September 15, 2006 (Volume 71)

Federal Register September 15, 2006

View all documents issued on September 15, 2006. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

107 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on September 15, 2006

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Animal welfare:

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We are extending the comment period for our notice of petition and request for comments concerning the handling, care, treatment, and transport of elephants covered by the Animal Welfare Act. This action will allow interested persons additional time...
Proposed Rule Sep 15, 2006

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

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We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has prepared an environmental assessment concerning authorization to ship for the purpose of field testing, and then to field test, an unlicensed Marek's Disease Vaccine,...
Notice Sep 15, 2006

Exportation and importation of animals and animal products:

Interstate transportation of animals and animal products (quarantine):

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We are amending the brucellosis regulations concerning the interstate movement of cattle by changing the classification of Wyoming from Class A to Class Free. We have determined that Wyoming meets the standards for Class Free status. This action reli...
Rule Sep 15, 2006

National Forest System lands:

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The Alaska Region is proposing to adopt a long-term flat fee policy for outfitters and guides operating in the Alaska Region. Under the flat fee policy, a single land use fee would be charged for each type of service provided by outfitters and guides...
Notice Sep 15, 2006

Program regulations:

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This action removes regulations rendered obsolete by expiration of their statutory authority and the ending of their respective programs. There are no impacts on past or current program operations.
Rule Sep 15, 2006

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Sep 15, 2006
Notice.
Notice Sep 15, 2006
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) publishes this notice to announce the deletion of a Privacy Act System of Records entitled COMMERCE/NTIA-1, "Radio Spectrum Management Career Development Program." NTIA no longer c...
Notice Sep 15, 2006
This document provides notice of vessel monitoring systems (VMS) approved by NOAA for use by vessels participating in the Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico and sets forth relevant features of the VMS.
Notice Sep 15, 2006

Antidumping:

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On June 1, 2005, the Department of Commerce initiated and the International Trade Commission instituted a sunset review of the antidumping duty orders on antifriction bearings and parts thereof from France and Singapore. As a result of the review, th...
Notice Sep 15, 2006
On August 14, 2006, the Department of Commerce ("the Department") published a notice of initiation of a changed circumstances review of the antidumping duty order on welded large diameter line pipe ("LDLP") from Japan with respect to excluding certai...
Notice Sep 15, 2006
As a result of the determinations by the Department of Commerce ("Department") and the International Trade Commission ("ITC") that revocation of the antidumping duty orders on tapered roller bearings and parts thereof from the People's Republic of Ch...
Notice Sep 15, 2006

International services survey:

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This proposed rule amends regulations of the Bureau of Economic Analysis, Department of Commerce (BEA) to set forth the reporting requirements for the BE-120, Benchmark Survey of Transactions in Selected Services and Intangible Assets with Foreign Pe...
Proposed Rule Sep 15, 2006

Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled logo Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

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This action adds to the Procurement List products and service to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and deletes from the Procurement List services previously furnished by such agencie...
Notice Sep 15, 2006

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Exportation and importation of animals and animal products:

No documents available.

Education Department logo Education Department

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The IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Sep 15, 2006
On August 30, 2006, the Department of Education published a notice in the Federal Register (Page 51587, Column 1) for the information collection, "The IEPS Reporting System (NRC) Program Which Includes the Performance Reports for 14 Programs--the FLA...
Notice Sep 15, 2006
The IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Sep 15, 2006
The IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Sep 15, 2006

Energy Department logo Energy Department

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The EIA has submitted the Form EIA-902, "Annual Geothermal Heat Pump Manufacturers Survey" to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and a 14-month extension under section 3507(h)(1) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-1...
Notice Sep 15, 2006

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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EPA has authorized GRB Environmental Services Inc. of New York, New York, for access to Information which has been submitted to EPA under the environmental statues administered by the Agency. Some of this information may be claimed or determined to b...
Notice Sep 15, 2006

Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various States; air quality planning purposes; designation of areas:

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EPA is approving a redesignation request and a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of West Virginia. The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) is requesting that the Huntington, West Virginia (Huntin...
Rule Sep 15, 2006

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

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EPA expressed environmental concerns about surface and ground water impacts, protected beneficial uses and non-targeted flora and fauna. Additionally, EPA recommended that the final EIS address how meeting goals and endpoints will be evaluated and ho...
Notice Sep 15, 2006
Agency weekly receipts
Notice Sep 15, 2006

Meetings:

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Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S. App.2 (Public Law 92-463), EPA gives notice of a 2-day meeting of the National Pollution Prevention and Toxics Advisory Committee (NPPTAC). The purpose of the meeting is to provide advice and re...
Notice Sep 15, 2006

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

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EPA is revoking certain tolerances for the insecticide endosulfan; the fungicides fenarimol, imazalil, and ziram; and the herbicide trifluralin. Also, EPA is modifying certain tolerances for the insecticide endosulfan, the fungicides fenarimol and im...
Rule Sep 15, 2006

