Agencies and Commissions July 2011 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of New Hampshire (FEMA-4006-DR), dated 07/22/2011. Incident: Severe Storms and Flooding. Incident Period: 05/26/2011 through 05/30/2011. Effective Date: 07/22/2011. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 09/20/2011. Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date: 04/23/2012.

This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of Montana (FEMA-1996-DR), dated 06/17/2011. Incident: Severe Storms and Flooding. Incident Period: 04/03/2011 and continuing. Effective Date: 07/22/2011. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 08/16/2011. Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date: 03/19/2012.

This document corrects the proposed accessibility guidelines for pedestrian facilities in the public right-of-way published in the Federal Register on July 26, 2011. Some of the Web pages referenced in the preamble are inactive and some of the sections of the proposed guidelines contain incorrect references to other sections of the guidelines. This document corrects the Web page references and section references.

This action adds products and a service to the Procurement List that will be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.

This final rule removes PBGC's regulation on Disclosure to Participants. The regulation is obsolete as a result of the Pension Protection Act of 2006. Prior to the effective date of the statutory change, section 4011 of ERISA required certain underfunded plans to notify participants of plan funding status and the limits on the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's guarantee. The Pension Protection Act of 2006 repealed section 4011 for plan years beginning after 2006 and replaced the disclosure requirement under that section with a disclosure requirement under Title I of ERISA. This rule is consistent with Executive Order 13563 on Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review.

This document informs the public that an appeal of the closing of the Rodney, Iowa post office has been filed. It identifies preliminary steps and provides a procedural schedule. Publication of this document will allow the Postal Service, petitioners, and others to take appropriate action.

In this document, the Commission considers how the recently enacted Local Community Radio Act (``LCRA'') will impact future LPFM and translator station licensing. Section 5 of the Act requires the Commission to ensure that: Licenses are available for both LPFM and translator stations; licensing decisions are based on community needs; and translator and LPFM stations remain equal in status. The item tentatively finds that a previously adopted cap on translator applications is inconsistent with the LCRA's directives. It considers three alternate processing schemes, and tentatively concludes that a market-specific processing policy would most faithfully implement section 5's directives. The item sets forth proposed LPFM channel floors for the top 150 markets, and proposes to dismiss all translator applications in markets where the number of available LPFM channels is below the channel floor. The item also considers whether the Commission should take additional steps to prevent the trafficking of translator construction permits, and whether translators from Auction No. 83 should be allowed to rebroadcast the signals of AM stations at night.

The Commission announces appointment of members and chairperson to its Consumer Advisory Committee (Committee) pursuant to its renewed charter. The Commission further announces the Committee's next meeting date, time, and agenda. The purpose of the Committee is to make recommendations to the Commission regarding matters within the jurisdiction of the Commission and to facilitate the participation of all consumers in proceedings before the Commission.

This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of North Dakota (FEMA-1981-DR), dated 05/10/2011. Incident: Flooding. Incident Period: 02/14/2011 through 07/20/2011.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995. Comments are requested concerning (a) whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Commission, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and (e) ways to further reduce the information collection burden on small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees. The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the PRA that does not display a valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number.

This is an amendment of the Administrative declaration of disaster for the State of Arizona dated 07/11/2011. Incident: Monument Fire, Subsequent Mudslides and Monsoonal Flooding. Incident Period: 06/12/2011 and continuing. Effective Date: 07/21/2011. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 09/09/2011. Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date: 04/11/2012.

Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35), agencies are required to submit proposed reporting and recordkeeping requirements to OMB for review and approval, and to publish a notice in the Federal Register notifying the public that the agency has made such a submission.

This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of Tennessee (FEMA- 4005-DR), dated 07/20/2011. Incident: Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding. Incident Period: 06/18/2011 through 06/24/2011. Effective Date: 07/20/2011. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 09/19/2011. Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date: 04/20/2012.

We are giving notice of SSR 11-1p, in which we explain our new procedures for handling your request to file a disability claim when you have a pending claim of the same title and benefit type in our administrative review process. This change will allow us to more efficiently use our limited resources to handle the increase in the number of initial disability claims that we have seen in light of the economic downturn.