Agencies and Commissions November 2011 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) will be meeting at the time and location listed above. The BBG will receive and consider recommendations from the BBG's Governance Committee regarding the BBG meeting schedule for year 2012. The BBG will receive reports from: the International Broadcasting Bureau Director including the BBG's Performance Accountability Report and global audience estimate, the Voice of America Director, the Office of Cuba Broadcasting Director, and the Presidents of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia, and the Middle East Broadcasting Networks. The meeting is open to public observation via streamed webcast, both live and on-demand, on the BBG's public Web site at https://www.bbg.gov.

Pursuant to section 8(c)(2) and section 12(r)(3) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (Act) (45 U.S.C. 358(c)(2) and 45 U.S.C. 362(r)(3), respectively), the Board gives notice of the following: 1. The balance to the credit of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance (RUI) Account, as of June 30, 2011, is $66,198,068.70; 2. The September 30, 2011, balance of any new loans to the RUI Account, including accrued interest, is zero; 3. The system compensation base is $3,597,631,820.16 as of June 30, 2011; 4. The cumulative system unallocated charge balance is ($335,379,239.56) as of June 30, 2011; 5. The pooled credit ratio for calendar year 2012 is zero; 6. The pooled charged ratio for calendar year 2012 is zero; 7. The surcharge rate for calendar year 2012 is 1.5 percent; 8. The monthly compensation base under section 1(i) of the Act is $1,365 for months in calendar year 2012; 9. The amount described in sections 1(k) and 3 of the Act as ``2.5 times the monthly compensation base'' is $3,412.50 for base year (calendar year) 2012; 10. The amount described in section 4(a-2)(i)(A) of the Act as ``2.5 times the monthly compensation base'' is $3,412.50 with respect to disqualifications ending in calendar year 2012; 11. The amount described in section 2(c) of the Act as ``an amount that bears the same ratio to $775 as the monthly compensation base for that year as computed under section 1(i) of this Act bears to $600'' is $1,763 for months in calendar year 2012; 12. The maximum daily benefit rate under section 2(a)(3) of the Act is $66 with respect to days of unemployment and days of sickness in registration periods beginning after June 30, 2012.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) is proposing to amend its spent fuel storage cask regulations by revising the NAC International, Inc. (NAC) MAGNASTOR[supreg] System listing within the ``List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks'' to include Amendment No. 2 to Certificate of Compliance (CoC) Number 1031. Amendment No. 2 will revise: Technical Specification (TS) 3.3.2 to reduce the transportable storage canister removable surface contamination limits; TS 4.1.1 to add various boron-10 areal densities for use with Pressurized Water Reactor and Boiling Water Reactor baskets and to replace the fuel tube orthogonal pitch with the minimum fuel tube outer diagonal dimension; Table 2.1-2, ``ASME Code Alternatives for MAGNASTOR[supreg] components,'' of the Final Safety Analysis Report to correct the code reference; and Appendices A and B of the TSs to make editorial corrections.

Notice is hereby given that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (Corporation) has been appointed the sole receiver for the following financial institutions effective as of the Date Closed as indicated in the listing. This list (as updated from time to time in the Federal Register) may be relied upon as ``of record'' notice that the Corporation has been appointed receiver for purposes of the statement of policy published in the July 2, 1992 issue of the Federal Register (57 FR 29491). For further information concerning the identification of any institutions which have been placed in liquidation, please visit the Corporation Web site at https:// www.fdic.gov/bank/individual/failed/banklist.html or contact the Manager of Receivership Oversight in the appropriate service center.

The Committee is proposing to add products and service to the Procurement List that will be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.

As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), the Federal Communications Commission invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection(s). 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 burden for small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees. The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that does not display a valid OMB control number.

Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on September 22, 2011, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of S3 Graphics Co., Ltd. of British West Indies and S3 Graphics, Inc. of Fremont, California. An amended complaint was filed on October 14, 2011. The amended complaint alleges violations of section 337 based upon the importation into the United States, the sale for importation, and the sale within the United States after importation of certain electronic devices with graphics data processing systems, components thereof, and associated software by reason of infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 5,945,997 (``the `997 patent''); U.S. Patent No. 5,581,279 (``the `279 patent''); U.S. Patent No. 6,353,440 (``the `440 patent''); and U.S. Patent No. 5,977,960 (``the `960 patent''). The amended complaint further alleges that an industry in the United States exists as required by subsection (a)(2) of section 337. The complainants request that the Commission institute an investigation and, after the investigation, issue an exclusion order and a cease and desist order.

This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Pennsylvania (FEMA-4025-DR), dated 09/ 12/2011 . Incident: Hurricane Irene. Incident Period: 08/26/2011 through 08/30/2011.

This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of Maryland (FEMA-4038-DR), dated 10/05/2011 . Incident: Remnants of Tropical Storm Lee. Incident Period: 09/06/2011 through 09/09/2011.

This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of Maryland (FEMA-4038-DR), dated 10/05/2011. Incident: Remnants of Tropical Storm Lee. Incident Period: 09/06/2011 through 09/09/2011.

The Federal Election Commission (``Commission'' or ``FEC''), with the concurrence of the Office of Government Ethics (``OGE''), is revising the Commission's ``Standards of Conduct,'' which are the FEC rules that govern the conduct of Commissioners and Commission employees. The new rules update the Commission's regulations to reflect statutory changes enacted after the Standards of Conduct were originally promulgated in 1986, and to conform them to regulations issued by OGE and the Office of Personnel Management (``OPM''). In addition to the revisions to the FEC's Standards of Conduct, the Commission, with OGE's concurrence, is issuing regulations that supplement the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch issued by OGE. These supplemental regulations address outside employment of Commissioners and Commission employees. The new rules are unchanged from the rules presented in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) has received 15 petitions for rulemaking (PRMs), each dated August 10, August 11, or August 12, 2011, from the multiple petitioners listed in Section I, Procedural Processing, of this document. The petitioners request that the NRC rescind its regulations that allow generic conclusions about the environmental impacts of severe reactor and spent fuel pool accidents and its regulations that preclude considerations of those issues in individual licensing proceedings. The petitioners also request the NRC to suspend multiple ongoing licensing proceedings while the NRC considers these petitions and the environmental issues raised in the Fukushima Task Force Report. The NRC is not instituting a public comment period for these PRMs at this time.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is requesting comments on NUREG-0498, ``Final Environmental Statement, Supplement 2, Related to the Operation of Watts Bar Nuclear Plant [WBN], Unit 2 Draft Report for Comment'' (draft SFES). The NRC will hold a public meeting on the draft SFES on December 8, 2011.

This document informs the public that an appeal of the closing of the Amoret, Missouri post office has been filed. It identifies preliminary steps and provides a procedural schedule. Publication of this document will allow the Postal Service, petitioners, and others to take appropriate action.

Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has received a complaint entitled In Re Certain Devices with Secure Communication Capabilities, Components Thereof, and Products Containing the Same, DN 2854; the Commission is soliciting comments on any public interest issues raised by the complaint.