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--- schema: federal-register doc_type: fedreg source_file: FR-2020-05-07.xml --- 85 89 Thursday, May 7, 2020 Contents Agency Health Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 27223-27226 2020-09724 2020-09725 Meetings: Improving Management of Opioids and Opioid Use Disorder in Older Adults (R18), 27226 2020-09723 Agricultural Marketing Agricultural Marketing Service RULES National Organic Program:
USDA Organic Regulations, 27105-27106 2020-09007 Suspension of Reserve Obligation and its Requirements: Walnuts Grown in California, 27107-27109 2020-09160 PROPOSED RULES Egg Research and Promotion; Reapportionment, 27163-27167 2020-09010 Establishment of Reporting Requirements and New Information Collection: Oranges, Grapefruit, Tangerines, and Pummelos Grown in Florida, 27159-27163 2020-09346 Agriculture Agriculture Department See Agricultural Marketing Service See Forest Service NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;
Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 27204 2020-09697 Alcohol Tobacco Tax Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 27272-27274 2020-09700 Army Army Department NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 27211-27212 2020-09774 2020-09786 Centers Medicare Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;
Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 27226-27228 2020-09765 2020-09782 Children Children and Families Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Tribal Budget and Narrative Justification Template, 27228-27229 2020-09713 Civil Rights Civil Rights Commission NOTICES Meetings: South Dakota Advisory Committee, 27205 2020-09719 Commerce Commerce Department See Foreign-Trade Zones Board See International Trade Administration See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Community Development Community Development Financial Institutions Fund NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;
Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 27274-27278 2020-09746 2020-09747 Defense Department Defense Department See Army Department RULES Indebtedness of Military Personnel, 27157 2020-08680 Service by Members of the Armed Forces on State and Local Juries, 27157-27158 2020-08688 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 27212-27213 2020-09764 Drug Drug Enforcement Administration NOTICES Bulk Manufacturer of Controlled Substances Application:
Alcami Wisconsin Corporation, 27248 2020-09702 Purisys, LLC, 27245 2020-09706 Decision and Order: Isaac J. Hearne, M.D., 27243-27245 2020-09722 Michael Thomas Watkins, M.D., 27246-27247 2020-09721 Importer of Controlled Substances Application: Almac Clinical Services Inc, 27248 2020-09701 AndersonBrecon Inc. dba PCI of Illinois, 27248-27249 2020-09707 Novitium Pharma LLC, 27245-27246 2020-09705 Education Department Education Department See National Assessment Governing Board NOTICES Applications for New Awards:
Ready to Learn Programming, 27214 2020-09799 Employment and Training Employment and Training Administration NOTICES Proposed Methodology to Distribute Outcome Payments to States for the Unemployment Insurance Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessments Program, 27249-27251 2020-09803 Energy Department Energy Department See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Environmental Protection Environmental Protection Agency NOTICES Designation of One New Equivalent Method: Ambient Air Monitoring Reference and Equivalent Methods, 27221 2020-09704 Farm Credit Farm Credit Administration NOTICES Meetings;
