May 22, 2001 (Volume 66)

Federal Register May 22, 2001

View all documents issued on May 22, 2001. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

134 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on May 22, 2001

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Agency information collection activities:

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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13) and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations at 5 CFR Part 1320 (60 FR 44978, August 29, 1995), this notice announces the Economic Research Service's intention to reques...
Notice May 22, 2001
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Rural Housing Service's intention to request an extension for a currently approved information collection in support of the program for Management and Supervision of Mu...
Notice May 22, 2001

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

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Pursuant to section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969; the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations (40 CFR part 1500); and the Natural Resources Conservation Service Regulations (7 CFR part 650); the Natural Resources Co...
Notice May 22, 2001

Meetings:

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The Southwest Washington Provincial Advisory Committee will meet on Wednesday, May 30, 2001, at the Wind River Training Center, located at 1262 Hemlock Road, Carson, Washington. The meeting will begin at 10 a.m. and continue until 4 p.m. The purpose...
Notice May 22, 2001

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Agency information collection activities:

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The Department of Commerce, 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 collections, a...
Notice May 22, 2001
The Department of Commerce, 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 collections, a...
Notice May 22, 2001
The Department of Commerce, 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 collections, a...
Notice May 22, 2001
The Department of Commerce, 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 collections, a...
Notice May 22, 2001
The Department of Commerce, 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 collections, a...
Notice May 22, 2001

Antidumping:

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The Department of Commerce ("the Department") is extending the time limit for the preliminary results of the antidumping administrative review on certain stainless steel sheet and strip in coil from Taiwan.
Notice May 22, 2001
Notice of postponement of final antidumping duty determination and extension of provisional measures: solid agricultural grade ammonium nitrate from Ukraine.
Notice May 22, 2001

Endangered and threatened species:

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The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announces the receipt of a petition to designate critical habitat for the Western Arctic stock of bowhead whales, Balaena mysticetus, under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA), as amended. NMFS has de...
Proposed Rule May 22, 2001

Fishery conservation and management:

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NMFS announces that the Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS (Regional Administrator), has made a preliminary determination that the subject exempted fishing permit (EFP) application contains all the required information and warrants further conside...
Proposed Rule May 22, 2001
NMFS issues this final rule to amend the fee table for foreign vessels fishing in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The intent of this action is to comply with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act),...
Rule May 22, 2001
NMFS is opening directed fishing for Pacific cod by vessels catching Pacific cod for processing by the offshore component in the Western Regulatory Area in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to fully use the 2001 total allowable catch...
Rule May 22, 2001

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

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The Department of Commerce is announcing funding availability for graduate students pursuing masters or doctoral level degrees in oceanography, marine biology, or maritime archaeology through the Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship Program and is inviting a...
Notice May 22, 2001

Meetings:

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The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public meeting of its Groundfish Oversight Committee in June, 2001. Recommendations from the committee will be brought to the full Council for formal consideration and action, if ap...
Notice May 22, 2001
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and its advisory committees will hold public meetings June 4-11, 2001, in Kodiak, AK.
Notice May 22, 2001

Patent cases:

Title Type Published
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) published a final rule in the Federal Register of March 22, 2001, revising the rules of practice relating to applications filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) to conform the United Sta...
Rule May 22, 2001

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Agency information collection activities:

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Notice.
Notice May 22, 2001
Notice.
Notice May 22, 2001

Education Department logo Education Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
The Leader, Regulatory 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 May 22, 2001
The Leader, Regulatory Information Management Group, Office of the Chief Information Officer invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice May 22, 2001

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

Title Type Published
PPL Electric Utilities Corp.
Notice May 22, 2001
Southwest Power Pool, Inc.
Notice May 22, 2001

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various States:

