March 15, 2021 (Volume 86)

Federal Register March 15, 2021

View all documents issued on March 15, 2021. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

92 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on March 15, 2021

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
We are advising the public that we have prepared a pest risk analysis relative to the importation into the United States of sand pear (Pyrus pyrifolia var. culta) fruit from the Republic of Korea. Currently, sand pear fruit may be imported into the U...
Notice Mar 15, 2021

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) announces its intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and hold a virtual public scoping meeting in connection with possible impacts related to the Skeleton Creek Solar and Battery Storage Project (P...
Notice Mar 15, 2021

List of Regions Affected with African Swine Fever:

Title Type Published
We are advising the public that we have added the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste to the list of regions that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service considers to be affected with African swine fever (ASF). We have taken this action because...
Notice Mar 15, 2021

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 teleconference meeting of the Hawai'i Advisory Committee (Committ...
Notice Mar 15, 2021
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 press conference of the Maryland Advisory Committee to the Comm...
Notice Mar 15, 2021

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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The Economic Development Administration (EDA) has received petitions for certification of eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance from the firms listed below. Accordingly, EDA has initiated investigations to determine whether increased i...
Notice Mar 15, 2021
On February 24, 2021, President Biden issued an Executive order on "America's Supply Chains," which directs several Federal agency actions to secure and strengthen America's supply chains. One of these directions is for the Secretary of Commerce (the...
Notice Mar 15, 2021

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

Title Type Published
Associates Information System
Notice Mar 15, 2021
The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of our in...
Notice Mar 15, 2021
Quarterly Survey of Plant Capacity Utilization
Notice Mar 15, 2021
The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of our in...
Notice Mar 15, 2021

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 certain hot- rolled steel flat products (HR Steel) from Australia covering the period of review (POR) October 1, 2019, through September 30...
Notice Mar 15, 2021
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that certain steel nails (steel nails) from the Sultanate of Oman (Oman) were not sold in the United States at less than normal value during the period of review (POR), July 1, 2018, through June 30, 2...
Notice Mar 15, 2021
On November 23, 2020, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet, and strip (PET film) from Taiwan. The period of r...
Notice Mar 15, 2021

Application for Reorganization under Alternative Site Framework:

Title Type Published
Foreign-Trade Zone 158, Vicksburg/Jackson, MS; Expansion of Service Area
Notice Mar 15, 2021

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold a four-day meeting via webinar of its Standing, Reef Fish, and Socioeconomic Scientific and Statistical Committees (SSC).
Notice Mar 15, 2021
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold three regional public webinar workshops to solicit input on future management of the recreational summer flounder fishery and strategies to minimize discards.
Notice Mar 15, 2021
The Center of Independent Experts (CIE) will be held March 30, 2021 through April 1, 2021.
Notice Mar 15, 2021
The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council's (Council) Citizen Science Program will hold three workshops via webinar to assist in the development of a customizable citizen science mobile application.
Notice Mar 15, 2021

Proposed Boundary Expansion:

Title Type Published
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is considering a request to expand the boundary of the Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (Narragansett Bay NERR or the Reserve) and is soliciting comments from the public o...
Notice Mar 15, 2021

Review of Nomination:

Title Type Published
In May 2020, the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration requested written comments to facilitate ONMS review of the nomination for Lake Erie Quadrangle National Marine Sanctuary (NMS). NOAA reques...
Notice Mar 15, 2021

Corporation for National and Community Service logo Corporation for National and Community Service

Title Type Published
The Corporation for National and Community Service, operating as AmeriCorps, has submitted a public information collection request (ICR) entitled COVID-19 Service Activity Reporting for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction A...
Notice Mar 15, 2021

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
Combined Filings
Notice Mar 15, 2021
Combined Filings
Notice Mar 15, 2021
Combined Filings
Notice Mar 15, 2021

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

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Modernizing Electricity Market Design; Technical Conference
Notice Mar 15, 2021

Request under Blanket Authorization and Establishing Intervention and Protest Deadline:

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Connecticut on December 20, 2019. This revision amends the State's definitions of "emergency" and "emergency engine...
Proposed Rule Mar 15, 2021

Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve the State of Utah's Source Category Exemptions Revisions as submitted on November 5, 2019. The EPA is taking this action pursuant to the Clean Air Act (CAA).
Proposed Rule Mar 15, 2021

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Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given, in accordance with the provisions of Article VI of the Bylaws of the Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation (FCSIC), of a forthcoming regular meeting of the Board that a regular meeting of the Board of Directors of FCSIC wil...
Notice Mar 15, 2021

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
Notice Mar 15, 2021

Changes in Bank Control:

Title Type Published
Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company
Notice Mar 15, 2021

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

Relocation Allowances:

