July 8, 1996 (Volume 61)

Federal Register July 8, 1996

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129 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on July 8, 1996

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Agricultural Marketing Service

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Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this Notice announces the Food and Consumer Service's (FCS) intention to request Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review of the information collections related to making eligibility determi...
Notice Jul 08, 1996
This interim final rule establishes an assessment rate for the Peanut Administrative Committee (Committee) under Marketing Agreement No. 146 (agreement) for the 1996-97 and subsequent crop years. The Committee is responsible for local administration...
Rule Jul 08, 1996
The Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS), a program of the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA), is proposing to make the following changes to fees charged for inspection services for commodities, other than rice, perfor...
Proposed Rule Jul 08, 1996
This document revises the United States Standards for Instant Nonfat Dry Milk. The revision limits the use of lactose as a processing aid in the instantizing process, provides fortification levels for instant nonfat dry milk with added vitamins A and...
Rule Jul 08, 1996
This document suspends a portion of the supply plant shipping requirement and the touch-base requirement of the Southwest Plains Federal milk marketing order (Order 106) for the period of September 1996 through August 1998. The action was requested b...
Rule Jul 08, 1996
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Rural Housing Service's (RHS) intention to request an extension for a currently approved information collection in support of the program for Servicing Cases Where Unau...
Notice Jul 08, 1996
This final rule changes the ``repacker/prepacker'' size designations for all varieties of onions except white or red varieties by increasing the minimum diameter from 1\1/2\ inches to 1\3/4\ inches, and the maximum diameter from 2\1/2\ inches to 2\3/...
Rule Jul 08, 1996
The Agricultural Marketing Service is correcting a final rule published on June 4, 1996, 61 FR 29002 concerning the Pork Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Order (Order).
Rule Jul 08, 1996
Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969; the Council on Environmental Quality Guidelines (40 CFR, Part 1500); and the Natural Resources Conservation Service (formerly the Soil Conservation Service) Guidelines (7...
Notice Jul 08, 1996
USDA is amending procedures for reporting collections on accounts where a loss has been paid. The number of years to report is being reduced from five to three and a form has been developed for lender to use. Need and Use of the Information: USDA is...
Notice Jul 08, 1996

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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Notice of Opportunity to Request Administrative Review of Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation.
Notice Jul 08, 1996
In response to requests from interested parties, the Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting administrative reviews of the antidumping duty orders on antifriction bearings (other than tapered roller bearings) and parts thereof (AFBs) fr...
Notice Jul 08, 1996
The Minority Business Development Agency is cancelling the announcement to solicit competitive applications under its Minority Business Development Center (MBDC) Program to operate the Charleston, South Carolina MBDC. This solicitation was originally...
Notice Jul 08, 1996
The Minority Business Development Agency is revising the announcement to solicit competitive applications under its Minority Business Development Center (MBDC) Program to operate the West Palm Beach, Anaheim, Oxnard, and Cincinnati MBDCs. The revised...
Notice Jul 08, 1996
In response to a request by the petitioner, the Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on chromeplated lug nuts from Taiwan. The review covers 19 manufacturers/exporters of the sub...
Notice Jul 08, 1996
Notice is hereby given that a public hearing on an application from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife at La Grande, OR (ODFW) for a scientific research/enhancement permit has been requested and will take place. The public comment period for...
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The information that follows is provided as a follow-up to the notice published on April 1, 1996 (61 FR 14290) regarding Sec. 400.28(a)(5) (``lapse provision'') of the regulations of the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board (15 CFR Part 400), which goes i...
Notice Jul 08, 1996
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's Bluefish Monitoring Committee will hold a public meeting.
Notice Jul 08, 1996
The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Groundfish Management Team (GMT) will hold a public meeting.
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Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled logo Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

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The Committee has received proposal to add to the Procurement List a service to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
Notice Jul 08, 1996
The Committee has received proposal(s) to add to the Procurement List commodities and services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
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Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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Education Department logo Education Department

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The Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education announces the interest rates for variable rate loans made under the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program for the period July 1, 1996, through June 30, 1997.
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Energy Department logo Energy Department

