Agencies and Commissions August 13, 2009 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) proposes to establish a new system of personnel records under its privacy regulations, Privacy Procedures for Personnel Records. This Human Capital Management System of Records encompasses GAO payroll- and personnel-related information maintained by GAO and exchanged with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Finance Center (USDA/NFC) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury's HR Connect program (Treasury/HR Connect). To support its human capital management activities, GAO has entered into interagency agreements with these two Federal Executive Branch agencies as shared service providers. USDA/NFC provides payroll and personnel information processing (Department of Agriculture, Systems of Record Notice OP-1), and Treasury/HR Connect operates a human capital management support system (Department of Treasury .001 Treasury Payroll and Personnel System). The policies and procedures described in this notice are intended to ensure that personal information contained in GAO's personnel records is protected as provided by GAO's privacy regulation.

This advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) presents a conceptual approach that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering in a rulemaking effort to revise the acceptance criteria for emergency core cooling systems (ECCSs) for light-water nuclear power reactors as currently required by NRC regulations that govern domestic licensing of production and utilization facilities. Revised ECCS acceptance criteria would reflect recent research findings that indicate the current criteria should be re-evaluated for all fuel cladding materials in all potential conditions. Further, the NRC is considering an approach that would expand the applicability of the rule to all current and future cladding materials, modify the reporting

Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined not to review an initial determination (``ID'') (Order No. 25) of the presiding administrative law judge (``ALJ'') granting complainant Tessera, Inc.'s motion to terminate the investigation.

The 2009 report can now be accessed and downloaded from the Commission's Web site at https://www.usitc.gov/research_and_analysis/ trade_shifts.htm. The format used by the Commission since 2004 includes links to Commission research and other resources including data, as well as links to other organizations with related information. User feedback on the revised format is encouraged by providing access to the ITC online Reader Satisfaction Survey (https:// reportweb.usitc.gov/readersurvey/readersurvey.html). A CD-ROM version of the 2008 report may be requested by contacting the Office of the Secretary at 202-205-2000 or by fax at 202-205-2104. Readers of the report may also provide comments by downloading the survey form and business reply mailer for this publication from the Commission's Web site.

The Commission has before it a petition for rulemaking filed by Multimedia Holdings Corporation (``MHC''), the permittee of station KNAZ-TV, channel 2, Flagstaff, Arizona. MHC is currently operating on its allotted pre-transition DTV channel 22 pursuant to Special Temporary Authority (``STA''). MHC requests the substitution of channel 22 for channel 2 at Flagstaff.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the ``Commission'') proposes amending its regulations (the ``Regulations'') to create a sixth and separate ``account class,'' applicable only to the bankruptcy of a commodity broker that is a futures commission merchant (``FCM''), for positions in cleared over-the-counter (``OTC'') derivatives (and money, securities, and/or other property margining, guaranteeing, and securing such positions). In general, the concept of ``account class'' governs the manner in which the trustee calculates the net equity (i.e., claims against the estate) and the allowed net equity (i.e., pro rata share of the estate) for each customer of a commodity broker in bankruptcy. The Commission further proposes amending the Regulations to codify the appropriate allocation, in a bankruptcy of any commodity broker, of positions in commodity contracts of one account class (and the money, securities, and/or other property margining, guaranteeing, or securing such positions) that are commingled with positions in commodity contracts of the futures account class (and the money, securities, and/or other property margining, guaranteeing, or securing such positions), pursuant to an order issued by the Commission.