August 1, 2001 (Volume 66)

Federal Register August 1, 2001

View all documents issued on August 1, 2001. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

130 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on August 1, 2001

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) to document the analysis and disclose the environmental impacts of a proposed timber sale and road reconstruction on the east side of the Big Hole...
Notice Aug 01, 2001

Nectarines and peaches grown in

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The Department of Agriculture (Department) is adopting, as a final rule, with minor changes, an interim final rule that revised the handling requirements for California nectarines and peaches by modifying the grade, size, and maturity requirements fo...
Rule Aug 01, 2001

Nectarines grown in

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This rule would increase the assessment rate established for the Nectarine Administrative Committee (committee) for the 2001-02 and subsequent fiscal periods from $0.1850 to $0.20 per 25-pound container or container equivalent of nectarines handled....
Proposed Rule Aug 01, 2001

Onions grown in

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The Department of Agriculture (Department) is adopting, as a final rule, without change, an interim final rule which decreased the assessment rate established for the South Texas Onion Committee (Committee) for the 2000-2001 and subsequent fiscal per...
Rule Aug 01, 2001

Raisins produced from grapes grown in

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This rule establishes final volume regulation percentages for 2000-01 crop Natural (sun-dried) Seedless raisins (Naturals) and Zante Currant raisins (Zantes) covered under the Federal marketing order for California raisins (order). The order regulate...
Rule Aug 01, 2001

User fees:

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We are amending the user fees for processing applications for permits to import and transport certain animal products, organisms, vectors, and germ plasm. We are also establishing new user fees that would pay the cost of processing applications to im...
Rule Aug 01, 2001

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Antidumping and countervailing duties:

Title Type Published
Notice of opportunity to request administrative review of antidumping or countervailing duty order, finding, or suspended investigation.
Notice Aug 01, 2001
In accordance with section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended ("the Act"), the Department of Commerce ("the Department") is automatically initiating five-year ("sunset") reviews of the antidumping duty orders listed below. The International...
Notice Aug 01, 2001

Antidumping:

Title Type Published
In response to a timely request from Shandong Jinma Industrial Group Co., Ltd. (Jinma), on October 6, 2000, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published a notice of initiation of a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on heavy fo...
Notice Aug 01, 2001
The Department of Commerce ("the Department") has received a request from exporter Wuxi Andi Civilization PE Gift Give Away Co., Ltd., and importer Safety Touch & Javithon Inc., (collectively "Wuxi"), to conduct a new shipper review of the antidumpin...
Notice Aug 01, 2001

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Consumer Product Safety Commission logo Consumer Product Safety Commission

Title Type Published
The Commission has reason to believe that baby bath seats and rings, as currently designed, may present an unreasonable risk of injury. The Commission is aware of 78 deaths and 110 non-fatal incidents and complaints from January 1983 through May 2001...
Proposed Rule Aug 01, 2001
The Commission has received a petition (CP 01-01) requesting that the Commission issue a rule requiring product registration cards accompany every product intended for use by children. The Commission solicits written comments concerning the petition.
Notice Aug 01, 2001

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Civilian health and medical program of uniformed services (CHAMPUS):

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The Department of Defense (DoD) proposes to amend its regulations on the Individual Case Management Program (ICMP) to implement requirements stipulated by Section 703 of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2000 National Defense Authorization Act, Section 8118 of th...
Proposed Rule Aug 01, 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 submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Aug 01, 2001

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
In compliance with the requirements of section 3507(j)(1)of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. No.104-13), and 5 CFR 1320.13 of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations, the Federal Energy Regulatory (Commission) is providing n...
Notice Aug 01, 2001

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
AES Ironwood, LLC
Notice Aug 01, 2001
Northern Lights Power Co.
Notice Aug 01, 2001
PEI Power II, LLC
Notice Aug 01, 2001
Stingray Pipeline Co., L.L.C.
Notice Aug 01, 2001
VIASYN, Inc.
Notice Aug 01, 2001
Viking Gas Transmission Co.
Notice Aug 01, 2001
Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Co.
Notice Aug 01, 2001

Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Grand River Dam Authority
Notice Aug 01, 2001

Floodplain and wetlands protection; environmental review determinations, availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Western Area Power Administration (Western) intends to rebuild an existing transmission line in northeastern Montana and western North Dakota. This project will involve the replacement of the existing wood pole H-frame structures along the entire...
Notice Aug 01, 2001

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice announces a meeting of the National Nuclear Security Administration Advisory Committee (NNSA AC). The Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2 10(a)(2) requires that public notice of these meetings be announced in the Federal Regis...
Notice Aug 01, 2001

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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This notice announces that pesticide related informationsubmitted to EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) pursuant to the Federal Insecticide,Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act(FFDCA), including in...
Notice Aug 01, 2001

