March 17, 2022 (Volume 87)

Federal Register March 17, 2022

View all documents issued on March 17, 2022. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

96 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on March 17, 2022

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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On July 9, 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order on "Promoting Competition in the American Economy," which creates a White House Competition Council and directs Federal agency actions to enhance fairness and competition across America's eco...
Notice Mar 17, 2022
The Rural Utilities Service, a Rural Development agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), hereinafter referred to as "RUS" or "the Agency," published in the Federal Register on September 10, 2021, a final rule with request for co...
Rule Mar 17, 2022

Access to Fertilizer:

Title Type Published
On July 9, 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order titled "Promoting Competition in the American Economy," which creates a White House Competition Council and directs Federal agency actions to enhance fairness and competition across America's...
Notice Mar 17, 2022

Competition and the Intellectual Property System:

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On July 9, 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order titled "Promoting Competition in the American Economy," which creates a White House Competition Council and directs Federal agency actions to enhance fairness and competition across America's...
Notice Mar 17, 2022

Subsistence Management Regulations:

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This proposed rule would establish regulations for fish and shellfish seasons, harvest limits, methods, and means related to taking of fish and shellfish for subsistence uses during the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 regulatory years. The Federal Subsistenc...
Proposed Rule Mar 17, 2022

Civil Rights Commission logo Civil Rights Commission

Meetings:

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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 the Connecticut Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civi...
Notice Mar 17, 2022
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 the Delaware State Advisory Committee to the Commission will hold...
Notice Mar 17, 2022

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:

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As a result of the determinations by the Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the International Trade Commission (ITC) that revocation of the antidumping duty (AD) orders on narrow woven ribbons with woven selvedge (NWRs) from the People's Republic...
Notice Mar 17, 2022

Application Deadlines to the Minority-Business Focused Trade Mission:

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The United States Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration, is announcing amended dates and deadlines for submitting applications for three upcoming trade missions that were previously announced and published in the Federal Register...
Notice Mar 17, 2022

Fisheries of the Northeastern United States:

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NMFS issues final Northeast skate specifications for the 2022 fishing year, and projects specifications for fishing year 2023, as recommended by the New England Fishery Management Council. This action is necessary to establish annual allowable harves...
Rule Mar 17, 2022

Meetings:

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The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold public meetings of the Council.
Notice Mar 17, 2022
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and its advisory committees will meet April 4, 2022, through April 11, 2022, via hybrid conference.
Notice Mar 17, 2022
The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Advisory Committee (REEEAC or the Committee) will hold a virtual meeting via WebEx on Thursday March 31, 2022, hosted by the U.S. Department of Commerce. The meeting is open to the public with registration i...
Notice Mar 17, 2022

Permits:

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NMFS publishes for public review and comment information regarding a permit application for transshipment of farmed salmon from aquaculture operations in Maine waters to processing plants in Canada by Canadian flagged vessels. NMFS approved permits i...
Notice Mar 17, 2022

Consumer Product Safety Commission logo Consumer Product Safety Commission

Meetings:

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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (Commission or CPSC) will conduct a public hearing to receive views from all interested parties about the Commission's agenda and priorities for fiscal year 2023, which begins on October 1, 2022, and for fi...
Notice Mar 17, 2022

Education Department logo Education Department

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The Department of Education (Department) publishes a report to Congress, dated March 2022, identifying its Federal financial assistance programs (programs) that allow for grant funds to be used for infrastructure projects, and that also identifies th...
Notice Mar 17, 2022

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

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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing an extension without change of a currently approved collection.
Notice Mar 17, 2022

Applications for New Awards:

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The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications (NIA) for fiscal year (FY) 2022 for the Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad (FRA) Fellowship Program, Assistance Listing Number 84.019A. This notice relates to the...
Notice Mar 17, 2022
The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2022 for the Early Childhood Personnel Equity Center, Assistance Listing Number 84.325C. This notice relates to the approved inform...
Notice Mar 17, 2022

