Federal Register December 20, 2021
View all documents issued on December 20, 2021. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.
94 documents were published on this date.
Agencies Publishing on December 20, 2021
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Agriculture Department
(4)
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Commerce Department
(5)
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Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
(1)
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Consumer Product Safety Commission
(2)
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Education Department
(2)
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Energy Department
(8)
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Environmental Protection Agency
(5)
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Executive Office of the President
(1)
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Export-Import Bank
(5)
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Federal Communications Commission
(1)
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
(1)
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Federal Housing Finance Agency
(0)
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Federal Reserve System
(1)
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Health and Human Services Department
(7)
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Homeland Security Department
(3)
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Housing and Urban Development Department
(0)
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Interior Department
(3)
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International Trade Commission
(2)
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JJudicial Conference of the United States (1)
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Justice Department
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Labor Department
(3)
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National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
(1)
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NNational Science Foundation (2)
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(1)
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PPostal Regulatory Commission (1)
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Securities and Exchange Commission
(17)
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Social Security Administration
(1)
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Surface Transportation Board
(1)
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Transportation Department
(7)
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Treasury Department
(1)
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Veterans Affairs Department
(1)
Agriculture Department
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
Request for Applications:
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The Rural Business-Cooperative Service (Agency), an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), invites applications under the Rural Innovation Stronger Economy (RISE) program for fiscal year (FY) 2022, subject to the availability o...
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
Requests for Nominations:
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is soliciting nominations for membership for the National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection (NACMPI). The full Committee consists of 20 members, and each person selected is expected to serve a...
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
Commerce Department
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Issuing Electronic Trademark Registration Certificates
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:
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Comprehensive Economic Development Strategies
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
Authorization of Production Activity:
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Savannah Yacht Center Inc. (Repair of Yachts, Sailboats, and Boat Tenders), Foreign-Trade Zone 104, Savannah, GA
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States:
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NMFS announces that the Commonwealth of Virginia is transferring a portion of its 2021 commercial summer flounder quota to the State of Rhode Island. This adjustment to the 2021 fishing year quota is necessary to comply with the Summer Flounder, Scup...
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Rule | Dec 20, 2021 |
Meetings:
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The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold a one-and-a-half-day hybrid (in-person/virtual) meeting of its Reef Fish Advisory Panel (AP).
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
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The Committee is announcing a virtual public meeting to be held February 10, 2022.
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
Consumer Product Safety Commission
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Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is proposing changes to one system of records notice (SORN). CPSC is proposing to amend CPSC 23--Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Disability/Accommodation Files. The...
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
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A system for the US CPSC's Consumer Ombudsman to track public inquiries.
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
Education Department
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:
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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is requesting the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to conduct an emergency review of a new information collection.
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
Applications for New Awards:
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The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2022 for the Statewide Family Engagement Centers (SFEC) program, Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.310A. This notice relates to the approved info...
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
Energy Department
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Combined Filings
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
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Combined Filings
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
Change In Control:
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The Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) of the Department of Energy (DOE) gives notice of receipt of a Notification Regarding Change in Control (Notification) filed by Mexico Pacific Limited LLC (MPL) on October 27, 2021, and a Suppl...
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
Effectiveness of Exempt Wholesale Generator Status:
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Azure Sky Wind Project, LLC, Alta Farms Wind Project II, LLC, Azure Sky Wind Storage, LLC, et al.
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
Energy Conservation Program:
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On July 22, 2021, the U.S. Department of Energy ("DOE") published a notice of proposed rulemaking ("NOPR") to revise the current definition of "showerhead" adopted in the December 16, 2020, final rule ("December 2020 Final Rule") by reinstating the O...
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Rule | Dec 20, 2021 |
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The Energy Policy and Conservation Act ("EPCA"), as amended, prescribes energy conservation standards for various consumer products and certain commercial and industrial equipment, including commercial clothes washers ("CCWs"). EPCA also requires the...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 20, 2021 |
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The U.S. Department of Energy ("DOE") proposes to establish definitions, a test procedure, sampling and rating requirements, and enforcement provisions for circulator pumps. Currently, circulator pumps are not subject to DOE test procedures or energy...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 20, 2021 |
Meetings:
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Joint Federal-State Task Force on Electric Transmission
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
Environmental Protection Agency
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is extending the comment period for the proposed rule entitled "Alternate PCB Extraction Methods and Amendments to PCB Cleanup and Disposal Regulations." EPA published the proposed rule in the Federal Registe...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 20, 2021 |
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Notice is hereby given of the membership of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Performance Review Board for 2021.
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations:
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Connecticut as meeting the Clean Air Act (CAA) requirement that each State's SIP contain adequate provisions to prohibit emiss...
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Rule | Dec 20, 2021 |
Meetings:
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There will be a 3-day peer review virtual public meeting of the Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals (SACC) to consider and review the draft TSCA Systematic Review Protocol. In addition, EPA is announcing the availability of and soliciting public...
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
Pesticides:
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is extending the expiration deadline of existing Federal, state, territory, and tribal certification plans. This deadline was established in 2017 when the EPA promulgated a final rule revising the Certificati...
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Rule | Dec 20, 2021 |
Executive Office of the President
Committees; Establishment, Renewal, Termination, etc.:
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Transnational Organized Crime, U.S. Council on; Establishment (EO 14060)
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Presidential Document | Dec 20, 2021 |
Export-Import Bank
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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...
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
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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...
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
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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...
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
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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...
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
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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...
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
Federal Communications Commission
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As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take th...
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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The Board and the FDIC (collectively, the Agencies) are amending their Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) regulations to adjust the asset-size thresholds used to define "small bank" and "intermediate small bank." As required by the CRA regulations, the...
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Rule | Dec 20, 2021 |
Credit Risk Retention:
No documents available.
Federal Housing Finance Agency
Credit Risk Retention:
No documents available.
Federal Reserve System
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Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
Credit Risk Retention:
No documents available.
Health and Human Services Department
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In compliance with the requirement of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of Health and Human Services, is publishing the following summary of a proposed collection for public comment.
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:
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In compliance with the requirement of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 to provide opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects to be s...
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
Meetings:
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National Cancer Institute
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
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National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
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National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
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National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) is announcing the following public workshop entitled "Wound Healing Scientific Workshop." The purpose of the workshop is to discuss nonhealing chronic wounds.
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
Homeland Security Department
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The Coast Guard is extending the comment period by 45 days for the notice of proposed rulemaking, "Updates to Marine Engineering Standards," published on October 19, 2021, which proposes to incorporate by reference updated marine engineering standard...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 20, 2021 |
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:
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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) invites public comment on one currently approved Information Collection Request (ICR), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number 1652-0060 that we will submit to OMB for an extension in comp...
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
Meetings:
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The National Boating Safety Advisory Committee (Committee) will meet via teleconference to discuss matters relating to recreational boating safety. This meeting will be open to the public.
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
Housing and Urban Development Department
Credit Risk Retention:
No documents available.
Interior Department
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The Department of the Interior (Department) is finalizing updates to its regulations governing probate of property that the United States holds in trust or restricted status for American Indians, in an effort to continually improve the services the D...
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Rule | Dec 20, 2021 |
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:
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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE), are proposing to renew an information collection.
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
Kaw Nation Alcohol Ordinance:
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This notice publishes the Kaw Nation Alcohol Ordinance of 2019 which repeals and replaces the Kaw Nation Alcohol Control Ordinance previously published in the Federal Register and any and all previous statutes. The Kaw Nation Alcohol Ordinance of 201...
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
International Trade Commission
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Since February 1991, the U.S. International Trade Commission ("Commission") has published in the Federal Register reports on the status of its practice with respect to breaches of its administrative protective orders ("APOs") under title VII of the T...
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
Investigations; Determinations, Modifications, and Rulings, etc.:
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The Commission hereby gives notice that it will proceed with a full review pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 to determine whether termination of the suspended antidumping duty investigation on lemon juice from Argentina would be likely to lead to co...
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
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Judicial Conference of the United States
Meetings:
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The following virtual public hearing on proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure has been canceled: Appellate Rules Hearing on January 14, 2022. The announcement for this hearing was previously published in the Federal Register...
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
Justice Department
Decision and Order:
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Medical Pharmacy
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
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Peter S. Klainer, M.D.
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
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Timothy C. Sapp, M.D.
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
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Washington Bryan, M.D.
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
Order:
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Cypress Creek Pharmacy, LLC
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
Paroling, Recommitting, and Supervising Federal Prisoners:
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The United States Parole Commission is revising its regulations to eliminate a policy of imposing the maximum permissible term of supervised release as a consequence of the revocation of an earlier supervised release term for offenders sentenced unde...
