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--- schema: federal-register doc_type: fedreg source_file: FR-2016-01-15.xml --- 81 10 Friday, January 15, 2016 Contents Agricultural Marketing Agricultural Marketing Service RULES National Organic Program: Final Guidance on Substances Used in Post-Harvest Handling of Organic Products, 2067-2068 2016-00678 Agriculture Agriculture Department See Agricultural Marketing Service Alcohol Tobacco Firearms Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Bureau RULES Machineguns, Destructive Devices and Certain Other Firearms;

Background Checks for Responsible Persons of a Trust or Legal Entity with Respect to Making or Transferring a Firearm, 2658-2723 2016-00192 Army Army Department NOTICES Exclusive Licenses of U.S. Government-Owned Patents; Proposed Approvals, 2202-2203 2016-00677 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection NOTICES Requests for Nominations: Academic Research Council, 2199-2200 2016-00546 Consumer Advisory Board and Councils, 2200-2201 2016-00548 Children Children and Families Administration RULES Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program:

State Reporting on Policies and Practices to Prevent Use of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Funds in Electronic Benefit Transfer Transactions in Specified Locations, 2092-2106 2016-00608 Civil Rights Civil Rights Commission NOTICES Meetings: Indiana Advisory Committee, 2160 2016-00688 Coast Guard Coast Guard RULES Drawbridge Operations: Lake Washington Ship Canal, Seattle, WA, 2089-2090 2016-00654 Commerce Commerce Department See Industry and Security Bureau See International Trade Administration See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Committee for Purchase Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled NOTICES Procurement List;

Additions and Deletions, 2198-2199 2016-00719 Community Living Administration Community Living Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Semi-Annual and Final Reporting Requirements for the Older Americans Act Discretionary Grants Program, 2218-2219 2016-00762 Corporation Corporation for National and Community Service NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 2202 2016-00712 Defense Department Defense Department See Army Department NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 2203 2016-00726 Drug Drug Enforcement Administration NOTICES Manufacturers of Controlled Substances; Registrations: Cambridge Isotope Lab, 2237-2238 2016-00782 Energy Department Energy Department See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission RULES Energy Conservation Program for Certain Industrial Equipment: Energy Conservation Standards for Small, Large, and Very Large Air-Cooled Commercial Package Air Conditioning and Heating Equipment and Commercial Warm Air Furnaces, 2420-2533 2015-33067 Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products:

Test Procedures for Residential Furnaces and Boilers, 2628-2656 2016-00040 Energy Conservation Program: Standards for Residential Boilers, 2320-2417 2016-00025 PROPOSED RULES Energy Conservation Program for Certain Industrial Equipment: Energy Conservation Standards for Small, Large, and Very Large Air-Cooled Commercial Package Air Conditioning and Heating Equipment and Commercial Warm Air Furnaces, 2111-2129 2015-33069 NOTICES Charter Renewals: National Petroleum Council, 2203 2016-00684 Meetings:

Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee, 2204 2016-00717 Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Hanford, 2203-2204 2016-00682 Secretary of Energy Advisory Board, 2204-2205 2016-00854 Environmental Protection Environmental Protection Agency RULES Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations: Missouri; Reporting Emission Data, Emission Fees and Process Information, 2090-2092 2016-00191 PROPOSED RULES 2015 Revisions and Confidentiality Determinations for Data Elements under the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule, 2536-2625 2015-32753 Air Quality State Implementation Plans;

Approvals and Promulgations: 1-Hour and 1997 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area Requirements; San Joaquin Valley, CA, 2140-2159 2016-00089 Missouri; Reporting Emission Data, Emission Fees and Process Information, 2159 2016-00190 Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District, 2136-2140 2016-00571 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 2211 2016-00743 Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:

Foreign Purchaser Acknowledgement Statement of Unregistered Pesticides, 2213-2214 2016-00744 Standardized Permit for RCRA Hazardous Waste Management Facilities, 2215 2016-00745 Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Weekly Receipts, 2214 2016-00732 Pollinator Ecological Risk Assessments: Imidacloprid Registration Review, 2212-2213 2016-00740 Federal Aviation Federal Aviation Administration RULES Amendment of Class D Airspace: Denver, CO, 2084-2085 2016-00305 PROPOSED RULES Airworthiness Directives:

B/E Aerospace Protective Breathing Equipment Part Number 119003-11, 2131-2134 2016-00374 SOCATA Airplanes, 2134-2136 2016-00320 Federal Communications Federal Communications Commission RULES Commission's Rules to Facilitate the Use of Vehicular Repeater Units; Amendments, 2106-2110 2016-00220 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 2215-2217 2016-00679 2016-00680 Federal Deposit Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation NOTICES Terminations of Receivership:

