October 23, 2023 (Volume 88)

Federal Register October 23, 2023

View all documents issued on October 23, 2023. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

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Agencies Publishing on October 23, 2023

Agency for International Development logo Agency for International Development

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Acting in compliance with section 743 of Division C of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2010, requiring civilian agencies to prepare and analyze inventories of their service contracts, the United States Agency for International Development (USA...
Notice Oct 23, 2023

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) intention to request an extension and revision to the approved forms and information collection for marketing orders covering var...
Notice Oct 23, 2023
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Oct 23, 2023

Meetings:

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The Northwest Forest Plan Area Advisory Committee will hold a public meeting according to the details shown below. The Committee is authorized under the National Forest Management Act (the Act) and operates in compliance with the Federal Advisory Com...
Notice Oct 23, 2023

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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The United States Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration (ITA), is announcing one upcoming trade mission that will be recruited, organized, and implemented by ITA. This mission is: Global Diversity Export Initiative (GDEI) Trade M...
Notice Oct 23, 2023

Determination of Sales at Less-Than-Fair Value:

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Mattresses From Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Burma, India, Italy, Kosovo, Mexico, the Philippines, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, and Taiwan
Notice Oct 23, 2023

Meetings:

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Emerging Technology Technical Advisory Committee
Notice Oct 23, 2023
The SEDAR 74 assessment process of Gulf of Mexico red snapper will consist of a Data Workshop, and a series of assessment webinars, and a Review Workshop. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
Notice Oct 23, 2023
Materials and Equipment Technical Advisory Committee
Notice Oct 23, 2023
The MAFMC will hold a public meeting (webinar) of its Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish (MSB) Monitoring Committee. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for agenda details.
Notice Oct 23, 2023
Transportation and Related Equipment Technical Advisory Committee
Notice Oct 23, 2023

Taking and Importing Marine Mammals:

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In accordance with the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), as amended, its implementing regulations, and NMFS' MMPA Regulations for Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Geophysical Surveys Related to Oil and Gas Activities in the Gulf of Mexico, noti...
Notice Oct 23, 2023

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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The Department of the Army (Army) is making its Program Comment Plan for Preservation of Pre-1919 Historic Army Housing, Associated Buildings and Structures, and Landscape Features (Army Program Comment Plan) available for public review. The Army Pro...
Notice Oct 23, 2023

Education Department logo Education Department

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The U.S. Department of Education (Department) designates a regulatory provision in its final rule related to income-driven repayment for early implementation.
Rule Oct 23, 2023

Energy Department logo Energy Department

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Combined Filings
Notice Oct 23, 2023
Combined Filings
Notice Oct 23, 2023
Combined Filings
Notice Oct 23, 2023
Combined Filings
Notice Oct 23, 2023
Records Governing Off-the-Record Communications
Notice Oct 23, 2023

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

Waiver Period for Water Quality Certification Application:

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.
Notice Oct 23, 2023
Since 1988, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has maintained a Federal Agency Hazardous Waste Compliance Docket ("Docket") under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). CERCLA requires EPA to establ...
Notice Oct 23, 2023
EPA issued a notice in the Federal Register of April 2, 2021, concerning the cancellations voluntarily requested by the registrants and accepted by the Agency. This notice is being issued to correct the cancellation order in Table 1 of Unit II by rem...
Notice Oct 23, 2023
In accordance with the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of requests by registrants to voluntarily cancel certain pesticide registrations. EPA intends to grant these requests at the close...
Notice Oct 23, 2023

Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations:

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Pursuant to the Federal Clean Air Act (CAA, the Act), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving two revisions to the Arkansas State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted by the Governor on May 12, 2022, and November 1, 2022. These SIP revi...
Rule Oct 23, 2023
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is disapproving certain portions of a state implementation plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Delaware, through the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC), on No...
Rule Oct 23, 2023

Guideline on Air Quality Models:

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In this action, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposes to revise the Guideline on Air Quality Models ("Guideline"). The Guideline has been incorporated into EPA's regulations, satisfying a requirement under the Clean Air Act (CAA) section...
Proposed Rule Oct 23, 2023

Meetings:

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office is announcing a public meeting of the chartered Science Advisory Board. The purpose of the meeting is to: conduct a quality review of the draft SAB report titled: Rev...
Notice Oct 23, 2023

Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulations:

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is updating a portion of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Air Regulations. Requirements applying to OCS sources located within 25 miles of states' seaward boundaries must be updated periodically to remain co...
Rule Oct 23, 2023

Requests for Nominations:

