March 22, 2024 (Volume 89)

Federal Register March 22, 2024

View all documents issued on March 22, 2024. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

104 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on March 22, 2024

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Mar 22, 2024

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has prepared a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) and draft plant pest risk assessment (PPRA) evaluating the potential environmental impacts and plant pest...
Notice Mar 22, 2024

Hearings, Meetings, Proceedings, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Prince William Sound Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will hold a public meeting according to the details shown below. The committee is authorized under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (the Act) and operates in comp...
Notice Mar 22, 2024

Subsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska:

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This proposed rule revises regulations for fish and shellfish seasons, harvest limits, methods, and means related to taking of fish and shellfish for subsistence uses during the 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 regulatory years. The Federal Subsistence Board...
Proposed Rule Mar 22, 2024

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
The Secretary of Commerce, through the Office of Trade and Economic Analysis (OTEA), issued an amended Export Trade Certificate of Review (Certificate) to Aerospace Industries Association of America, Inc., on March 11, 2024.
Notice Mar 22, 2024
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO or Office) is revising the rules of practice in patent cases to update the signature rule to provide for the broader permissibility of electronic signatures using third-party document-signing softw...
Rule Mar 22, 2024

Application for Duty Free Entry of Scientific Instruments:

Title Type Published
Fermi Research Alliance et al.
Notice Mar 22, 2024

Fisheries of the Northeastern United States:

Title Type Published
NMFS approves and implements the measures included in Framework Adjustment 38 to the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery Management Plan as adopted and submitted by the New England Fishery Management Council. Framework 38 establishes scallop specifications...
Rule Mar 22, 2024
This action proposes to approve and implement Framework Adjustment 66 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan. This rule proposes to set catch limits for 8 of the 20 multispecies stocks, modify the accountability measure trigger for Atl...
Proposed Rule Mar 22, 2024

Hearings, Meetings, Proceedings, etc.:

Title Type Published
The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will host a presentation on Fish Acoustic Detection Algorithm Research to Identify Fish.
Notice Mar 22, 2024
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold public meetings of the Council including a joint session with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Management Board.
Notice Mar 22, 2024

Taking or Importing of 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 Mar 22, 2024
In accordance with the regulations implementing the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) as amended, notification is hereby given that NMFS has issued an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, LLC (Atlantic Shores)...
Notice Mar 22, 2024

Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled logo Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

Title Type Published
This action deletes product(s) from the Procurement List that were furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
Notice Mar 22, 2024
The Committee is proposing to delete product(s) and service(s) from the Procurement List that were furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
Notice Mar 22, 2024
The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (Committee), operating as the U.S. AbilityOne Commission (Commission), is publishing a final rule that clarifies the Commission's authority to consider different pricing method...
Rule Mar 22, 2024

Hearings, Meetings, Proceedings, etc.:

Title Type Published
Notice of public meeting.
Notice Mar 22, 2024

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, DoD announces the proposed extension of a public information collection requirement and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. DoD invites comments on: whether the proposed collection o...
Notice Mar 22, 2024
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, DoD announces the proposed extension of a public information collection requirement and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. DoD invites comments on: whether the proposed collection o...
Notice Mar 22, 2024
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, DoD announces the proposed extension of a public information collection requirement and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. DoD invites comments on: whether the proposed collection o...
Notice Mar 22, 2024

Restricted Area:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) is amending its regulations to modify an existing permanent restricted area within waters along the shoreline of the Military Ocean Terminal Concord (MOTCO), on the south shore of Suisun Bay, north of the City...
Rule Mar 22, 2024

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
Combined Filings
Notice Mar 22, 2024
Combined Filings
Notice Mar 22, 2024

Hearings, Meetings, Proceedings, etc.:

Title Type Published
This notice announces an open virtual meeting for members and the public of the 21st Century Energy Workforce Advisory Board (EWAB). The Federal Advisory Committee Act requires that public notice of these meetings be announced in the Federal Register...
Notice Mar 22, 2024

Institution of Section 206 Proceeding and Refund Effective Date:

Title Type Published
Cottontail Solar 4, LLC, Cottontail Solar 5, LLC, Cottontail Solar 6, LLC
Notice Mar 22, 2024

Licenses; Exemptions, Applications, Amendments, etc.:

Title Type Published
Empire Hydro Partners, Lyonsdale Hydroelectric Co., Inc.
Notice Mar 22, 2024

Request for Information:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) invites public comment on updates to the measurement and verification (M&V) guidelines for performance-based contracts. The M&V guidelines provide procedures for verifying and quantifying the savings resulting from...
Notice Mar 22, 2024

Request under Blanket Authorization:

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is adopting two categorical exclusions (CEs) from the Department of Energy (DOE) under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for drop-off, collection, and transfer facilities for recyclable materials a...
Notice Mar 22, 2024
Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.
Notice Mar 22, 2024

Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve the regional haze state implementation plan (SIP) submitted by the State of New York through the Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC or New York) on May 12, 2020, as satis...
Proposed Rule Mar 22, 2024

