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Vol. 81 Tuesday, No. 7 January 12, 2016 Pages 1291–1480 Vol. 81 Tuesday, No. 7 January 12, 2016 Pages 1291–1480 OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL REGISTER VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:40 Jan 11, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4710 Sfmt 4710 E:\FR\FM\12JAWS.LOC 12JAWS tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with WS II Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 7 / Tuesday, January 12, 2016 The FEDERAL REGISTER (ISSN 0097–6326) is published daily, SUBSCRIPTIONS AND COPIES Monday through Friday, except official holidays, by the Office PUBLIC of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC 20408, under the Federal Register Subscriptions: Act (44 U.S.C. Ch. 15) and the regulations of the Administrative Paper or fiche 202–512–1800 Committee of the Federal Register (1 CFR Ch. I). 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VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:40 Jan 11, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4710 Sfmt 4710 E:\FR\FM\12JAWS.LOC 12JAWS tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with WS III Contents Federal Register Vol. 81, No. 7 Tuesday, January 12, 2016 Agricultural Marketing Service Education Department NOTICES NOTICES United States Standards for Grades of Pecans, 1386 Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Withdrawal of United States Standards for Livestock and Submissions, and Approvals: Meat Marketing Claims, 1386–1387 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System 2015– 2016 Pension Liabilities Update, 1407–1408 Agriculture Department See Agricultural Marketing Service Energy Department See Federal Crop Insurance Corporation See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission See Risk Management Agency See National Nuclear Security Administration See Rural Utilities Service NOTICES Meetings: Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Bureau Consent-Based Siting Process for Nuclear Waste Storage RULES and Disposal Facilities, 1408–1409 Commerce in Firearms and Ammunition: Reporting Theft or Loss of Firearms in Transit, 1307– Environmental Protection Agency 1318 RULES Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Promulgations: NOTICES Mississippi; Memphis, TN–MS–AR Emissions Statements Requests for Information: for the 2008 8-Hour Ozone Standard, 1320–1322 Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Resubmission Guidelines, PROPOSED RULES 1405–1407 Toxic Substances Control Act Petitions: Certain Class 2 Substances, Biobased and Renewable Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Products Advocacy Group, 1365–1368 NOTICES NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 1424–1426 Submissions, and Approvals: Hazardous Waste Specific Unit Requirements, and Special Waste Processes and Types, 1420 Coast Guard Part B Permit Application, Permit Modifications, and NOTICES Special Permits, 1415 Cooperative Research and Development Agreements: Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and Status Information for Broadband Cellular and Satellite Communications November 2015, 1415–1420 Exploratory Development, 1439–1440 Meetings: Random Drug Testing Rate for Covered Crewmembers, Environmental Laboratory Advisory Board, 1414 1438–1439 Commerce Department Federal Aviation Administration See Foreign-Trade Zones Board RULES See International Trade Administration Airworthiness Directives: See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration General Electric Company Turbofan Engines, 1291–1292 NOTICES Student Pilot Application Requirements, 1292–1307 Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, PROPOSED RULES Submissions, and Approvals, 1394–1395 Airworthiness Directives: The Boeing Company Airplanes, 1345–1349 NOTICES Commodity Futures Trading Commission Petitions for Exemptions; Summaries: PROPOSED RULES Bombardier Inc., 1469–1470 Alternative to Fingerprinting Requirement for Foreign Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, 1469 Natural Persons, 1359–1364 Department of the Air Force, 1466–1467 Mikkel Grandjean-Thomsen, 1467 Defense Department Monarch, Inc., 1474 NOTICES Neptune Aviation Services, Inc., 1468 Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, PHI, Inc., 1467–1468 Submissions, and Approvals: U.S. Coast Guard Air Operations, 1468–1469 North Carolina Sales Tax Certification, 1424 Waiver of Acceptable Risk Restriction for Launch, 1472– Meetings: 1474 Defense Intelligence Agency National Intelligence Waiver of Debris Containment Requirements for Launch, University Board of Visitors, 1407 1470–1472 VerDate Sep<11>2014 21:13 Jan 11, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4748 Sfmt 4748 E:\FR\FM\12JACN.SGM 12JACN tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with CONTENTS IV Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 7 / Tuesday, January 12, 2016 / Contents Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Food and Drug Administration PROPOSED RULES NOTICES Common Crop Insurance Regulations: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Texas Citrus Fruit Crop Insurance Provisions, 1337–1345 Submissions, and Approvals: Regulations Restricting the Sale and Distribution of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Cigarettes and Smokeless Tobacco to Protect NOTICES Children and Adolescents, 1428–1429 Authorizations for Continued Project Operation: Meetings: Gresham Municipal Utilities, 1411 Next Generation Sequencing-Based Oncology Panels; Combined Filings, 1412–1413 Public Workshop, 1426–1428 Complaints: Foreign-Trade Zones Board San Diego Gas and Electric Co. v. Sellers of Energy and NOTICES Ancillary Services into Markets Operated by the Authorization of Production Activities: California Independent System Operator Corp., et al., CNH Industrial America, LLC, Foreign-Trade Zone 119, 1413–1414 Minneapolis–St. Paul, MN, 1396 Compliance Filings: Foreign-Trade Zone 230 – Piedmont Triad Area, NC, San Diego Gas and Electric Co., 1413 1395–1396 Designation of Commission Staff as Non-Decisional: Coaltrain Energy, LP, Peter
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