CommunitySouth Bank and Trust, Easley, SC, 2217 2016-00728 Federal Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NOTICES Applications: Algonquin Power (Beaver Falls), LLC, 2208-2209 2016-00707 Black Bear Hydro Partners, LLC, 2210-2211 2016-00709 Hawks Nest Hydro, LLC, 2205-2208 2016-00706 2016-00710 Combined Filings, 2206-2207, 2209 2016-00702 2016-00708 Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.: Cameron LNG Terminal Expansion Project; Cameron LNG, LLC, 2206 2016-00703 Staff Attendances, 2209-2210 2016-00705 Submission Deadlines:

Association of Businesses Advocating Tariff Equity, et al. v. Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc., et al., 2205 2016-00704 Federal Motor Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration NOTICES Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.: El Paso, TX, Commercial Zone Expansion, 2291-2293 2016-00532 Federal Reserve Federal Reserve System NOTICES Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies, 2217-2218 2016-00752 Federal Transit Federal Transit Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 2293 2016-00715 Fish Fish and Wildlife Service NOTICES Endangered and Threatened Species: Draft Methodology for Prioritizing Status Reviews and Accompanying 12-Month Findings on Petitions, 2229-2232 2016-00616 Food and Drug Food and Drug Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Information to Accompany Humanitarian Device Exemption Applications and Annual Distribution Number Reporting Requirements, 2220-2222 2016-00691 Charter Renewals:

Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee, 2219-2220 2016-00675 Meetings: How Should Liver Injury and Dysfunction Caused by Drugs Be Measured, Evaluated, and Acted Upon in Clinical Trials?, 2222-2223 2016-00690 Navigating the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research—What You Should Know for Effective Engagement; Public Workshop, 2219 2016-00694 General Services General Services Administration NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Federal Bureau of Investigation Central Records Complex in Winchester County, VA, 2218 2016-00330 Health and Human Health and Human Services Department See Children and Families Administration See Community Living Administration See Food and Drug Administration See National Institutes of Health NOTICES Meetings:

President's Advisory Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships, 2223 2016-00767 Homeland Homeland Security Department See Coast Guard See U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services See U.S. Customs and Border Protection See U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement RULES Enhancing Opportunities for H-1B1, CW-1, and E-3 Nonimmigrants and EB-1 Immigrants, 2068-2084 2016-00478 Housing Housing and Urban Development Department NOTICES Federal Properties Suitable as Facilities to Assist the Homeless, 2228-2229 2016-00486 Industry Industry and Security Bureau NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 2160-2161 2016-00718 Renewal of Temporary Denial of Export Privileges: Mahan Airways, Pejman Mahmood Kosarayanifard, et al., 2161-2166 2016-00760 Interior Interior Department See Fish and Wildlife Service See National Park Service Internal Revenue Internal Revenue Service RULES Minimum Value of Eligible Employer-Sponsored Plans and Other Rules Regarding the Health Insurance Premium Tax Credit; Correction, 2088 2016-00701 International Trade Adm International Trade Administration NOTICES Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:

Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Brazil, 2168-2170 2016-00751 Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from the Republic of Korea, 2172-2174 2016-00750 Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from the Republic of Turkey, 2166-2168 2016-00749 Certain Iron Mechanical Transfer Drive Components from the People's Republic of China, 2171 2016-00741 Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags from Thailand, 2171-2172 2016-00619 International Trade Com International Trade Commission NOTICES Investigations;

Determinations, Modifications, and Rulings, etc.: Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road-Tires from China, India, and Sri Lanka, 2236-2237 2016-00618 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 2237 2016-00831 Justice Department Justice Department See Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Bureau See Drug Enforcement Administration See Justice Programs Office NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Application for Registration of Firearms Acquired by Certain Government Entities, 2239-2240 2016-00722 Application for Registration under Domestic Chemical Diversion Control Act, Renewal Application for Registration under Domestic Chemical Diversion Control Act, 2240 2016-00759 Proposed Stipulation and Settlement Agreement under CERCLA, 2238-2239 2016-00746 Proposed Stipulation and Settlement Agreement under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 2238 2016-00742 Justice Programs Justice Programs Office NOTICES Meetings:

National Motor Vehicle Title Information System Federal Advisory Committee, 2241 2016-00730 Management Management and Budget Office NOTICES 2015 Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act Annual Report, 2241-2243 2016-00721 Marine Marine Mammal Commission NOTICES Meetings: Alaska, 2243-2244 2016-00692 NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NOTICES Privacy Act; Systems of Records, 2244-2247 2016-00689 National Institute National Institutes of Health NOTICES Meetings: Center for Scientific Review, 2223-2226 2016-00648 2016-00649 2016-00650 National Institute of Neurological Disorders, 2226 2016-00647 National Institute on Aging, 2226 2016-00652 National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 2225 2016-00651 National Oceanic National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RULES International Fisheries;