Hearings, Meetings, Proceedings, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces a public meeting with a webcast of the Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB). The meeting will be shared in real-time via webcast and public comments may be provided in writing in advance or...
Notice Mar 22, 2024

Pesticide Tolerance; Exemptions, Petitions, Revocations, etc.:

Title Type Published
This document announces the Agency's receipt of an initial filing of a pesticide petition requesting the establishment or modification of regulations for residues of pesticide chemicals in or on various commodities.
Proposed Rule Mar 22, 2024

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission logo Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

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

Title Type Published
This notice announces the intention of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to request a three-year approval, under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), of a revision to the current Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qua...
Notice Mar 22, 2024

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Radio Broadcasting Services:

Title Type Published
This document amends the Table of FM Allotments, of the Federal Communications Commission's (Commission) rules, by reinstating certain channels as a vacant FM allotment in various communities. The FM allotments were previously removed from the FM Tab...
Rule Mar 22, 2024

Federal Election Commission logo Federal Election Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Mar 22, 2024

Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission logo Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Mar 22, 2024

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Mar 22, 2024
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 c...
Notice Mar 22, 2024
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 Mar 22, 2024

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

Title Type Published
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 22, 2024
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is requesting a 3-year extension with proposed revisions to the Interstate Administrative Subpoena and Notice of Lien forms (Office of Management and Budget #0970-0152, expiration 6/30/2024). The for...
Notice Mar 22, 2024
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Notice Mar 22, 2024

Application:

Title Type Published
This final notice announces our decision to approve the Utilization Review Accreditation Commission (URAC) for continued recognition as a national accrediting organization that accredits suppliers of home infusion therapy (HIT) services that wish to...
Notice Mar 22, 2024

Food Additives:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is amending its regulations relating to the procedures for determining that a premarket notification for a food contact substance (FCN) is no longer effective. The final rule provides additional reasons th...
Rule Mar 22, 2024

Guidance:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, we, or the Agency) is extending the comment period for two chapters of a multichapter draft guidance entitled "Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food: Draft Guidance for Industry," whi...
Notice Mar 22, 2024

Licenses; Exemptions, Applications, Amendments, etc.:

Title Type Published
The National Cancer Institute, an institute of the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, is contemplating the grant of an Exclusive Patent License to practice the inventions embodied in the Patents and Patent Applica...
Notice Mar 22, 2024

National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program:

Title Type Published
HRSA is publishing this notice of petitions received under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (the Program), as required by the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, as amended. While the Secretary of HHS is named as the respondent in all pr...
Notice Mar 22, 2024

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Hearings, Meetings, Proceedings, etc.:

Title Type Published
The National Commercial Fishing Safety Advisory Committee (Committee) will conduct a series of meetings over three days to review, discuss, and make recommendations to the Secretary on matters relating to marine investigation cases and other relevant...
Notice Mar 22, 2024

Safety Zone:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is proposing to establish a temporary safety zone for certain waters in the Gulf of Mexico offshore Marathon, Florida. This action is necessary to provide for the safety of life on these navigable waters of Marathon, FL, during the 20...
Proposed Rule Mar 22, 2024

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Hearings, Meetings, Proceedings, etc.:

Title Type Published
To implement the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES or the Convention), the Parties to the Convention meet periodically to review what species in international trade should be regulated as well as o...
Notice Mar 22, 2024

Indian Gaming:

Title Type Published
This notice publishes the approval by operation of law of the Tribal-State Gaming Compact between the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota and the State of South Dakota.
Notice Mar 22, 2024

Subsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska:

No documents available.

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Hearings, Meetings, Proceedings, etc.:

Title Type Published
Advisory Board
Notice Mar 22, 2024

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or co...
Notice Mar 22, 2024

Exemption:

Title Type Published
This document contains a notice of exemption issued by the Department of Labor (the Department) from certain of the prohibited transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA or the Act) and/or the Internal Reve...
Notice Mar 22, 2024

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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

Title Type Published
NASA, 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 proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Pape...
Notice Mar 22, 2024

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

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

Title Type Published
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) announces that the following information collection has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This progr...
Notice Mar 22, 2024

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Mar 22, 2024

Peace Corps logo Peace Corps

Title Type Published
The Peace Corps will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The purpose of this notice is to allow 30 days for public comment in the Federal Register preceding...
Notice Mar 22, 2024

P
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 Mar 22, 2024

Postal Service logo Postal Service

Title Type Published
The United States Postal Service[supreg] (USPS[supreg]) is proposing to revise a Customer Privacy Act Systems of Records (SOR). These modifications are being made to extend the availability of identity verification services to government agencies.
Notice Mar 22, 2024

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Intention to Cancel Registration Pursuant to the Investment Advisers Act
Notice Mar 22, 2024
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Mar 22, 2024

