November 27, 2006 (Volume 71)

Federal Register November 27, 2006

View all documents issued on November 27, 2006. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

143 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on November 27, 2006

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) is publishing for public comment a summary of a proposed information collection. The proposed collection is a revision of a collection currently approved und...
Notice Nov 27, 2006
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Nov 27, 2006
The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is reopening the comment period for 90 days for the interim final rule for mandatory country of origin labeling (COOL) for fish and shellfish covered commodities that was published in the Federal Register on O...
Rule Nov 27, 2006

Commodities available for sale:

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The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) is announcing that the inventoried farmer-stock peanuts will be available for sale as unrestricted use on November 29, 2006 on the Internet at www.theseam.com.
Notice Nov 27, 2006

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

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The Ely Ranger District, Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) on a proposal to authorize continued livestock grazing within the Ely Westside Rangeland Project area. The analysis will determine if a cha...
Notice Nov 27, 2006

Environmental statements; record of decision:

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The Record of Decision (ROD) for the Coal Creek Flood Control and Parkway Final Environmental Impact Statement is now available to the public. On September 1, 2006, the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) published a Final Environmental Imp...
Notice Nov 27, 2006

Recreation fee areas:

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George Washington & Jefferson National Forests will begin charging a $15 fee per single campsite and $25 per double campsite for overnight use at White Cedar Horse Camp, which is presently under construction. This new campground will facilitate eques...
Notice Nov 27, 2006
The Caribou-Targhee National Forest will begin charging a $40 fee for the overnight rental of Pebble Guard Station. Rentals of other cabins on the Caribou-Targhee National Forest have shown that publics appreciate and enjoy the availability of histor...
Notice Nov 27, 2006
The Caribou-Targhee National Forest will begin charging a $40 fee for the overnight rental of Malad Summit Guard Station. Rentals of other cabins on the Caribou-Targhee National Forest have shown that publics appreciate and enjoy the availability of...
Notice Nov 27, 2006
The Soda Springs Ranger District of the Caribou-Targhee National Forest will begin charging a $10 fee for single family overnight camping at the Gravel Creek Campground. There will also be a $5 fee for an extra vehicle. Overnight camping at other cam...
Notice Nov 27, 2006
George Washington & Jefferson National Forests will begin charging a $5 fee per ATV/OHV for use of Taskers Gap and Peters Mill Run trail system. This trail system will facilitate ATV/OHV motorized use of George Washington & Jefferson National Forests...
Notice Nov 27, 2006

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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NMFS announces its intent to issue Exempted Fishing Permits (EFPs), Scientific Research Permits (SRPs), Display Permits, Letters of Acknowledgment (LOAs) and Chartering Permits for the collection of Atlantic highly migratory species (HMS) in 2007. In...
Notice Nov 27, 2006
Notice is hereby given that Duke Power Company (Gene E. Vaughan, Principal Investigator), 13339 Hagers Ferry Road, Huntersville, North Carolina, 28078 has been issued a permit to conduct scientific research on shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostr...
Notice Nov 27, 2006

Antidumping and countervailing duties:

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The Department of Commerce (the Department) has received requests to conduct administrative reviews of various antidumping and countervailing duty orders and findings with October anniversary dates. In accordance with the Department's regulations, we...
Notice Nov 27, 2006
Five-year (sunset) reviews; CFR correction
Rule Nov 27, 2006

Antidumping:

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On August 1, 2006, the Department of Commerce ("the Department") initiated a sunset review of the antidumping duty order on steel concrete reinforcing bars from Latvia. On the basis of the notice of intent to participate by a domestic interested part...
Notice Nov 27, 2006
Mexico
Notice Nov 27, 2006
On August 1, 2006, the Department of Commerce ("the Department") initiated a sunset review of the antidumping duty order on steel concrete reinforcing bars from Ukraine. On the basis of the notice of intent to participate, and complete substantive re...
Notice Nov 27, 2006
Various countries
Notice Nov 27, 2006

Countervailing duties:

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On September 7, 2006, the Department of Commerce ("the Department") published in the Federal Register its preliminary results of administrative review of the countervailing duty ("CVD") order on corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products ("CORE")...
Notice Nov 27, 2006
The Department of Commerce ("the Department") is conducting an administrative review of the countervailing duty ("CVD") order on certain welded carbon steel standard pipe from Turkey for the period January 1, 2005, through December 31, 2005. We preli...
Notice Nov 27, 2006
Various countries
Notice Nov 27, 2006