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EPA is finalizing a limited approval and limited disapproval of revisions to the Ventura County Air Pollution Control District (VCAPCD) portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). This action was proposed in the Federal Register on Jan...
Rule May 22, 2001
EPA is taking direct final action on a revision to the State of Maryland State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted on January 4, 2001 by the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE). This revision repeals the requirements for petroleum refineries...
Rule May 22, 2001
EPA proposes to approve revisions to the Maryland State Implementation Plan (SIP). The revisions concern the control of volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from distilled spirits facilities. EPA is proposing these revisions to regulate emission...
Proposed Rule May 22, 2001
EPA is taking direct final action on revisions to the Maryland State Implementation Plan (SIP). These revisions establish reasonable available control technology (RACT) to limit volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from distilled spirits facilti...
Rule May 22, 2001
EPA is proposing to approve a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Maryland. This action proposes to approve Maryland's repeal of its petroleum refinery regulation. EPA is approving the State's SIP submittal as a direct...
Proposed Rule May 22, 2001
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of New Jersey. This SIP revision meets the requirements of the EPA's regulation entitled, "Finding of Significant Contribution an...
Rule May 22, 2001
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of New York. This SIP revision meets the requirements of the EPA's regulation entitled, "Finding of Significant Contribution and...
Rule May 22, 2001

Hazardous waste management system:

Title Type Published
Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposes to revise the Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest regulations and the manifest form used to track hazardous waste from a generator's site to its site of ultimate disposition. EPA proposes three m...
Proposed Rule May 22, 2001

Hazardous waste:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will implement a project under its Project XL (which stands for eXcellence and Leadership) program that will provide regulatory flexibility under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), as amended,...
Rule May 22, 2001

Meetings:

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Under section 10(a)(2) of Public Law 92-423, "The Federal Advisory Committee Act," notice is hereby given that a meeting of Arsenic Cost Working Group of the National Drinking Water Advisory Council established under the Safe Drinking Water Act, as a...
Notice May 22, 2001
This notice announces a conference call meeting of the Inert Disclosure Stakeholder Workgroup. The workgroup was established to advise the Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee on ways of making information on inert ingredients more available to the p...
Notice May 22, 2001

Superfund program:

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)--New England is issuing a notice of intent to delete the Salem Acres Superfund Site located in Salem, Massachusetts, from the National Priorities List (NPL) and requests public comments on this notice of inte...
Proposed Rule May 22, 2001
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 8 announces its deletion of Operable Unit 2 (OU2) of the California Gulch Superfund Site (Site) from the National Priorities List (NPL) and requests public comment on this action. The NPL constitutes a...
Rule May 22, 2001
EPA--New England is publishing a direct final deletion of the Salem Acres Superfund Site (Site), located in Salem, Massachusetts, from the National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL, promulgated pursuant to Section 105 of the Comprehensive Environmental...
Rule May 22, 2001
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 is issuing a notice of intent to delete the Cleveland Mill Superfund Site (Site), located in Grant County, New Mexico, from the National Priorities List (NPL) and requests public comments on this not...
Proposed Rule May 22, 2001
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 is publishing a direct final rule of deletion of the Gulf Coast Vacuum Services Superfund Site (Site), located in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana from the National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL, promulg...
Rule May 22, 2001
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 is issuing a proposed notice of intent to delete the Gulf Coast Vacuum Services Superfund Site (Site) located in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana from the National Priorities List (NPL) and requests publi...
Proposed Rule May 22, 2001
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region III is publishing a direct final deletion of the Brodhead Creek Superfund Site (Site) located in the Borough of Stroudsburg, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, from the National Priorities List (NPL). The NP...
Rule May 22, 2001
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region III is issuing a notice of intent to delete the Brodhead Creek Superfund Site (Site) located in the Borough of Stroudsburg, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, from the National Priorities List (NPL) and requ...
Proposed Rule May 22, 2001
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposes to delete Operable Unit 2 (OU2) of the California Gulch Superfund Site, located in Leadville, Colorado, from the National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL constitutes appendix B of 40 CFR...
Proposed Rule May 22, 2001
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 is publishing a direct final deletion of the Cleveland Mill Superfund Site (the "Site"), located in Grant County, New Mexico, from the National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL, promulgated pursuant to...
Rule May 22, 2001

Water supply:

Title Type Published
Today's action delays the effective date of the arsenic in drinking water regulation published on January 22, 2001 (66 FR 6976), to February 22, 2002. The effective date for the arsenic regulation was previously delayed 60 days on March 23, 2001 (66...
Rule May 22, 2001

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Government agencies and employees:

Title Type Published
Energy effects of Federal regulations; preparation of statements (EO 13211)
Presidential Document May 22, 2001
Energy-related projects, actions to expedite Federal (EO 13212)
Presidential Document May 22, 2001

