Agencies and Commissions March 17, 2009 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This document completes the most essential remaining actions necessitated by the delay in the DTV transition deadline. In the DTV Delay Act, Congress extended the DTV transition deadline from February 17, 2009, to June 12, 2009, in an effort to provide consumers additional time to prepare for the transition from analog to digital broadcasting. The Act directed the Commission to take any actions ``necessary or appropriate to implement the provisions, and carry out the purposes'' of the Act, and to do so within 30 days. This document implements procedures and prescribes timing for stations to transition early, while providing viewers who are not prepared with a lifeline of analog service and both on-air and off-air educational information about the transition. The document also adjusts the consumer education requirements placed on broadcasters to eliminate any unnecessary burden after the transition while ensuring that on the most meaningful information is provided to viewers before they transition, and addresses other issues.

The Commission is adding a new product identified as Express Mail & Priority Mail Contract 5 to the Competitive Product List. This action is consistent with changes in a recent law governing postal operations and a recent Postal Service request. Republication of the lists of market dominant and competitive products is also consistent with new requirements in the law.

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has terminated a waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule for PSC 3930, Warehouse Trucks and Tractors, Self-Propelled based on SBA's recent discovery of small business manufacturers. Terminating this waiver will require recipients of contracts set aside for small businesses, service-disabled veteran- owned small businesses, or participants in SBA's 8(a) Business Development (BD) Program to provide the products of small business manufacturers or processors on such contracts.

This is a notice of an Administrative declaration of a disaster for the State of Texas dated: 03/10/2009. Incident: Bastrop County Wildland Fire. Incident Period: 02/28/2009 and continuing. Effective Date: 03/10/2009. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 5/11/2009. Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date: 12/10/2009.

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.

The Commission is adding Express Mail & Priority Mail Contract 4 to the competitive product list. This action is consistent with changes in a recent law governing postal operations. Republication of the lists of market dominant and competitive products is also consistent with new requirements in the law.

Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined not to review an initial determination (``ID'') (Order No. 4) of the presiding administrative law judge (``ALJ'') granting in part an amended motion to amend the complaint and notice of investigation.