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--- schema: federal-register doc_type: fedreg source_file: FR-2021-09-24.xml --- 86 183 Friday, September 24, 2021 Contents Agriculture Agriculture Department See Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service See Forest Service Animal Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service RULES Elimination of the Voluntary Trichinae Certification Program, 52954-52955 2021-20634 Army Army Department NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Land Withdrawal Extension at Fort Wainwright, AK, 53038-53039 2021-20661 Centers Medicare Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 53059-53061 2021-20722 2021-20727 Meetings: Town Hall Meeting on the FY 2023 Applications for New Medical Services and Technologies Add-On Payments, 53056-53059 2021-20811 Children Children and Families Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Mother and Infant Home Visiting Program Evaluation: Long-Term Follow-Up, Kindergarten Data Collection, 53061-53062 2021-20798 Civil Rights Civil Rights Commission NOTICES Meetings:

Georgia Advisory Committee, 53030-53031 2021-20747 Coast Guard Coast Guard RULES Regulated Area: San Francisco Bay Navy Fleet Week Parade of Ships and Blue Angels Demonstration, San Francisco, CA, 52988 2021-20750 NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Waterways Commerce Cutter Acquisition Program, 53086-53089 2021-20749 Port Access Route Study: Seacoast of New Jersey Including Offshore Approaches to the Delaware Bay, Delaware, 53089-53091 2021-20797 Commerce Commerce Department See Economic Development Administration See Industry and Security Bureau See International Trade Administration See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration See Patent and Trademark Office PROPOSED RULES Taking Additional Steps to Address the National Emergency with Respect to Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities, 53018-53021 2021-20430 Committee for Purchase Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled NOTICES Procurement List;

Additions and Deletions, 53037 2021-20758 Commodity Futures Commodity Futures Trading Commission NOTICES Meetings: Global Markets Advisory Committee, 53037-53038 2021-20790 Defense Department Defense Department See Army Department NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Draft Construction and Demonstration of a Prototype Mobile Microreactor, 53039-53041 2021-20546 Defense Nuclear Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board NOTICES Meetings; Sunshine Act, 53041 2021-20910 Drug Drug Enforcement Administration NOTICES Bulk Manufacturer of Controlled Substances Application:

PCI Synthesis, 53117 2021-20762 Importer of Controlled Substances Application: Cardinal Health, 53116-53117 2021-20760 Economic Development Economic Development Administration RULES Permitting Additional Eligible Tribal Entities, 52957-52959 2021-20633 Education Department Education Department NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Eligibility of Students at Institutions of Higher Education for Funds under the CARES Act, 53041-53042 2021-20779 Voluntary Decline of Higher Education Emergency Relief Funds Form, 53042 2021-20720 Energy Department Energy Department See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission PROPOSED RULES Energy Conservation Program for Appliance Standards:

Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Furnaces and Commercial Water Heaters, 53014-53015 2021-20759 Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedures for Consumer Products; Early Assessment Review; Faucets and Showerheads, 53013-53014 2021-20756 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 53043 2021-20755 Meetings: President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, 53043-53044 2021-20960 Environmental Protection Environmental Protection Agency RULES Air Quality State Implementation Plans;

Approvals and Promulgations: Alaska; Fairbanks North Star Borough; 2006 24-hour Fine Particulate Matter National Ambient Air Quality Standards Serious Area Plan, 52997-53004 2021-20396 Louisiana; Regional Haze Five-Year Progress Report State Implementation Plan, 52991-52993 2021-20617 Maryland; Negative Declaration for the Oil and Gas Industry, 52993-52996 2021-20494 Pesticide Tolerances: Metalaxyl, 53004-53009 2021-20743 PROPOSED RULES Air Plan Approval: North Carolina: Mecklenburg Ambient Air Quality Standards, 53025-53027 2021-20647 Air Quality State Implementation Plans;

Approvals and Promulgations: California; San Joaquin Valley Serious Area and Section 189(d) Plan for Attainment of the 1997 24-hour Fine Particulate Matter National Ambient Air Quality Standards, 53150-53184 2021-20613 North Carolina; Minor Revisions to Cotton Ginning Operations Rule, 53024-53025 2021-20648 NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Weekly Receipt, 53054 2021-20742 Requests for Nominations: 2022 Clean Air Excellence Awards Program, 53053-53054 2021-20628 Export Import Export-Import Bank NOTICES Application for Final Commitment for a Long-Term Loan or Financial Guarantee in Excess of $100 million:

AP089391XX, 53054-53055 2021-20781 Application: Final Commitment for a Long-Term Loan or Financial Guarantee in Excess of $100 million, 53055 2021-20778 Federal Aviation Federal Aviation Administration RULES Airspace Designations and Reporting Points: Gulf Shores, AL, 52959-52961 2021-20480 Vicinity of Manistee, MI, 52961-52962 2021-20730 PROPOSED RULES Airworthiness Directives: Bell Textron Canada Limited Helicopters, 53015-53018 2021-20521 NOTICES Petition for Exemption; Summary:

Alitalia Societa Aerea Italiana, 53140 C1-2021-19543 Release from Federal Surplus Property and Grant Assurance Obligations: Syracuse Hancock International Airport, Syracuse, NY, 53140 2021-20638 Federal Communications Federal Communications Commission RULES Television Broadcasting Services: Tulsa, OK, 53009-53010 2021-20635 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 53055-53056 2021-20800 Federal Emergency Federal Emergency Management Agency NOTICES Major Disaster Declaration:

Alabama; Amendment No. 4, 53095 2021-20678 Alaska; Amendment No. 5, 53108 2021-20710 American Samoa; Amendment No. 5, 53109 2021-20713 Arizona; Amendment No. 6, 53102 2021-20698 Arkansas; Amendment No. 4, 53094 2021-20693 California; Amendment No. 5, 53091 2021-20667 Colorado; Amendment No. 6, 53101 2021-20719 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; Amendment No. 7, 53091 2021-20686 Connecticut; Amendment No. 5, 53105 2021-20673 Delaware; Amendment No. 6, 53103 2021-20700 District of Columbia;

Amendment No. 6, 53102 2021-20677 Florida; Amendment No. 3, 53106 2021-20662 Georgia; Amendment No. 4, 53095 2021-20674 Guam; Amendment No. 7, 53097 2021-20676 Hawaii; Amendment No. 6, 53102 2021-20685 Idaho; Amendment No. 5, 53099 2021-20711 Illinois; Amendment No. 5, 53100 2021-20671 Indiana; Amendment No. 5, 53110 2021-20690 Iowa; Amendment No. 5, 53098 2021-20664 Kansas; Amendment No. 5, 53106 2021-20679 Kentucky; Amendment No. 4, 53108 2021-20666 Louisiana; Amendment No. 3, 53093 2021-20716 Maine;

Amendment No. 5, 53103 2021-20696 Maryland; Amendment No. 6, 53092 2021-20718 Massachusetts; Amendment No. 4, 53110 2021-20672 Michigan; Amendment No. 4, 53107 2021-20706 Minnesota; Amendment No. 5, 53096 2021-20708 Mississippi; Amendment No. 4, 53096 2021-20702 Missouri; Amendment No. 5, 53091 2021-20665 Montana; Amendment No. 6, 53107 2021-20683 Navajo Nation; Amendment No. 4, 53105 2021-20715 Nebraska; Amendment No. 5, 53098 2021-20695 Nevada; Amendment No. 6, 53105 2021-20697 New Hampshire;

Amendment No. 5, 53101 2021-20691 New Jersey; Amendment No. 6, 53097 2021-20675 New Mexico; Amendment No. 4, 53107 2021-20703 New York; Amendment No. 6, 53095 2021-20704 North Carolina; Amendment No. 4, 53093 2021-20705 North Dakota; Amendment No. 6, 53106 2021-20684 Ohio; Amendment No. 5, 53099 2021-20682 Oklahoma; Amendment No. 4, 53099 2021-20707 Oregon; Amendment No. 5, 53094 2021-20670 Pennsylvania; Amendment No. 6, 53104 2021-20681 Poarch Band of Creek Indians; Amendment No. 2, 53109 2021-20717 Puerto Rico;

