82_FR_45816 82 FR 45628 - Submission Guidelines

82 FR 45628 - Submission Guidelines

NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 188 (September 29, 2017)

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FR Document2017-20612

The National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC or Commission) hereby adopts new Submission Guidelines.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 188 (Friday, September 29, 2017)
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 188 (Friday, September 29, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45628-45629]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-20612]


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NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION


Submission Guidelines

AGENCY: National Capital Planning Commission.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC or Commission) 
hereby adopts new Submission Guidelines.

DATES: The Submission Guidelines are adopted as of October 30, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matthew Flis, Senior Urban Designer at 
(202) 482-7236 or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Background

    Federal and non-Federal agency applicants whose development 
proposals are subject to statutorily-mandated Commission plan and 
project review must submit their proposals to the Commission following 
a process laid out in the Submission Guidelines. The Submission 
Guidelines describe the content of submissions, the submission stages, 
and the coordination and review process governing submissions.
    The new Submission Guidelines accomplish three primary objectives: 
(1) Create clear, accessible, and efficient guidelines that are 
responsive to applicant needs; (2) Align NCPC's review stages and 
National Environmental Policy Act requirements with those of applicant 
agencies to save time and resources in the planning process; and (3) 
Allow staff to exempt from Commission review certain minor projects 
based on specific criteria where there is no federal interest. The new 
Submission Guidelines are posted on NCPC's Web site at https://www.ncpc.gov/initiatives/subnepa.html.

II. Summary of and Response to Comments

    NCPC published a notice of availability; request for comment; and 
notice of public meetings for its revised Submission Guidelines in the 
Federal Register on May 26, 2017. The notice announced, among others, a 
45-day public comment period. The public comment period closed on July 
10, 2017. A summary of the comments received and NCPC's response 
thereto can be found in Appendix A of the Executive Director's 
Recommendation (EDR) for NCPC file No. 7744 dated September 7, 2017. 
The subject EDR is located on NCPC's Web site at https://www.ncpc.gov/docs/actions/2017September/NCPC_Submission_Guidelines_Recommendation_7744_Sept2017.pdf.

    Authority: 40 U.S.C. 8721(e)(2) and 8722(a).


