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

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Purchase, Sale, and Pledge of Eligible Obligations
Document Number: E7-12378
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2007-06-27
Agency: National Credit Union Administration, Agencies and Commissions
NCUA proposes to amend its rule governing the purchase, sale, and pledge of eligible obligations, as a result of recommendations from its annual regulatory review process, by adding a conflict of interest provision substantially similar to the conflict of interest provision in NCUA's general lending rule. This addition is intended to help ensure that a federal credit union's (FCU) decisions regarding the purchase, sale, and pledge of eligible obligations are made with the FCU's best interests in mind.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request and Comment Request
Document Number: E7-12357
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-06-27
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
Sunshine Act Meeting
Document Number: E7-12341
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-06-27
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Definition of a Significant Deficiency
Document Number: E7-12300
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2007-06-27
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission, Agencies and Commissions
We are requesting additional comment on the definition of the term ``significant deficiency.'' Because this term is used in the Commission's rules implementing Section 302 and Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, we believe that a definition of this term should also be in the Commission's rules, in addition to being in the auditing standards.
Commission Guidance Regarding Management's Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting Under Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Document Number: E7-12299
Type: Rule
Date: 2007-06-27
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The SEC is publishing this interpretive release to provide guidance for management regarding its evaluation and assessment of internal control over financial reporting. The guidance sets forth an approach by which management can conduct a top-down, risk-based evaluation of internal control over financial reporting. An evaluation that complies with this interpretive guidance is one way to satisfy the evaluation requirements of Rules 13a-15(c) and 15d-15(c) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Amendments to Rules Regarding Management's Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Document Number: E7-12298
Type: Rule
Date: 2007-06-27
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission, Agencies and Commissions
We are adopting an amendment to our rules to clarify that an evaluation which complies with the Commission's interpretive guidance published in this issue of the Federal Register in Release No. 34-55929 is one way to satisfy the requirement for management to evaluate the effectiveness of the issuer's internal control over financial reporting. We are also amending our rules to define the term material weakness and to revise the requirements regarding the auditor's attestation report on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting. The amendments are intended to facilitate more effective and efficient evaluations of internal control over financial reporting by management and auditors.
Extension of Time Period for Quarterly Reporting of Bank Officers' and Certain Employees' Personal Securities Transactions
Document Number: E7-12239
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2007-06-27
Agency: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Agencies and Commissions
The FDIC proposes to amend its rule concerning the period of time that officers and all employees of state nonmember banks who make or participate in investment decisions for the accounts of customers (``certain employees'') have to report their personal securities transactions after the end of the calendar quarter. The revision would extend the time period from 10-business days to 30-calendar days after the end of the calendar quarter for bank officers and certain employees to report personal securities transactions to the bank. This revision reflects certain developments in Federal securities regulations.
Editorial Amendments
Document Number: E7-12162
Type: Rule
Date: 2007-06-27
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) makes certain minor editorial amendments to its rules to correct errors or omissions of publication, eliminate duplicative language, or conform the rules with other rule sections in effort to provide clear and concise rules that are easy for the public to understand.
Radio Broadcasting Services; Hemet, CA
Document Number: E7-12151
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2007-06-27
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
This document requests comments on a petition for rulemaking filed by Southern California Public Radio, requesting the reservation of vacant Channel 273A at Hemet, California for noncommercial educational use. The reference coordinates are 33-44-44 NL and 116-59- 18 WL. The document also requests specific comment on whether a rulemaking proponent may use actual terrain pursuant to Section 73.313 of the Commission's Rules to calculate first and second NCE service benefits in connection with NCE allotment reservation requests.
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission, Comments Requested
Document Number: E7-12111
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-06-27
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, Pub. L. 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.
Electronic Verification System (eVS) for Parcel Select Mailings
Document Number: E7-10391
Type: Rule
Date: 2007-06-27
Agency: Postal Service, Agencies and Commissions
This final rule delays the date set for the required use of electronic data and automated processes of the Electronic Verification System (eVS) for permit imprint Parcel Select[reg] manifest mailings, which currently are paper-driven and rely on manual processes for handling verification and postage reconciliations. The delay in required use also extends to Standard Mail[reg] machinable parcels and parcels from other Package Services subclasses (Bound Printed Matter, Library Mail, or Media Mail[reg]) that are authorized to be commingled with permit imprint Parcel Select parcels. Parcel mailers and shippers may continue to use eVS as an option if they meet the required business standards and technical specifications in the Domestic Mail Manual.
