October 28, 2021 (Volume 86)

Federal Register October 28, 2021

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94 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on October 28, 2021

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Oct 28, 2021

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is announcing a meeting of the Plant Variety Protection Board (Board). The meeting is being held to discuss a variety of topics including, but not limited...
Notice Oct 28, 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 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 Oct 28, 2021

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:

Title Type Published
On October 19, 2021, the U.S. Court of International Trade (the CIT) issued its final judgment in Husteel Co., Ltd. v. United States, Consol. Court no. 19-00107, sustaining the Department of Commerce (Commerce)'s second remand results pertaining to t...
Notice Oct 28, 2021

Meetings:

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NMFS is holding a public workshop via webinar for the Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) and interested stakeholders to discuss the progress of development of the Mana...
Notice Oct 28, 2021

Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), of the Office of Managem...
Notice Oct 28, 2021
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), of the Office of Managem...
Notice Oct 28, 2021

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

Title Type Published
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (``CFTC'' or ``Commission'') is announcing an opportunity for public comments on the proposed extension of a collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (``PRA''), Federa...
Notice Oct 28, 2021

Consumer Product Safety Commission logo Consumer Product Safety Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Oct 28, 2021
In November 2012, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) published a consumer product safety standard for infant swings under section 104 of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA). The standard incorporated by referen...
Rule Oct 28, 2021

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Title Type Published
The Air Force is publishing this notice of decision on the continuing Air Force need for Juniper Butte Range, Idaho Land Withdrawal and Extension for 25 Years.
Notice Oct 28, 2021

Education Department logo Education Department

Title Type Published
The Secretary amends the regulations implementing the Federal Pell Grant Program to conform with changes made by the Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2012 and the Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2017. The Secretary also removes...
Rule Oct 28, 2021

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) is soliciting public comment on the currently approved information collections, FERC-500 (Application for Licens...
Notice Oct 28, 2021
Combined Filings
Notice Oct 28, 2021
Combined Filings
Notice Oct 28, 2021

Authorization for Continued Project Operation:

Title Type Published
Aquenergy Systems, LLC
Notice Oct 28, 2021

Energy Conservation Program:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Department of Energy (``DOE'') is extending the public comment period for the notice of proposed rulemaking (``NOPR'') regarding proposals to amend the test procedures for residential and commercial clothes washers. DOE published the NOPR in...
Proposed Rule Oct 28, 2021

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

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking public comment on its draft Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities. The EPA has developed this lead strategy to further reduce lead exposures in communities, and part...
Notice Oct 28, 2021

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

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Air Emissions Reporting Requirements (EPA ICR Number 2170.08, OMB Control Number 2060-0580) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and a...
Notice Oct 28, 2021
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Water Quality Standards Regulation (EPA ICR Number 0988.15, OMB Control Number 2040-0049), to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and ap...
Notice Oct 28, 2021

Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is extending the comment period for the proposed rule ``Clean Air Plans; Base Year Emissions Inventories for the 2015 Ozone Standards; California.'' The agency is extending the comment period for 30 days in r...
Proposed Rule Oct 28, 2021
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve revisions to the Ventura County Air Pollution Control District (VCAPCD) portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). These revisions concern emissions of volatile organic...
Proposed Rule Oct 28, 2021
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking final action to approve a revision to the State of Nevada's state implementation plan (SIP) for Clark County. The revision consists of an update to certain elements of the maintenance plan for the C...
Rule Oct 28, 2021
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision to the Mecklenburg County portion of the North Carolina SIP, hereinafter referred to as the Mecklenburg Local Implementation Plan (LIP). The...
Proposed Rule Oct 28, 2021
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is finalizing approval of State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the State of South Carolina, through the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC or Department),...
Rule Oct 28, 2021
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is finalizing approval of a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of South Carolina, through the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SC DHEC or Department)...
Rule Oct 28, 2021

Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes:

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Under the Clean Air Act (CAA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is granting requests by the California Air Resources Board (CARB or ``State'') to reclassify three nonattainment areas in California from ``Moderate'' to ``Serious'' for the 201...
Rule Oct 28, 2021

Regulation of Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic Chemicals under the Toxic Substances Control Act:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to amend the regulations applicable to phenol, isopropylated phosphate (3:1) (PIP (3:1)) promulgated under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Specifically, EPA is proposing to extend the co...
Proposed Rule Oct 28, 2021

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Title Type Published
COVID19 Pandemic; Efforts To Advance Safe Resumption of Global Travel (Proc. 10294)
Presidential Document Oct 28, 2021

