December 23, 1999 (Volume 64)

Federal Register December 23, 1999

View all documents issued on December 23, 1999. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

148 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on December 23, 1999

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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The USDA, Forest Service, will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) on a Proposed Action to complete silvicultural treatments, including commercial harvest, pre-commercial thinning, and prescribed fire, to improve the health and diversity...
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The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is amending the Federal meat and poultry products inspection regulations to harmonize and improve the efficiency of the procedures used by FSIS and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for reviewing and...
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The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) proposes to amend its regulations to implement several work-related provisions of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA). This proposed rule makes significant changes...
Proposed Rule Dec 23, 1999
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is amending its regulations to permit the use of ionizing radiation for treating refrigerated or frozen, uncooked meat, meat byproducts, and certain other meat food products to reduce levels of foodborne...
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The Northwest Sacramento Provincial Advisory Committee (PAC) will meet on Wednesday, January 12, 2000, at the North State Blood Center, 1880 Park Marina Drive, Redding, California. The meeting will start at 9 a.m. and adjourn at 4 p.m. Topics for the...
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The comment period has been extended for the proposed revised Land and Resource Management Plan (Forest Plan), the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS), and associated documents. The original Notice of Availability was published in the Federal...
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The Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBS) is issuing new regulations for the Rural Business Opportunity Grant (RBOG) Program. This action is needed to implement a new program authorized by section 741 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Ref...
Rule Dec 23, 1999
On October 1, 1999, the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) published a direct final rule, ``Scale Requirements for Accurate Weights, Repairs, Adjustments, and Replacement After Inspection.'' This direct final rule notified the public of FSIS's...
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Brush Creek/Hayden Ranger District, will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to assess and disclose the environmental effects of issuing a Road Use P...
Notice Dec 23, 1999
This notice informs the public of the annual adjustments to the reimbursement rates for meals served in the Summer Food Service Program for Children (SFSP). These adjustments reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index and are required by the statute...
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On September 15, 1999, and November 4, 1999, the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of Agriculture, respectively, signed a joint interchange order authorizing the transfer of administrative jurisdiction of 3,183.418 acres, more or less, lying wi...
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Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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NMFS is announcing that the information collection requirement contained in Sec. 679.5(l)(2)(vi) of 50 CFR part 679 was approved by the Office of Management and Budget.
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The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling public meetings for its Groundfish Advisory Panel and Groundfish Committee in January, 2000 to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). R...
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NMFS announces that fish quota allocations are available for harvest by U.S. fishermen in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) Regulatory Area.
Rule Dec 23, 1999
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), U.S. Department of Commerce, announces the solicitation of applications for planning and construction grants for public telecommunications facilities under the Public Telecommunic...
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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

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Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs increasing a limit.
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Corporation for National and Community Service logo Corporation for National and Community Service

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The Corporation for National and Community Service published a notice in the Federal Register of December 3, 1999, concerning the availability of funds for organizations to provide training and technical assistance to grantees and subgrantees support...
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Defense Department logo Defense Department

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The Department of the Air Force is adopting the exemption rule published on October 18, 1999, at 64 FR 56181 as final. No comments were received during the sixty day comment period. EFFECTIVE DATE: December 17, 1999. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:...
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On August 24, 1999, at 64 FR 46185, the Air Force amended the system of records notice F044 AF DP B, entitled Substance Abuse Reorientation and Treatment Case Files. Two of the changes made to the system of records notice at that time were to the sys...
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The Joint Military Intelligence College (JMIC) Board of Visitors was renewed effective November 27, 1999, in consonance with the public interest, and in accordance with the provisions of Public Law 92-463, the ``Federal Advisory Committee Act.''
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This rule provides guidance governing screening of Reserve component members of the U.S. military departments relative to their civilian employment. The purpose of the screening program is to ensure availability of Ready Reserve members for military...
Rule Dec 23, 1999
This interim final rule implements Section 712(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (Pub. L. No. 106-65), which requires that a nonavailability-of-health-care statement shall be required for a non-enrolled beneficiary for...
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Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board logo Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

Education Department logo Education Department

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The Leader, Information Management Group, Office of the Chief Information Officer, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
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The Leader, Information Management Group, Office of the Chief Information Officer, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Dec 23, 1999

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Emergency Oil and Gas Guaranteed Loan Board

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In accordance with the Council on Environmental Quality's regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (``NEPA''), the Emergency Oil and Gas Guaranteed Loan Board (``Board'') is adopting NEPA procedures. Environmental data or docume...
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Emergency Steel Guarantee Loan Board

