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Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 13911 2019-06789 Centers Disease Centers for Disease Control and Prevention NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 13923-13927 2019-06813 2019-06814 2019-06815 2019-06816 Request for Information: Mesothelioma Registry Feasibility, 13928-13929 2019-06784 Centers Medicare Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services PROPOSED RULES Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 Proficiency Testing Regulations Related to Analytes and Acceptable Performance, 13857 2019-06819 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;
Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 13929-13930 2019-06884 Children Children and Families Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Building Evidence on Employment Strategies for Low-Income Families, 13930-13931 2019-06898 Civil Rights Civil Rights Commission NOTICES Meetings: Illinois Advisory Committee, 13884-13885 2019-06803 Michigan Advisory Committee, 13885 2019-06877 Coast Guard Coast Guard NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;
Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 13938-13947 2019-06769 2019-06770 2019-06771 2019-06772 2019-06773 2019-06774 2019-06775 2019-06776 2019-06777 2019-06778 Commerce Commerce Department See Foreign-Trade Zones Board 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, 13909-13911 2019-06805 Comptroller Comptroller of the Currency PROPOSED RULES Regulatory Capital Treatment for Investments in Certain Unsecured Debt Instruments of Global Systemically Important U.S.
Bank Holding Companies, Certain Intermediate Holding Companies, and Global Systemically Important Foreign Banking Organizations, 13814-13838 2019-06344 Consumer Product Consumer Product Safety Commission NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Anchor It! Campaign Survey, 13912-13913 2019-06840 Defense Department Defense Department PROPOSED RULES TRICARE: Prescribing of Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, and Speech Therapy by Other Allied Health Professionals Acting within the Scope of their License, 13855-13857 2019-06795 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;
Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Permits, Authorities, or Franchises, 13921-13922 2019-06817 Drug Drug Enforcement Administration RULES Schedules of Controlled Substances: Extension of Temporary Placement of 5F-ADB, 5F-AMB, 5F-APINACA, ADB-FUBINACA, MDMB-CHMICA and MDMB-FUBINACA in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, 13796-13798 2019-06851 PROPOSED RULES Schedules of Controlled Substances: Placement of 5F-ADB, 5F-AMB, 5F-APINACA, ADB-FUBINACA, MDMB-CHMICA and MDMB-FUBINACA in Schedule I, 13848-13853 2019-06853 NOTICES Bulk Manufacturer of Controlled Substances;
Application: Synthcon, LLC, 13962-13964 2019-06846 Bulk Manufacturer of Controlled Substances; Registration, 13954, 13959 2019-06844 2019-06848 Decision and Order: Craig M. Weingrow, M.D., 13957-13958 2019-06834 Martin A. Barrios, M.D., 13955-13957 2019-06836 Richard Carter, M.D., 13960-13961 2019-06835 Importer of Controlled Substances; Application: Organic Standards Solutions International, LLC, 13958-13959 2019-06849 Sanyal Biotechnology, LLC, 13953 2019-06854 SpecGx, LLC, 13954-13955 2019-06852 Unither Manufacturing, LLC, 13961-13962 2019-06850 Importer of Controlled Substances;
Registration, 13954, 13959-13960 2019-06842 2019-06843 2019-06845 2019-06847 Education Department Education Department NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: EDFacts Data Collection School Years 2019-20, 2020-21, and 2021-22 (with 2018-19 continuation), 13913-13914 2019-06829 Evaluation of Preschool Special Education Practices Efficacy Study, 13914 2019-06830 Environmental Protection Environmental Protection Agency RULES Air Quality State Implementation Plans;
Approvals and Promulgations: ID, Kraft Pulp Mill Rule Revisions, 13803-13804 2019-06738 Kentucky; Regional Haze Plan and Prong 4 (Visibility) for the 1997 Ozone, 2010 NO <sup>2</sup> , 2010 SO <sup>2</sup> , and 2012 PM <sup>2.5</sup> NAAQS, 13800-13803 2019-06740 Pesticide Tolerances: Flonicamid, 13805-13809 2019-06690 NOTICES Registration Review: Draft Human Health and/or Ecological Risk Assessments for Several Pesticides, 13915-13916 2019-06818 Export Import Export-Import Bank NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;
Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 13916-13917 2019-06798 2019-06799 2019-06800 Federal Aviation Federal Aviation Administration PROPOSED RULES Airworthiness Directives: Airbus SAS Airplanes, 13843-13846 2019-06793 The Boeing Company Airplanes, 13840-13843 2019-06792 Amendment of VOR Federal Airways: V-260 and V-290; Eastern United States, 13846-13848 2019-06752 Special Conditions: Embraer EMB-550 Airplane; Flight Envelope Protection: Normal Load Factor
