Agencies and Commissions October 2008 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (``Commission'') is amending its Rules of Practice and Rules Relating to Reparation Proceedings, respectively, to standardize service and filing by electronic means. The amendments also revise rules regarding formatting requirements of reparations documents filed with the Proceedings Clerk.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its regulations for the protection of Safeguards Information (SGI) to protect SGI from inadvertent release and unauthorized disclosure which might compromise the security of nuclear facilities and materials. The amendments modify the requirements for the protection of SGI with respect to persons, information, and materials subject to the regulations, as well as those that are not. These amendments are within the scope of Commission authority under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (AEA). The NRC published a proposed rule on SGI on February 11, 2005, and published a revised proposed rule on October 31, 2006, to allow for public comment on changes to the proposed rule text made for the following reasons: In response to public comments, to reflect amendments to the AEA in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct), and to reflect Commission Orders issued to licensees authorized to possess and transfer items containing certain quantities of radioactive material. The NRC is now publishing this final rule, in which the NRC is responding to the comments that have been received and is making appropriate changes to the text of the revised proposed rule.

The Audio Division at the request of Keilly Miller proposes the allotment of Channel 259A at Beatty, Nevada and Channel 262C1 at Goldfield, Nevada to accommodate a hybrid FM change of community of license application that proposes the substitution of Channel 261C3 for Channel 261C at Beatty, Nevada, reallotment of Channel 261C3 from Beatty, Nevada to Crystal, Nevada, as its first local service. See File No. BMPH-20070727ABV. A staff engineering analysis indicates that Channel 259A can be allotted to Beatty consistent with the minimum distance separation requirements of the Rules with a site restriction 8.6 kilometers (5.3 miles) west located at reference coordinates 36-56- 05 NL and 116-51-00 WL. Additionally, Channel 262C1 can be allotted to Goldfield consistent with the minimum distance separation requirements of the Commission's Rules (the ``Rules'') with a site restriction 0.6 kilometers (0.4 miles) northeast of the community located at reference coordinates 37-42-41 NL and 117-13-56 WL.

This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the Commonwealth of Kentucky (FEMA-1802-DR), dated 10/09/2008. Incident: Severe Wind Storm associated with Tropical Depression Ike Incident Period: 09/14/2008 through 09/15/2008.

The Audio Division, on its own motion, proposes the substitution of Channel 276A for Channel 276C3 at Crandon, Wisconsin to accommodate the pending application of Station WGLX-FM, Channel 277C1, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. See File No. BPH-20050406ACK. The proposed reference coordinates for Channel 276A at Crandon, Wisconsin, are 45- 34-18 NL and 88-53-54 WL.

This document sets forth a proposal to amend the FM Table of Allotments, Section 73.202(b) of the Commission's rules, 47 CFR Section 73.202(b). The Commission requests comment on a petition filed by LKCM Radio Licenses, L.P. (``Petitioner''), proposing the substitution of Channel 288C2 for vacant Channel 239C2 at Rule, Texas; substitution of Channel 293A for vacant Channel 291A at Knox City, Texas; substitution of Channel 255C3 for vacant Channel 293C3 at Crowell, Texas; and substitution of Channel 251C3 for vacant Channel 255C3 at Quanah, Texas. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION infra.

Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined not to review an initial determination (``ID'') (Order No. 15) of the presiding administrative law judge (``ALJ'') granting a motion to amend the complaint and the notice of investigation in the above-captioned investigation to add five respondents.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).

In this document, the Commission grants a petition for limited waiver filed by Sorenson Communications, Inc. (Sorenson). The waiver allows Sorenson, and all other Video Relay Service (VRS) providers, prior to the implementation of new emergency call handling rules, to deliver to the appropriate emergency response authorities, at the outset of the outbound leg of an emergency VRS call, the caller's North American Numbering Plan (NANP) callback number, when known to the provider, rather than the callback number of the Communications Assistant (CA). The Commission also reiterates its requirement that VRS providers implement a system to ensure that all incoming emergency calls (including callbacks from emergency personnel) are answered by the provider before non-emergency calls.

In this document, comment is sought on a July 16, 2008 petition for rulemaking (Petition) filed by Rural Telecommunications Group, Inc. (RTG) (Petitioner). The Petitioner asks the Federal Communications Commission to impose a spectrum aggregation limit on all commercial terrestrial wireless spectrum below 2.3 GHz. Specifically, RTG asks that the Commission adopt rules providing that no licensee of commercial terrestrial wireless spectrum below 2.3 GHz, including all parties under common control, should be permitted to have an attributable interest in more than 110 megahertz of licensed spectrum with any significant overlap in any county.

This Guideline sets forth the administrative, programmatic, and financial requirements attendant to Fiscal Year 2009 State Justice Institute grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or Commission) is denying a petition for rulemaking submitted by the State of Nevada (Nevada or petitioner). The petition requests that NRC modify its regulation regarding issues specified for review in a notice of hearing for the Department of Energy (DOE) application for a high-level waste (HLW) repository construction authorization at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. The petitioner asserts that the proposed regulation would ``fill a gap'' in the NRC's current regulations. Further, petitioner asserts that the proposed regulation fulfills the Commission's intent when it first required a hearing for any docketed applications for construction of a HLW repository. NRC is denying the petition because it is inconsistent with current NRC rules and inconsistent with the Commission's intent when it originally established regulations requiring an opportunity for a hearing for all docketed HLW repository construction applications.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has received Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the following public information collections pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520). An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number, and no person is required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. Comments concerning the accuracy of the burden estimates and any suggestions for reducing the burden should be directed to the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section below.