68116 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 220 / Friday, November 14, 2014 / Rules and Regulations 

(2) A request for copies of the current 

PMA approvals and denials document 

and copies of summaries of safety and 

effectiveness shall be sent in writing to 

the Freedom of Information Staff’s 

address listed on the Agency’s Web site 

at http://www.fda.gov. 

* * * * * 

Dated: November 7, 2014. 

Leslie Kux, 

Assistant Commissioner for Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2014–26914 Filed 11–13–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4164–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

22 CFR Part 181 

[Public Notice 8921] 

RIN 1400–AD53 

Publication, Coordination, and 

Reporting of International Agreements 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Department of State 

(‘‘Department’’) finalizes a proposed 

rule to add additional categories of 

international agreements to be exempted 

from the requirement to publish in the 

Treaties and Other International Acts 

Series (TIAS). The TIAS is the official 

treaty series of the United States and 

serves as evidence of the treaties, and 

international agreements other than 

treaties, in all courts of law and equity 

and of maritime jurisdiction, and in all 

the tribunals and public offices of the 

United States and of the several States, 

without any need of further proof or 

authentication. Certain international 

agreements may be exempted from 

publication in TIAS if the Department of 

State provides notice in its regulations. 

This rule adds three categories of 

international agreements that are not 

required to be published in TIAS. 

DATES: This rule is effective on 

November 14, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Mattler, Treaty Affairs, Office 

of the Legal Adviser, Department of 

State, Washington, DC 20520, (202) 

647–1345, or at treatyoffice@state.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to 1 U.S.C. 112a, the Secretary of State 

is required to cause to be published 

annually a compilation of all treaties 

and international agreements to which 

the United States is a party that were 

signed, proclaimed, or ‘‘with reference 

to which any other final formality ha[d] 

been executed’’ during the calendar 

year. 

The Secretary of State, however, may 

determine that publication of particular 

categories of agreements is not required 

if certain criteria are met, which are 

listed in 1 U.S.C. 112a(b). The three 

categories of international agreements 

that are exempted by this rule (and 

which are now included in 22 CFR 

181.8) are: 

(1) Bilateral acquisition and cross 

servicing agreements and logistics 

support agreements governing the 

mutual exchange of logistics support, 

supplies and services with the military 

of certain countries or international 

organizations. 

(2) Bilateral agreements relating to the 

provision of health care to military 

personnel on a reciprocal basis. 

(3) Bilateral agreements for the 

reduction of intergovernmental debts. 

Further description of these types of 

international agreements is included in 

the notice of proposed rulemaking. In 

addition to these changes, the 

Department amends 22 CFR 181.8(a)(9) 

to refer to the newer Executive Order 

dealing with classified information. 

The Department of State received no 

comments on the proposed rule. 

Regulatory Analysis 

For the complete regulatory analysis 

regarding this rulemaking, please refer 

to the analysis included in the notice of 

proposed rulemaking, which is adopted 

herein. 

List of Subjects in 22 CFR Part 181 

Treaties. 

For the reasons set forth above, 22 

CFR part 181 is amended as follows: 

PART 181—[AMENDED] 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 181 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 1 U.S.C. 112a, 112b; and 22 

U.S.C. 2651a. 

■ 2. Amend § 181.8 by: 

■ a. Revising paragraphs (a)(9), (12), and 

(13) and adding paragraphs (a)(14), (15), 

and (16); and 

■ b. Revising paragraph (b). 

The revisions and additions read as 

follows: 

§ 181.8 Publication. 

(a) * * * 

(9) Agreements that have been given 

a national security classification 

pursuant to Executive Order No. 13526, 

its predecessors, or its successors; 

* * * * * 

(12) Bilateral agreements that apply to 

specified education and leadership 

development programs designed to 

acquaint U.S. and foreign armed forces, 

law enforcement, homeland security, or 

related personnel with limited, 

specialized aspects of each other’s 

practices or operations; 

(13) Bilateral agreements between 

aviation agencies governing specified 

aviation technical assistance projects for 

the provision of managerial, operational, 

and technical assistance in developing 

and modernizing the civil aviation 

infrastructure; 

(14) Bilateral acquisition and cross 

servicing agreements and logistics 

support agreements; 

(15) Bilateral agreements relating to 

the provision of health care to military 

personnel on a reciprocal basis; and 

(16) Bilateral agreements for the 

reduction of intergovernmental debts. 

(b) In addition to those listed in 

paragraph (a) of this section, the 

following categories of agreements will 

not be published in United States 

Treaties and Other International 

Agreements: 

(1) Agreements on the subjects listed 

in paragraphs (a)(1) through (9) of this 

section that had not been published as 

of February 26, 1996; 

(2) Agreements on the subjects listed 

in paragraphs (a)(10) through (13) of this 

section that had not been published as 

of September 8, 2006; and 

(3) Agreements on the subjects listed 

in paragraphs (a)(14) through (16) of this 

section that had not been published as 

of November 14, 2014. 

