Can I Encode to These Settings with Compressor??

Greetings,
I need some help from you good people.
I have been tasked with preparing our video program for an SD Television Broadcast.
In my many years of using Final Cut, I have never had to export for an official SD Broadcast. So I declare up front that this is a new world for me from web and DVD creation.
But I seem to be having a hard time matching all of these settings using an MPEG-2 Transport Stream in Compressor. So I want to know if I can use Compressor to match these settings or will I miss some of what the station wants?
I've tracked down most of the major settings in Compressor. I highlighted below in bold and red what I am having trouble with.
I will also add that I was trying to work with the GOP I and P frames settings but do not see a choice for selecting 1 frame for each one.
Most of my other issues are with the audio settings. I went to "Extras" and selected Multiplex but don't have any other control over the audio.
So any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!
These are the requirement sent from the station:
(BOLD AND RED are what I need help with)
VIDEO:
MPG TYPE: MPG-2
STREAM TYPE: PROGRAM (VIDEO + AUDIO)
VIDEO RESOLUTION: 720x480
FRAME RATE: 29.97 (NON-DROP) 4:3 DISPLAY
FIELD ENCODING: TOP FIELD FIRST
DEINTERLACING: USE TOP FIELD
BITRATE TYPE: VARIABLE (If they say a variable type, why would they state a Constant Bit Rate below??)
RATE CONTROL MODE: MODE 1
CBR BITRATE: 8000Kbps
GOP STRUCTURE:
I FRAMES: 1
P FRAMES: 1
PROFILE ID: 4:2:2
LEVEL ID: MAIN LEVEL
AUDIO: MPEG 1
AUDIO MODE: MPEG LAYER 2
AUDIO FREQUENCY: 48000 HZ STEREO
BITRATE: 256 KBPS* VARIABLE BITRATE EMBEDDED
MODE: STEREO
NO DE-EMPHASIS
MULTIPLEXING TYPE: MPG-2
Thanks in advance!
-Al

Disclosure: I haven't prepared a show for SD Broadcast either, but have been working with Compressor/DVDStudio Pro for a decade.
Looking at the specs, there are only a couple of unclear areas... the big thing is, they're asking for a Program Stream rather than Elementary Streams.
I looked into that codec and it seems capable of handling the task once you clear up the VBR/CBR and interlace/de-interlace questions.
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