July 26, 2004 (Volume 69)

Federal Register July 26, 2004

View all documents issued on July 26, 2004. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

103 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on July 26, 2004

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Jul 26, 2004

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

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We are extending the comment period for our notice that advises the public about the environmental assessment the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has prepared for a confined field of corn plants genetically engineered to express the protei...
Notice Jul 26, 2004
We are extending the comment period for our notice that advises the public about the environmental assessment the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has prepared for a confined field of corn plants genetically engineered to express the protei...
Notice Jul 26, 2004

Meetings:

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The Colville Resource Advisory Committee will meet on Thursday, July 29, 2004, at the Spokane Community College, Colville Campus, Monumental Room, 985 South Elm Street, Colville, Washington. The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. and conclude at 4 p.m. Age...
Notice Jul 26, 2004
The Tehama County Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet in Red Bluff, California. Agenda items to be covered include: (1) Introductions, (2) Approval of Minutes, (3) Public Comment, (4) Chairman Report (5) Sub-Committee Break-out, (6) Update on...
Notice Jul 26, 2004

Nectarines and peaches grown in

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The Department of Agriculture (USDA) is adopting as a final rule, with a change, an interim final rule revising the handling requirements for California nectarines and peaches by reducing the minimum net weight for shipments of nectarines and peaches...
Rule Jul 26, 2004

Pistachios grown in

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This document delays the effective date for aflatoxin, size and quality requirements established under Marketing Order No. 983 (order). The order regulates the handling of pistachios produced in California. Sections 983.38 through 983.46 of the order...
Rule Jul 26, 2004

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

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We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has prepared an informational document that describes the process APHIS follows when conducting foreign animal disease status evaluation, regionalization, risk ana...
Notice Jul 26, 2004

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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The Office of Export Trading Company Affairs ("OETCA"), International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, has received an application to amend an Export Trade Certificate of Review ("Certificate"). This notice summarizes the proposed amendm...
Notice Jul 26, 2004

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Countervailing duties:

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The Department of Commerce ("the Department") is extending the time limit for its preliminary and final results in the full sunset review of the countervailing duty order on stainless steel plate in coils ("SSPC") from Italy.\1\ The Department intend...
Notice Jul 26, 2004

Endangered and threatened species:

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Notice is hereby given that NMFS has received three scientific research permit applications-and one application to modify an existing permit-relating to Pacific salmon and steelhead. All of the proposed research is intended to increase knowledge of s...
Notice Jul 26, 2004

Fishery conservation and management:

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NMFS is prohibiting retention of "other rockfish" in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). NMFS is requiring that catch of "other rockfish" in this area be treated in the same manner as prohibited species and discarded at sea with...
Rule Jul 26, 2004
NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pelagic shelf rockfish in the West Yakutat District of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2004 total allowable catch (TAC) of pelagic shelf rockfish in this area.
Rule Jul 26, 2004
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold 10 hearings on a scoping document to solicit public input on the alternative that should be used for an amendment that will create an individual fishing quota (IFQ) program for the com...
Notice Jul 26, 2004

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

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The mission of EDA is to lead the Federal economic development agenda by promoting innovation and competitiveness, preparing American regions for growth and success in the worldwide economy. Through the National Technical Assistance, Training, Resear...
Notice Jul 26, 2004

Information processing standards, Federal:

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The Data Encryption Standard (DES), currently specified in Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 46-3, was evaluated pursuant to its scheduled review. At the conclusion of this review, NIST determined that the strength of the DES algorithm i...
Notice Jul 26, 2004

Meetings:

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NMFS is announcing workshops that will demonstrate the proper sea turtle handling and release techniques for vessel operators using pelagic longline gear in the Atlantic Ocean, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Carribean Sea. The workshops will al...
Notice Jul 26, 2004

Overseas trade missions:

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Notice to announce consumer goods trade policy mission to Beijing, China, November 8-9, 2004.
Notice Jul 26, 2004
Notice to announce franchising trade mission to Dublin, Ireland, October 4-5, 2004.
Notice Jul 26, 2004

Permits:

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Notice is hereby given that a permit or permit amendment has been issued to the following applicants for purposes of scientific research: 782-1719 - National Marine Mammal Laboratory (NMML), National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, 7600 Sand Point Wa...
Notice Jul 26, 2004

