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

Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined to rescind the limited exclusion order issued in the above-captioned investigation.

In the Public Notice, the Federal Communications Commission's (Commission's) Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) announces the launch of the newly designed and automated Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS). DIRS is a voluntary, efficient, web-based system that communications providers can use to report communications infrastructure status and situational awareness information during times of crisis. This will better streamline the reporting process and enable communications providers to share network status information with the Commission quickly and efficiently.

The Media Bureau, at the request of Woman's World Broadcasting, Inc., deletes vacant Channel 296A at Lynchburg, Tennessee, from the FM Table of Allotments, and allots Channel 230A at Lynchburg, Tennessee, as a vacant channel in the FM Table of Allotments. The purpose of this channel substitution is to accommodate a change of community for FM Station WTSH, which is moving from Rockmart to Aragon, Georgia. The reference coordinates for Channel 230A at Lynchburg, Tennessee, are 35-21-58 NL and 86-17-18 WL, at a site 12.1 km (7.5 miles) northeast of Lynchburg. The Media Bureau also dismisses a counterproposal filed by Bart Walker to allot Channel 230A to Wartrace, Tennessee, as a first local aural service. See Supplementary Information.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has completed its annual determination of the States that qualify as Medically Underserved Areas under the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program for calendar year 2008. This is necessary to comply with a provision of the FEHB law that mandates special consideration for enrollees of certain FEHB plans who receive covered health services in States with critical shortages of primary care physicians. Accordingly, for calendar year 2008, OPM's calculations show that the following states are Medically Underserved Areas under the FEHB Program: Alabama, Arizona, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Wyoming. For the 2008 calendar year Texas and West Virginia are being removed from the list, and no new states have been added.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a final rule to amend the pay administration regulations issued under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. These regulations apply to all employees in agencies who are under OPM's jurisdiction for FLSA purposes.

This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of Oklahoma (FEMA- 1723-DR), dated 08/31/2007. Incident: Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes. Incident Period: 05/24/2007 through 06/01/2007.

This is an amendment of the President declaration of a major disaster for the State of Ohio (FEMA-1720-Dr), dated 08/27/2007. Incident: Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes. Incident Period: 08/20/2007 and continuing through 08/28/2007. Effective Date: 08/28/2007. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 10/26/2007. EIDL Loan Application Deadline Date: 05/27/2008.

This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Minnesota (FEMA-1717-DR), dated 08/23/ 2007. Incident: Severe Storms and Flooding. Incident Period: 08/18/2007 and continuing through 08/31/2007. Effective Date: 08/31/2007. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 10/22/2007. EIDL Loan Application Deadline Date: 05/23/2008.

This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster fro Public Assistance Only for the State of Nebraska (FEMA)- 1721-DR), dated 08/29/2007. Incident: Severe Storms and Flooding. Incident Period: 06/11/2007 through 06/16/2007. Effective Date: 08/29/2007. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 10/29/2007.

This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Oklahoma (FEMA-1712-DR), dated 07/07/ 2007. Incident: Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes. Incident Period: 06/10/2007 through 07/25/2007. Effective Date: 08/29/07. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 10/05/07. EIDL Loan Application Deadline Date: 04/07/2008.

LSC is amending section 1626.10(a) of this regulation to permit LSC grant recipients to provide legal assistance to otherwise financially eligible citizens of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Republic of Palau legally residing in the United States.

The Committee is proposing to add to the Procurement List services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and to delete a product and a service previously furnished by such agencies. Comments Must Be Received On or Before: October 14, 2007.

This notice informs the public of the interest rates and assumptions to be used under certain Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation regulations. These rates and assumptions are published elsewhere (or can be derived from rates published elsewhere), but are collected and published in this notice for the convenience of the public. Interest rates are also published on the PBGC's Web site (https://www.pbgc.gov).

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has announced the following appointments to the NRC Performance Review Boards. The following individuals are appointed as members of the NRC Performance Review Board (PRB) responsible for making recommendations to the appointing and awarding authorities on performance appraisal ratings and performance awards for Senior Executives and Senior Level employees: Darren B. Ash, Deputy Executive Director for Information Services and Chief Information Officer; R. Wiliam Borchardt, Director, Office of New Reactors; Samuel J. Collins, Regional Administrator, Region I; Karen D. Cyr, General Counsel; Timothy F. Hagan, Director, Office of Administration; Bruce S. Mallet, Deputy Executive Director for Reactor and Preparedness Programs (Designate), Office of the Executive Director for Operations; William M. McCabe, Chief Financial Officer; Charles L. Miller, Director, Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs; Luis A. Reyes, Executive Director for Operations; Martin J. Virgilio, Deputy Executive Director for Materials, Waste, Research, State, Tribal, and Compliance Programs. The following individuals will serve as members of the NRC PRB Panel that was established to review appraisals and make recommendations to the appointing and awarding authorities for NRC PRB members: Stephen G. Burns, Deputy General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel; Brian W. Sheron, Director, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research; Roy P. Zimmerman, Director, Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response. All appointments are made pursuant to section 4314 of Chapter 43 of Title 5 of the United States Code.

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 implement Alternative 2 Modify Dam and Maintain Summer Pool Level of 576 Feet, the preferred alternative identified in its Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), Bear Creek Dam Leakage Resolution Project.

This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of OKLAHOMA (FEMA-1712-DR), dated 07/07/ 2007. Incident: Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes. Incident Period: 06/10/2007 through 07/25/2007.

This is a notice of an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) declaration for the State of Vermont, dated 09/06/2007. Incident: Colby Block Fire. Incident Period: 05/07/2007.

This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Texas (FEMA-1709-DR), dated 06/29/2007. Incident: Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding. Incident Period: 06/16/2007 through 08/03/2007.