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In the Matter of Certain NAND Flash Memory Devices and Products Containing Same; Notice of Determination To Grant the Joint Motion To Terminate the Investigation on the Basis of Settlement
Document Number: E7-7464
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-04-19
Agency: International Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined to grant the joint motion to terminate the above-captioned investigation based on settlement.
National Endowment for the Arts; Arts Advisory Panel
Document Number: E7-7456
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-04-19
Agency: National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities, Agencies and Commissions
Small Business Size Standards: Waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule
Document Number: E7-7454
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-04-19
Agency: Small Business Administration, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is denying the request for a class waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule for Re-Refining Used Petroleum Lubricating Oils (MIL-PRF-2104; Type 10W, Type 15W40, Type 30W and Type 40W), under the NAICS code 324191. The basis for this denial is that SBA has determined that this request is for a product in a specific solicitation, rather than for a class of products within a subdivision within a North American Industry Classification, as is required for class waivers under 13 CFR 121.1202(d).
Petition for Reconsideration of Action in Rulemaking Proceeding
Document Number: E7-7450
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-04-19
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Final Environmental Impact Statement-Nolichucky Reservoir Flood Remediation Project
Document Number: E7-7439
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-04-19
Agency: Tennessee Valley Authority, Agencies and Commissions
This notice is provided in accordance with the Council on Environmental Quality's regulations (40 CFR parts 1500 to 1508) and TVA's procedures implementing the National Environmental Policy Act. TVA has decided to adopt Alternative ANo Action, the preferred alternative identified in its Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), Nolichucky Reservoir Flood Remediation Project. In implementing Alternative A, TVA would continue to provide updated flood level information to local agencies and individuals. This would not preclude TVA working with individual landowners to address problems in the future. TVA would take no other action to address the impacts of flooding of private land and property around Nolichucky Reservoir.
Various Administrative Changes to the USAID Acquisition Regulations (AIDAR)
Document Number: E7-7437
Type: Rule
Date: 2007-04-19
Agency: Agency for International Development, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is amending its Agency for International Development Acquisition Regulation (AIDAR) to: Remove all references to Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) obsolete Executive Service (ES-6) as the contract employee salary threshold and replace with revised terminology; revise the Medical Evacuation (MEDEVAC) Services clause and provisions by deleting the requirement for contractors to purchase MEDEVAC services insurance through a USAID centrally awarded contract; remove clause 752.7016 FAMILY PLANNING AND POPULATION ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES (AUG 1986); and update the title of Office of Procurement (OP) to Office of Acquisition and Assistance (OAA) throughout.
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
Document Number: E7-7436
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-04-19
Agency: Federal Reserve System, Agencies and Commissions
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request for Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection: SF 3112
Document Number: E7-7426
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-04-19
Agency: Office of Personnel Management, Personnel Management Office, Agencies and Commissions
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, May 22, 1995), this notice announces that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for extension of a currently approved information collection. Standard Form 3112, CSRS/FERS Documentation in Support of Disability Retirement Application, collects information from applicants for disability retirement so that OPM can determine whether to approve a disability retirement. The applicant will only complete Standard Forms 3112A and 3112C. Standard Forms 3112B, 3112D and 3112E, will be completed by the immediate supervisor and the employing agency of the applicant. Approximately 12,100 applicants for disability retirement complete this application annually. The SF 3112C requires approximately 60 minutes to complete. A burden of 12,100 hours is estimated for SF 3112C. SF 3112A is used each year by approximately 1,350 persons who are not Federal employees. SF 3112A requires approximately 30 minutes to complete and a burden of 675 hours is estimated for SF 3112A. All 12,100 respondents must use SF 3112C; of the 12,100, only 1,350 of the applicants are not Federal Employees and use SF 3112A. The total annual burden for SF 3112 is 12,775 hours. For copies of this proposal, contact Mary Beth Smith-Toomey on (202) 606-8358, Fax (202) 418-3251 or via E-mail to MaryBeth.Smith- Toomey@opm.gov. Please include a mailing address with your request.
