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--- schema: federal-register doc_type: fedreg source_file: FR-2020-03-03.xml --- 85 42 Tuesday, March 3, 2020 Contents Agency Health Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 12562-12563 2020-04277 Meetings: National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality, 12561-12562 2020-04293 Supplemental Evidence and Data Request on Prehospital Airway Management, 12559-12561 2020-04253 Agricultural Marketing Agricultural Marketing Service NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;
Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: National Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information Programs, 12494-12495 2020-04281 Agriculture Agriculture Department See Agricultural Marketing Service See Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Animal Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service PROPOSED RULES Importation of Phalaenopsis Spp. Orchid Plants for Planting in Approved Growing Media from the Republic of Costa Rica into the United States, 12441-12442 2020-04282 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;
Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Swine Health Protection, 12495-12496 2020-04283 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection PROPOSED RULES Debt Collection Practices (Regulation F), 12672-12702 2020-03838 Civil Rights Civil Rights Commission NOTICES Meetings: Pennsylvania Advisory Committee, 12496-12497 2020-04329 Coast Guard Coast Guard RULES Safety Zones: Monongahela River Mile 28.0 to Mile 30.0, Pittsburgh, PA, 12439-12440 2020-04387 PROPOSED RULES Safety Zones:
Fireworks Display; Anacostia River, Washington, DC, 12452-12454 2020-04302 Waterway Suitability Assessment for Operations of Liquefied Hazardous Gas Terminal; Beaumont, TX, 12451-12452 2020-04310 Commerce Commerce Department See Foreign-Trade Zones Board See International Trade Administration See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Copyright Office Copyright Office, Library of Congress PROPOSED RULES Registration Modernization, 12704-12714 2020-04435 Education Department Education Department NOTICES Applications for New Awards:
Technical Assistance and Dissemination to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities—Model Demonstration Projects to Develop Coaching Systems, 12540-12547 2020-04316 Energy Department Energy Department See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Environmental Protection Environmental Protection Agency PROPOSED RULES Hazardous and Solid Waste Management System: Disposal of CCR; A Holistic Approach to Closure Part B: Alternate Demonstration for Unlined Surface Impoundments;
Implementation of Closure, 12456-12478 2020-04033 Receipt of a Pesticide Petition Filed for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities (January 2020), 12454-12456 2020-04265 Significant New Use: Long-Chain Perfluoroalkyl Carboxylate and Perfluoroalkyl Sulfonate Chemical Substances, 12479-12489 2020-03865 NOTICES National Water Reuse Action Plan: Collaborative Implementation (Version 1), 12552 2020-04353 Pesticide Product Registration; Applications: New Active Ingredients, 12551-12552 2020-04264 New Uses (January 2020), 12553-12554 2020-04263 Federal Aviation Federal Aviation Administration RULES Amendment of Class E Airspace:
Astoria, OR, 12435-12437 2020-04258 Gunnison, CO, 12437-12439 2020-04259 Missoula, MT, 12432-12434 2020-04260 Rifle, CO, 12434-12435 2020-04262 PROPOSED RULES Revocation and Amendment of Class E Airspace: Williston, ND, 12449-12451 2020-04257 Federal Communications Federal Communications Commission NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 12554-12555, 12558-12559 2020-04330 2020-04332 Meetings: Open Commission, 12557-12558 2020-04312 Telecommunications;
