December 31, 2020 (Volume 85)

Federal Register December 31, 2020

View all documents issued on December 31, 2020. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

96 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on December 31, 2020

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
This notice informs the public of the annual adjustments to the reimbursement rates for meals served in the Summer Food Service Program for Children. These adjustments address changes in the Consumer Price Index, as required under the Richard B. Russ...
Notice Dec 31, 2020

Civil Rights Commission logo Civil Rights Commission

Meetings:

Title Type Published
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 planning meeting of the New Jersey Advisory Committee to the Co...
Notice Dec 31, 2020

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
On December 2, 2020, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) within the Department of Commerce (Commerce), published the Notice of Request for Public Comments on Condition of the Public Health Industrial Base and Recommend Policies and Actions to S...
Notice Dec 31, 2020
NMFS proposes to amend the regulations implementing the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan to reduce the incidental mortality and serious injury to North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis), fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus), and humpb...
Proposed Rule Dec 31, 2020

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

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:

Title Type Published
On November 20, 2020, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) published the initiation and preliminary results of a changed circumstances review (CCR) of the antidumping duty order on diamond sawblades and parts thereof (diamond sawblades) from the Peo...
Notice Dec 31, 2020
As a result of this second sunset review, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on prestressed concrete steel wire strand (PC strand) from the People's Republic of China (China) would be li...
Notice Dec 31, 2020
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of the antidumping duty order on prestressed concrete steel wire strand (PC strand) from the People's Republic of China (China) would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumpi...
Notice Dec 31, 2020

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska:

Title Type Published
NMFS is opening directed fishing for Pacific cod by various sectors in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to fully use the 2021 total allowable catch (TAC) of Pacific cod in the GOA.
Rule Dec 31, 2020

Fisheries of the Northeastern United States:

Title Type Published
This temporary rule implements emergency measures under the authority of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to revise portions of the fishing year 2019 carryover provisions in the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Pl...
Rule Dec 31, 2020

Fisheries off West Coast States:

Title Type Published
NMFS issues this final rule to revise the annual reference points, including the overfishing limit (OFL), acceptable biological catch (ABC) and annual catch limit (ACL), for the central subpopulation of northern anchovy in the U.S. exclusive economic...
Rule Dec 31, 2020
NMFS published a final rule on December 11, 2020 to establish the 2021-2022 harvest specifications and management measures for groundfish taken in the U.S. exclusive economic zone off the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California. That final rule...
Rule Dec 31, 2020

Production Authority Not Approved:

Title Type Published
Arbor Foods, Inc., Foreign-Trade Zone 8, Toledo, OH
Notice Dec 31, 2020

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, DoD announces the proposed extension of a public information collection requirement and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. DoD invites comments on: Whether the proposed collection o...
Notice Dec 31, 2020
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, DoD announces the proposed extension of a public information collection requirement and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. DoD invites comments on: Whether the proposed collection o...
Notice Dec 31, 2020

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
Combined Filings
Notice Dec 31, 2020
Combined Filings
Notice Dec 31, 2020
Combined Filings
Notice Dec 31, 2020

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

Refund Report:

Title Type Published
ITC Great Plains, LLC
Notice Dec 31, 2020

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.
Notice Dec 31, 2020
Based on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) review of the air quality criteria and the national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for photochemical oxidants including ozone (O<INF>3</INF>), the EPA is retaining the current standards, w...
Rule Dec 31, 2020

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

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Effluent Limitation Guidelines and Standards for the Dental Category (OMB Control Number 2040-0287; EPA ICR Number 2514.03), to the Office of Management...
Notice Dec 31, 2020
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Information Requirements for Boilers and Industrial Furnaces (EPA ICR Number 1361.18, OMB Control Number 2050-0073) to the Office of Management and Budge...
Notice Dec 31, 2020
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Notice of Arrival of Pesticides and Devices under section 17(c) of FIFRA (EPA ICR Number 0152.13 and OMB Control Number 2070-0020) to the Office of Manag...
Notice Dec 31, 2020
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Public Health Emergency Workplace Response System (EPA ICR Number 2676.01, OMB Control Number 2030-NEW) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for...
Notice Dec 31, 2020
The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Submission of Unreasonable Adverse Effects under FIFRA Section 6(a)(2) (EPA ICR Number 1204.14, OMB Control Number 2070-0039) to the Office of Management and B...
Notice Dec 31, 2020

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Title Type Published
Consistent with Executive Order, "Efficient Federal Operations," and the "Implementing Instructions for Executive Order 13834 Efficient Federal Operations," the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) has issued updated guidance to Federal agencies ti...
Notice Dec 31, 2020

Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

Proposed Consent Agreement:

Title Type Published
The consent agreement in this matter settles alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices. The attached Analysis to Aid Public Comment describes both the allegations in the complaint and the terms of the consent...
Notice Dec 31, 2020
The consent agreement in this matter settles alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices. The attached Analysis to Aid Public Comment describes both the allegations in the complaint and the terms of the consent...
Notice Dec 31, 2020
The consent agreement in this matter settles alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices. The attached Analysis to Aid Public Comment describes both the allegations in the complaint and the terms of the consent...
Notice Dec 31, 2020

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Dec 31, 2020
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Dec 31, 2020
Effective December 28, 2020, HRSA accepted a recommended update to the Bright Futures Periodicity Schedule, a HRSA-supported guideline for infants, children and adolescents, for purposes of health insurance coverage without cost sharing under the Pub...
Notice Dec 31, 2020
Notice is provided that the Director of the Indian Health Service has approved the rates for inpatient and outpatient medical care provided by IHS facilities for Calendar Year 2021.
Notice Dec 31, 2020
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announces an Agency Order requiring negative pre-departure COVID-19 test results for all airline passengers arriving into the...
Notice Dec 31, 2020

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

Title Type Published
The Children's Bureau (CB), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is proposing to establish a generic clearance to collect information to assess regulatory requirements of title IV-E agenc...
Notice Dec 31, 2020

Guidance:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of a final guidance for industry entitled "Consumer Antiseptic Rub Final Rule Questions and Answers." We are issuing this guidance in accordance with the Small Business R...
Notice Dec 31, 2020

Medicaid Program:

Title Type Published
This final rule will advance CMS' efforts to support state flexibility to enter into innovative value-based purchasing arrangements (VBPs) with manufacturers, and to provide manufacturers with regulatory support to enter into VBPs with payers, includ...
Rule Dec 31, 2020

Medicare Program:

Title Type Published
This final rule names a new transaction standard for the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit program's (Part D) e-prescribing program as required by the "Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Co...
Rule Dec 31, 2020

Meetings:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, this notice announces that the Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry (ACTPCMD) will hold public meetings for the 2021 calendar year (CY). Information about ACTPCMD...
Notice Dec 31, 2020
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Dec 31, 2020
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, this notice announces that the National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice (NACNEP) will hold public meetings for the 2021 calendar year (CY). Information about NACNEP, agendas, and...
Notice Dec 31, 2020
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Notice Dec 31, 2020
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Notice Dec 31, 2020
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Notice Dec 31, 2020
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
Notice Dec 31, 2020

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
This document announces that U.S. Customs and Border Protection has changed the dates on which the semi-annual examination for an individual broker's license will be held in April and October 2021.
Notice Dec 31, 2020
In April, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) issued a temporary final rule to allocate certain health and medical resources for domestic use, so that these resources may not be exported from the United States without explicit approval by...
Rule Dec 31, 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) is withdrawing the Federal Register Notice published on November 13, 2020.
Notice Dec 31, 2020
The Federal Emergency Management Agency, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public to take this opportunity to comment on a revision of a currently approved information collection. In accor...
Notice Dec 31, 2020

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) held a meeting remotely via web conference to implement the Voluntary Agreement for the Manufacture and Distribution of Critical Healthcare Resources Necessary to Respond to a Pandemic.
Notice Dec 31, 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 antidumping and countervailing duty investigation Nos. 701-TA-654-655 and 731-TA-1529-1532 (Final) pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 ("the Act") to determine whether an indus...
Notice Dec 31, 2020

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Guidance:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives ("ATF") is announcing the withdrawal of a notice and request for comments entitled "Objective Factors for Classifying Weapons with `Stabilizing Braces'," that was published on December 18, 2020...
Notice Dec 31, 2020

Proposed Consent Decree:

Title Type Published
Clean Water Act
Notice Dec 31, 2020

Proposed Final Judgment and Competitive Impact Statement:

Title Type Published
United States, et al. v. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Inc., et al.
Notice Dec 31, 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 Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 19...
Notice Dec 31, 2020
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 19...
Notice Dec 31, 2020

Library of Congress logo Library of Congress

Title Type Published
The U.S. Copyright Office is issuing an interim rule regarding the Musical Works Modernization Act, title I of the Orrin G. Hatch-Bob Goodlatte Music Modernization Act. The law establishes a new blanket compulsory license that will be administered by...
Rule Dec 31, 2020