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

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The National Institute of Standards and Technology announces the opportunity for the public to view the fire test of a floor system as part of the federal building and fire safety investigation of the World Trade Center disaster. The test will be con...
Notice Jul 26, 2004

Short supply export controls imposition; petitions:

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On April 7, 2004, the Bureau of Industry and Security received a written petition requesting the imposition of export monitoring and export controls on copper scrap and copper-alloy scrap. The Department of Commerce reviewed this petition in accordan...
Notice Jul 26, 2004

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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

Cotton, wool, and man-made textiles:

Title Type Published
Issuing a directive to the Commissioner, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection adjusting limits.
Notice Jul 26, 2004

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Appendix 2 of title 5, United States Code, Pub. L. 92-463, notice is hereby given that a meeting of the Advisory Council on Dependents' Education (ACDE) is scheduled to be held on September 24, 2004, fr...
Notice Jul 26, 2004

Privacy Act:

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The Department of the Air Force is deleting fourteen systems of records notices from its existing inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended. These records are now under the cognizance of the Defense F...
Notice Jul 26, 2004
The Department of the Air Force is amending two systems of records notices in its existing inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
Notice Jul 26, 2004

Education Department logo Education Department

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The Acting 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 Jul 26, 2004
The Acting 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 Jul 26, 2004
The Acting 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 Jul 26, 2004

Privacy Act:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (Privacy Act), the Department of Education (Department) publishes this notice of a new system of records for the Return of Title IV Funds on the Web (R2T4OTW). R2T4OTW is a web-based product the...
Notice Jul 26, 2004

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
Electric rate and coporate regulation filings
Notice Jul 26, 2004
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings
Notice Jul 26, 2004

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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

Title Type Published
EPA is finalizing approval of revisions to the South Coast Air Quality Management District portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). These revisions were proposed in the Federal Register on May 21, 2004, and concern oxides of nitroge...
Rule Jul 26, 2004

Hazardous waste program authorizations:

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Maryland has applied to EPA for final authorization of the changes to its hazardous waste program under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). EPA proposes to grant final authorization to Maryland. In the "Rules and Regulations" section o...
Proposed Rule Jul 26, 2004
Maryland has applied to EPA for final authorization of changes to its hazardous waste program under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). EPA has determined that these changes satisfy all requirements needed to qualify for final authoriz...
Rule Jul 26, 2004

Superfund program:

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The EPA Region VII is issuing a notice of intent to delete the Mid-America Tanning Co. Superfund site (site) located near Sergeant Bluff, Iowa, from the NPL and requests public comments on this notice of intent. The NPL, promulgated pursuant to secti...
Proposed Rule Jul 26, 2004
The EPA, Region VII, is publishing a direct final notice of deletion of the Mid-America Tanning Co. site (site), located near Sergeant Bluff, Iowa, from the NPL. The NPL, promulgated pursuant to section 105 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response...
Rule Jul 26, 2004

Superfund; response and remedial actions, proposed settlements, etc.:

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to enter into a de minimis settlement pursuant to section 122(g)(4) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9622(g)(4)....
Notice Jul 26, 2004

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

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Emergency Preparedness and Individuals with Disabilities, Intergency Coordinating Council on; establishment (EO 13347)
Presidential Document Jul 26, 2004

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Common carrier services:

Title Type Published
In this document, the Commission addresses a Petition for Declaratory Ruling filed on March 31, 2004, by Hands On Video Relay Service, Inc. (HOVRS), requesting that the Commission declare that the provision of Video VRS Mail to deaf and hard of heari...
Notice Jul 26, 2004

Digital television stations; table of assignments:

Title Type Published
The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by Thomas Desmond proposing the allotment of DTV channel 51 to Medical Lake, Washington, as the community's first local commercial television service. DTV Channel 51 can be allotted to Medical Lake...
Proposed Rule Jul 26, 2004

Radio services; special:

Title Type Published
This document contains corrections to the final regulations which were published in the Federal Register of Thursday, July 25, 2002 (67 FR 48560). The regulations related to licensing of Automated Maritime Telecommunication System stations.
Rule Jul 26, 2004

Radio stations; table of assignments:

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The Audio Division, at the request of Tennessee Valley Radio, Inc., licensee of FM Station WHRP, Tullahoma, Tennessee, deletes Tullahoma, Tennessee, Channel 227C1, from the FM Table of Allotments, and allots Channel 227C2 at New Market, Tennessee, as...
Rule Jul 26, 2004

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

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Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jul 26, 2004

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Title Type Published
Agreements filed, etc.
Notice Jul 26, 2004

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

Title Type Published
Formations, acquisitions, and mergers
Notice Jul 26, 2004

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Jul 26, 2004
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Jul 26, 2004
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Jul 26, 2004
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Jul 26, 2004

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Heritable Disorders and Genetic Diseases in Newborns and Children Advisory Committee
Notice Jul 26, 2004

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has submitted to OMB 1600-NEW information collection request (ICR) utilizing emergency review procedures, to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork...
Notice Jul 26, 2004
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will submit to OMB 1600-NEW information collection request (ICR) utilizing emergency review procedures, to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork R...
Notice Jul 26, 2004
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will submit to OMB 1630-NEW information collection request (ICR) utilizing emergency review procedures, to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork R...
Notice Jul 26, 2004

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

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The proposed information collection requirement described below has been 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 propos...
Notice Jul 26, 2004
The proposed information collection requirement described below has been 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 propos...
Notice Jul 26, 2004

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Alaska Native claims selection:

Title Type Published
As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that an appealable decision approving lands for conveyance pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act will be issued to Atxam Corporation. The lands, containing approximately 13,866 acr...
Notice Jul 26, 2004

Closure of public lands:

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Notice is hereby given that effective immediately, the Las Cruces Field Office is implementing the emergency closure of certain public land located in Sierra County, New Mexico. The area is closed to all public use except for administrative purposes....
Notice Jul 26, 2004

Contract negotiations:

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Notice is hereby given of contractual actions that have been proposed to the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) and are new, modified, discontinued, or completed since the last publication of this notice on May 18, 2004. This notice is one of a vari...
Notice Jul 26, 2004

Endangered and threatened species:

Title Type Published
This notice advises the public that the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF or Applicant) has applied to the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) for an enhancement of survival permit pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered...
Notice Jul 26, 2004

Environmental statements; record of decision:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability of the Record of Decision (ROD) for the South Powder River Basin Coal FEIS; NARO North LBA Tract.
Notice Jul 26, 2004

No Child Left Behind Act; implementation:

Title Type Published
This document corrects the heading of a document that reopened the comment period for a proposed rule published in the Federal Register of Wednesday, July 21, 2004, at 69 FR 43547. This document corrects the title to read as set forth above.
Proposed Rule Jul 26, 2004

Oil and gas leases:

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Under the provisions of 30 U.S.C. 188(d) and (e), and 43 CFR 3108.2-3(a) and (b)(1), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a petition for reinstatement of oil and gas lease WYW143049 for lands in Lincoln County, Wyoming. The petition was filed...
Notice Jul 26, 2004
Under the provisions of 30 U.S.C. 188(d) and (e), and 43 CFR 3108.2-3(a) and (b)(1), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a petition for reinstatement of oil and gas lease WYW135231 for lands in Johnson County, Wyoming. The petition was filed...
Notice Jul 26, 2004
Under the provisions of 30 U.S.C. 188(d) and (e), and 43 CFR 3108.2-3(a) and (b)(1), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a petition for reinstatement of oil and gas lease WYW144593 for lands in Fremont County, Wyoming. The petition was filed...
Notice Jul 26, 2004

Outer Continental Shelf operations:

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The Minerals Management Service has prepared an environmental assessment for proposed Alaska Region Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Beaufort Sea Planning Area Lease Sale 195. In this EA, OCS EIS/EA MMS 2004-028, MMS reexamined the potential environment...
Notice Jul 26, 2004

Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:

Title Type Published
The following public land, located in Washington County, Utah, have been examined and found suitable for classification for lease or conveyance to the Town of New Harmony under the provision of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, as amended (43 U...
Notice Jul 26, 2004

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Coal mine safety and health:

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We are announcing that we will hold four public hearings on the proposed rule to amend the existing standards concerning protection of low- and medium-voltage three-phase circuits used underground to allow the use of low- and medium-voltage diesel-po...
Proposed Rule Jul 26, 2004