Common Carriers; Internet, 12555-12557 2020-04313 Federal Emergency Federal Emergency Management Agency NOTICES Changes in Flood Hazard Determinations, 12571-12573 2020-04279 Federal Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NOTICES Application: Erie Boulevard Hydropower, LP, 12548-12549 2020-04322 WBI Energy Transmission, Inc., 12549-12550 2020-04321 Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.: Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC; Proposed Leach Xpress Project Amendment, 12547-12548 2020-04323 Federal Mediation Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service NOTICES Guidance Document Portal, 12559 2020-04261 Federal Retirement Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board RULES Cost-of-Living Adjustments and Identity Verification, 12431-12432 2020-03553 Federal Transit Federal Transit Administration NOTICES Fiscal Year 2020 Competitive Funding Opportunity;
Helping Obtain Prosperity for Everyone, 12648-12653 2020-04250 Fish Fish and Wildlife Service NOTICES Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.: Oak Hills Estate, Santa Barbara County, CA; Correction, 12573 2020-04270 Food and Drug Food and Drug Administration NOTICES Determination of Regulatory Review Period for Purposes of Patent Extension: ILUMYA, 12565-12567 2020-04362 Determination that Products Were Not Withdrawn from Sale for Reasons of Safety or Effectiveness: NEO TECT KIT (Kit for the Preparation of Technetium TC-99m Depreotide Injection), 12565 2020-04319 Guidance:
Bone Anchors--Premarket Notification (510(k)) Submissions, 12563-12565 2020-04361 Product-Specific Guidances, 12567-12568 2020-04320 Meetings: Preparation for International Cooperation on Cosmetics Regulation Fourteenth Annual Meeting, 12569 2020-04318 Foreign Trade Foreign-Trade Zones Board NOTICES Approval of Subzone Status: Walgreen Co., Mt. Vernon, IL, 12500 2020-04267 Proposed Production Activity: Frank's International, LLC, New Iberia and Lafayette, LA, 12499-12500 2020-04266 UniCarriers Americas Corp., Marengo, IL, 12497-12499 2020-04269 General Services General Services Administration PROPOSED RULES Federal Management Regulations:
Physical Security, 12489-12493 2020-04268 Health and Human Health and Human Services Department See Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality See Food and Drug Administration See National Institutes of Health Homeland Homeland Security Department See Coast Guard See Federal Emergency Management Agency Interior Interior Department See Fish and Wildlife Service See Land Management Bureau See National Park Service International Trade Adm International Trade Administration NOTICES Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:
Aluminum Extrusions from the People's Republic of China, 12512-12513 2020-04345 Certain Corrosion Inhibitors from the People's Republic of China, 12502-12506 2020-04342 Certain Pasta from Italy, 12518-12520 2020-04340 Hydrofluorocarbon Blends from the People's Republic of China, 12511-12512 2020-04354 Monosodium Glutamate from the Republic of Indonesia, 12517-12518 2020-04347 Scope Rulings, 12515-12517 2020-04341 Stainless Steel Bar from India, 12520-12522 2020-04343 Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value:
Certain Corrosion Inhibitors from the People's Republic of China, 12506-12511 2020-04339 Polyethylene Terephthalate Sheet from the Republic of Korea, 12500-12502 2020-04344 Determination of Sales at Less than Fair Value: Polyethylene Terephthalate Sheet from the Sultanate of Oman, 12513-12515 2020-04346 International Trade Com International Trade Commission NOTICES Investigations; Determinations, Modifications, and Rulings, etc.: Certain Infotainment Systems, Components Thereof, and Automobiles Containing the Same, 12576-12578 2020-04284 Justice Department Justice Department NOTICES Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act:
Attorney General Certification and Determination, 12578-12579 2020-04248 Land Land Management Bureau NOTICES Filing of Plats of Survey: South Dakota, 12573-12574 2020-04314 Library Library of Congress See Copyright Office, Library of Congress NOTICES Public Input Regarding the Next Register of Copyrights, 12579 2020-04247 Maritime Maritime Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: United States Merchant Marine Academy Alumni Survey, 12653-12654 2020-04311 NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NOTICES Meetings:
Advisory Council; STEM Engagement Committee, 12579 2020-04358 International Space Station Advisory Committee, 12579-12580 2020-04359 National Institute National Institutes of Health NOTICES Meetings: Center for Scientific Review, 12570-12571 2020-04373 National Cancer Institute, 12569-12570 2020-04297 National Oceanic National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOTICES Meetings: Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Shark Management Measures; 2020 Research Fishery, 12540 2020-04324 Caribbean Fishery Management Council, 12522-12523 2020-04336 New England Fishery Management Council, 12522 2020-04334 Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities:
Ward Cove Cruise Ship Dock Project, Juneau, AK, 12523-12540 2020-04280 National Park National Park Service NOTICES Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: State of Hawaii Department of Transportation, Honolulu, HI, 12574-12575 2020-04326 Inventory Completion: Auburn University, Auburn, AL, 12575-12576 2020-04325 National Science National Science Foundation NOTICES Meetings: Proposal Review Panel for International Science and Engineering, 12580-12581 2020-04337 2020-04338 Nuclear Regulatory Nuclear Regulatory Commission PROPOSED RULES Power Reactors in Extended Shutdowns, 12442-12449 2020-04271 NOTICES Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving Proposed No Significant Hazards Considerations, 12581-12586 2020-03190 Personnel Personnel Management Office NOTICES Excepted Service, 12586-12594 2020-04272 2020-04273 Securities Securities and Exchange Commission NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;
Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 12629, 12632-12634 2020-04348 2020-04349 2020-04350 2020-04351 2020-04352 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 12633 2020-04433 Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes: Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc., 12639-12644 2020-04285 Cboe Futures Exchange, LLC, 12594-12595 2020-04286 Nasdaq GEMX, LLC, 12623-12626 2020-04291 Nasdaq ISE, LLC, 12616-12623, 12629-12631 2020-04290 2020-04292 Nasdaq MRX, LLC, 12635-12637 2020-04289 Nasdaq PHLX, LLC, 12626-12629 2020-04287 NYSE Arca, Inc., 12595-12616 2020-04294 The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC, 12637-12639 2020-04288 Small Business Small Business Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;
Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 12644 2020-04317 Disaster Declaration: Arkansas, 12644-12645 2020-04304 New York, 12645-12646 2020-04305 Privacy Act; Systems of Records, 12645 2020-04298 Surrender of License of Small Business Investment Company: AEA Investors Small Business Fund, LP, 12645 2020-04303 Celerity Partners SBIC, LP, 12645 2020-04306 State Department State Department NOTICES Meetings: Cultural Property Advisory Committee, 12646-12647 2020-04327 Receipt of Request from the Government of the Republic of Costa Rica under Article 9 of the 1970 UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property, 12647 2020-04331 Surface Transportation Surface Transportation Board NOTICES Operation Exemption:
Wisconsin Central, Ltd.; Hallett Dock No. 5 in Duluth, MN, 12647-12648 2020-04275 Railroad Cost of Capital—2019, 12648 2020-04360 Transportation Department Transportation Department See Federal Aviation Administration See Federal Transit Administration See Maritime Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 12664-12668 2020-04307 Announcement of Department of Transportation Portal for Guidance Documents, 12663-12664 2020-04308 Funding Opportunity;
Department of Transportation's PIDP under the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020, 12654-12663 2020-04309 Veteran Affairs Veterans Affairs Department NOTICES Meetings: Advisory Committee on Disability Compensation, 12668-12669 2020-04245 Special Medical Advisory Group, 12669 2020-04300 Separate Parts In This Issue Part II Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, 12672-12702 2020-03838 Part III Library of Congress, Copyright Office, Library of Congress, 12704-12714 2020-04435 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. 85 42 Tuesday, March 3, 2020 Rules and Regulations FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT INVESTMENT BOARD 5 CFR Parts 1630, 1632 and 1650 Cost-of-Living Adjustments and Identity Verification AGENCY: Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board.
ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (FRTIB) is amending its regulations to change the cost-of-living adjustment rate used to calculate the annual increase for annuities with an increasing payment option and to clarify its requirements regarding identification verification and availability of announcements of meetings open to public observation. DATES: This rule is effective March 1, 2020. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Austen Townsend,
(202)864-8647. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FRTIB administers the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP), which was established by the Federal Employees' Retirement System Act of 1986 (FERSA), Public Law 99-335, 100 Stat. 514. The TSP provisions of FERSA are codified, as amended, largely at 5 U.S.C. 8351 and 8401-79. The TSP is a tax-deferred retirement savings plan for federal civilian employees and members of the uniformed services. The TSP is similar to cash or deferred arrangements established for private-sector employees under section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. 401(k)). On December 17, 2019, the FRTIB published a proposed rule with request for comments in the **Federal Register** (84 FR 68815) and, for the reasons described below, is publishing the proposed rule as final without change. The proposed rule amended 5 CFR 1650.14(g) to provide for a fixed cost-of-living adjustment
(COLA)rate of 2 percent for annuities with an increasing payment option. Several commentators expressed concern that a fixed rate of 2 percent would not provide adequate inflation protection for participants over the long term and was a cost-saving measure for FRTIB. As noted in the preamble to the proposed rule, the FRTIB will regularly review the COLA to ensure that it continues to be beneficial for TSP participants. Moreover, all TSP assets are held in trust and any savings that result from the COLA change will be passed along to participants, not the FRTIB. The proposed rule also amended
(1)5 CFR 1630.4(a) and 1630.7(c) to clarify that TSP participants may be required to provide identifying particulars to access their account information; and
(2)5 CFR 1632.4(c) to reflect the FRTIB's existing practice of maintaining the annual Board meeting schedule online at *frtib.gov* and publishing announcements of meetings open to public observation in the **Federal Register** . The FRTIB received no comments on these changes. Regulatory Flexibility Act I certify that this regulation will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. This regulation will affect Federal employees, members of the uniformed services who participate in the TSP, and beneficiary participants. Paperwork Reduction Act I certify that these regulations do not require additional reporting under the criteria of the Paperwork Reduction Act. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 Pursuant to the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995, 2 U.S.C. 602, 632, 653, and 1501-1571, the effects of this regulation on state, local, and tribal governments and the private sector have been assessed. This regulation will not compel the expenditure in any one year of $100 million or more by state, local, and tribal governments, in the aggregate, or by the private sector. Therefore, a statement under 2 U.S.C. 1532 is not required. Submission to Congress and the General Accounting Office Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 810(a)(1)(A), the Agency submitted a report containing this rule and other required information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the United States before publication of this rule in the **Federal Register** . This rule is not a major rule as defined at 5 U.S.C. 804(2). List of Subjects 5 CFR Part 1630 Privacy. 5 CFR Part 1632 Sunshine Act. 5 CFR Part 1650 Alimony, Claims, Government employees, Pensions, Retirement. Ravindra Deo, Executive Director, Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board. For the reasons stated in the preamble, the FRTIB amends 5 CFR Chapter VI as follows: PART 1630—PRIVACY ACT REGULATIONS 1. The authority citation continues to read as follows: Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552a. 2. Amend § 1630.4 by revising paragraph (a)(2) to read as follows: § 1630.4 Request for notification and access.
(a)* * *
(2)Participants may also inquire whether this system contains records about them and access certain records through the account access section of the TSP website and the ThriftLine (the TSP's automated telephone system). The TSP website is *www.tsp.gov.* To use the TSP ThriftLine, the participant must have a touch-tone telephone and call
(877)968-3778. Information such as account balance and transaction status is available on the TSP website and the ThriftLine. To access these features, the participant may be required to verify his or her identity by providing identifying particulars. 3. Amend § 1630.7 by revising paragraph (c)(3) to read as follows: § 1630.7 Identification requirements.
(c)* * *
(3)A participant may also access the TSP website or call the TSP ThriftLine to obtain account information. These systems may require identity and account verification information and may require the participant to verify his or her identity by providing identifying particulars. PART 1632—RULES REGARDING PUBLIC OBSERVATION OF MEETINGS 4. The authority for this citation continues to read as follows: Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552b and 8474. 5. Amend § 1632.4 by revising paragraph
(c)to read as follows: § 1632.4 Meetings open to public observation.
(c)The annual Board meeting schedule will be maintained on *frtib.gov.* In addition, agency announcements of meetings open to public observation will be published in the **Federal Register** . Requests for announcements may be made by telephoning or by writing to the Office of External Affairs, Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, 77 K Street NE, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20002. PART 1650—METHODS OF WITHDRAWING FUNDS FROM THE THRIFT SAVINGS PLAN 6. The authority citation continues to read as follows: Authority: 5 U.S.C. 8351, 8432d, 8433, 8434, 8435, 8474(b)(5) and 8474(c)(1). 7. Amend § 1650.14 by revising paragraph (g)(4) to read as follows: § 1650.14 Annuities.
(g)* * *
(4)*Either a single life or joint (with spouse) life annuity with increasing payments.* This annuity provides monthly payments to the participant only, or to the participant and spouse, as applicable. The monthly payments are increased once each year on the anniversary of the first payment by a fixed rate of 2 percent. If the participant chooses a joint life annuity, the annual 2 percent increase also applies to benefits received by the survivor. [FR Doc. 2020-03553 Filed 2-28-20; 12:00 pm]
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