Agencies and Commissions August 6, 2007 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The General Services Administration's (GSA's) annual per diem review has resulted in lodging and meal allowance rate changes for locations within the continental United States (CONUS) to provide for the reimbursement of Federal employees' authorized travel expenses covered by per diem. Per Diem Bulletin 08-01 updates the standard CONUS lodging per diem rate as well as the maximum per diem amounts for existing non-standard areas (NSAs) located within CONUS. The standard CONUS lodging rate will increase to $70. All CONUS per diem rates prescribed in Bulletin 08-01 may be found at https://www.gsa.gov/ perdiem. GSA based the lodging per diem rates, including the updated standard CONUS lodging rate, on average daily rate information that the lodging industry reports. The use of such data in the per diem rate setting process enhances the Government's ability to obtain policy compliant lodging where it is needed. In addition to the annual lodging study, GSA identified two new redefined non-standard areas (NSA's), which prompted an out of cycle meal survey for these areas. For a complete listing of pertinent information that must be submitted through a Federal executive agency for GSA to restudy a location if a CONUS or standard CONUS per diem rate is insufficient to meet necessary expenses, please review numbers 4 and 5 of our per diem Frequently Asked Questions at (https://www.gsa.gov/perdiemfaqs).

The NRC has recently submitted to OMB for review the following proposal for the collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). The NRC hereby informs potential respondents that an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and that a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. 1. Type of submission, new, revision, or extension: Revision. 2. The title of the information collection: NRC Form 4, ``Cumulative Occupational Dose History'' and NRC Form 5, ``Occupational Exposure Record for a Monitoring Period''. 3. The form number if applicable: NRC Form 4 (3150-0005) and NRC Form 5 (3150-0006). 4. How often the collection is required: NRC Form 4: Occasionally; NRC Form 5: Annually. 5. Who is required or asked to report: NRC licensees who are required to comply with 10 CFR part 20. 6. An estimate of the number of annual responses: NRC Form 4: 20,024 (19,822 from reactor sites and 202 from material licensees) and NRC Form 5: 172,419 (160,701 from reactor sites and 11,718 from material licensees. 7. The estimated number of annual respondents: NRC Form 4: 218 (104 from reactor sites and 114 from materials licensees) and NRC Form 5: 4,212 (104 reactor sites and 114 materials licensees, plus an additional 3,994 materials licensees recordkeepers). 8. An estimate of the total number of hours needed annually to complete the requirement or request: NRC Form 4: 10,012 hours on an average of 0.5 hours per response; NRC Form 5: 65,618 hours (56,898 hours for recordkeeping on an average of 0.33 hours per record and 8,720 hours for reporting on an average of 40 hours per licensee). 9. An indication of whether Section 3507(d), Public Law 104-13 applies: N/A. 10. Abstract: NRC Form 4 is used to record the summary of an individual's cumulative occupational radiation dose up to and including the current year to ensure that the dose does not exceed regulatory limits. NRC Form 5 is used to record and report the results of individual monitoring for occupational radiation exposure during a one-year (calendar year) period to ensure regulatory compliance with annual radiation dose limits. A copy of the final supporting statement may be viewed free of charge at the NRC Public Document Room, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Room O-1 F21, Rockville, MD 20852. OMB clearance requests are available at the NRC worldwide Web site: https:// www.nrc.gov/public-involve/doc-comment/omb/. The document will be available on the NRC home page site for 60 days after the signature date of this notice. Comments and questions should be directed to the OMB reviewer listed below by September 5, 2007. Comments received after this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but assurance of consideration cannot be given to comments received after this date. Nathan Frey, Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (3150-0005 and 3150-0006), NEOB-10202, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503. Comments can also be e-mailed to Nathan.Frey@omb.eop.gov or submitted by telephone at (202) 395-4650. The NRC Clearance Officer is Margaret A. Janney, 301-415-7245.

This is a notice of an Administrative declaration of a disaster for the State of Wisconsin dated July 30, 2007. Incident: Severe storms and flooding. Incident Period: July 18, 2007. Effective Date: July 30, 2007. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: September 28, 2007. Economic Injury (Eidl) Loan Application Deadline Date: April 30, 2008.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Small Business Administration's intentions to request approval on a new and/or currently approved information collection.

In furtherance of FMR Bulletin 2006-B4, this notice announces the Fiscal Year (FY) 2006 release of the new version of the Federal Real Property Profile (FRPP) Summary Report, which provides an overview of the U.S. Government's owned and leased real property as of September 30, 2006. The FY 2006 FRPP Summary Report is now available.

This document announces the effective dates of rules published in the Federal Register on March 21, 2007. The rules relate to section 621 of the Communications Act of 1934, 47 U.S.C. 541, which prohibits franchising authorities from unreasonably refusing to award competitive franchises for the provision of cable services.

The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection(s), as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Public Law 104-13. An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid control number. Pursuant to the PRA, no person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information that does not display a valid control number. Comments are requested concerning (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Commission, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology.