Agencies and Commissions May 20, 2010 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Government in the Sunshine Act Meeting Notice
Document Number: 2010-12329
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-05-20
Agency: International Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Sunshine Act Notice
Document Number: 2010-12309
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-05-20
Agency: Commission on Civil Rights, Civil Rights Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Sunshine Act Meetings
Document Number: 2010-12279
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-05-20
Agency: Consumer Product Safety Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Sunshine Act Meetings
Document Number: 2010-12278
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-05-20
Agency: Consumer Product Safety Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Sunshine Act Meeting
Document Number: 2010-12228
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-05-20
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Sunshine Federal Register Notice
Document Number: 2010-12224
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-05-20
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
National Council on Federal Labor-Management Relations Meeting
Document Number: 2010-12171
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-05-20
Agency: Office of Personnel Management, Personnel Management Office, Agencies and Commissions
The National Council on Federal Labor-Management Relations is cancelling its June 2, 2010 meeting and rescheduling that meeting for June 7, 2010. The meeting will start at 10 a.m. and will be held in Room 1416, U.S. Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street, NW., Washington, DC. The dates for all Council meetings for the remainder of 2010 were announced in the April 30, 2010, Federal Register (75 FR 22871). Interested parties should consult the Council Web site at https://www.lmrcouncil.gov for the latest information on Council activities, including changes in meeting dates.
Comment Sought on Measures Designed To Assist U.S. Wireless Consumers To Avoid “Bill Shock”
Document Number: 2010-12140
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-05-20
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
In this document, the Commission seeks to gather information on the feasibility of instituting usage alerts and cut-off mechanisms similar to those required under the European Union (EU) regulations that would provide wireless voice, text, and data consumers in the United States a way to monitor, on a real-time basis, their usage of a wireless communications service, as well as the various charges they may incur in connection with such usage (e.g., roaming services, voice service ``minute plans,'' text message plans). Specifically, the Commission seeks comment on whether technological or other differences exist that would prevent wireless providers in this country from employing similar usage controls as those now required by the EU.
Establishment of an Emergency Response Interoperability Center
Document Number: 2010-12139
Type: Rule
Date: 2010-05-20
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
This Order amends Part 0 of the Commission's rules to establish rules governing the Emergency Response Interoperability Center (ERIC). The Commission further delegates authority to the Chief of the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau to establish advisory bodies and select appropriate representatives from federal agencies, the public safety community, and industry to advise ERIC.
Federal Acquisition Regulation; FAR Case 2009-031, Terminating Contracts
Document Number: 2010-12136
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2010-05-20
Agency: General Services Administration, Agencies and Commissions, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Defense
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to provide clarification to the prescription for the FAR clause at 52.249-1, Termination for Convenience of the Government (Fixed Price) (Short Form), located in FAR 49.502(a), to apprise contracting officers that there are alternative clauses that can be used for terminations up to the simplified acquisition threshold. In addition, references to the FAR clauses at 52.212-4 and 52.213-4 are added in the prescription for FAR 52.249-1 at FAR 49.502(a) and in FAR 49.002, Applicability.
Excepted Service
Document Number: 2010-12135
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-05-20
Agency: Office of Personnel Management, Personnel Management Office, Agencies and Commissions
This gives notice of OPM decisions granting authority to make appointments under Schedules A, B, and C in the excepted service as required by 5 CFR 213.103.
Privacy Act of 1974: Update and Amend System of Records
Document Number: 2010-12132
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-05-20
Agency: Office of Personnel Management, Personnel Management Office, Agencies and Commissions
OPM proposes to update and amend OPM/Central-9, Personnel Investigations Records contained in its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended. This action is necessary to meet the requirements of the Privacy Act to publish in the Federal Register notice of the existence and character of records maintained by the agency (5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4)).
Proposed Collection; Request for Comments on a Revised Information Collection
Document Number: 2010-12129
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-05-20
Agency: Office of Personnel Management, Personnel Management Office, Agencies and Commissions
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, May 22, 1995), this notice announces that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) intends to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for comments on a revised information collection. This information collection, ``Designation of Beneficiary: Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance,'' (OMB Control No. 3206-0136; SF 2823), is used by any Federal employee or retiree covered by the Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Program to instruct the Office of Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance how to distribute the proceeds of his or her life insurance when the statutory order of precedence does not meet his or her needs.
Proposed Collection; Request for Comments on a Revised Information Collection:
Document Number: 2010-12127
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-05-20
Agency: Office of Personnel Management, Personnel Management Office, Agencies and Commissions
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, May 22, 1995 and 5 CFR part 1320), this notice announces that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) intends to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for comments on a revised information collection. This information collection, ``Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) Survivor Annuitant Express Pay Application for Death Benefits'' (OMB Control No. 3206-0233; Form RI 25-51), will be used by the Civil Service Retirement System solely to pay benefits to the widow(er) of an annuitant. This application is intended for use in immediately authorizing payments to an annuitant's widow or widower, based on the report of death, when our records show the decedent elected to provide benefits for the applicant.
Conduct on Postal Property; Penalties and Other Law
Document Number: 2010-12122
Type: Rule
Date: 2010-05-20
Agency: Postal Service, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Postal Service is amending the Code of Federal Regulations to retract an increase in the maximum penalty for violations of the rules concerning conduct on Postal Service property.
Proposed Submission of Information Collection for OMB Review; Comment Request; Payment of Premiums
Document Number: 2010-12121
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-05-20
Agency: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, Agencies and Commissions
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is modifying the collection of information under Part 4007 of its regulation on Payment of Premiums (OMB control number 1212-0007; expires April 30, 2011) and intends to request that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) extend approval of the collection of information under the Paperwork Reduction Act for three years. This notice informs the public of PBGC's intent and solicits public comment on the collection of information.
In the Matter of: Certain Voltage Regulators, Components Thereof and Products Containing Same; Enforcement Proceeding; Notice of Commission Determination Not To Review the Enforcement Initial Determination; Schedule for Briefing on the Issues of Remedy, Public Interest, and Bonding
Document Number: 2010-12103
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-05-20
Agency: International Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The United States International Trade Commission hereby provides notice that it has determined not to review the Enforcement Initial Determination (``ID'') issued by the presiding administrative law judge (``ALJ'') on March 18, 2010 in the above-captioned investigation. Notice is further given that the Commission is requesting briefing on remedy, the public interest, and bonding with respect to the ID's findings and recommendations concerning enforcement measures.
In the Matter of Certain Energy Drink Products; Notice of Commission Decision Not To Review an Initial Determination of Violation of Section 337; Schedule for Submissions on Remedy, Public Interest, and Bonding
Document Number: 2010-12102
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-05-20
Agency: International Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined not to review a final initial determination (``final ID'') (Order No. 34) issued by the presiding administrative law judge (``ALJ'') finding a violation of Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``section 337'') in the above-identified investigation.
In the Matter of: Certain DC-DC Controllers and Products Containing Same; Notice of Commission Decision Not To Review the Administrative Law Judge's Initial Determination Granting Complainants' Motion To Amend the Complaint and Notice of Investigation
Document Number: 2010-12101
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-05-20
Agency: International Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined not to review the presiding administrative law judge's initial determination (``ID'') (Order No. 19) granting complainants' motion to amend the complaint and notice of investigation.
Kentucky Disaster #KY-00033
Document Number: 2010-12083
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-05-20
Agency: Small Business Administration, Agencies and Commissions
This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the Commonwealth of Kentucky (FEMA-1912-DR), dated 05/11/2010.
Kentucky Disaster # KY-00032
Document Number: 2010-12082
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-05-20
Agency: Small Business Administration, Agencies and Commissions
This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the Commonwealth of Kentucky (FEMA1912DR), dated 05/ 11/2010.
South Dakota Disaster # SD-00030
Document Number: 2010-12080
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-05-20
Agency: Small Business Administration, Agencies and Commissions
This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of South Dakota (FEMA-1914-DR), dated 05/13/2010.
Notice of Public Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission, Comments Requested
Document Number: 2010-12079
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-05-20
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501 - 3520. 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; (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, and (e) ways to further reduce the information collection burden on small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission, Comments Requested
Document Number: 2010-12078
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-05-20
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden 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, 44 U.S.C. 3501 - 3520. 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; (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, and (e) ways to further reduce the information collection burden on small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
South Dakota Disaster # SD-00031
Document Number: 2010-12077
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-05-20
Agency: Small Business Administration, Agencies and Commissions
This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of South Dakota (FEMA1915DR), dated 05/13/2010.
New Hampshire Disaster # NH-00017
Document Number: 2010-12076
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-05-20
Agency: [disaster Declaration # 12177 and # 12178], Small Business Administration, Agencies and Commissions
This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of New Hampshire (FEMA-1913-DR), dated 05/12/2010.
Alabama Disaster #AL-00032 Declaration of Economic Injury
Document Number: 2010-12074
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-05-20
Agency: Small Business Administration, Agencies and Commissions
This is a notice of an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) declaration for the State of Alabama, dated 05/13/2010.
Mississippi Disaster #MS-00038 Declaration of Economic Injury
Document Number: 2010-12073
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-05-20
Agency: Small Business Administration, Agencies and Commissions
This is a notice of an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) declaration for the State of Mississippi, dated 05/13/2010.
Florida Disaster # FL-00056 Declaration of Economic Injury
Document Number: 2010-12072
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-05-20
Agency: Small Business Administration, Agencies and Commissions
This is a notice of an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) declaration for the State of Florida, dated 05/13/2010.
Ocean Transportation Intermediary License; Rescission of Order of Revocation
Document Number: 2010-12058
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-05-20
Agency: Federal Maritime Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Ocean Transportation Intermediary License; Reissuance
Document Number: 2010-12056
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-05-20
Agency: Federal Maritime Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Ocean Transportation Intermediary License Revocation
Document Number: 2010-12055
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-05-20
Agency: Federal Maritime Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Ocean Transportation Intermediary License Applicants
Document Number: 2010-12052
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-05-20
Agency: Federal Maritime Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Federal Management Regulation (FMR); Notice of GSA Bulletin FMR B-26
Document Number: 2010-12040
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-05-20
Agency: General Services Administration, Agencies and Commissions
This notice announces GSA Bulletin FMR B-26. GSA Bulletin FMR B-26 provides guidance to Federal agencies relative to the accountability and control of Executive agency personal property. This guidance is of a general nature, and intended to steer agencies towards considering controls where reasonable controls may be lacking or non- existent. GSA Bulletin FMR B-26 may be found at https://www.gsa.gov/ bulletin.
Privacy Act of 1974; Notice of new System of Records
Document Number: 2010-12039
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-05-20
Agency: General Services Administration, Agencies and Commissions
GSA proposes to establish a new system of records subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 552a.
Notice of a Computer Matching Program
Document Number: 2010-12038
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-05-20
Agency: General Services Administration, Agencies and Commissions
Pursuant to subsection o(2) of the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a, GSA is providing notice of a proposed computer match. The purpose of this match is to identify individuals who are improperly receiving transit benefits.
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
Document Number: 2010-12025
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-05-20
Agency: Federal Reserve System, Agencies and Commissions
Simplified Proceedings
Document Number: 2010-11739
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2010-05-20
Agency: Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission (the ``Commission'') is an independent adjudicatory agency that provides trials and appellate review of cases arising under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (the ``Mine Act''). Trials are held before the Commission's Administrative Law Judges and appellate review is provided by a five-member Review Commission appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. The Commission is proposing a rule to simplify the procedures for handling certain civil penalty proceedings.
Conditions and Requirements for Testing Component Parts of Consumer Products
Document Number: 2010-11370
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2010-05-20
Agency: Consumer Product Safety Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (``CPSC,'' ``Commission,'' or ``we'') is issuing a notice of proposed rulemaking regarding the conditions and requirements for testing of component parts of consumer products to demonstrate, in whole or in part, compliance of a consumer product with all applicable rules, bans, standards, and regulations: to support a general conformity certificate or a certificate for a children's product pursuant to section 14(a) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA); as part of a reasonable testing program pursuant to section 14(a) of the CPSA; as part of the standards and protocols for continued testing of children's products pursuant to section 14(d)(2) of the CPSA; and/or to meet the requirements of any other rule, ban, standard, guidance, policy, or protocol regarding
Testing and Labeling Pertaining to Product Certification
Document Number: 2010-11365
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2010-05-20
Agency: Consumer Product Safety Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (``CPSC'' or ``Commission'') is issuing a proposed rule that would establish requirements for a reasonable testing program and for compliance and continuing testing for children's products.\1\ The proposal would also
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