Agencies and Commissions July 19, 2010 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) publishes notice at least once monthly of certain Federal agency requests for records disposition authority (records schedules). Once approved by NARA, records schedules provide mandatory instructions on what happens to records when no longer needed for current Government business. They authorize the preservation of records of continuing value in the National Archives of the United States and the destruction, after a specified period, of records lacking administrative, legal, research, or other value. Notice is published for records schedules in which agencies propose to destroy records not previously authorized for disposal or reduce the retention period of records already authorized for disposal. NARA invites public comments on such records schedules, as required by 44 U.S.C. 3303a(a).

In this document, the Commission takes a fresh look at its video relay service (VRS) rules so that the Commission can ensure that this vital program is effective, efficient, and sustainable in the future. VRS allows persons with hearing or speech disabilities to use American Sign Language (ASL) to communicate with friends and family and to conduct business in near real time. In this proceeding, the Commission seeks to improve the program to ensure that it is available to and used by the full spectrum of eligible users, encourages innovation, and is provided efficiently so as to be less susceptible to the waste, fraud, and abuse that plague the current program and threaten its long-term viability. The Commission's goal is to solicit a wide range of thoughts and proposals for making the program work better for those who could benefit from it and those who pay into it.

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)).

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (``CFTC'' or ``Commission'') hereby proposes to collect certain ownership, control, and related information for all trading accounts active on U.S. futures exchanges and other reporting entities. The information collected will enhance market transparency, increase the Commission's trade practice and market surveillance capabilities, leverage existing surveillance systems and data, and facilitate the Commission's enforcement and research programs. Upon adoption of a final rule, the Commission will codify its requirements in Commission Regulation 16.03. The Commission welcomes public comments on its proposal.

The Audio Division, at the request of Sunnylands Broadcasting, LLC, allots FM Channel 284A at Amboy, California. Channel 284A can be allotted at Amboy, consistent with the minimum distance separation requirements of the Commission's rules, at coordinates 34-36-00 NL and 115-40-52 WL, with a site restriction of 7.5 km (4.6 miles) northeast of the community. Concurrence in the allotment by the Government of Mexico is required because the proposed allotment is located within 320 kilometers (199 miles) of the U.S.-Mexican border. Although Mexican concurrence has been requested, notification has not been received. If a construction permit for Channel 284A at Amboy, California, is granted prior to receipt of formal concurrence by the Mexican government, the authorization will include the following condition: ``Operation with the facilities specified herein for Amboy, California, is subject to modification, suspension, or termination without right to hearing, if found by the Commission to be necessary in order to conform to the Mexico-United States FM Broadcast Agreement, or if specifically objected to by the Government of Mexico.'' See Supplementary Information infra.

Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on June 10, 2010, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Radiodetection, Ltd. of the United Kingdom. A letter supplementing the complaint was filed on June 29, 2010. The complaint alleges violations of section 337 based upon the importation into the United States, the sale for importation, and the sale within the United States after importation of certain underground cable and pipe locators by reason of infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 6,268,731. The complaint further alleges that an industry in the United States exists as required by subsection (a)(2) of section 337.

The Commission has changed the date on which it intends to report its final recommendations to the President in this matter from July 12, 2010, to August 9, 2010, to allow more time to consider the views submitted by Federal agencies and other interested parities.

The Postal Service proposes to revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM[supreg]) 507.8

The Election Assistance Commission (EAC) is publishing its final rule implementing the Office of Management and Budget regulations on nonprocurement debarment and suspension. These proposed regulations will apply to nonprocurement grants, cooperative agreements and other similar transactions. Under this system, a person who is debarred or suspended is excluded from federal financial and nonfinancial assistance and benefits under federal programs and activities. EAC is also establishing a new 2 CFR chapter 58 part 5800 that adopts OMB's final government-wide guidance on nonprocurement debarment and suspension and contains supplemental EAC nonprocurement debarment and suspension provisions.

In this document, the Commission revises its rules governing terrestrial fixed wireless services in the Upper 6 GHz Band and the 23 GHz Band by providing wider bandwidths and conditional authorization. Allowing wider bandwidth channels in the Upper 6 GHz Band makes an additional source of spectrum for high-capacity microwave links more readily available. Expanding conditional authority in the 23 GHz Band will enable licensees to activate microwave links more quickly, including links involved in critical commercial, backhaul, and public safety applications.