Agencies and Commissions September 2006 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) has submitted the following proposal(s) for the collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget for review and approval.

The NCUA intends to submit the following information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). This information collection is published to obtain comments from the public.

The staff reinstates and conditionally grants a petition for rulemaking to reallot and change the community of license for Station WTLX(FM) from Channel 263A at Columbus, Wisconsin, to Channel 263A at Monona, Wisconsin. To prevent the removal of the sole local service at Columbus, Station WTLX(FM) may not commence operations at Monona until Station WTTN(AM) commences operations at Columbus as a ``backfill'' station. With this action, the proceeding is terminated. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

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: ``General Licensee Registration,'' NRC Form 664. 2. Current OMB approval number: 3150-0198. 3. How often the collection is required: Annually. 4. Who is required or asked to report: General Licensees of the NRC who possess devices subject to registration under 10 CFR 31.5. 5. The estimated number of annual respondents: 1,000. 6. The number of hours needed annually to complete the requirement or request: 333 hours annually (1,000 respondents x 20 minutes per form). 7. Abstract: NRC Form 664 is used by NRC general licensees to make reports regarding certain generally licensed devices subject to registration. The registration program allows NRC to better track general licensees, so that they can be contacted or inspected as necessary, and to make sure that generally licensed devices can be identified even if lost or damaged, and to further ensure that general licensees are aware of and understand the requirements for the possession of devices containing byproduct material. Greater awareness helps to ensure that general licensees will comply with the requirements for proper handling and disposal of generally licensed devices and would reduce the potential for incidents that could result in unnecessary radiation exposure to the public and contamination of property. Submit, by November 20, 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 F52, Washington, DC 20555-0001, by telephone at 301-415-7233, or by Internet electronic mail to INFOCOLLECTS@NRC.GOV.

The Federal Election Commission (``Commission'') is amending its rules specifying the amount authorized committees of candidates may contribute to authorized committees of other candidates. The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005, amended the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended (``the Act''), by increasing this amount from $1,000 to $2,000. These final rules implement this increase. Further information is provided in the supplementary information that follows.

The Commission denied an application for review filed by the licensee of Stations KSSE(FM), Arcadia, CA, and KSSD(FM), Fallbrook, CA, of a Report and Order in this proceeding, which had denied its rulemaking petition to upgrade the class of Station KSSE(FM) from Channel 296A to Channel 296B1. The Commission determined that the rulemaking proposal could not be implemented because the licensee of Station KDGL(FM), Yucca Valley, CA, had withdrawn its consent to a downgrade in channel class and a site relocation, which is necessary to effectuate the upgrade. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

The Audio Division has dismissed the request of Dana J. Puopolo (``Puopolo'') to allot Channel 264A at Cumberland Head, New York. Puopolo filed a petition for rulemaking proposing the allotment of Channel 264A at Cumberland Head, as the community's first local FM transmission service. The proposal was dismissed for inability to provide useable service to the community due to destructive interference from Canadian Station CBF-FM.

The Audio Division allots Channel 277A at Oak Harbor, Washington, as the community's second local service at city reference coordinates 48-17-36 NL and 122-38-31 WL. This is an alternate channel to a petition for rule making (RM-10980) filed by Dana J. Puopolo which proposed Channel 289A at Oak Harbor. In addition, the Audio Division allots Channel *233A for noncommercial educational use at Oak Harbor, Washington at city reference coordinates 48-17-36 NL and 122-38-31. This is an alternate channel to a counterproposal (RM-11328*) filed by Bible Broadcasting Network, Inc. for Channel *289A at Oak Harbor. Lastly, the Audio Division allots Channel 289A at Sedro-Woolley, Washington at city reference coordinates 48-30-14 NL and 122-14-10 WL in response to a counterproposal (RM-11329*) filed by Jodesha Broadcasting, Inc. 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 Corporation for National and Community Service (hereinafter the ``Corporation''), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program helps to ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format, reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized, collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of collection requirement on respondents can be properly assessed. Currently, the Corporation is soliciting comments concerning the Senior Corps Accomplishments Surveys (reference OMB Control Number 3045-0049), the current clearance for which will expire on April 30, 2007. This request for renewal reflects the Corporation's intent to conduct Accomplishment Surveys for its three Senior Corps programs: The Foster Grandparent Program, the Senior Companion Program, and the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP). Copies of the information collection requests can be obtained by contacting the office listed in the addresses section of this notice.

The Executive Director, Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (Agency) is adopting as final, the Agency's proposed rule amending the Thrift Savings Plan's (TSP's) regulations to improve processing of court orders that seek to divide a TSP account pursuant to a divorce. The final rule limits the types of court orders the Agency will accept to either one that requires payment of a specific dollar amount or that requires payment of a stated percentage or fraction of the account. The Agency will no longer accept formula court orders.

This document commences a hearing proceeding by directing Commercial Radio Service, Inc. and Timothy M. Doty to show cause in an adjudicatory hearing before an administrative law judge why their respective authorizations in the wireless services should not be revoked on issues relating to their basic qualifications to be and remain Commission licensees. The hearing will be held at a time and place to be specified in a subsequent order.

The Audio Division, at the request of Middle Georgia Communications, Inc., substitutes Channel 249C2 for Channel 249C3 at Eatonton, reallots Channel 249C2 from Eatonton to Lexington, Georgia, and modifies Station WMGZ (FM)'s license accordingly. Channel 249C2 can be reallotted to Lexington in compliance with the Commission's minimum distance separation requirements with a site restriction of 31.1 kilometers (19.3 miles) east to avoid a short-spacing to the licensed site of Station WSRV (FM), Channel 246C, Gainesville, Georgia. The reference coordinates for Channel 249C2 at Lexington are 33-51-00 North Latitude and 82-46-38 West Longitude.

This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of Arizona (FEMA- 1660-DR), dated 09/07/2006. Incident: Severe Storms and Flooding. Incident Period: 07/25/2006 through 08/04/2006. Effective Date: 09/07/2006. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 11/06/2006.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Small Business Administration's intentions to request approval on a new and/or currently approved information collection.

Notice is hereby given that the National Science Foundation (NSF) has received a waste management permit application for operation of remote field camps during dual helicopter flights from Punta Arenas, Chile to South Pole and return. The application is submitted to NSF pursuant to regulations issued under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978.