Sunshine Act, 27221-27222 2020-09858 Federal Aviation Federal Aviation Administration RULES Airworthiness Directives: Aermacchi S.p.A. Airplanes, 27109-27112 2020-09730 Yabora Industria Aeronautica S.A. (Type Certificate previously held by Embraer S.A.), 27112-27114 2020-09633 Revocation of Jet Route J-105 and Amendment of VOR Federal Airways V-15, V-63, V-272, and V-583: Vicinity of McAlester, OK, 27114-27116 2020-09266 PROPOSED RULES Airworthiness Directives: Airbus SAS Airplanes, 27167-27170 2020-09698 Dassault Aviation Airplanes, 27170-27172 2020-09640 Amendment of Class D and E Airspace and Establishment of Class E Airspace:
Alton/St. Louis, IL, 27188-27189 2020-09473 Amendment of Class D and E Airspace: Las Vegas, NV, 27180-27181 2020-09587 Amendment of Class E Airspace: Athens, TX, 27176-27178 2020-09475 Decorah, IA, 27183-27184 2020-09468 Amendment of Class E airspace: Kotzebue, AK, 27178-27180 2020-09593 Amendment of Class E Airspace: Kountze/Silsbee, TX, 27184-27186 2020-09476 McGrath, AK, 27186-27187 2020-09586 Sitka, AK, 27172-27174 2020-09588 Amendment of the Class D and Class E Airspace and Revocation of Class E Airspace:
Erie and Corry, PA, 27174-27176 2020-09466 Amendment of the Class E Airspace: Hazard, KY, 27189-27191 2020-09465 Establishment of Class E Airspace: Ness City, KS, 27181-27183 2020-09474 Federal Communications Federal Communications Commission NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 27222-27223 2020-09742 Federal Deposit Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation NOTICES Termination of Receivership, 27223 2020-09735 Federal Election Federal Election Commission NOTICES Meetings;
Sunshine Act, 27223 2020-09935 Federal Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NOTICES Application: Green Island Power Authority and Albany Engineering Corporation, 27217-27218 2020-09750 Combined Filings, 27215-27216, 27218-27220 2020-09757 2020-09759 2020-09767 Filing: San Diego Gas and Electric Company, 27215 2020-09752 Western Area Power Administration, 27220-27221 2020-09756 Meetings: Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc., Technical Conference, 27216-27217 2020-09751 Federal Motor Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration NOTICES Qualification of Drivers;
Exemption Applications: Epilepsy and Seizure Disorders, 27262-27264 2020-09754 Vision, 27264-27267 2020-09755 Federal Trade Federal Trade Commission PROPOSED RULES Semiannual Regulatory Agenda, 27191-27203 2020-08932 Federal Transit Federal Transit Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 27267-27268 2020-09766 Fish Fish and Wildlife Service NOTICES Draft Categorical Exclusion and Draft Habitat Conservation Plan: Dos Osos Reservoir Replacement Project, Contra Costa County, CA, 27236-27237 2020-09804 Endangered and Threatened Species:
Receipt of Recovery Permit Applications, 27237-27240 2020-09749 2020-09794 Foreign Trade Foreign-Trade Zones Board NOTICES Proposed Production Activity: Golden Pass LNG Terminal, LLC, Foreign-Trade Zone 116, Port Arthur, TX, 27206 2020-09758 Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc., Foreign-Trade Zone 26, Atlanta, GA, 27205-27206 2020-09763 Forest Forest Service NOTICES Meetings: Ketchikan Resource Advisory Committee, 27204-27205 2020-09791 Health and Human Health and Human Services Department See Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality See Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services See Children and Families Administration See National Institutes of Health Homeland Homeland Security Department See U.S.