Proposed Priority and Requirements:

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The Department of Education (Department) proposes a priority and requirements for the Rhonda Weiss National Technical Assistance Center to Improve State Capacity to Collect, Report, Analyze, and Use Accurate IDEA Data in Accessible Formats (Accessibl...
Proposed Rule Mar 17, 2022

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 collection, FERC-1000 (Request for a Medical...
Notice Mar 17, 2022
The Department of Energy (DOE), pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, intends to extend for three years, an information collection request with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
Notice Mar 17, 2022
Combined Filings
Notice Mar 17, 2022
Combined Filings
Notice Mar 17, 2022
Combined Filings
Notice Mar 17, 2022

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

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Improving Winter-Readiness of Generating Units; Technical Conference
Notice Mar 17, 2022

Petition for Declaratory Order:

Title Type Published
Western Area Power Administration
Notice Mar 17, 2022

Request under Blanket Authorization:

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations:

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to revise its prior action that fully approved a state implementation plan (SIP) revision submitted by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, through the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Prote...
Proposed Rule Mar 17, 2022
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve multiple state implementation plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. These revisions were submitted by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protect...
Proposed Rule Mar 17, 2022

Certain New Chemicals:

Title Type Published
EPA is required under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), as amended by the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, to make information publicly available and to publish information in the Federal Register pertaining to sub...
Notice Mar 17, 2022

Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance:

Title Type Published
This regulation amends an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of tetraacetylethylenediamine (TAED) and its metabolite diacetylethylenediamine (DAED) by expanding its use in or on all food commodities, when used as a fungicide a...
Rule Mar 17, 2022

Pesticide Tolerances:

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This regulation establishes an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of zinc stearate (CAS No. 557-05-1) when used as an inert ingredient (lubricant) in pesticide formulations at rates of no more than 6 percent by weight of the f...
Rule Mar 17, 2022

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Title Type Published
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; Delegation of Authority Under Section 506(a)(1) (Memorandum of March 12, 2022)
Presidential Document Mar 17, 2022
Qatar; Designation as Major Non-NATO Ally (Presidential Determination No. 202210 of March 10, 2022)
Presidential Document Mar 17, 2022

Special Observances:

Title Type Published
National Equal Pay Day (Proc. 10348)
Presidential Document Mar 17, 2022

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) proposes targeted updates to its rules to incorporate new and updated standards that are integral to the testing of equipment and accreditation of laboratories that test RF devices.
Proposed Rule Mar 17, 2022

Federal Election Commission logo Federal Election Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Mar 17, 2022

Filing Dates:

Title Type Published
Oklahoma has scheduled special elections to fill the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Senator James M. Inhofe. There are three possible special elections, but only two may be necessary. <bullet> Primary Election: June 28, 2022. <bullet> Possible Run...
Notice Mar 17, 2022

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Title Type Published
The Federal Maritime Commission (Commission) is extending the deadline for the submission of public comments in response to its February 15, 2022, Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on demurrage and detention billing requirements. The Commission g...
Proposed Rule Mar 17, 2022
This final rule adopts without substantive change the proposed rule. The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC or Commission) seeks to update outdated references to Commission offices, modernize references to technology, and clarify existing requirements...
Rule Mar 17, 2022
The Federal Maritime Commission (Commission) is issuing this final rule to adopt regulatory changes to its passenger vessel operator financial responsibility requirements. The Commission is defining when nonperformance of transportation has occurred...
Rule Mar 17, 2022

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
Notice Mar 17, 2022

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
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.
Notice Mar 17, 2022
The Department of Health and Human Services is updating its regulations to reflect required annual inflation-related increases to the civil monetary penalty amounts in its regulations, under the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improv...
Rule Mar 17, 2022
Findings of research misconduct have been made against Shuo Chen, Ph.D. (Respondent), formerly a postdoctoral researcher, Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley (UCB). Respondent engaged in research misconduct in research reported...
Notice Mar 17, 2022

