February 8, 2007 (Volume 72)

Federal Register February 8, 2007

View all documents issued on February 8, 2007. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

108 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on February 8, 2007

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Feb 08, 2007

Appealable decisions; legal notice:

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This notice lists the newspapers that will be used by all Ranger Districts, Forests, and the Regional Office of the Pacific Southwest Region to publish legal notices of all decisions subject to appeal under 36 CFR parts 215 and 217 and to publish not...
Notice Feb 08, 2007

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

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The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has prepared a plan and environmental assessment (EA) consistent with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended. Funding for salinity control projects is available through the Environm...
Notice Feb 08, 2007

Meetings:

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The Southwest Washington Province Advisory Committee will meet on Friday, March 9, 2007, at the Gifford Pinchot National Forest Headquarters, 10600 NE 51st Circle, Vancouver, WA 98682. The meeting will begin at 9:30 a.m. and continue until 4 p.m. The...
Notice Feb 08, 2007

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Meetings:

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The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public meeting of its Whiting Committee Meeting in February, 2007, to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Recommendations from thi...
Notice Feb 08, 2007
The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold a meeting of its Shrimp Review Panel, in Charleston, SC.
Notice Feb 08, 2007

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 Feb 08, 2007

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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This document supersedes the January 31, 2007 (72 FR 4502) (FRL-8112-1) Federal Register notice authorizing access to Confidential Business Information (CBI) by EPA's contractor, Lockheed-Martin Services, Inc. of Cherry Hill, NJ, and its subcontracto...
Notice Feb 08, 2007
This document supersedes the January 31, 2007 (72 FR 4501) (FRL-8111-9) Federal Register notice authorizing access to Confidential Business Information (CBI) by EPA's contractor, Syracuse Research Corporation (SRC) of Arlington, VA, and its subcontra...
Notice Feb 08, 2007

Air pollution control:

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Pursuant to Clean Air Act Section 505(b)(2) and 40 CFR 70.8(d), the EPA Administrator signed an order, dated January 8, 2007, denying four (4) petitions to object to state operating permit renewals issued by the Georgia Environmental Protection Divis...
Notice Feb 08, 2007
The EPA is announcing a reopening of the public comment period on our proposed amendments for the Review of New Sources and Modification in Indian Country (August 21, 2006). The EPA is reopening the comment period that originally ended on January 19,...
Proposed Rule Feb 08, 2007

Air programs:

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EPA is finalizing the updates of the Outer Continental Shelf ("OCS") Air Regulations proposed in the Federal Register on August 22, 2006. Requirements applying to OCS sources located within 25 miles of States' seaward boundaries must be updated perio...
Rule Feb 08, 2007

Air programs; approval and promulgation; State plans for designated facilities and pollutants:

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EPA proposes to approve the Clean Air Act (CAA) section 111(d)/129 State Plan submitted by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (Florida DEP) for the State of Florida on November 29, 2001, and subsequently updated on March 11, 2005. The...
Proposed Rule Feb 08, 2007
EPA is approving the Clean Air Act (CAA) section 111(d)/129 State Plan submitted by the State of Florida Department of Environmental Protection (Florida DEP) for the State of Florida on November 29, 2001, and subsequently updated on March 11, 2005. T...
Rule Feb 08, 2007

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

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EPA is taking direct final action to approve revisions to the West Virginia State Implementation Plan (SIP). The revisions set forth the procedures for stationary source reporting and the criteria for obtaining a permit to construct and operate a new...
Rule Feb 08, 2007
EPA proposes to approve the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of West Virginia for the purpose of this rule is to set forth the procedures for stationary source reporting and the criteria for obtaining a permit to constr...
Proposed Rule Feb 08, 2007

Meetings:

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The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces two public teleconferences of the SAB Committee on Valuing the Protection of Ecological Systems and Services (C-VPESS) to discuss components of a draft report related to valuing the protecti...
Notice Feb 08, 2007
The EPA's Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office is announcing a public meeting of the SAB Hypoxia Advisory Panel to discuss the science concerning the hypoxic zone in the Gulf of Mexico.
Notice Feb 08, 2007

