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--- schema: federal-register doc_type: fedreg source_file: FR-2020-10-23.xml --- 85 206 Friday, October 23, 2020 Contents Agency Agency for International Development RULES Procurement of Certain Essential Medical Supplies Financed by USAID during the COVID-19 Pandemic, 67443-67446 2020-16475 Agriculture Agriculture Department See Rural Utilities Service AIRFORCE Air Force Department NOTICES Meetings: Board of Visitors of Air University, 67529-67530 2020-23453 Scientific Advisory Board, 67529 2020-23479 Alcohol Tobacco Tax Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau PROPOSED RULES Establishment of Viticultural Area:
Goose Gap, 67469-67474 2020-22925 Lower Long Tom, 67475-67480 2020-22603 Centers Disease Centers for Disease Control and Prevention NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 67544-67546 2020-23454 Centers Medicare Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 67546-67547 2020-23541 2020-23544 Commerce Commerce Department See Economic Analysis Bureau See Foreign-Trade Zones Board See International Trade Administration See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration See Patent and Trademark Office Committee for Purchase Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled NOTICES Procurement List;
Additions and Deletions, 67526-67528 2020-23522 2020-23519 Community Living Administration Community Living Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Alzheimer's and Dementia Program Data Reporting Tool, 67549-67550 2020-23472 State Health Insurance Assistance Program Annual Sub-Recipients Report, 67548-67549 2020-23468 Title VI Program Performance Report, 67547-67548 2020-23471 Consumer Product Consumer Product Safety Commission NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;
Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Contests, Challenges, and Awards, 67528-67529 2020-23488 Defense Department Defense Department See Air Force Department See Engineers Corps RULES Federal Acquisition Regulation: Circular 2021-02; Introduction, 67612-67613 2020-21694 Circular 2021-02; Small Entity Compliance Guide, 67629-67630 2020-21703 Documentation of Market Research, 67623 2020-21699 Recreational Services on Federal Lands, 67626-67628 2020-21701 Removal of Appendix, 67613-67615 2020-21695 Removal of Obsolete Definitions, 67615-67617 2020-21696 Reserve Officer Training Corps and Military Recruiting on Campus, 67619-67622 2020-21698 Taxes—Foreign Contracts in Afghanistan, 67623-67626 2020-21700 Technical Amendments, 67628-67629 2020-21702 Update to Excess Personal Property Procedures, 67617-67619 2020-21697 Drug Drug Enforcement Administration NOTICES Importer of Controlled Substances Application:
Mylan Technologies, Inc., 67567-67568 2020-23511 Economic Analysis Bureau Economic Analysis Bureau NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Direct Investment Surveys: BE-605, Quarterly Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States—Transactions of U.S. Affiliate with Foreign Parent, 67508-67509 2020-23535 Education Department Education Department NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:
Veterans Upward Bound Program Annual Performance Report, 67530-67531 2020-23457 Applications for New Awards: Centers of Excellence for Veteran Student Success Program; Correction, 67531 2020-23475 Energy Department Energy Department PROPOSED RULES Enforcement for Consumer Products and Commercial and Industrial Equipment, 67464-67465 2020-23321 Engineers Engineers Corps NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Easement to Cross Under Lake Oahe, North Dakota for a Fuel-Carrying Pipeline Right-of-Way for a Portion of the Dakota Access Pipeline;
Scoping Period Extension, 67530 2020-23474 Environmental Protection Environmental Protection Agency NOTICES Applications: Alternative Methods for Calculating Off-cycle Credits under the Light-duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions Program; Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., 67535-67536 2020-23464 Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Weekly Receipt, 67536 2020-23482 Pesticide Product Registration; Applications: New Uses; September 2020, 67538 2020-23507 Pesticide Registration Review:
Proposed Interim Decision for Paraquat, 67536-67538 2020-23500 Proposed Interim Decisions for Methomyl and Thiodicarb, 67531-67532 2020-23502 Proposed Interim Decisions for Several Pesticides, 67533-67534, 67538-67540 2020-23503 2020-23504 Federal Aviation Federal Aviation Administration RULES Airspace Designations and Reporting Points: McChord, WA, 67442-67443 2020-23083 Northcentral United States, 67439-67441 2020-23081 Petersburg, WV, 67441-67442 2020-23028 Special Conditions:
Archeion Holdings, LLC, Boeing Model No. 737-300, -400, -700, -800, -8, and -9 Series Airplanes; Electronic-System Security Protection from Unauthorized External Access, 67433-67435 2020-22356 Archeion Holdings, LLC, Boeing Model No. 737-300, -400, -700, -800, -8, and -9 Series Airplanes; Electronic-System Security Protection from Unauthorized Internal Access, 67435-67436 2020-22357 Chicago Jet Group, Dassault Aviation Model Falcon 900 Airplane; Rechargeable Lithium Batteries, 67436-67438 2020-22618 The Boeing Company Model 777-9 Series Airplane;
