Agencies and Commissions May 2009 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Pursuant to section 7(b)(5) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, 12 U.S.C. 1817(b)(5), the FDIC is adopting a final rule to impose a 5 basis point special assessment on each insured depository institution's assets minus Tier 1 capital as of June 30, 2009. The amount of the special assessment for any institution, however, will not exceed 10 basis points times the institution's assessment base for the second quarter 2009 risk-based assessment. The special assessment will be collected on September 30, 2009. The final rule also provides that if, after June 30, 2009, the reserve ratio of the Deposit Insurance Fund is estimated to fall to a level that the Board believes would adversely affect public confidence or to a level that shall be close to or below zero at the end of any calendar quarter, the Board, by vote, may impose additional special assessments of up to 5 basis points on all insured depository institutions based on each institution's total assets minus Tier 1 capital reported on the report of condition for that calendar quarter. Any single additional special assessment will not exceed 10 basis points times the institution's assessment base for the corresponding quarter's risk-based assessment. The earliest possible date for imposing any such additional special assessment under the final rule would be September 30, 2009, with collection on December 30, 2009. The latest possible date for imposing any such additional special assessment under the final rule would be December 31, 2009, with collection on March 30, 2010. Authority to impose any additional special assessments under the final rule terminates on January 1, 2010.

The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled, in accordance with the procedures published on December 1, 2006 (71 FR 69535-69538), has updated the scope of the Program's procurement preference requirements for the products listed below between and among the Committee's A-list, B-list and C-list. A- list products are suitable for the Total Government Requirement as aggregated by the General Services Administration, the B-list are those products suitable for the Broad Government Requirement as aggregated by the General Services Administration, and C-list products are suitable for the requirements of one or more specified agency(ies). The lists below track changes to A-, B-, C-designations that occurred between November 20, 2008 and February 10, 2009.

The Committee is proposing to add to the Procurement List products and services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities. Comments Must be Received on or Before: June 29, 2009.

The Audio Division grants a Petition for Rule Making issued at the request of Keilly Miller, proposing the allotments of Channel 259A at Beatty, Nevada, and Channel 262C1 at Goldfield, Nevada, as first local FM transmission services. 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. Moreover, 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 document announces the procedures and minimum opening bids for the upcoming auction of FM broadcast construction permits (Auction 79). This document is intended to familiarize prospective bidders with the procedures and minimum opening bids for the auction.

This is a notice of an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) declaration for the State of California, dated 05/21/2009.

This final rule amends the NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) to update the procedures for NASA's Mentor-Prot[eacute]g[eacute] program. The changes will streamline the program; align the mentoring to technical skills; expand the program to Veteran-owned, HUBZone, and NASA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II small businesses; and include award fee incentives.

Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation, Regulatory Secretariat (VPR) will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to reinstate a previously approved information collection requirement concerning Qualification Requirements.

The Board is adopting, with certain revisions, its interim final rule that amended Regulation D (Reserve Requirements of Depository Institutions) to direct Federal Reserve Banks to pay interest on certain balances held at Federal Reserve Banks by or on behalf of certain depository institutions. The Board is also amending Regulation D to authorize the establishment of limited-purpose accounts, called ``excess balance accounts,'' at Federal Reserve Banks for the maintenance of excess balances of eligible institutions. These excess balance accounts are intended to permit eligible institutions to earn interest on their excess balances without significantly disrupting established business relationships with their correspondents.

The General Services Administration (GSA) is amending the General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) by deleting and reserving Part 547, Transportation.

The Enforcement Bureau (the ``Bureau'') debars Ms. Judy Green from the schools and libraries universal service support mechanism (or ``E-Rate Program'') for a period of ten years. The Bureau takes this action to protect the E-Rate Program from waste, fraud and abuse.

The information collection requirements described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (``OMB'') for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (``PRA''). This is the second of two notices required under the PRA in which the FTC is seeking public comments on its proposal to extend through May 31, 2012, the current PRA clearance for information collection requirements contained in its Telemarketing Sales Rule (``TSR'' or ``Rule''). That clearance expires on May 31, 2009.