December 15, 2020 (Volume 85)

Federal Register December 15, 2020

View all documents issued on December 15, 2020. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

112 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on December 15, 2020

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Dec 15, 2020
We are removing the domestic quarantine regulations for the plant pest emerald ash borer. This action will discontinue the domestic regulatory component of the emerald ash borer program as a means to more effectively direct available resources toward...
Rule Dec 15, 2020

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

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The Bitterroot National Forest, Stevensville Ranger District, Montana, intends to prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Gold Butterfly Project. Since publication of the original EIS, it was determined that a project-spe...
Notice Dec 15, 2020

Funding Availability:

Title Type Published
The Rural Utilities Service (RUS), a Rural Development agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), is soliciting Letters of intent for loan applications under the Rural Energy Savings Program (RESP), announcing the application proce...
Notice Dec 15, 2020

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Federal Subsistence Board (Board) announces the public meetings of the 10 Alaska Subsistence Regional Advisory Councils (hereafter, Councils or RACs) for the winter and fall cycles of 2021. The 10 Councils each meet approximately twice a year to...
Notice Dec 15, 2020

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
On November 17, 2020, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published in the Federal Register a final rule on setting and adjusting trademark fees that is scheduled to go into effect on January 2, 2021. This final rule changes the eff...
Rule Dec 15, 2020

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:

Title Type Published
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from the Republic of Turkey (Turkey) covering the period of review (POR) September 1, 2019, through August...
Notice Dec 15, 2020

Authorization of Production Activity:

Endangered and Threatened Species:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that NMFS has issued a scientific research permit (Permit 18761-2R) to the University of California, Santa Cruz, under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The research is intended to increase knowledge of black abalone listed und...
Notice Dec 15, 2020

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska:

Title Type Published
NMFS is reallocating the projected unused amount of Pacific cod from vessels using jig gear and trawl catcher vessels (CVs) to CVs less than 60 feet (18.3 m) length overall (LOA) using hook-and-line or pot gear and American Fisheries Act (AFA) catche...
Rule Dec 15, 2020

Fisheries of the Northeastern United States:

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NMFS announces that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the State of Delaware, and the Commonwealth of Virginia are transferring a portion of their 2020 commercial bluefish quota to the State of North Carolina, the State of Rhode Island, and the State...
Rule Dec 15, 2020
NMFS approves and implements changes to the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's Risk Policy. This action is intended to adjust the Council's risk policy by accepting a higher level of risk for stocks at or above biomass targets. These adjustmen...
Rule Dec 15, 2020
NMFS announces that the State of North Carolina is transferring a portion of its 2020 commercial summer flounder quota to the State of Connecticut. This quota adjustment is necessary to comply with the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fisher...
Rule Dec 15, 2020

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announces that the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Advisory Board will hold an open meeting on Tuesday, February 23, 2021.
Notice Dec 15, 2020
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)'s Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology (VCAT or Committee) will meet on Wednesday, February 3, 2021, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
Notice Dec 15, 2020
NMFS announces that the date for the Atlantic Shark Identification workshop originally scheduled for November 12, 2020, in Largo, FL, has been changed. The new date is January 7, 2021. The workshop time and location remain unchanged: 12 p.m. to 4 p.m...
Notice Dec 15, 2020

Pacific Island Pelagic Fisheries:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 and the False Killer Whale Take Reduction Plan, NMFS is publishing a new trigger value for the Southern Exclusion Zone closure. The new trigger is four observed mortality or serious injuries...
Notice Dec 15, 2020

Request for Comments:

Title Type Published
The Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 (Evidence Act) requires federal agencies to modernize their data management practices to develop and support evidence-based policymaking. The Act requires the Director of the Office of Manag...
Notice Dec 15, 2020

Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities:

Title Type Published
NMFS has received a request from the United States Navy (Navy) for the re-issuance of a previously issued incidental harassment authorization (IHA) with the change being a modification to the effective dates. The initial IHA authorizes take of one sp...
Notice Dec 15, 2020

Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Commercial Fishing Operations:

Title Type Published
NMFS proposes to amend the regulations implementing the Atlantic Pelagic Longline Take Reduction Plan (hereinafter called the PLTRP or the Plan) to reduce mortalities and serious injuries of short- finned pilot whales incidental to the Atlantic pelag...
Proposed Rule Dec 15, 2020

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Title Type Published
Defense Human Resources Activity publishes this Civilian Personnel Per Diem Bulletin Number 315. Bulletin Number 315 lists current per diem rates prescribed for reimbursement of subsistence expenses while on official Government travel to Alaska, Hawa...
Notice Dec 15, 2020

Charter Renewal:

Title Type Published
The DoD is publishing this notice to announce that it is renewing the Department of Defense Wage Committee ("the Committee").
Notice Dec 15, 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 a revision of a currently approved information collection.
Notice Dec 15, 2020
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing a new information collection.
Notice Dec 15, 2020
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing a revision of a currently approved collection.
Notice Dec 15, 2020

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
EIA invites public comment on the proposed three year extension, without changes, of Form EIA-111 Quarterly Electricity Imports and Exports Report, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Form EIA-111 collects information on U.S. imports...
Notice Dec 15, 2020
The Department of Energy (DOE) has submitted an information collection request to the OMB for extension under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection requests a three-year extension of its Coordination of Fed...
Notice Dec 15, 2020
Combined Filings
Notice Dec 15, 2020
Combined Filings
Notice Dec 15, 2020
Combined Filings
Notice Dec 15, 2020
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Dec 15, 2020

Application to Export Electric Energy:

Title Type Published
NRG Power Marketing LLC (Applicant or NRGPML) has applied for authorization to transmit electric energy from the United States to Canada pursuant to the Federal Power Act.
Notice Dec 15, 2020

Petition for Declaratory Order:

Title Type Published
Western Area Power Administration
Notice Dec 15, 2020

Petition for Waiver:

Title Type Published
Empire Pipeline, Inc.
Notice Dec 15, 2020

Shortening Comment Period Regarding Offer of Settlement:

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Application for Emergency Exemption:

Title Type Published
EPA has received a specific exemption request from the Washington State Department of Agriculture to use the pesticide broflanilide (CAS No. 1207727-04-5) to treat an amount of spring wheat seed sufficient to plant up to 206,000 acres to control wire...
Notice Dec 15, 2020

Certain New Chemicals:

Title Type Published
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 Dec 15, 2020

Proposed Settlement Agreement:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator's October 16, 2017, Directive Promoting Transparency and Public Participation in Consent Decrees and Settlement Agreements, notice is hereby given of a proposed settlement agr...
Notice Dec 15, 2020

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Title Type Published
Morocco; U.S. Recognition of Sovereignty Over Western Sahara (Proc. 10126)
Presidential Document Dec 15, 2020

Foreign Relations:

Title Type Published
Foreign Assistance, U.S.; Rebranding To Advance Influence (EO 13964)
Presidential Document Dec 15, 2020

Government Agencies and Employees:

Title Type Published
Department of Defense; Order of Succession (EO 13963)
Presidential Document Dec 15, 2020

Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board logo Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Dec 15, 2020

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

Title Type Published
On a temporary basis, the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission will be sending most issuances through electronic mail and will not be monitoring incoming physical mail or facsimile transmissions.
Notice Dec 15, 2020
The Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission (the "Commission") is suspending all in-person hearings, settlement judge conferences, and mediations until May 31, 2021.
Notice Dec 15, 2020

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
Proposals to Engage in or to Acquire Companies Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking Activities
Notice Dec 15, 2020

Change in Bank Control Notices:

Title Type Published
Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company
Notice Dec 15, 2020

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
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 15, 2020
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of Health and Human Services, is announcing it has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance the following coll...
Notice Dec 15, 2020

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

Title Type Published
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is requesting a 3-year extension of the form ACF-118: Child Care and Development Fund Plan for States/Territories (OMB #0970-0114, expiration 12/31/2021) for FFY 2022-2024. There are minor changes re...
Notice Dec 15, 2020
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 15, 2020