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

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Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) (together, the Services) advise the public of the availability of the Final EIS on the applications by Simp...
Notice Nov 27, 2006

Export administration regulations:

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The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to add "Montenegro" and "Serbia" as separate countries in the EAR and to establish separate export licensing requirements for Montenegro and Serbia. BIS...
Rule Nov 27, 2006

Fishery conservation management:

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NMFS proposes 2007 specifications for the Atlantic bluefish fishery, including state-by-state commercial quotas, a recreational harvest limit, and recreational possession limits for Atlantic bluefish off the east coast of the United States. The inten...
Proposed Rule Nov 27, 2006

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Mid-Atlantic Regional Fishery Management Council (Council); its Joint Dogfish Committee; its Ecosystems Committee; and, its Squid, Mackerel, Butterfish Committee will hold public meetings.
Notice Nov 27, 2006
The National Construction Safety Team (NCST) Advisory Committee (Committee), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), will meet via teleconference Thursday, December 14, 2006, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. The meeting will be audio Webcast so...
Notice Nov 27, 2006
The National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) will hold a public workshop on December 8, 2006, at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) headquarters in Gaithersburg, MD. The purpose of the workshop is the exchang...
Notice Nov 27, 2006
NMFS will conduct an additional Protected Species Safe Handling, Release, and Identification Workshop in December, 2006 in Madeira Beach, FL. These workshops are mandatory for vessel owners and operators who use bottom longline, pelagic longline, or...
Notice Nov 27, 2006

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

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Title Type Published
The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (the Committee) has deliberated and voted to change the name of the JWOD Program to the AbilityOne Program. The name of the program is being changed to AbilityOne to give a str...
Rule Nov 27, 2006

Consumer Product Safety Commission logo Consumer Product Safety Commission

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission) is providing notice to all of its employees, former employees, and applicants for employment about the rights and remedies that are available to them under the Federal antidiscrimination law...
Notice Nov 27, 2006

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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The Navy Recruiting Command announces a proposed extension of a public information collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper...
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Notice Nov 27, 2006
In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Defense Finance and Accounting Service announces the extension of a proposed public information collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Commen...
Notice Nov 27, 2006
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Notice Nov 27, 2006

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

Title Type Published
This proposed rule amends TRICARE Retiree Dental Program (TRDP) Basic benefit descriptions by replacing specific American Dental Association (ADA) dental procedure codes and nomenclature with general benefit categories and descriptions. This revision...
Proposed Rule Nov 27, 2006

Meetings:

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This notice announces a meeting of the Uniform Formulary Beneficiary Advisory Panel. The panel will review and comment on recommendations made to the Director, TRICARE Management Activity, by the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee regarding the Unif...
Notice Nov 27, 2006

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Delaware River Basin Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings and hearings
Notice Nov 27, 2006

Education Department logo Education Department

Special education and rehabilitative services:

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The Secretary of Education (Secretary) solicits comments and recommendations from the public prior to finalizing the comprehensive plan for national activities authorized under subparts 2 and 3, part D of IDEA (Comprehensive Plan or Plan). Pursuant t...
Notice Nov 27, 2006

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC
Notice Nov 27, 2006
Carolina Gas Transmission Corp.
Notice Nov 27, 2006
Columbia Gas Transmission Corp.
Notice Nov 27, 2006
Compass Pass Pipeline L.L.C.
Notice Nov 27, 2006
Dauphin Island Gathering Partners
Notice Nov 27, 2006
East Tennessee Natural Gas, LLC
Notice Nov 27, 2006
Egan Hub Storage, LLC
Notice Nov 27, 2006
El Paso Natural Gas Co.
Notice Nov 27, 2006
GGBB Energy, Inc.
Notice Nov 27, 2006
Iroquois Gas Transmission System, L.P.
Notice Nov 27, 2006
Iroquois Gas Transmission System, L.P.
Notice Nov 27, 2006
Iroquois Gas Transmission System, L.P.
Notice Nov 27, 2006
Maritimes Northeast Pipeline, L.L.C.
Notice Nov 27, 2006
Public Utility District No. 1, Snohomish County, WA
Notice Nov 27, 2006
Public Utility District No. 1, Snohomish County, WA
Notice Nov 27, 2006
Public Utility District No. 1, Snohomish County, WA
Notice Nov 27, 2006
Public Utility District No. 1, Snohomish County, WA
Notice Nov 27, 2006
Public Utility District No. 1, Snohomish County, WA
Notice Nov 27, 2006
RC Cape May Holdings, LLC
Notice Nov 27, 2006
Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc.
Notice Nov 27, 2006
Southwestern Power Administration
Notice Nov 27, 2006
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co.
Notice Nov 27, 2006
Texas Eastern Transmission, LP
Notice Nov 27, 2006

