Agency Information Collection Proposed Extension

by the Energy Information Administration on 11/30/2020.

EIA invites public comment on the proposed three year extension, without changes, to Form EIA-63C, Densified Biomass Fuel Report as required under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The report is part of EIA's comprehensive energy data program. Form EIA-63C collects monthly data on the manufacture, shipment, exports, energy characteristics,...

Combined Notice of Filings #1

by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on 11/30/2020.

Combined Notice of Filings

by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on 11/30/2020.

Hill Top Energy Center LLC; Supplemental Notice That Initial Market-Based Rate Filing Includes Request for Blanket Section 204 Authorization

by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on 11/30/2020.

Availability of the ORD Staff Handbook for Developing IRIS Assessments

by the Environmental Protection Agency on 11/30/2020.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing a 90- day public comment period associated with release of the ORD Staff Handbook for Developing Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Assessments, or IRIS Handbook. The IRIS Handbook provides operating procedures for developing assessments including problem formulation approaches and...

Certificates of Alternative Compliance for the Eighth Coast Guard District

by the Coast Guard on 11/30/2020.

The Coast Guard announces that the Eighth Coast Guard District's Prevention Division has issued certificates of alternative compliance from the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (72 COLREGS), to vessels of special construction or purpose that cannot fully comply with the light, shape, and sound signal provisions of...

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Authorizing Grazing Use

by the Land Management Bureau on 11/30/2020.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) are proposing to renew an information collection.

Notice of Realty Action: Proposed Big Piney-Marbleton Airport Board, Miley Memorial Field Airport Conveyance

by the Land Management Bureau on 11/30/2020.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has examined certain public lands in Sublette County, Wyoming totaling 7.50 acres, and found them suitable for conveyance to the Big Piney-Marbleton Airport Board (Patentee) under the provisions of Sec. 516 of the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982. The conveyance would support improvements to the...

Environmental Assessments and Findings of No Significant Impacts of Independent Spent Fuel Storage Facilities Decommissioning Funding Plans

by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on 11/30/2020.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is publishing this notice regarding the issuance of a Final Environmental Assessment (EA) and a Finding of No Significant Impacts (FONSI) for its review and approval of the initial and updated decommissioning funding plans submitted by independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI) licensees for...

Physical Protection Programs at Nuclear Power Reactors Safeguards Information

by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on 11/30/2020.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing Revision 1 to Regulatory Guide (RG) 5.76, ``Physical Protection Programs at Nuclear Power Reactors (SGI),'' as a final RG. The NRC has revised RG 5.76 to provide licensees guidance on the implementation of the ``Reasonable Assurance of Protection Time'' concept. This RG (Revision 1)...

President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology

by the Energy Department on 11/30/2020.

This notice announces an open teleconference meeting of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), and describes the functions of the Council. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) requires that public notice of these meetings be announced in the Federal Register.

Pesticides; Updated Draft Guidance for Pesticide Registrants on Plant Regulator Products and Claims, Including Plant Biostimulants; Notice of Availability and Request for Comment

by the Environmental Protection Agency on 11/30/2020.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the availability of and seeking public comment on an updated draft guidance document entitled ``Guidance for Plant Regulator Products and Claims, including Plant Biostimulants,'' which was originally issued for public review and comment in March 2019. Guidance documents are issued by the...

Proposed Stipulated Partial Settlement Agreement, Endangered Species Act Claims

by the Environmental Protection Agency on 11/30/2020.

In accordance with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator's October 16, 2017, Directive Promoting Transparency and Public Participation in Consent Decrees and Settlement Agreements, notice is hereby given of a proposed stipulated partial settlement agreement in the case of Natural Resources Defense Council v. Wheeler, et al., in...

Proposed Settlement Agreements, Clean Water Act and Endangered Species Act

by the Environmental Protection Agency on 11/30/2020.

In accordance with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator's October 16, 2017, Directive Promoting Transparency and Public Participation in Consent Decrees and Settlement Agreements, notice is hereby given of a proposed stipulated order of partial dismissal to address several claims in a lawsuit filed by Northwest Environmental...

Safety Zone; Neuse River, New Bern, NC

by the Coast Guard on 11/30/2020.

The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone on the navigable waters of the Neuse River in New Bern, North Carolina. This action is necessary to provide for the safety of life on these navigable water near New Bern, NC, during an aerobatic airshow on December 05, 2020. This rulemaking would prohibit persons and vessels from being in...

Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Herring Fishery; 2020 Directed Fishery Closure for Atlantic Herring Management Area 1B

by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 11/30/2020.

NMFS is closing the directed fishery for Herring Management Area 1B. This closure is required because NMFS projects that 92 percent of the catch allotted to Management Area 1B has been caught. This action is intended to prevent overharvest of Atlantic herring in Management Area 1B, which would result in additional quota reductions next year.

Advanced Manufacturing Technologies Subtask 2A

by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on 11/30/2020.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a document for public comments as required by Subtask 2A of the Advanced Manufacturing Technologies (AMT) Action Plan, Revision 1. The document addresses the application of quality assurance (QA) criteria and NRC's requirements in its regulations regarding, ``Changes, Tests and...

Regulated Navigation Areas; Harbor Entrances Along the Coast of Northern California

by the Coast Guard on 11/30/2020.

The Coast Guard is proposing to amend the Regulated Navigation Area (RNA) at the harbor bar entrance to Crescent City Harbor. This document proposes to update coordinates. We invite your comments on this proposed rulemaking.

Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Port of Kalama Expansion Project on the Lower Columbia River

by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 11/30/2020.

In accordance with the regulations implementing the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), as amended, notification is hereby given that NMFS has issued a Renewal incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to the Port of Kalama (POK) to incidentally harass marine mammals incidental to construction activities associated with an expansion project at...

New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 11/30/2020.

The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public meeting of its Herring Committee via webinar to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Recommendations from this group will be brought to the full Council for formal consideration and action, if appropriate.