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Notice Dec 15, 2020
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
Notice Dec 15, 2020
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Notice Dec 15, 2020
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
Notice Dec 15, 2020
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Notice Dec 15, 2020
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Notice Dec 15, 2020
National Institute on Aging
Notice Dec 15, 2020
National Institute on Aging
Notice Dec 15, 2020

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
This rule identifies communities where the sale of flood insurance has been authorized under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) that are scheduled for suspension on the effective dates listed within this rule because of noncompliance with th...
Rule Dec 15, 2020

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Application Procedures, Execution and Filing of Forms:

Title Type Published
This final rule amends the regulations pertaining to execution and filing of forms in order to reflect the new address of the BLM- Eastern States Office of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). All filings and other documents relating to public lands...
Rule Dec 15, 2020

Endangered and Threatened Species:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a 12-month finding on a petition to list the northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). After a tho...
Rule Dec 15, 2020
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, announce the availability of our draft recovery plan for Texas hornshell, a medium sized freshwater mussel that is listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. This species is native to the Rio Grande...
Notice Dec 15, 2020

Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Concordia University has applied to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for an amended incidental take permit (ITP) under the Endangered Species Act. The requested amended ITP, if granted, would authorize incidental take of the Jollyville Plateau sala...
Notice Dec 15, 2020

Meetings:

No documents available.

Realty Action:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is proposing a noncompetitive (direct) sale of the Federal reversionary interest of 2.50 acres of previously patented land in a Recreation and Public Purposes Act patent in Cochise, Arizona, at no less than the app...
Notice Dec 15, 2020

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Bulk Manufacturer of Controlled Substances Application:

Title Type Published
Sterling Wisconsin, LLC has applied to be registered as a bulk manufacturer of basic class(es) of controlled substance(s). Refer to Supplemental Information listed below for further drug information.
Notice Dec 15, 2020

Importer of Controlled Substances Application:

Title Type Published
Adiramedica LLC has applied to be registered as an importer of a basic class of a controlled substance. Refer to Supplemental Information listed below for further drug information.
Notice Dec 15, 2020

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
This document includes final rules regarding grandfathered group health plans and grandfathered group health insurance coverage that amend current rules to provide greater flexibility for certain grandfathered health plans to make changes to certain...
Rule Dec 15, 2020

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

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the DOL is soliciting public comments regarding this OASAM-sponsored information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval.
Notice Dec 15, 2020
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Employment and Training Administration (ETA)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reducti...
Notice Dec 15, 2020

Labor Certification Process for the Temporary Employment of Aliens in Agriculture in the United States:

Title Type Published
The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) of the Department of Labor (Department) is issuing this notice to announce the 2021 Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR) for the employment of temporary or seasonal nonimmigrant foreign workers (H-2A worker...
Notice Dec 15, 2020

National Credit Union Administration logo National Credit Union Administration

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Dec 15, 2020
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Dec 15, 2020

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Dec 15, 2020

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation logo Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans:

Title Type Published
This final rule amends the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's regulation on Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans to prescribe interest assumptions under the asset allocation regulation for plans with valuation dates in the first quarter...
Rule Dec 15, 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 15, 2020
The Commission is adopting final rules modifying the system for regulating rates and classifications for Market Dominant products. The revised rules incorporate feedback from comments received from the Commission's prior proposed rulemaking. The rule...
Rule Dec 15, 2020

Postal Service logo Postal Service

Title Type Published
The United States Postal Service[supreg] (Postal Service) is proposing to modify a Customer Privacy Act System of Records (SOR) to enhance an ongoing initiative to identify, prevent and mitigate potentially fraudulent activity within the Change-of-Ad...
Notice Dec 15, 2020

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Dec 15, 2020

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Title Type Published
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
Notice Dec 15, 2020
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
Notice Dec 15, 2020
MIAX Emerald, LLC
Notice Dec 15, 2020
Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board
Notice Dec 15, 2020
Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board
Notice Dec 15, 2020
The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC
Notice Dec 15, 2020
The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC
Notice Dec 15, 2020
The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC
Notice Dec 15, 2020

