Release of Exposure Draft of Technical Bulletin 2009-1: Deferral of the Effective Date of Technical Bulletin 2006-1, Recognition and Measurement of Asbestos-Related Cleanup Costs, 28047-28048 [E9-13803]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 112 / Friday, June 12, 2009 / Notices require that telecommunications relay service (TRS) providers submitting minutes for payment from the Interstate TRS Fund must measure the conversation time of each call to the nearest second, and when the time for such calls is expressed in decimal form, the TRS provider must round the time to the nearest tenth of a minute. DATES: Effective June 12, 2009. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Chandler, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Disability Rights Office at (202) 418–1475 (Voice), (202) 418–0597 (TTY), or e-mail at Thomas.Chandler@fcc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission’s document DA 09–211, released February 10, 2009, addressing the proper accounting practice to be followed in rounding conversation minutes when seeking compensation for TRS service. Specifically, the Notice states that TRS providers must comply with standard rounding principles in measuring the conversation time of TRS calls. The full text of document DA 09– 211 and copies of any subsequently filed documents in this matter will be available for public inspection and copying during regular business hours at the FCC Reference Information Center, Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW., Room CY–A257, Washington, DC 20554. Document DA 09–211 and copies of subsequently filed documents in this matter may also be purchased from the Commission’s duplicating contractor at Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW., Room CY–B402, Washington, DC 20554. Customers may contact the Commission’s duplicating contractor at its Web site https://www.bcpiweb.com or by calling 1–800–378–3160. To request materials in accessible formats for people with disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format), send an e-mail to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418–0530 (voice), (202) 418–0432 (TTY). Document DA 09–211 can also be downloaded in Word or Portable Document Format (PDF) at: https://www.fcc.gov/cgb/dro. Synopsis It has come to the Commission’s attention that certain telecommunications relay service (TRS) providers may be improperly ‘‘rounding’’ up conversation minutes that are submitted to the Interstate TRS Fund (Fund) each month for payment. Providers submitting minutes for payment from the Fund must measure the conversation time of each call to the nearest second, and when the time for VerDate Nov<24>2008 18:56 Jun 11, 2009 Jkt 217001 such calls is expressed in decimal form, the relay provider must round the time to the nearest tenth of a minute, as set forth below. Specifically, when recording the actual conversation time of each completed call, the decimal representation of the seconds should extend to the tenth of a minute; providers may round up only in those circumstances where the number in the hundredth place is 5 or greater. If the number in the hundredth place is not 5 or greater, then the number in the tenth place remains the same. For example, if the actual conversation time is 34 minutes and 46 seconds, the decimal expression to the hundredth place is 34.76. Because the number in the hundredth place (6) is 5 or greater, the number in the tenth place (7) may be rounded up to 8. Therefore, the actual conversation time, rounded to the nearest one-tenth of a minute and used to calculate total monthly conversation minutes, is 34.8 minutes. A contrasting example, where rounding up is not appropriate, is a situation where the actual conversation time is 34 minutes and 32 seconds. For such a call, the decimal expression to the hundredth place is 34.53. Because the number in the hundredth place (3) is less than 5, the number in the tenth place (5) remains the same and the actual conversation time used to calculate total monthly conversation minutes is 34.5 minutes. In determining total monthly conversation minutes reported to NECA, the total conversation minutes of all eligible calls (each measured to the tenth of a minute, as described above) are added together. That total is then rounded to the nearest whole number (full minute) under the same principle set forth above. For instance, if the total number of conversation minutes for all calls in a particular month is 123,456.8, that figure would be rounded up to 123,457. Similarly, if the figure was 123,456.4, the figure would be rounded down to 123,456. For the past several years, NECA has provided TRS providers with instructions for reporting minutes. Interstate Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) Fund Instructions for Reporting Minutes Monthly (August 2004) (Reporting Instructions). In the instructions, National Exchange Carrier Association (NECA), the Fund Administrator, advises that the actual conversation time of each completed call, in minutes/seconds or minutes/ tenths, should be recorded during the month, and at the end of the month, the provider should total the minutes/ seconds or minutes/tenths for each type PO 00000 Frm 00053 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 28047 of call by center and round to the nearest whole number. The Reporting Instructions provide examples of how these rounding principles apply in determining total monthly minutes, stating that: (1) A monthly total of 180,095 minutes and 41 seconds, or 180,095.68 minutes, would be rounded up to 180,096; and (2) a monthly total of 2,437 minutes and 15 seconds, or 2,437.25 minutes, would be rounded down to 2,437. The examples set forth herein are consistent with these instructions and standard rounding principles. Therefore, unless and until directed otherwise, TRS providers should follow the guidelines provided in NECA’s Reporting Instructions and in this document. Federal Communications Commission. Suzanne M. Tetreault, Acting Deputy Chief, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau. [FR Doc. E9–13718 Filed 6–11–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6712–01–P FEDERAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS ADVISORY BOARD Release of Exposure Draft of Technical Bulletin 2009–1: Deferral of the Effective Date of Technical Bulletin 2006–1, Recognition and Measurement of Asbestos-Related Cleanup Costs AGENCY: Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board. ACTION: Notice of Release of Exposure Draft of Technical Bulletin 2009–1, Deferral of the Effective Date of Technical Bulletin 2006–1, Recognition and Measurement of Asbestos-Related