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that the following Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: National...
Notice Aug 01, 2001
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Standards of Perfo...
Notice Aug 01, 2001

Air pollution control:

Title Type Published
Notice of accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), notice is hereby given of a proposed settlement agreement in The Fertilizer Institute v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, No. 99-1317 (D.C. Cir.). This...
Notice Aug 01, 2001

Pesticide programs:

Title Type Published
This notice announces the availability of risk assessments that were developed as part of EPA's process for making pesticide Reregistration Eligibility Decisions (REDs) and tolerance reassessments consistent with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic...
Notice Aug 01, 2001

Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.:

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This regulation establishes a time-limited tolerance for combined residues of carfentrazone-ethyl and its metabolite in or on hop, dried cones. This action is in response to EPA's granting of an emergency exemption under section 18 of the Federal Ins...
Rule Aug 01, 2001
Several companies that manufacture diazinon O,O-diethyl O-(2- isopropyl-6-methyl-4-pyrimidinyl) phosphorothioate pesticide products have asked EPA to cancel or amend the registrations for their end-use products containing diazinon to delete all indoo...
Notice Aug 01, 2001

Pesticide, food, and feed additive petitions:

Title Type Published
This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of a certain pesticide chemical in or on various food commodities.
Notice Aug 01, 2001

Pesticides; tolerances in food, animal feeds, and raw agricultural commodities:

Title Type Published
This document proposes to revoke specific tolerances for residues of the insecticides carbofuran, phosphamidon, and trimethacarb; the herbicides atrazine, S-(O,O-diisopropyl phosphorodithioate) ester of N-(2-mercaptoethyl)benzenesulfonamide, known as...
Proposed Rule Aug 01, 2001
This regulation establishes time-limited tolerances for combined residues of azoxystrobin in or on chickpeas, lychees, and peppers. This action is in response to EPA's granting of emergency exemptions under section 18 of the Federal Insecticide, Fung...
Rule Aug 01, 2001
This regulation establishes tolerances for combined residues of carfentrazone-ethyl in or on the caneberry subgroup and cotton. The Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR-4) and FMC Corporation requested these tolerances under the Federal Food,...
Rule Aug 01, 2001
This regulation establishes a tolerance for residues of clomazone, 2-(2-chlorophenyl)methyl-4, 4-methyl-3-isoxazolidinone in or on Sugar cane, cane. FMC Corporation requested this tolerance under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended b...
Rule Aug 01, 2001
This regulation establishes a temporary exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of the Lysophosphatidylethanolamine (LPE), also known as phospholipid and lyso-PE on blueberries, cherries, peppers when applied/used to enhance ripeni...
Rule Aug 01, 2001
This document proposes to revoke specific tolerances for residues of the herbicide oxadiazon and the insecticide tetradifon. EPA expects to determine whether any individuals or groups want to support these tolerances. The regulatory actions proposed...
Proposed Rule Aug 01, 2001
This regulation establishes time-limited tolerances for combined residues of sulfentrazone, N-[2,4-dichloro-5-[4- (difluoromethyl)-4,5-dihydro-3-methyl-5-oxo-1H-1,2,4-triazol-1- yl]phenyl]methanesulfonamide, and its metabolites 3-hydroxymethyl sulfen...
Rule Aug 01, 2001

Toxic and hazardous substances control:

Title Type Published
EPA has established a unified library for test guidelines issued by the Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances (OPPTS) for use in testing chemical substances to develop data for submission to EPA under the Toxic Substances Control Act...
Notice Aug 01, 2001

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Title Type Published
Iraq; continuation of emergency (Notice of July 31, 2001)
Presidential Document Aug 01, 2001

Farm Credit Administration logo Farm Credit Administration

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the Government in the Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b(e)(3)), of the forthcoming special meeting of the Farm Credit Administration Board (Board).
Notice Aug 01, 2001

Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board logo Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board

Title Type Published
Notice of meeting for August 2001.
Notice Aug 01, 2001

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Digital television stations; table of assignments:

Title Type Published
The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by Good Like Broadcasting, Inc. licensee of station WTGL-TV, NTSC channel 52, Cocoa, Florida, requesting the substitution of DTV 53 for DTV channel 51. DTV channel 53c can be allotted to Cocoa, Flo...
Proposed Rule Aug 01, 2001
The Commission, at the request of WLEX Communications, LLC, licensee of station WLEX-TV, substitutes DTV channel 39 for DTV channel 22 at Lexington, Kentucky. See 66 FR 20620, April 24, 2001. DTV channel 39 can be allotted to Lexington in compliance...
Rule Aug 01, 2001
The Commission, at the request of KMBC Hearst-Argyle Television, licensee of station KMBC(TV), substitutes DTV channel 7 for DTV channel 14 at Kansas City, Missouri. See 65 FR 41035, July 3, 2000. DTV channel 7 can be allotted to Kansas City in compl...
Rule Aug 01, 2001
The Commission, at the request of KPAX Communications, Inc., licensee of station KPAX-TV, substitutes DTV channel 7 for DTV channel 35 at Missoula, Montana. See 66 FR 8557, February 1, 2001. DTV channel 7 can be allotted to Missoula in compliance wit...
Rule Aug 01, 2001
The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by Montana State University, licensee of noncommercial station KUSM(TV), NTSC channel *9, Bozeman, Montana, requesting the substitution of DTV channel *8 for station KUSM(TV)'s assigned DTV channel...
Proposed Rule Aug 01, 2001
The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by Surtsey Productions, Inc., licensee of station KVCT-TV, Victoria, Texas, requesting the substitution of DTV channel 11 for station KVCT- TV's assigned DTV channel 34. DTV Channel 11 can be allot...
Proposed Rule Aug 01, 2001

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Aug 01, 2001

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Title Type Published
Agreements filed, etc.
Notice Aug 01, 2001

Agreements; additional information requests:

Title Type Published
Atlantsskip ehf/Samskip hf Space Charter Agreement
Notice Aug 01, 2001

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Health and Human Services notifies Federal agencies of the laboratories currently certified to meet standards of Subpart C of Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs (59 FR 29916, 29925, June 9, 1994). A sim...
Notice Aug 01, 2001

Agency information collection activities:

Medicare:

Title Type Published
This proposed notice announces the receipt of an application from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, Inc. (AAAHC) for recognition as a national accreditation program for health maintenance organizations (HMOs) and Preferred Pro...
Notice Aug 01, 2001
We are revising the Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment systems for operating and capital costs to: implement applicable statutory requirements, including a number of provisions of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP [State Children's Healt...
Rule Aug 01, 2001
This proposed notice announces the receipt of an application from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) for recognition as a national accreditation program for Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) that wish to participate in the Medi...
Notice Aug 01, 2001

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Graduate Medical Education Council
Notice Aug 01, 2001
National Cancer Institute
Notice Aug 01, 2001
National Cancer Institute
Notice Aug 01, 2001
National Cancer Institute
Notice Aug 01, 2001
National Cancer Institute
Notice Aug 01, 2001
National Cancer Institute
Notice Aug 01, 2001
National Human Genome Research Institute
Notice Aug 01, 2001
National Human Genome Research Institute
Notice Aug 01, 2001
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Notice Aug 01, 2001
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Notice Aug 01, 2001
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Notice Aug 01, 2001
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Notice Aug 01, 2001
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Notice Aug 01, 2001
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Notice Aug 01, 2001
National Institute of Mental Health
Notice Aug 01, 2001
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Notice Aug 01, 2001
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Notice Aug 01, 2001
Scientific Review Center
Notice Aug 01, 2001
Scientific Review Center
Notice Aug 01, 2001

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Disaster assistance:

Title Type Published
This proposed rule would implement section 420 of the Stafford Act as amended by the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 and would provide overall program guidance on the operation and administration of the Fire Management Assistance Grant Program.
Proposed Rule Aug 01, 2001

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
Notice of receipt of application.
Notice Aug 01, 2001

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is requesting the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to extend an existing approval to collect information from applicants who apply to purchase mineral ma...
Notice Aug 01, 2001

Comprehensive conservation plans; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service intends to gather information necessary to prepare Comprehensive Conservation Plans and associated environmental documents for the Arrowwood and Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuges located on the James River in Nort...
Notice Aug 01, 2001

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title Type Published
Under the provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the National Park Service (NPS) will prepare an EIS to make reasoned decisions about whether to continue personal watercraft (PWC) use at Glen Canyon NRA. NPS will make the determ...
Notice Aug 01, 2001
This document announces a second extension of the comment period for an additional 30 days to allow further participation in the scoping process. For additional information, the original announcement regarding the notice of intent to prepare an Envir...
Notice Aug 01, 2001

National Register of Historic Places:

Title Type Published
Pending nominations
Notice Aug 01, 2001

Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:

Title Type Published
The following land has been found suitable for sale under section 203 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (90 Stat. 2750, 43 U.S.C. 1713), at not less than the estimated fair market value (FMV) of $57,000. The lands will not be offe...
Notice Aug 01, 2001

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined not to review the presiding administrative law judge's ("ALJ's") initial determination ("ID") granting a motion to amend the notice of investigation to add a patent cl...
Notice Aug 01, 2001
The Commission hereby gives notice that it has instituted reviews pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1675(c)) (the Act) to determine whether revocation of the antidumping duty orders on large newspaper printing presses fr...
Notice Aug 01, 2001
The Commission hereby gives notice of its intention to publish the results of its monitoring of U.S. imports of tomatoes and U.S. imports of peppers, other than chili peppers, in November 2001. Although section 316 of the North American Free-Trade Ag...
Notice Aug 01, 2001

