March 19, 2012 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Commission will consider a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking exploring whether to retain, sunset, or relax the exclusive contract prohibition of the program access rules and whether to revise the program access rules to better address alleged violations. 2 MEDIA.................................. Title: Creation of a Low Power Radio Service (MM Docket No. 99-25) and Amendment of Service and Eligibility Rules for FM Broadcast Translator Stations (MB Docket No. 07-172, RM- 11338) Summary: The Commission will consider a Fourth Report and Order and Third Order on Reconsideration to implement a market-specific FM translator processing scheme, adopt application caps to prevent trafficking, and modify policies to expand opportunities to rebroadcast AM stations on FM translators. 3 MEDIA.................................. Title: Creation of a Low Power Radio Service (MM Docket No. 99-25) Summary: The Commission will consider a Fifth Report and Order, Fourth Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Fourth Order on Reconsideration regarding proposals to implement the Local Community Radio Act and to strengthen the LPFM service, including second adjacent channel waiver procedures, interference remediation requirements, and modification of eligibility, ownership, and selection standards. 4 Wireless Tele-Communications........... Title: Promoting Interoperability in the 700 MHz Commercial Spectrum and Interoperability of Mobile User Equipment Across Paired Commercial Spectrum Blocks in the 700 MHz Band (RM-11592) Summary: The Commission will consider a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking concerning the potential for harmful interference to Lower 700 MHz B and C Block operations if the Lower 700 MHz Band were interoperable and whether, if such interference exists, it can be reasonably mitigated. The NPRM also seeks comment on the best course of action should the Commission determine that interoperability would cause limited or no harmful interference to Lower 700 MHz B and C Block licensees, or that such interference can be reasonably mitigated. 5 Wireless Tele-Communications And Title: Service Rules for Advanced Wireless Services in the International. 2000-2020 MHz and 2180-2200 MHz Bands; Fixed and Mobile Services in the Mobile Satellite Service Bands at 1525- 1559 MHz and 1626.5-1660.5 MHz,1610-1626.5 MHz and 2483.5- 2500 MHz 2000-2020 MHz and 2180-2200 MHz (ET Docket No. 10- 142) and Service Rules for Advanced Wireless Services in the 1915-1920 MHz, 1995-2000 MHz, 2020-2025 MHz and 2175- 2180 MHz Bands (WT Docket No. 04-356) Summary: The Commission will consider a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Notice of Inquiry proposing service, technical, assignment, and licensing rules for flexible terrestrial use of spectrum currently assigned to the Mobile Satellite Service (MSS) in the 2 GHz band. And an alternative band plan involving additional spectrum at 1695-1710 MHz that the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has proposed to reallocate from Federal to commercial use.

This notice sets forth the procedures the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (``CITA'' or ``the Committee'') will follow in considering requests from the public for textile and apparel safeguard actions as provided for in the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (``the Act''). The President has directed CITA to establish procedures that govern the submission of a request and provide the opportunity for interested entities to submit comments and supporting evidence in any such determination pursuant to the Act. CITA hereby gives notice to interested entities of the procedure CITA will follow in considering such requests and solicits public written comments on these interim procedures. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, this notice further provides an estimate of the burden to the public to collect and submit information as for requesting such safeguard measures, for making its determinations under Section 332(a) of the Act, and for providing relief under Section 332(b) of the Act.

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 Single Family Premium Collection Subsystem-Periodic (SFPCS-P) allows the lenders to remit the Periodic Mortgage Insurance Premiums using funds obtained from the mortgagor during the collection of the monthly mortgage payment. The SFPCS-P strengthens HUD's ability to manage and process periodic single-family mortgage insurance premium collections and corrections to submitted data. It also improves data integrity for the Single Family Mortgage Insurance Program. Therefore, the FHA approved lenders use Automated Clearing House (ACH) application for all transmissions with SFPCS-P. The authority for this collection of information is specified in 24 CFR 203.264 and 24 CFR 203.269. In general, the lenders use the ACH application to remit the periodic premium payments through SFPCS-P for the required FHA insured cases and to comply with the Credit Reform Act.

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 1998 Public Housing Reform Act allowed the Mixed-Finance development of public housing units. This meant that Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) could create public housing projects using public housing grant or capital funds and non-HUD sources of funds, subject to HUD's approval. This Information Collection pertains to the information that HUD collects to perform due diligence in order to approve the mixed-finance development of public housing prior to a financial closing and the start of construction or rehabilitation activities. Applicants describe ownership, the type, size, and number of units, construction schedule, construction and permanent financing, property management, how public housing operating subsidy will be provided to the project and other operation plans. New developments may be made up of a variety of housing types: rental, homeownership, private, subsidized, and public housing. These new communities are built for residents with a wide range of incomes, and are designed to fit into the surrounding community.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Tribal Government Relations (OTGR) will host a Tribal Consultation on the following VA programs: Native American Direct Loan Program, Tribal Cemetery Grants, and local implementation of the 2010 VA/Indian Health Service (IHS) Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces that the Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board will conduct a meeting on matters pertaining to management and protection of wild, free-roaming horses and burros on the Nation's public lands.

This rule proposes a catch limit, commercial quota, and trip limit for the spiny dogfish fishery for the 2012 fishing year. The proposed action was developed by the Mid-Atlantic and New England Fishery Management Councils pursuant to the fishery specification requirements of the Spiny Dogfish Fishery Management Plan. The proposed management measures are supported by the best available scientific information and reflect recent increases in spiny dogfish biomass. The proposed action is expected to result in positive economic impacts for the spiny dogfish fishery while maintaining the conservation objectives of the Spiny Dogfish Fishery Management Plan.

