Agencies and Commissions March 8, 2006 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The NRC is preparing a submittal to OMB for review of continued approval of information collections under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). Information pertaining to the requirement to be submitted: 1. The title of the information collection: 10 CFR part 62 ``Criteria and Procedures for Emergency Access to Non-Federal and Regional Low-Level Waste Disposal Facilities.'' 2. Current OMB approval number: 3150-0158. 3. How often the collection is required: The collection would only be required upon application for an exemption or when access to a non- Federal low-level waste disposal facility is denied, which results in a public health and safety and/or common defense and security concern. 4. Who is required or asked to report: Generators of low-level waste who are denied access to a non-Federal low-level waste facility. 5. The estimated number of annual respondents: 2 (No exemptions or requests for emergency access has been recorded to date). 6. The number of hours needed annually to complete the requirement or request: 233. 7. Abstract: 10 CFR part 62 sets out the information which must be provided to the NRC by any low-level waste generator seeking emergency access to an operating low-level waste disposal facility. The information is required to allow NRC to determine if denial of disposal constitutes a serious and immediate threat to public health and safety or common defense and security. 10 CFR part 62 also provides that the Commission may grant an exemption from the requirements in this Part upon application of an interested person or upon its own initiative. Submit, by May 8, 2006 comments that address the following questions: 1. Is the proposed collection of information necessary for the NRC to properly perform its functions? Does the information have practical utility? 2. Is the burden estimate accurate? 3. Is there a way to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected? 4. How can the burden of the information collection be minimized, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology? A copy of the draft supporting statement may be viewed free of charge at the NRC Public Document Room, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Room O-1 F21, Rockville, MD 20852. OMB clearance requests are available at the NRC worldwide Web site: https:// www.nrc.gov/public-involve/doc-comment/omb/. The document will be available on the NRC home page site for 60 days after the signature date of this notice. Comments and questions about the information collection requirements may be directed to the NRC Clearance Officer, Brenda Jo. Shelton, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, T-5 F53, Washington, DC 20555-0001, by telephone at 301-415-7233, or by Internet electronic mail to INFOCOLLECTS@NRC.GOV.

The FTC is soliciting public comments on proposed information requests to beverage alcohol manufacturers. These comments will be considered before the FTC submits a request for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520, of compulsory process orders to alcohol advertisers for information concerning, inter alia, compliance with voluntary advertising placement provisions, sales and marketing expenditures, and the status of third-party review of complaints regarding compliance with voluntary advertising codes.

This gives notice of OPM decisions granting authority to make appointments under Schedules A, B, and C in the excepted service as required by 5 CFR 6.6 and 213.103.

The National Science Foundation gives notice of the availability of a draft Environmental Assessment for proposed activities in the Arctic Ocean. The Office of Polar Programs (OPP) has prepared an Environmental Assessment of a marine geophysical survey by the Coast Guard cutter Healy in the western Canada Basin, Chukchi Borderland and Mendeleev Ridge, Arctic Ocean, during JulyAugust, 2006. Given the United States Arctic Program's mission to support polar research, the proposed action is expected to result in substantial benefits to science. The draft Environmental Assessment is available for public review for a 30-day period.

The Export-Import Bank, as a part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal Agencies to comment on the proposed information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Our customers will be able to submit this form on paper or electronically. The form has been updated in the following ways; The format has been changed in order to standardize its outline with those used for medium-term insurance and guarantees and exporter short-term single sale insurance. Information requested in order for the applicant to obtain special insurance coverages has been taken out of the body of the application and put in appendixes. Information about the end-user and agent is now requested. Legal certification have been updated. The application also more explicitly states the financial information that is required to be submitted with the application.

The staff denied a petition for reconsideration filed by H. David Hedrick of a Report and Order this proceeding, which had denied Hedrick's rulemaking petition and granted a mutually exclusive allotment of Channel *245A at Reynolds, Georgia, reserved for noncommercial educational use. The staff determined that the reconsideration petition did not demonstrate any errors of fact or law and that Hedrick's rulemaking petition was properly rejected because he filed late comments. See 66 FR 5956 (February 8, 2002).

The Federal Communications Commission published in the Federal Register, of February 23, 2006, a document which allotted Channel 278A at Roma, Texas, as that community's second local FM service. See 71 FR 9267. The document designation number was inadvertently listed in the headings section as DA 06-265. This document corrects the document designation number from DA 06-265 to DA 06-262.

In this document, the Commission seeks comment on a petition for clarification filed by Communication Service for the Deaf (CSD) requesting the Commission to clarify that the providers of American Sign Language (ASL)-to-Spanish Video Relay Service (VRS) are not required to offer the service 24 hours a day and 7 days a week to be eligible for compensation from the Interstate Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) Fund (Fund).