Special observances:

Title Type Published
Safe Boating Week, National (Proc. 7440)
Presidential Document May 22, 2001
World Trade Week (Proc. 7441)
Presidential Document May 22, 2001

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Common carrier services:

Title Type Published
The streamlined procedures the Commission adopts here will replace the current, burdensome waiver process. The Commission's new procedures provide for an acquiring carrier to simply self-certify to the Commission, in advance of the transfer, that the...
Rule May 22, 2001

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice May 22, 2001

Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
The information collection requirements described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act ("PRA"). The FTC is seeking public comments on its proposal to extend thro...
Notice May 22, 2001

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
Proposed collection; comment request
Notice May 22, 2001
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice May 22, 2001
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice May 22, 2001

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
American Indian/Alaska Native Core Capacity Building Programs
Notice May 22, 2001
Environmental health programs improvement
Notice May 22, 2001
Health Workforce Studies Regional Centers
Notice May 22, 2001
This notice announces the availability of approximately $70 million in grant funding through "Systems Change Grants for Community Living". The "Systems Change" grants include four distinct competitive grant opportunities: (1) "Nursing Facility Transi...
Notice May 22, 2001
Professional Education on Prostate Cancer; Primary Health Care Providers Program
Notice May 22, 2001
Redesigning Cities and Suburbs for Public Health Program
Notice May 22, 2001
United Nations Foundation; Measles Control and Related Childhood Morbidity Reduction Program
Notice May 22, 2001

Medicaid:

Title Type Published
On January 22, 2001, we published an interim final rule with comment period (66 FR 7148) that established a definition of a "psychiatric residential treatment facility" that is not a hospital and that may furnish covered Medicaid inpatient psychiatri...
Rule May 22, 2001

Medical devices:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is correcting a final rule that classified certain previously unclassified preamendments pedicle screw spinal systems and reclassified certain postamendments pedicle screw spinal systems. The agency is correctin...
Rule May 22, 2001

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panels
Notice May 22, 2001
Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panels
Notice May 22, 2001
This notice was published in the Federal Register on April 30, 2001, Volume 66, Number 83, Pages 21388-21389. The meeting times and dates have been revised.
Notice May 22, 2001
Interdisciplinary, Community-Based Linkages Advisory Committee
Notice May 22, 2001
Public Health Service Activities and Research at DOE Sites Citizens Advisory Committee
Notice May 22, 2001

National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program:

Title Type Published
Through this notice, the Secretary announces that pneumococcal conjugate vaccines are now covered vaccines under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP), which provides a system of no-fault compensation for certain individuals who hav...
Notice May 22, 2001

Privacy Act:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, this notice announces a CMP agreement that HCFA plans to conduct with the Department of Defense (DOD). We have provided background information about the proposed matching pro...
Notice May 22, 2001

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in cooperation with the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, published a notice of availability of a draft...
Notice May 22, 2001
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a final guidance for industry (#100) entitled "Impurities: Residual Solvents in New Veterinary Medicinal Products, Active Substances and Excipients" (VICH GL18). This guidance h...
Notice May 22, 2001

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is requesting comments about how to provide incentives to further develop ballast water treatment (BWT) technologies and reduce the potential for introducing nonindigenous species (NIS) to the waters of the United States via discharge...
Notice May 22, 2001

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
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 May 22, 2001

Grant and cooperative agreement awards:

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 a funding decision made by the Department to the Tides Foundation. This announcement contains the...
Notice May 22, 2001

Privacy Act:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is giving notice that it proposes to establish a new system of records entitled "Inspector Quality Assurance/Qual...
Notice May 22, 2001

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
Endangered and threatened species permit applications
Notice May 22, 2001
Marine mammal permit applications
Notice May 22, 2001

Endangered and threatened species:

Title Type Published
The Preble's meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius preblei) was listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (Act) of 1973, as amended, on May 13, 1998 (63 FR 26517). At the time the Preble's was listed, a special rule for the cons...
Rule May 22, 2001

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978; section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA); section 202 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA) and 43 CFR part 1610, the Final General M...
Notice May 22, 2001

Motor vehicle use restrictions:

Title Type Published
Off-highway vehicle (OHV) use in the Texas Creek, Penrose, Grand Canyon Hills, and Sand Gulch OHV "Open" areas has resulted in unacceptable impacts to the public lands, with the potential for more in the future. As a result, the Royal Gorge Field Off...
Notice May 22, 2001

Withdrawal and reservation of lands:

Title Type Published
The Corps Of Engineers (COE), Department of the Army, proposes to withdraw 400.27 acres of Public Lands, to protect the investment of federal funds and the existing hydroelectric generating units constructed at the Chief Joseph Dam. This notice close...
Notice May 22, 2001

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Alcoholic beverages:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) is considering amending the regulations concerning the placement, legibility, and noticeability of the congressionally mandated health warning statement required to appear on the labels of all contain...
Proposed Rule May 22, 2001

National cooperative research notifications:

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
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...
Notice May 22, 2001
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice May 22, 2001
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice May 22, 2001

Trade Act of 1974; implementation:

Title Type Published
The trade adjustment assistance program operates under the Trade Act of 1974 to furnish program benefits to domestic workers adversely affected in their employment by imports of articles which are like or are directly competitive with articles produc...
Notice May 22, 2001

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National Capital Planning Commission

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The National Capital Planning Commission has prepared a draft of proposed revisions to its current Guidelines and Submission Requirements for Antennas on Federal Property in the National Capital Region developed in compliance with the Telecommunicati...
Notice May 22, 2001

National Credit Union Administration logo National Credit Union Administration

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice May 22, 2001

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National Science Foundation

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Special Emphasis Panel
Notice May 22, 2001

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
Notice of consideration of license amendment requests for the Babcock and Wilcox Facility and Shallow Land Disposal Area in Parks Township, Pennsylvania, and opportunity for a hearing.
Notice May 22, 2001

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is seeking qualified candidates for an appointment to its Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) to fill a vacancy.
Notice May 22, 2001

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice May 22, 2001

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Small Business Administration's intentions to request approval on a new, and/or currently approved information collection.
Notice May 22, 2001

State Department logo State Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
International Communications and Information Policy Advisory Committee
Notice May 22, 2001
Public Diplomacy, U.S. Advisory Commission
Notice May 22, 2001
Shipping Coordinating Committee
Notice May 22, 2001
Shipping Coordinating Committee
Notice May 22, 2001

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Rail carriers:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
Waybill data; release for use
Notice May 22, 2001

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Airport noise compatibility program:

Title Type Published
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its findings on the Noise Compatibility Program submitted by the county of Ventura, Camarillo, California, under the provisions of Title I of the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 1979 (Pub...
Notice May 22, 2001

Airworthiness directives:

Title Type Published
This document proposes the supersedure of an existing airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to Eurocopter France (ECF) Model AS350B, B1, B2, B3, BA, D, and AS355E, F, F1, F2, and N helicopters. That AD currently requires inspecting certain versio...
Proposed Rule May 22, 2001

Buy America waivers:

Title Type Published
This waiver allows New Flyer of America to count a foreign manufactured articulating joint system used in its low floor buses as a domestic component for purposes of calculating the aggregate domestic content of the vehicle and was predicated on the...
Notice May 22, 2001

Fishery endorsements; vessel ownership and control requirements applicability:

Title Type Published
The Maritime Administration (MARAD, we, our, or us) is soliciting public comments on a petition from the owners and mortgagees of the vessel Defender--Official Number 554030 (hereinafter the "Vessel"). The petition requests that MARAD issue a decisio...
Notice May 22, 2001
The Maritime Administration (MARAD, we, our, or us) is soliciting public comments on a petition from the owners and mortgagees of the vessel Pacific Prince--Official Number 697280 (hereinafter the "Vessel"). The petition requests that MARAD issue a d...
Notice May 22, 2001

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

No documents available.

Passenger facility charges; applications, etc.:

Title Type Published
The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the application to impose and use PFC revenue at Yellowstone Regional Airport under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 40117 and Part 158 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR 158).
Notice May 22, 2001

Rail carriers:

No documents available.

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Alcoholic beverages:

No documents available.

Privacy Act:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the Bureau of the Public Debt, Treasury, is publishing its Privacy Act systems of records.
Notice May 22, 2001

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Privacy Act:

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