August 9, 2001 (Volume 66)

Federal Register August 9, 2001

View all documents issued on August 9, 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 9, 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 the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations at 5 CFR part 1320 (60 FR 44978, August 29, 1995), this notice announces the Natural Resources Conservation Service's (N...
Notice Aug 09, 2001

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

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The Forest Service will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to analyze eradicaiton of Kudzu infestations on the Shawnee National Forest. The purposed action includes eradication of approximately 90 acres of known kudzu infestations and su...
Notice Aug 09, 2001

Telecommunications loans:

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Recent changes in the telecommunications industry, including deregulation and technological developments, have caused Rural Utilities Service (RUS) borrowers and other organizations providing telecommunications services to consider undertaking projec...
Rule Aug 09, 2001

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Antidumping:

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On October 31, 2000, the Department of Commerce (the Department) initiated antidumping duty new shipper reviews of freshwater crawfish tail meat from the People's Republic of China (PRC) for the period of review (POR) of September 1, 1999 to August 3...
Notice Aug 09, 2001
The Department of Commerce is extending the time limit for the preliminary results of the new shipper review and the preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on fresh garlic from the People's Republic of China. T...
Notice Aug 09, 2001
Thailand
Notice Aug 09, 2001

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

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NIST invites and requests nomination of individuals for appointment to Board of Overseers of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (Board). The terms of some of the members of the Board will soon expire. NIST will consider nominations received...
Notice Aug 09, 2001
NIST invites and requests nomination of individuals for appointment to the Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (Judges Panel). The terms of some of the members of the Judges Panel will soon expire. NIST will consider nominatio...
Notice Aug 09, 2001

Fishery conservation and management:

Title Type Published
This document contains a correction to a final rule that was published in the Federal Register on December 12, 1995.
Rule Aug 09, 2001

Marine mammals:

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In accordance with provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) as amended, notification is hereby given that an Incidental Harassment Authorization (IHA) to take small numbers of pinnipeds by harassment incidental to missile launch operatio...
Notice Aug 09, 2001

Meetings:

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The Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee will hold a plenary meeting on September 11, 2001, at the U.S. Department of Commerce. ETTAC will hear reports on programs in the International Trade Administration, and on the Trade Promotion C...
Notice Aug 09, 2001

Permits:

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Notice is hereby given that Dr. Stephen B. Reilly, Director, IDCPA Research Program, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, P.O. Box 271, La Jolla, California 92038 (Principal Investigator: Dr. Karin Forney), has been...
Notice Aug 09, 2001

Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Privacy Act:

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The purpose of this notice is to announce the existence and character of the systems of records of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission as required by the Privacy Act of 1974, Public Law 93-579, 5 U.S.C. 552a. Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(f), the Co...
Notice Aug 09, 2001

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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The Corps of Engineers is soliciting comments for the reissuance of the existing Nationwide Permits (NWPs), General Conditions, and definitions with some modifications. The Corps of Engineers (Corps) reissued NWPs on December 13, 1996, Federal Regist...
Notice Aug 09, 2001
The Department of the Army is proposing to revise four existing exemption rules. The exemption rules are being revised to add reasons from which information may be exempt, and to update the reasons for taking the exemptions.
Proposed Rule Aug 09, 2001

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
Notice.
Notice Aug 09, 2001

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

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The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to provide guidance on the use of names, symbols, and logos that describe Government pr...
Proposed Rule Aug 09, 2001

Privacy Act; implementation

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The National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) is proposing to revise its existing Privacy Act procedural and exemption rules.
Proposed Rule Aug 09, 2001

Privacy Act; implementation:

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The Office of the Secretary is adding an exemption rule for a Privacy Act system of records. The exemption is intended to increase the value of the system of records and to protect the privacy of individuals identified in the system of records. In ad...
Rule Aug 09, 2001
The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is amending its Privacy Act regulations. These changes consist of DLA office code changes and DLA publication name changes. DLA is also adding language to clarify the training requirements for its employees and mili...
Rule Aug 09, 2001
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is adding a new responsibility for NRO employees under the NRO Privacy Act Program. NRO employees are now required to participate in specialized Privacy Act training should their duties require dealing with sp...
Rule Aug 09, 2001

