{"description":"Documents matching 'problems creating ones issa august'","count":18,"total_pages":1,"results":[{"title":"Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Conventional Cooking Products","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended (\"EPCA\"), prescribes energy conservation standards for various consumer products and certain commercial and industrial equipment, including consumer conventional cooking products. In this direct final rule, the U.S. Department of Energy (\"DOE\") is adopting new and amended energy conservation standards for consumer conventional cooking products. DOE has determined that the new and amended energy conservation standards for these products would result in significant conservation of energy, and are technologically feasible and economically justified.","document_number":"2024-02008","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/02/14/2024-02008/energy-conservation-program-energy-conservation-standards-for-consumer-conventional-cooking-products","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-02-14/pdf/2024-02008.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-02008.pdf?1707831913","publication_date":"2024-02-14","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY","name":"Energy Department","id":136,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/energy-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/136","parent_id":null,"slug":"energy-department"}],"excerpts":"currently available on the market that meet the proposed standards. (\n Id. \n )\n \n \n <span class=\"match\">ONE</span> Gas commented that DOE's test data are insufficient to justify the standards proposed in the February 2023 SNOPR and updated efficiency levels analyzed in the <span class=\"match\">August</span> 2023 NODA. (<span class=\"match\">ONE</span> Gas, No. 10109 at pp. 2-3) <span class=\"match\">ONE</span> Gas commented that only <span class=\"match\">one</span> of the gas cooking top models tested meets the proposed standard and only two of the gas cooking top models tested meet the updated EL 2. (\n Id. \n ) <span class=\"match\">ONE</span> Gas commented that DOE should use expanded testing prior to issuing an updated"},{"title":"Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of Labor (Department) is updating and revising the regulations issued under the Fair Labor Standards Act implementing the exemptions from minimum wage and overtime pay requirements for executive, administrative, professional, outside sales, and computer employees. Significant revisions include increasing the standard salary level, increasing the highly compensated employee total annual compensation threshold, and adding to the regulations a mechanism that will allow for the timely and efficient updating of the salary and compensation thresholds, including an initial update on July 1, 2024, to reflect earnings growth. The Department is not finalizing in this rule its proposal to apply the standard salary level to the U.S. territories subject to the Federal minimum wage and to update the special salary levels for American Samoa and the motion picture industry.","document_number":"2024-08038","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/26/2024-08038/defining-and-delimiting-the-exemptions-for-executive-administrative-professional-outside-sales-and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-26/pdf/2024-08038.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-08038.pdf?1713962722","publication_date":"2024-04-26","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"},{"raw_name":"Wage and Hour Division","name":"Wage and Hour Division","id":524,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/wage-and-hour-division","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/524","parent_id":271,"slug":"wage-and-hour-division"}],"excerpts":"\n  \n Id. \n at 51243.\n \n \n As explained in the NPRM, the Department's experience with a <span class=\"match\">one</span>-test system shows that it is less nuanced than the two-test system, which allowed for finer calibration in defining and delimiting the EAP exemption. In a two-test system, there are four variables (two salary levels and two duties tests) that can be adjusted to define and delimit the exemption. In a <span class=\"match\">one</span>-test system, there are only two variables (<span class=\"match\">one</span> salary level and <span class=\"match\">one</span> duties test) that can be adjusted, necessarily yielding less nuanced results. The loss"},{"title":"The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Securities and Exchange Commission (\"Commission\") is adopting amendments to its rules under the Securities Act of 1933 (\"Securities Act\") and Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (\"Exchange Act\") that will require registrants to provide certain climate-related information in their registration statements and annual reports. The final rules will require information about a registrant's climate- related risks that have materially impacted, or are reasonably likely to have a material impact on, its business strategy, results of operations, or financial condition. In addition, under the final rules, certain disclosures related to severe weather events and other natural conditions will be required in a registrant's audited financial statements.","document_number":"2024-05137","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/03/28/2024-05137/the-enhancement-and-standardization-of-climate-related-disclosures-for-investors","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-03-28/pdf/2024-05137.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-05137.pdf?1711543524","publication_date":"2024-03-28","agencies":[{"raw_name":"SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION","name":"Securities and Exchange Commission","id":466,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/securities-and-exchange-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/466","parent_id":null,"slug":"securities-and-exchange-commission"}],"excerpts":"and accompanying text.