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Title Type Published
Cboe Exchange, Inc.
Notice Mar 22, 2024
Investors Exchange LLC
Notice Mar 22, 2024
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice Mar 22, 2024
NYSE National, Inc.
Notice Mar 22, 2024
National Securities Clearing Corp.
Notice Mar 22, 2024
The Depository Trust Co.
Notice Mar 22, 2024

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Exemption:

Title Type Published
Operation; Great Lakes Basin Railroad, Line in Hammond, IN
Notice Mar 22, 2024

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 22, 2024
The Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (GLS) and the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC) of Canada, under international agreement, jointly publish and presently administer the St. Lawrence Seaway Tariff of Tolls in...
Rule Mar 22, 2024

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

Title Type Published
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 Federal Register Notice with a 60-day commen...
Notice Mar 22, 2024

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Airbus SAS Model A300 B4-601, B4-603, B4-620, B4-622, B4-605R, B4-622R, C4-605R Variant F, F4-605R, and F4-622R airplanes, Model A310 series airplanes, Model A318, A319, A320, and A...
Proposed Rule Mar 22, 2024
The FAA proposes to supersede Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2022-14-10, which applies to certain Airbus SAS Model A318 series airplanes; Model A319-111, -112, -113, -114, -115, -131, -132, and -133 airplanes; Model A320-211, -212, -214, -216, -231, -2...
Proposed Rule Mar 22, 2024
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain CFM International, S.A. (CFM) Model CFM56-2, CFM56-3, CFM56-5, CFM56-5B, CFM56-5C, and CFM56-7B engines. This AD was prompted by a report of electrical arcing on certain life-limited...
Rule Mar 22, 2024
The FAA proposes to supersede Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2021-25-12 and AD 2022-11-11, which apply to certain De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited Model DHC-8-401 and -402 airplanes. AD 2021- 25-12 requires repetitive lubrications of the trailin...
Proposed Rule Mar 22, 2024
The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Textron Aviation Inc. (Textron) (type certificate previously held by Cessna Aircraft Company) Model 525, 525A, and 525B airplanes with Tamarack active technology load alleviation system...
Proposed Rule Mar 22, 2024
The FAA is withdrawing a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that proposed to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) that would have applied to certain The Boeing Company Model 787-8, 787-9, and 787- 10 airplanes. The NPRM was prompted by a report...
Proposed Rule Mar 22, 2024

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
FHWA and Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) are issuing this Notice of Intent (NOI) to solicit comments and advise the public, agencies, and stakeholders that FHWA will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for transportation improv...
Notice Mar 22, 2024

Final Federal Agency Action:

Title Type Published
This notice announces actions taken by FHWA and other Federal agencies, on behalf of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT), that are final. The actions relate to a proposed highway project, Interstate 94 (I-94) East-West Corridor, 70th...
Notice Mar 22, 2024

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
This document contains proposed regulations relating to the notice that the IRS must provide to a taxpayer in advance of IRS contact with a third party with respect to the determination or collection of the taxpayer's tax liability, to reflect amendm...
Proposed Rule Mar 22, 2024
This document includes corrections to the final regulations (Treasury Decision 9984) published in the Federal Register on Tuesday, December 19, 2023. Treasury Decision 9984 contained final regulations implementing statutory safe harbor rules that pro...
Rule Mar 22, 2024
This document contains a correction to the final regulations (Treasury Decision 9984) published in the Federal Register on Tuesday, December 19, 2023. Treasury Decision 9984 contains final regulations implementing statutory safe harbor rules that pro...
Rule Mar 22, 2024
This document corrects a notice of proposed rulemaking (REG- 131756-11) published in the Federal Register on November 27, 2023, containing proposed regulations that would update regulations regarding whether persons are treated as related persons who...
Proposed Rule Mar 22, 2024

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 Mar 22, 2024

Hearings, Meetings, Proceedings, etc.:

Title Type Published
An open meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel's Taxpayer Assistance Center Improvements Project Committee will be conducted. The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comments, ideas, and suggestions on improving customer service at the Inter...
Notice Mar 22, 2024
An open meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel's Taxpayer Communications Project Committee will be conducted. The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comments, ideas, and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Revenue Serv...
Notice Mar 22, 2024
An open meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel's Notices and Correspondence Project Committee will be conducted. The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comments, ideas, and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Revenue S...
Notice Mar 22, 2024
An open meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel's Special Projects Committee will be conducted. The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comments, ideas, and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Revenue Service. This meeti...
Notice Mar 22, 2024
An open meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel's Tax Forms and Publications Project Committee will be conducted. The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comments, ideas, and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Revenue S...
Notice Mar 22, 2024
An open meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel's Toll-Free Phone Lines Project Committee will be conducted. The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comments, ideas, and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Revenue Servic...
Notice Mar 22, 2024

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs (OPIA), Office of Tribal Government Relations (OTGR), has updated their policy and directive on VA Tribal Consultation, in accordance with Executive Order 13175 an...
Notice Mar 22, 2024

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 Mar 22, 2024
Office of Acquisition and Logistics, 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 agenci...
Notice Mar 22, 2024

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