January 25, 2008 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents
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Exemption From Registration for Certain Firms With Regulation 30.10 Relief
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (``Commission'') is proposing to amend the regulations regarding the registration of certain firms located outside the U.S. that are engaged in commodity interest activities with respect to trading on U.S. designated contract markets (``DCMs'') and U.S. derivative transaction execution facilities (``DTEFs'').\1\ The amended regulation would codify past actions of the Commission's staff permitting certain foreign firms that have confirmed relief from registration as futures commission merchants (``FCMs'') in accordance with the regulations to introduce to registered FCMs certain U.S. customers in connection with trading U.S. DCM and DTEF listed futures and commodity options without having to register as an introducing broker pursuant to section 4d of the Commodity Exchange Act (``Act''). The Commission also is proposing to revoke the regulations regarding quarterly reporting requirements for foreign futures and foreign options transactions.
Maritime Communications
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) furthers its ongoing efforts to ensure that its rules governing the Maritime Radio Services continue to promote maritime safety, maximize effective and efficient use of the spectrum available for maritime communications, accommodate technological innovation, avoid unnecessary regulatory burdens, and maintain consistency with international maritime standards to the extent consistent with the United States public interest. The Commission also seeks in this proceeding to ensure that it regulates the Maritime Radio Services in a manner that advances our nation's homeland security.
General Provisions for Domestic Fisheries; Specifications for Boarding Ladders
NMFS reopens the comment period for proposed regulations to require the operators of certain domestic fishing vessels to provide a U.S. Coast Guard-approved pilot ladder as a safer and more enforceable means for authorized personnel to board.
Medicare Program; Establishing Additional Medicare Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Supplier Enrollment Safeguards
This proposed rule clarifies, expands, and adds to the existing enrollment requirements that Durable Medical Equipment and Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) suppliers must meet to establish and maintain billing privileges in the Medicare program.
Radio Broadcasting Service; Charlo, MT
The Audio Division grants a petition for rulemaking filed by Spanish Peaks Broadcasting, Inc. for a new allotment at Charlo, Montana. Channel 251C3 can be allotted at Charlo, Montana, in compliance with the Commission's technical engineering requirements, at 47-32-20 North Latitude and 114-08-52 West Longitude with a site restriction of 11.3 kilometers (7.0 miles) north of Charlo, Montana.
Radio Broadcasting Services; Wheatland, WY
Appaloosa Broadcasting Company, Inc. (``Petitioner''), the licensee of Station KIMX(FM), Channel 244C2, Laramie, Wyoming, has filed a contingent application to modify the facilities of Station KIMX(FM) from Channel 244C2 to Channel 245A and to change that station's community of license from Laramie, Wyoming, to Nunn, Colorado. This Notice of Proposed Rule Making requests comments on a petition for rule making filed by Petitioner proposing the substitution of Channel 286A for vacant Channel 247A at Wheatland, Wyoming. This channel substitution would accommodate Petitioner's contingent modification application. In addition, to accommodate that application, Petitioner requests that FM Channel 246C1 be involuntarily substituted for Channel 245C1 at Station KCMI(FM), Terrytown, Nebraska. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
Radio Broadcasting Services; Live Oak, FL
The Audio Division, at the request of RTG Radio, LLC, deletes vacant Channel *259A at Live Oak, Florida, from the FM Table of Allotments, and, in its place, allots Channel *261A at Live Oak as the community's first local FM service. Channel *261A can be allotted to Live Oak, Florida, in compliance with the Commission's minimum distance separation requirements with a site restriction of 10.4 km (6.5 miles) south of Live Oak at the following reference coordinates: 30-12-26 North Latitude and 83-01-26 West Longitude.
Radio Broadcasting Services; Cumberland, KY, Glade Spring, Marion, and Weber City, VA
The staff reinstates and grants a rulemaking petition filed by JBL Broadcasting, Inc., seeking the substitution of Channel 274C3 for Channel 274A at Cumberland, Kentucky, the reallotment of Channel 274C3 from Cumberland to Weber City, Virginia, and the associated modification of the license for Station WVEK-FM based upon changed circumstances that have occurred since the release of the Report and Order in this proceeding. Although JBL's rulemaking petition was denied due to short-spacings to two pending and cut-off applications, recent amendments to those applications removed the conflicts and now permit the rulemaking petition to be granted. With this action, the proceeding is terminated. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
State Operating Permit Programs; Ohio; Revisions to the Acid Rain Regulations
EPA is taking direct final action to approve, as a revision to Ohio's operating permits program, revisions to Ohio's Acid Rain Permits and Compliance Rules found in Chapter 3745-103 of the Ohio Administrative Code (OAC). The changes made to Ohio's OAC 3745-103 Rules include rules for phase II acid rain permits and new information on items incorporated by reference. EPA granted full approval of Ohio's operating permits program on August 15, 1995, which became effective on October 1, 1995. On March 23, 2007 Ohio submitted the revised acid rain rules to EPA for approval. This Federal Register notice approves these revised acid rain rules into Ohio's Title V operating permits program.