Radio Broadcasting Services; Hemet, CA
Document Number: 07-3167
Type: Rule
Date: 2007-06-27
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
This document grants a Petition for Reconsideration filed by Southern California Public Radio in response to the staff letter dated March 18, 2004, returning its Petition for Rule Making, which requested the reservation of FM Channel 273A at Hemet, California for noncommercial educational use. This document also denies a Petition for Reconsideration filed by Maranatha Ministries of Hemet directed to the staff letter dated March 18, 2004, returning its Petition for Rule Making, requesting the reservation of vacant FM Channel 273A at Hemet, California for noncommercial educational use.
Sunshine Act Meeting; Notification of Items Added to Meeting Agenda
Document Number: 07-3156
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-06-27
Agency: Postal Service Board of Governors, Postal Service, Agencies and Commissions
Economic Impact Policy
Document Number: E7-12358
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-06-26
Agency: Export-Import Bank, Agencies and Commissions
Final Regulatory Guide: Issuance, Availability
Document Number: E7-12346
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-06-26
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Institute of Museum and Library Services; Notice: Proposed Collection, Submission for OMB Review, State Library Agencies Survey
Document Number: E7-12334
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-06-26
Agency: National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities, National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities, Agencies and Commissions
The Institute of Museum and Library Services announces the following information collection has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). 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 requirements on respondents can be properly assessed. A copy of the proposed information collection request can be obtained by contacting the individual listed below in the addresses section of this notice.
Public Federal Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Hearing; Region II Regulatory Fairness Board
Document Number: E7-12326
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-06-26
Agency: Small Business Administration, Agencies and Commissions
South Carolina State Board of Dentistry; Analysis of Agreement Containing Consent Order to Aid Public Comment
Document Number: E7-12323
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-06-26
Agency: Federal Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The consent agreement in this matter settles alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices or unfair methods of competition. The attached Analysis to Aid Public Comment describes both the allegations in the complaint and the terms of the consent orderembodied in the consent agreementthat would settle these allegations.
Privacy Act of 1974, as Amended; Revisions to Existing Systems of Records
Document Number: E7-12318
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-06-26
Agency: International Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. International Trade Commission (``Commission'') previously published notices describing the systems of records it maintains pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974. The Commission is issuing notice of its intent to revise the existing systems of records entitled ``Personnel Security Investigative Files,'' ``Library Circulation Records,'' ``Administrative Protective Order Breach and Related Records,'' and ``Emergency Notification Records.'' The Commission issues this notice to satisfy the Privacy Act's requirement to publish in the Federal Register notice of the existence and character of records systems maintained by the Commission and of any new use or intended use of information in the Commission's systems of records.
Stainless Steel Bar From France, Germany, Italy, Korea, and the United Kingdom
Document Number: E7-12312
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-06-26
Agency: International Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Commission hereby gives notice of the scheduling of full reviews pursuant to section 751(c)(5) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1675(c)(5)) (the Act) to determine whether revocation of the countervailing duty order on stainless steel bar from Italy and antidumping duty orders on stainless steel bar from France, Germany, Italy, Korea, and the United Kingdom would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time. 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).
Revisions to the Eligibility Requirements for Primary Securities Offerings on Forms S-3 And F-3
Document Number: E7-12301
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2007-06-26
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission, Agencies and Commissions
We are proposing to amend the eligibility requirements of Form S-3 and Form F-3 to allow domestic and foreign private issuers to conduct primary securities offerings on these forms without regard to the size of their public float or the rating of debt they are offering, so long as they satisfy the other eligibility conditions of the respective form and do not sell more than the equivalent of 20% of their public float in primary offerings pursuant to the new instructions on these forms over any period of 12 calendar months. The amendments are intended to allow more companies to benefit from the greater flexibility and efficiency in accessing the public securities markets afforded by Form S-3 and Form F-3 without compromising investor protection. The proposal would not extend to shell companies, however, which would be prohibited from using Form S-3 and Form F-3 for primary offerings until 12 calendar months after they cease being shell companies.
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: E7-12279
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-06-26
Agency: Federal Housing Finance Board, Agencies and Commissions
In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal Housing Finance Board (Finance Board) is submitting the information collection entitled ``Monthly Survey of Rates and Terms on Conventional, 1-Family, Nonfarm Loans,'' commonly known as the Monthly Interest Rate Survey or MIRS to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval of a 3-year extension of the OMB control number, 3069-0001, which is due to expire on July 31, 2007.