Pacific Tuna Fisheries: 2016 Commercial Pacific Bluefin Tuna Catch Limit in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, 2110 2016-00738 NOTICES Endangered and Threatened Species: Take of Anadromous Fish, 2189-2196 2016-00747 Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Hatchery Programs along the Oregon Coast, 2197-2198 2016-00748 Mitchell Act Hatcheries, Columbia River, 2196 2016-00734 Permit Applications: Endangered Species, File No. 17225, 2196-2197 2016-00724 Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities:

Marine Geophysical Survey in the South Atlantic Ocean, 2174-2189 2016-00660 National Park National Park Service NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Case Incident Report Request, 2233-2234 2016-00714 Common Learning Portal, 2234-2235 2016-00716 National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program, 2232-2233 2016-00713 National Register of Historic Places: Pending Nominations and Related Actions, 2235-2236 2016-00676 Nuclear Regulatory Nuclear Regulatory Commission NOTICES Confirmatory Orders:

Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 1, 2, and 3, and James A. Fitzpatrick Nuclear Power Plant, etc., 2247-2261 2016-00720 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 2261 2016-00868 Pension Benefit Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation RULES Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-Employer Plans: Interest Assumptions for Paying Benefits, 2088-2089 2016-00725 Pipeline Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 2293-2295 2016-00626 Securities Securities and Exchange Commission NOTICES Applications: Investment Managers Series Trust, et al., 2273-2275 2016-00662 Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes: BATS Exchange, Inc., 2266-2268, 2275-2276, 2282-2291 2016-00640 2016-00641 2016-00639 NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc., 2268-2269 2016-00644 NASDAQ OMX PHLX LLC, 2271-2273 2016-00643 New York Stock Exchange LLC, 2264-2266 2016-00642 NYSE Arca, Inc., 2261-2264, 2276-2282 2016-00645 2016-00661 The Depository Trust Co., 2270-2271 2016-00646 Small Business Small Business Administration PROPOSED RULES Economic Development Investments for Certified Development Companies, 2129-2131 2016-00731 Surface Transportation Surface Transportation Board NOTICES Discontinuance of Service Exemptions:

CSX Transportation, Inc., Harnett County, NC, 2291 2016-00737 Lease Exemptions Containing Interchange Commitments: East Penn Railroad, LLC from Norfolk Southern Railway Co., 2291 2016-00733 Transportation Department Transportation Department See Federal Aviation Administration See Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration See Federal Transit Administration See Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Treasury Treasury Department See Internal Revenue Service RULES Import Restrictions:

Archaeological Material Originating in Italy and Representing the Pre-Classical, Classical, and Imperial Roman Periods; Extension, 2086-2088 2016-00735 United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement, 2085-2086 2016-00628 NOTICES Meetings: Debt Management Advisory Committee, 2295 2016-00527 U.S. Citizenship U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: USCIS Case Status Online, 2228 2016-00673 Customs U.S.

Customs and Border Protection RULES Import Restrictions: Archaeological Material Originating in Italy and Representing the Pre-Classical, Classical, and Imperial Roman Periods; Extension, 2086-2088 2016-00735 United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement, 2085-2086 2016-00628 NOTICES Commercial Gaugers and Laboratories; Accreditations and Approvals: Camin Cargo Control, Inc., 2226-2227 2016-00696 Immigration U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 2227-2228 2016-00695 U.S. Sentencing United States Sentencing Commission NOTICES Sentencing Guidelines for United States Courts, 2295-2312 2016-00766 Veteran Affairs Veterans Affairs Department NOTICES Funding Availability: Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program, 2312-2318 2016-00727 Separate Parts In This Issue Part II Energy Department, 2320-2417 2016-00025 Part III Energy Department, 2420-2533 2015-33067 Part IV Environmental Protection Agency, 2536-2625 2015-32753 Part V Energy Department, 2628-2656 2016-00040 Part VI Justice Department, Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Bureau, 2658-2723 2016-00192 Reader Aids Consult the Reader Aids section at the end of this issue for phone numbers, online resources, finding aids, and notice of recently enacted public laws.