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    Dated: September 21, 2017.
Anne R. Schuyler,
General Counsel.
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                                                      That said, the Office has, over time,                  revise the sections on collective works              ACTION:   Notice of availability.
                                                    expanded its group registration options                  consisting of musical works and/or
                                                    to accommodate the need to register                      sound recordings in a future update to               SUMMARY: The National Capital Planning
                                                    multiple works with the same                             the Compendium, and will revisit the                 Commission (NCPC or Commission)
                                                    application. To the extent the concern                   Copyright Alliance’s suggestions in                  hereby adopts new Submission
                                                    expressed in the comments relates to the                 making those revisions.                              Guidelines.
                                                    inability to register multiple musical                      Additionally, the Copyright Alliance
                                                    works fixed and/or distributed on an                     contended that the Office will not                   DATES:The Submission Guidelines are
                                                    album, the Office is planning to create                  register a collective work unless it                 adopted as of October 30, 2017.
                                                    a new group registration option to                       contains at least four independent                   FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                    accommodate those situations.                            works (citing Compendium sections                    Matthew Flis, Senior Urban Designer at
                                                    Collective Works and Contributions to                    312.2, 618.7, and 803.8(F)(4)). The                  (202) 482–7236 or submission@
                                                    Collective Works                                         Copyright Alliance said this is a                    ncpc.gov.
                                                                                                             problem for the recording industry,
                                                       The Copyright Alliance commented                                                                           SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                                                                             because extended play albums (‘‘EPs’’)
                                                    on the Public Draft’s discussion of                      often contain two or three tracks. In                I. General Background
                                                    collective works. First, it asserted that                such cases, the individual tracks must
                                                    more information should be included in                   be registered separately. It also said this             Federal and non-Federal agency
                                                    applications for certain collective                      creates a workflow problem for the                   applicants whose development
                                                    works. When registering an album                         record labels because, although EPs are              proposals are subject to statutorily-
                                                    together with the works on that album,                   a single product, they cannot be                     mandated Commission plan and project
                                                    the Copyright Alliance asserted that                     registered in a manner that reflects the             review must submit their proposals to
                                                    applicants should identify the complete                  way they are commercially distributed.               the Commission following a process laid
                                                    content of the album. Specifically, the                     The Office registers ‘‘original works of          out in the Submission Guidelines. The
                                                    Copyright Alliance suggested that                        authorship,’’ as defined in sections 102             Submission Guidelines describe the
                                                    section 618.7(B)(2) should be revised to                 and 103 of the Copyright Act. A                      content of submissions, the submission
                                                    state that titles of the individual works                compilation may be registered if it                  stages, and the coordination and review
                                                    should be included in the ‘‘Content                      contains a sufficient amount of creative             process governing submissions.
                                                    Titles’’ field, even if the applicant                    expression in the selection,                            The new Submission Guidelines
                                                    intends to exclude one or more of those                                                                       accomplish three primary objectives: (1)
                                                                                                             coordination, and/or arrangement of its
                                                    works from the claim. The Copyright                                                                           Create clear, accessible, and efficient
                                                                                                             component elements. These
                                                    Alliance said this would provide a clear                                                                      guidelines that are responsive to
                                                                                                             requirements are set forth in the statute,
                                                    record of what the album contains and                                                                         applicant needs; (2) Align NCPC’s
                                                                                                             and the Office adheres to this standard
                                                    makes the titles accessible in the online                                                                     review stages and National
                                                                                                             when it examines an album or any other
                                                    public record.9                                                                                               Environmental Policy Act requirements
                                                       The Office declines to adopt the                      type of compilation. The vast majority
                                                                                                             of albums contain sufficient selection,              with those of applicant agencies to save
                                                    Copyright Alliance’s suggestion at this
