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information that would assist it in 
pursuing the following objectives: 
1. To remove obstacles to 
participation by faith-based organizations in the delivery of publicly funded services and activities. What changes in HHS regulations, guidance, or other documents (e.g., contracts and 
funding opportunity announcements) or processes might encourage faith-based organizations to participate in HHS- funded programs and services? What existing regulations, guidance, or other documents or processes deter such participation? 
2. To ensure faith-based 
organizations—particularly those with a history of providing health, education, and other support to low-income people—are not excluded from eligibility for HHS funding. Which provisions in HHS regulations, guidance, or other documents directly or indirectly inhibit faith-based organizations from receiving HHS funds? How can the Department improve these regulations, guidance, or other documents? Are any faith-based organizations being restricted, excluded, substantially burdened, discriminated against, or disproportionately disadvantaged by HHS, an HHS grantee or contractor, or a state or local government entity administering an HHS-funded program or activity because of their religious character, identity, beliefs, or moral convictions? 
3. To ensure that faith-based 
organizations receive accommodation, equal treatment, and respect for their religious beliefs and moral convictions from HHS or HHS-funded entities. What regulations, guidance documents, policies, procedures, and/or assessment tools should HHS develop to affirmatively further the accommodation, equal treatment, and respect for the religious exercise of faith-based organizations interacting with HHS or HHS funded entities? 
4. To improve our understanding of 
the role of faith-based organizations in implementing programs and activities 
that advance the goals and objectives of HHS. Describe the value, whether qualitative or quantitative, that faith- based organizations provide in improving the health and well-being of Americans and other populations eligible for public benefits and services. What would the consequences be if these organizations were no longer able to participate in the Department’s programs or services or were denied eligibility for Federal funding? Do faith- based organizations provide unique value that could not easily be replicated by other recipients? Would adequate services be available to people in need in the absence of Federal partnerships with faith-based organizations? 
This is a request for information only. 
Respondents are encouraged to provide complete but concise responses to any or all of the questions outlined above. This request for information is issued solely for information and planning purposes; it does not constitute a notice of proposed rulemaking or request for proposals, applications, proposal abstracts, or quotations, nor does it suggest that the Department will undertake any particular action in response to comments. This request for information does not commit the United States Government (‘‘Government’’) to contract for any supplies or services or make a grant award. Further, HHS is not seeking proposals through this request for information and will not accept unsolicited proposals. Respondents are advised that the Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this request for information; all costs associated with responding to this request for information will be solely at the interested party’s expense. Not responding to this request for information does not preclude participation in any future rulemaking or procurement, if conducted. It is the responsibility of the potential responders to monitor this request for information announcement for additional information pertaining to this request. We also note that HHS will not respond to questions about the policy issues raised in this request for information. HHS may or may not choose to contact individual responders. Such communications would only serve to further clarify written responses. Contractor support personnel may be used to review the responses submitted under this request for information. Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract or issue a grant. Information obtained as a result of this request for information may be used by the Government for program planning on a non-attribution basis. Respondents should not include any information that might be considered proprietary or confidential. This request for information should not be construed as a commitment or authorization to incur cost for which reimbursement would be required or sought. All submissions become Government property and will not be returned. HHS may publicly post the comments received, or a summary thereof. While responses to this request for information do not bind HHS to any further actions related to the response, all comments may be posted online on http://www.regulations.gov. 
III. Collection of Information 
Requirements 
This document does not impose 
information collection requirements; that is, reporting, recordkeeping or third-party disclosure requirements. This request for information constitutes a general solicitation of comments. In accordance with the implementing regulations of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) at 5 CFR 1320.3(h)(4), information subject to the PRA does not generally include ‘‘facts or opinions submitted in response to general solicitations of comments from the public, published in the Federal Register or other publications, 
regardless of the form or format thereof, provided that no person is required to supply specific information pertaining to the commenter, other than that necessary for self-identification, as a condition of the agency’s full consideration of the comment.’’ Consequently, this document need not be reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget under the authority of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 
Dated: October 20, 2017. 
Jane E. Norton, 
Director, Office of Intergovernmental & 
External Affairs, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 
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BILLING CODE 4120–01–P 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 
AGENCY 
40 CFR Part 770 
[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2017–0245; FRL–9962–80] 
RIN 2070–AK36 
Voluntary Consensus Standards 
Update; Formaldehyde Emission Standards for Composite Wood Products 
AGENCY : Environmental Protection 
Agency (EPA). 
ACTION : Proposed rule. 
SUMMARY : EPA is proposing to amend 
the formaldehyde emission standards for composite wood products final rule, published in the Federal Register on 
December 12, 2016 (81 FR 89674). The proposed amendment would update multiple voluntary consensus standards that have been updated, superseded, or withdrawn since publication of the notices of proposed rulemaking on June 10, 2013 (78 FR 34796 and 78 FR 34820) 
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and would amend an existing regulatory 
provision regarding the correlation of quality control test methods. 
