Agencies and Commissions June 12, 2009 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

It is the policy of the Commission to publish settlements which it provisionally accepts under the Consumer Product Safety Act in the Federal Register in accordance with the terms of 16 CFR 1118.20(e). Published below is a provisionally-accepted Settlement Agreement with Mattel, Inc. and Fisher-Price, Inc., containing a civil penalty of $2,300,000.00.

In this document, the Federal Communications Commission seeks comment on four issues, discussed below in the Synopsis, that are related to a request by certain private parties, identified below, that the technical specifications for FM digital audio broadcasting (``DAB'') set forth in the Commission's rules be amended to increase the maximum permissible operating power from the current level of 1 percent of a station's authorized analog power (-20 dB) up to a maximum of 10 percent of a station's authorized analog power (-10 dB). This document establishes a period for public comment on these issues and on two related technical studies.

The Debt Collection Act requires federal agencies to either adopt existing regulations or promulgate its own regulations governing the collection of debts owed to the federal government. The U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) is a federal agency, and has decided to implement the regulations jointly issued by the Treasury Department and the Department of Justice entitled Federal Claims Collection Standards by cross referencing these regulations as discussed in this rule.

The Peace Corps has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance, a proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed collection will survey a sample of Returned Peace Corps Volunteers about their thoughts about their in-country experience, post-service transition, post- service education and career, and their third core goal activities of promoting a better understanding of other peoples on the part of Americans. The data collected will inform agency programming and help the Agency to assess, through updated and objective data, the extent of RPCVs' cross-cultural activities with their family, friends, and communities throughout the United States with whom RPCVs come in contact. The data will be used specifically by the Office of Domestic Programs to review the range and type of services and support available to RPCVs and by the Office of Strategic Information, Research, and Planning to support Agency level reporting. In addition to the survey, the Office of Strategic Information, Research, and Planning wishes to conduct focus groups with Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs) about their post-service transition, post-service education and career, and their third goal activities of promoting a better understanding of other peoples on the part of Americans. The data will be used to assess the range and type of services available to RPCVs and to support accurate interpretation of Agency level data.

GSA is issuing a correction to the notice GSA/GOVT-4 Contracted Travel Services Program. The document contained an incorrect acronym. GSA reviewed its Privacy Act systems to ensure that they are relevant, necessary, accurate, up-to-date, covered by the appropriate legal or regulatory authority, and compliant with OMB M-07-16.

This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of Alabama (FEMA- 1842-DR), dated 06/03/2009.

The Committee is proposing to add to the Procurement List a service to be furnished by the nonprofit agency employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.

The Agency announces its ongoing Priority Grant Competition. The Priority Grant Competition focuses on seven countries as they relate to USIP's mandate. The Priority Grant Competition is restricted to projects that fit specific themes or topics identified for each country.

The Agency announces its Annual Grant Competition, which offers support for research, education and training, and the dissemination of information on international peace and conflict resolution. The Annual Grant Competition is open to any project that falls within the Institute's broad mandate of international conflict resolution.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) is amending its regulations to require applicants for new nuclear power reactors to perform a design-specific assessment of the effects of the impact of a large, commercial aircraft. The applicant is required to use realistic analyses to identify and incorporate design features and functional capabilities to show, with reduced use of operator actions, that either the reactor core remains cooled or the containment remains intact, and either spent fuel cooling or spent fuel pool integrity is maintained. These requirements apply to applicants for new construction permits; new operating licenses that reference a new construction permit; new standard design certifications; renewal of any of the four existing design certifications if the design has not previously been amended to comply with the rule; new standard design approvals; manufacturing licenses that don't reference a standard design certification or standard design approval, or that reference a standard design certification issued before the effective date of the rule which has not been amended to comply with the rule; and combined licenses that don't reference a standard design certification, standard design approval, or manufactured reactor, or that reference a standard design certification issued before the effective date of the rule which has not been amended to comply with the rule. In addition, these amendments contain requirements for control of changes to any design features or functional capabilities credited to show that the facility can withstand the effects of an aircraft impact.