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request For Extension Without Change, of a Currently Approved Collection: SF 3104 and SF 3104B
Document Number: E7-7425
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-04-19
Agency: Office of Personnel Management, Personnel Management Office, Agencies and Commissions
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, May 22, 1995), this notice announces that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for extension without change, of a currently approved collection. SF 3104, Application for Death Benefits-Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS), is used by persons applying for death benefits which may be payable under FERS because of the death of an employee, former employee, or retiree who was covered by FERS at the time of his/her death or separation from Federal Service. SF 3104A, Survivor Supplement (FERS) [attached to the SF 3104] requests information from the survivor which is used by OPM to determine entitlement to a survivor annuity supplement (supplementary annuity). SF 3104B, Documentation and Elections in Support of Application for Death Benefits when Deceased was an Employee at the Time of Death, is used by applicants for death benefits under FERS if the deceased was a Federal employee at the time of death. It is estimated that approximately 9,607 SF 3104s will be processed annually. This form requires approximately 60 minutes to complete. An annual burden of 9,607 hours is estimated. Approximately 3,759 SF 3104Bs are expected to be processed annually. It is estimated that the form requires approximately 60 minutes to complete. An annual burden of 3,759 hours is estimated. The total annual burden is 13,366. For copies of this proposal, contact Mary Beth Smith-Toomey on (202) 606-8358, Fax (202) 418-3251 or via E-mail to MaryBeth.Smith- Toomey@opm.gov. Please include a mailing address with your request.
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Document Number: E7-7421
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-04-19
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-LiMo Foundation
Document Number: C7-1727
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-04-19
Agency: Antitrust Division, Department of Justice, Securities and Exchange Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Sunshine Act Meeting Notice
Document Number: 07-1982
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-04-19
Agency: Election Assistance Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Technical Guidelines Development Committee (the ``Development Committee'') has scheduled a plenary meeting for May 21st and 22nd, 2007. The Development Committee was established in 2004 to act in the public interest to assist the Executive Director of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) in the development of voluntary voting system guidelines. The Development Committee has held eight previous meetings. The proceedings of these plenary sessions are available at https://vote.nist.gov. The purpose of the ninth meeting of the Development Committee will be to review and approve a revised draft of recommendations for future voluntary voting system guidelines to the EAC. The draft recommendations respond to tasks defined in resolutions passed at the previous Development Committee meetings as well as a review of an initial draft of recommendations presented at the March 2007 plenary meeting.
Sunshine Act Meetings of the Board of Directors and Four of the Board's Committees
Document Number: 07-1980
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-04-19
Agency: Legal Services Corporation, Agencies and Commissions
Sunshine Act Meetings
Document Number: 07-1958
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-04-19
Agency: Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Sunshine Act Meetings
Document Number: 07-1957
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-04-19
Agency: Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Sunshine Act Meetings
Document Number: 07-1956
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-04-19
Agency: Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Sunshine Act Meetings
Document Number: 07-1955
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-04-19
Agency: Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request for Reinstatement, With Change of a Previously Approved Information Collection, for Which Approval Has Expired; SF 3106 and SF 3106A
Document Number: 07-1950
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-04-19
Agency: Office of Personnel Management, Personnel Management Office, Agencies and Commissions
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, May 22, 1995), this notice announces that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for reinstatement, with change of a previously approved information collection for which approval has expired. SF 3106, Application for Refund of Retirement Deductions/ Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS), is used by former Federal employees under FERS, to apply for a refund of retirement deductions withheld during Federal employment, plus any interest provided by law. SF 3106A, Current/Former Spouse(s) Notification of Application for Refund of Retirement Deductions Under FERS, is used by refund applicants to notify their current/former spouse(s) that they are applying for a refund of retirement deductions, which is required by law. Approximately 17,000 SF 3106 forms will be processed annually. The SF 3106 takes approximately 30 minutes to complete for a total of 8,500 hours annually. Approximately 13,600 SF 3106A forms will be processed annually. The SF 3106A takes approximately 5 minutes to complete for a total of 1,133 hours. The total annual burden is 9,633 hours. For copies of this proposal, contact Mary Beth Smith-Toomey on (202) 606-8358, FAX (202) 418-3251 or via e-mail to MaryBeth.Smith- Toomey@opm.gov. Please include a mailing address with your request.
