December 2, 2008 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the IRS is soliciting comments concerning an existing proposed regulations, REG-105847-05, Income Attributable to Domestic Production Activities.

This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the U.S. Virgin Islands (FEMA- 1807-DR), dated 10/29/2008. Incident: Hurricane Omar. Incident Period: 10/14/2008 through 10/16/2008. Effective Date: 10/29/2008. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 12/29/2008. Economic Injury (Eidl) Loan Application Deadline Date: 07/29/2009.

The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public that a meeting of the Federal Aviation Administration Air Traffic Procedures Advisory Committee (ATPAC) will be held to review present air traffic control procedures and practices for standardization, revision, clarification, and upgrading of terminology and procedures.

FMCSA announces a public meeting of the Agency's MRB. The MRB public meeting will provide the public an opportunity to observe and participate in MRB deliberations about FMCSA's medical standards, in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA).

In response to a petition filed by Indiana Rail Road Company (INRD) on October 7, 2008, the Board is instituting a declaratory order proceeding under 49 U.S.C. 721 and 5 U.S.C. 554(e). The Board seeks to determine whether a track INRD proposes to construct from its east-west main line at Dugger, IN, to a new coal operation south of that main line will be a spur track exempt from Board approval under 49 U.S.C. 10906 or a line of railroad subject to the Board's jurisdiction and requiring Board approval under 49 U.S.C. 10901. The Board seeks public comment on this matter.

The FDIC is adopting a final rule to implement the assessment dividend requirements in the Federal Deposit Insurance Reform Act of 2005 (the Reform Act) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Reform Conforming Amendments Act of 2005 (the Amendments Act). The final rule will take effect on January 1, 2009. It is the follow-up to the temporary final rule on assessment dividends that the FDIC issued in October 2006, which expires on December 31, 2008.

This document supersedes AD 2008-18-52 and publishes in the Federal Register an amendment adopting Emergency Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2008-22-53 which was sent previously to all known U.S. owners and operators of MD Helicopters, Inc. (MDHI) Model MD900 helicopters by individual letters. This AD requires turning ON both Vertical Stabilizer Control System (VSCS) switches and turning OFF the autopilot (AP/SAS) switch; pulling certain AP/SAS circuit breakers; installing a placard near the AP/SAS master switch; installing an airspeed limitation placard on the instrument panel; and making changes to the Rotorcraft Flight Manual (RFM). This AD is prompted by 4 occurrences in which the left VSCS adapter tubes failed on the MD900 helicopters and the vertical stabilizer became uncontrollable, resulting in reduced yaw control of the helicopter. There were no injuries, but in one occurrence, due to the high speed quick yaw, the helicopter lost a window and a door. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent loss of yaw control and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter.

The proposed information collection requirement described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal. The UC/New York Towns qualification/requalification process obtains information yearly to establish the participating population used to calculate the final grant CDBG allocations for all CDBG allocations for all CDBG grantees for the next fiscal year.

We are revising an existing airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to certain Boeing Model 777-200LR and -300ER series airplanes. That AD currently requires revising the airplane flight manual to prohibit takeoffs at less than full-rated thrust. This new AD reduces the applicability of the existing AD. This AD results from a report of two occurrences of engine thrust rollback during takeoff. We are issuing this AD to prevent dual-engine thrust rollback during the takeoff phase of flight, which could result in the airplane failing to lift off before reaching the end of the runway or failing to clear obstacles below the takeoff flight path.

NCUA is adopting a final rule implementing four modifications to its Chartering and Field of Membership Manual to update and clarify the process of approving credit union service to ``underserved areas.'' First, the rule clarifies the procedure for establishing that an ``underserved area'' qualifies as a local community. Second, it makes explicit the process for applying the economic distress criteria that determine whether an area combining multiple geographic units is sufficiently ``distressed'' to qualify as ``underserved.'' Third, it updates the documentation and clarifies the scope requirements for demonstrating that a proposed area has ``significant unmet needs'' for loans and financial services. Finally, the rule utilizes data provided by NCUA on the location of depository institution facilities to determine whether an area is ``underserved by other depository institutions'' according to the presence of their facilities within the area.