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In accordance with the Council on Environmental Quality's regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (``NEPA''), the Emergency Steel Guarantee Loan Board (``Board'') is adopting NEPA procedures. Environmental data or documentation...
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Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking final action to approve certain portions of the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the state of Missouri and as revisions to the part 70 (operating permits) program. These revisi...
Rule Dec 23, 1999
EPA proposes to approve the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the state of Missouri for the purpose of approving certain portions of the SIP revisions submitted by the state of Missouri and as revisions to the part 70 (operating p...
Proposed Rule Dec 23, 1999
EPA supports the preferred alternative, however EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding potential surface and ground water quality impacts from potential pipeline spills and recommended using an industry state-of-the-art pipeline leak detectio...
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In accordance with section 122(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given of a proposed administrative settlement between the United States Envir...
Notice Dec 23, 1999
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to amend management standards for sewage sludge by adding a numeric concentration limit for dioxin and dioxin-like compounds (``dioxins'') in sewage sludge that is applied to the land, and monito...
Proposed Rule Dec 23, 1999

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

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Presidential Document Dec 23, 1999

Farm Credit Administration logo Farm Credit Administration

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The Farm Credit Administration is proposing to amend regulations to allow Farm Credit System (System) service corporations to sell stock to non-System entities; and System institutions to adopt bylaws allowing the issuance of unlimited amounts of cer...
Proposed Rule Dec 23, 1999

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is revoking the Compliance Policy Guide (CPG) entitled ``Sec. 305.100 Acupuncture Devices and Accessories (CPG 7124.11)'' to eliminate obsolete compliance policy. In general, this CPG no longer reflects current...
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a document entitled ``FDA Response to Comments on a Proposed Framework for Evaluating and Assuring the Human Food Safety of the Microbial Effects of Antimicrobial New Animal Dru...
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Correction Dec 23, 1999
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a final guidance document entitled ``Guidance for Industry: Consideration of the Human Health Impact of the Microbial Effects of Antimicrobial New Animal Drugs Intended for Use...
Notice Dec 23, 1999
In accordance with section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, this notice announces a meeting of the Competitive Pricing Advisory Committee (the CPAC) on January 12, 2000. The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA) requires the Secretary of the...
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations for medicated feed applications to add an entry stating the maximum Type B level and assay limits for diclazuril Type B and C medicated feeds. The Federal Register documen...
Rule Dec 23, 1999
On May 25, 1999 the National Institutes of Health (NIH) published for public comment in the Federal Register a proposed policy entitled SHARING BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH RESOURCES: Principles and Guideline for Recipients of NIH Research Grants and Contract...
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Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

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This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.
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Interior Department logo Interior Department

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Pursuant to section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the BLM, St. George Field Office, Utah announces the availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement and General Management Plan (DEIS/GMP) for Zion National Park,...
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On November 8, 1999 (64 FR 60831) the National Park Service, in cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, announced the availability of, and solicited comments on, the draft FLAG Phase...
Notice Dec 23, 1999
This order opens, subject to the provisions of Section 24 of the Federal Power Act, 42.90 acres of National Forest System lands withdrawn by a Secretarial order which established the Bureau of Land Management's Power Site Classification No. 88. This...
Notice Dec 23, 1999
This order partially revokes a Secretarial order insofar as it affects 157.68 acres of public land withdrawn for the Bureau of Land Management's Power Site Classification No. 377. The withdrawal is no longer needed, and the revocation is necessary to...
Notice Dec 23, 1999
This order revokes a Bureau of Reclamation order in its entirety, and partially revokes a public land order and a Secretarial order insofar as they affect 1,818.20 acres of National Forest System lands withdrawn for the Orme Dam and Reservoir Project...
Notice Dec 23, 1999
The following described public land in White Pine County, Nevada has been identified and examined and will be classified under Section 7 of the Act of June 28, 1934 (48 Stat. 1272), as amended (43 U.S.C. 315f), as suitable for lease/purchase under th...
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Labor Department logo Labor Department

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Merit Systems Protection Board logo Merit Systems Protection Board

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The Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB or the Board) proposes to amend its rules of practice and procedure with respect to attorney fee proceedings to provide reimbursement to a prevailing appellant's attorney at his customary billing rate if that...
Proposed Rule Dec 23, 1999

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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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 inf...
Notice Dec 23, 1999

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

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Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, as amended), notice is hereby given that the following meetings of the Humanities Panel will be held at the Old Post Office, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, D...
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National Science Foundation