Export-Import Bank logo Export-Import Bank

Title Type Published
The Export-Import Banks of the United States (EXIM), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal Agencies to comment on the proposed information collection, as required by t...
Notice Oct 28, 2021
The Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal Agencies to comment on the proposed information collection, as required...
Notice Oct 28, 2021
The Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM), as a part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal Agencies to comment on the proposed information collection, as required by...
Notice Oct 28, 2021
The Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM), as a part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal Agencies to comment on the proposed information collection, as required by...
Notice Oct 28, 2021
The Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal Agencies to comment on the proposed information collection, as required by th...
Notice Oct 28, 2021
The Export-Import Banks of the United States (EXIM), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal Agencies to comment on the proposed information collection, as required by t...
Notice Oct 28, 2021
The Export-Import Banks of the United States (EXIM), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal Agencies to comment on the proposed information collection, as required by t...
Notice Oct 28, 2021

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) is adopting a proposal to implement the Treasury Securities and Agency Debt and Mortgage-Backed Securities Reporting Requirements (FR 2956; OMB No. 7100-NEW). The Board has adopted an imple...
Notice Oct 28, 2021

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is publishing a list of information collections that have been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Oct 28, 2021
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the issuance of Emergency Use Authorizations (EUAs) (the Authorizations) for certain medical devices related to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) public health emergency. FDA has issued the A...
Notice Oct 28, 2021
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the revocation of the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) (the Authorization) issued to Life Technologies Corporation (a part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.) (Thermo Fisher) for the TaqPath COVID-...
Notice Oct 28, 2021
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is seeking scientific information submissions from the public. Scientific information is being solicited to inform our review on Nutrition as Prevention for Improved Cancer Outcomes, which is curr...
Notice Oct 28, 2021
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a component of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announces a temporary extension and modification of the Framework for Conditional Sailing Order (CSO).
Notice Oct 28, 2021

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

Title Type Published
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 Oct 28, 2021

Guidance:

Title Type Published
This notice seeks comments on two updated draft recommendations for (1) providing contraception and (2) screening for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, as part of the HRSA- supported Women's Preventive Services Guidelines (Guidelines). Th...
Notice Oct 28, 2021

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Oct 28, 2021
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Notice Oct 28, 2021

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The National Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee (Committee) and its Working Groups will meet in Piney Point, MD, to discuss issues relating to personnel in the United States Merchant Marine including the training, qualifications, certificat...
Notice Oct 28, 2021
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will hold two public meetings remotely via web conference to solicit feedback on the agency's request for information on the National Flood Insurance Program's (NFIP) Floodplain Management Standards for...
Notice Oct 28, 2021

Special Local Regulation:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is proposing to establish a temporary special local regulation for the St. Thomas Lighted Boat Parade marine event for certain navigable waters of Crown Bay, Haulover Cut, and Charlotte Amalie Harbor, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands....
Proposed Rule Oct 28, 2021

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), are announcing receipt of a proposed regulatory and statutory amendment to the Wyoming coal program (Wyoming program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (...
Proposed Rule Oct 28, 2021

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

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposes to renew an information collection.
Notice Oct 28, 2021

Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) of 1976, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) intends to prepare up to six Environmental Assessment...
Notice Oct 28, 2021

Inventory Completion:

Title Type Published
The Anthropological Studies Center, Archaeological Collections Facility, Sonoma State University (ACF) has completed an inventory of human remains, in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determine...
Notice Oct 28, 2021
Michigan State University has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation betwee...
Notice Oct 28, 2021
Temple University Anthropology Laboratory and Museum has completed an inventory of human remains and an associated funerary object, in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is...
Notice Oct 28, 2021
The University of California, Santa Barbara (U.C. Santa Barbara) has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that...
Notice Oct 28, 2021

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The National Park Service is hereby giving notice that the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee (Committee) will hold two virtual meetings as indicated below.
Notice Oct 28, 2021

Proposed Restrictions:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposes to restrict recreational target shooting for 2 years on certain public lands administered by the Ashland Field Office.
Notice Oct 28, 2021

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

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

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on September 27, 2021, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, on behalf of Holochip Corporation of Torrance, California. Supplements were...
Notice Oct 28, 2021

Library of Congress logo Library of Congress

Title Type Published
In this final rule, the Librarian of Congress adopts exemptions to the provision of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") that prohibits circumvention of technological measures that control access to copyrighted works. As required under the s...
Rule Oct 28, 2021

National Credit Union Administration logo National Credit Union Administration

Title Type Published
The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) will submit the following extensions of currently approved information collection requests to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reductio...
Notice Oct 28, 2021

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

Title Type Published
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is an independent federal agency whose funding helps to support cultural programs nationwide. Established in 1965, the NEA's budget appropriation in FY21 was $167.5 million, which is utilized in the form of p...
Notice Oct 28, 2021