Supplemental Standards of Ethical Conduct for FDIC Employees
Document Number: E7-7377
Type: Rule
Date: 2007-04-18
Agency: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Agencies and Commissions
The FDIC is finalizing the proposed rule to amend existing FDIC ethics regulations involving extensions of credit, ownership of stock, and definitions. It implements the Preserving Independence of Financial Institution Examinations Act of 2003, which amended sections 212 and 213 of title 18 of the United States Code. These sections continue generally to impose criminal penalties on examiners' borrowing from banks they have examined, and financial institutions' extending a loan to anyone who examines or has authority to examine that institution. The statutory amendment, however, decriminalizes extensions of credit to examiners for credit cards and for primary residential home loans from institutions that they examine or have authority to examine if these loans are made on the same terms and conditions as are available to other cardholders and borrowers and satisfy other criteria contained in the statute as amended. Additionally, the final rule clarifies and makes minor revisions to definitions and restrictions for FDIC employees' acquisition, ownership, or control of securities of FDIC-insured depository institutions and certain holding companies.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Document Number: E7-7375
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-04-18
Agency: Federal Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The FTC is submitting the information collection requirements described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The FTC is seeking public comments on proposed information requests to food and beverage companies and quick service restaurants. The FTC proposes to issue compulsory process orders to major food and beverage manufacturers, distributors, and marketers and quick service restaurant companies for information concerning, among other things, their marketing activities and expenditures targeted toward children and adolescents.
Preclosure Safety Analysis-Level of Information and Reliability Estimation; Availability of Final Interim Staff Guidance Document
Document Number: E7-7373
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-04-18
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
This document corrects a notice, appearing in the Federal Register on March 22, 2007 (72 FR 13534), that announces the availability of a final interim staff guidance document on ``Preclosure Safety AnalysisLevel of Information and Reliability Estimation.'' This action is necessary to correct typographical errors.
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) Subcommittee Meeting on Thermal-Hydraulic Phenomena; Revised
Document Number: E7-7369
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-04-18
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards; Meeting Notice
Document Number: E7-7368
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-04-18
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Public Federal Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Hearing; Region I Regulatory Fairness Board
Document Number: E7-7363
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-04-18
Agency: Small Business Administration, Agencies and Commissions
Notice of Agreements Filed
Document Number: E7-7356
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-04-18
Agency: Federal Maritime Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Ocean Transportation Intermediary License Applicants
Document Number: E7-7355
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-04-18
Agency: Federal Maritime Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Ocean Transportation Intermediary License Reissuance
Document Number: E7-7354
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-04-18
Agency: Federal Maritime Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Ocean Transportation Intermediary License Revocations
Document Number: E7-7353
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-04-18
Agency: Federal Maritime Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Denali Commission Fiscal Year 2007 Work Plan Request for Comments
Document Number: E7-7344
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-04-18
Agency: Denali Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Denali Commission (Commission) is an independent Federal agency based on an innovative federal-state partnership designed to provide critical utilities, infrastructure and support for economic development and in training in Alaska by delivering federal services in the most cost-effective manner possible. The Commission was created in 1998 with passage of the October 21, 1998 Denali Commission Act (Act) (Title III of Pub. L. 105-277, 42 U.S.C. 3121). The Denali Commission Act requires that the Commission develop proposed work plans for future spending and that the annual Work Plan be published in the Federal Register for a 30 day period, providing an opportunity for public review and comment. This Federal Register notice serves to announce the 30 day opportunity for public comment on the Denali Commission Work Plan for Federal Fiscal Year 2007.