Sunshine Act Meeting; FCC To Hold Open Meeting Thursday, June 28, 2007 in Portland, ME
Document Number: 07-3145
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-06-26
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Commission will consider a Third Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking concerning proposed standards to ensure bidirectional compatibility of multichannel video programming distribution systems and consumer electronics equipment.
Sunshine Act Federal Register Notice
Document Number: 07-3144
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-06-26
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Membership of National Science Foundation's Office of Inspector General and National Science Board Office Senior Executive Service Performance Review Board
Document Number: 07-3110
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-06-26
Agency: National Science Foundation, Agencies and Commissions
This announcement of the membership of the National Science Foundation's Office of Inspector General and National Science Board Office Senior Executive Service Performance Review Board is made in compliance with 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(4).
Facility Tours
Document Number: 07-3107
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-06-26
Agency: Postal Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
On Wednesday afternoon, June 27, 2007, Postal Regulatory Commissioners and advisory staff members will tour California Community News production facilities in Irwindale, California. The purpose of the tour is to observe company operations.
Meetings of Humanities Panel
Document Number: E7-12250
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-06-25
Agency: The National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities, National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities, Agencies and Commissions
Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, as amended), notice is hereby given that the following meetings of Humanities Panels will be held at the Old Post Office, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20506.
Notice of the Availability of the Public Interest Declassification Board (PIDB) By-Laws
Document Number: E7-12247
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-06-25
Agency: Information Security Oversight Office, National Archives and Records Administration, Agencies and Commissions
The Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO) of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) announces the availability of the Public Interest Declassification Board (PIDB) By- Laws. As authorized by Public Law 106-567, and amended by Public Law 108-458, the PIDB is an advisory committee established by Congress and the President to promote the fullest possible public access to a thorough, accurate, and reliable documentary record of significant U.S. national security decisions and activities. The Director of ISOO serves as the PIDB Executive Secretary and the ISOO staff provides staff support for PIDB. Information about the PIDB and the by-laws are available on the PIDB Web site at https://www.archives.gov/ declassification/pidb/, or you may request a paper copy.
Records Schedules; Availability and Request for Comments
Document Number: E7-12245
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-06-25
Agency: National Archives and Records Administration, Agencies and Commissions
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) publishes notice at least once monthly of certain Federal agency requests for records disposition authority (records schedules). Once approved by NARA, records schedules provide mandatory instructions on what happens to records when no longer needed for current Government business. They authorize the preservation of records of continuing value in the National Archives of the United States and the destruction, after a specified period, of records lacking administrative, legal, research, or other value. Notice is published for records schedules in which agencies propose to destroy records not previously authorized for disposal or reduce the retention period of records already authorized for disposal. NARA invites public comments on such records schedules, as required by 44 U.S.C. 3303a(a).
Economic Impact Policy
Document Number: E7-12236
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-06-25
Agency: Export-Import Bank of the United States, Export-Import Bank, Agencies and Commissions
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request for Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection: Reemployment of Annuitants, 5 CFR 837.103
Document Number: E7-12232
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-06-25
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. Section 837.103 of Title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, requires agencies to collect information from retirees who become employed in Government positions. Agencies need to collect timely information regarding the type and amount of annuity being received so the correct rate of pay can be determined. Agencies provide this information to OPM so a determination can be made whether the reemployed retiree's annuity must be terminated. Approximately 3,000 reemployed retirees are asked this information annually. It takes each reemployed retiree approximately 5 minutes to provide the information for an annual estimated burden of 250 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.
Accessibility Guidelines for Emergency Transportable Housing
Document Number: E7-12205
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2007-06-25
Agency: Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, Agencies and Commissions
The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) proposes to establish a Federal advisory committee to develop a proposed rule on accessibility guidelines for emergency transportable housing covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Architectural Barriers Act. The Access Board invites comments on the proposal to establish the advisory committee and the proposed committee membership.
Passenger Vessel Emergency Alarms Advisory Committee
Document Number: E7-12196
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2007-06-25
Agency: Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, Agencies and Commissions
The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board or Board) proposes to establish a Passenger Vessel Emergency Alarms Advisory Committee (Committee) to make recommendations on issues related to the effectiveness of passenger vessel emergency alarm systems for individuals with hearing loss or deafness. The Access Board invites comments on the proposal to establish the committee and the proposed committee membership.