Interior Design to Facilitate Searches Above Passenger Cabin High Wall Suites, 67439 2020-22567 PROPOSED RULES Airworthiness Directives: Airbus SAS Airplanes, 67467-67469 2020-23235 Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. Airplanes, 67465-67467 2020-23301 Federal Communications Federal Communications Commission RULES Improving Video Relay Service and Direct Video Calling: Implementing Kari's Law of RAY BAUM's Act; Inquiry Concerning 911 Access, Routing and Location in Enterprise Communications Systems;
Amending the Definition of Interconnected VoIP Service; Video Relay Service Call Handling, 67447-67450 2020-21316 Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services, 67450-67462 2020-19951 PROPOSED RULES Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services, 67480-67507 2020-19954 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 67540-67541 2020-23458 Federal Deposit Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation RULES Applicability of Annual Independent Audits and Reporting Requirements for Fiscal Years Ending in 2021, 67427-67433 2020-23630 Federal Reserve Federal Reserve System NOTICES Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies, 67541 2020-23542 2020-23543 Federal Trade Federal Trade Commission NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;
Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 67541-67544 2020-23515 Fish Fish and Wildlife Service NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Native Youth Community Adaptation and Leadership Congress, 67559-67561 2020-23498 Programmatic Clearance for Social Science Research, 67558-67559 2020-23499 Endangered and Threatened Species: Recovery Permit Applications, 67557-67558 2020-23505 Food and Drug Food and Drug Administration NOTICES Final Debarment Order:
Captain Neill's Seafood, Inc., 67552-67553 2020-23485 Phillip R. Carawan, 67553-67554 2020-23501 Guidance: Wholesale Distributor Verification Requirement for Saleable Returned Drug Product and Dispenser Verification Requirements When Investigating a Suspect or Illegitimate Product; Compliance Policies, 67550-67552 2020-23524 Foreign Assets Foreign Assets Control Office NOTICES Blocking or Unblocking of Persons and Properties, 67607-67609 2020-23461 Foreign Trade Foreign-Trade Zones Board NOTICES Approval of Subzone Expansion:
Hyster-Yale Group, Inc., Berea, KY, 67509 2020-23533 Authorization of Production Activity: Volflex, Inc., Foreign-Trade Zone 22, Chicago, IL, 67509 2020-23531 General Services General Services Administration RULES Federal Acquisition Regulation: Circular 2021-02; Introduction, 67612-67613 2020-21694 Circular 2021-02; Small Entity Compliance Guide, 67629-67630 2020-21703 Documentation of Market Research, 67623 2020-21699 Recreational Services on Federal Lands, 67626-67628 2020-21701 Removal of Appendix, 67613-67615 2020-21695 Removal of Obsolete Definitions, 67615-67617 2020-21696 Reserve Officer Training Corps and Military Recruiting on Campus, 67619-67622 2020-21698 Taxes—Foreign Contracts in Afghanistan, 67623-67626 2020-21700 Technical Amendments, 67628-67629 2020-21702 Update to Excess Personal Property Procedures, 67617-67619 2020-21697 Geological Geological Survey NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;
Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: The National Map Corps—Volunteered Geographic Information Project, 67561 2020-23459 Health and Human Health and Human Services Department See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention See Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services See Community Living Administration See Food and Drug Administration See National Institutes of Health Homeland Homeland Security Department See U.S. Customs and Border Protection Indian Affairs Indian Affairs Bureau NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements;
Availability, etc.: Final Conformity Determination for the Tejon Indian Tribe's Proposed Fee-to-Trust Acquisition and Casino Resort Project, Kern County, CA, 67561-67562 2020-23497 Little River Band Trust Acquisition and Casino Project, Township of Fruitport, Muskegon County, MI, 67562-67563 2020-23508 Interior Interior Department See Fish and Wildlife Service See Geological Survey See Indian Affairs Bureau See Land Management Bureau International Trade Adm International Trade Administration NOTICES Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:
Cast Iron Soil Pipe Fittings from the People's Republic of China, 67515-67517 2020-23449 Certain Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing of Carbon and Alloy Steel from Italy, 67509-67511 2020-23484 Emulsion Styrene-Butadiene Rubber from the Republic of Korea, 67512-67513 2020-23516 Laminated Woven Sacks from the People's Republic of China, 67513-67515 2020-23517 Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bars from Belarus and Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Belarus, 67511-67512 2020-23513 Uranium from the Russian Federation, 67517 2020-23527 International Trade Com International Trade Commission NOTICES Investigations;