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The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish a notice of requests to modify permits issued to conduct activities regulated under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. NSF has published regulations under the Antarctic Conservation Ac...
Notice Dec 23, 1999
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish notice of permit applications received to conduct activities regulated under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. NSF has published regulations under the Antarctic Conservation Act at Ti...
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or Commission) is amending its regulations to certify the AP600 standard plant design under Subpart B of 10 CFR part 52. This action is necessary so that applicants or licensees intending to construct and operat...
Rule Dec 23, 1999
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is withdrawing a direct final rule that would have revised the Pacific Sierra Nuclear Associates (PSNA) VSC-24 cask system listing within the ``List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks'' to include Amendment N...
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Notice Dec 23, 1999
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its regulations to allow holders of operating licenses for nuclear power plants to voluntarily replace the traditional source term used in design basis accident analyses with alternative source term...
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Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

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The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing a rule to set forth how agencies may use appropriated funds to reduce child care costs for lower income Federal employees. The intended effect of this rule is to enable lower income Federal employ...
Proposed Rule Dec 23, 1999
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a final regulation to incorporate new provisions resulting from the Federal Employees Life Insurance Improvement Act, enacted October 30, 1998. The regulation changes the premium rates for Basic and...
Rule Dec 23, 1999

Postal Service logo Postal Service

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The Postal Service is seeking comments on a proposed revision to the Domestic Mail Manual to require that if Periodicals mail is on the same vehicle as Standard Mail prepared for Plant Verified Drop Shipment (PVDS), then the Periodicals mail must be...
Proposed Rule Dec 23, 1999

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

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Notice of application for an order under section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (``Act'') granting exemptions from the provisions of Sections 2(a)(32), 22(c), and 27(i)(2)(A) of the Act and Rule 22c-1 thereunder to permit the recapture of bonuses applied to purchase payments made under certain deferred variable annuity contracts.
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Notice of application for an order pursuant to section 26(b) and 17(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'').
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Applicant seeks an order declaring that it has ceased to be an investment company. On November 26, 1999, applicant made a final liquidating distribution to its shareholders based on net asset value. Expenses of approximately $1,500 incurred in connec...
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Notice of an application under section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (``Act'') for an exemption from section 15(a) of the Act and rule 18f-2 under the Act.
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Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

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The Social Security Administration (SSA) is announcing the extension of two tests being conducted under the authority of current rules codified at 20 CFR 404.906 and 416.1406. These rules provide authority to test, individually or in any combination,...
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State Department logo State Department

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Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985, 22 U.S.C. 2459), the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 2681 et seq.), Delegatio...
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Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

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The Board has approved the first quarter 2000 rail cost adjustment factor (RCAF) and cost index filed by the Association of American Railroads. The first quarter 2000 RCAF (Unadjusted) is 1.043. The first quarter 2000 RCAF (Adjusted) is 0.594. The fi...
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Trade Representative, Office of United States

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This notice announces the petitions that were accepted for the 1999 GSP Annual Review for modifications of GSP product eligibility; lists the schedule for the public hearing on these petitions, for requesting participation in the hearing, and for sub...
Notice Dec 23, 1999
Implementation of preferential tariff treatment under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) for three articles from South Africa.
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Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the FHWA and the FTA, in cooperation with the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) and the Regional Transportation District (RTD), have jointly prepared a Final Environmental I...
Notice Dec 23, 1999
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Maritime Administration's (MARAD) intentions to request approval for three years of an existing information collection entitled, ``Maritime Administration Service Oblig...
Notice Dec 23, 1999

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

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Effective December 31, 1999, the Department of the Treasury, Financial Management Service, is increasing the fees it imposes on and collects from surety companies and reinsuring companies.
Notice Dec 23, 1999
This is Supplement No. 6 to the Treasury Department Circular 570; 1999 Revision, published July 1, 1999, at 64 FR 35864.
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United States Sentencing Commission

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(1) The Commission is preparing to promulgate a temporary, emergency guideline amendment to Sec. 2B5.3 (Criminal Infringement of Copyright or Trademark) and accompanying commentary to implement the directive contained in section 2(g) of the No Electr...
Notice Dec 23, 1999

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

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In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C., 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted belo...
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In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C., 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted belo...
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In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C., 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted below...
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In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C., 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted belo...
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In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C., 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted below...
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The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal agencies are required to publish notice...
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The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal...
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The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal agencies are required to publish noti...
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