Title Type Published
This GSA Bulletin FTR 21-04 informs agencies that certain provisions of the FTR governing official relocation travel and renewal agreement travel (RAT) may continue to be temporarily waived for the period of time stated in the bulletin. This bulletin...
Notice Mar 15, 2021

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Grant of an Exclusive Patent License:

Title Type Published
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, an institute of the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, is contemplating the grant of an Exclusive Patent License to practice the inventions embodied in th...
Notice Mar 15, 2021

Medicare Program:

Title Type Published
This final notice announces our decision to renew the Medicare Advantage "deeming authority" of the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) for health maintenance organizations and preferred provider organizations for a term of 6 years.
Notice Mar 15, 2021

Meetings:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), announces the following meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). This meeting is open to the public. Time will be...
Notice Mar 15, 2021
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the CDC and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), announces the following meeting for the CDC/HRSA Advisory Committee on HIV, Viral Hepatitis and STD Prevention and Treatment (...
Notice Mar 15, 2021
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the CDC announces the following meeting for the Lead Exposure and Prevention Advisory Committee (LEPAC). This meeting is open to the public by teleconference but advance registration by April 30,...
Notice Mar 15, 2021

Prospective Grant of an Exclusive Patent License:

Title Type Published
The Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health published a Notice in the Federal Register on February 25, 2021. That Notice requires a correction in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.
Notice Mar 15, 2021

Request for Information:

Title Type Published
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality published a document in the Federal Register of March 5, 2021, concerning request for information on the Use of Clinical Algorithms That Have the Potential To Introduce Racial/Ethnic Bias Into Healthcare...
Notice Mar 15, 2021

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the U.S. Coast Guard intends to submit an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), requesting an ex...
Notice Mar 15, 2021
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the U.S. Coast Guard intends to submit an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), requesting an ex...
Notice Mar 15, 2021
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the U.S. Coast Guard intends to submit an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), requesting an ex...
Notice Mar 15, 2021
To address the threat of synthetic opioids and other dangerous items coming to the United States in international mail shipments and to implement the requirements of the Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention Act of 2018 (STOP Act), U.S. Cust...
Rule Mar 15, 2021

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 Mar 15, 2021
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 an extension, without change, of a currently approved inform...
Notice Mar 15, 2021

Charter Renewal:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard announces the recertification of the Prince William Sound Regional Citizens' Advisory Council (PWSRCAC) as an alternative voluntary advisory group for Prince William Sound, Alaska. This certification allows the PWSRCAC to monitor the...
Notice Mar 15, 2021

Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds:

Title Type Published
This final rule removes the regulations resulting from a final rule issued in August 2019, which has since been vacated by a Federal district court.
Rule Mar 15, 2021

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Complaint:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has received a complaint entitled Certain LED Landscape Lighting Devices and Components Thereof, DN 3537; the Commission is soliciting comments on any public interest issues raised b...
Notice Mar 15, 2021

Investigations; Determinations, Modifications, and Rulings, etc.:

Title Type Published
On March 8, 2021, the Department of Commerce published notices in the Federal Register of a negative final determination of subsidies in connection with the subject investigation concerning Brazil (86 FR 13289) and negative final determinations of sa...
Notice Mar 15, 2021
The Commission hereby gives notice of the scheduling of the final phase of antidumping and countervailing duty investigation Nos. 701-TA-656 and 731-TA-1533 (Final) pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 ("the Act") to determine whether an industry in th...
Notice Mar 15, 2021

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Justice, Office of the Chief Information Officer, 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 Mar 15, 2021

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 Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Redu...
Notice Mar 15, 2021
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Redu...
Notice Mar 15, 2021
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Redu...
Notice Mar 15, 2021

Application for Expansion of Recognition:

Title Type Published
In this notice, OSHA announces the application of TUV Rheinland of North America, Inc., for expansion of the scope of recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) and presents the agency's preliminary finding to grant the applicat...
Notice Mar 15, 2021

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Maritime Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (MACOSH) will meet March 30, 2021, by teleconference and WebEx.
Notice Mar 15, 2021

Legal Services Corporation logo Legal Services Corporation

Funding Availability:

Title Type Published
The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) is a federally established and funded organization that funds civil legal aid organizations across the country and in the U.S. territories. Its mission is to expand access to justice by funding high-quality legal...
Notice Mar 15, 2021

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Title Type Published
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has adopted a final rule making inflation adjustments to civil monetary penalties within its jurisdiction. This final rule represents the annual 2021 inflation adjustments of monetary penalties...
Rule Mar 15, 2021

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

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) will hold thirty meetings, by videoconference, of the Humanities Panel, a federal advisory committee, during April 2021. The purpose of the meetings is for panel review, discussion, evaluation, and reco...
Notice Mar 15, 2021

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National Labor Relations Board