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, notice is hereby given that 9 meetings of the Arts Advisory Panel to the National Council on the Arts will be held by teleconference or videoconference.
Notice Oct 28, 2021

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Exemption:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing an exemption in response to a request dated September 17, 2021, as supplemented by a letter dated October 7, 2021, from the Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute (AFRRI). The exemption al...
Notice Oct 28, 2021

Postal Service logo Postal Service

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Oct 28, 2021

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Order:

Title Type Published
Conditional Substituted Compliance in Connection with Certain Requirements Applicable to Non-U.S. Security-Based Swap Dealers and Major Security-Based Swap Participants Subject to Regulation in the Kingdom of Spain
Notice Oct 28, 2021

Orders:

Title Type Published
Conditional Substituted Compliance in Connection with Certain Requirements Applicable to Non-U.S. Security-Based Swap Dealers and Major Security-Based Swap Participants Subject to Regulation in the Federal Republic of Germany; Non-U.S. Security-Based Swap Entities Subject to Regulation in the French Republic or the United Kingdom; Extending the Time to Meet Certain Conditions Relating to Capital and Margin
Notice Oct 28, 2021

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Title Type Published
Cboe Exchange, Inc.
Notice Oct 28, 2021
Miami International Securities Exchange, LLC
Notice Oct 28, 2021
Nasdaq BX, Inc.
Notice Oct 28, 2021
Nasdaq PHLX, LLC
Notice Oct 28, 2021
New York Stock Exchange, LLC
Notice Oct 28, 2021
The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC
Notice Oct 28, 2021

State Department logo State Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Department of State published a document in the Federal Register of October 6, 2021, concerning the notice of a public meeting of the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Scientific Advisory Board. The notice was missing the r...
Notice Oct 28, 2021

Schedule of Fees for Consular Services:

Title Type Published
This rule adopts as final the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) published in the Federal Register on March 26, 2021. This final rule adjusts the Schedule of Fees for Consular Services (Schedule of Fees) by increasing the passport book security sur...
Rule Oct 28, 2021

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Airspace Designations and Reporting Points:

Title Type Published
This action proposes to modify the Class D and Class E surface airspace at Southwest Oregon Regional Airport, North Bend, OR. It also proposes to modify the Class E airspace by establishing an area that is designated as an extension to a Class D or C...
Proposed Rule Oct 28, 2021
This action proposes to establish United States Area Navigation (RNAV) route T-417 in the vicinity of Tok Junction, AK in support of a large and comprehensive T-route modernization project for the state of Alaska.
Proposed Rule Oct 28, 2021

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Airbus Helicopters Model EC120B helicopters. This proposed AD was prompted by a report of corrosion found on the external tail boom skin, under the Very High Frequency (VHF) antenna...
Proposed Rule Oct 28, 2021
The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Airbus Helicopters EC120B helicopters. This proposed AD was prompted by a report of geometrical non-conformities in the tail rotor blade (TRB) root section discovered during an acci...
Proposed Rule Oct 28, 2021
The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Airbus SAS Model A318 series; A319-111, -112, -113, -114, - 115, -131, -132, -133, -151N, and -153N; A320 series; and A321 series airplanes. This proposed AD was prompted by a d...
Proposed Rule Oct 28, 2021
The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain General Electric Company (GE) GEnx-1B and GEnx-2B model turbofan engines. This proposed AD was prompted by the manufacturer's report of two findings of sheared compressor discha...
Proposed Rule Oct 28, 2021
The FAA proposes to supersede Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2021-11-15, which applies to certain International Aero Engines AG (IAE) V2500 model turbofan engines. AD 2021-11-15 requires performance of an ultrasonic inspection (USI) of the high-pressur...
Proposed Rule Oct 28, 2021
The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain The Boeing Company Model 787-8, 787-9, and 787-10 airplanes. This proposed AD was prompted by reports of a missing shim at a joint common to the main torque box (MTB) skin panel...
Proposed Rule Oct 28, 2021

Waiver of Aeronautical Land Use Assurance:

Title Type Published
Notice is being given that the FAA is considering a proposal from the Port of Astoria Airport Director to change a certain portion of the airport from aeronautical use to non-aeronautical use at Astoria Regional Airport, Astoria, Oregon. The proposal...
Notice Oct 28, 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 Oct 28, 2021
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 Oct 28, 2021
The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing six Ukraine-related web general licenses (GLs) in the Federal Register: GL 16, GL 16A, GL 16B, GL 16C, and GL 16D, each of which was previously issued on OFAC's we...
Rule Oct 28, 2021

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Internal Revenue Service Advisory Council will hold a public meeting.
Notice Oct 28, 2021

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 Oct 28, 2021
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, will submit the collection of information abstracted below to the Office of Managemen...
Notice Oct 28, 2021

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