\n \n \n \n \n 29 \n  \n See, e.g., \n Greg Ritchie, Bloomberg, \n 90% of World's Biggest Firms Will Have at Least <span class=\"match\">One</span> Asset Exposed to Climate Risk, Fresh Data Show \n (Sept. 15, 2022) (stating that over 90% of the world's largest companies will have at least <span class=\"match\">one</span> asset financially exposed to climate risks such as wildfires or floods by the 2050s, and more than a third of those companies will see at least <span class=\"match\">one</span> asset lose 20% or more of its value as a result of climate-related events).\n \n \n \n \n 30 \n  \n See, e.g., \n McKinsey &amp; Company"},{"title":"Accidental Release Prevention Requirements: Risk Management Programs Under the Clean Air Act","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is revising regulations that are designed to reduce the risk of accidental releases of hazardous chemicals. These regulations are part of the EPA's Risk Management Program (RMP), which the Agency established under authority in the Clean Air Act and recently amended on January 13, 2017. After a process of reconsidering several parts of the 2017 rule, EPA has concluded that a better approach is to improve the performance of a subset of facilities by achieving greater compliance with RMP regulations instead of imposing additional regulatory requirements on the larger population of facilities that is generally performing well in preventing accidental releases. For this and other reasons, EPA is rescinding recent amendments to these regulations that we no longer consider reasonable or practicable relating to safer technology and alternatives analyses, third-party audits, incident investigations, information availability, and several other minor regulatory changes. EPA is also modifying regulations relating to local emergency coordination, emergency response exercises, and public meetings. In addition, the Agency is changing compliance dates for some of these provisions.","document_number":"2019-25974","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/12/19/2019-25974/accidental-release-prevention-requirements-risk-management-programs-under-the-clean-air-act","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-12-19/pdf/2019-25974.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2019-25974.pdf?1576676718","publication_date":"2019-12-19","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"absolute prohibition [on the consideration of costs and benefits] would bring about irrational results . . . in an age of limited resources available to deal with grave environmental <span class=\"match\">problems</span>, where too much wasteful expenditure devoted to <span class=\"match\">one</span> <span class=\"match\">problem</span> may well mean considerably fewer resources available to deal effectively with other (perhaps more serious) <span class=\"match\">problems</span>”). In another example discussed below, EPA views a requirement for sources to have field exercises at least every 10 years to be impracticable because the burden it would impose on many"},{"title":"Endangered and Threatened Wildlife; Endangered Species Status for Southern Mountain Caribou Distinct Population Segment","type":"Rule","abstract":"We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), determine endangered species status under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), for the southern mountain caribou distinct population segment (DPS) of woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou). This determination amends the current listing of the southern Selkirk Mountains population of woodland caribou by defining the southern mountain caribou DPS. The southern mountain caribou DPS of woodland caribou consists of 17 subpopulations (15 extant and 2 extirpated). This DPS includes the currently listed southern Selkirk Mountains population of woodland caribou, a transboundary population that moves between British Columbia, Canada, and northern Idaho and northeastern Washington, United States. We have determined that the approximately 30,010 acres (12,145 hectares) designated as critical habitat on November 28, 2012, for the southern Selkirk Mountains population of woodland caribou is applicable to the U.S. portion of the endangered southern mountain caribou DPS and, as such, reaffirm the existing critical habitat for the DPS. This rule amends the listing of this DPS on the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife.","document_number":"2019-20459","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/10/02/2019-20459/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-endangered-species-status-for-southern-mountain-caribou-distinct","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-10-02/pdf/2019-20459.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2019-20459.pdf?1569933916","publication_date":"2019-10-02","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","name":"Interior Department","id":253,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/interior-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/253","parent_id":null,"slug":"interior-department"},{"raw_name":"Fish and Wildlife Service","name":"Fish and Wildlife Service","id":197,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/fish-and-wildlife-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/197","parent_id":253,"slug":"fish-and-wildlife-service"}],"excerpts":"predators and therefore an increase in predation on caribou. Predation has been reported as <span class=\"match\">one</span> of the most important direct causes of population decline for caribou in the southern mountain caribou DPS (see also \n C. Disease or Predation, \n below; MCST 2005, p. 4; Wittmer \n et al. \n 2005a, p. 257; Wittmer \n et al. \n 2005b, p. 417; Wittmer \n et al. \n 2007, p. 576).