(g)Limiting, 13838-13840 2019-06647 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Acquisition Management System, 13987-13988 2019-06760 Land Release Request: Spadaro Airport, East Moriches, NY, 13987 2019-06880 Federal Communications Federal Communications Commission RULES Television Broadcasting Services: Gadsden and Hoover, AL, 13809 2019-06674 Federal Contract Federal Contract Compliance Programs Office NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Construction Compliance Check Letters, 13964-13965 2019-06894 Federal Deposit Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation PROPOSED RULES Regulatory Capital Treatment for Investments in Certain Unsecured Debt Instruments of Global Systemically Important U.S. Bank Holding Companies, Certain Intermediate Holding Companies, and Global Systemically Important Foreign Banking Organizations, 13814-13838 2019-06344 Federal Election Federal Election Commission NOTICES Meetings; Sunshine Act, 13917 2019-07031 Federal Maritime Federal Maritime Commission NOTICES Agreements Filed, 13917-13918 2019-06783 Federal Reserve Federal Reserve System PROPOSED RULES Regulatory Capital Treatment for Investments in Certain Unsecured Debt Instruments of Global Systemically Important U.S. Bank Holding Companies, Certain Intermediate Holding Companies, and Global Systemically Important Foreign Banking Organizations, 13814-13838 2019-06344 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 13918-13921 2019-06796 2019-06797 Change in Bank Control: Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company, 13918 2019-06865 Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies, 13921 2019-06866 Fish Fish and Wildlife Service RULES Endangered and Threatened Species: Adding 16 Species, Removing One Species, and Updating Entries for 17 Species on the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife, 13809-13813 2019-06758 NOTICES Applications: Butte Creek Ranch Safe Harbor Agreement for the Northern Spotted Owl and Gray Wolf, Siskiyou County, CA, Categorical Exclusion, 13951-13952 2019-06891 Requests for Nominations: Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act Advisory Group, 13952-13953 2019-06828 North American Wetlands Conservation Council, 13950-13951 2019-06827 Food and Drug Food and Drug Administration NOTICES Meetings: Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee, 13933-13934 2019-06896 Pharmaceutical Science and Clinical Pharmacology Advisory Committee, 13931-13933 2019-06900 Food and Nutrition Food and Nutrition Service PROPOSED RULES Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Requirements for Able-Bodied Adults without Dependents, 13814 2019-06878 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: The Role of Job Search as a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training Component, 13862-13867 2019-06879 Foreign Trade Foreign-Trade Zones Board NOTICES Approval of Subzone Status: Tesla, Inc., Livermore, CA, 13885-13886 2019-06859 Authorization of Production Activity: Foreign-Trade Zone 158 , Jackson, MS, 13886 2019-06858 Panasonic Eco Solutions Solar New York America, Foreign-Trade Zone 23, Buffalo, NY, 13885 2019-06860 Forest Forest Service NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Recreation Fee and Wilderness Program Administration, 13867-13868 2019-06764 General Services General Services Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Permits, Authorities, or Franchises, 13921-13922 2019-06817 Health and Human Health and Human Services Department See Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention See Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services See Children and Families Administration See Food and Drug Administration See Health Resources and Services Administration Health Resources Health Resources and Services Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Assessing Care and Health Outcomes among Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Clients who do not Receive RWHAP-Funded Outpatient Ambulatory Health Services, 13934-13936 2019-06767 Evidence-Based Telehealth Network Program Measures, 13936-13937 2019-06768 Health Center Program Forms, 13937-13938 2019-06766 Homeland Homeland Security Department See Coast Guard See U.S. Customs and Border Protection RULES Greece Electronic System for Travel Authorization Validity Period, 13795-13796 2019-06750 Housing Housing and Urban Development Department NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Loan/Application Register, 13948-13949 2019-06861 Request for Acceptance of Changes in Approved Drawings and Specifications, 13949 2019-06862 Credit Watch Termination Initiative Termination of Direct Endorsement Approval, 13949-13950 2019-06863 Interior Interior Department See Fish and Wildlife Service See Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office Internal Revenue Internal Revenue Service NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Deduction for Energy Efficient Commercial Buildings, 13989 2019-06903 Golden Parachute Payments, 13990-13991 2019-06902 Third-Party Network Transactions, 13989-13990 2019-06908 Meetings: Art Advisory Panel, 13988 2019-06901 Tax Counseling for the Elderly Program Availability of Application Packages, 13988-13989 2019-06910 International Trade Adm International Trade Administration NOTICES Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews: Aluminum Wire and Cable from the People's Republic of China, 13886-13888 2019-06856 Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod from the Republic of Korea and the United Kingdom, 13888-13890 2019-06857 Justice Department Justice Department See Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Bureau See Drug Enforcement Administration Labor Department Labor Department See Federal Contract Compliance Programs Office See Workers Compensation Programs Office NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Permits, Authorities, or Franchises, 13921-13922 2019-06817 Meetings: NASA Advisory Council; Human Exploration and Operations Committee, 13967 2019-06872 NASA Advisory Council; Technology, Innovation