* * * * * 

Dated: November 5, 2014. 

Michael J. Mattler, 

Assistant Legal Adviser for Treaty Affairs, 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27006 Filed 11–13–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–08–P 

PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY 

CORPORATION 

29 CFR Part 4022 

Benefits Payable in Terminated SingleEmployer Plans; Interest Assumptions 

for Paying Benefits 

AGENCY: Pension Benefit Guaranty 

Corporation. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This final rule amends the 

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation’s 

regulation on Benefits Payable in 

Terminated Single-Employer Plans to 

prescribe interest assumptions under 

the regulation for valuation dates in 

December 2014. The interest 

assumptions are used for paying 

benefits under terminating singleemployer plans covered by the pension 

insurance system administered by 

PBGC. 

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Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 220 / Friday, November 14, 2014 / Rules and Regulations 68117 

1Appendix B to PBGC’s regulation on Allocation 

of Assets in Single-Employer Plans (29 CFR Part 

4044) prescribes interest assumptions for valuing 

benefits under terminating covered single-employer 

plans for purposes of allocation of assets under 

ERISA section 4044. Those assumptions are 

updated quarterly. 

DATES: Effective December 1, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Catherine B. Klion (Klion.Catherine@

pbgc.gov), Assistant General Counsel for 

Regulatory Affairs, Pension Benefit 

Guaranty Corporation, 1200 K Street 

NW., Washington, DC 20005, 202–326– 

4024. (TTY/TDD users may call the 

Federal relay service toll-free at 1–800– 

877–8339 and ask to be connected to 

202–326–4024.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PBGC’s 

regulation on Benefits Payable in 

Terminated Single-Employer Plans (29 

CFR Part 4022) prescribes actuarial 

assumptions—including interest 

assumptions—for paying plan benefits 

under terminating single-employer 

plans covered by title IV of the 

Employee Retirement Income Security 

Act of 1974. The interest assumptions in 

the regulation are also published on 

PBGC’s Web site (http://www.pbgc.gov). 

PBGC uses the interest assumptions in 

Appendix B to Part 4022 to determine 

whether a benefit is payable as a lump 

sum and to determine the amount to 

pay. Appendix C to Part 4022 contains 

interest assumptions for private-sector 

pension practitioners to refer to if they 

wish to use lump-sum interest rates 

determined using PBGC’s historical 

methodology. Currently, the rates in 

Appendices B and C of the benefit 

payment regulation are the same. 

The interest assumptions are intended 

to reflect current conditions in the 

financial and annuity markets. 

Assumptions under the benefit 

payments regulation are updated 

monthly. This final rule updates the 

benefit payments interest assumptions 

for December 2014.1

The December 2014 interest 

assumptions under the benefit payments 

regulation will be 1.00 percent for the 

period during which a benefit is in pay 

status and 4.00 percent during any years 

preceding the benefit’s placement in pay 

status. In comparison with the interest 

assumptions in effect for November 

2014, these interest assumptions 

represent a decrease of 0.25 percent in 

the immediate annuity rate and are 

otherwise unchanged. 

PBGC has determined that notice and 

public comment on this amendment are 

impracticable and contrary to the public 

interest. This finding is based on the 

need to determine and issue new 

interest assumptions promptly so that 

the assumptions can reflect current 

market conditions as accurately as 

possible. 

Because of the need to provide 

immediate guidance for the payment of 

benefits under plans with valuation 

dates during December 2014, PBGC 

finds that good cause exists for making 

the assumptions set forth in this 

amendment effective less than 30 days 

after publication. 

PBGC has determined that this action 

is not a ‘‘significant regulatory action’’ 

under the criteria set forth in Executive 

Order 12866. 

Because no general notice of proposed 

rulemaking is required for this 

amendment, the Regulatory Flexibility 

Act of 1980 does not apply. See 5 U.S.C. 

601(2). 

List of Subjects in 29 CFR Part 4022 

Employee benefit plans, Pension 

insurance, Pensions, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

In consideration of the foregoing, 29 

CFR part 4022 is amended as follows: 

PART 4022—BENEFITS PAYABLE IN 

TERMINATED SINGLE-EMPLOYER 

PLANS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 4022 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 29 U.S.C. 1302, 1322, 1322b, 

1341(c)(3)(D), and 1344. 

■ 2. In appendix B to part 4022, Rate Set 

254, as set forth below, is added to the 

table. 

Appendix B to Part 4022—Lump Sum 

Interest Rates for PBGC Payments 

* * * * * 

Rate set 

For plans with a valuation 

date Immediate 

annuity rate 

(percent) 

Deferred annuities 

(percent) 

On or after Before i1 i2 i3 n1 n2

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254 12–1–14 1–1–15 1.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 7 8 

■ 3. In appendix C to part 4022, Rate Set 

254, as set forth below, is added to the 

table. 