\n \n \n Roads <span class=\"match\">created</span> to support forest harvest activities have also fragmented habitat. Roads <span class=\"match\">create</span> linear features that provide easy travel corridors for predators into and through difficult"},{"title":"Accidental Release Prevention Requirements: Risk Management Programs Under the Clean Air Act","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in response to Executive Order 13650, is amending its Risk Management Program regulations. The revisions contain several changes to the accident prevention program requirements including an additional analysis of safer technology and alternatives as part of the process hazard analysis for some Program 3 processes, third-party audits and incident investigation root cause analysis for Program 2 and Program 3 processes; enhancements to the emergency preparedness requirements; increased public availability of chemical hazard information; and several other changes to certain regulatory definitions and data elements submitted in risk management plans. These amendments seek to improve chemical process safety, assist local emergency authorities in planning for and responding to accidents, and improve public awareness of chemical hazards at regulated sources.","document_number":"2016-31426","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/01/13/2016-31426/accidental-release-prevention-requirements-risk-management-programs-under-the-clean-air-act","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2017-01-13/pdf/2016-31426.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2016-31426.pdf?1484228730","publication_date":"2017-01-13","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"Schedule for Conducting a Third-Party Audit \n <span class=\"match\">One</span> commenter supported the proposed 12-month timeframe to complete a third-party audit. However, a few commenters opposed the proposed schedule. <span class=\"match\">One</span> commenter said that it would not be reasonable or appropriate to require completion of an audit report within twelve months by default. Some comments suggested modifying the rule to allow extensions of time to conduct third-party audits. Some comments sought clarification concerning the timing of a third-party audit. <span class=\"match\">One</span> commenter stated that the proposal seems"},{"title":"Defense Materiel Disposition","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule prescribes uniform procedures for the disposition of DoD personal property and establishes the sequence of processes for disposition of personal property of the DoD Components. Subpart A implements the statutory authority and regulations under which DoD personal property disposal takes place, as well as the scope and applicability for the program; defines the responsibilities of personnel and agencies involved in the Defense Materiel Disposition Program; provides procedures for disposal of excess property and scrap; and provides procedures for property donations, loans, and exchanges. Subpart B implements policy for reutilization, transfer, excess property screening, and issue of surplus property and foreign excess personal property (FEPP), scrap released by qualified recycling programs (QRPs), and non-QRP scrap; and provides guidance for removing excess material through security assistance programs and foreign military sales (FMS).","document_number":"2015-27397","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/11/03/2015-27397/defense-materiel-disposition","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2015-11-03/pdf/2015-27397.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2015-27397.pdf?1446471920","publication_date":"2015-11-03","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE","name":"Defense Department","id":103,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/defense-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/103","parent_id":null,"slug":"defense-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"retrospective plan, completed in <span class=\"match\">August</span> 2011, under Executive Order 13563, “Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review.” DoD's full plan and updates can be accessed at: \n http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;dct=FR+PR+N+O+SR;rpp=10;po=0;D=DOD-2011-OS-0036. \n \n III. Comments and Responses \n On December 29, 2014, the Department of Defense published an interim final rule titled “Defense Materiel Disposition” (79 FR 78144-78218). The 60-day public-comment period expired on February 27, 2015. Two public comments were received. <span class=\"match\">One</span> of the comments expressed"},{"title":"Defense Materiel Disposition","type":"Rule","abstract":"This interim final rule prescribes uniform procedures for the disposition of DoD personal property and establishes the sequence of processes for disposition of personal property of the DoD Components. Subpart A implements the statutory authority and regulations under which DoD personal property disposal takes place, as well as the scope and applicability for the program; defines the responsibilities of personnel and agencies involved in the Defense Materiel Disposition Program; provides procedures for disposal of excess property and scrap; and provides procedures for property donations, loans, and exchanges. Subpart B implements policy for reutilization, transfer, excess property screening, and issue of surplus property and foreign excess personal property (FEPP), scrap generated from qualified recycling programs (QRPs), and non-QRP scrap; and provides guidance for removing excess material through security assistance programs and foreign military sales (FMS).","document_number":"2014-29251","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2014/12/29/2014-29251/defense-materiel-disposition","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2014-12-29/pdf/2014-29251.