Change in Bank Control Notices, Acquisition of Shares of Bank or Bank Holding Companies; Correction
Document Number: E7-7326
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-04-18
Agency: Federal Reserve System, Agencies and Commissions
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
Document Number: E7-7325
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-04-18
Agency: Federal Reserve System, Agencies and Commissions
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Document Number: E7-7303
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-04-18
Agency: Railroad Retirement Board, Agencies and Commissions
In accordance with the requirement of Section 3506 (c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 which provides opportunity for public comment on new or revised data collections, the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) will publish periodic summaries of proposed data collections. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed information collection is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information has practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the RRB's estimate of the burden of the collection of the information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden related to the collection of information on respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Title and purpose of information collection: Self-Employment and Substantial Service Questionnaire; OMB 3220-0138. Section 2 of the Railroad Retirement Act (RRA) provides for payment of annuities to qualified employees and their spouses. In order to receive an age and service annuity, Section 2(e)(3) states that an applicant must stop all railroad work and give up any rights to return to such work. However, applicants are not required to stop non-railroad work or self- employment. The RRB considers some work claimed as ``self-employment'' to actually be employment for an employer. Whether the RRB classifies a particular activity as self-employment or as work for an employer depends upon the circumstances of each case. These circumstances are prescribed in 20 CFR part 216. Under the 1988 amendments to the RRA, an applicant is no longer required to stop work for a ``Last Pre-Retirement Nonrailroad Employer'' (LPE). However, section 2(f)(6) of the RRA requires that a portion of the employee's Tier II benefit and supplemental annuity be deducted for earnings from a ``LPE'' employer. ``LPE'' is defined as the last person, company or institution with whom the employee or spouse applicant was employed concurrently with, or after, the applicant's last railroad employment and before their annuity beginning date. If a spouse never worked for a railroad, the LPE employer is the last person for whom he or she worked. The RRB currently utilizes Form AA-4, Self-Employment and Substantial Service Questionnaire, when an applicant claims to be self- employed to obtain information needed to determine if the applicant's work is LPE, railroad service or self-employment. If the work is self- employment, the questionnaire identifies any months in which the applicant did not perform substantial service. One response is requested of each respondent. Completion is voluntary. However, failure to complete the form could result in the nonpayment of benefits. The RRB proposes editorial and formatting changes to Form AA-4. Other non-burden impacting changes include dividing current items that currently contain multiple questions into separate items with Yes/No responses and skip patterns. Checklists have also been added to many items to obtain more standardized responses. Currently most items cite the possible options only as examples to prompt the applicant. The completion time for the AA-4 is estimated at between 40 and 70 minutes. The RRB estimates that approximately 600 AA-4's are completed annually. Additional Information or Comments: To request more information or to obtain a copy of the information collection justification, forms, and/or supporting material, please call the RRB Clearance Officer at (312) 751-3363 or send an e-mail request to Charles.Mierzwa@RRB.GOV. Comments regarding the information collection should be addressed to Ronald J. Hodapp, Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092 or send an e-mail to Ronald.Hodapp@RRB.GOV. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this notice.
Notice of Public Information Collections Being Submitted for Review to the Office of Management and Budget
Document Number: E7-7295
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-04-18
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
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 collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), Public Law 104-13. An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a current valid control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the PRA that does not display a valid control number. Comments are requested concerning: (a) Whether the proposed collections of information are 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.
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission, Comments Requested
Document Number: E7-7290
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-04-18
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
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 No. 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.
Radio Broadcasting Services; Kiowa, KS
Document Number: E7-7289
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2007-04-18
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
This document dismisses a pending petition for rulemaking filed by Charles Crawford to allot Channel 233A at Kiowa, Kansas for failure to state a continuing interest in the requested allotment. The document therefore terminates the proceeding.
Radio Broadcasting Services; Annville, Manchester, Mt. Vernon, West Liberty, KY
Document Number: E7-7257
Type: Rule
Date: 2007-04-18
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
This document denies a Petition for Reconsideration filed jointly by Vernon R. Baldwin, Inc., Morgan County Industries, Inc., and Vernon R. Baldwin (``Petitioners'') directed to a letter which returned their Joint Petition for Rule Making (``Joint Petition''). The Joint Petition was defective because the proposed site at Mt. Vernon failed to provide a 70 dBu signal over the entire community due to terrain obstruction. This document finds that it is not in the public interest to allow Petitioners on reconsideration to reinstate and amend their Joint Petition with a new site because a Petition for Rule Making must be technically correct at the time of filing. With this action, the proceeding is terminated.
The Federal Communications Commission's Policies and Practices Under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Document Number: E7-7256
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-04-18
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
In this document, the Commission initiates review of its policies and practices under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504 Handbook). By doing so, the Commission seeks comment on the accessibility of its programs and activities. The Commission's rules mandate that it conduct a review of its current policies and practices in view of advances in relevant technology and achievability every three years.
Exclusive Service Contracts for Provision of Video Services in Multiple Dwelling Units and Other Real Estate Developments
Document Number: E7-7254
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2007-04-18
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
In this document, the Commission takes steps to encourage greater competition in the market for the delivery of multichannel video programming by soliciting comment on the use of exclusive contracts for the provision of video services to multiple dwelling units (``MDUs'') or other real estate developments. The Commission also seeks comment on whether the use of exclusive contracts in the MDU video provider market unreasonably impedes the achievement of the interrelated federal goals of enhanced multichannel video competition and accelerated broadband deployment and, if so, how the Commission should act to address that problem.
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