Library of Congress logo Library of Congress

Cable royalty funds:

Title Type Published
The Copyright Office of the Library of Congress directs all claimants to royalty fees collected for calendar year 2002 under the cable statutory license to submit comments as to whether a Phase I or Phase II controversy exists as to the distribution...
Notice Jul 26, 2004

Millennium Challenge Corporation logo Millennium Challenge Corporation

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Section 608(d) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 requires the Millennium Challenge Corporation to publish a report that identifies countries that are "candidate countries" for Millennium Challenge Account assistance during FY 2005. The report i...
Notice Jul 26, 2004

National Archives and Records Administration logo National Archives and Records Administration

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NARA is giving public notice that the agency proposes to request extension of two currently approved information collections. The first information collection is used to evaluate requests for access to records that have been restricted because they c...
Notice Jul 26, 2004

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
Presidential Libraries Advisory Committee
Notice Jul 26, 2004

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

Meetings:

N
National Science Foundation

Title Type Published
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish notice of permits issued under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. This is the required notice.
Notice Jul 26, 2004

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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 Jul 26, 2004

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation logo Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Title Type Published
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation ("PBGC") is requesting that the Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") extend approval, under the Paperwork Reduction Act, of a collection of information in its regulations on Termination of Single Employer P...
Notice Jul 26, 2004

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board:

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Disaster loan areas:

Title Type Published
New Jersey
Notice Jul 26, 2004

HUBZone Program:

Title Type Published
This document contains a correction to the final rule that appeared in the Federal Register of May 24, 2004 (69 FR 29411). The final rule amended the regulations that governed the Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) Program. The correc...
Rule Jul 26, 2004

State Department logo State Department

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the Department of State has fully rescinded the statutory debarment against Fuchs Electronics (Pty) Ltd. (Fuchs), the Fuchs Electronics Division of Reunert Limited, and any divisions, subsidiaries, associated companies, af...
Notice Jul 26, 2004

Meetings:

Title Type Published
International Communications and Information Policy Advisory Committee
Notice Jul 26, 2004

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Airworthiness directives:

Title Type Published
The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all BAE Systems (Operations) Limited Model BAe 146 and Avro 146-RJ series airplanes. This proposed AD would require repetitive detailed inspections of the rear fuselage upper skin to de...
Proposed Rule Jul 26, 2004

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that an environmental impact statement will be prepared for a proposed highway project in Los Angeles County, California.
Notice Jul 26, 2004

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

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 Jul 26, 2004
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 Jul 26, 2004
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 Jul 26, 2004
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 Jul 26, 2004
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 Jul 26, 2004
This document contains corrections to a notice and request for comments, which was published in the Federal Register on Monday, June 21, 2004 (69 FR 34421). This notice relates to the Department of the Treasury's invitation to the general public to s...
Notice Jul 26, 2004

Estate and gift taxes:

Title Type Published
These proposed regulations amend the regulations under the gift tax special valuation rules to provide that a unitrust amount or annuity payable for a specified term of years to the grantor, or to the grantor's estate if the grantor dies prior to the...
Proposed Rule Jul 26, 2004

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Title Type Published
The invention listed below is owned by the U.S. Government as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and is available for licensing in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 and 37 CFR part 404 and/or CRADA Collaboration under 15 U.S.C. 3710a to a...
Notice Jul 26, 2004
The invention listed below is owned by the U.S. Government as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and is available for licensing in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 and 37 CFR part 404 and/or CRADA Collaboration under 15 U.S.C. 3710a to a...
Notice Jul 26, 2004
The invention listed below is owned by the U.S. Government as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and is available for licensing in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 and 37 CFR part 404 and/or CRADA Collaboration under 15 U.S.C. 3710a to a...
Notice Jul 26, 2004
The invention listed below is owned by the U.S. Government as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and is available for licensing in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 and 37 CFR part 404 and/or CRADA Collaboration under 15 U.S.C. 3710a to a...
Notice Jul 26, 2004

Privacy Act:

Title Type Published
As required by the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a(e), Notice is hereby given that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is adding a new routine use statement to a VA system of records entitled "Loan Guaranty Fee Personnel and Program Participan...
Notice Jul 26, 2004

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