Availability of Funds and Collection of Checks
Document Number: E7-12194
Type: Rule
Date: 2007-06-25
Agency: Federal Reserve System, Agencies and Commissions
The Board of Governors is amending appendix A of Regulation CC to delete the reference to the head office of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and reassign the Federal Reserve routing symbols currently listed under that office to the Los Angeles branch office of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. These amendments will ensure that the information in appendix A accurately describes the actual structure of check processing operations within the Federal Reserve System.
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Document Number: E7-12193
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-06-25
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission, Agencies and Commissions
NASA Advisory Council; Meeting
Document Number: E7-12167
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-06-25
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Agencies and Commissions
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces a meeting of the NASA Advisory Council. The agenda for the meeting includes updates from each of the Council committees, including discussion and deliberation of potential recommendations. The Council Committees address NASA interests in the following areas: Aeronautics, Audit and Finance, Space Exploration, Human Capital, Science, and Space Operations.
Kansas Disaster Number KS-00018
Document Number: E7-12124
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-06-25
Agency: Small Business Administration, Agencies and Commissions
This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Kansas (FEMA-1699-DR), dated 05/06/ 2007. Incident: Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding. Incident Period: 05/04/2007 through 05/18/2007. Effective Date: 06/15/2007. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 07/05/2007. EIDL Loan Application Deadline Date: 02/06/2008.
Sunshine Act Notices
Document Number: 07-3127
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-06-25
Agency: Federal Election Commission, Agencies and Commissions
In the Matter of American Teletronics, Inc., n/k/a: Shine Holdings, Inc., Order of Suspension of Trading
Document Number: 07-3113
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-06-25
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Neighborworks® America Twenty-Ninth Annual Board of Directors Meeting; Sunshine Act
Document Number: 07-3105
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-06-25
Agency: Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, Agencies and Commissions
Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules
Document Number: 07-3100
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-06-25
Agency: Federal Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: Draft NRC Staff Assessment of a Proposed Agreement Between the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Document Number: 07-3072
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-06-25
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
By letter dated November 9, 2006, Governor Edward G. Rendell of Pennsylvania requested that the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or Commission) enter into an Agreement with the Commonwealth as authorized by Section 274 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (Act). Under the proposed Agreement, the Commission would give up, and Pennsylvania would take over, portions of the Commission's regulatory authority exercised within the Commonwealth. As required by the Act, the NRC is publishing the proposed Agreement for public comment. The NRC is also publishing the summary of an assessment by the NRC staff of the Pennsylvania regulatory program. Comments are requested on the proposed Agreement, especially its effect on public health and safety. Comments are also requested on the draft NRC staff assessment, the adequacy of the Pennsylvania program, and the Commonwealth's program staff, as discussed in this notice. The proposed Agreement would release (exempt) persons who possess or use certain radioactive materials in Pennsylvania from portions of the Commission's regulatory authority. The Act requires that the NRC publish those exemptions. Notice is hereby given that the pertinent exemptions have been previously published in the Federal Register and are codified in the Commission's regulations as 10 CFR Part 150.
Surety Bond Guarantee Program-Preferred Surety Qualification, Increased Guarantee for Veteran and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business, Deadline for Payment of Guarantee Fees, Denial of Liability, and Technical Amendments
Document Number: 07-2983
Type: Rule
Date: 2007-06-25
Agency: Small Business Administration, Agencies and Commissions
On September 26, 2006, SBA published a proposed rule in the Federal Register addressing six changes to the SBA Surety Bond Guarantee (SBG) Program in order to improve operation of the SBG program and make it easier for sureties and small business concerns to participate in the program. Specifically, this rules makes the following amendments to the program: (1) Gives effect to the statutory reduction in the frequency of audits required of Preferred Surety Bond (PSB) Sureties; (2) obligates SBA to guarantee 90 percent of the loss incurred by a Prior Approval Surety on bonds issued on behalf of small businesses owned and controlled by veterans, and Service-disabled veterans; (3) imposes a 60-day deadline for the submission of surety fees to SBA; (4) allows PSB Sureties to charge premiums in accordance with applicable state ceilings, as presently permitted under the Prior Approval Program; (5) deletes the existing reference to the expiration of the PSB Program; and (6) allows Affiliates of a PSB Surety to participate in the Prior Approval Program.
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