Start Preamble AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA. ACTION: Referendum order. SUMMARY: This document directs that a referendum be conducted among eligible Oregon and Washington pear growers to determine whether they favor continuance of the marketing order regulating the handling...
Proposed US Executive Rules Watching the proverbial sausage being made
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Start Preamble Start Printed Page 85164 AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA. ACTION: Proposed rule. SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) proposes to revise the U.S. Standards for Grades of Shelled Walnuts and the...
Start Preamble AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of public comment period. SUMMARY: On October 13, 2016, NMFS published a proposed rule to establish protected species hard caps...
Start Preamble AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Proposed rule; request for comments. SUMMARY: NMFS proposes status quo commercial quotas for the Atlantic surfclam and ocean quahog fisheries for 2017 and...
Start Preamble AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Proposed rule; request for comments. SUMMARY: NMFS proposes to implement management measures described in Amendment 43 to the Fishery Management Plan for the...
Start Preamble AGENCY: National Railroad Passenger Corporation. ACTION: Proposed rule. SUMMARY: This notice sets forth proposed revisions of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) regulations of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (“Amtrak”). The regulations are being revised in part...
Start Preamble AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Petitions for reconsideration and clarification. SUMMARY: Petitions for Reconsideration and Clarification (Petitions) have been filed in the Commission's rulemaking proceeding by David Springe and David C. Bergmann, on behalf of NASUCA, and...
Start Preamble AGENCY: Copyright Royalty Board, Library of Congress. ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. SUMMARY: The Copyright Royalty Judges propose to amend procedural regulations governing the filing and delivery of documents to allow for electronic filing of documents. The...
Start Preamble Start Printed Page 84518 AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury. ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. SUMMARY: This document contains proposed regulations relating to the application of section 514(c)(9)(E) of the Internal Revenue Code (Code) to partnerships that...
Start Preamble AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS. ACTION: Notification of availability. SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance entitled “Scientific Evaluation of the Evidence on the Beneficial Physiological...