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2014-29251.pdf?1419455574","publication_date":"2014-12-29","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE","name":"Defense Department","id":103,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/defense-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/103","parent_id":null,"slug":"defense-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"  \n Retrospective Review \n \n This rule is part of DoD's retrospective plan, completed in <span class=\"match\">August</span> 2011, under Executive Order 13563, “Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review.” DoD's full plan and updates can be accessed at: \n http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;dct=FR+PR+N+O+SR;rpp=10;po=0;D=DOD-2011-OS-0036. \n \n Interim Rule Justification \n \n This rule is being published as an interim rule in order to provide property disposition procedures during <span class=\"match\">one</span> of the largest periods of drawdown in recent history. As the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan"},{"title":"Establishing a List of Qualifying Pathogens Under the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is proposing a regulation to establish a list of \"qualifying pathogens\" that have the potential to pose a serious threat to public health. The proposed rule would implement a provision of the Generating Antibiotic Incentives Now (GAIN) title of the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act (FDASIA). GAIN is intended to encourage development of new antibacterial and antifungal drugs for the treatment of serious or life-threatening infections, and provides incentives such as eligibility for designation as a fast-track product and an additional 5 years of exclusivity to be added to certain exclusivity periods. FDA is proposing that the following pathogens comprise the list of \"qualifying pathogens:\" Acinetobacter species, Aspergillus species, Burkholderia cepacia complex, Campylobacter species, Candida species, Clostridium difficile, Enterobacteriaceae (e.g., Klebsiella pneumoniae), Enterococcus species, Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, N. meningitidis, Non-tuberculous mycobacteria species, Pseudomonas species, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus agalactiae, S. pneumoniae, S. pyogenes, and Vibrio cholerae. The preamble to the proposed rule describes the factors we considered and the methodology we used to develop this list of qualifying pathogens.","document_number":"2013-13865","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2013/06/12/2013-13865/establishing-a-list-of-qualifying-pathogens-under-the-food-and-drug-administration-safety-and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2013-06-12/pdf/2013-13865.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2013-13865.pdf?1370955550","publication_date":"2013-06-12","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Food and Drug Administration","name":"Food and Drug Administration","id":199,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/food-and-drug-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/199","parent_id":221,"slug":"food-and-drug-administration"}],"excerpts":"species, the majority of which were resistant to at least <span class=\"match\">one</span> class of antibacterial drugs, were reported to CDC's National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) in 2009-2010 (Ref. 132, Table 7). Thus, \n Acinetobacter \n resistance is a well-recognized and growing <span class=\"match\">problem</span> (see generally, e.g., Ref. 5), and most hospital-acquired \n A. baumannii \n are now resistant to multiple classes of antibacterial agents (Ref. 4 at p. 2884 (internal citation omitted)). Indeed, in recognition of this <span class=\"match\">problem</span>, in 2008, the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)"},{"title":"Hazard Communication","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this final rule, OSHA is modifying its Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) to conform to the United Nations' Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS). OSHA has determined that the modifications will significantly reduce costs and burdens while also improving the quality and consistency of information provided to employers and employees regarding chemical hazards and associated protective measures. Consistent with the requirements of Executive Order 13563, which calls for assessment and, where appropriate, modification and improvement of existing rules, the Agency has concluded this improved information will enhance the effectiveness of the HCS in ensuring that employees are apprised of the chemical hazards to which they may be exposed, and in reducing the incidence of chemical-related occupational illnesses and injuries. The modifications to the standard include revised criteria for classification of chemical hazards; revised labeling provisions that include requirements for use of standardized signal words, pictograms, hazard statements, and precautionary statements; a specified format for safety data sheets; and related revisions to definitions of terms used in the standard, and requirements for employee training on labels and safety data sheets. OSHA is also modifying provisions of other standards, including standards for flammable and combustible liquids, process safety management, and most substance-specific health standards, to ensure consistency with the modified HCS requirements. The consequences of these modifications will be to improve safety, to facilitate global harmonization of standards, and to produce hundreds of millions of dollars in annual savings.","document_number":"2012-4826","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2012/03/26/2012-4826/hazard-communication","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2012-03-26/pdf/2012-4826.