Agencies and Commissions June 14, 2006 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Federal Communications Commission, on its own motion, clarifies certain aspects of the Implementation of the Commercial Spectrum Enhancement Act and Modernization of the Commission's Competitive Bidding Rules and Procedures. Among other things, the Commission clarifies that the expansion of the unjust enrichment payment schedule to ten years applies only to licenses granted on or after April 25, 2006. This ensures that retroactive penalties are not imposed on pre-existing designated entities.

The Commission hereby gives notice that it will proceed with full reviews pursuant to section 751(c)(5) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1675(c)(5)) to determine whether revocation of the antidumping duty orders on stainless steel bar from Brazil, India, Japan, and Spain would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time. A schedule for the reviews will be established and announced at a later date. For further information concerning the conduct of these reviews and rules of general application, consult the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, part 201, subparts A through E (19 CFR part 201), and part 207, subparts A, D, E, and F (19 CFR part 207).

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announces a meeting of the Science Subcommittees of the NASA Advisory Council (NAC). These Subcommittees report to the Science Committee of the NAC. The meeting will be held for the purpose of soliciting from the scientific community and other persons scientific and technical information relevant to program planning.

Pursuant to the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, and the President's Council on Environmental Quality Regulations (40 CFR parts 1500-1508), as implemented by General Services Administration (GSA) Order PBS P 1095.4D, GSA announces its Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed consolidation of the two existing NIOSH facilities, the Robert A. Taft Laboratory and the Alice Hamilton Laboratory buildings, into a single consolidated facility at a new location in Ohio.

This is a notice of an Administrative declaration of a disaster for the State of Indiana dated June 8, 2006. Incident: Tornadoes and Severe Storms. Incident Period: May 25, 2006. Effective Date: June 8, 2006. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: August 7, 2006. Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date: March 8, 2007.

The Federal Trade Commission (``FTC'' or ``Commission'') has completed its regulatory review of the Rule concerning Deceptive Advertising as to Sizes of Viewable Pictures Shown by Television Receiving Sets (``Rule'' or ``Picture Tube Rule''), as part of the Commission's systematic review of all current Commission regulations and guides, and has determined to retain the Rule in its current form.

This document grants a petition filed by Capstar TX Limited Partnership, licensee of Station WRDU(FM), Channel 291C0, Wilson, North Carolina, requesting the reallotment of Channel 291C0 from Wilson to Knightdale, as its first local service, and modification of the Station WRDU(FM) license to reflect the change. Channel 291C0 can be reallotted to Knightdale, using reference coordinates 35-47-50 NL and 78-22-15 WL, which requires a site restriction of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) east of the community to avoid short-spacings to the license sites of Station WFJA(FM), Channel 288A, Sanford, North Carolina and Station WMNA-FM, Channel 292A, Gretna, Virginia.

This document announces that the application filing window is rescheduled for the LPTV and TV Translator Digital Companion Channel Auction No. 85. This notice also provides the specific procedures for the filing of short-form applications and associated technical data for Auction No. 85.

This document denies a pending petition for rule making filed by Aurora Media, LLC., to reallot Channel 233C from Caliente, Nevada to Moapa, Nevada, and to modify the construction permit authorization to reflect the change of community. The proposed change of community was denied because it would not result in a preferential arrangement of allotments.

One June 9, 2006, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued an exposure draft of proposed revisions to Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS) (also known as the Yellow Book) (GAO-06- 729g). To help ensure that the standards continue to meet the needs of the audit community and the public it serves, the Comptroller General of the United States appointed the Advisory Council on Government Auditing Standards to review the standards and recommend necessary changes. The Advisory Council includes experts in financial and performance auditing drawn from all levels of government, private enterprise, public accounting, and academia. This exposure draft of the standards includes the Advisory Council's suggestions for proposed changes. We are currently requesting public comments on the proposed revisions in the exposure draft. The proposed 2006 revision to GAGAS will be the fifth revision since the standards were first issued in 1972. The 206 Yellow Book exposure draft seeks to emphasize the critical role of high quality government audits in achieving credibility and accountability in government. the overall focus of the proposed 2006 revised standards includes an increased emphasis on audit quality and ethics and an extensive update of the performance audit standards to include a specified level of assurance with the context of risk and materiality. In addition, this proposed revision modernizes GAGAS, with updates to reflect major developments in the accountability and audit environment. Clarifications have also been made throughout the standards.

This document denies a Petition for Reconsideration filed by The Curators of the University of Missouri directed at a staff letter action in this proceeding, which dismissed the Petition for Rulemaking requesting the reservation of vacant FM Channel 252C2 at Columbia, Missouri for noncommercial educational use. With this action, the proceeding is terminated.