M
Management and Budget Office

Guidance:

Title Type Published
This document announces the availability of the 2020 Compliance Supplement Addendum (2020 Addendum) for the Office of Management and Budget's uniform administrative requirements, cost principles, and audit requirements regulations. This document also...
Rule Dec 31, 2020

National Credit Union Administration logo National Credit Union Administration

Title Type Published
The NCUA Board (Board) is amending its regulation governing assessment of an annual operating fee to Federal credit unions (FCUs). First, for purposes of calculating the annual operating fee, the final rule amends the current rule to exclude from tot...
Rule Dec 31, 2020
The NCUA Board (Board) proposes to amend its investment regulation to permit federal credit unions (FCUs) to purchase mortgage servicing rights from other federally insured credit unions under certain conditions. Under the proposed rule, eligible FCU...
Proposed Rule Dec 31, 2020

N
National Science Foundation

Title Type Published
The National Science Foundation (NSF or Foundation) is providing notice of its adjusted maximum civil monetary penalties, effective January 15, 2021. These adjustments are required by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements...
Notice Dec 31, 2020

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Alan T. Waterman Award Committee
Notice Dec 31, 2020

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its export and import regulations to maintain the regulatory status quo for nuclear exports to the United Kingdom (U.K.), upon the entry into force of a new civil nuclear cooperation agreement...
Rule Dec 31, 2020

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

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has recently submitted a proposed collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. The information collection is entitled, NRC Form 149, "OCFO Invitational Traveler Reques...
Notice Dec 31, 2020

License Amendment:

Title Type Published
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering issuance of an amendment to Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR- 74, issued to Indiana Michigan Power Company, for operation of the Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant, Unit No. 2. (CNP-2). The p...
Notice Dec 31, 2020

Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

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

Title Type Published
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), RI 30-1-- Request to Disability Annuitant for Information on...
Notice Dec 31, 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 31, 2020

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
The Securities and Exchange Commission is proposing amendments to Regulation ATS under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act") for alternative trading systems ("ATSs"). The Commission is proposing to amend Regulation ATS for ATSs that tr...
Proposed Rule Dec 31, 2020

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Surrender of License of Small Business Investment Company:

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Abandonment Exemption:

Title Type Published
The New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway Corp., Bergen County, New Jersey
Notice Dec 31, 2020

Joint Petition For Rulemaking:

Title Type Published
The Surface Transportation Board (Board or STB) opens a rulemaking proceeding to consider a petition by several Class I railroads to change the Board's procedures for annually determining whether Class I rail carriers are revenue adequate. The Board...
Proposed Rule Dec 31, 2020

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), this Notice confirms the Department of Transportation's (Department) intention to renew and revise an Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number as related to the Department's Bu...
Notice Dec 31, 2020
The Department of Transportation ("Department" or "DOT") is withdrawing a Request for Information ("RFI") that solicited information on whether airline restrictions on the distribution or display of airline flight information harm consumers and const...
Notice Dec 31, 2020
FMCSA amends its rulemaking procedures by revising the process for preparing and adopting rules and petitions. Also, the Agency adds new definitions, and makes general administrative corrections throughout its rulemaking procedures. These actions are...
Rule Dec 31, 2020

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

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. The ICR describes the nature...
Notice Dec 31, 2020
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 an information collection. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day commen...
Notice Dec 31, 2020

Funding Opportunity:

Title Type Published
The Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, enacted in December 2015, authorized the establishment of a Regional Infrastructure Accelerators Demonstration Program (the Program) to assist entities in developing improved infrastructure prio...
Notice Dec 31, 2020

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The FAA is hosting a virtual industry day to introduce the Small Airport Surveillance Sensor (SASS) Project to the aviation community. The FAA will present and discuss the SASS Project vision, objectives, and project timelines. The SASS Industry Day...
Notice Dec 31, 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 31, 2020
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 31, 2020
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 31, 2020
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 31, 2020
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 31, 2020
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 31, 2020

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is providing notice of its maximum civil money penalties as adjusted for inflation. The inflation adjustments are required to implement the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990,...
Rule Dec 31, 2020
This document contains proposed regulations establishing a new user fee for authorized persons who wish to request the issuance of IRS Letter 627, also referred to as an estate tax closing letter. The Independent Offices Appropriations Act of 1952 au...
Proposed Rule Dec 31, 2020

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

Title Type Published
The Department of the Treasury will submit the following information collection requests to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the date of publication...
Notice Dec 31, 2020

Establish Price Increases:

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 31, 2020

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