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office requests public nominations of scientific experts to form a panel to review the revised Technical Guidance for Assessing Environmental Justice in Regulatory Analysis...
Notice Oct 23, 2023

State Plans for Designated Facilities and Pollutants; Approvals and Promulgations:

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Pursuant to the Federal Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve the CAA section 111(d) state plan revision submitted by the State of Arkansas for existing kraft pulp mills subject to the Kraft...
Proposed Rule Oct 23, 2023

Federal Communications Commission logo 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 of 1995 (PRA), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this o...
Notice Oct 23, 2023
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...
Notice Oct 23, 2023

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Oct 23, 2023
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 to comment on a continuing inform...
Notice Oct 23, 2023
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Oct 23, 2023
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the fee rates and payment procedures for fiscal year (FY) 2024 animal drug user fees. The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act), as amended by the Animal Drug User Fee Amendment...
Notice Oct 23, 2023
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the fee rates and payment procedures for fiscal year (FY) 2024 generic new animal drug program user fees. The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act), as amended by the Animal Gen...
Notice Oct 23, 2023

Meetings:

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Center for Scientific Review
Notice Oct 23, 2023

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 elimination of CBP's collection of interest specific to debit vouchers in order to enable CBP to efficiently include debit voucher bills in CBP's automated b...
Rule Oct 23, 2023
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposes to amend its regulations governing H-1B specialty occupation workers to modernize and improve the efficiency of the H-1B program, add benefits and flexibilities, and improve integrity measures....
Proposed Rule Oct 23, 2023

Safety Zones:

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The Coast Guard will enforce a safety zone for a fireworks display at The Wharf DC on October 25, 2023, to provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways during this event. Our regulation for Fireworks Displays within the Fifth Coast Guard Dis...
Rule Oct 23, 2023

Security Zones:

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The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary security zone for navigable waters of Watson Bayou, Panama City FL, within an area bound by the following points: 30[deg]08'17.8" N, 85[deg]38'6.6" W (Diamond Point), thence northeast toward 30[deg]08'34.6"...
Rule Oct 23, 2023

Interior Department logo Interior Department

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We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), are announcing receipt of a proposed amendment to the Montana regulatory program (hereinafter, the Montana program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SM...
Proposed Rule Oct 23, 2023

Inventory Completion:

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In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), with the assistance of California State University, Sacramento, has completed an inventory of associated f...
Notice Oct 23, 2023
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), California State University, Sacramento has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human rema...
Notice Oct 23, 2023
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), California State University, Sacramento has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural af...
Notice Oct 23, 2023
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), California State University, Sacramento has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural af...
Notice Oct 23, 2023
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), California State University, Sacramento has amended a Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register on March 2, 2023. This notice amends the nu...
Notice Oct 23, 2023
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Cobb Institute of Archaeology, Mississippi State University (CIA) has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determin...
Notice Oct 23, 2023
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Field Museum has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes o...
Notice Oct 23, 2023
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Field Museum has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes o...
Notice Oct 23, 2023
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Field Museum has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes o...
Notice Oct 23, 2023
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Field Museum has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes o...
Notice Oct 23, 2023
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences (SIIAS) has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation betwe...
Notice Oct 23, 2023
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Filson Historical Society has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation...
Notice Oct 23, 2023
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cult...
Notice Oct 23, 2023
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Montana has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian...
Notice Oct 23, 2023

Meetings:

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The National Park Service published in the Federal Register on October 2, 2023, a notice of public meeting of the Gateway National Recreation Area Fort Hancock 21st Century Advisory Committee scheduled for November 16, 2023. The document contained an...
Notice Oct 23, 2023
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Self-Governance PROGRESS Act Negotiated Rulemaking Committee (Committee), will hold their ninth public meeting to negotiate and advise the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) on a proposed...
Notice Oct 23, 2023

Permits; Applications, Issuances, etc.:

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We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce receipt of an application from Founders Ridge Development, LLC and Founders Ridge Development II, LLC (Minneola Town Center) (applicants) for an incidental take permit (ITP) under the Endangered S...
Notice Oct 23, 2023
We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce receipt of an application from Hector Aponte (2098 Laredo Drive) (applicant) for an incidental take permit (ITP) under the Endangered Species Act. The applicant requests the ITP to take the federa...
Notice Oct 23, 2023
We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce receipt of an application from Orange County Parks and Recreation Division (Horizon West Regional Park, applicant) for an incidental take permit (ITP) under the Endangered Species Act. The applica...
Notice Oct 23, 2023

Repatriation of Cultural Items:

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In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the California State University, Sacramento intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of objects of cultural patrimony and that have a...
Notice Oct 23, 2023
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Hastings Museum intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition of an unassociated funerary object and that has a cultural affiliation...
Notice Oct 23, 2023

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Oct 23, 2023

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Joint Board for Enrollment of Actuaries

Request for Applications:

Title Type Published
The Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries (Joint Board), established under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), is responsible for the enrollment of individuals who wish to perform actuarial services under ERISA. To assi...
Notice Oct 23, 2023

Justice Department logo Justice Department

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Under this direct final rule, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is updating the Table of Exempt Chemical Mixtures to include the listing of nine additional preparations. This action is in response to DEA's review of new applications for exemp...
Rule Oct 23, 2023

Importer, Manufacturer or Bulk Manufacturer of Controlled Substances; Application, Registration, etc.:

Title Type Published
Nexus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has applied to be registered as an importer of basic class(es) of controlled substance(s). Refer to SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION listed below for further drug information.
Notice Oct 23, 2023

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories:

Title Type Published
In this notice, OSHA announces the application of SolarPTL, LLC, 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 Oct 23, 2023

National Archives and Records Administration logo National Archives and Records Administration

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We are proposing to request an extension from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) of one currently approved information collection used to obtain information from private foundations or other entities in order to design, construct and equip Pre...
Notice Oct 23, 2023

N
National Science Foundation

Title Type Published
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has submitted the following information collection requirement to OMB for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This is the second notice for public comment; the first was published in t...
Notice Oct 23, 2023
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is creating a new system of records: NSF-80, Education and Training Application Data System (ETAP). This new system of records will contain records about individuals interested in participating in NSF education a...
Notice Oct 23, 2023

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Postal Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The Commission is noticing a recent Postal Service filing for the Commission's consideration concerning a negotiated service agreement. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.
Notice Oct 23, 2023
The Commission is noticing a recent Postal Service filing for the Commission's consideration concerning a negotiated service agreement. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.
Notice Oct 23, 2023

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Oct 23, 2023

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Title Type Published
The Small Business Administration (SBA) intends to request approval, from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the collection of information described below. The Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) requires Federal agencies to publish a notice in...
Notice Oct 23, 2023
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Small Business Administration's intentions to request approval on a new and/or currently approved information collection.
Notice Oct 23, 2023
The Small Business Administration (SBA) intends to request approval, from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the collection of information described below. The Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) requires Federal agencies to publish a notice in...
Notice Oct 23, 2023

Surrender of License of Small Business Investment Company:

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

Title Type Published
Under title II of the Social Security Act (Act), there will be a 3.2 percent cost-of-living increase in Social Security benefits effective December 2023. In addition, the national average wage index for 2022 is $63,795.13. The cost-of-living increase...
Notice Oct 23, 2023

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
FMCSA extends the comment period for its August 29, 2023, ANPRM requesting public comment on the need for a rulemaking to revise the regulations prescribing the safety fitness determination (SFD) process; the available science or technical informatio...
Proposed Rule Oct 23, 2023

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

Title Type Published
The Maritime Administration (MARAD) invites public comments on our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval to renew an information collection in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed collect...
Notice Oct 23, 2023

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration (MARAD) announces a public meeting of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) Advisory Council (Council).
Notice Oct 23, 2023

Petition for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance:

Title Type Published
Gillig, LLC, (Gillig) has determined that certain model year (MY) 1998-2022 Gillig Low Floor buses do not fully comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 205, Glazing Materials. Gillig filed a noncompliance report dated July 6, 20...
Notice Oct 23, 2023
Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (Mercedes-Benz) has determined that certain model year (MY) 2019-2021 Mercedes-Benz motor vehicles do not fully comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 101, Controls and Displays, and FMVSS No. 102, Transm...
Notice Oct 23, 2023

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
FinCEN is issuing a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM), pursuant to section 311 of the USA PATRIOT Act, that proposes requiring domestic financial institutions and domestic financial agencies to implement certain recordkeeping and reporting require...
Proposed Rule Oct 23, 2023
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of one or more persons that have been placed on OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) based on OFAC's determinat...
Notice Oct 23, 2023
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the name of a person who has been removed from the List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN List) and whose property and interests in p...
Notice Oct 23, 2023
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of one or more persons that have been placed on OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) based on OFAC's determinat...
Notice Oct 23, 2023

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974, notice is hereby given that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is modifying the system of records titled "Veterans Affairs Profile-VA" (192VA30). VA Profile contains information about Veterans; their families...
Notice Oct 23, 2023

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

Title Type Published
Veterans Health Administration (VHA), 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 agenc...
Notice Oct 23, 2023

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