Consumer products; energy conservation program:

Title Type Published
On March 24, 2006, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) published in the Federal Register a Petition for Waiver and notice granting an Application for Interim Waiver to Mitsubishi Electric and Electronics USA, Inc., (MEUS) from energy efficiency test...
Notice Nov 27, 2006

Electric utilities (Federal Power Act):

Title Type Published
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is issuing an order on rehearing and clarification of Long-Term Firm Transmission Rights in Organized Electricity Markets, Order No. 681, 71 FR 43564 (Aug. 1, 2006). The order on rehearing denies rehearing and...
Rule Nov 27, 2006
On May 19, 2006, the Commission issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) in this proceeding. Preventing Undue Discrimination and Preference in Transmission Service, 71 FR 32636 (June 6, 2006). In the NOPR, the Commission proposed, inter alia, to...
Proposed Rule Nov 27, 2006

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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

Title Type Published
EPA is taking direct final action approving Texas State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions. The revisions pertain to Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) requirements for gasoline. The revisions add exemptions to RVP requirements for research laboratories and...
Rule Nov 27, 2006
EPA is proposing to approve a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by Texas on October 4, 2001. The revisions pertain to Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) requirements for gasoline. The revisions add exemptions to RVP requirements for research...
Proposed Rule Nov 27, 2006

Meetings:

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Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92463, EPA gives notice of a meeting of the National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology (NACEPT). NACEPT provides advice to the EPA Administrator on a broad range of environme...
Notice Nov 27, 2006
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92- 463, notice is hereby given that the Good Neighbor Environmental Board (GNEB) will meet in a public teleconference on December 1, 2006, from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time. The meeting...
Notice Nov 27, 2006

Solid wastes:

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The State of Colorado has applied for final approval of its Underground Storage Tank (UST) Program under Subtitle I of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). EPA has reviewed Colorado's application and made the tentative decision that the...
Proposed Rule Nov 27, 2006

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

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In accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq. ("CERCLA"), notice is hereby given of the proposed Agreement between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") and the Universi...
Notice Nov 27, 2006

Water programs:

Title Type Published
Today, EPA is issuing a regulation stating that the application of a pesticide in compliance with relevant requirements of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) does not require a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination Sys...
Rule Nov 27, 2006

Export-Import Bank logo Export-Import Bank

Title Type Published
Notice of an Open Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States.
Notice Nov 27, 2006

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Common carrier services:

Title Type Published
This document announces the procedures and minimum opening bids for the upcoming auction of certain FM broadcast construction permits. This document is intended to familiarize prospective bidders with the procedures and minimum opening bids for this...
Notice Nov 27, 2006

Federal Election Commission logo Federal Election Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Nov 27, 2006

Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

Prohibited trade practices:

Title Type Published
The consent agreement in this matter settles alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices or unfair methods of competition. The attached Analysis to Aid Public Comment describes both the allegations in the draft...
Notice Nov 27, 2006

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Nov 27, 2006
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Nov 27, 2006

Medicare and Medicaid:

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In this rule, we finalize changes to four of the current requirements (or conditions of participation (CoPs)) that hospitals must meet to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Specifically, this final rule revises and updates our CoP req...
Rule Nov 27, 2006

Medicare:

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This final rule sets forth requirements for how hospitals must notify Medicare beneficiaries who are hospital inpatients about their hospital discharge rights. Notice is required both for original Medicare beneficiaries and for beneficiaries enrolled...
Rule Nov 27, 2006
This proposed rule would modify Medicare regulations to implement a provision of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 pertaining to the use of repayment plans (also known as extended repayment schedules or "ERS")...
Proposed Rule Nov 27, 2006

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Application for Status as Temporary Resident under Section 245A of the Immigration and Nationality Act; Form I-687. OMB Control No. 1615-0090.
Notice Nov 27, 2006

Disaster and emergency areas:

Title Type Published
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Louisiana (FEMA-1668-DR), dated November 2, 2006, and related determinations.
Notice Nov 27, 2006

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5 U.S.C. 552a), the Department of the Interior issues this public notice of its intent to modify an existing Privacy Act system of records managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Servic...
Notice Nov 27, 2006
The Office of the Secretary, Department of the Interior (DOI), is issuing public notice of its intent to amend an existing Privacy Act system of records entitled, OHA-01, "Hearings and Appeals Files." Changes include updating information under the fo...
Notice Nov 27, 2006

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

No documents available.

