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--- schema: federal-register doc_type: fedreg source_file: FR-2021-03-18.xml --- 86 51 Thursday, March 18, 2021 Contents Agency Health Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality NOTICES Request for Comments: Strategies To Improve Patient Safety; Draft Report to Congress and Review by the National Academy of Medicine, 14752-14753 2021-05605 Agriculture Agriculture Department See The U.S. Codex Office Alcohol Tobacco Firearms Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Bureau NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;
Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Prohibited Persons Questionnaire, 14767 2021-05593 Army Army Department NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 14736-14737 2021-05574 2021-05579 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection NOTICES Charter Renewal: Academic Research Council, 14734-14735 2021-05315 Community Bank Advisory Council, 14734 2021-05336 Consumer Advisory Board, 14733-14734 2021-05316 Credit Union Advisory Council, 14735-14736 2021-05319 Fiscal Bureau of the Fiscal Service NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;
Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Improving Customer Experience, 14797-14798 2021-05542 Privacy Act; Matching Program, 14798-14799 2021-05254 Centers Medicare Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services RULES Medicare Program: CY 2021 Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Changes to Part B Payment Policies; Medicare Shared Savings Program Requirements; Medicaid Promoting Interoperability Program Requirements for Eligible Professionals; Quality Payment Program;
Coverage of Opioid Use Disorder Services Furnished by Opioid Treatment Programs; Medicare Enrollment of Opioid Treatment Programs; Electronic Prescribing for Controlled Substances for a Covered Part D Drug; Payment for Office/Outpatient Evaluation and Management Services; Hospital IQR Program; Establish New Code Categories; Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program
(MDPP)Expanded Model Emergency Policy; Coding and Payment for Virtual Check-In Services Interim Final Rule Policy; Coding and Payment for Personal Protective Equipment
(PPE)Interim Final Rule Policy; Regulatory Revisions in Response to the Public Health Emergency
(PHE)for COVID-19; and Finalization of Certain Provisions From the March 31st, May 8th and September 2nd Interim Final Rules in Response to the PHE for COVID-19; Correction, 14690-14693 2021-05548 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 14753-14754 2021-05604 Children Children and Families Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Child Support Enforcement Program Quarterly Financial Report and Quarterly Collection Report, 14756-14757 2021-05630 Generic Clearance for Financial Reports used for Mandatory Grant Programs, 14754 2021-05632 Head Start Child and Family Experiences Survey, 14754-14756 2021-05627 Civil Rights Civil Rights Commission NOTICES Meetings: Maine Advisory Committee; Cancellation, 14721 2021-05564 Coast Guard Coast Guard PROPOSED RULES Special Local Regulation: Choptank River, Between Trappe and Cambridge, MD, 14714-14716 2021-05594 North Atlantic Ocean, Ocean City, MD, 14716-14719 2021-05595 Commerce Commerce Department See Economic Analysis Bureau See Industry and Security Bureau See International Trade Administration See National Institute of Standards and Technology See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Comptroller Comptroller of the Currency PROPOSED RULES Loans in Areas Having Special Flood Hazards: Interagency Questions and Answers Regarding Private Flood Insurance, 14696-14707 2021-05314 Defense Acquisition Defense Acquisition Regulations System NOTICES Acquisition of Items for Which Federal Prison Industries Has a Significant Market Share, 14737 2021-05457 Defense Department Defense Department See Army Department See Defense Acquisition Regulations System NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 14737-14742 2021-05571 2021-05572 2021-05573 2021-05575 2021-05577 2021-05578 2021-05580 2021-05581 Drug Drug Enforcement Administration PROPOSED RULES Schedules of Controlled Substances: Placement of Four Specific Fentanyl-Related Substances in Schedule I, 14707-14714 2021-05589 NOTICES Bulk Manufacturer of Controlled Substances Application: Noramco Coventry, LLC, 14767-14768 2021-05582 Economic Analysis Bureau Economic Analysis Bureau NOTICES Quarterly Survey: Foreign Direct Investment in the United States--Transactions of U.S. Affiliate With Foreign Parent, 14721-14722 2021-05602 Education Department Education Department NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Application for Flexibility for Equitable Per-Pupil Funding, 14743-14744 2021-05596 Freedom of Information Act Third Party Perjury Form, 14742-14743 2021-05637 Energy Department Energy Department See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Environmental Protection Environmental Protection Agency NOTICES Final Test Guidelines: Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention Series 810—Product Performance Test Guidelines, 14750-14751 2021-05628 Pesticide Registration Review: Interim Decisions and Case Closures for Several Pesticides, 14748-14750 2021-05622 Proposed Interim Decisions for Several Pesticides, 14746-14747 2021-05606 Public Water System Supervision Program Revisions for the Navajo Nation, 14747-14748 2021-05569 Farm Credit Farm Credit Administration PROPOSED RULES Loans in Areas Having Special Flood Hazards: Interagency Questions and Answers Regarding Private Flood Insurance, 14696-14707 2021-05314 Federal Aviation Federal Aviation Administration NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Proposed