March 16, 2021 (Volume 86)

Federal Register March 16, 2021

View all documents issued on March 16, 2021. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

85 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on March 16, 2021

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request approval of a new information collection associated with the National Animal Health Monitoring System'...
Notice Mar 16, 2021

Request for Comments:

Title Type Published
On January 27, 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad. This Executive Order laid out a series of actions for Federal Agencies to take regarding climate change mitigation and resilience, inclu...
Notice Mar 16, 2021

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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

Title Type Published
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 16, 2021

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:

Title Type Published
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) published a notice in the Federal Register of February 9, 2021, concerning the final results of the administrative review of cast iron soil pipe fittings (soil pipe fittings) from the People's Republic of China (...
Notice Mar 16, 2021
Pentafluoroethane (R125) From the People's Republic of China
Notice Mar 16, 2021

Endangered and Threatened Species:

Title Type Published
We, NMFS, announce a 90-day finding on a petition to list Southern Oregon and Northern California Coastal (SONCC) spring-run Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) as a threatened or endangered Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU) under the Endan...
Notice Mar 16, 2021

Fisheries Off West Coast States:

Title Type Published
NMFS announces that the Pacific Fishery Management Council has submitted Amendment 18 to the Coastal Pelagic Species Fishery Management Plan for review by the Secretary of Commerce. Amendment 18 would implement a rebuilding plan for the northern subp...
Proposed Rule Mar 16, 2021

Fisheries off West Coast States:

Title Type Published
This action contains corrections to the final rule for the 2021-2022 Biennial Harvest Specifications and Management Measures for groundfish harvested in the U.S. exclusive economic zone off the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California published o...
Rule Mar 16, 2021

Proposed Production Activity:

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau logo Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Equal Credit Opportunity (Regulation B):

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau) is issuing this interpretive rule to clarify that, with respect to any aspect of a credit transaction, the prohibition against sex discrimination in the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) and Regu...
Rule Mar 16, 2021

Education Department logo Education Department

Applications for New Awards:

Title Type Published
The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2021 for American Indian Vocational Rehabilitation Training and Technical Assistance Center (AIVRTTAC)--Assistance Listing Number 84.250Z--to prov...
Notice Mar 16, 2021

Final Priority and Definitions:

Title Type Published
The Department of Education (Department) announces a priority and definitions to fund an American Indian Vocational Rehabilitation Training and Technical Assistance Center (AIVRTTAC), Assistance Listing Number 84.250Z. The Department may use the prio...
Rule Mar 16, 2021

Election Assistance Commission logo Election Assistance Commission

Agency Organization, Procedure, and Practice:

Title Type Published
The EAC is implementing a new official agency seal for use on all agency internal and external correspondence, communications, media, materials, and methods of identification.
Notice Mar 16, 2021

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
Combined Filings
Notice Mar 16, 2021
Combined Filings
Notice Mar 16, 2021
Combined Filings
Notice Mar 16, 2021
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Mar 16, 2021

Effectiveness of Exempt Wholesale Generator Status:

Title Type Published
Wolf Ridge Wind Energy, LLC; Blue Summit I Wind, LLC; Dickerson Power, LLC; et al.
Notice Mar 16, 2021

Surrender of Preliminary Permit:

Title Type Published
BM Energy Park, LLC
Notice Mar 16, 2021

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
In accordance with the January 21, 2021, Executive Order entitled "Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis" and other Biden-Harris Administration Executive orders and other direction, the Enviro...
Proposed Rule Mar 16, 2021

Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to rescind the federal implementation plan (FIP) that regulates emissions from the Navajo Generating Station (NGS), a coal-fired power plant that was located on the reservation lands of the Navaj...
Proposed Rule Mar 16, 2021
Pursuant to the Federal Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a revision to the Texas State Implementation Plan (SIP) that pertains to the Texas Diesel Emissions Reduction Incentive Program,...
Proposed Rule Mar 16, 2021

