August 15, 2023 (Volume 88)

Federal Register August 15, 2023

View all documents issued on August 15, 2023. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

78 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on August 15, 2023

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Aug 15, 2023
This document invites comments on a proposed amendment to the plant records requirement for the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Dairy Grading and Inspection program. The proposal would allow butterfat tests to be performed at an in-house or appr...
Proposed Rule Aug 15, 2023

Cotton Board:

Title Type Published
The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is amending the Cotton Board Rules and Regulations, increasing the value assigned to imported cotton for the purposes of calculating supplemental assessments collected for use by the Cotton Research and Promot...
Rule Aug 15, 2023

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
Quarterly Update to Annual Listing of Foreign Government Subsidies on Articles of Cheese Subject to an In-Quota Rate of Duty
Notice Aug 15, 2023

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:

Title Type Published
On July 19, 2023, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT or Court) issued its final judgment in China Manufacturers Alliance, LLC v. United States, Consol. Court No. 15-00124, Slip Op. 23-105 (CIT 2023) (China Mfr. Alliance VI), sustaining the U....
Notice Aug 15, 2023

Denial of Export Privileges:

Endangered and Threatened Species:

Title Type Published
Under section 4(d) of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) shall issue protective regulations the Secretary deems necessary and advisable for the conservation of species listed as threatened. The Secretary may apply...
Proposed Rule Aug 15, 2023

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska:

Title Type Published
NMFS is prohibiting retention of "other rockfish" in the Aleutian Islands subarea of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary because the 2023 "other rockfish" total allowable catch (TAC) in the Aleutian Is...
Rule Aug 15, 2023

Fisheries of the Northeastern United States:

Title Type Published
NMFS announces Federal management measures for the 2023 summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass recreational fisheries. The implementing regulations for these fisheries require NMFS to publish recreational measures for the fishing year. The intent...
Rule Aug 15, 2023

Education Department logo Education Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice sets forth the agenda, time, and instructions to access or participate in the August 29-30, 2023, virtual meeting of NACIE. This notice provides information about the meeting to members of the public who may be interested in attending the...
Notice Aug 15, 2023

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
Combined Filings
Notice Aug 15, 2023
Combined Filings
Notice Aug 15, 2023

Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

Environmental Issues:

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an information collection request (ICR), Implementation of the Fine Particulate Matter (PM<INF>2.5</INF>) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (Renewal) (EPA ICR Number 2258.06; OMB Co...
Notice Aug 15, 2023

Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking final action to approve three state implementation plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the State of California addressing the nonattainment new source review (NNSR) requirements for the 2015 8-hour oz...
Rule Aug 15, 2023
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve, under the Clean Air Act (CAA), revisions to the State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency on October 22, 2020, and February 14, 2023. T...
Proposed Rule Aug 15, 2023
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving, under the Clean Air Act (CAA), revisions to the State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) on October 22, 2020, and February 14, 202...
Rule Aug 15, 2023
Pursuant to the Federal Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving the July 20, 2021, revisions to the Texas State Implementation Plan (SIP) concerning Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) require...
Rule Aug 15, 2023

Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revisions and Incorporation by Reference:

Title Type Published
The State of Montana Department of Environmental Quality has applied to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for final authorization of the changes to its hazardous waste program under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The EPA h...
Rule Aug 15, 2023
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to grant authorization to the State of Montana for the changes to its hazardous waste program under the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended, commonly referred to as the Resource Conservation and...
Proposed Rule Aug 15, 2023

Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revisions:

Title Type Published
New Hampshire has applied to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for final authorization of revisions to its hazardous waste program under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), as amended. The EPA proposes to grant final authorizat...
Proposed Rule Aug 15, 2023
New Hampshire has applied to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for final authorization of revisions to its hazardous waste program under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), as amended. The EPA has reviewed New Hampshire's appli...
Rule Aug 15, 2023