Water pollution control:

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EPA has entered into a consent agreement with VersaCold Corporation ("VersaCold" or "Respondent") to resolve violations of the Clean Water Act ("CWA") and its implementing regulations. The Administrator is hereby providing public notice of this Conse...
Notice Feb 08, 2007

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Special observances:

Title Type Published
National Consumer Protection Week (Proc. 8105)
Presidential Document Feb 08, 2007

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

Federal Management Regulation:

Title Type Published
This document amends the Federal Management Regulation (FMR) to correct an omission from the amended final rule that was published in the Federal Register at 71 FR 52498, September 6, 2006. The original final rule, which was published initially in th...
Rule Feb 08, 2007

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Feb 08, 2007
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Feb 08, 2007
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Feb 08, 2007
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Feb 08, 2007
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Feb 08, 2007
The HHS Office of Inspector General Published a document in the Federal Register of October 18, 2006, imposed exclusions. The document contained the incorrect monthly exclusions.
Notice Feb 08, 2007

Animal drugs, feeds, and related products:

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect approval of an abbreviated new animal drug application (ANADA) filed by First Priority, Inc. The ANADA provides for topical use of a gentamicin sulfate and beta...
Rule Feb 08, 2007

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Human drugs:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reopening to February 26, 2007, the comment period for the proposed rule published in the Federal Register of August 29, 2006 (71 FR 51276). The proposed rule would amend the agency's current regulations gove...
Proposed Rule Feb 08, 2007

Meetings:

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Advisory Committee to Director
Notice Feb 08, 2007
Community Preventive Services Task Force
Notice Feb 08, 2007
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Notice Feb 08, 2007
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Notice Feb 08, 2007
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Notice Feb 08, 2007
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Notice Feb 08, 2007
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Notice Feb 08, 2007
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Notice Feb 08, 2007
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Notice Feb 08, 2007
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
Notice Feb 08, 2007
National Library of Medicine
Notice Feb 08, 2007
National Library of Medicine
Notice Feb 08, 2007
Rural Health and Human Services National Advisory Committee
Notice Feb 08, 2007
Scientific Review Center
Notice Feb 08, 2007
Scientific Review Center
Notice Feb 08, 2007
Substance Abuse Treatment Center National Advisory Council
Notice Feb 08, 2007

Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive:

Title Type Published
This is a notice in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(e) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i) that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Technology Transfer Office, Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), is contemplating the grant of a limi...
Notice Feb 08, 2007

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a guidance for industry entitled "User Fee Waivers for FDC and Co-Packaged HIV Drugs for PEPFAR." This guidance describes the circumstances under which user fees will not be ass...
Notice Feb 08, 2007

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Form I- 212, Application for Permission to Reapply for Admission into the United States after Deportation or Removal; OMB Control Number 1615- 0018.
Notice Feb 08, 2007
Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Grants and Training has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for review and approval of...
Notice Feb 08, 2007

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

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By this final rule, the Coast Guard is making non-substantive changes to the address of delivery for all private mail to the United States Coast Guard Marine Safety Center as it appears in Coast Guard regulations. This rule will have no substantive e...
Rule Feb 08, 2007

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Endangered and threatened species:

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We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service or USFWS) establish the Western Great Lakes (WGL) Distinct Population Segment (DPS) of the gray wolf (Canis lupus). The geographic extent of this DPS includes all of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan;...
Rule Feb 08, 2007
Under the Endangered Species Act (Act), we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to establish a distinct population segment (DPS) of the gray wolf (Canis lupus) in the Northern Rocky Mountains (NRM) of the United States. The proposed...
Proposed Rule Feb 08, 2007

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announces that a combined Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) and Environmental Assessment (EA) for Bear Butte National Wildlife Refuge (Refuge) is available. This CCP describes how the Service int...
Notice Feb 08, 2007