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2012-04826.pdf?1332345185","publication_date":"2012-03-26","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"},{"raw_name":"Occupational Safety and Health Administration","name":"Occupational Safety and Health Administration","id":386,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/occupational-safety-and-health-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/386","parent_id":271,"slug":"occupational-safety-and-health-administration"}],"excerpts":"“possibly by a third simply because [the revised HCS will] be removing a number of types [of MSDS and labeling systems]” (Document ID #0499, Tr. 96-7). This estimate would be consistent with a saving in training time of <span class=\"match\">one</span>-third to <span class=\"match\">one</span>-half of an hour relative to current training time of <span class=\"match\">one</span> to <span class=\"match\">one</span> and a half hours. OSHA chose the <span class=\"match\">one</span>-half-hour estimate because a representative training time for all the commenters would be at least an hour and a half (and arguably more like 3 hours). Furthermore, in its final economic analysis for the original hazard"},{"title":"Program Integrity Issues","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Secretary is improving integrity in the programs authorized under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), by amending the regulations for Institutional Eligibility Under the HEA, the Secretary's Recognition of Accrediting Agencies, the Secretary's Recognition Procedures for State Agencies, the Student Assistance General Provisions, the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program, the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program, the Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant Program in part 686, the Federal Pell Grant Program, and the Academic Competitiveness Grant (AGC) and National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent Grant (National Smart Grant) Programs.","document_number":"2010-26531","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2010/10/29/2010-26531/program-integrity-issues","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2010-10-29/pdf/2010-26531.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2010-10-29","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","name":"Education Department","id":126,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/education-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/126","parent_id":null,"slug":"education-department"}],"excerpts":"proposed paragraph (1) to define a credit hour as <span class=\"match\">one</span> hour of classroom or direct faculty instruction and a minimum of two hours of student work in or out of the classroom. \n <span class=\"match\">One</span> commenter recommended that the Department distinguish class time from time outside of class by making explicit in the proposed definition that class time refers to instruction. \n <span class=\"match\">One</span> commenter asked for clarification of proposed paragraph (2) regarding whether a credit hour awarded for laboratory work must consist of <span class=\"match\">one</span>-hour work in the laboratory and two hours outside"},{"title":"Representation Election Procedure","type":"Rule","abstract":"As part of its ongoing efforts to further the statutory goals of the Railway Labor Act, the National Mediation Board (NMB or Board) is amending its Railway Labor Act rules to provide that, in representation disputes, a majority of valid ballots cast will determine the craft or class representative. This change to its election procedures will provide a more reliable measure/indicator of employee sentiment in representation disputes and provide employees with clear choices in representation matters.","document_number":"2010-11026","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2010/05/11/2010-11026/representation-election-procedure","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2010-05-11/pdf/2010-11026.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2010-05-11","agencies":[{"raw_name":"NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD","name":"National Mediation Board","id":357,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-mediation-board","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/357","parent_id":null,"slug":"national-mediation-board"}],"excerpts":"be rates or labor <span class=\"match\">problems</span> are much better handled by the Federal Government than they are by the various State governments. If we were to break down this Federal control in the field of railway labor we would be setting a precedent that could only lead to chaos in the entire railroad industry, because certainly the question of rates and other <span class=\"match\">problems</span> must stay in Federal hands. I think that point should be recognized very clearly when <span class=\"match\">one</span> talks about the possibility of trying to have State labor legislation apply to <span class=\"match\">problems</span> of railroad labor"},{"title":"Endangerment and Cause or Contribute Findings for Greenhouse Gases Under Section 202(a) of the Clean Air Act","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Administrator finds that six greenhouse gases taken in combination endanger both the public health and the public welfare of current and future generations. The Administrator also finds that the combined emissions of these greenhouse gases from new motor vehicles and new motor vehicle engines contribute to the greenhouse gas air pollution that endangers public health and welfare under CAA section 202(a). These Findings are based on careful consideration of the full weight of scientific evidence and a thorough review of numerous public comments received on the Proposed Findings published April 24, 2009.","document_number":"E9-29537","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2009/12/15/E9-29537/endangerment-and-cause-or-contribute-findings-for-greenhouse-gases-under-section-202a-of-the-clean","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2009-12-15/pdf/E9-29537.