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
Notice of Information Collection Under Review; Canadian Border Boat Landing Permit.
Notice Aug 01, 2001

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The project will result in the development of a curriculum that will help prepare juvenile practitioners charged with the transition to and activation of newly built or renovated juvenile facilities.
Notice Aug 01, 2001

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice Aug 01, 2001
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice Aug 01, 2001
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice Aug 01, 2001

Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Program:

National Archives and Records Administration logo National Archives and Records Administration

Title Type Published
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) publishes notice at least once monthly of certain Federal agency requests for records disposition authority (records schedules). Once approved by NARA, records schedules provide mandatory instru...
Notice Aug 01, 2001

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
The NRC has recently submitted to OMB for review the following proposal for the collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). The NRC hereby informs potential respondents that an agency...
Notice Aug 01, 2001
The NRC has recently submitted to OMB for review the following proposal for the collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). The NRC hereby informs potential respondents that an agency...
Notice Aug 01, 2001
The NRC has recently submitted to OMB for review the following proposal for the collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). The NRC hereby informs potential respondents that an agency...
Notice Aug 01, 2001

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

O
Overseas Private Investment Corporation

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35), Agencies are required to publish a Notice in the Federal Register notifying the public that the Agency has prepared an information collection request for OMB review and appro...
Notice Aug 01, 2001

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Disaster loan areas:

Title Type Published
Florida
Notice Aug 01, 2001

State Department logo State Department

Title Type Published
Notice of registration for the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program.
Notice Aug 01, 2001

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Shipping Coordinating Committee
Notice Aug 01, 2001

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
This amendment adopts miscellaneous amendments to the required IFR (instrument flight rules) altitudes and changeover points for certain Federal airways, jet routes, or direct routes for which a minimum or maximum en route authorized IFR altitude is...
Rule Aug 01, 2001

Advisory circulars; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
This notice invites public comment on a proposed advisory circular (AC) that provides updated guidance for implementing the fuel venting and exhaust emission requirements for turbine engine powered airplanes.
Notice Aug 01, 2001

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
NHTSA published a document in the Federal Register of July 24, 2001, 66 FR 38449, concerning request for public comment on proposed collection of information. The document contained an incorrect docket number. The purpose of this notice is to notify...
Notice Aug 01, 2001

Airworthiness directives:

Title Type Published
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Airbus Model A330 and A340 series airplanes, that requires installation of a retainer device on the attachment pin of the brake torque rod of the main landing gear (MLG)....
Rule Aug 01, 2001

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a meeting of RTCA Special Committee 159: Minimum Operational Performance Standards for Airborne Navigation Equipment Using Global Positioning System (GPS).
Notice Aug 01, 2001
The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a meeting of the RTCA Government/Industry Free Flight Steering Committee.
Notice Aug 01, 2001
The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a meeting of RTCA Special Committee 198: Next-Generation Air/Ground Communications system (NEXCOM).
Notice Aug 01, 2001
The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a meeting of RTCA Special Committee 172: Future Air-Ground Communications in the VHF Aeronautical Data Band (118-137 MHz).
Notice Aug 01, 2001

Motor vehicle safety standards:

Title Type Published
This document announces receipt by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) of a petition for a decision that 2001 Mercedes-Benz Gelaendewagen MPVs that were not originally manufactured to comply with all applicable Federal motor ve...
Notice Aug 01, 2001
Denial of petition for import eligibility for 1999-2000 Porsche 911 GT3 passenger cars (GT3).
Notice Aug 01, 2001

Motor vehicle safety standards; exemption petitions, etc.:

Railroad safety:

Title Type Published
On January 17, 2001, FRA published a final rule revising the regulations governing braking systems and equipment used in freight and other non-passenger railroad train operations. The revisions were intended to achieve safety by better adapting the r...
Rule Aug 01, 2001

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
This document proposes to adopt new policy for compliance with induction system icing protection for certification of normal, utility, acrobatic, and commuter category turbine powered airplanes with propeller beta mode pitch settings.
Notice Aug 01, 2001

Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement:

Title Type Published
Notice of open season for enrollment in fiscal year (FY) 2002 VISA Program.
Notice Aug 01, 2001

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
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 01, 2001

Employment taxes and collection of income taxes at source:

Title Type Published
This document contains final regulations relating to interest- free adjustments with respect to underpayments of employment taxes. These final regulations reflect changes to the law made by the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997. The final regulations affec...
Rule Aug 01, 2001

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