DATES : Comments must be received on 
or before November 9, 2017. Comments postmarked after the close of the comment period will be stamped ‘‘late’’ and may or may not be considered by the Agency. 
ADDRESSES : Submit your comments, 
identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2017–0245, by one of the following methods: 
•Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 
instructions for submitting comments. Do not submit electronically any information you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 
•Mail: Document Control Office 
(7407M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001. 
•Hand Delivery: To make special 
arrangements for hand delivery or delivery of boxed information, please follow the instructions at http://www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html. 
Additional instructions on 
commenting or visiting the docket, along with more information about dockets generally, is available at http:// 
www.epa.gov/dockets. 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT : 
For technical information contact: 
Erik Winchester, National Program Chemicals Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone number: (202) 564–6450; email address: winchester.erik@epa.gov. 
For general information contact: The 
TSCA-Hotline, ABVI-Goodwill, 422 South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY 14620; telephone number: (202) 554– 1404; email address: TSCA–Hotline@epa.gov. 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION : For 
further information about the proposed changes to the voluntary consensus standards and the correlation of quality control test methods, please see the information provided in the direct final action, with the same title, that is located in the ‘‘Rules and Regulations’’ section of this Federal Register publication. For the reasons set out in the preamble to that direct final action, this proposed rule would amend title 40, chapter I, subchapter R, of the Code of Federal Regulations as provided in that direct final action. List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 770 
Environmental protection, 
Formaldehyde, Incorporation by reference, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Third-party certification, Toxic substances, Wood. 
Dated: October 12, 2017. 
E. Scott Pruitt, 
Administrator. 
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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 
COMMISSION 
47 CFR Part 64 
[CG Docket Nos. 03–123 and 10–51; DA 17– 
980] 
Petition for Reconsideration of Action 
in Rulemaking Proceeding 
AGENCY : Federal Communications 
Commission. 
ACTION : Petition for reconsideration. 
SUMMARY : A Petition for Reconsideration 
(Petition) has been filed in the Commission’s rulemaking proceeding by the Interstate Telecommunications Relay Service Advisory Council. 
DATES : Comments to the Petition must 
be filed on or before November 9, 2017. Reply Comments must be filed on or before November 20, 2017. 
ADDRESSES : Federal Communications 
Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554. 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT : 
Michael Scott, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, email: Michael.Scott@fcc.gov; phone: (202) 
418–1264. 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION : This is a 
summary of the Commission’s document DA 17–980, released October 6, 2017. The full text of the Petition is available for viewing and copying at the FCC Reference Information Center, 445 12th Street SW., Room CY–A257, Washington, DC 20554 or may be accessed online via the Commission’s Electronic Comment Filing System at: https://ecfsapi.fcc.gov/file/10921132140710/Interstate%20TRS%20Advisory%20Council%20PFR%209.21.2017%20filed.pdf. The Commission 
will not send a Congressional Review Act (CRA) submission to Congress or the Government Accountability Office pursuant to the CRA, 5.U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A), because no rules are being adopted by the Commission. 
Subject: Telecommunications Relay 
Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for Individuals with Hearing and Speech Disabilities; Structure and Practices of the Video Relay Service Program, FCC 17–86, published at 82 FR 39673, August 22, 2017 in CG Docket Nos. 03–123 and 10–51. This document is being published pursuant to 47 CFR 1.429(e). See also 47 CFR 1.4(b)(1) and 
1.429(f), (g). 
Number of Petitions Filed: 1. 
Federal Communications Commission. 
Karen Peltz Strauss, Deputy Chief, Consumer and Governmental 
Affairs Bureau. 
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BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration 
50 CFR Part 635 
[Docket No. 170823804–7932–01] 
RIN 0648–BH17 
Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; 
Individual Bluefin Quota Program; Accountability for Bluefin Tuna Catch 
AGENCY : National Marine Fisheries 
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. 
ACTION : Proposed rule; request for 
comments and notice of public hearing. 
SUMMARY : NMFS proposes to modify the 
Atlantic highly migratory species (HMS) regulations to require vessels in the pelagic longline fishery to account for bycatch of bluefin tuna (bluefin) using Individual Bluefin Quota (IBQ) on a quarterly basis instead of before commencing any fishing trip with less than the minimum required IBQ balance or with quota debt. Specifically, vessels would be allowed to fish with an IBQ balance below the minimum amount currently required to depart on a fishing trip with pelagic longline gear, or with quota debt incurred by exceeding their IBQ balance, during a given calendar quarter; however, vessels would be required to reconcile quota debt and satisfy the minimum IBQ requirement prior to departing on a pelagic longline fishing trip in the subsequent calendar quarter. The action will further optimize fishing opportunity in the directed pelagic longline fishery for target species such as tuna and swordfish and improve the functionality of the IBQ Program and its accounting provisions, consistent with the objectives of Amendment 7 to the 2006 Consolidated HMS Fishery Management Plan (FMP). 
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