This notice announces listening sessions designed to gain input from employers, labor organizations, State workforce agencies, and relevant program experts on the implementation of provisions of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 related to Short Time Compensation (STC) and Self Employment Assistance (SEA) programs. Specifically the Department of Labor (Department) is interested in hearing from stakeholders on the following issues: Model State legislation to support implementation of the two programs; Guidance and technical assistance to States; and Reporting requirements. Times and Dates: The listening sessions for the STC and SEA programs are as follows:

The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) sponsored information collection request (ICR) titled, ``Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 Technical Release 91-1,'' to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval for continued use in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will hold a public meeting on Thursday, April 19, 2012, from 6:30-9:30 p.m. at Roxbury Community College, Main Stage, 1234 Columbus Avenue, Boston, MA 02120. The purpose of the meeting is to solicit public comments regarding the Draft Supplementary Risk Assessment for the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories. Comments provided during the meeting, as well as those received during the public comment period, will be considered in NIH's preparation of the Final Supplementary Risk Assessment for the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories. Individuals wishing to provide oral comments at the meeting must sign- in prior to the start of the meeting. Sign-in will begin at 5:30 p.m. In order to ensure everyone has the opportunity to speak, comments must be limited to no longer than three minutes. An agenda, slides for the meeting, and the draft supplementary risk assessment will be available at: https://nihblueribbonpanel-bumc-neidl.od.nih.gov/meetings.asp. This public meeting is part of the 67-day public comment period initiated with the publication of a Notice of Availability in the Federal Register on February 24, 2012. The 67-day comment period began on February 24, 2012 and will end on May 1, 2012. Written comments can also be sent to: National Institutes of Health, ATTN: NEIDL Risk Assessment, 6705 Rockledge Drive, Suite 750, Bethesda, MD 20892, or emailed to NIH_BRP@od.nih.gov. For further information concerning this meeting, please contact Office of Biotechnology Activities, National Institutes of Health, 6705 Rockledge Drive, Suite 750, Bethesda, MD 20892; telephone: 301-496- 9838; email: BRP_NIH@od.nih.gov. Requests for reasonable accommodations or translation services should be made to BRP_ NIH@od.nih.gov no later than April 12, 2012.

The EPA is announcing an extension of the public comment period for the proposed rule titled ``Proposed Confidentiality Determinations for the Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems Source Category, and Amendments to Table A-7, of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule''.

EPA is granting Ohio final authorization of the changes to its hazardous waste program under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The agency published a proposed rule on September 14, 2011 at 76 FR 56708 and provided for public comment. The public comment period ended on October 14, 2011. We received no comments. No further opportunity for comment will be provided. EPA has determined that these changes satisfy all requirements needed to qualify for final authorization. We now make a final decision to authorize Ohio's changes through this final action.

On October 17, 2011, EPA sent the Philadelphia Department of Public Health's Air Management Services (AMS) a letter acknowledging that AMS's delegation of authority to implement and enforce National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) had been updated, as provided for under a previously approved delegation mechanism. EPA sent this letter in response to an AMS request for the update. To inform regulated facilities and the public of AMS's updated delegation of authority to implement and enforce NESHAP, EPA is making available a copy of EPA's letter to AMS through this notice.

Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), the United States Department of Justice (``Department'') proposes to modify the system of records entitled, ``Freedom of Information Act, Privacy Act, and Mandatory Declassification Review Requests and Administrative Appeals for the Department of Justice (DOJ-004),'' 66 FR 29994 (June 4, 2001), and rename it ``Freedom of Information Act, Privacy Act, and Mandatory Declassification Review Records (DOJ-004).'' In addition to the name change, modifications to the notice include updates to and additions of several routine uses to reflect new uses, as well as to conform with Department-wide model routine use language; additions of the Security Classification and Disclosure to Consumer Reporting Agencies sections; additions throughout the notice of references to the system's inclusion of records related to requests for the Office of Information Policy to serve as Ombudsman in disputes between federal agencies and individuals who submit requests under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA); updates to the Record Access Procedures section to reflect the Office of Privacy and Civil Liberties' role in addressing Privacy Act amendment appeals; and minor modifications throughout the notice to reflect the name change of the Office of Information and Privacy to the Office of Information Policy, and removal of the reference to the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), as INS is no longer within the Department of Justice.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers published a document in the Federal Register of February 21, 2012, concerning the reissuance of nationwide permits. This document contains corrections to that final notice.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect approval of an original new animal drug application (NADA) filed by Pegasus Laboratories, Inc. The NADA provides for the veterinary prescription use of phenylpropanolamine hydrochloride chewable tablets for the control of urinary incontinence due to urethral sphincter hypotonus in dogs.

When a shipper files a formal complaint that a railroad's rate is too high, the Surface Transportation Board (Board) must determine whether the challenged rate is reasonable. To present its case using the Board's procedures for small cases, the complaining shipper needs to obtain from the Board confidential information that the Board collects regarding the rates that the defendant railroad charges other shippers for similar shipments. Pursuant to the notice of proposed rulemaking published in the Federal Register on October 27, 2010, the Board is formalizing its rules with respect to the Three-Benchmark methodology for adjudicating simplified rate case complaints, making the most recent four years of this confidential information available to parties and permitting the parties to use any combination of the four years of confidential information when presenting their cases.

This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Portsmouth. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this meeting be announced in the Federal Register.