State Operating Permits Program; Ohio; Revision to the Acid Rain Regulations
EPA proposes to approve into the Ohio operating permits program revisions submitted by the State of Ohio for the purpose of amending the Acid Rain Permits and Compliance portion of the program. The changes made to OAC 3745-103, which comprises the revisions, include rules for phase II acid rain permits and new information on items incorporated by reference.
Electronic Shareholder Forums
We are adopting amendments to the proxy rules under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to facilitate electronic shareholder forums. The amendments clarify that participation in an electronic shareholder forum that could potentially constitute a solicitation subject to the proxy rules is exempt from most of the proxy rules if all of the conditions to the exemption are satisfied. In addition, the amendments state that a shareholder, company, or third party acting on behalf of a shareholder or company that establishes, maintains or operates an electronic shareholder forum will not be liable under the federal securities laws for any statement or information provided by another person participating in the forum. Therefore, the amendments remove legal ambiguity that might deter shareholders and companies from energetically pursuing this mode of communication.
Anchorage Regulation; San Francisco Bay, CA
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary anchorage area, designated Anchorage 8A, adjacent to existing Anchorage 8 that can be activated by Coast Guard Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) when the number of vessels requesting to anchor in Anchorages 8 and 9 exceeds the capacity of these two anchorages. Anchorage 8A may also be utilized during any emergency situation. This rule defines its use and location, and establishes procedures for activating the anchorage area and notifying the maritime public.
Drawbridge Operation Regulations; Elizabeth River-Eastern Branch, at Norfolk, VA
The Commander, Fifth Coast Guard District, has approved a temporary deviation from the regulations governing the operation of the Norfolk Southern Railroad Bridge, at mile 2.7, across the Elizabeth RiverEastern Branch at Norfolk, VA. This deviation allows the drawbridge to remain closed-to-navigation beginning at 7 a.m. on Monday, February 4, 2008 until and including 6 p.m. on Saturday, March 8, 2008, to facilitate rehabilitation of the operating machinery of the swing span.
Airworthiness Directives; Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. Model PC-12, PC-12/45, and PC-12/47 Airplanes
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above. This proposed AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) originated by an aviation authority of another country to identify and correct an unsafe condition on an aviation product. This proposed AD would require inserting changes into the airworthiness limitations of the FAA- approved maintenance program. The proposed AD would require actions that are intended to address the unsafe condition described in the MCAI.
Drawbridge Operation Regulations; Potomac River, Between Maryland and Virginia
The Commander, Fifth Coast Guard District, has approved a temporary deviation from the regulations governing the operation of the new Woodrow Wilson Memorial (I-95) Bridge, mile 103.8, across Potomac River between Alexandria, Virginia and Oxon Hill, Maryland. This deviation will allow the contractor to complete commissioning and final testing for the new Woodrow Wilson Bridge construction project. This deviation allows the new drawbridge to remain closed-to-navigation each day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. beginning on January 26, 2008 until and including March 1, 2008.
Special Local Regulations; Recurring Marine Events in the Seventh Coast Guard District
The Coast Guard is creating special local regulations to regulate recurring marine events in the Seventh Coast Guard District. These regulations will apply to all permitted events listed on the table attached to the regulation, and include events such as regattas, parades, and fireworks displays. These regulations are being created to reduce the Coast Guard's administrative workload and expedite public notification of events.
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pollock in Statistical Area 610 in the Gulf of Alaska
NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 610 in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the A season allowance of the 2008 total allowable catch (TAC) of pollock for Statistical Area 610 in the GOA.
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pollock in Statistical Area 630 in the Gulf of Alaska
NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 630 in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the A season allowance of the 2008 total allowable catch (TAC) of pollock for Statistical Area 630 in the GOA.
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Atka Mackerel in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area
NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Atka mackerel in the Eastern Aleutian District and the Bering Sea subarea of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI) for vessels participating in the BSAI trawl limited access fishery. This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2008 A season total allowable catch (TAC) of Atka mackerel in these areas for vessels participating in the BSAI trawl limited access fishery. NMFS is also announcing the opening and closing dates of the first and second directed fisheries within the harvest limit area (HLA) in Statistical Areas 542 and 543. These actions are necessary to conduct directed fishing for Atka mackerel in the HLA in areas 542 and 543.
Establishment of Class E Airspace; Muncy, PA
The Federal Aviation Administration published in the Federal Register of October 30, 2007, (72 FR 61291-61293), a document establishing Class E airspace, at Muncy, PA. This action corrects the description of the airspace and confirms the effective date of the direct final rule that establishes Class E airspace supporting an Instrument Approach Procedure serving the Muncy Valley Hospital.
Amendment of Class E Airspace; Philipsburg, PA
This action confirms the effective date of a direct final rule that amends a Class E airspace area to support Area Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning System (GPS) Special Instrument Approach Procedures (IAPs) that serve the Philipsburg Area Hospital, Philipsburg, PA.
Establishment of Class E Airspace; Tappahannock, VA
This action confirms the effective date of a direct final rule that establishes a Class E airspace area to support Area Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) that serve Tappahannock-Essex County Airport, Tappahannock, VA.
Amendment to Class E Airspace; Du Bois, PA
This action confirms the effective date of a direct final rule that amends a Class E airspace area to support Area Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning System (GPS) Special Instrument Approach Procedures (IAPs) that serve the Du Bois Regional Medical Center, Du Bois, PA.
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