Agencies and Commissions March 15, 2006 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This is a notice of an Administrative declaration of a disaster for the State of Florida dated 03/09/2006. Incident: Severe Storms and Flooding Incident Period: 02/03/2006. Effective Date: 03/09/2006. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 05/08/2006. Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date: 12/11/2006.

This document requests comments on a Petition for Rule Making filed by MissAla RF requesting the allotment of Channel 280A at Flora, Mississippi, as that community's second local aural transmission service. Channel 280A can be allotted with a site restriction of 6.1 kilometers (3.8 miles) southwest of Flora at reference coordinates 32- 29-46 NL and 90-20-36 WL.

The Audio Division, at the request of Charles Crawford, the proponent of a petition for rule making to allot Channel 290A at Stringtown, Oklahoma, 70 FR 17,381, dismisses the petition for rule making and terminates the proceeding.

The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection(s), as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Public Law 104-13. An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act that does not display a valid control number. Comments are requested concerning (a) whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Commission, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology.

This notice informs the public of the interest rates and assumptions to be used under certain Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation regulations. These rates and assumptions are published elsewhere (or can be derived from rates published elsewhere), but are collected and published in this notice for the convenience of the public. Interest rates are also published on the PBGC's Web site (https://www.pbgc.gov).

The Federal Housing Finance Board (Finance Board) is proposing to add to its regulations provisions that would limit the amount of excess stock that a Federal Home Loan Bank (Bank) can have outstanding and that would prescribe a minimum amount of retained earnings for each Bank. The proposed amendments also would prohibit a Bank from selling excess stock to its members or paying stock dividends, and restrict a Bank's ability to pay dividends when its retained earnings are below the prescribed minimum.

On March 9, 2006, the Chairman of CITA received a petition from Encajes, S.A. Colombia, alleging that certain polyester and nylon yarns, classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) in subheadings 5402.31.6000, 5402.62.000, and 5605.00.1000, cannot be supplied by the domestic industry in commercial quantities in a timely manner. The petition requests that apparel articles containing lace fabrics of such yarns be eligible for preferential treatment under the ATPDEA. CITA hereby solicits public comments on this request, in particular with regard to whether such yarns can be supplied by the domestic industry in commercial quantities in a timely manner. Comments must be submitted by March 30, 2006 to the Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements, Room 3001, United States Department of Commerce, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW. Washington, DC 20230.

On March 6, 2006 the Chairman of CITA received a petition from Shibani Inwear alleging that a certain combed and ring spun yarn, of a 92 percent cotton/ 8 percent cashmere blend, comprised of 2/32 Nm resulting in a 16 Nm yarn size, classified in subheading 5205.42.00.20 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS), cannot be supplied by the domestic industry in commercial quantities in a timely manner. The petition requests that men's knit sweaters made of such yarn be eligible for preferential treatment under the AGOA. CITA hereby solicits public comments on this request, in particular with regard to whether such yarn can be supplied by the domestic industry in commercial quantities in a timely manner. Comments must be submitted by March 30, 2006 to the Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements, Room 3001, United States Department of Commerce, 14th and Constitution Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20230.

The Audio Division, at the request of Dana J. Puopolo, allots Channel 266A at Coupeville, Washington, as the community's first local service. See 69 FR 46474. In addition, the Audio Division allots Channel 237A at Sequim, Washington as an alternate channel to a counterproposal filed by Plan 9 Broadcasting for Channel 266A at Sequim. See Public Notice, Report No. 2683, RM-11117*. Channel 266A can be allotted to Coupeville in compliance with the Commission's minimum distance separation requirements at 48-18-00 North Latitude and 122-42- 00 West Longitude with a site restriction of 9.5 (5.9 miles) north of Coupeville. Channel 237A can be allotted to Sequim in compliance with the Commission's minimum distance separation requirements at 48-07-12 North Latitude and 123-04-20 West Longitude with a site restriction of 4.9 (3.1 miles) northeast of Sequim. Canadian concurrence has been obtained for Channel 266A at Coupeville and 237A at Sequim. A filing window for these channels will not be opened at this time. Instead, the issue of opening a filing window for these channels will be addressed by the Commission in a subsequent order.

