Agencies and Commissions March 2007 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The NRC is denying a petition for rulemaking (PRM) submitted by Mr. Eric Epstein on October 19, 2005. The petition, docketed as PRM- 50-81, requests that NRC codify criteria in the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) \1\ 1986 Guidance Memorandum (GM) EV-2, ``Protective Actions for School Children,'' into NRC's emergency planning regulations. The petitioner believes that this action is necessary to provide preplanned emergency evacuation capabilities for children in Pennsylvania. The NRC is denying PRM-50-81 because it does not provide significant new information that was not previously considered in denying an earlier petition, PRM-50-79, submitted by Mr. Lawrence T. Christian, which requested that the Commission amend its emergency planning regulations to ensure that all day care centers and nursery schools in the vicinity of nuclear power facilities are properly protected in the event of a radiological emergency.

This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (FEMA-1684-DR), dated 02/23/2007. Incident: Severe Storms and Flooding. Incident Period: 11/16/2006 through 11/17/2006. Effective Date: 02/23/2007. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 04/24/2007.

Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a currently approved information collection requirement for the Architect-Engineer Qualifications form (SF 330). A request for public comments was published in the Federal Register at 71 FR 67341, on November 21, 2006. No comments were received. The clearance currently expires on March 31, 2007. Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of functions of the FAR, and whether it will have practical utility; whether our estimate of the public burden of this collection of information is accurate, and based on valid assumptions and methodology; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways in which we can minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, through the use of appropriate technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology.

The Commission has delegated authority to share information with certain law enforcement agencies in Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Mexico, Costa Rica, and Spain to the Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection. The Commission has also delegated to the Director of International Affairs authority to execute confidentiality agreements with certain foreign agencies, as a condition of their being granted access to nonpublic databases. These delegations include authority previously delegated to the Associate Director for International Consumer Protection.

This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of Oregon (FEMA-1683- DR), dated 02/22/2007. Incident: Severe Winter Storm and Flooding. Incident Period: 12/14/2006 through 12/15/2006. Effective Date: 02/22/2007. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 04/23/2007.

This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of Oklahoma (FEMA-1678-DR), dated 02/01/2007. Incident: Severe Winter Storms. Incident Period: 01/12/2007 through 01/26/2007. Effective Date: 02/21/2007. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 04/02/2007.