LaGuardia Access Improvement Project at LaGuardia Airport, New York City, Queens County, NY, 14796-14797 2021-05576 Federal Communications Federal Communications Commission NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 14751-14752 2021-05563 Federal Deposit Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation PROPOSED RULES Loans in Areas Having Special Flood Hazards: Interagency Questions and Answers Regarding Private Flood Insurance, 14696-14707 2021-05314 Federal Election Federal Election Commission NOTICES Meetings; Sunshine Act, 14752 2021-05816 Federal Emergency Federal Emergency Management Agency NOTICES Major Disaster and Related Determinations: Mississippi, 14759-14760 2021-05618 New Jersey, 14760-14761 2021-05617 Major Disaster Declaration: Alabama, 14758 2021-05616 Kansas; Amendment No. 2, 14760 2021-05609 Nebraska; Amendment No. 2, 14758 2021-05614 Pennsylvania; Amendment No. 2, 14759 2021-05613 Utah; Amendment No. 1, 14760 2021-05615 Meetings: Implement Pandemic Response Voluntary Agreement Under the Defense Production Act; Correction, 14758-14759 2021-05603 Federal Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NOTICES Application: Erie Boulevard Hydropower, LP, 14744-14745 2021-05620 Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.: Texas Eastern Transmission, LP; Perulack Compressor Units Replacement Project, 14745-14746 2021-05619 Meetings: Review of Cost Submittals by Other Federal Agencies for Administering Part I of the Federal Power Act; Technical Conference, 14744 2021-05621 Federal Reserve Federal Reserve System PROPOSED RULES Loans in Areas Having Special Flood Hazards: Interagency Questions and Answers Regarding Private Flood Insurance, 14696-14707 2021-05314 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 Health Resources and Services Administration See National Institutes of Health Health Resources Health Resources and Services Administration NOTICES Meetings: Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality, 14757 2021-05598 Homeland Homeland Security Department See Coast Guard See Federal Emergency Management Agency See U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Industry Industry and Security Bureau RULES Implementation of Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act of 1991 Sanctions: Russia, 14689-14690 2021-05488 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Application for NATO International Bidding, 14722 2021-05634 Institute of Museum and Library Services Institute of Museum and Library Services NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Evaluation of the Reopening Archives, Libraries, and Museums Project, 14770-14771 2021-05567 Interior Interior Department See Land Management Bureau International Trade Adm International Trade Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Survey of International Air Travelers, 14726-14727 2021-05635 Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews: Forged Steel Fittings From the People's Republic of China, 14722-14724 2021-05587 Multilayered Wood Flooring From the People's Republic of China, 14724-14725 2021-05756 International Trade Com International Trade Commission NOTICES Investigations; Determinations, Modifications, and Rulings, etc.: Certain Apparatus and Methods of Opening Containers, 14765 2021-05639 Certain Capacitive Touch-Controlled Mobile Devices, Computers, and Components Thereof, 14765-14766 2021-05638 Certain Furniture Products Finished With Decorative Wood Grain Paper and Components Thereof, 14764 2021-05641 Corrosion Inhibitors From China, 14766 2021-05568 Justice Department Justice Department See Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Bureau See Drug Enforcement Administration NOTICES Proposed Consent Decree: CERCLA, 14768 2021-05629 Labor Department Labor Department NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Davis-Bacon Certified Payroll, 14768-14769 2021-05586 Land Land Management Bureau NOTICES Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.: Intent to Amend the California Desert Conservation Area Plan and Prepare an Associated Environmental Assessment for the Oberon Solar Project, Riverside County, CA, 14763-14764 2021-05590 National Credit National Credit Union Administration PROPOSED RULES Loans in Areas Having Special Flood Hazards: Interagency Questions and Answers Regarding Private Flood Insurance, 14696-14707 2021-05314 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Minority Depository Institution Preservation Program, 14769-14770 2021-05552 National Foundation National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities See Institute of Museum and Library Services National Institute National Institute of Standards and Technology NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Associates Information System; Correction, 14727 2021-05633 National Institute National Institutes of Health NOTICES Meetings: Center for Scientific Review, 14757 2021-05544 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, 14694 2021-05652 Fisheries Off West Coast States: Emergency Action To Temporarily Extend the Primary Sablefish Fishery Season; Correction, 14693-14694 2021-05560 NOTICES Atlantic Highly Migratory Species: Atlantic Shark Management Measures; 2021 Research Fishery, 14732-14733 2021-05553 Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities: Old Sitka Dock North Dolphins Expansion Project in Sitka, AK, 14727-14732 2021-05547 National Science National Science Foundation NOTICES Meetings; Sunshine Act, 14771 2021-05789 Nuclear Regulatory Nuclear Regulatory Commission PROPOSED RULES Alignment of Licensing Processes and Lessons Learned from New Reactor Licensing, 14695-14696 2021-05570 Personnel Personnel Management Office