Amendment No. 7, 53109 2021-20663 Rhode Island; Amendment No. 5, 53104 2021-20680 Seminole Tribe of Florida; Amendment No. 2, 53100 2021-20714 South Carolina; Amendment No. 4, 53093 2021-20669 South Dakota; Amendment No. 6, 53096 2021-20701 Tennessee; Amendment No. 4, 53101 2021-20689 Texas; Amendment No. 3, 53103 2021-20668 Utah; Amendment No. 6, 53104 2021-20699 Vermont; Amendment No. 5, 53100 2021-20709 Virgin Islands; Amendment No. 7, 53098 2021-20688 Virginia; Amendment No. 6, 53094 2021-20687 Washington;

Amendment No. 4, 53108 2021-20660 West Virginia; Amendment No. 6, 53092 2021-20692 Wisconsin; Amendment No. 5, 53097 2021-20694 Wyoming; Amendment No. 6, 53092 2021-20712 Federal Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 53048-53049 2021-20774 Application: Marine Renewable Energy Collaborative of New England, 53046-53047 2021-20776 Applications and Establishing Intervention Deadline: Rover Pipeline, LLC, 53050-53052 2021-20772 Combined Filings, 53052-53053 2021-20769 2021-20770 Environmental Assessments;

Availability, etc.: Mad River Power Associates, 53047-53048 2021-20777 Environmental Issues: Alliance Pipeline, LP; Proposed Three Rivers Interconnection Project, 53044-53046 2021-20771 Filing: Broder, Joshua B., 53044 2021-20775 Request Under Blanket Authorization and Establishing Intervention and Protest Deadline: Great Lakes Gas Transmission Limited Partnership, 53049-53050 2021-20773 Federal Railroad Federal Railroad Administration NOTICES National Railroad Passenger Corporation's Request to Amend Its Positive Train Control Safety Plan and Positive Train Control System, 53141 2021-20642 Petition for Waiver of Compliance, 53141-53142 2021-20644 Railroads' Requests to Amend Their Positive Train Control Safety Plans and Positive Train Control Systems, 53142-53143 2021-20640 Federal Reserve Federal Reserve System NOTICES Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies, 53056 2021-20757 Federal Transit Federal Transit Administration NOTICES Request for Information:

Transit Worker Safety, 53143-53144 2021-20744 Financial Crimes Financial Crimes Enforcement Network PROPOSED RULES Anti-Money Laundering Regulations for Dealers in Antiquities, 53021-53024 2021-20731 Fish Fish and Wildlife Service NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Thurston County, Washington; Habitat Conservation Plan, 53111-53114 2021-20493 Food and Drug Food and Drug Administration NOTICES Meetings: Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee, 53062-53064 2021-20733 Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee, 53067-53069 2021-20740 Revocation of Three Authorizations of Emergency Use of In Vitro Diagnostic Devices for Detection and/or Diagnosis of COVID-19;

Availability, 53064-53067 2021-20754 Foreign Assets Foreign Assets Control Office NOTICES Blocking or Unblocking of Persons and Properties, 53147-53148 2021-20745 Forest Forest Service NOTICES Meetings: Shasta County Resource Advisory Committee, 53029-53030 2021-20723 Siskiyou County Resource Advisory Committee, 53030 2021-20725 Southern Arizona Resource Advisory Committee, 53028 2021-20728 Trinity County Resource Advisory Committee, 53029 2021-20726 Wrangell-Petersburg Resource Advisory Committee, 53028-53029 2021-20724 Health and Human Health and Human Services Department See Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services See Children and Families Administration See Food and Drug Administration See Health Resources and Services Administration See Inspector General Office, Health and Human Services Department See National Institutes of Health See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Health Resources Health Resources and Services Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Advanced Nursing Education Program Specific Form, 53071-53072 2021-20653 Performance Data, 53069-53070 2021-20650 Meetings: Advisory Committee on HIV, Viral Hepatitis and STD Prevention and Treatment, 53070-53071 2021-20646 Homeland Homeland Security Department See Coast Guard See Federal Emergency Management Agency RULES Ratification of Security Directive, 52953 2021-20738 Housing Housing and Urban Development Department NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Maintenance Wage Rate Recommendation, 53110-53111 2021-20791 Industry Industry and Security Bureau RULES Increasing Transparency of 232 Investigations by Requiring a Public Submission for an Application for an Investigation, 52962-52964 2021-20526 NOTICES Risks in the Semiconductor Supply Chain, 53031-53033 2021-20348 Inspector General Health Inspector General Office, Health and Human Services Department NOTICES Request for Information: OIG Modernization Initiative To Improve Its Publicly Available Resources, 53072-53079 2021-20558 Interior Interior Department See Fish and Wildlife Service See Land Management Bureau Internal Revenue Internal Revenue Service RULES Guidance on the Treatment of Qualified Improvement Property; and Related to the Foreign Tax Credit, 52971-52973 2021-20615 International Trade Adm International Trade Administration NOTICES Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:

Emulsion Styrene-Butadiene Rubber from Brazil, 53033-53034 2021-20748 Justice Department Justice Department See Drug Enforcement Administration Labor Department Labor Department See Wage and Hour Division NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Permit-Required Confined Spaces, 53117 2021-20729 Land Land Management Bureau NOTICES Meetings: Idaho Resource Advisory Council, 53114-53115 2021-20736 Temporary Closure of Public Lands: 2021 Mint 400, 2022 SNORE 250, and 2022 Mint 400 in Clark County, NV, 53115-53116 2021-20721 Maritime Maritime Administration NOTICES Deepwater Port License Application:

Texas GulfLink LLC, 53144-53147 2021-20284 NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NOTICES Meetings: Planetary Science Advisory Committee, 53117-53118 2021-20801 National Institute National Institutes of Health NOTICES Meetings: Center for Scientific Review, 53080-53082, 53084-53085 2021-20767 2021-20784 2021-20789 Diabetes Mellitus Interagency Coordinating Committee, 53079 2021-20802 National Eye Institute, 53082-53083 2021-20783 National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 53083-53085 2021-20787 2021-20788 National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 53080-53081 2021-20768 National Institute of Mental Health, 53079-53080, 53083 2021-20785 2021-20786 National Oceanic National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RULES Atlantic Highly Migratory Species:

Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries, 53010-53011 2021-20799 Fisheries of the Northeastern United States: Atlantic Bluefish Fishery; Quota Transfers from VA to NY and NJ to NC, 53012 2021-20763 Scup Fishery; Adjustment to the 2021 Winter II Quota, 53011-53012 2021-20902 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: StormReady, TsunamiReady, TsunamiReady Supporter, and StormReady Supporter Application Forms, 53034-53035 2021-20796 Meetings:

Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee, 53035-53036 2021-20782 National Science National Science Foundation NOTICES Meetings: Advisory Committee for Engineering, 53118 2021-20752 Nuclear Regulatory Nuclear Regulatory Commission NOTICES Meetings: Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards, 53118-53119 2021-20751 Patent Patent and Trademark Office RULES 2021 Increase of the Annual Limit on Accepted Requests for Track One Prioritized Examination, 52988-52991 2021-20530 NOTICES Term of Patent;

Grant of Interim Extension: No. 7,057,053; Vernakalant Hydrochloride, 53036-53037 2021-20761 No. 7,259,184; Vernakalant Hydrochloride, 53036 2021-20764 No. 7,524,879; Vernakalant Hydrochloride, 53036 2021-20765 Personnel Personnel Management Office RULES Federal Employees' Retirement System: Present Value Conversion Factors for Spouses of Deceased Separated Employees, 52951-52952 2021-20637 Postal Regulatory Postal Regulatory Commission NOTICES New Postal Product, 53119-53120 2021-20766 Railroad Retirement Railroad Retirement Board NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 53120-53121 2021-20652 Securities Securities and Exchange Commission NOTICES Meetings; Sunshine Act, 53128 2021-20942 Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes: Cboe Exchange, Inc., 53134-53137 2021-20654 Nasdaq BX, Inc., 53129-53134 2021-20658 National Securities Clearing Corp., 53125-53128 2021-20659 NYSE Arca, Inc., 53128-53129 2021-20656 2021-20657 The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC, 53121-53125 2021-20655 Small Business Small Business Administration RULES Civil Monetary Penalties Inflation Adjustments, 52955-52957 2021-20602 State Department State Department NOTICES Culturally Significant Object Being Imported for Exhibition:

Van Eyck to Mondrian: 300 Years of Collecting in Dresden, 53138 2021-20732 Imposition of Additional Sanctions on Russia Under the Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act; Correction, 53137-53138 2021-20645 Meetings: Defense Trade Advisory Group, 53137 2021-20739 Substance Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration NOTICES Meetings: Interdepartmental Serious Mental Illness Coordinating Committee, 53085-53086 2021-20741 Surface Transportation Surface Transportation Board NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Rail Carrier Financial Reports, 53138-53140 2021-20793 Susquehanna Susquehanna River Basin Commission RULES Review and Approval of Projects, 52965-52970 2021-20594 Transportation Department Transportation Department See Federal Aviation Administration See Federal Railroad Administration See Federal Transit Administration See Maritime Administration Treasury Treasury Department See Financial Crimes Enforcement Network See Foreign Assets Control Office See Internal Revenue Service Veteran Affairs Veterans Affairs Department RULES Nomenclature Change for Position Title, 52991 2021-20735 Wage Wage and Hour Division RULES Tip Regulations Under the Fair Labor Standards Act;

Partial Withdrawal, 52973-52987 2021-19795 Separate Parts In This Issue Part II Environmental Protection Agency, 53150-53184 2021-20613 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. 86 183 Friday, September 24, 2021 Rules and Regulations OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 5 CFR Part 843 RIN 3206-AO13 Federal Employees' Retirement System;

Present Value Conversion Factors for Spouses of Deceased Separated Employees AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management

(OPM)is adopting its proposed rule to revise the table of reduction factors for early commencing dates of survivor annuities for spouses of separated employees who die before the date on which they would be eligible for unreduced deferred annuities, and to revise the annuity factor for spouses of deceased employees who die in service when those spouses elect to receive the basic employee death benefit in 36 installments under the Federal Employees' Retirement System

(FERS)Act of 1986. These rules are necessary to ensure that the tables conform to the economic and demographic assumptions adopted by the Board of Actuaries and published in the **Federal Register** on March 29, 2021, as required by the United States Code. DATES: This rule becomes effective on October 1, 2021. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karla Yeakle,

(202)606-0299. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 29, 2021, OPM published at 86 FR 16401, a notice in the **Federal Register** to revise the normal cost percentages under the Federal Employees' Retirement System

(FERS)Act of 1986, Public Law 99-335, 100 Stat. 514, as amended, based on economic assumptions and demographic factors adopted by the Board of Actuaries of the Civil Service Retirement System. By statute under 5 U.S.C. 8461(i), the revisions to the actuarial assumptions require corresponding changes in factors used to produce actuarially equivalent benefits when required by the FERS Act. As a result, on June 30, 2021, at 86 FR 34637, OPM published a proposed rule in the **Federal Register** to revise the table of reduction factors in appendix A to subpart C of part 843 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, for early commencing dates of survivor annuities for spouses of separated employees who die before the date on which they would be eligible for unreduced deferred annuities, and to revise the annuity factor for spouses of deceased employees who die in service when those spouses elect to receive the basic employee death benefit in 36 installments under 5 CFR 843.309. OPM received one comment that simply disagreed with the proposed rule without citing any basis for the disagreement. Because this comment is not clear, OPM is unable to provide a substantive response to it. Regulatory Impact Analysis OPM has examined the impact of this rule as required by Executive Order 12866 and Executive Order 13563, which directs agencies to assess all costs and benefits of available regulatory alternatives and, if regulation is necessary, to select regulatory approaches that maximize net benefits (including potential economic, environmental, public, health, and safety effects, distributive impacts, and equity). A regulatory impact analysis must be prepared for major rules with economically significant effects of $100 million or more in any one year. This rule was not designated as a “significant regulatory action,” under Executive Order 12866. Regulatory Flexibility Act The Office of Personnel Management certifies that this rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. Federalism We have examined this rule in accordance with Executive Order 13132, Federalism, and have determined that this rule will not have any negative impact on the rights, roles and responsibilities of State, local, or tribal governments. Civil Justice Reform This regulation meets the applicable standard set forth in Executive Order 12988. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 This rule will not result in the expenditure by state, local, and tribal governments, in the aggregate, or by the private sector, of $100 million or more in any year and it will not significantly or uniquely affect small governments. Therefore, no actions were deemed necessary under the provisions of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995. Congressional Review Act This action pertains to agency management, personnel, and organization and does not substantially affect the rights or obligations of nonagency parties and, accordingly, is not a “rule” as that term is used by the Congressional Review Act (Subtitle E of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 (SBREFA)). Therefore, the reporting requirement of 5 U.S.C. 801 does not apply. Paperwork Reduction Act Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person is required to respond to, nor shall any person be subject to a penalty for failure to comply with a collection of information subject to the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 *et seq.* ) (PRA), unless that collection of information displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget

(OMB)Control Number. This rule involves an OMB approved collection of information subject to the PRA Application for Death Benefits (FERS)/Documentation and Elections in Support of Application for Death Benefits when Deceased was an Employee at the Time of Death (FERS), 3206-0172. The public reporting burden for this collection is estimated to average 60 minutes per response, including time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. The total burden hour estimate for this form is 16,751 hours. The systems of record notice for this collection is: OPM SORN CENTRAL-1-Civil Service Retirement and Insurance Records. List of Subjects in 5 CFR Part 843 Air traffic controllers, Disability benefits, Firefighters, Government employees, Law enforcement officers, Pensions, Retirement. Office of Personnel Management. Alexys Stanley, Regulatory Affairs Analyst. For the reasons stated in the preamble, the Office of Personnel Management amends 5 CFR part 843 as follows: PART 843—FEDERAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM—DEATH BENEFITS AND EMPLOYEE REFUNDS 1. The authority citation for part 843 continues to read as follows: Authority: 5 U.S.C. 8461; 843.205, 843.208, and 843.209 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8424; 843.309 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8442; 843.406 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8441. Subpart C—Current and Former Spouse Benefits 2. In § 843.309, revise paragraph (b)(2) to read as follows: § 843.309 Basic employee death benefit.

(b)* * *

(2)For deaths occurring on or after October 1, 2021, 36 equal monthly installments of 2.94259 percent of the amount of the basic employee death benefit. 3. Revise appendix A to subpart C of part 843 to read as follows: Appendix A to Subpart C of Part 843—Present Value Conversion Factors for Earlier Commencing Date of Annuities of Current and Former Spouses of Deceased Separated Employees With at least 10 but less than 20 years of creditable service— Age of separated employee at birthday before death Multiplier 26 .1096 27 .1162 28 .1232 29 .1305 30 .1382 31 .1464 32 .1550 33 .1643 34 .1742 35 .1845 36 .1958 37 .2074 38 .2198 39 .2327 40 .2459 41 .2609 42 .2770 43 .2936 44 .3119 45 .3308 46 .3518 47 .3735 48 .3969 49 .4220 50 .4490 51 .4781 52 .5094 53 .5430 54 .5792 55 .6178 56 .6601 57 .7059 58 .7555 59 .8092 60 .8674 61 .9308 With at least 20, but less than 30 years of creditable service— Age of separated employee at birthday before death Multiplier 36 .2254 37 .2389 38 .2532 39 .2682 40 .2836 41 .3010 42 .3195 43 .3388 44 .3599 45 .3818 46 .4059 47 .4311 48 .4581 49 .4871 50 .5182 51 .5518 52 .5878 53 .6265 54 .6682 55 .7128 56 .7615 57 .8142 58 .8712 59 .9329 With at least 30 years of creditable service— Age of separated employee at birthday before death Multiplier by separated employee's year of birth After 1966 From 1950 through 1966 46 .4988 .5332 47 .5298 .5664 48 .5631 .6019 49 .5987 .6401 50 .6370 .6810 51 .6781 .7249 52 .7224 .7722 53 .7698 .8229 54 .8209 .8775 55 .8759 .9363 56 .9355 1.0000 [FR Doc. 2021-20637 Filed 9-23-21; 8:45 am]

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