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended ("Privacy Act"), this document announces the modification of a computer matching program the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC" or "Commission" or "Agency") and the Universal Service Admini...
Notice Mar 16, 2021
In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended ("Privacy Act"), this document announces the modification of a computer matching program the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC" or "Commission" or "Agency") and the Universal Service Admini...
Notice Mar 16, 2021
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC, Commission, or Agency) has modified an existing system of records, FCC/WTB-7, Licensing and Related Support Services (formerly FCC/WTB-7, Remedy Action Request System (RARS)), subject to the Privacy Act of...
Notice Mar 16, 2021

Television Broadcasting Services:

Title Type Published
The Federal Communications Commission published a document in the Federal Register of March 8, 2021, concerning a petition for rulemaking filed by Gray Television Licensee, LLC (Gray) requesting the substitution of channel 27 for channel 12 at August...
Proposed Rule Mar 16, 2021

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
The Acting Secretary issues this amendment pursuant to section 319F-3 of the Public Health Service Act to add additional categories of Qualified Persons authorized to prescribe, dispense, and administer covered countermeasures under section VI of thi...
Notice Mar 16, 2021

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

Title Type Published
The Office of Family Assistance (OFA), Administration for Children and Families, is requesting a 3-year extension of the form ACF-4125: Annual Report on Children in Foster Homes and Children in Families Receiving Payment in Excess of the Poverty Inco...
Notice Mar 16, 2021
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the Agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), Federal Agencies are required to publis...
Notice Mar 16, 2021
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA).
Notice Mar 16, 2021
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the Agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), Federal Agencies are required to publish no...
Notice Mar 16, 2021
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, Agency, or we) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the Agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), Federal Agencies are required to p...
Notice Mar 16, 2021
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is requesting a revision to the Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) Post- Expenditure Report, Pre-Expenditure Report, and Intended Use Plan (OMB #0970-0234, previously titled, "Social Services Block G...
Notice Mar 16, 2021
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the Agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), Federal Agencies are required to publis...
Notice Mar 16, 2021
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA submitted an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. Comments submitted during the first public review of this ICR will be...
Notice Mar 16, 2021

Determination of Regulatory Review Period for Purposes of Patent Extension:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) has determined the regulatory review period for HINTERMANN SERIES H3 TOTAL ANKLE REPLACEMENT SYSTEM and is publishing this notice of that determination as required by law. FDA has made the determin...
Notice Mar 16, 2021
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) has determined the regulatory review period for OCS LUNG SYSTEM and is publishing this notice of that determination as required by law. FDA has made the determination because of the submission of an ap...
Notice Mar 16, 2021

Guidance:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is reopening the comment period for the notice entitled "Best Practices in Developing Proprietary Names for Human Nonprescription Drug Products; Draft Guidance for Industry; Availability" that appeared...
Notice Mar 16, 2021

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is requesting a 3-year extension of the Program Instruction (PI) for the Community-Based Family Resource and Support Grants or the Community- Based Child Abuse Prevention (CBCAP) program (OMB No.: 09...
Notice Mar 16, 2021
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Notice Mar 16, 2021
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, the Agency, or we) is announcing the following public meeting entitled "Potential Medication Error Risks with Investigational Drug Container Labels." This public meeting is being convened and supported by a part...
Notice Mar 16, 2021

National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program:

Title Type Published
HRSA is publishing this notice of petitions received under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (the Program), as required by the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, as amended. While the Secretary of HHS is named as the respondent in all pr...
Notice Mar 16, 2021

Request for Comments:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) is reopening the comment period for the notice entitled "Listing of Patent Information in the Orange Book; Establishment of a Public Docket; Request for Comments" that appeared in the Federal Regis...
Notice Mar 16, 2021

Withdrawal of Approval of New Drug Applications:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is withdrawing approval of 19 new drug applications (NDAs) from multiple applicants. The applicants notified the Agency in writing that the drug products were no longer marketed and requested that the...
Notice Mar 16, 2021

Withdrawal of Drug Products From Sale for Reasons Other Than Safety or Effectiveness:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) has determined that NIPRIDE RTU (sodium nitroprusside), 10 milligrams (mg)/ 50 milliliters (mL) (0.2 mg/mL), was not withdrawn from sale for reasons of safety or effectiveness. This determination will...
Notice Mar 16, 2021

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

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 16, 2021
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment upon this proposed extension of a currently approved collection of information. In accordanc...
Notice Mar 16, 2021