                                                                                                             coordination, or arrangement authorship              time and resources in the planning
                                                    time. The Office encourages applicants
                                                                                                             to be considered a collective work, but              process; and (3) Allow staff to exempt
                                                    to provide album information as
                                                                                                             some albums do not satisfy this                      from Commission review certain minor
                                                    suggested by the Copyright Alliance, but
                                                                                                             requirement. The Office recognizes that              projects based on specific criteria where
                                                    it will not require applicants for all
                                                                                                             in such cases, a separate application                there is no federal interest. The new
                                                    collective works to submit all similar
                                                                                                             may be required for each individual                  Submission Guidelines are posted on
                                                    information. Requiring applicants to
                                                    provide contents titles for an album may                 track, and that this may increase the                NCPC’s Web site at https://
                                                    be feasible, but applying the same                       incremental cost and effort of seeking a             www.ncpc.gov/initiatives/subnepa.html.
                                                    requirement to all types of collective                   registration. But, contrary to the                   II. Summary of and Response to
                                                    works may be burdensome for some                         Copyright Alliance’s suggestion, the                 Comments
                                                    applicants. That said, the Office plans to               Office does not have a bright line rule
                                                                                                             regarding the number of tracks that must               NCPC published a notice of
                                                    rule. It provides a means for registering multiple       be present to qualify as a collective                availability; request for comment; and
                                                    works with one submission in cases where multiple        work; the Office will simply scrutinize              notice of public meetings for its revised
                                                    submissions would otherwise be required and              collective work applications with fewer              Submission Guidelines in the Federal
                                                    where no other statutory or regulatory
                                                    accommodation exists. Often, when multiple items
                                                                                                             tracks more closely to ensure they pass              Register on May 26, 2017. The notice
                                                    are fixed in the same medium of expression, they         the necessary threshold of creativity.               announced, among others, a 45-day
                                                    may be considered a derivative work, a
                                                                                                                Dated: September 27, 2017.                        public comment period. The public
                                                    compilation, or a collective work. If so, there is no                                                         comment period closed on July 10,
                                                    need to rely on the unit of publication option,          Karyn Temple Claggett,
                                                    because the statute already provides a means for                                                              2017. A summary of the comments
                                                                                                             Acting Register of Copyrights and Director
                                                    obtaining a registration. If applicants could register
                                                                                                             of the U.S. Copyright Office.
                                                                                                                                                                  received and NCPC’s response thereto
                                                    multiple works as a unit of publication whenever                                                              can be found in Appendix A of the
                                                    they happen to be fixed in the same medium of            [FR Doc. 2017–21065 Filed 9–28–17; 8:45 am]
                                                    expression, the regulatory accommodation would
                                                                                                                                                                  Executive Director’s Recommendation
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                                                    displace the statutory scheme, and this narrow
                                                    exception would become the default method for                                                                 September 7, 2017. The subject EDR is
                                                    registering published works.                                                                                  located on NCPC’s Web site at https://
                                                      9 Similarly, one individual asked the Office to
                                                                                                             NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING                            www.ncpc.gov/docs/actions/
                                                    add a new space to Form TX where applicants may          COMMISSION
                                                    provide titles of the works appearing within a unit                                                           2017September/NCPC_Submission_
                                                    of publication. The Office declines to adopt this                                                             Guidelines_Recommendation_7744_
                                                    suggestion, because the Compendium already               Submission Guidelines                                Sept2017.pdf.
                                                    provides instructions for adding title information to
                                                    a paper application. See Compendium section              AGENCY:National Capital Planning                       Authority: 40 U.S.C. 8721(e)(2) and
                                                    1107.4(C).                                               Commission.                                          8722(a).