NOTICES Submission for Review: Verification of Who Is Getting Payments, 14771 2021-05625 Postal Service Postal Service NOTICES Meetings; Sunshine Act, 14771-14772 2021-05719 Securities Securities and Exchange Commission NOTICES Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes: Cboe Futures Exchange, LLC, 14790-14792 2021-05555 Miami International Securities Exchange, LLC, 14772-14774 2021-05557 MIAX Emerald, LLC, 14779-14780 2021-05558 NYSE Arca, Inc., 14778-14779, 14781-14787 2021-05556 2021-05559 The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC, 14774-14778, 14787-14790 2021-05554 2021-05562 Small Business Small Business Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 14792-14793 2021-05636 State Department State Department RULES International Traffic in Arms Regulations: Addition of Russia, 14802-14803 2021-05530 NOTICES Determinations Regarding Use of Chemical Weapons by Russia Under the Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act, 14804-14805 2021-05527 Susquehanna Susquehanna River Basin Commission NOTICES Grandfathering Registration, 14793-14794 2021-05607 Meetings: Regular Business Meeting, 14793 2021-05611 Projects Approved: Consumptive Uses of Water, 14794-14796 2021-05608 2021-05610 Codex The U.S. Codex Office NOTICES Meetings: Codex Committee on Contaminants in Foods, 14720-14721 2021-05640 Transportation Department Transportation Department See Federal Aviation Administration Treasury Treasury Department See Bureau of the Fiscal Service See Comptroller of the Currency U.S. Citizenship U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Appeal or Motion, 14761-14762 2021-05543 Application for Suspension of Deportation or Special Rule Cancellation of Removal, 14762-14763 2021-05546 Veteran Affairs Veterans Affairs Department NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Application for Automobile or Other Conveyance and Adaptive Equipment, 14800 2021-05566 Claim for Standard Government Headstone or Marker and Claim for Government Medallion for Placement in Private Cemetery, 14799-14800 2021-05545 Separate Parts In This Issue Part II State Department, 14802-14805 2021-05530 2021-05527 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. 86 51 Thursday, March 18, 2021 Rules and Regulations DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Bureau of Industry and Security 15 CFR Parts 740 and 742 [Docket No. 210219-0027] RIN 0694-XC071 Russia: Implementation of Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act of 1991 (CBW Act) Sanctions AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and Security, Commerce. ACTION: Notification of implementation. SUMMARY: The Secretary of State, acting under authority delegated pursuant to Executive Order 12851, has determined pursuant to the Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act of 1991 (CBW Act) that the Government of the Russian Federation has used chemical or biological weapons in violation of international law or lethal chemical or biological weapons against its own nationals. The sanctions imposed on Russia in connection with this determination include a prohibition, subject to partial waiver, on the export to Russia of national security-controlled goods and technology subject to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). Pursuant to the EAR, BIS already maintains controls on exports and reexports to Russia of national security-controlled “items” (commodities, software and technology) that are subject to the EAR. This document informs the public that, consistent with BIS's implementation of the CBW Act sanctions, certain license exceptions will be suspended for use with national security-controlled items destined for Russia, and most license applications for exports or reexports of national security-controlled items destined for Russia will be reviewed under a presumption of denial. DATES: March 18, 2021. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alexander Lopes, Office of Nonproliferation and Treaty Compliance, Bureau of Industry and Security, Department of Commerce. Phone:
(202)482-3825; Email: *Alexander.Lopes@bis.doc.gov.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Implementation of Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act of 1991 Sanctions on Russia-Related Exports and Reexports of Items Controlled for National Security Reasons The Secretary of State, acting under authority delegated pursuant to Executive Order 12851, has determined pursuant to Section 306(a) of the Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act of 1991 (CBW Act) that the Government of the Russian Federation has used chemical weapons in violation of international law or lethal chemical weapons against its own nationals. The sanctions imposed on Russia in connection with this determination include a prohibition on the export to Russia of national security-controlled goods and technology subject to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). The Secretary of State also issued a partial waiver under the CBW Act of these sanctions on national security grounds. Pursuant to Section 742.4 of the EAR, BIS already maintains controls on exports and reexports to Russia of national security-controlled “items” (commodities, software and technology) that are subject to the EAR. Consistent with BIS's implementation of the CBW Act sanctions, license applications for exports or reexports of national security-controlled items to Russia will be reviewed under a presumption of denial. However, certain categories of exports and reexports will be permitted under a partial waiver of the application of the sanctions, including exports and reexports made under certain License Exceptions. A License Exception is an authorization allowing exports, reexports, or transfers (in-country) under stated conditions of items subject to the EAR that would otherwise require a license. Notably, as described in more detail below, one of the waiver provisions for commercial space launch activities will expire on September 1, 2021, after which time the prohibition will apply to the review of such license applications. While the focus of this document is on BIS's implementing actions, exporters of items subject to the EAR should also be aware that in order to take additional steps to address Russia's use of chemical weapons, the Department of State is amending the International Traffic in Arms Regulations