Determinations, Modifications, and Rulings, etc.: Certain Rolled-Edge Rigid Plastic Food Trays, 67566-67567 2020-23548 Difluoromethane (R-32) from China, 67566 2020-23460 Justice Department Justice Department See Drug Enforcement Administration See Justice Programs Office RULES Designation of Authority, 67446-67447 2020-23561 NOTICES Designation of Criminal Division as ‘Designated Authority’ under an Agreement with the United Kingdom, 67568 2020-23556 Proposed Consent Decree:
Clean Air Act, 67568-67569 2020-23450 Justice Programs Justice Programs Office NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: 2020 National Survey of Prosecutors, 67569-67570 2020-23545 Meetings: Committee on Juvenile Justice, 67569 2020-23510 Labor Department Labor Department NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Hazard Communication, 67570 2020-23451 Land Land Management Bureau NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;
Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Use and Occupancy Under the Mining Laws, 67563-67564 2020-23489 Meetings: John Day-Snake Resource Advisory Council Planning Subcommittee and the John Day-Snake Resource Advisory Council, 67565 2020-23549 Plats of Survey: Alaska, 67564-67565 2020-23518 Maritime Maritime Administration NOTICES Center of Excellence for Domestic Maritime Workforce: Opportunity to Apply for Training and Education Designation, 67599-67603 2020-23490 NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration RULES Federal Acquisition Regulation:
Circular 2021-02; Introduction, 67612-67613 2020-21694 Circular 2021-02; Small Entity Compliance Guide, 67629-67630 2020-21703 Documentation of Market Research, 67623 2020-21699 Recreational Services on Federal Lands, 67626-67628 2020-21701 Removal of Appendix, 67613-67615 2020-21695 Removal of Obsolete Definitions, 67615-67617 2020-21696 Reserve Officer Training Corps and Military Recruiting on Campus, 67619-67622 2020-21698 Taxes—Foreign Contracts in Afghanistan, 67623-67626 2020-21700 Technical Amendments, 67628-67629 2020-21702 Update to Excess Personal Property Procedures, 67617-67619 2020-21697 NOTICES Senior Executive Service:
Performance Review Board, 67571 2020-23547 National Highway National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NOTICES Petition for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance: Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC, 67604-67605 2020-23512 Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., 67605-67606 2020-23509 National Institute National Institutes of Health NOTICES Meetings: Center for Scientific Review, 67554-67556 2020-23469 2020-23470 National Oceanic National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RULES Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska:
Pollock in Statistical Area 630 in the Gulf of Alaska, 67463 2020-23530 NOTICES Application for Exempted Fishing Permits: General Provisions for Domestic Fisheries, 67518-67519 2020-23537 Aquaculture Opportunity Areas, 67519-67522 2020-23487 Nuclear Regulatory Nuclear Regulatory Commission NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Virginia Electric and Power Co.; North Anna Power Station, Unit Nos.1 and 2; Intent to Conduct Scoping Process, 67572-67574 2020-23463 Meetings:
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards, 67571-67572 2020-23486 Patent Patent and Trademark Office NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Patent Examiner Employment Application, 67525-67526 2020-23521 Substantive Submissions Made During Prosecution of the Trademark Application, 67522-67524 2020-23528 Rural Utilities Rural Utilities Service RULES Rural Energy Savings Program, 67427 2020-21772 Securities Securities and Exchange Commission NOTICES Order Granting Conditional Exemptive Relief:
Reporting of Allocations Pursuant to the National Market System Plan Governing the Consolidated Audit Trail, 67576-67579 2020-23467 Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes: Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., 67574-67576 2020-23456 Nasdaq BX, Inc., 67579-67582 2020-23455 Small Business Small Business Administration NOTICES Major Disaster Declaration: California, 67582-67583 2020-23476 California; Public Assistance Only, 67582 2020-23478 Louisiana, 67582 2020-23480 Requests for Nominations:
Advisory Committee on Veterans Business Affairs, 67583 2020-23536 State Department State Department NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Electronic Medical Examination for Visa Applicant, 67584-67585 2020-23494 Medical Examination for Visa or Refugee Applicant, 67583-67584 2020-23495 State Justice State Justice Institute NOTICES Grant Guideline, 67585-67599 2020-23555 Transportation Department Transportation Department See Federal Aviation Administration See Maritime Administration See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Treasury Treasury Department See Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau See Foreign Assets Control Office Customs U.S.