Senior Executive Service:

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This notice announces the appointment of the members of the Performance Review Board of the Defense Information Systems Agency. The publication of membership is required by 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(4). The Performance Review Board provides fair and impartial...
Notice Aug 09, 2001

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

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East Tennessee Natural Gas Co.
Notice Aug 09, 2001
Northwest Pipeline Corp.
Notice Aug 09, 2001
Portland General Electric Co.
Notice Aug 09, 2001
Sierra Production Co.
Notice Aug 09, 2001

Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

Title Type Published
Southeastern Power Administration et al.
Notice Aug 09, 2001

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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

Title Type Published
EPA proposes to approve the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the purpose of establishing and requiring reasonably available control technology (RACT) for two major sources of volatile organic...
Proposed Rule Aug 09, 2001
EPA is taking direct final action to approve a revision to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's State Implementation Plan (SIP). The revision was submitted by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) to establish and require reas...
Rule Aug 09, 2001
EPA is proposing to approve the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the purpose of establishing and requiring reasonably available control technology for the Allegheny Ludlum Corporation's Bracke...
Proposed Rule Aug 09, 2001
EPA is taking direct final action to approve revisions to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's State Implementation Plan (SIP). The revisions were submitted by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) to establish and require rea...
Rule Aug 09, 2001

Hazardous waste:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is granting a petition submitted by Tenneco Automotive (Tenneco) to exclude from hazardous waste control (or delist) a certain solid waste. This final rule responds to the petition submitted by Tenneco to del...
Rule Aug 09, 2001

Water pollution control:

Title Type Published
EPA has developed and is requesting comment on a draft report and two supporting technical documents on the total national costs associated with the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) program. The TMDL program requires States to identify waters that are...
Notice Aug 09, 2001

Water programs:

Title Type Published
Today's action proposes to delay by 18 months the effective date of a rule published in the Federal Register on July 13, 2000. The July 2000 rule amends and clarifies existing regulations implementing section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act (CWA), whic...
Proposed Rule Aug 09, 2001

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Common carrier services:

Title Type Published
This document proposes further streamlining of applications under section 214 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (Act), to acquire domestic transmission lines through acquisitions of corporate control where, based on predetermined criteria...
Proposed Rule Aug 09, 2001
This document clarifies that non-dominant carriers are required to file applications and obtain Commission approval before consummating a transaction involving an acquisition of corporate control. Connecting carriers, as defined in the Communications...
Rule Aug 09, 2001

Federal Election Commission logo Federal Election Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Aug 09, 2001

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Aug 09, 2001

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Aug 09, 2001

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

No documents available.

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
HRSA announces the availability of funds in the HRSA Preview for Summer 2001. This edition of the HRSA Preview is a comprehensive review of HRSA's Fiscal Year 2002 competitive grant programs. The purpose of the HRSA Preview is to provide the general...
Notice Aug 09, 2001

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Substance Abuse Prevention Center Drug Testing Advisory Board
Notice Aug 09, 2001

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Ports and waterways safety:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard has established four temporary safety zones south of Oahu, Hawaii, to protect vessels and mariners from the hazards associated with vessel relocation and crewmember recovery operations of the Japanese Fisheries High School Training Ve...
Rule Aug 09, 2001
The Coast Guard is establishing a Safety Zone encompassing the navigable waters adjacent to the Cleveland Port Authority, on Cleveland Harbor, Lake Erie. The Safety Zone is necessary to ensure the safety of spectator vessels during a fireworks displa...
Rule Aug 09, 2001
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone for the Bay City Relay for Life fireworks display on August 11, 2001. This safety zone is necessary to control vessel traffic within the immediate location of the fireworks launch site and to en...
Rule Aug 09, 2001

Transportation workplace drug and alcohol testing programs; agency conforming amendments

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This document does two things. First, it responds to comments by maritime industry groups and others concerning the pre-employment inquiry provision of the Department-wide regulations on transportation workplace drug and alcohol testing procedures (P...
Rule Aug 09, 2001

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Agency information collection activities

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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 Aug 09, 2001
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 Aug 09, 2001
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 Aug 09, 2001

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Agency information collection activities:

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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 certain information from entities desiring a right-of-way ac...
Notice Aug 09, 2001
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice Aug 09, 2001

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title Type Published
This document provides notice that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) intends to prepare a RMP and associated EIS under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The plan will provide a fram...
Notice Aug 09, 2001

Indian Gaming Regulatory Act:

Title Type Published
On June 22, 2001, the National Indian Gaming Commission (Commission) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Volume 66, Number 121, Pages 33494-33495)) proposing amending its regulations by removing the definition of "electronic and electromechanical...
Proposed Rule Aug 09, 2001

Protraction diagram plat filings:

Title Type Published
The plats of the amended protraction diagram accepted July 2, 2001, of the following described lands are scheduled to be officially filed in the Montana State Office, Billings Montana, September 10, 2001.
Notice Aug 09, 2001

Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:

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The below listed public land in Lincoln County, Nevada has been designated for disposal under Public Law 106-298, the Lincoln County Land Act of 2000. The lands will be offered for competitive sale in accordance with Section 203 and Section 209 of th...
Notice Aug 09, 2001
The following public lands in Socorro County, New Mexico, have been examined and found suitable for classification for lease or conveyance to the State of New Mexico, through the Regents of the Museum of New Mexico (State Monuments Division) under th...
Notice Aug 09, 2001

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Agency information collection activities:

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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...
Notice Aug 09, 2001
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 09, 2001
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 09, 2001
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 09, 2001
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 09, 2001
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 09, 2001
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 09, 2001

Pollution control; consent judgments:

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 pre-clearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or co...
Notice Aug 09, 2001
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, under the Paperwork Reduction Act, a collection of information under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA or Act).
Notice Aug 09, 2001
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice Aug 09, 2001

Safety standard petitions:

Title Type Published
Rockhouse Creek Development Corp. et al.
Notice Aug 09, 2001

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Acquisition regulations:

Title Type Published
This final rule amends the NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) to comply with existing Federal accounting standards and OMB rules on Form and Content of agency financial statements and makes other changes to NASA's property reporting requirements.
Rule Aug 09, 2001
This is a final rule amending the NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) to specify NASA's procedure for referring investigations of those suspected of using forced or indentured child labor.
Rule Aug 09, 2001

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

No documents available.

National Archives and Records Administration logo National Archives and Records Administration

Meetings:

Title Type Published
National Industrial Security Program Policy Advisory Committee
Notice Aug 09, 2001

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
Notice Aug 09, 2001
STP Nuclear Operating Co. et al.
Notice Aug 09, 2001
STP Nuclear Operating Co. et al.
Notice Aug 09, 2001
STP Nuclear Operating Co. et al.
Notice Aug 09, 2001
STP Nuclear Operating Co. et al.
Notice Aug 09, 2001
STP Nuclear Operating Co. et al.
Notice Aug 09, 2001
STP Nuclear Operating Co. et al.
Notice Aug 09, 2001
STP Nuclear Operating Co. et al.
Notice Aug 09, 2001
STP Nuclear Operating Co. et al.
Notice Aug 09, 2001
STP Nuclear Operating Co. et al.
Notice Aug 09, 2001
STP Nuclear Operating Co. et al.
Notice Aug 09, 2001
STP Nuclear Operating Co. et al.
Notice Aug 09, 2001
STP Nuclear Operating Co. et al.
Notice Aug 09, 2001

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Nuclear Waste Advisory Committee
Notice Aug 09, 2001
Reactor Safeguards Advisory Committee
Notice Aug 09, 2001

N
Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Yucca Mountain, NV, repository
Notice Aug 09, 2001

Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

Agency information collection activities

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, May 22, 1995), this notice announces that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget a request for revision of a currently appr...
Notice Aug 09, 2001

R
Railroad Retirement Board

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) has submitted the following proposal(s) for the collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget for review and approva...
Notice Aug 09, 2001
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) has submitted the following proposal(s) for the collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget for review and approva...
Notice Aug 09, 2001

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Aug 09, 2001

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice Aug 09, 2001
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice Aug 09, 2001

Investment Company Act of 1940:

Title Type Published
Applicants request an order to permit certain registered investment companies (a) to use cash collateral received in connection with a securities lending program and uninvested cash to purchase shares of certain affiliated money market funds and (b)...
Notice Aug 09, 2001
Notice of application under: (i) Section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("Act") for exemptions from sections 2(a)(32), 2(a)(35), 12(d)(3), 14(a), 19(b), 22(d), and 26(a)(2) of the Act and from rules 19b-1 and 22c-1 under the Act; (ii) section 11(a) of the Act for an exemption from section 11(c) of the Act; and (iii) sections 6(c) and 17(b) of the Act for an exemption from section 17(a) of the Act.
Notice Aug 09, 2001

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
Proposed collection and submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice Aug 09, 2001

State Department logo State Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Fine Arts Committee
Notice Aug 09, 2001

Tennessee Valley Authority logo Tennessee Valley Authority

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
This notice is provided in accordance with the Council on Environmental Quality's regulations (40 CFR parts 1500 to 1508) and TVA's procedures implementing the National Environmental Policy Act. The Union County, Mississippi, Board of Supervisors and...
Notice Aug 09, 2001

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
This amendment establishes, amends, suspends, or revokes Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) for operations at certain airports. These regulatory actions are needed because of the adoption of new or revised criteria, or because of changes...
Rule Aug 09, 2001
This amendment establishes, amends, suspends, or revokes Standard Instrument Approach procedures (SIAPs) for operations at certain airports. These regulatory actions are needed because of changes occurring in the National Airspace System, such as the...
Rule Aug 09, 2001
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has combined its drug and alcohol testing regulations. This final rule incorporates guidance that FTA has issued in the past several years in letters of interpretation, audit findings, newsletters, training cl...
Rule Aug 09, 2001
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is revising its drug and alcohol regulations. This final rule incorporates changes in the Department of Transportation (DOT) final rule, "Procedures for Transportation Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing Progr...
Rule Aug 09, 2001
FRA is publishing a final rule conforming its drug and alcohol testing regulation to the December 19, 2000 revision of DOT's transportation workplace testing procedures. Consistency between the FRA's rule and DOT's revision is important in order to a...
Rule Aug 09, 2001

Airworthiness directives:

Title Type Published
The Federal Aviation Administration proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to Rolls-Royce (RR) plc RB211-535E4-37, RB211-535E4-B-37, and RB211-535E4-B-75 series turbofan engines. This proposal would require initial an...
Proposed Rule Aug 09, 2001

Hazardous materials transportation:

Title Type Published
Interested parties are invited to submit comments on an application by the Town of Smithtown, New York for an administrative determination whether Federal hazardous material transportation law preempts certain sections of the Town Code that require a...
Notice Aug 09, 2001

Motor vehicle safety standards; exemption petitions, etc.:

Ports and waterways safety:

No documents available.

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
This document announces the availability of an alternate means of compliance for glider stall speed requirements. The FAA certificates gliders under 14 CFR part 21, Sec. 21.17. Guidance found in AC 21.17-2A states that one acceptable criterion for gl...
Notice Aug 09, 2001

Transportation workplace drug and alcohol testing programs:

Title Type Published
The Department of Transportation is making a series of technical amendments to its drug and alcohol testing procedural rule, which goes into effect August 1, 2001. The purpose of these technical amendments is to clarify certain provisions of the rule...
Rule Aug 09, 2001

Transportation workplace drug and alcohol testing programs; agency conforming amendments

No documents available.

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 09, 2001
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 09, 2001

Excise taxes:

Title Type Published
This document contains the final regulations relating to the requirements for excise tax returns, payments, and deposits. These regulations affect persons required to report liability for excise taxes on Form 720, "Quarterly Federal Excise Tax Return...
Rule Aug 09, 2001

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Internal Revenue Service Advisory Council (IRSAC) will hold a public meeting on Friday, September 21, 2001.
Notice Aug 09, 2001

Procedure and administration:

Title Type Published
This document contains final regulations amending the regulations defining a domestic or foreign trust for federal tax purposes. The regulations will affect certain specified employee benefit trusts and investment trusts. The regulations provide that...
Rule Aug 09, 2001

Senior Executive Service:

Title Type Published
Notice of Members of Senior Executive Service Performance Review Board.
Notice Aug 09, 2001

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