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The Department of Energy (Department or DOE) amends the regulations for the State Energy Conservation Program to provide for the consolidation of two formula grant programs--the State Energy Conservation Program (SECP) and the Institutional Conservat...
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Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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This final rule establishes the criteria and general procedures for states to opt out of the federal reformulated gasoline program for ozone non-attainment areas where the state had previously voluntarily opted into the program. This action describes...
Rule Jul 08, 1996
EPA is proposing to modify the pretreatment standards for existing and new sources applicable to certain facilities in the leather tanning and finishing point source category that conduct unhairing operations and that discharge process wastewater to...
Proposed Rule Jul 08, 1996
EPA is promulgating changes modifying the pretreatment standards for existing and new sources applicable to certain facilities in the leather tanning and finishing point source category that conduct unhairing operations and that discharge process was...
Rule Jul 08, 1996

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection, as required by the P...
Notice Jul 08, 1996
This document requests comments on a petition filed by Todd Stuart Noordyk requesting the allotment of Channel 270A to Negaunee, Michigan, with cut-off protection and modification of his application for Channel 258A to specify operation on Channel 27...
Proposed Rule Jul 08, 1996

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
The Board is inviting the public to nominate qualified individuals for appointment to its Consumer Advisory Council, whose membership represents consumer and community interests and the financial services industry. Eight new members will be selected...
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General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

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This change to the Federal Information Resources Management Regulation (FIRMR) removes provisions for using Federal information processing (FIP) multiple award schedule (MAS) contracts. The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) will now govern all MAS...
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Government Ethics Office logo Government Ethics Office

Title Type Published
This document corrects a typographical error in one of the amendatory instructions of the final rule on executive branch certificates of divestiture, which was published by OGE in the Federal Register on Tuesday, June 25, 1996 (61 FR 32633-32636).
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Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing its approval of the application by Adeza Biomedical Corp., Sunnyvale, CA, for premarket approval, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the act), of Fetal Fibronectin Enzyme Immunoassay K...
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that Henkel Corp. has filed a petition proposing that the food additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of <greek-a>-sulfo- <greek-oh>-(dodecyloxy)poly(oxyethylene), sodium salt...
Notice Jul 08, 1996
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the withdrawal, without prejudice to a future filing, of a food additive petition (FAP 4B4405) proposing that the food additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of decylisononyldi...
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This notice lists new proposals for welfare reform and combined welfare reform/Medicaid demonstration projects submitted to the Department of Health and Human Services for the month of June, 1996. It includes both those proposals being considered und...
Notice Jul 08, 1996
Regulations codified at 42 CFR 493.17, implementing the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA), Public Law 100-578, require that the Secretary provide for the categorization of specific laboratory test systems, assays, and examinat...
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The NIH Director intends to propose amendments to the NIH Guidelines (59 FR 34496, amended 59 FR 40170, amended 60 FR 20726, amended 61 FR 1482, amended 61 FR 10004) to enhance NIH mechanisms for scientific and ethical oversight of recombinant DNA ac...
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Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of Alaska (FEMA-1119-DR), dated June 7, 1996, and related determinations.
Notice Jul 08, 1996
At the request of the Port of Los Angeles, the Coast Guard is proposing a temporary change to the regulations for the Henry Ford Avenue Railroad Bridge (Ford Bridge), across Cerritos Channel of Los Angeles/Long Beach Harbor, mile 4.8, at Long Beach,...
Proposed Rule Jul 08, 1996
This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Iowa (FEMA-1121-DR), dated June 24, 1996, and related determinations.
Notice Jul 08, 1996
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of North Dakota (FEMA-1118-DR), dated June 5, 1996, and related determinations.
Notice Jul 08, 1996
The purpose of this notice is to announce FEMA's intent to conduct a strategic review of its Radiological Emergency Preparedness (REP) activities and to request specific suggestions for accomplishing this review.
Notice Jul 08, 1996
This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Ohio (FEMA-1122-DR), dated June 24, 1996, and related determinations.
Notice Jul 08, 1996
The Coast Guard is conducting a port access route study to evaluate the need for vessel routing or other traffic management measures in the approaches to the Cape Fear River and Beaufort Inlet, NC. Concerns for the safety of navigation in these areas...
Proposed Rule Jul 08, 1996