Customs and Border Protection Housing Housing and Urban Development Department RULES Streamlining Administrative Regulations for Multifamily Housing Programs and Implementing Family Income Reviews under the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, 27133-27139 2020-09298 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Disaster Recovery Grant Reporting System, 27235-27236 2020-09775 Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy Program, 27234-27235 2020-09793 Interior Interior Department See Fish and Wildlife Service See Land Management Bureau See National Park Service See Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office Internal Revenue Internal Revenue Service NOTICES Meetings:
Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Joint Committee, 27279 2020-09783 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Taxpayer Assistance Center Improvements Project Committee, 27278-27279 2020-09787 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Taxpayer Communications Project Committee, 27280 2020-09784 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel's Notices and Correspondence Project Committee, 27280 2020-09785 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel's Special Projects Committee, 27278 2020-09788 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel's Tax Forms and Publications Project Committee, 27279 2020-09790 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel's Toll-Free Phone Line Project Committee, 27279 2020-09789 International Trade Adm International Trade Administration NOTICES Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:
Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from the People's Republic of China, 27208-27210 2020-09760 Chlorinated Isocyanurates from the People's Republic of China, 27207-27208 2020-09762 Oil Country Tubular Goods from Ukraine, 27206-27207 2020-09761 International Trade Com International Trade Commission NOTICES Investigations; Determinations, Modifications, and Rulings, etc.: Small Vertical Shaft Engines from China, 27243 2020-09792 Justice Department Justice Department See Drug Enforcement Administration Labor Department Labor Department See Employment and Training Administration NOTICES Charter Renewal:
Labor Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiations and Trade Policy, 27251 2020-09769 Land Land Management Bureau NOTICES Plats of Survey: Idaho, 27240 2020-09699 Assesment National Assessment Governing Board NOTICES Meetings, 27213-27214 2020-09718 National Endowment for the Humanities National Endowment for the Humanities NOTICES Meetings: National Council on the Humanities, 27251-27252 2020-09709 National Foundation National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities See National Endowment for the Humanities National Institute National Institutes of Health NOTICES Meetings:
Center for Scientific Review, 27229-27232 2020-09770 2020-09771 National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 27230, 27232-27233 2020-09773 2020-09776 2020-09777 2020-09778 2020-09779 2020-09780 National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 27230 2020-09772 National Oceanic National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RULES Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska: Pacific Cod by Catcher/Processors Using Trawl Gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area, 27158 2020-09800 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;
Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Vessel Monitoring System Requirements in Western Pacific Fisheries, 27210 2020-09768 Meetings: Fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico and the South Atlantic; Southeast Data, Assessment, and Review, 27210-27211 2020-09741 National Park National Park Service NOTICES National Register of Historic Places: Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions, 27240-27241 2020-09715 Pipeline Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration NOTICES Hazardous Materials:
Actions on Special Permits, 27268-27269 2020-09728 Applications for Modifications to Special Permits, 27269-27270 2020-09727 Applications for New Special Permits, 27270-27272 2020-09729 Postal Regulatory Postal Regulatory Commission NOTICES Market Dominant Products, 27252-27253 2020-09802 New Postal Product, 27252 2020-09798 Presidential Documents Presidential Documents PROCLAMATIONS Special Observances: National Hurricane Preparedness Week (Proc. 10024), 27281-27284 2020-09970 Public Service Recognition Week (Proc. 10025), 27285-27286 2020-09972 Securities Securities and Exchange Commission RULES Temporary Amendments to Regulation Crowdfunding, 27116-27133 2020-09806 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;
Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 27253-27254 2020-09796 2020-09797 Intention to Cancel Registration Pursuant to Section 203(h) of the Investment Advisers Act, 27258-27259 2020-09708 Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes: Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc., 27254-27258 2020-09712 New York Stock Exchange LLC, 27259-27261 2020-09711 Surface Mining Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office RULES Regulatory Program: West Virginia, 27139-27157 2020-08150 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;
Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Procedures and Criteria for Approval or Disproval of State Program Submissions, 27241-27242 2020-09745 Requirements for Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Operations on Indian Lands, 27242-27243 2020-09744 Trade Representative Trade Representative, Office of United States NOTICES 2020 Generalized System of Preferences Annual Review and the Deadline for Filing Petitions, 27261-27262 2020-09781 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 Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau See Community Development Financial Institutions Fund See Internal Revenue Service Customs U.S.