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2009-12-15","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"by Congress to separate the question of what is the <span class=\"match\">problem</span> we need to address from the question of what is the appropriate way to address it. The first approach is clearly more consistent with this statutory structure. The amount of reduction in risk that might be achieved through adaptation and/or mitigation is closely related to the way to address a <span class=\"match\">problem</span>, and is not focused on what is the <span class=\"match\">problem</span> that needs to be addressed. It helps gauge the likelihood of success in addressing a <span class=\"match\">problem</span>, and how good a job society may do in reducing risk;"},{"title":"MDI Pharmaceuticals Revocation of Registration","type":"Notice","abstract":null,"document_number":"03-1915","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2003/01/28/03-1915/mdi-pharmaceuticals-revocation-of-registration","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2003-01-28/pdf/03-1915.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2003-01-28","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE","name":"Justice Department","id":268,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/justice-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/268","parent_id":null,"slug":"justice-department"},{"raw_name":"Drug Enforcement Administration","name":"Drug Enforcement Administration","id":116,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/drug-enforcement-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/116","parent_id":268,"slug":"drug-enforcement-administration"}],"excerpts":"admitted that she knew Samer and Suhail <span class=\"match\">Issa</span>, as well as Fehmi Awad (Mr. Awad) were probably abusing pseudoephedrine (\n i.e., \n “selling too much”). Ms. DeLuce further stated that she knew Mr. Awad was picking up pseudoephedrine products at four different stores, and Samer <span class=\"match\">Issa</span> was selling the products to illicit methamphetamine manufacturers for about a year. She further admitted knowing that certain customer accounts in Utah and Colorado where MDI shipped pseudoephedrine products were fronts for Samer <span class=\"match\">Issa</span>. Samer <span class=\"match\">Issa</span> reportedly set these stores up in"},{"title":"Record of Decision; Winter Use Plans for the Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks and John D. Rockefeller Jr., Memorial Parkway","type":"Notice","abstract":null,"document_number":"00-30998","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2000/12/22/00-30998/record-of-decision-winter-use-plans-for-the-yellowstone-and-grand-teton-national-parks-and-john-d","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2000-12-22/pdf/00-30998.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2000-12-22","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","name":"Interior Department","id":253,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/interior-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/253","parent_id":null,"slug":"interior-department"},{"raw_name":"National Park Service","name":"National Park Service","id":362,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-park-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/362","parent_id":253,"slug":"national-park-service"}],"excerpts":"management part of this decision. Actions affecting park values for which there are no defined standards, such as odor, sound or visitor satisfaction, are subject to an adaptive management approach. If continuing <span class=\"match\">problems</span> are indicated relative to such impacts, but there are not sufficient funds for focused monitoring and evaluation of those <span class=\"match\">problems</span>, emergency management actions will be implemented to eliminate the impact pending the attainment of funds. \n \n \n 8 \n  NPS Director's Order #47 provides guidance for inventory and monitoring procedures necessary"},{"title":"Hazardous Materials Transportation; Registration and Fee Assessment Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule amends the statutorily mandated registration and fee assessment program for persons who transport or offer for transportation certain categories and quantities of hazardous materials. In this final rule, RSPA is: (1) Expanding the criteria for those persons required to register to include all persons who offer for transportation or transport hazardous materials that require placarding (except for those activities of farmers directly in support of farming operations); (2) Adopting a two-tiered fee schedule--$300 for those registrants meeting the U.S. Small Business Administration criteria for defining a small business and $2,000 for all other registrants; and (3) Permitting registration for one, two, or three years on a single registration statement. This final rule is intended to increase funding for the national Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness grants program.","document_number":"00-3300","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2000/02/14/00-3300/hazardous-materials-transportation-registration-and-fee-assessment-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2000-02-14/pdf/00-3300.