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Title Type Published
In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, this announcement notifies the public of funding award decisions made by the Department as a result of competitions for funding under the f...
Notice Jul 08, 1996
This notice announces the availability of Fiscal Year (FY) 1996 funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for HUD-approved housing counseling agencies to provide housing counseling to homebuyers, homeowners, and renters....
Notice Jul 08, 1996
The proposed information collection requirement described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposa...
Notice Jul 08, 1996
The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) is issuing a final regulation that sets forth the methodology for computing the minimum capital requirement for the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loa...
Rule Jul 08, 1996
DOJ, HUD
This NOFA announces HUD's funding for supportive housing for persons with disabilities. This document describes the following: (a) the purpose of the NOFA and information regarding eligibility, submission requirements, available amounts, and selectio...
Notice Jul 08, 1996
This NOFA announces HUD's funding for supportive housing for the elderly. This document describes the following: (a) the purpose of the NOFA, and information regarding eligibility, submission requirements, available amounts, and selection criteria; a...
Notice Jul 08, 1996
This rule removes the adjustment for the heating degree day (HDD) factor from Indicator #4, Energy Consumption, of the Public Housing Management Assessment Program (PHMAP) at 24 CFR part 901. The effect of removing this adjustment is to conform the i...
Rule Jul 08, 1996
In this notice, the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development redelegates to the Secretary's Representatives for HUD's Field Offices the same waiver authority of directives and handbook provisions pertaining to Community Planning and...
Notice Jul 08, 1996
In this notice, the Assistant Secretary for Housing redelegates to the Secretary's Representatives for HUD's Field Offices the same waiver authority of directives and handbook provisions pertaining to Housing programs, as provided to the Housing Prog...
Notice Jul 08, 1996
In this notice, the Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity redelegates to the Secretary's Representatives for HUD's Field Offices the same waiver authority of directives and handbook provisions pertaining to fair housing and equal...
Notice Jul 08, 1996
In this notice, the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing redelegates to the Secretary's Representatives for HUD's Field Offices the same waiver authority of directives and handbook provisions pertaining to Public Housing (PH) programs, a...
Notice Jul 08, 1996

Interior Department logo Interior Department

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The Council will convene at 8 a.m. on July 31, 1996, and will continue through August 1, 1996, if all business is not completed on the 31st. This is a regularly scheduled meeting; topics to be discussed will include Westslope Cutthroat Trout, current...
Notice Jul 08, 1996
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Title II of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978, Public Law 95-608, makes grant funds available to off-reservation Indian organizations from the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Department of the Interior, for the purpose of establishing and operatin...
Notice Jul 08, 1996
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), 5 U.S.C. appendix, notice is hereby given that the next two meetings of the Front Range Resource Advisory Council (Colorado) will be held on July 16, and September 3, 1996 in Canon...
Notice Jul 08, 1996
This notice sets forth the date of the nineteenth meeting of the Gettysburg National Military Park Advisory Commission.
Notice Jul 08, 1996
The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) of the Department of the Interior (Department) is promulgating regulations revising and updating regulations in 25 CFR Parts 211 and 212 that govern mineral leasing on tribal and allotted Indian lands respectively....
Rule Jul 08, 1996
This action will open 5,441.22 acres of lands to such forms of disposition as may by law be made of National Forest system lands for mining, mineral leasing, and geothermal leasing. The Forest Service exchange proposal has been withdrawn in its entir...
Notice Jul 08, 1996
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PA) has applied for a permit to take migratory birds, including several species of gulls at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFKIA). The Lead Agency for this Final Environmental Impact Statement (F...
Notice Jul 08, 1996
This notice announces a meeting of the Ruffe Control Committee, a committee of the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force. The Committee will meet to develop action plans to meet three new objectives of the Ruffe Control Program. These are: bait fish ma...
Notice Jul 08, 1996

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

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Notice Jul 08, 1996
Following receipt on March 31, 1995, of a letter from the United States Trade Representative (USTR), the Commission instituted investigation No. 332-362, U.S.-Africa Trade Flows and Effects of the Uruguay Round Agreements and U.S. Trade and Developme...
Notice Jul 08, 1996

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Judicial Conference of the United States

Title Type Published
The Appellate Rules Committee public hearing scheduled to be held in Washington, D.C. on July 8, 1996, ha been canceled. [Original notice of hearing appeared in the Federal Register of May 24, 1996 (61 FR 26207).]
Notice Jul 08, 1996

Justice Department logo Justice Department

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This rule amends the Immigration and Naturalization Service (``Service'') regulations by adding Argentina to the list of countries designated to participate in the Visa Waiver Pilot Program (VWPP), thereby permitting nationals of Argentina to apply f...
Rule Jul 08, 1996
Notice of Information Collection Under Review; State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP).
Notice Jul 08, 1996
This rule amends the Immigration and Naturalization Service (Service) regulations to increase the fee imposed from $5.00 to $30.00 when a check submitted to the Service in payment of a fee is not honored by the bank upon which it is drawn. The purpos...
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Labor Department logo Labor Department