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

Title Type Published
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is requesting a 3-year extension of the Generic Clearance for Disaster Information Collection Forms (OMB #0970-0476) and the five forms currently approved for ACF programs. There are no changes reque...
Notice Mar 17, 2022
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 propose projects to be su...
Notice Mar 17, 2022
In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA announces plans to submit an Information Collection Request (ICR), described below, to the Office...
Notice Mar 17, 2022

Public Health Reassessment and Immediate Termination:

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), located within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is hereby terminating the Order Suspending the Right to Introduce Certain Persons from Countries Where a Quarantinable Communicabl...
Notice Mar 17, 2022

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

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This document amends the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulations to reflect the imposition of import restrictions on certain categories of archaeological and ethnological material from the Federal Republic of Nigeria ("Nigeria"). These r...
Rule Mar 17, 2022
This final rule amends the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulations to reflect the imposition of import restrictions on certain categories of archaeological and ethnological material of the Republic of Albania (Albania). These restriction...
Rule Mar 17, 2022

Special Local Regulation:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary special local regulation in the navigable waters of San Francisco Bay in San Francisco, CA, in support of the San Francisco Sail Grand Prix 2021 race periods on March 24, 2022, through March 27, 2022. This...
Rule Mar 17, 2022

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Title Type Published
In accordance with Section 206A of the National Housing Act, HUD is providing notice of adjustment to the Basic Statutory Mortgage Limits for Multifamily Housing Programs for Calendar Year 2022. HUD is also providing notice of adjustment to the per u...
Notice Mar 17, 2022

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) published a document in the Federal Register on February 23, 2022, concerning conducting Tribal Consultation sessions to obtain oral and written comments on candidate replacement names for geographic feature...
Notice Mar 17, 2022

Endangered and Threatened Species:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, announce the revised taxonomy of four species of mussels under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). We are revising the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and related regulations under...
Rule Mar 17, 2022

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

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The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) is publishing this notice to announce that, consistent with direction from the U.S. District Court of Montana, it will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Navajo Transit...
Notice Mar 17, 2022

Filing of Plats of Survey:

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The plats of survey of the following described lands are scheduled to be officially filed in the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Colorado State Office, Lakewood, Colorado, 30 calendar days from the date of this publication. The surveys, which were e...
Notice Mar 17, 2022

Incidental Take Permit Application and Proposed Habitat Conservation Plan:

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We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce receipt of an application from Rhonda H. Barber (applicant) for an incidental take permit (ITP) under the Endangered Species Act. The applicant requests the ITP to take the federally listed Alabam...
Notice Mar 17, 2022

Inventory Completion:

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Diablo Valley College, a campus of Contra Costa Community College District, has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations and has determ...
Notice Mar 17, 2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Shasta Trinity National Forest (USDA Shasta Trinity National Forest) has completed an inventory of human remains in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, and has determined that there is...
Notice Mar 17, 2022

Repatriation of Cultural Items:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Tuzigoot National Monument (Tuzigoot National Monument) has corrected a Notice of Intent to Repatriate published in the Federal Register on June 25, 2021. This notice corrects the number of...
Notice Mar 17, 2022

Requests for Nominations:

Title Type Published
The Secretary of the Interior and the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service seek nominations for membership on the Hunting and Wildlife Conservation Council (Council). This is a 15-day extension of the call for nominations published in the F...
Notice Mar 17, 2022

Subsistence Management Regulations:

No documents available.