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Title Type Published
Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument; Establishment (Proc. 10606)
Presidential Document Aug 15, 2023

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this o...
Notice Aug 15, 2023
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, 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 this o...
Notice Aug 15, 2023
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this o...
Notice Aug 15, 2023
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) take steps to increase Tribal library eligibility and continue to reduce administrative burdens in the program. In doing so, the Commission expects to make the program more accessib...
Rule Aug 15, 2023

Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board logo Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board

Title Type Published
Meetings
Notice Aug 15, 2023

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the utility of government information, invites the general public and other Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a p...
Notice Aug 15, 2023
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Aug 15, 2023

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

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, Agency, or we) 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.
Notice Aug 15, 2023
The Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE), Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is proposing an information collection activity for the Child Abuse and Neglect Background Checks for Child Care and Early Education (CAN Checks f...
Notice Aug 15, 2023
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 Aug 15, 2023

Final Debarment Order:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is issuing an order under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) debarring Ildiko M. Knoll for a period of 5 years from importing or offering for import any drug into the United States. FDA bases th...
Notice Aug 15, 2023

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Aug 15, 2023
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Notice Aug 15, 2023

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

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

Title Type Published
The Department of Homeland Security will submit the following Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Aug 15, 2023
The Department of Homeland Security will submit the following Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Aug 15, 2023

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC) will meet virtually on Thursday, August 29, 2023. The meeting will be closed to the public.
Notice Aug 15, 2023

Safety Zone:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone for the City of Nitro Labor Day Fireworks Display occurring on September 3, 2023, on the Kanawha River, Nitro, WV. The safety zone will cover all navigable waters between mile marker 46 and 46.5...
Rule Aug 15, 2023
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone for the navigable waters in the vicinity of Lahaina Boat Basin, Maui, Hawaii. The temporary safety zone encompasses all waters extending 1 nautical mile from shore starting from the northernmost...
Rule Aug 15, 2023
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone for all navigable waters in the Upper Mississippi River at Mile Marker (MM) 660.5 through 659.5. The safety zone is needed to protect personnel, vessels, and the marine environment from all pote...
Rule Aug 15, 2023

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
In April 2023, the Commission issued a revised proposed rule refining proposed changes to the "primary management official" and "key employee" definitions as well as the newly proposed definitions for "Gaming Enterprise" and "Tribal Gaming Regulatory...
Rule Aug 15, 2023
As authorized under the provisions of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as amended, notice is hereby given that a temporary closure and temporary restrictions of activities will be in effect on public lands administered by the Lake...
Notice Aug 15, 2023

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), is announcing the annual meeting of the Federal agencies and Tribes that participate in the Indian Employment, Training, and Related Services Act of 2017, as amended, known as "Public La...
Notice Aug 15, 2023

Permits; Applications, Issuances, etc.:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to comment on applications to conduct certain activities with foreign species that are listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). With some exceptions, the ESA prohibits acti...
Notice Aug 15, 2023

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

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

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission ("Commission") has determined not to review an initial determination ("ID") (Order No. 23) of the presiding administrative law judge ("ALJ") granting the unopposed motion of responde...
Notice Aug 15, 2023

Labor Department logo Labor Department

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

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Red...
Notice Aug 15, 2023

Application:

Title Type Published
In this notice, OSHA announces the application of CSA Group Testing & Certification, Inc., for expansion of the scope of recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) and presents the agency's preliminary finding to grant the appli...
Notice Aug 15, 2023
In this notice, OSHA announces the application of Intertek Testing Services NA, Inc., for expansion of the scope of recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) and presents the agency's preliminary finding to grant the applicatio...
Notice Aug 15, 2023
In this notice, OSHA announces the application of TUV Rheinland of North America, Inc., for expansion of the scope of recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) and presents the agency's preliminary finding to grant the applicat...
Notice Aug 15, 2023
In this notice, OSHA announces the application of TUV SUD America, Inc., for expansion of the scope of recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) and presents the agency's preliminary finding to grant the application.
Notice Aug 15, 2023

