Agencies and Commissions June 2010 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The proposed information collection described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended). The Tennessee Valley Authority is soliciting public comments on this proposed collection as provided by 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1). Requests for information, including copies of the information collection proposed and supporting documentation, should be directed to the Agency Clearance Officer: Mark Winter, Tennessee Valley Authority, 1101 Market Street (MP-3C), Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402-2801; (423) 751-6004.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission) is extending its stay of enforcement of certain testing and certification provisions of section 14 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA) as amended by section 102 of the Consumer Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA). The Commission is extending the stay for products under 16 CFR part 1512 (bicycles) until August 14, 2010, with two exceptions. First, the Commission is extending the stay related to 16 CFR 1512.16 (reflectors) until November 14, 2010. Second, bicycles with non-quill- type stems are excluded from certifying compliance to 16 CFR 1512.6(a) (handlebar stem insertion mark) until further notice.

The Audio Division dismisses a Petition for Reconsideration jointly filed by Portland Broadcasting, LLC (``Portland Broadcasting''), licensee of Station KXPC-FM, Channel 279C, Lebanon, Oregon, Bicoastal Media Licenses IV, LLC (``Bicoastal''), licensee of Station KACI-FM, Channel 249C2, The Dalles, Oregon, and Station KMSW(FM), Channel 224C3, The Dalles, Oregon, and Extra Mile Media, Inc., licensee of Station KHPE(FM), Channel 300C, Albany, Oregon, collectively (the ``Joint Petitioners''). In this regard, Portland Broadcasting, Columbia Gorge Broadcasters, Inc., M.S.W Communications, LLC, Bicoastal, and Extra Media, Inc. (the ``Joint Parties'') filed a Motion to Dismiss the Petition for Reconsideration. The Joint Parties' Motion to Dismiss the Petition for Reconsideration contained a Settlement Agreement between Cumulus and the Joint Parties. In accordance with Section 1.420(j) of the Commission's Rules, we are granting the Joint Parties' Motion to Dismiss. In doing so, we approve the Settlement Agreement. The Joint Parties will collectively and individually receive payments that are less than their respective legitimate and prudent expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, filing and advocacy of the Counterproposal. Each party filed a declaration in accordance with Section 1.420(j), containing an itemization of its respective legal, engineering and other legitimate and prudent expenses. The Joint Parties and Cumulus each state in its respective declaration that aside from the Settlement Agreement, neither respective licensee nor any of its members, officers, or employees is a party to any agreement, written or oral, that will require the respective licensee to pay or receive any monies or provide or receive any other consideration from or to the existing and former licensee for the actions described in each respective declaration.

To comply with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Postal Service intends to prepare a Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) for the use of mobile fueling contractors to fuel postal vehicles on-site at selected Postal Service facilities located throughout the United States. This PEA will evaluate the environmental impacts of the proposed action versus taking no action.

The FDIC, 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 continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). Currently, the FDIC is soliciting comments on renewal of three information collections: Quarterly Certified Statements Invoice (OMB No. 3064-0057); Student Educational Employment Program (OMB No. 3064-0147); and Complex Structured Finance Transactions (OMB No. 3064-0079).

The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) have adopted as final, with changes, an interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, Section 844 ``Public Disclosure of Justification and Approval Documents for Noncompetitive Contracts'' (FY08 NDAA). Section 844 of the FY08 NDAA stipulates the requirements regarding the public availability of justifications and approval documents after the award of Federal contracts, except for information exempt from public disclosure.

The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (the Councils) have adopted as final, with changes, an interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the Recovery Act) with respect to section 1553 of Division A, Protecting State and Local Government and Contractor Whistleblowers. This rule prohibits non-Federal employers from discharging, demoting, or discriminating against an employee as a reprisal for disclosing information.

This document makes amendments to the Federal Acquisition Regulation in order to make editorial changes.

The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) are issuing an interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to revise the FAR clause, Payrolls and Basic Records. This revision implements a Department of Labor rule to protect the privacy of workers.

The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) are issuing a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to require that contractors' small business subcontract reports be submitted using the Electronic Subcontracting Reporting System (eSRS), rather than Standard Form 294 - Subcontract Report for Individual Contracts and Standard Form 295 - Summary Subcontract Report.

The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) are issuing an interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to align the FAR with the revised Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) Board clause, Disclosure and Consistency of Cost Accounting Practices-Foreign Concerns.

The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (the Councils) have adopted as final, with changes, the interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) with respect to sections 902, 1514, and 1515.

The Office of Personnel Management will hold a public meeting on June 25, 2010, as part of its hiring reform initiative to hear and consider views on whether normal, competitive hiring is an effective avenue for bringing recent college graduates into the Federal workforce. On May 11, 2010, President Obama issued a Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies in which he stated that ``the Federal Government must recruit and hire highly qualified employees and public service should be a career of choice for the most talented Americans.'' This public meeting will constitute one phase of that initiative.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has determined to renew the charter of its Global Markets Advisory Committee.

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 Ad-Hoc Task Force on Planetary Defense of the NASA Advisory Council.