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2000-02-14","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"Research and Special Programs Administration","name":"Research and Special Programs Administration","id":451,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/research-and-special-programs-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/451","parent_id":492,"slug":"research-and-special-programs-administration"}],"excerpts":"emergency plans and to train first-on-the-scene responders. Also, by requiring all offerors and transporters of placarded shipments of hazardous materials to register, RSPA will <span class=\"match\">create</span> the most current list of persons engaged in the transportation of appreciable shipments of hazardous materials, <span class=\"match\">one</span> of the primary intentions of the registration requirement. \n RSPA has provided <span class=\"match\">one</span> exception to this rule for those activities of a “farmer”, as defined in § 171.8 of the HMR, that support the farmer's farming operations. However, this is not a blanket exception"},{"title":"Performance of Commercial Activities, OMB Circular No. A-76","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) publishes its revisions to the Supplemental Handbook issued as a part of its August 4, 1983, OMB Circular No. A-76, ``Performance of Commercial Activities.'' Circular No. A-76 wasoriginally published in the August 16, 1983, Federal Register, at pages 37110-37116. The Revised Supplemental Handbook seeks the most cost-effective means of obtaining commercial support services and provides new administrative flexibility in the Government's make or buy decision process. The revision modifies and, in some cases, eliminates cost comparison requirements for recurring commercial activities and the establishment of new or expanded interservice support agreements; reduces reporting and other administrative burdens; provides for enhanced employee participation; eases transition requirements to facilitate employee placement; maintains a level playing field for cost comparisons between Federal, interservice support agreement and private sector offers, and seeks to improve accountability and oversight to ensure that the most cost effective decision is implemented. The proposed revision improves upon existing guidance by clarifying provisions that may have made the cost comparison process unnecessarily difficult or lead to less than optimal outcomes.","document_number":"96-7868","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1996/04/01/96-7868/performance-of-commercial-activities-omb-circular-no-a-76","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1996-04-01/pdf/96-7868.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"1996-04-01","agencies":[{"raw_name":"OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET","name":"Management and Budget Office","id":280,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/management-and-budget-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/280","parent_id":null,"slug":"management-and-budget-office"}],"excerpts":"agreements. Concerns for administrative \nflexibility are met by the Revision's use of exemptions, waiver \nopportunities and the incentives <span class=\"match\">created</span> to encourage existing <span class=\"match\">ISSAs</span> to \ncompete directly with the private sector. Nevertheless, in an effort to \nencourage agencies to consider <span class=\"match\">ISSAs</span>, the draft was changed to permit \nagencies to consolidate work to <span class=\"match\">ISSAs</span> prior to October 1, 1997, without \na cost comparison.\n    <span class=\"match\">One</span> commenter that strongly agreed with the draft's outline and \nrequirements, also sought to have the Revision clarify what a proposing "},{"title":"Occupational Exposure to Asbestos; Final Rule DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","type":"Uncategorized Document","abstract":"These final standards amend the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA's) standards issued June 17, 1986 (51 FR 22612, 29 CFR 1910.1001, June 20, 1986) for occupational exposure to asbestos in general industry, and the construction industry, 29 CFR 1926.1101 (previously 1926.58). In addition, they include a separate standard covering occupational exposure to asbestos in the shipyard industry, (29 CFR 1915.1001). Major revisions in these standards include a reduced time-weighted-average permissible exposure limit (PEL) of 0.1 fiber per cubic centimeter (f/cc) for all asbestos work in all industries, a new classification scheme for asbestos construction and shipyard industry work which ties mandatory work practices to work classification, a presumptive asbestos identification requirement for ``high hazard'' asbestos containing building materials, limited notification requirements for employers who use unlisted compliance methods in high risk asbestos abatement work, and mandatory methods of control for brake and clutch repair. Most of the revisions in these amended standards are the final response to an order of the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Building and Construction Trades Department v. Brock, 838 F. 2d 1258, (D.C. Cir 1988), which had upheld the 1986 standards in major respects, but which had remanded certain issues for reconsideration. OSHA had made earlier changes in response to the court order on December 14, 1989 (54 FR 52024, December 20, 1989), and on February 5, 1990 (55 FR 3724). OSHA believes that these final standards fully address all of the concerns of the participants in this rulemaking and are responsive to all issues remanded by the court for reconsideration.","document_number":"94-18863","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1994/08/10/94-18863/occupational-exposure-to-asbestos-final-rule-department-of-labor","pdf_url":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"1994-08-10","agencies":[],"excerpts":"designed sprays are configured so as to <span class=\"match\">create</span> a \nliquid barrier on every plane. The spray is so designed as to throw \na heavy droplet of liquid giving it both velocity and direction. On \nat least <span class=\"match\">one</span> of these planes * * * the heavy water droplets are \nforced into collision <span class=\"match\">creating</span> a very fine aerosol which is \ncontained within liquid barriers. A water containment device is \nplaced around the spray rails with an open access and double drain \nfacility. A vacuum hose is connected to the drain facility <span class=\"match\">creating</span> \na slight pressure differential (negative"}]}