To subscribe to the Federal Register Table of Contents LISTSERV electronic mailing list, go to http://listserv.access.gpo.gov and select Online mailing list archives, FEDREGTOC-L, Join or leave the list (or change settings); then follow the instructions. 81 10 Friday, January 15, 2016 Rules and Regulations DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Agricultural Marketing Service 7 CFR Part 205 [Document Number AMS-NOP-14-0012; NOP-14-03] National Organic Program: Notice of Final Guidance on Substances Used in Post-Harvest Handling of Organic Products AGENCY:

Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA. ACTION: Notice of availability of final guidance. SUMMARY: The National Organic Program

(NOP)is announcing the availability of a final guidance document intended for use by accredited certifying agents, and certified and exempt organic operations. The guidance document is entitled: Substances Used in Post-Harvest Handling of Organic Products (NOP 5023). This guidance document is intended to inform the public of NOP's current thinking on this topic. DATES: The final guidance document announced by this document is effective on January 19, 2016. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Lewis, Ph.D., Standards Division, National Organic Program, USDA-AMS-NOP, 1400 Independence Ave. SW., Room 2642-S., Ag Stop 0268, Washington, DC 20250-0268. Telephone:

(202)720-3252, Email: *PaulI.Lewis@ams.usda.gov;* Telephone:

(202)260-9294. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background On April 25, 2014, the National Organic Program

(NOP)published in the **Federal Register** a notice of availability with request for public comment on a draft guidance document addressing the permitted substances that may be used in post-harvest handling of organic products (79 FR 22886). The NOP selected the topic for the guidance document announced through this notice in response to questions raised by certifiers and organic operations. These stakeholders requested that the NOP clarify the requirements and limitations regarding the substances permitted in post-harvest handling. The NOP also discussed and received feedback on this topic at a training session for certifiers in Portland, Oregon, in February 2011. The draft NOP guidance can be viewed on the NOP Web site at *http://www.ams.usda.gov/rules-regulations/organic.* The 60-day comment period closed on June 24, 2014. NOP received 10 comments on the draft guidance document. Based upon the comments received, the NOP revised and is publishing a final guidance document on Substances Used in Post-Harvest Handling of Organic Products (NOP 5023). The guidance document includes an appendix (NOP 5023-1) where the NOP provides a complete discussion of the comments received and the rationale behind any changes made to the guidance documents. This final guidance clarifies the USDA organic regulations regarding substances used in post-harvest handling activities such as washing, packing and storage of organic products. There is no discrete section of the National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances (National List) (7 CFRs 205.600 through 205.607) designated for substances used in these post-harvest handling activities. Instead, the substances allowed for use in post-harvest handling appear in different sections of the National List ( *e.g.,* section 205.601 for crop production, section 205.605 for processing), or are nonsynthetic substances, and are therefore not included on the National List for crop production. This has led to confusion about the point at which crop production for unprocessed commodities ends, when processing starts, and which substances may be used for post-harvest activities that may occur on farm or in a processing facility. This final guidance provides information to all USDA-accredited certifying agents (certifiers) and certified and exempt organic operations about substances that may be used in post-harvest handling of organic products. More specifically, this final guidance clarifies:

(1)What substances may be used for post-harvest handling;

(2)the difference between “post-harvest handling of raw agricultural commodities” and “further processing”; and

(3)the regulatory requirements for facility pest management. This guidance also defines post-harvest substances and post-harvest handling. This final guidance is available from the NOP through “The Program Handbook: Guidance and Instructions for Accredited Certifying Agents

(ACAs)and Certified Operations”. This Handbook provides those who own, manage, or certify organic operations with guidance and instructions that can assist them in complying with the USDA organic regulations. The current edition of the Program Handbook is available online at *http://www.ams.usda.gov/rules-regulations/organic/handbook.* II. Significance of Guidance This final guidance document is being issued in accordance with the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB)Bulletin on Agency Good Guidance Practices

(GGPs)(January 25, 2007, 72 FR 3432-3440). The purpose of GGPs is to ensure that program guidance documents are developed with adequate public participation, are readily available to the public, and are not applied as binding requirements. This final guidance represents NOP's current thinking on the topic. It does not create or confer any rights for, or on, any person and does not operate to bind the NOP or the public. Guidance documents are intended to provide a uniform method for operations to comply that can reduce the burden of developing their own methods and simplify audits and inspections. Alternative approaches that can demonstrate compliance with the Organic Foods Production Act (OFPA), as amended (7 U.S.C. 6501-6522), and its implementing regulations are also acceptable. As with any alternative compliance approach, NOP strongly encourages industry to discuss alternative approaches with NOP before implementing them to avoid unnecessary or wasteful expenditures of resources and to ensure the proposed alternative approach complies with the Act and its implementing regulations. III. Electronic Access Persons with access to Internet may obtain the final guidance at the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service Web site at *http://www.ams.usda.gov/rules-regulations/organic* . Requests for hard copies of the draft guidance documents can be obtained by submitting a written request to the person listed in the ADDRESSES section of this Notice. Authority: 7 U.S.C. 6501-6522. Dated: January 11, 2016. Erin Morris, Associate Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service. [FR Doc. 2016-00678 Filed 1-14-16; 8:45 am]

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