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                                                      Dated: September 21, 2017.                            removal of these counties from                        of the collection of information and
                                                    Anne R. Schuyler,                                       designation after assessing the threat                related instructions may be obtained
                                                    General Counsel.                                        and determining that these counties no                without charge by accessing Docket ID
                                                    [FR Doc. 2017–20612 Filed 9–28–17; 8:45 am]             longer met the statutory criteria                     NRC–2016–0156 on this Web site.
                                                    BILLING CODE 7502–02–P                                  necessary for designation as HIDTA                       • NRC’s Agencywide Documents
                                                                                                            counties. ONDCP evaluated and                         Access and Management System
                                                                                                            accepted the request.                                 (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-
                                                    EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE                                  Dated: September 26, 2017.                           available documents online in the
                                                    PRESIDENT                                               Michael J. Passante,                                  ADAMS Public Documents collection at
                                                                                                            Acting General Counsel.                               http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
                                                    Office of National Drug Control Policy                                                                        adams.html. To begin the search, select
                                                                                                            [FR Doc. 2017–20937 Filed 9–28–17; 8:45 am]
                                                    Designation of 16 Counties as High                      BILLING CODE 3280–F5–P                                ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then
                                                    Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas                                                                              select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS
                                                                                                                                                                  Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS,
                                                    AGENCY:  Office of National Drug Control                NUCLEAR REGULATORY                                    please contact the NRC’s Public
                                                    Policy (ONDCP), Executive Office of the                 COMMISSION                                            Document Room (PDR) reference staff at
                                                    President.                                                                                                    1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by
                                                    ACTION: Notice of HIDTA designations.                   [NRC–2016–0156]                                       email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. A copy
                                                                                                                                                                  of the collection of information and
                                                    SUMMARY:    The Director of the Office of               Information Collection: Solicitation of
                                                                                                                                                                  related instructions may be obtained
                                                    National Drug Control Policy designated                 Non-Power Reactor Operator
                                                                                                                                                                  without charge by accessing ADAMS
                                                    16 additional counties/cities and                       Licensing Examination Data
                                                                                                                                                                  Accession No. ML17222A053. The
                                                    removed two counties as High Intensity
                                                                                                            AGENCY:  Nuclear Regulatory                           supporting statement is available in
                                                    Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTAs)
                                                                                                            Commission.                                           ADAMS under Accession No.
                                                    pursuant to agency law.
                                                                                                            ACTION: Notice of submission to the                   ML17222A090.
                                                    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                    Questions regarding this notice should
                                                                                                            Office of Management and Budget;                         • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and
                                                                                                            request for comment.                                  purchase copies of public documents at
                                                    be directed to Michael K. Gottlieb,
                                                    National HIDTA Program Director,                        SUMMARY:    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory               the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One
                                                    Office of National Drug Control Policy,                 Commission (NRC) has recently                         White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
                                                    Executive Office of the President,                      submitted a proposed collection of                    Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
                                                    Washington, DC 20503; (202) 395–4868.                   information to the Office of                             • NRC’s Clearance Officer: A copy of
                                                    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The new                      Management and Budget (OMB) for                       the collection of information and related
                                                    counties/cities are (1) Sullivan County                 review. The information collection is                 instructions may be obtained without
                                                    in Tennessee and Wood County in West                    entitled, ‘‘Solicitation of Non-Power                 charge by contacting the NRC’s
                                                    Virginia as part of the Appalachia                      Reactor Operator Licensing Examination                Clearance Officer, David Cullison,
                                                    HIDTA; (2) Greenville County in South                   Data.’’                                               Office of the Chief Information Officer,
                                                    Carolina as part of the Atlanta/Carolinas               DATES: Submit comments by October 30,                 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
                                                    HIDTA; (3) DuPage County in Illinois as                 2017.                                                 Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone:
                                                    part of the Chicago HIDTA; (4) St. Clair                ADDRESSES: Submit comments directly                   301–415–2084; email:
                                                    County in Michigan as part of the                       to the OMB reviewer at: Aaron Szabo,                  INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@nrc.gov.
                                                    Michigan HIDTA; (5) Ocean County in                     Desk Officer, Office of Information and
                                                    New Jersey and Oneida County in New                                                                           B. Submitting Comments
                                                                                                            Regulatory Affairs (3150–XXXX),
                                                    York as part of the New York/New                        NEOB–10202, Office of Management                        The NRC cautions you not to include
                                                    Jersey HIDTA; (6) Bradford and Union                    and Budget, Washington, DC 20503;                     identifying or contact information in
                                                    Counties in Florida as part of the North                telephone: 202–395–3621; email: oira_                 comment submissions that you do not
                                                    Florida HIDTA; (7) San Benito County                    submission@omb.eop.gov.                               want to be publicly disclosed in your
                                                    in California as part of the Northern
                                                                                                            FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                      comment submission. All comment
                                                    California HIDTA; (8) Bannock County
                                                                                                            David Cullison, NRC Clearance Officer,                submissions are posted at http://
                                                    in Idaho as part of the Oregon/Idaho
                                                                                                            U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,                   www.regulations.gov and entered into
                                                    HIDTA; (9) Montgomery County in
                                                                                                            Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone:                 ADAMS. Comment submissions are not
                                                    Pennsylvania as part of the
                                                                                                            301–415–2084; email:                                  routinely edited to remove identifying
                                                    Philadelphia/Camden HIDTA; (10)
                                                                                                            INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@nrc.gov.                        or contact information.
                                                    Collier and Martin Counties in Florida
                                                    as part of the South Florida HIDTA; (11)                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                              If you are requesting or aggregating
                                                    Taos County in New Mexico as part of                    I. Obtaining Information and                          comments from other persons for
                                                    the Southwest Border HIDTA—New                          Submitting Comments                                   submission to the OMB, then you
                                                    Mexico Region; and (12) Dorchester                                                                            should inform those persons not to
                                                    County in Maryland as part of the                       A. Obtaining Information                              include identifying or contact
                                                                                                                                                                  information that they do not want to be
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                                                    Washington/Baltimore HIDTA. The                           Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2016–
                                                    Director of ONDCP also removed two                      0156 when contacting the NRC about                    publicly disclosed in their comment
                                                    counties as HIDTAs pursuant to 21                       the availability of information for this              submission. Your request should state
                                                    U.S.C. 1706, effective July 10, 2017. The               action. You may obtain publicly-                      that the NRC does not routinely edit
                                                    two counties removed from HIDTA                         available information related to this                 comment submissions to remove such
                                                    county designation within the Houston                   action by any of the following methods:               information before making the comment
                                                    HIDTA are Orange and San Patricio                         • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to                submissions available to the public or
                                                    counties in Texas. The Executive Board                  http://www.regulations.gov and search                 entering the comment submissions into
                                                    of the Houston HIDTA requested                          for Docket ID NRC–2016–0156. A copy                   ADAMS.


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of availability.
DatesThe Submission Guidelines are adopted as of October 30, 2017.
ContactMatthew Flis, Senior Urban Designer at (202) 482-7236 or [email protected]
FR Citation82 FR 45628 

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