Appendix C to Part 4022—Lump Sum 

Interest Rates for Private-Sector 

Payments 

* * * * * 

Rate set 

For plans with a valuation 

date Immediate 

annuity rate 

(percent) 

Deferred annuities 

(percent) 

On or after Before i1 i2 i3 n1 n2

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254 12–1–14 1–1–15 1.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 7 8 

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68118 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 220 / Friday, November 14, 2014 / Rules and Regulations 

Issued in Washington, DC, on this 7th day 

of November 2014. 

Judith Starr, 

General Counsel, Pension Benefit Guaranty 

Corporation. 

[FR Doc. 2014–26981 Filed 11–13–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7709–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

32 CFR Part 706 

Certifications and Exemptions Under 

the International Regulations for 

Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy 

(DoN) is amending its certifications and 

exemptions under the International 

Regulations for Preventing Collisions at 

Sea, 1972 (72 COLREGS), to reflect that 

the Deputy Assistant Judge Advocate 

General (DAJAG) (Admiralty and 

Maritime Law) has determined that USS 

MILWAUKEE (LCS 5) is a vessel of the 

Navy which, due to its special 

construction and purpose, cannot fully 

comply with certain provisions of the 72 

COLREGS without interfering with its 

special function as a naval ship. The 

intended effect of this rule is to warn 

mariners in waters where 72 COLREGS 

apply. 

DATES: This rule is effective November 

14, 2014, and is applicable beginning 

October 31, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Commander Theron R. Korsak, JAGC, 

U.S. Navy, Admiralty Attorney, 

(Admiralty and Maritime Law), Office of 

the Judge Advocate General, Department 

of the Navy, 1322 Patterson Ave. SE., 

Suite 3000, Washington Navy Yard, DC 

20374–5066, telephone number: 202– 

685–5040. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the authority granted in 33 U.S.C. 

1605, the DoN amends 32 CFR Part 706. 

This amendment provides notice that 

the DAJAG (Admiralty and Maritime 

Law), under authority delegated by the 

Secretary of the Navy, has certified that 

USS MILWAUKEE (LCS 5) is a vessel of 

the Navy which, due to its special 

construction and purpose, cannot fully 

comply with the following specific 

provisions of 72 COLREGS without 

interfering with its special function as a 

naval ship: Annex I paragraph 2 (a)(i), 

pertaining to the location of the forward 

masthead light at a height not less than 

12 meters above the hull; Annex I, 

paragraph 3(a), pertaining to the 

location of the forward masthead light 

in the forward quarter of the ship, and 

the horizontal distance between the 

forward and after masthead light. The 

DAJAG (Admiralty and Maritime Law) 

has also certified that the lights 

involved are located in closest possible 

compliance with the applicable 72 

COLREGS requirements. 

Moreover, it has been determined, in 

accordance with 32 CFR Parts 296 and 

701, that publication of this amendment 

for public comment prior to adoption is 

impracticable, unnecessary, and 

contrary to public interest since it is 

based on technical findings that the 

placement of lights on this vessel in a 

manner differently from that prescribed 

herein will adversely affect the vessel’s 

ability to perform its military functions. 

List of Subjects in 32 CFR Part 706 

Marine safety, Navigation (water), and 

Vessels. 

For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, the DoN amends part 706 of 

title 32 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations as follows: 

PART 706—CERTIFICATIONS AND 

EXEMPTIONS UNDER THE 

INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS FOR 

PREVENTING COLLISIONS AT SEA, 

1972 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 706 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1605. 

■ 2. Section 706.2 is amended: 

■ a. In Table One, by adding, in alpha 

numerical order, by vessel number, an 

entry for USS MILWAUKEE (LCS 5); 

■ b. In Table Five, by adding, in alpha 

numerical order, by vessel number, an 

entry for USS MILWAUKEE (LCS 5). 

§ 706.2 Certifications of the Secretary of 

the Navy under Executive Order 11964 and 

33 U.S.C. 1605. 

* * * * * 

TABLE ONE

Vessel Number 

Distance in meters of 

forward masthead light 

below minimum required 

height. § 2(a)(i) Annex I 

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USS MILWAUKEE .............................................................. LCS 5 ................................................................................. 6.75 

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TABLE FIVE

Vessel Number 

Masthead 

lights not over 

all other 

lights and 

obstructions. 

annex I, sec. 

2(f) 

Forward masthead light not 

in forward 

quarter of 

ship. annex I, 

sec. 3(a) 

After masthead light less 

than 1⁄2 ship’s 

length aft of 

forward masthead light. 

annex I, sec. 

3(a) 

Percentage 

horizontal 

separation 

attained 

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USS MILWAUKEE .................................................................... LCS 5 ........ ........................ X X 22.3 

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