August 2, 1996 (Volume 61)

Federal Register August 2, 1996

View all documents issued on August 2, 1996. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

136 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on August 2, 1996

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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The Department of Agriculture (Department) is adopting as a final rule, without change, the provisions of an interim final rule that established an assessment rate for the Avocado Administrative Committee (Committee) under Marketing Order No. 915 for...
Rule Aug 02, 1996
The USDA, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region, will issue a Revised Draft EIS for amending the Pacific Southwest Regional Guide and significantly amending 10 National Forest Plans. Changes, including a new preferred alternative, have been made f...
Notice Aug 02, 1996
We are declaring The Netherlands free of hog cholera and swine vesicular disease. As part of this action, we are adding The Netherlands to the list of countries that, although declared free of swine vesicular disease, are subject to restrictions on p...
Rule Aug 02, 1996
This rule will revise the United States Standards for Grades of Florida Grapefruit, United States Standards for Grades of Florida Oranges and Tangelos, and, United States Standards for Grades of Florida Tangerines. This rule revises the ``Application...
Rule Aug 02, 1996
We are proposing to amend the cut flowers regulations by eliminating the import permit and notice of arrival requirements for imported cut flowers of camellia, gardenia, rhododendron, rose, and lilac. All cut flowers are routinely inspected upon arri...
Proposed Rule Aug 02, 1996
We are proposing to establish criteria for levels of risk for areas with regard to Karnal bunt, and to establish criteria for seed planting and movement of regulated articles based on those risk levels. We believe this action is warranted because it...
Proposed Rule Aug 02, 1996
We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is hosting three additional public forums on the Agency's program to control and eradicate Karnal bunt. One forum has already been held in Washington, DC. The forums will...
Proposed Rule Aug 02, 1996
Correction Aug 02, 1996

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Arms Control and Disarmament Agency

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The United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) is revising and restating in their entirety its rules that govern the availability and release of information. Clarifying these rules will help the public to interact better with ACDA and i...
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Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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NMFS closes the Angling category fishery for large school and small medium Atlantic bluefin tuna (ABT). Closure of this fishery is necessary because the annual quota of 100 metric tons (mt) of large school and small medium ABT allocated to the Anglin...
Rule Aug 02, 1996
On page 29737, issue dated Wednesday, June 12, 1996, solicitation to operate the Charleston Minority Business Development Center is amended to read: Pre-Application Conference: Wednesday, July 24, 1996, at 9:00 a.m., at the Atlanta Regional Office, 4...
Notice Aug 02, 1996
In response to a request from one respondent, Lafarge Fondu International (LFI) and its U.S. subsidiary, Lafarge Calcium Aluminates, Inc. (LCA) (collectively, Lafarge), the Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative revie...
Notice Aug 02, 1996
On March 29, 1996, the Department of Commerce published the final results of its administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products from Australia. The review covered one manufacturer/exporte...
Notice Aug 02, 1996
In response to a request by an interested party, the Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain internal-combustion industrial forklift trucks from Japan. The review covers...
Notice Aug 02, 1996
On July 14, 1995, the Department of Commerce (the Department) initiated an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings (pipe fittings) from Taiwan covering the period June 1, 1994 through May...
Notice Aug 02, 1996
The Department of Commerce (the Department) is notifying the public of its intent to terminate the suspended countervailing duty investigation of cotton shop towels from Peru. Domestic interested parties who object to termination of the suspended inv...
Notice Aug 02, 1996
Correction Aug 02, 1996
NMFS issues a proposed rule that would implement Amendment 47 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska, Amendment 47 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area (Gro...
Proposed Rule Aug 02, 1996
Notice Aug 02, 1996
NMFS is opening directed fishing for Atka mackerel in the Central and Eastern Aleutian District and the Bering Sea subarea of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to fully utilize the total allowable ca...
Rule Aug 02, 1996
NMFS is opening the directed fishery for the ``other rockfish'' species group in the Eastern Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to fully utilize the total allowable catch (TAC) of the ``other rockfish'' in that area...
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Notice Aug 02, 1996
On April 8, 1996, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published the preliminary results of its administrative review of the antidumping finding on large power transformers (LPTs) from France. The review covers one manufacturer/exporter and th...
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Having determined that the committee's work continues to be in the public interest in connection with the performance of duties imposed on the Department by law, the U.S. Automotive Parts Advisory Committee (APAC) was renewed. The renewal of the comm...
Notice Aug 02, 1996
NMFS has received an application from the U.S. Navy for an incidental small take exemption under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) to take a small number of marine mammals incidental to shock testing the USS SEAWOLF submarine in the offshore wa...
Proposed Rule Aug 02, 1996