Title Type Published
This document withdraws a proposed rule that was published in the Federal Register on September 23, 2019, as corrected on October 16, 2019. The proposed rule would have established that students who perform any services for compensation, including, b...
Proposed Rule Mar 15, 2021

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Exemption; Issuance:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued four exemptions in response to requests from two licensees. The exemptions afford these licensees temporary relief from certain requirements under NRC regulations. The exemptions are in response to...
Notice Mar 15, 2021

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation logo Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

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 second quarter...
Rule Mar 15, 2021

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Mar 15, 2021

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Major Disaster Declaration:

Title Type Published
This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Louisiana (FEMA-4590-DR), dated 03/09/2021. Incident: Severe Winter Storms. Incident Period: 02/11/2021 through 02/19/2021.
Notice Mar 15, 2021

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) and its implementing regulations, FRA seeks approval of the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below. Before submitting this ICR to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval, F...
Notice Mar 15, 2021

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

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics invites the general public, industry and other governmental parties to comment on the continuing need for and usefulness of BTS requiring U.S. large certi...
Notice Mar 15, 2021

Airspace Designations and Reporting Points:

Title Type Published
This action proposes to establish Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface of the earth at El Capitan Lodge, Craig, AK. This action would accommodate a new area navigation (RNAV) procedure and ensure the safety and management...
Proposed Rule Mar 15, 2021
This action proposes to revoke the Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range (VOR) Federal airway V-271 and amend the VOR Federal airway V-285 in the vicinity of Manistee, MI. The airway amendments are necessary due to the planned decommissioning of...
Proposed Rule Mar 15, 2021

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Airbus Helicopters Model EC130B4 and EC130T2 helicopters. This proposed AD was prompted by a report of cracks and geometrical non- conformities of the tail rotor blades (TRBs); all...
Proposed Rule Mar 15, 2021
The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Airbus Helicopters Model EC225LP helicopters. This proposed AD was prompted by reports of an oil leak from the main gearbox (MGB) during engine start up. This proposed AD would requ...
Proposed Rule Mar 15, 2021
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Airbus Helicopters Model AS332C, AS332C1, AS332L, AS332L1, AS332L2, EC 155B, EC155B1, EC225LP, and SA330J helicopters. This AD requires inspecting the snap fasteners on the windows. This AD w...
Rule Mar 15, 2021
The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all BAE Systems (Operations) Limited Model BAe 146 and Model Avro 146-RJ series airplanes. This proposed AD was prompted by a report indicating that during a routine battery capacity ch...
Proposed Rule Mar 15, 2021
The FAA is revising an earlier proposal for all Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation Model S-61 A, D, E, and V helicopters; Croman Corporation Model SH-3H helicopters, Carson Helicopters, Inc. Model S- 61L helicopters; and Siller Helicopters Model CH-3E and...
Proposed Rule Mar 15, 2021
The FAA is withdrawing a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that proposed to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) that would have applied to Erickson Air-Crane Incorporated (now Erickson Incorporated) (Erickson) Model S-64E and S-64F helicopter...
Proposed Rule Mar 15, 2021
The FAA is withdrawing a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that proposed to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) that would have applied to certain Sikorsky Model S-92A helicopters. The NPRM was prompted by a fatigue analysis conducted after a...
Proposed Rule Mar 15, 2021
The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2017-26- 10, which applied to certain The Boeing Company Model 757 airplanes. AD 2017-26-10 required deactivating the spoiler control module (SCM) relays and capping and stowing the associated wirin...
Rule Mar 15, 2021

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 Mar 15, 2021

Special Conditions:

Title Type Published
These special conditions are issued for the Airbus Model A321neo Cabin Flex (ACF) airplane. This airplane will have a novel or unusual design feature when compared to the state of technology envisioned in the airworthiness standards for transport-cat...
Rule Mar 15, 2021
These special conditions are issued for the Bombardier Inc. (Bombardier) Model CL-600-2B16 (604 variant) airplane. This airplane, as modified by B/E Aerospace, will have a novel or unusual design feature when compared to the state of technology envis...
Rule Mar 15, 2021
These special conditions are issued for the Boeing Commercial Airplanes (Boeing) Model 777-9 airplane. This airplane will have a novel or unusual design feature when compared to the state of technology envisioned in the airworthiness standards for tr...
Rule Mar 15, 2021
These special conditions are issued for the Bombardier Model BD-100-1A10 airplane. This airplane, as modified by Rockwell Collins, will have a novel or unusual design feature when compared to the state of technology envisioned in the airworthiness st...
Rule Mar 15, 2021
These special conditions are issued for the Bombardier Model BD-100-1A10 airplane. This airplane, as modified by Rockwell Collins, will have a novel or unusual design feature when compared to the state of technology envisioned in the airworthiness st...
Rule Mar 15, 2021

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 Mar 15, 2021

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Special Medical Advisory Group
Notice Mar 15, 2021

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