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Rule | Dec 20, 2021 |
Labor Department
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In this final rule correction, the Department of Labor (Department) revises the DATES section of the final rule published on October 29, 2021 to make a technical correction, clarifying that in addition to 29 CFR 531.56(e) the Department is also withd...
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Rule | Dec 20, 2021 |
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:
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The Department of Labor's (DOL) Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is soliciting comments concerning a proposed extension for the authority to conduct the information collection request (ICR) titled, "COVID-19 Symptom Tracker for Students,...
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
Safety Program:
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In response to a public request, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is reopening the rulemaking record for public comments and holding a virtual public hearing on the Agency's proposed rule addressing Safety Program for Surface Mobile E...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 20, 2021 |
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
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The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is proposing to publish a policy that permits indemnification of NEH employees in appropriate circumstances, as determined by the Chairperson of NEH or the Chairperson's designee, for claims made agains...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 20, 2021 |
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National Science Foundation
Meetings:
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Business and Operations Advisory Committee
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
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The NITRD Program holds meetings that are open to the public to attend. The Joint Engineering Team (JET) and Middleware and Grid Interagency Coordination (MAGIC) Team provide an opportunity for the public to engage and participate in information shar...
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Exemption:
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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing an exemption in response to a December 23, 2020, request from Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC (HDI). The exemption permits HDI to make withdrawals from the Palisades Nuclear Plant (PNP...
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
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Postal Regulatory Commission
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The Commission is acknowledging a recent filing by the Postal Service that it has entered into the Inbound Competitive Multi-Service Agreement with Foreign Postal Operators (FPOs). This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment,...
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
Securities and Exchange Commission
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
Credit Risk Retention:
No documents available.
Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:
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BOX Exchange LLC
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
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Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
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MEMX, LLC
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
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MIAX Emerald, LLC
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
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MIAX Emerald, LLC
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
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MIAX PEARL, LLC
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
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Miami International Securities Exchange, LLC
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
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Miami International Securities Exchange, LLC
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
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NYSE Arca, Inc.
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
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Nasdaq ISE, LLC
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
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Nasdaq MRX, LLC
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
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New York Stock Exchange LLC
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
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New York Stock Exchange, LLC
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
Social Security Administration
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We are announcing the assessment percentage rate under the Social Security Act (Act) is 6.3 percent for 2022.
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
Surface Transportation Board
Abandonment Exemption:
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Alabama and Florida Railway Co., Inc.; Geneva, Coffee, and Covington Counties, AL
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
Transportation Department
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:
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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 collection involves reporting exceeded fligh...
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
Airworthiness Directives:
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The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Daher Aerospace (type certificate previously held by SOCATA) (Daher) Model TBM 700 airplanes. This AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) originated by...
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Rule | Dec 20, 2021 |
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The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Leonardo S.p.a. Model A109S and AW109SP helicopters. This AD was prompted by the discovery that rubber protection of certain electrical wiring had not been installed in the baggage av...
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Rule | Dec 20, 2021 |
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The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Leonardo S.p.a. Model AW189 helicopters. This AD was prompted by the determination that certain part-numbered fairings were never introduced into the main rotor (MR) tip lights kit de...
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Rule | Dec 20, 2021 |
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The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for various Model 234 and Model CH-47D helicopters. This AD was prompted by two reports of mechanical failures of the longitudinal cyclic trim actuator (LCTA). This AD requires determining the ma...
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Rule | Dec 20, 2021 |
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The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Viking Air Limited Model DHC-3 airplanes. This AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) originated by an aviation authority of another country to identify and...
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Rule | Dec 20, 2021 |
Petition for Exemption; Summary:
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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...
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
Treasury Department
Credit Risk Retention:
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Treasury Department > OCC, Federal Reserve System, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Federal Housing Finance Agency, Securities and Exchange Commission, Housing and Urban Development Department
The OCC, Board, FDIC, Commission, FHFA, and HUD (the agencies) are providing notice of the determination of the results of the review of the definition of qualified residential mortgage, the community-focused residential mortgage exemption, and the e...
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Rule | Dec 20, 2021 |
Veterans Affairs Department
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:
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Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal agencies...
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Notice | Dec 20, 2021 |
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