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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This action adds to the Procurement List services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
Notice Aug 02, 1996
The Committee has received proposals to add to the Procurement List a commodity and services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
Notice Aug 02, 1996

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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

Consumer Product Safety Commission logo Consumer Product Safety Commission

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Rule Aug 02, 1996

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Energy Department logo Energy Department

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The licensee, James River Paper Company, Inc. seeks to transfer the project license to The Fonda Group, Inc.
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Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is issuing two final five-year opt-in permits: one for the DuPont-Johnsonville Plant facility (Dupont) in Tennessee and one for the Warrick Power Plant facility (Warrick) in Indiana, in accordance with the Aci...
Notice Aug 02, 1996
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) responses to Agency PRA clearance requests. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required...
Notice Aug 02, 1996
This rule establishes an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of the plant pesticide active ingredients Bacillus thuringiensis CryIA(b) delta-endotoxin and the genetic material necessary for its production in all plants. A reque...
Rule Aug 02, 1996
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92- 463, notice is hereby given that the Automobile Manufacturing Sector Subcommittee of the Common Sense Initiative Council will meet on August 20, 1996, in Washington, DC. The meeting is op...
Notice Aug 02, 1996
Review of the Final EIS was not deemed necessary. No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency.
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region IV announces its intent to delete the Northwest 58th Street Landfill Site from the National Priorities List (NPL) and requests public comment on this proposed action. The NPL constitutes Appendix B of...
Proposed Rule Aug 02, 1996
As required by section 9(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2, section 9(c), EPA hereby gives notice of the establishment of the Industrial Combustion Coordinated Rulemaking Advisory Committee (hereafter referred to as...
Notice Aug 02, 1996
In accordance with Section 122(i)(1) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (``CERCLA,'' commonly referred to as Superfund), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i) and Section 7003(d) of the Resource Conservation a...
Notice Aug 02, 1996
This rule establishes an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of the plant pesticide inert ingredient phosphinothricin acetyltransferase and the genetic material necessary for its production (plasmid vector pZ01502) in corn. A r...
Rule Aug 02, 1996
This rule establishes an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of the plant pesticide inert ingredient CP4 Enolpyruvylshikimate-3-D (CP4 EPSPS) and the genetic material necessary for its production in all plants. A request for an...
Rule Aug 02, 1996
This proposed general permit is intended to regulate activities related to the extraction of oil and gas on the North Slope of the Brooks Range in the state of Alaska. The activities covered include sanitary and domestic discharges from exploration,...
Notice Aug 02, 1996
The Environmental Protection Agency, with the concurrence of the Office of Government Ethics (OGE), is issuing regulations for the employees of EPA that supplement the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch (Standards) iss...
Rule Aug 02, 1996

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

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The Federal Communications Commission has adopted a Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that creates rules to govern the availability of basic 911 services and the implementation of Enhanced 911 (E911) for wireless services. (T...
Rule Aug 02, 1996
The Commission adopts a Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding the availability of the advanced emergency capabilities of E911 systems to wireless service providers and customers. The Report and Order portion of this dec...
Proposed Rule Aug 02, 1996

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

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The FDIC has received inquiries on whether and under what circumstances funds underlying stored value cards may be considered deposits under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act. This General Counsel Opinion sets forth the Legal Division's conclusions o...
Notice Aug 02, 1996
Notice Aug 02, 1996
The FDIC is seeking comment on whether and under what circumstances the FDIC should take regulatory action with respect to finding that the funds underlying stored value cards or other similar electronic payment systems are deposit liabilities for pu...
Notice Aug 02, 1996

Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council logo Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council

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The OCC, FRB, FDIC, and OTS (the Agencies) are withdrawing their joint statement of policy entitled ``Interagency policy statement regarding advertising of Negotiable Order of Withdrawal (NOW) Accounts'' (the Statement) on the ground that it is obsol...
Notice Aug 02, 1996

Federal Housing Finance Board logo Federal Housing Finance Board

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The Board of Directors of the Federal Housing Finance Board (Finance Board) has adopted a final rule to modify the definition of ``deposits in banks or trust companies'' in the Finance Board's regulations. The final rule will: Make clear that the ter...
Rule Aug 02, 1996
The Board of Directors of the Federal Housing Finance Board (Finance Board) is proposing to amend its regulation on terms and conditions for advances. The proposed rule requires a Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLBank) that wants to make putable advances a...
Proposed Rule Aug 02, 1996

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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Notice Aug 02, 1996
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending its regulations to affirm that ferrous lactate is generally recognized as safe (GRAS) as a color fixative on ripe olives. The agency is adding this use of ferrous lactate as a color fixative on ripe...
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Notice Aug 02, 1996
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending its food labeling regulations to remove the provisions that exempt restaurant menus from the requirements for how nutrient content claims and health claims are to be made and from the requirements fo...
Rule Aug 02, 1996
These rules provide an additional way for certain disabled individuals under age 65 to qualify for special enrollment periods (SEPs); extend from 1991 through 1998 the period during which certain disabled individuals under age 65 who are covered unde...
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Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

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This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of Indiana, (FEMA-1125-DR), dated July 3, 1996, and related determinations.
Notice Aug 02, 1996
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of North Carolina, (FEMA-1127-DR), dated July 18, 1996, and related determinations.
Notice Aug 02, 1996
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of North Carolina, (FEMA-1127-DR), dated July 18, 1996, and related determinations.
Notice Aug 02, 1996
This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of North Carolina (FEMA-1127-DR), dated July 18, 1996, and related determinations.
Notice Aug 02, 1996
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of Ohio (FEMA-1122-DR), dated June 24, 1996, and related determinations.
Notice Aug 02, 1996
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, (FEMA-1130-DR), dated July 26, 1996 and related determinations.
Notice Aug 02, 1996
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the U.S. Virgin Islands, (FEMA-1126-DR), dated July 11, 1996, and related determinations.
Notice Aug 02, 1996

Interior Department logo Interior Department

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Cancellation of realty action.
Notice Aug 02, 1996
This document updates addresses for the Office of the Solicitor.
Rule Aug 02, 1996
Correction Aug 02, 1996
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 2710, of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 (Pub. L. 100-497), the Secretary of the Interior shall publish, in the Federal Register, notice of approved Tribal-State Compacts for the purpose of engaging in Class III (casino...
Notice Aug 02, 1996
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 2710, of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 (Pub. L. 100-497), the Secretary of the Interior shall publish, in the Federal Register, notice of approved Tribal-State Compacts for the purpose of engaging in Class III (casino...
Notice Aug 02, 1996
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposes to amend the mineral materials sales regulations by accepting qualified certificates of deposits as surety bonds, and by changing bonding requirements for sales of $2,000 or more. For such sales, the curre...
Proposed Rule Aug 02, 1996
Notice is hereby given that the next meeting of the Northwest Colorado Resource Advisory Council will be held on August 16, 1996.
Notice Aug 02, 1996
Pursuant to section 202 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and BLM Planning Regulations (43 CFR part 1600), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Upper Columbia--S...
Notice Aug 02, 1996
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Safford District, in cooperation with the Army Corps of Engineers (COE) is preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to analyze impacts of a proposed land exchange and the Mining Plan of Operations (MPO) f...
Notice Aug 02, 1996
The following described public land near Moapa Valley, Clark County, Nevada, has been examined and found suitable for conveyance for public purposes under the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). T...
Notice Aug 02, 1996
OSM is announcing receipt of a proposed amendment to the Oklahoma regulatory program (hereinafter, the ``Oklahoma program'') under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). The proposed amendment consists of additions and revisi...
Proposed Rule Aug 02, 1996
The Department of the Interior (Department) has developed this final Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) policy (Final ADR Policy) to implement a comprehensive program within each of its bureaus and offices (bureaus). This Final ADR Policy also addr...
Notice Aug 02, 1996