Cleanup Costs. Board Action: Pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3511(d), the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463), as amended, and the FASAB Rules of Procedure, as amended in April 2004, notice is hereby given that the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB) has released the Exposure Draft of Technical Bulletin 2009–1, Deferral of the Effective Date of Technical Bulletin 2006–1, Recognition and Measurement of Asbestos-Related Cleanup Costs. The purpose of this proposed technical bulletin is to defer the effective date of Technical Bulletin 2006–1, Recognition and Measurement of Asbestos-Related Cleanup Costs, for two years. The Technical Bulletin 2009–1 Exposure Draft is available on the FASAB home page https:// www.fasab.gov/exposure.html. Copies E:\FR\FM\12JNN1.SGM 12JNN1 28048 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 112 / Friday, June 12, 2009 / Notices can be obtained by contacting FASAB at (202) 512–7350. Respondents are encouraged to comment on any part of the exposure draft. Written comments are requested by July 17, 2009, and should be sent to: Wendy M. Payne, Executive Director, Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board, 441 G Street, NW., Suite 6814, Mail Stop 6K17V, Washington, DC 20548. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wendy Payne, Executive Director, 441 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 20548, or call (202) 512–7350. Authority: Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92–463. Dated: June 8, 2009. Charles Jackson, Federal Register Liaison Officer. [FR Doc. E9–13803 Filed 6–11–09; 8:45 am] In the Federal Register Notice of June 3, 2009, in FR Doc. E9–12951, on page 26700, in the third column, under the heading ‘‘CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM’’ remove ‘‘DHA’’ and add ‘‘DHS’’ in its place. Dated: June 8, 2009. Kim Mott, Privacy Act Officer. [FR Doc. E9–13830 Filed 6–11–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6820–34–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request BILLING CODE 1610–01–M GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION Privacy Act of 1974; Notice of Updated Systems of Records; Correction AGENCY: General Services Administration. ACTION: Correction. SUMMARY: GSA is issuing a correction to the notice GSA/GOVT–4 Contracted Travel Services Program. The document contained an incorrect acronym. GSA reviewed its Privacy Act systems to ensure that they are relevant, necessary, accurate, up-to-date, covered by the appropriate legal or regulatory authority, and compliant with OMB M– 07–16. DATES: Effective June 12, 2009. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Call or e-mail the GSA Privacy Act Officer: telephone 202–208–1317; e-mail gsa.privacyact@gsa.gov. ADDRESSES: GSA Privacy Act Officer (CIB), General Services Administration, 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405. Correction: Periodically, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) will publish a summary of information collection requests under OMB review, in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these documents, call the SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer on (240) 276–1243. Project: Projects for Assistance in Transition From Homelessness (PATH) Program Annual Report (OMB No. 0930–0205)—Revision The Center for Mental Health Services awards grants each fiscal year to each of the States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands from allotments authorized under the PATH program established by Public Law 101–645, 42 U.S.C. 290cc–21 et seq., the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1990 (section 521 et seq. of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act). Section 522 of the PHS Act requires that the grantee States and Territories must expend their payments under the Act solely for making grants to political subdivisions of the State, Number of respondents Respondents States ............................................................................................................... Local provider agencies ................................................................................... Totals ........................................................................................................ Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed information collection should be sent by July 13, 2009 to: SAMHSA VerDate Nov<24>2008 17:53 Jun 11, 2009 Jkt 217001 56 480 536 Desk Officer, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC PO 00000 Frm 00054 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 and to non-profit private entities (including community-based veterans’ organizations and other community organizations) for the purpose of providing services specified in the Act. Available funding is allotted in accordance with the formula provision of section 524 of the PHS Act. This submission is for a revision of the current approval of the annual grantee reporting requirements. Section 528 of the PHS Act specifies that not later than January 31 of each fiscal year, a funded entity will prepare and submit a report in such form and containing such information as is determined necessary for securing a record and description of the purposes for which amounts received under section 521 were expended during the preceding fiscal year and of the recipients of such amounts and determining whether such amounts were expended in accordance with statutory provisions. The proposed changes to the PATH Annual Report Survey are as follows: • Reporting on all persons served with PATH Federal and matching State funds. Additional Optional Questions: Table C • The number of Enrolled consumers placed into housing (Transitional, Supportive, or Permanent). • The number of Enrolled consumers who were assisted with successfully obtaining income benefits (SSI, SSDI, VA, etc.). • The number of Enrolled consumers who were assisted with successfully obtaining or increasing their earned income (employment). • The number of Enrolled consumers who were assisted with successfully obtaining medical insurance or coverage plans (Medicaid, Medicare, and/or State/local plans). • The number of Enrolled consumers who were assisted with successfully obtaining primary medical care. The estimated annual burden for these reporting requirements is summarized in the table below. Responses per respondent Burden per response (hrs.) 1 1 ........................ 26 31 ........................ Total burden 1,456 14,880 16,336 20503; due to potential delays in OMB’s receipt and processing of mail sent through the U.S. Postal Service, E:\FR\FM\12JNN1.SGM 12JNN1