Customs and Border Protection NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Automated Clearinghouse, 67556 2020-23462 Veteran Affairs Veterans Affairs Department RULES Acquisition Regulation: Contract Administration and Audit Services; Correction, 67462-67463 2020-21842 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Maintenance of Records, 67609-67610 2020-23477 Veterans Mortgage Life Insurance Statement, 67609 2020-23483 Separate Parts In This Issue Part II Defense Department, 67612-67630 2020-21694 2020-21703 2020-21699 2020-21701 2020-21695 2020-21696 2020-21698 2020-21700 2020-21702 2020-21697 General Services Administration, 67612-67630 2020-21694 2020-21703 2020-21699 2020-21701 2020-21695 2020-21696 2020-21698 2020-21700 2020-21702 2020-21697 National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 67612-67630 2020-21694 2020-21703 2020-21699 2020-21701 2020-21695 2020-21696 2020-21698 2020-21700 2020-21702 2020-21697 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. 85 206 Friday, October 23, 2020 Rules and Regulations DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Rural Utilities Service 7 CFR Part 1719 RIN 0572-AC45 Rural Energy Savings Program AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA. ACTION: Final rule and response to comments.
SUMMARY: The Rural Utilities Service (RUS), a Rural Development agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), is confirming the final rule published in the **Federal Register** on April 2, 2020 to establish the Rural Energy Savings Program
(RESP)as authorized by Section 6407 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, as amended. This document also provides the Agency an opportunity to acknowledge public comments received on the final rule. DATES: The final rule published April 2, 2020 at 85 FR 18413 is confirmed. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Coates, Rural Utilities Service, Electric Program, Rural Development, United States Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, STOP 1568, Room 5165-S, Washington, DC 20250; Telephone:
(202)260-5415; Email *Robert.Coates@usda.gov.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Rural Utilities Service published the RESP final rule to assist rural families and small businesses achieve cost savings by providing loans to qualified consumers through eligible entities to implement durable cost-effective energy efficiency measures pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 8107a(a) of the RESP authorizing statute. The Secretary may use this funding to allow eligible entities to offer energy efficiency loans to customers in any part of their service territory in accordance to 7 CFR part 1719. The Agency encourages applications that will support recommendations made in the Rural Prosperity Task Force report (see *www.usda.gov/ruralprosperity* ) to help improve life in rural America, to consider projects that provide measurable results in helping rural communities build robust and sustainable economies through strategic investments in infrastructure, partnerships and innovation. Key strategies include: Achieving e-Connectivity for rural America, developing the rural economy, harnessing technological innovation, supporting a rural workforce, and improving quality of life. Summary of Comments and Responses RUS invited comments on the final rule published on April 2, 2020 in the **Federal Register** (85 FR 18413) and received three comments. Two comments were received were from business organizations; Fleet Development and Energy Trust. One comment was received from an individual, Mr. Inri Gonzalez. The comments and Agency's responses are summarized as follows: *Issue 1:* One individual and one organization expressed support for the Program as published on April 2, 2020 in the **Federal Register** . *Agency Response:* The Agency appreciates the input from the two respondents that support the final rule. *Issue 2:* Two commenters provide energy efficiency services in their state, including services to multi-family dwellings and manufactured homes, and more specifically the replacement of substandard manufactured housing units. One commenter wrote that “One recommendation we offer is to re-consider the allowable payback period of both the RESP loan to the eligible borrower and the loan from the borrower to the qualified consumer. Often utility infrastructure, energy efficiency and renewable energy projects are major long-term capital investments. It is not uncommon for a project of any scale to meet its return on investment in the 12-20-year range and then deliver energy savings for the next 10-20 years. We believe this financial reality may have been partly responsible for the historic under use of the program. Energy efficiency and renewable energy projects deliver their primary energy savings in the out years and are essentially break-even projects in the first years. A debt amortization period of only 10-years can leave a significant gap from Year 10 on.” The commenter suggested a potential solution would be to allow the eligible borrower to request repayment schedules that fit the needs of the project for both repayment to RESP and the qualified consumer repayment to the re-lender. The other commenter states that their company invested in manufactured home replacement projects in Oregon. “It has been our experience that the higher monthly payments associated with a 10-year loan term for higher cost measures such as manufactured homes, can constitute a significant obstacle for low- and moderate-income Oregonians—many of whom live in rural communities. The manufactured home replacement pilot program which they successfully operate utilizes a 20-year customer loan term. Should RUS find it feasible to do so, the agency should consider whether extending the Qualified consumer loan term to 20 years would result in more uptake by rural utility customers and more effectively advance RUS ability to deploy these funds to the benefit of rural Americans.” Agency Response—The current 10-year maturity on loans to qualified consumers is a statutory requirement provided in the Rural Energy Savings Program enabling statute, see 7 U.S.C. 8107a(d)(1)(B). An amendment to that program feature will require Congressional action. The RUS appreciates the interest of the commenters in the RESP and thanks them for their submissions. Chad Rupe, Administrator, Rural Utilities Service. [FR Doc. 2020-21772 Filed 10-22-20; 8:45 am]
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