Justice Department logo Justice Department

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Notice Aug 02, 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...
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Labor Department logo Labor Department

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The U.S. National Administrative Office (U.S. NAO) gives notice that Submission # 9601 was accepted for review on July 29, 1996. The submission was filed with the NAO on June 13, 1996, by Human Rights Watch/Americas, the International Labor Rights Fu...
Notice Aug 02, 1996
This document contains a final exemption from the prohibited transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the Code). The class exemption provides exemptive relief for c...
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This document announces certain amendments to a voluntary compliance program adopted by the Department on March 7, 1996. The program allows certain persons to avoid potential Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) civil actions initiated by...
Notice Aug 02, 1996
This document seeks comment on the Department's proposal to continue the suspension of the implementation of regulations previously issued under the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts while the Department conducts additional rulemaking proceedings to deter...
Proposed Rule Aug 02, 1996
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or con...
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Library of Congress logo Library of Congress

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The Copyright Office of the Library of Congress is announcing the precontroversy discovery schedule, including the date of initiation of arbitration, for the Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel (CARP) proceeding to set the rates and terms for the 17...
Notice Aug 02, 1996

National Archives and Records Administration logo National Archives and Records Administration

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NARA is giving public notice that the agency proposes to renew the information collections described in this notice, which are used in the National Historical Publications and Records Commission grant program. The public is invited to comment on the...
Notice Aug 02, 1996

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities logo National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

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National Labor Relations Board

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Pursuant to a request from the American Bar Association Subcommittee on NLRB Practice and Procedure, the NLRB gives notice that it is extending by approximately 30 days the time for filing comments on the proposed rule changes published on July 5, 19...
Proposed Rule Aug 02, 1996

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National Science Foundation

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Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), the National Science Foundation (NSF) is providing notice of changes to its Privacy Act Systems of Records. Eight (8) system notices are being deleted. The records described there are adequately co...
Notice Aug 02, 1996

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff plans to convene a public meeting with representatives of the 29 Agreement States to discuss technical and program management issues in the regulation of Atomic Energy Act radioactive materials. Panel dis...
Notice Aug 02, 1996
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Railroad Retirement Board

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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 Aug 02, 1996

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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This amendment revises airworthiness directive (AD) 96-08-01, that is applicable to Hamilton Standard Model 14RF-9 propellers. The current AD superseded priority letter AD 95-24-09, and requires an ultrasonic shear wave inspection, adds a one-time vi...
Rule Aug 02, 1996
The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that an environmental impact statement (EIS) will be prepared for the proposed reconstruction of Trunk Highway 23 (TH 23) in Stearns County, Minnesota.
Notice Aug 02, 1996
This action establishes the Grants Pass, Oregon, Class E airspace to accommodate a Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) to the Grants Pass Airport.
Rule Aug 02, 1996
This action establishes the Libby, Montana, Class E airspace to accommodate a Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) to the Libby Airport.
Rule Aug 02, 1996
The MUTCD is incorporated by reference in 23 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 655, subpart F, and recognized as the national standard for traffic control on all public roads. Sec. 406 of the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies App...
Proposed Rule Aug 02, 1996
The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the application to impose and use PFC revenue at Portland International Airport under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 40117 and Part 158 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 158).
Notice Aug 02, 1996
Construction is near completion of the new Clay County Regional Airport at Mosby, MO, with a projected opening in late 1996. The FAA has developed Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAP) to the Clay County Regional Airport based on the Global...
Proposed Rule Aug 02, 1996

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

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The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) (collectively, the agencies) are revising their rules...
Rule Aug 02, 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 Aug 02, 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...
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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...
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