N
National Science Foundation

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Advisory Committee for Biological Sciences
Notice Aug 15, 2023

Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

Prevailing Rate Systems:

Title Type Published
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing a rule to abolish the Allegheny, Pennsylvania, nonappropriated fund (NAF) Federal Wage System (FWS) wage area and redefine Cuyahoga County, Ohio, to the Macomb, Michigan, NAF wage area; Trumbull C...
Proposed Rule Aug 15, 2023
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a proposed rule to redefine the geographic boundaries of the Northeastern Arizona and Utah appropriated fund Federal Wage System (FWS) wage areas for pay-setting purposes. The proposed rule would re...
Proposed Rule Aug 15, 2023

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Application:

Title Type Published
Notice.
Notice Aug 15, 2023

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Disaster Declaration:

Title Type Published
This is a notice of an Administrative disaster declaration of a rural area for the State of California dated 08/09/2023. Incident: Rural Area--Severe Winter Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides and Mudslides. Incident Period: 02/21/2023...
Notice Aug 15, 2023
This is a notice of an Administrative disaster declaration of a rural area for the State of California dated 08/09/2023. Incident: Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides and Mudslides. Incident Period: 12/27/2022 through 01/31/2023.
Notice Aug 15, 2023

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

Title Type Published
Revised Medical Criteria for Evaluating Digestive Disorders and Skin Disorders
Rule Aug 15, 2023

State Department logo State Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Department of State will hold a virtual listening session to provide an update after the August 10-11 round of negotiations to modernize the Columbia River Treaty (CRT) regime, and to provide U.S. citizens from the Columbia Basin the opportunity...
Notice Aug 15, 2023

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Piaggio Aviation S.p.A. (Piaggio) Model P-180 airplanes. This AD was prompted by a report of corrosion-induced cracking on the horizontal tail trim actuator (HTTA) fitting assembly. T...
Rule Aug 15, 2023

Hazardous Materials:

Title Type Published
On June 27, 2023, PHMSA published a notice of proposed rulemaking, titled "Hazardous Materials: FAST Act Requirements for Real-Time Train Consist Information (HM-263)," proposing amendments to the Hazardous Materials Regulations to require all railro...
Proposed Rule Aug 15, 2023

Limitation on Claims against Proposed Public Transportation Projects:

Title Type Published
This notice announces final environmental actions taken by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) regarding the three projects: East Campus Expansion Project, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana; Metra UP North Rebuild: Fullerton to Addison Projec...
Notice Aug 15, 2023

Public Transportation on Indian Reservations Program:

Title Type Published
This notice seeks comments on how the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Tribal Transit competitive program and technical assistance to Tribes is administered. This notice also introduces FTA's consultation process and schedule for implementation.
Notice Aug 15, 2023

Special Conditions:

Title Type Published
These special conditions are issued for The Boeing Company (Boeing) Model 737-10 series airplane. This airplane will have a novel or unusual design feature when compared to the state of technology envisioned in the airworthiness standards for transpo...
Rule Aug 15, 2023

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
This document contains final regulations concerning the application of the low-income communities bonus credit program for the energy investment credit established pursuant to the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. Under this program, applicants invest...
Rule Aug 15, 2023
For the period beginning July 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2023, the prompt payment interest rate is 4-7/8 per centum per annum.
Notice Aug 15, 2023
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the name of a person whose property and interests in property have been unblocked and who has been removed from the List of Specially Designated Nationals and...
Notice Aug 15, 2023

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

Title Type Published
The Internal Revenue Service, 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 continuing information collections, as required by...
Notice Aug 15, 2023

U
Unified Carrier Registration Plan

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Aug 15, 2023

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Cooperative Studies Scientific Evaluation Committee
Notice Aug 15, 2023

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