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[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 112 (Friday, June 12, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28047-28048]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-13803]


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FEDERAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS ADVISORY BOARD


Release of Exposure Draft of Technical Bulletin 2009-1: Deferral 
of the Effective Date of Technical Bulletin 2006-1, Recognition and 
Measurement of Asbestos-Related Cleanup Costs

AGENCY: Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board.

ACTION: Notice of Release of Exposure Draft of Technical Bulletin 2009-
1, Deferral of the Effective Date of Technical Bulletin 2006-1, 
Recognition and Measurement of Asbestos-Related Cleanup Costs.

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    Board Action: Pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3511(d), the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), as amended, and the FASAB Rules of 
Procedure, as amended in April 2004, notice is hereby given that the 
Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB) has released the 
Exposure Draft of Technical Bulletin 2009-1, Deferral of the Effective 
Date of Technical Bulletin 2006-1, Recognition and Measurement of 
Asbestos-Related Cleanup Costs.
    The purpose of this proposed technical bulletin is to defer the 
effective date of Technical Bulletin 2006-1, Recognition and 
Measurement of Asbestos-Related Cleanup Costs, for two years.
    The Technical Bulletin 2009-1 Exposure Draft is available on the 
FASAB home page https://www.fasab.gov/exposure.html. Copies

[[Page 28048]]

can be obtained by contacting FASAB at (202) 512-7350.
    Respondents are encouraged to comment on any part of the exposure 
draft. Written comments are requested by July 17, 2009, and should be 
sent to: Wendy M. Payne, Executive Director, Federal Accounting 
Standards Advisory Board, 441 G Street, NW., Suite 6814, Mail Stop 
6K17V, Washington, DC 20548.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wendy Payne, Executive Director, 441 G 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20548, or call (202) 512-7350.

    Authority:  Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463.

    Dated: June 8, 2009.
Charles Jackson,
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-13803 Filed 6-11-09; 8:45 am]
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