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Economic Injury Disaster Declaration:

Title Type Published
This is an amendment of the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) declaration for the State of COLORADO, dated 09/15/2020. Incident: Grizzly Creek Fire. Incident Period: 08/10/2020 through 12/ 08/2020.
Notice Dec 15, 2020

State Department logo State Department

Sanctions Actions:

Title Type Published
The Secretary of State has imposed sanctions on 5 entities and 3 individuals pursuant to E.O. 13846, Reimposing Certain Sanctions with Respect to Iran.
Notice Dec 15, 2020
The Secretary of State imposed sanctions on six entities and five individuals pursuant to E.O. 13846, Reimposing Certain Sanctions with Respect to Iran; the Secretary of State subsequently terminated those sanctions imposed on one of the entities and...
Notice Dec 15, 2020

T
Trade Representative, Office of United States

Hearing:

Title Type Published
Each year, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) conducts a review to identify countries that deny adequate and effective protection of intellectual property (IP) rights or deny fair and equitable market access to U.S. persons w...
Notice Dec 15, 2020

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
FRA is revising its regulation governing the qualification and certification of locomotive engineers to make it consistent with its regulation for the qualification and certification of conductors. The changes include: Amending the program submission...
Rule Dec 15, 2020

Airspace Designations and Reporting Points:

Title Type Published
This action proposes to establish Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface at Mark Hoard Memorial Airport, Leoti, KS. The establishment of Class E airspace facilitates the airport's transition from visual flight rules (VFR) t...
Proposed Rule Dec 15, 2020
This action establishes Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface for New Garden Airport, Toughkenamon, PA, to accommodate new instrument procedures designed for the airport. Controlled airspace is necessary for the safety and...
Rule Dec 15, 2020

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Airbus Helicopters Model AS350B, AS350BA, AS350B1, AS350B2, AS350B3, AS350C, and AS350D helicopters; Model AS355E, AS355F, AS355F1, AS355F2, AS355N, and AS355NP helicopters; and Mod...
Proposed Rule Dec 15, 2020
The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Leonardo S.p.a. (Leonardo) Model AW189 helicopters. This proposed AD would require inspecting the tail plane installation forward bolts (bolts) and depending on the results of those ins...
Proposed Rule Dec 15, 2020
The FAA proposes to supersede Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2012-04-15, which applies to all Pratt & Whitney (PW) JT9D-3A, JT9D-7, JT9D-7A, JT9D-7AH, JT9D-7F, JT9D-7H, JT9D-7J, JT9D-20, JT9D-20J, JT9D- 59A, JT9D-70A, JT9D-7Q, JT9D-7Q3, JT9D-7R4D, JT9D...
Proposed Rule Dec 15, 2020

Drug and Alcohol Testing:

Title Type Published
This notification of determination announces FRA's minimum annual random drug and minimum annual random alcohol testing rates for covered service and maintenance-of-way (MOW) employees for calendar year 2021.
Notice Dec 15, 2020

Petition for Decision:

Title Type Published
This document announces the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) receipt of a petition for a decision that model year (MY) 2014-2018 Chevrolet 2500 Trucks (TKs) that were not originally manufactured to comply with all applicable Fed...
Notice Dec 15, 2020
This document announces NHTSA's receipt of a petition for a decision that model year (MY) 2014-2018 Chevrolet Cheyenne Trucks (TKs) (which may be badged as either "LTZ," "Z-71," or "High Country" model) that were not originally manufactured to comply...
Notice Dec 15, 2020

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 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 P...
Notice Dec 15, 2020
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 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 P...
Notice Dec 15, 2020
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 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 P...
Notice Dec 15, 2020
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 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 P...
Notice Dec 15, 2020
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 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 P...
Notice Dec 15, 2020
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of one or more persons that have been placed on OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List based on OFAC's determination that on...
Notice Dec 15, 2020

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

Title Type Published
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 a the renewal of an information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (P...
Notice Dec 15, 2020

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 Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, will submit the collection of information abstracted below to the Office of Management and...
Notice Dec 15, 2020
Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal age...
Notice Dec 15, 2020

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