Dec 08, 2020
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 Dec 08, 2020

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Title Type Published
Roster of ArbitratorsAnnual Update
Notice Dec 08, 2020

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
FRA and FTA (together "the Agencies") are jointly issuing this notice to adopt the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) nationwide programmatic Section 4(f) evaluations for certain transportation projects having a net benefit to Section 4(f) prope...
Notice Dec 08, 2020
Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) and its implementing regulations, this notice announces that FRA is forwarding the Information Collection Requests (ICRs) abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and com...
Notice Dec 08, 2020

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all ATR--GIE Avions de Transport R[eacute]gional Model ATR42 airplanes; and Model ATR72 airplanes. This proposed AD was prompted by in-service data which revealed that the minimum opera...
Proposed Rule Dec 08, 2020
The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2018-26-02 for Airbus Helicopters (previously Eurocopter France) Model AS350B3, EC130B4, and EC130T2 helicopters. AD 2018-26-02 required inspecting the pilot's and co-pilot's throttle twist for prop...
Rule Dec 08, 2020
The FAA proposes to supersede Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2019-03-10, which applies to all Airbus SAS Model A300 series airplanes; and Model A300 B4-600, B4-600R, and F4-600R series airplanes, and Model A300 C4-605R Variant F airplanes (collectively...
Proposed Rule Dec 08, 2020
The FAA is revising an earlier proposed Airworthiness Directive (AD) for Bell Textron Inc. (Bell) Model 205B helicopters which proposed to require reducing the life limit of certain tail rotor (T/R) blades and re-identifying certain T/R blades with a...
Proposed Rule Dec 08, 2020

Petition for Exemption; Summary:

Title Type Published
This notice contains a summary of a petition seeking relief from specified requirements of Federal Aviation Regulations. The purpose of this notice is to improve the public's awareness of, and participation in, the FAA's exemption process. Neither pu...
Notice Dec 08, 2020

Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit:

Title Type Published
PHMSA is publishing this notice to solicit public comments on a request for special permit received from the Colorado Interstate Gas Company, L.L.C. (CIG). The special permit request is seeking relief from compliance with certain requirements in the...
Notice Dec 08, 2020

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
The 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 one or...
Notice Dec 08, 2020

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 general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on information collections, as required by the Paperwo...
Notice Dec 08, 2020
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 08, 2020
The OCC, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on the renewal of an information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA...
Notice Dec 08, 2020

U
Unified Carrier Registration Plan

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

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

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, this notice announces that the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, Department of Veterans Affairs, will submit the collection of information abstracted below to the Off...
Notice Dec 08, 2020

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