Survey plat filings:

Title Type Published
The plats of survey, supplemental and amended protraction diagram described below are scheduled to be officially filed in the Arizona State Office, Bureau of Land Management, Phoenix, Arizona, December 27, 2006.
Notice Nov 27, 2006

Library of Congress logo Library of Congress

Digital Millenium Copyright Act:

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This notice announces that during the next three years, the prohibition against circumvention of technological measures that effectively control access to copyrighted works shall not apply to persons who engage in noninfringing uses of six classes of...
Rule Nov 27, 2006

Merit Systems Protection Board logo Merit Systems Protection Board

Title Type Published
The U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board is requesting approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to conduct employee surveys for a period of three years from the approval date. Before submitting the Information Collection Request (ICR) t...
Notice Nov 27, 2006

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National Science Foundation

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee
Notice Nov 27, 2006

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 Nov 27, 2006

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is advertising for nominations for the position of radiation therapy medical physicist on the Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes (ACMUI).
Notice Nov 27, 2006

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

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Notice is hereby given that the staff of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has prepared a model licensee application relating to the modification of shutdown testing requirements in technical specifications (TS) for Boiling Water Reactors (BWR)...
Notice Nov 27, 2006

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Railroad Retirement Board

Title Type Published
In accordance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 which provides opportunity for public comment on new or revised data collections, the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) will publish periodic summaries o...
Notice Nov 27, 2006

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Nov 27, 2006

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title Type Published
American Stock Exchange LLC
Notice Nov 27, 2006
American Stock Exchange LLC
Notice Nov 27, 2006
Boston Stock Exchange, Inc.
Notice Nov 27, 2006
Boston Stock Exchange, Inc.
Notice Nov 27, 2006
Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.
Notice Nov 27, 2006
Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.
Notice Nov 27, 2006
Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc.
Notice Nov 27, 2006
Depository Trust Co.
Notice Nov 27, 2006
Fixed Income Clearing Corp.
Notice Nov 27, 2006
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
Notice Nov 27, 2006
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
Notice Nov 27, 2006

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, control, etc.:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
Union Pacific Railroad Co.
Notice Nov 27, 2006

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
This action amends Jet Route 510 (J-510), and Colored Federal Airways Amber 2 (A-2), Amber 15 (A-15), and Green 8 (G-8), Alaska. Specifically, the FAA is re-designating J-510 as J-512 because of duplication with a Canadian Jet Route number, causing p...
Rule Nov 27, 2006

Airworthiness directives:

Title Type Published
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Boeing Model 747 airplanes. This AD requires repetitive inspections for any cracking of the fuselage skin in section 41 of the airplane, and related investigative and corrective actio...
Rule Nov 27, 2006
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Boeing Model 767 airplanes. This AD requires repetitive detailed and high frequency eddy current (HFEC) inspections of the station (STA) 1809.5 bulkhead for cracking and corrective action...
Rule Nov 27, 2006

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, control, etc.:

No documents available.

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Alcohol; viticultural area designations:

Title Type Published
This Treasury decision establishes the 68,265-acre Chehalem Mountains viticultural area in Clackamas, Yamhill, and Washington Counties, Oregon. This new viticultural area is entirely within the existing Willamette Valley viticultural area. We designa...
Rule Nov 27, 2006
This Treasury decision establishes the Shawnee Hills viticultural area in the Shawnee National Forest region of southern Illinois. We designate viticultural areas to allow vintners to better describe the origin of their wines and to allow consumers t...
Rule Nov 27, 2006

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United States Institute of Peace

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Nov 27, 2006

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Loan guaranty:

Title Type Published
This document provides supplemental notice regarding a proposal to amend the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Loan Guaranty regulations related to several aspects of the servicing and liquidating of guaranteed housing loans in default, and submiss...
Proposed Rule Nov 27, 2006

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