Customs and Border Protection NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Temporary Scientific or Educational Purposes, 27233-27234 2020-09743 Separate Parts In This Issue Part II Presidential Documents, 27281-27286 2020-09970 2020-09972 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 89 Thursday, May 7, 2020 Rules and Regulations DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Agricultural Marketing Service 7 CFR Part 205 [Document Number AMS-NOP-20-0002;
NOP-20-01] National Organic Program: USDA Organic Regulations AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA. ACTION: 2020 sunset review and substance renewals. SUMMARY: This document announces the renewal of substances listed on the National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances (National List) within the U.S. Department of Agriculture's
(USDA)organic regulations. This document reflects the outcome of the 2020 sunset review process and addresses recommendations submitted to the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary), through the USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), by the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB). DATES: This action is effective June 22, 2020. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shannon Nally Yanessa, Standards Division, *Telephone:*
(202)720-3252; *Fax:*
(202)260-9151. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background USDA AMS administers the National Organic Program
(NOP)under the authority of the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (OFPA), as amended (7 U.S.C. 6501-6524). The regulations implementing the NOP, also referred to as the USDA organic regulations (7 CFR part 205), were published on December 21, 2000 (65 FR 80548) and became effective on October 21, 2002. Through these regulations, AMS oversees national organic standards for the production, handling, and labeling of organically produced agricultural products. Since October 2002, the USDA organic regulations have been frequently amended, mostly for changes to the National List in 7 CFR 205.601 through 606. The National List identifies the synthetic substances allowed to be used and the nonsynthetic substances prohibited from use in organic farming. The National List also identifies synthetic and nonsynthetic nonagricultural substances, and nonorganic agricultural substances that may be used in organic handling. The OFPA and USDA organic regulations specifically prohibit the use of any synthetic substance in organic production and handling unless an exemption for using the synthetic substance is provided on the National List. Section 205.105 of the USDA organic regulations also requires that any nonorganic agricultural substance and any nonagricultural substance used in organic handling be listed as allowed on the National List. The OFPA at 7 U.S.C. 6518 authorizes the NOSB, operating in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (§ 1 *et seq.,* 5 U.S.C. App.2), to assist in evaluating substances to be allowed or prohibited for organic production and handling and to advise the Secretary on the USDA organic regulations. The OFPA sunset provision (7 U.S.C. 6517(e)) also requires a review of all substances included on the National List within five years of their addition to or renewal on the list. During this sunset review, the NOSB considers any new information pertaining to a substance's impact on human health and the environment, its necessity due to the unavailability of wholly natural substances, and its consistency with organic production and handling. The NOSB subsequently votes to remove a substance allowance or prohibition from the National List. The Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018 amended the OFPA at 7 U.S.C. 6518(i)(2) to specify that any vote on a motion proposing to amend the National List requires 2/3 of the votes cast at a meeting of the NOSB at which a quorum is present to prevail. A substance remains listed on the National List unless an NOSB motion to remove that substance carries with 2/3 of votes cast, and the Secretary subsequently renews or amends the listing for the substance. The NOSB submits its sunset review and recommendations to the Secretary. As delegated by the Secretary, AMS evaluates the sunset review and recommendations for compliance with the National List substance evaluation criteria set forth in the OFPA at 7 U.S.C. 6518(m) and other federal statutes or regulations. AMS also considers public comments submitted in association with a specific sunset review process. AMS published an updated sunset review process in the **Federal Register** on September 16, 2013 (78 FR 56811). 1 In accordance with the sunset review process, AMS published two notices in the **Federal Register** announcing the NOSB meetings on April 25-27, 2018, and October 24-26, 2018, and inviting public comments on the 2020 sunset review process (January 17, 2018 (83 FR 2373) 2 and August 9, 2018 (83 FR 39376)). 