and Engineering Committee, 13967-13968 2019-06870 National Oceanic National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration PROPOSED RULES Fisheries Off West Coast States; Coastal Pelagic Species Fisheries: Multi-Year Harvest Specifications for the Central Subpopulation of Northern Anchovy, 13858-13861 2019-06790 NOTICES Application: Marine Mammals; File No. 21476, 13908 2019-06871 Meetings: Caribbean Fishery Management Council, 13891 2019-06804 Fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico; Southeast Data, Assessment, and Review, 13907-13908 2019-06892 Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 13906-13907, 13891-13892 2019-06801 2019-06890 New England Fishery Management Council, 13907, 13909, 13890-13891 2019-06802 2019-06889 2019-06893 Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities: Aldo's Seawall Replacement Project in Santa Cruz, CA, 13892-13906 2019-06885 Nuclear Regulatory Nuclear Regulatory Commission NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Security Acknowledgment and Termination Statement, 13976-13977 2019-06782 Confirmatory Order: Prime NDT Services, Inc., 13971-13975 2019-06897 Guidance: Leakage Tests on Packages for Shipment of Radioactive Material, 13969-13970 2019-06899 Meetings: Duke Energy Florida, LLC; Crystal River Unit 3 Nuclear Generating Plant, 13970-13971 2019-06838 Permit Application: Tennessee Valley Authority Clinch River Nuclear Site, 13975-13976 2019-06876 Standard Review Plan 13.4, Operational Programs, 13968-13969 2019-06837 Rural Business Rural Business-Cooperative Service NOTICES Requests for Applications: Rural Cooperative Development Grants, 13868-13877 2019-06888 Socially-Disadvantaged Groups Grants, 13877-13884 2019-06780 Securities Securities and Exchange Commission RULES FAST Act Modernization and Simplification of Regulation S-K, 13796 C1--2019--05695 NOTICES Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes: Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., 13977-13983 2019-06786 Nasdaq GEMX, LLC, 13983-13985 2019-06785 State Department State Department NOTICES Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition: Buried by Vesuvius: Treasures from the Villa dei Papiri, 13986 2019-06867 Manet and Modern Beauty, 13985-13986 2019-06864 Delegation of Authorities to the Chief Information Officer, 13986 2019-06990 Surface Mining Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office PROPOSED RULES West Virginia Regulatory Program, 13853-13855 2019-06826 Surface Transportation Surface Transportation Board NOTICES Discontinuance of Service Exemption: Providence and Worcester Railroad Co. in Middlesex County, CT, 13986-13987 2019-06825 Transportation Department Transportation Department See Federal Aviation Administration Treasury Treasury Department See Comptroller of the Currency See Internal Revenue Service Customs U.S. Customs and Border Protection NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Administrative Rulings, 13948 2019-06833 Veteran Affairs Veterans Affairs Department NOTICES Summary of Precedent Opinions of the General Counsel, 13991-13997 2019-06855 Workers' Workers Compensation Programs Office NOTICES Meetings: Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health, 13965-13967 2019-06895 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 electronic mailing list, go to https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/USGPOOFR/subscriber/new, enter your e-mail address, then follow the instructions to join, leave, or manage your subscription. 84 67 Monday, April 8, 2019 Rules and Regulations DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 8 CFR Part 217 Greece Electronic System for Travel Authorization Validity Period AGENCY: Office of the Secretary; DHS. ACTION: Announcement of ESTA validity period. SUMMARY: In 2016, DHS reduced Greece's Electronic System for Travel Authorization
(ESTA)travel authorization validity period for travel by nationals of Greece under the Visa Waiver Program
(VWP)from two years to one year. The reduction was based on a 2015 VWP assessment of Greece, which had identified a number of shortcomings in satisfying VWP requirements. In November 2018, DHS re-evaluated Greece's progress to meet the requirements and determined that Greece has satisfied the requirements for normalizing Greece's ESTA validity period to two years. This document announces that DHS therefore is increasing Greece's ESTA validity period to two years. DATES: This announcement is effective on April 8, 2019. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tamara Molina, Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans, Department of Homeland Security, Visa Waiver Program Office, 3801 Nebraska Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20016, Telephone
(202)282-8044. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background A. The Visa Waiver Program Pursuant to section 217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. 1187, the Secretary of Homeland Security (the Secretary), in consultation with the Secretary of State, may designate certain countries for participation in the Visa Waiver Program
(VWP)if certain requirements are met. Those requirements include, without limitation:
(1)A rate of nonimmigrant visitor visa refusals for nationals of the country below the statutorily-established threshold;
(2)certification by the government seeking designation for VWP participation that it issues machine-readable passports that comply with internationally accepted standards;