Security Zone:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is proposing to establish a temporary security zone encompassing certain waters of the North Atlantic Ocean. The security zone is necessary to prevent waterside threats before, during and after National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency...
Proposed Rule Mar 16, 2021

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Title Type Published
This rule provides for 2021 inflation adjustments of civil monetary penalty amounts required by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015.
Rule Mar 16, 2021

Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Program:

Title Type Published
This notice establishes Renewal Funding Inflation Factors (RFIFs) to adjust Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 renewal funding for the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program of each public housing agency (PHA), as required by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 20...
Notice Mar 16, 2021

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Bulk Manufacturer of Controlled Substances Application:

Title Type Published
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) published a document in the Federal Register of September 14, 2020, concerning a notice of application. The document contained a misspelling (Isotype vs. Isotope).
Notice Mar 16, 2021

Importer of Controlled Substances Application:

Title Type Published
Purisys, LLC has applied to be registered as an importer of basic class(es) of controlled substance(s). Refer to Supplementary Information listed below for further drug information.
Notice Mar 16, 2021

National Credit Union Administration logo National Credit Union Administration

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Mar 16, 2021

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National Transportation Safety Board

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Mar 16, 2021

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Exemption; Issuance:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued exemptions in response to a request to reduce the required level of primary offsite liability insurance from $450 million to $100 million and to eliminate the requirement to carry secondary fina...
Notice Mar 16, 2021

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Mar 16, 2021
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Mar 16, 2021
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Mar 16, 2021
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Mar 16, 2021

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Title Type Published
Cboe Exchange, Inc.
Notice Mar 16, 2021
Fixed Income Clearing, Corp.
Notice Mar 16, 2021
ICE Clear Europe, Ltd.
Notice Mar 16, 2021
Long-Term Stock Exchange, Inc.
Notice Mar 16, 2021
Nasdaq ISE, LLC
Notice Mar 16, 2021
National Securities Clearing Corp.
Notice Mar 16, 2021
The Depository Trust Co.
Notice Mar 16, 2021
The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC
Notice Mar 16, 2021
The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC
Notice Mar 16, 2021

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Trade Representative, Office of United States

Modification of Section 301 Action:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Trade Representative has determined to modify the action being taken in the investigation by suspending the additional tariffs on goods of the European Union for a period of four months. The suspension is in accord with a joint U.S.-EU state...
Notice Mar 16, 2021

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
Petition for Waiver of Compliance
Notice Mar 16, 2021
Petition for Waiver of Compliance
Notice Mar 16, 2021
Petition for Waiver of Compliance
Notice Mar 16, 2021

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

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA invites public comments about our intention to request approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to renew a currently approved information collection. The FAA collects informat...
Notice Mar 16, 2021

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
The FAA is superseding Emergency Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2021-05-52 which applied to certain Bell Textron Canada Limited (Bell) Model 505 helicopters. Emergency AD 2021-05-52 required a one-time visual inspection of the pilot collective stick an...
Rule Mar 16, 2021

Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse Pre-Employment Full Query; Exemption Applications:

Title Type Published
FMCSA announces that FirstGroup plc (FirstGroup) has applied for an exemption on behalf of three of its subsidiaries, First Student, Inc., First Transit, Inc., and First Mile Square, which employ commercial driver's license (CDL) holders subject to d...
Notice Mar 16, 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 16, 2021
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 16, 2021

Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications:

Title Type Published
FMCSA announces its decision to exempt seven individuals from the vision requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) to operate a commercial motor vehicle (CMV) in interstate commerce. They are unable to meet the vision requi...
Notice Mar 16, 2021
FMCSA announces its decision to renew exemptions for 66 individuals from the vision requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) for interstate commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers. The exemptions enable these individuals to...
Notice Mar 16, 2021

Special Conditions:

Title Type Published
This action proposes special conditions for the Boeing Commercial Airplanes (Boeing) Model 737-800 airplane. This airplane, as modified by Haeco Cabin Solutions (Haeco), will have a novel or unusual design feature when compared to the state of techno...
Proposed Rule Mar 16, 2021

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Advisory Committee on Homeless Veterans
Notice Mar 16, 2021

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