3 AMS also hosted two public webinars (April 17 and 19, 2018, and October 16 and 18, 2018) to provide additional opportunities for public comment. The NOSB received additional comment during the public meetings. At these public meetings, the NOSB reviewed substance listings scheduled to sunset from the National List and concluded that these listings should not be removed. Table 1 shows the current listings for these substances. 1 *https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2013/09/16/2013-22388/national-organic-program-sunset-process.* 2 *https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/01/17/2017-28170/meeting-of-the-national-organic-standards-board.* 3 *https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/08/09/2018-16386/meeting-of-the-national-organic-standards-board.* AMS has reviewed and accepted the NOSB's 2020 sunset review recommendations and is renewing the listings of these substances until 2025. 4 AMS has determined that the substance allowances listed in this notice continue to be necessary for organic production and/or organic handling because of the unavailability of organic forms or wholly natural substitutes for the specified uses (§ 6517(c)(1)(A)(ii)). The renewal of these substance allowances will avoid potential disruptions to the organic industry and consumers that may otherwise result from removal from the National List. AMS also has determined that the prohibited nonsynthetic substance listed in this notice should remain prohibited because use of this substance would be inconsistent with organic production (§ 6517(c)(2)(A)(ii)). 4 National List Sunset Dates, NOP 5611, *https://www.ams.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/NOP-SunsetDates.pdf.* The NOSB also reviewed and subsequently recommended to the Secretary the removal of sucrose octanoate esters (§ 205.601 and § 205.603). AMS is reviewing the NOSB recommendations to remove this substance from the National List. Any removals from the National List would be addressed in a separate notice and comment rulemaking. Table 1 lists the substance exemptions being renewed through this document. These specific substance allowances and prohibitions continue as listed on the National List with a new sunset date of June 22, 2025. Table 1—National List Substances Renewed in 2020 Sunset Review Substance Use conditions § 205.601 Synthetic substances allowed for use in organic crop production Alcohols: Ethanol, Isopropanol As described under § 205.601(a)(1)(i) and (ii). Sodium carbonate peroxyhydrate As described under § 205.601(a)(8). Mulches: Newspaper or other recycled paper, Plastic mulch and covers As described under § 205.601(b)(2)(i) and (ii). Compost feedstocks: Newspaper or other recycled paper As described under § 205.601(c). Insecticides: Aqueous potassium silicate, Elemental sulfur, Lime sulfur As described under § 205.601(e)(2),
(5)and (6). Plant disease control: Aqueous potassium silicate, Hydrated lime, Lime sulfur, Elemental Sulfur As described under § 205.601(i)(1), (4),
(6)and (10). Plant or soil amendments: Elemental sulfur, Liquid fish products, Sulfurous acid As described under § 205.601(j)(2),
(8)and (11). Plant growth regulators: Ethylene gas As described under § 205.601(k). Production aids: Microcrystalline cheesewax As described under § 205.601(o). § 205.602 Nonsynthetic substances prohibited for use in organic crop production Potassium chloride As described under § 205.602(e). § 205.603 Synthetic substances allowed for use in organic livestock production Alcohols: Ethanol, Isopropanol As described under § 205.603(a)(1)(i) and (ii). Aspirin As described under § 205.603(a)(2). Biologics As described under § 205.603(a)(4). Electrolytes As described under § 205.603(a)(11). Glycerin As described under § 205.603(a)(14). Phosphoric acid As described under § 205.603(a)(25). Hydrated lime As described under § 205.603(b)(6). Mineral oil As described under § 205.603(a)(7). § 205.605 Nonagricultural (nonorganic) substances allowed as ingredients in or on processed products labeled as “organic” or “made with organic (specified ingredients or food group(s))” Calcium carbonate As described under § 205.605(a). Flavors As described under § 205.605(a). Gellan gum As described under § 205.605(a). Oxygen As described under § 205.605(a). Potassium chloride As described under § 205.605(a). Alginates As described under § 205.605(b). Calcium hydroxide As described under § 205.605(b). Ethylene As described under § 205.605(b). Glycerides As described under § 205.605(b). Magnesium stearate As described under § 205.605(b). Phosphoric acid As described under § 205.605(b). Potassium carbonate As described under § 205.605(b). Sulfur dioxide As described under § 205.605(b). Xanthan gum As described under § 205.605(b). § 205.606 Nonorganically produced agricultural products allowed as ingredients in or on processed products labeled as “organic.” Fructooligosaccharides As described under § 205.606(f). Gums As described under § 205.606(i). Lecithin As described under § 205.606(m). Tragacanth gum As described under § 205.606(t). Authority: 7 U.S.C. 6501-6524. Bruce Summers, Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service. [FR Doc. 2020-09007 Filed 5-6-20; 8:45 am]
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