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

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EPA is announcing a 30-day public comment period for the draft document titled, Approaches To Estimating the Waterborne Disease Outbreak Burden in the United States: Uses and Limitations of the Waterborne Disease Outbreak Surveillance System (EPA/600...
Notice Sep 15, 2006

Toxic substances:

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This document is revising the effective date of two rules published in the Federal Register of August 16, 2006: The Preliminary Assessment Information Reporting Rule (PAIR) and the Health and Safety Data Reporting Rule because of the relocation of th...
Rule Sep 15, 2006

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Trade:

Title Type Published
No. 2006-23 of September 13, 2006
Presidential Document Sep 15, 2006

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the National Institutes of Health (NIH)...
Notice Sep 15, 2006
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Sep 15, 2006
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Sep 15, 2006
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Sep 15, 2006
The inventions listed below are owned by an agency of the U.S. Government and are available for licensing in the U.S. in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 to achieve expeditious commercialization of results of federally-funded research and development. F...
Notice Sep 15, 2006
In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, we are proposing to establish a new system titled, "Chronic Condition Data Repository (CCDR), System No. 09-70-0573." The program is mandated by Section 723 of the Medicare Prescription...
Notice Sep 15, 2006
In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, we are proposing to modify or alter an existing SOR, "Medicare Appeals System (MAS)," System No. 09-70-5001, last published at 69 Federal Register (FR) 75323 (December 16, 2004). CMS is reorganizing its dat...
Notice Sep 15, 2006

Color additives:

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is confirming the effective date of July 5, 2006, for the final rule that appeared in the Federal Register of June 2, 2006 (71 FR 31927). The final rule amended the color additive regulations to provide for the...
Rule Sep 15, 2006

Grant and cooperative agreement awards:

Title Type Published
Noncompetitive Successor Grantee Award.
Notice Sep 15, 2006

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

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The objective of this project is to mitigate any potential global shortage of influenza vaccines and the manufacturing of this vaccine in the event of an influenza pandemic. The Office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness (OPHEP) requires the Worl...
Notice Sep 15, 2006

Meetings:

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National Center for Research Resources
Notice Sep 15, 2006
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Notice Sep 15, 2006
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Notice Sep 15, 2006
National Institute of Mental Health
Notice Sep 15, 2006
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Notice Sep 15, 2006
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
Notice Sep 15, 2006
Scientific Review Center
Notice Sep 15, 2006
Scientific Review Center
Notice Sep 15, 2006
Scientific Review Center
Notice Sep 15, 2006
Notice.
Notice Sep 15, 2006
Women's Services Advisory Committee
Notice Sep 15, 2006

National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program:

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The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is publishing this notice of petitions received under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (the Program), as required by Section 2112(b)(2) of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, as...
Notice Sep 15, 2006

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Petition for Alien Relative, Form I-130; OMB Control No. 1615-0012.
Notice Sep 15, 2006

Disaster and emergency areas:

Title Type Published
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of New Mexico (FEMA-1659-DR), dated August 30, 2006, and related determinations.
Notice Sep 15, 2006
This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of New Mexico (FEMA-1659-DR), dated August 30, 2006, and related determinations.
Notice Sep 15, 2006

Meetings:

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The National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee (NOSAC) will meet to discuss various issues relating to offshore safety and security. The meeting will be open to the public.
Notice Sep 15, 2006

Ports and waterways safety; regulated navigation areas, safety zones, security zones, etc.:

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The Coast Guard is revising its informational, geographic- application regulation for naval vessel protection zones (NVPZs) to reflect a recent expansion of the jurisdiction for NVPZs. Section 201 of the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of...
Rule Sep 15, 2006
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone on the Susquehanna River during a fireworks display. This action is necessary to provide for the safety of life and property on navigable waters during a fireworks display launched from a barge,...
Rule Sep 15, 2006

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

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On January 20, 2006, HUD published its Fiscal Year (FY) 2006 Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) Policy Requirements and General Section to the SuperNOFA for HUD's Discretionary Grant Programs. On March 8, 2006, HUD published its FY 2006 SuperNOFA...
Notice Sep 15, 2006
This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.
Notice Sep 15, 2006

Mortgage and loan insurance programs:

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This notice announces the reopening of the public comment period on HUD's advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) regarding the Accelerated Claim and Asset Disposition (ACD) program, published on June 5, 2006. The June 5, 2006, ANPR provided for...
Proposed Rule Sep 15, 2006

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

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Pursuant to National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), the National Park Service announces the availability of a Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Grand Teton Transportation Plan, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming.
Notice Sep 15, 2006
In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA, 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has prepared a Draft Resource...
Notice Sep 15, 2006

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

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Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 (as amended) and Section 21061 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) and El Dorado County Water Agency (EDCWA)...
Notice Sep 15, 2006
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) advises interested parties of our intent to conduct public scoping under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to gather information to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), related to an...
Notice Sep 15, 2006

Exportation and importation of animals and animal products:

No documents available.