(3)a determination by the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of State, that the country's designation would not negatively affect U.S. law enforcement and security interests;
(4)an agreement to report, or make available through other designated means authorized by the Secretary, information about the theft or loss of passports to the U.S. government;
(5)the country's government's acceptance for repatriation of any citizen, former citizen, or national not later than three weeks after the issuance of a final order of removal; and
(6)an agreement with the United States to share information regarding whether citizens or nationals of the country travelling to the United States represent a threat to the security or welfare of the United States or its citizens. *See* INA section 1187(c), 8 U.S.C. 1187(c). The INA also sets forth requirements for countries' continued VWP eligibility and, where appropriate, probation or termination of program countries. *See* INA section 1187(c),
(d)& (f); 8 U.S.C. 1187(c),
(d)& (f). Citizens and eligible nationals of VWP countries may apply for admission to the United States at U.S. ports of entry as nonimmigrant visitors for business or pleasure for a period of ninety days or less without first obtaining a nonimmigrant visa, provided they are otherwise eligible for admission under applicable statutory and regulatory requirements. To travel to the United States under the VWP, an alien must be from a participating country and must, without limitation:
(1)Be seeking entry as a visitor for business or pleasure for ninety days or less;
(2)be a national of a VWP country;
(3)present a valid electronic passport and a machine-readable passport issued by a designated VWP participant country to the air or vessel carrier before departure; 1 1 For countries designated as VWP countries prior to November 17, 2008, passports issued before October 26, 2006, need not contain the electronic chip that includes the biographic and biometric information of the passport holder provided the passports comply with International Civil Aviation Organization machine readable standards. *See* 8 U.S.C. 1732(c)(2).
(4)execute the required immigration forms;
(5)if arriving by air or sea, arrive on an authorized carrier;
(6)not represent a threat to the welfare, health, safety or security of the United States;
(7)never have failed to comply with the conditions of any previous admission under the VWP;
(8)possess a round-trip ticket;
(9)waive the right to review or appeal a decision regarding admissibility at the port of entry or to contest, other than on the basis of an application for asylum, any action for removal; and
(10)obtain an approved travel authorization via Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA). 2 2 *See* 73 FR 67354 (Nov. 13, 2008) (ESTA notice); 73 FR 32440 (June 9, 2008) (interim final rule implementing ESTA). *See* INA section 217(a)-(b); 8 U.S.C. 1187(a)-(b). *See also* 8 CFR part 217. Greece was designated for participation in the Visa Waiver Program on March 31, 2010. *See* 75 FR 15991. B. ESTA Validity Period Typically, under DHS regulations, a travel authorization issued under ESTA is valid for a period of two years from the date of issuance. 8 CFR 217.5(d)(1). But the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State, may increase or decrease ESTA travel authorization validity period otherwise authorized by subparagraph
(1)for a designated VWP country. *See* 8 CFR 217.5(d)(3). DHS typically publishes notice of any changes to ESTA travel authorization validity periods in the **Federal Register** . C. Normalization of Greece's ESTA Validity Period DHS conducts a statutorily-required review of each VWP country at least once every two years to evaluate the effects that continuing the country's designation in the program will have on U.S. national security, law enforcement, and immigration enforcement interests. *See* INA section 217(c)(5)(A), 8 U.S.C. 1187(c)(5)(A). In January 2015, DHS placed Greece on provisional VWP status (pursuant to which Greece is subject to an annual assessment, rather than an assessment every two years) due to concerns not meeting several VWP requirements. In 2016, DHS extended Greece's VWP designation on a provisional basis through March 31, 2017, to address concerns over migrant vetting, information-sharing gaps, and passport-issuance practices. Additionally, DHS reduced Greece's ESTA validity period from two years to one year and committed Greece to implement five lines of effort specified in a Joint Statement in order to remove Greece from a provisional VWP status. In 2017, DHS sent correspondence to Greece defining a set of actions that would justify ESTA normalization. Greece has made successful progress in all five lines of effort and has completed all of the elements required for ESTA normalization that had been communicated in 2017. Greece has enacted necessary legislation to authorize issuance and replacement of national identification cards (biometric chip), expanded systematic refugee vetting at all migrant processing centers, and enacted Passenger Name Recognition
(PNR)legislation to implement the EU PNR Directive. For these reasons, DHS is publishing this document announcing that it is increasing Greece's ESTA validity period to two years. Claire Grady, Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Deputy Secretary, Department of Homeland Security. [FR Doc. 2019-06750 Filed 4-5-19; 8:45 am]
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