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Notice Jul 08, 1996

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National Science Foundation

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Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Office

Title Type Published
This rule establishes procedures for implementing provisions of the Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979 (16 U.S.C. 470- aa-11) for the lands which are administered by the O.N.H.I.R. and have been acquired pursuant to Public Law 96-305 (25...
Rule Jul 08, 1996

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its regulations pertaining to the export of nuclear equipment and materials. These amendments are necessary to conform the export controls of the United States to the international export control gu...
Rule Jul 08, 1996

Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

Title Type Published
OPM is publishing notice of its computer matching program with the Social Security Administration (SSA) to meet the reporting and publication requirements of Pub. L. 100-503. The purpose of the computer match is for OPM to verify earnings information...
Notice Jul 08, 1996
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-13, May 22, 1995), this notice announces that the Office of Personnel Management intends to submit to the Office of Management and Budget a request for extension of a currently ap...
Notice Jul 08, 1996
Notice of meeting.
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Postal Regulatory Commission

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Railroad Retirement Board

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Railroad Retirement Board has submitted the following proposal(s) for the collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget for review and approval.
Notice Jul 08, 1996

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

State Department logo State Department

Title Type Published
This interim rule amends part 41, title 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations concerning visas for nonimmigrants pursuant to section 217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8. U.S.C. 1187, as amended. Section 217, as amended, extends the Vi...
Rule Jul 08, 1996

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Trade Representative, Office of United States

Title Type Published
The United States Trade Representative (USTR) has initiated an investigation under section 302(b)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (the Trade Act ) (19 U.S.C. 2412(b)(1)), with respect to certain acts, policies and practices of the Government...
Notice Jul 08, 1996

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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This document proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) that would apply to Aerospace Technologies of Australia Pty Ltd. (ASTA) Models N22B, N24A, and N22S airplanes that are not equipped with a part number (P/N) 1E/N-12-57 fuselage stub f...
Proposed Rule Jul 08, 1996
This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain Bombardier Model CL-600- 2B16 and CL-600-2B19 series airplanes. This proposal would require a one-time inspection of the spring bungee assembly of...
Proposed Rule Jul 08, 1996
This document proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) that would apply to certain Raytheon Aircraft Corporation (Raytheon) Models 1900C, 1900D, and 2000 airplanes. The proposed action would require inspecting (one-time) the fuel filter a...
Proposed Rule Jul 08, 1996
CNG Transmission Company (CNGT) has petitioned the Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA) for a waiver from compliance with provisions of 49 CFR 192.611(a) requiring confirmation of the maximum allowable operating pressure (MAOP) by hydr...
Notice Jul 08, 1996
This action reduces the time of designation for Restricted Area 3107 (R-3107), Kaula Rock, HI, to accurately reflect actual times of use. This administrative change, initiated by the U.S. Navy, will not affect the boundaries, designated altitudes, or...
Rule Jul 08, 1996
The FHWA is amending its regulation on Federal-aid program approval and project authorization. In light of changes made by the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, in the area of statewide planning and transportation improvement...
Rule Jul 08, 1996
Notice Jul 08, 1996
This document contains a correction to the final rule published in the Federal Register on June 14, 1996 (61 FR 30432). The final rule adopted changes that were editorial or typographical in nature in parts 119, 121, and 135. The changes were necessa...
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This amendment establishes, amends, suspends, or revokes Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) for operations at certain airports. These regulatory actions are needed because of the adoption of new or revised criteria, or because of changes...
Rule Jul 08, 1996
This amendment establishes, amends, suspends, or revokes Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) for operations at certain airports. These regulatory actions are needed because of changes occurring in the National Airspace System, such as the...
Rule Jul 08, 1996
This amendment establishes, amends, suspends, or revokes Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) for operations at certain airports. These regulatory actions are needed because of the adoption of new or revised criteria, or because of changes...
Rule Jul 08, 1996

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
This document contains proposed Income Tax Regulations relating to the allocation of loss realized on the disposition of stock. These regulations will affect United States and foreign shareholders of stock in domestic and foreign corporations. The re...
Proposed Rule Jul 08, 1996
The Department of the Treasury, 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 collection...
Notice Jul 08, 1996

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Title Type Published
The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) the following proposal for the collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U....
Notice Jul 08, 1996
The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) the following proposal for the collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U....
Notice Jul 08, 1996

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