(ITAR)§ 126.1(d)(2) to include Russia in the list of countries subject to a policy of denial for exports of defense articles and defense services. Consistent with Note 1 to Country Group D:5 in Supplement No. 1 to part 740 of the EAR, countries included in § 126.1 of the ITAR are also considered to be in Country Group D:5. Placement of a country in Country Group D:5 generally limits the availability of license exceptions for exports and reexports of certain items. See, generally, 15 CFR part 740. Prohibitions Except as described below (under “National Security Waiver”), effective March 18, 2021, license applications for exports or reexports of national security-controlled items to Russia will be reviewed under a presumption of denial. In particular, this policy applies to commercial end-users and civil end-uses in Russia and to state-owned enterprises and state-funded enterprises in Russia. Further, in accordance with the implementation of these new sanctions under the CBW Act, and consistent with Section 740.2(b) of the EAR, which provides that all License Exceptions are subject to revision, suspension, or revocation, in whole or in part, without notice, BIS hereby suspends License Exception RPL (Service and Replacement of Parts and Equipment), License Exception TSU (Technology and Software Unrestricted), and License Exception APR (Additional Permissive Reexports) for use with items controlled for national security reasons that are destined to Russia. National Security Waiver The Secretary of State has determined and certified to Congress pursuant to Section 307(d) of the CBW Act that it is essential to the national security interest of the United States to partially waive the application of the statute with respect to sanctions on the licensing of certain exports and reexports as described below of national security-controlled items. *License Exceptions:* The waiver covers exports and reexports of national security-controlled items to Russia that are eligible for License Exception TMP (Temporary Imports, Exports, and Reexports); License Exception GOV (Governments, International Organizations, and International Inspections under the Chemical Weapons Convention); License Exception BAG (Baggage); License Exception AVS (Aircraft and Vessels); and License Exception ENC (Encryption Commodities and Software). *See* Sections 740.9 (TMP), 740.11 (GOV), 740.14 (BAG), 740.15 (AVS), or 740.17
(ENC)of the EAR. *Safety of Flight:* The waiver covers exports and reexports to Russia of national security-controlled items pursuant to licenses necessary for the safety of flight of civil fixed-wing passenger aviation. License applications for such transactions will be reviewed consistent with export licensing policy for Russia prior to the date of this document. *See* Section 742.4(b)(7) of the EAR. *Deemed Exports/Reexports:* The waiver covers exports and reexports of national security-controlled items pursuant to licenses for deemed exports and reexports to Russian nationals. License applications for such transactions will be reviewed consistent with export licensing policy for Russia prior to the date of this document. *See* Section 742.4(b)(7) of the EAR. *Wholly-Owned U.S. and Other Foreign Subsidiaries* : The waiver covers exports and reexports of national security-controlled items pursuant to licenses to wholly-owned U.S. subsidiaries and other foreign subsidiaries of U.S. companies that are located in Russia. License applications for such transactions will be reviewed consistent with export licensing policy for Russia prior to the date of this document. *See* Section 742.4(b)(7) of the EAR. *Commercial Space Flight:* The waiver covers exports and reexports to Russia of national security-controlled items in support of commercial space launch activities. License applications for such transactions will be reviewed consistent with the export licensing policy for Russia prior to the date of this document until September 1, 2021, after which date this waiver provision will expire and license applications will be reviewed under a presumption of denial. *See* Section 742.4(b)(7) of the EAR. *Government Space Flight:* The waiver covers exports and reexports to Russia of national security-controlled items subject to the EAR in support of government space cooperation. License applications for such transactions will be reviewed consistent with the export licensing policy for Russia prior to the date of this document. *See* Section 742.4(b)(7) of the EAR. *Other Russia-related licensing considerations:* BIS has also identified Parties with ties to Russia's chemical and biological weapons program in additions to the Entity List published in the **Federal Register** ( *see* 85 FR 52898, Aug. 27, 2020 and Addition of Certain Entities to the Entity List; Correction of Existing Entries on the Entity List published on March 8, 2021, in the **Federal Register** ( *see* 86 FR 13179)). Matthew S. Borman, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Export Administration. [FR Doc. 2021-05488 Filed 3-17-21; 8:45 am]
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