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given of a meeting of the ACWI. This meeting is to discuss broad policy-related topics relating to national water initiatives, and the development and dissemination of water information, through reports from ACWI subgroups. The agend...
Notice Sep 15, 2006

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Title Type Published
The Commission hereby gives notice that it will proceed with full reviews pursuant to section 751(c)(5) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1675(c)(5)) to determine whether revocation of the countervailing duty order on OCTG from Italy and the antid...
Notice Sep 15, 2006
The Commission hereby gives notice that it will proceed with full reviews pursuant to section 751(c)(5) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1675(c)(5)) to determine whether revocation of the antidumping duty orders on seamless pipe from Argentina, B...
Notice Sep 15, 2006

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

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This final rule amends the regulations of the Department of Justice to codify the obligation to report misconduct to the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) and the Department of Justice Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR), to reflect the c...
Rule Sep 15, 2006

Labor Department logo Labor Department

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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 cont...
Notice Sep 15, 2006
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 cont...
Notice Sep 15, 2006

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, Public Law 108-199 (Division D) requires the Millennium Challenge Corporation to publish a report that lists the countries determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation to be eligible...
Notice Sep 15, 2006

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National Council on Disability

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Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Sep 15, 2006

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Draft Regulatory Guide and Associated Standard Review Plan
Notice Sep 15, 2006

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation logo Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Multiemployer plan:

Title Type Published
This notice informs the public of the interest rates and assumptions to be used under certain Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation regulations. These rates and assumptions are published elsewhere (or can be derived from rates published elsewhere), bu...
Notice Sep 15, 2006

Single-employer plans:

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The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's regulations on Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-Employer Plans and Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans prescribe interest assumptions for valuing and paying benefits under terminating single-e...
Rule Sep 15, 2006

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Sep 15, 2006
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Sep 15, 2006

Investment Company Act of 1940:

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Notice of an application for an order pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended ("1940 Act") granting exemptions from the provisions of Sections 2(a)(32), 22(c) and 27(i)(2)(A) of the 1940 Act and Rule 22c-1 thereunder.
Notice Sep 15, 2006

Securities:

State Department logo State Department

Culturally significant objects imported for exhibition determinations:

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Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of...
Notice Sep 15, 2006
Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of...
Notice Sep 15, 2006
Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of...
Notice Sep 15, 2006
Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of...
Notice Sep 15, 2006
Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of...
Notice Sep 15, 2006

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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This amendment establishes, amends, suspends, or revokes Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) and/or Weather Takeoff Minimums for operations at certain airports. These regulatory actions are needed because of the adoption of new or revised...
Rule Sep 15, 2006

Administrative regulations:

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On August 17, 2006, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued FAA Order 8000.89, Designation of Voluntary Disclosure Reporting Program (VDRP) Information as Protected from Public Disclosure under 14 CFR Part 193. There is a regulatory requirem...
Rule Sep 15, 2006

Airworthiness directives:

Title Type Published
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all B-N Group Ltd. BN-2, BN-2A, BN-2B, BN-2T, and BN-2T-4R series (all individual models included in Type Certificate Data Sheet (TCDS) A17EU, Revision 16, dated December 9, 2002) airplanes....
Proposed Rule Sep 15, 2006
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above. This proposed AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) issued by an airworthiness authority of another country to identify and correct...
Proposed Rule Sep 15, 2006
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. (Pilatus) Model PC-7 airplanes. This proposed AD would require you to do repetitive eddy-current, non- destructive inspections of the nose skin and adjacent stru...
Proposed Rule Sep 15, 2006
This document proposes adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the specified Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Sikorsky) model helicopters. The AD would require, within a specified time, creating a component history card or equivalent record. Th...
Proposed Rule Sep 15, 2006

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

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The Department of Transportation is directing all interested persons to show cause why it should not issue an order finding Compass Airlines, Inc. fit, willing, and able, and transfer to Compass the interstate scheduled passenger certificate authorit...
Notice Sep 15, 2006

Meetings:

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Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C. App. 2), notice is hereby given of a meeting of the Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee (COMSTAC). The meeting will take place on Wednesday, O...
Notice Sep 15, 2006

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

No documents available.

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Government Securities Act regulations:

Title Type Published
The Department of the Treasury ("Treasury" or "We") is issuing this final rule to amend the regulations issued under the Government Securities Act of 1986 ("GSA"), as amended. This technical amendment makes no substantive changes, but adds language t...
Rule Sep 15, 2006

Income taxes:

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This document contains corrections to a correction to notice of proposed rulemaking by cross-reference to temporary regulations and notice of public hearing that was published in the Federal Register on Wednesday, August 16, 2006 (71 FR 47158) relati...
Proposed Rule Sep 15, 2006

Meetings:

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An open meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel VITA Issue Committee will be conducted. The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comment, ideas, and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Revenue Service.
Notice Sep 15, 2006
An open meeting of the Taxpayer Assistance Center Committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted (via teleconference). The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (TAP) is soliciting public comments, ideas, and suggestions on improving customer service a...
Notice Sep 15, 2006

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