The Audio Division, at the request of Cook County Broadcasting of Minnesota, allots Channel 274C at Grand Portage, Minnesota, as the community's third local FM service. The Canadian government has concurred in a specially-negotiated, short-spaced allotment limited to 50W ERP and 100 meters HAAT to protect Channel 274A1 in Thunder Bay, Ontario. With those limitations, Channel 274C can be allotted to Grand Portage, Minnesota, in compliance with the Commission's minimum distance separation requirements at city reference coordinates without site restriction. The coordinates for Channel 274C at Grand Portage, Minnesota, are 47-57-50 North Latitude and 89-41-05 West Longitude.

This document grants a petition filed by Tama Radio Licenses of Jacksonville, FL, Inc., licensee of Station WJSJ(FM), Channel 287A, Fernandina Beach, Florida, requesting the reallotment of Channel 287A from Fernandina Beach to Yulee, Florida, as its first local service and modification of the Station WJSJ(FM) license accordingly. See 70 FR 48360. Channel 287A can be allotted to Yulee in conformity with the Commission's rules, provided there is a site restriction of 10.6 kilometers (6.6 miles) southeast of the community, using reference coordinates 30-34-00 NL and 81-31-30 WL. To accommodate the reallotment, this document granted the relocation of transmitter site for co-owned Station WSJF(FM), Channel 288C3, St. Augustine Beach, Florida to reference coordinates 29-46-53 NL and 81-15-25 WL. This site requires a site restriction of 7.0 kilometers (4.3 miles) south of the community.

This final rule adopts a new marking requirement for Bound Printed Matter (BPM) machinable parcels consisting of multiple pieces secured with transparent shrinkwrap. The new marking will enable our automated equipment to recognize that these BPM machinable parcels are intended for a single address. Under the new standards, mailers must use a firm optional endorsement line or apply a pressure-sensitive firm Label F. The new standards do not apply to BPM flats or irregular parcels.

This document contains corrections to the final regulations, which were published in the Federal Register on Friday, December 10, 2004, (69 FR 72020). The Commission published final rules in the Report and Order, that renamed the Instructional Television Fixed Service (ITFS) as the Educational Broadband Service (EBS) and renames the Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service (MMDS) and the Multipoint Distribution Service (MDS) as the Broadband Radio Service (BRS). This document corrects the final regulations by revising Section 1.1307.

This document denies a petition filed by Linda A. Davidson, proposing the allotment of Channel 266A at New Harmony, Indiana, as that community's first local service. See 69 FR 54760, published September 10, 2004. This document also grants a counterproposal filed by West Salem Broadcasting by allotting Channel 266A at West Salem, Illinois, as its first local service. Channel 266A can be allotted to West Salem with a site restriction of 9.7 kilometers (6.0 miles) south of the community, using coordinates 38-25-54 NL and 88-01-17 WL.

The Federal Trade Commission (``the Commission'') has completed its regulatory review of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule (``the COPPA Rule'' or ``the Rule''), which implements the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998. The Rule regulates how Web site operators and others may collect, use, and distribute personal information from children online. The Commission requested comment on the costs and benefits of the Rule and whether it should be retained without change, modified, or eliminated. The Commission also requested comment on the Rule's effect on: information practices relating to children; children's ability to obtain online access to information of their choice; and the availability of Web sites directed to children. Pursuant to this review, the Commission concludes that the Rule continues to be valuable to children, their parents, and Web site operators, and has determined to retain the Rule in its current form. This document discusses the comments received in response to the Commission's request for public comment and announces the Commission's decision to retain the Rule without modification.

In this Order, the Federal Communications Commission grants petitions for delegated authority to implement mandatory thousands- block number pooling filed by the Public Service Commission of West Virginia, the Nebraska Public Service Commission, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, the Michigan Public Service Commission, and the Missouri Public Service Commission. We find that the petitioners have demonstrated the special circumstances necessary to justify delegation of authority to require thousands-block number pooling. In granting these petitions, the Commission permits these states to optimize numbering resources and further extend the life of the numbering plan areas (``NPAs'') in question.