Withdrawal, Transfer of Administrative Jurisdiction, and Opportunity for Public Meeting:

Title Type Published
At the request of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and subject to valid existing rights, the Secretary of the Interior proposes to withdraw 13.50 acres of public land from appropriation under the public land laws, including location...
Notice Mar 17, 2022

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor (the Department), in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, provides the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and continuing collections of information. This helps the Department...
Notice Mar 17, 2022

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 twenty-three meetings, by videoconference, of the Humanities Panel, a federal advisory committee, during April 2022. The purpose of the meetings is for panel review, discussion, evaluation, an...
Notice Mar 17, 2022

N
National Science Foundation

Request for Information:

Title Type Published
The NITRD NCO and the NSF, as part of an interagency working group on information integrity, request input from interested parties on a range of questions pertaining to Federal priorities for research and development efforts to address misinformation...
Notice Mar 17, 2022

Postal Service logo Postal Service

Title Type Published
The United States Postal Service[supreg] (Postal Service) is proposing to revise a Customer Privacy Act System of Records (SOR). These modifications are being made to store, send, and host emails for Informed Delivery on a cloud-based platform.
Notice Mar 17, 2022

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Mar 17, 2022

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Title Type Published
Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc.
Notice Mar 17, 2022
Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc.
Notice Mar 17, 2022
Cboe EDGX Exchange, Inc.
Notice Mar 17, 2022
ICE Clear Europe Limited
Notice Mar 17, 2022
Long-Term Stock Exchange, Inc.
Notice Mar 17, 2022
The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC
Notice Mar 17, 2022

State Department logo State Department

Title Type Published
Determination under the Foreign Assistance Act to Provide Commodities and Services for Assistance to the Lebanese Armed Forces
Notice Mar 17, 2022
Determination under the Foreign Assistance Act to Provide Immediate Military Assistance to the Lebanese Armed Forces
Notice Mar 17, 2022
This document, submitted to the Congress on March 9, 2022, provides an update to the State Department's report to Congress regarding persons in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua: Foreign persons determined to have knowingly engaged in a...
Notice Mar 17, 2022

Tennessee Valley Authority logo Tennessee Valley Authority

Title Type Published
The proposed information collection renewal described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The Tennessee Valley Authority is soliciting public comments on...
Notice Mar 17, 2022

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
The FHWA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval for a new information collection, which is summarized below under Supplementary Information. We are required to publish this notice i...
Notice Mar 17, 2022
FRA is revising its regulations governing railroad workplace safety to: Allow for the use of alternative cybersecurity standards for electronic display systems used to view track authority information for roadway worker safety, and exempt certain rem...
Rule Mar 17, 2022

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

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The ICR describ...
Notice Mar 17, 2022

Airworthiness Criteria:

Title Type Published
The FAA announces the special class airworthiness criteria for the 3DRobotics Government Services Model 3DR-GS H520-G unmanned aircraft (UA). This document sets forth the airworthiness criteria the FAA finds to be appropriate and applicable for the U...
Rule Mar 17, 2022
The FAA announces the special class airworthiness criteria for the Flirtey Inc. Model Flirtey F4.5 unmanned aircraft (UA). This document sets forth the airworthiness criteria the FAA finds to be appropriate and applicable for the UA design.
Rule Mar 17, 2022
The FAA announces the special class airworthiness criteria for the TELEGRID Technologies, Inc. Model TELEGRID DE2020 unmanned aircraft (UA). This document sets forth the airworthiness criteria the FAA finds to be appropriate and applicable for the UA...
Rule Mar 17, 2022
The FAA announces the special class airworthiness criteria for the Wingcopter GmbH Model 198 US unmanned aircraft (UA). This document sets forth the airworthiness criteria the FAA finds to be appropriate and applicable for the UA design.
Rule Mar 17, 2022

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of one or more persons or property that have been placed on OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) based on OFAC'...
Notice Mar 17, 2022
This document contains corrections to a notice of proposed rulemaking and notice of public hearing (REG-114209-21) that was published in the Federal Register on Tuesday, March 1, 2022. The notice of proposed rulemaking contains proposed amendments to...
Proposed Rule Mar 17, 2022

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

Title Type Published
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) 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 an information collection ren...
Notice Mar 17, 2022

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