Meetings:

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We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a meeting of the Lake Champlain Sea Lamprey Control Alternatives Workgroup (Workgroup). The Workgroup's purpose is to provide, in an advisory capacity, recommendations and advice on research...
Notice Feb 08, 2007

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 from Contex Energy Company for non- competitive oil and gas lease WYW154346 for land in Car...
Notice Feb 08, 2007
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 from Montana Oil Properties and Wolverine Operations LLC for competitive oil and gas leas...
Notice Feb 08, 2007
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 from Montana Oil Properties for competitive oil and gas lease WYW149994 for land in Sherida...
Notice Feb 08, 2007
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 from Montana Oil Properties for competitive oil and gas lease WYW149993 for land in Sherida...
Notice Feb 08, 2007

Public land orders:

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On behalf of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management proposes to extend the duration of Public Land Order (PLO) No. 6676 for an additional 20-year period. This order withdrew approximately 600...
Notice Feb 08, 2007

Recreation management restrictions, etc.:

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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Salt Lake Field Office, is implementing interim final supplementary rules and requesting comments for the Simpson Springs Recreation Area. The BLM has determined these interim final supplementary rules are necessa...
Notice Feb 08, 2007

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

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The Commission hereby gives notice of the scheduling of full reviews pursuant to section 751(c)(5) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1675(c)(5)) (the Act) to determine whether revocation of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on certain...
Notice Feb 08, 2007

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Labor Department logo Labor Department

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 the proposed and/or...
Notice Feb 08, 2007
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration announces that OMB has extended its approval for a number of information collection requirements found in sections of 29 CFR parts 1910, 1915, 1917, 1918, 1926, and 1928. OSHA sought approval under th...
Notice Feb 08, 2007

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

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On October 17, 2006, President Bush signed into law the Older Americans Act Amendments of 2006 (OAA-2006). Title V of OAA-2006 authorizes the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP). The law calls for the Department of Labor (DOL) to esta...
Notice Feb 08, 2007

Variance applications, etc.:

Title Type Published
Gibraltar Chimney International, LLC, Hoffmann Inc., and Kiewit Industrial Co. ("the applicants") have applied for a permanent variance from the provisions of the OSHA standards that regulate boatswains' chairs and hoist towers, specifically paragrap...
Notice Feb 08, 2007

Library of Congress logo Library of Congress

Copyright office and procedures:

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The Copyright Office is compiling a new specialty station list to identify commercial television broadcast stations which, according to their owners, qualify as specialty stations for purposes of the former distant signal carriage rules of the Federa...
Notice Feb 08, 2007
The Copyright Office is making a technical amendment in the regulations regarding fees for recordation of an interim or amended designation of agent to receive notification of claimed infringement under the Copyright Act.
Rule Feb 08, 2007

National Credit Union Administration logo National Credit Union Administration

Title Type Published
The NCUA intends to submit the following information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). This information collection is pub...
Notice Feb 08, 2007

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
Regulatory guides; issuance, availability, and withdrawal
Notice Feb 08, 2007
Regulatory guides; issuance, availability, and withdrawal
Notice Feb 08, 2007

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation logo Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Single-employer plans:

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This notice informs the public of the interest rate assumption to be used for determining the variable-rate premium under the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's regulation on premium rates, for premium payment years beginning in January 2007. Thi...
Notice Feb 08, 2007

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Feb 08, 2007

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
Applicants seek an order pursuant to Section 26(c) of the 1940 Act approving the substitution of: (1) Shares of the EquiTrust High Grade Bond Portfolio ("Replacement Portfolio A") of the EquiTrust Variable Insurance Series Fund (the "EquiTrust Fund")...
Notice Feb 08, 2007

Securities:

State Department logo State Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

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The Office of Academic Exchange Programs (ECA/A/ E) of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for one or more assistance awards to provide administrative services for the Fulbright Stude...
Notice Feb 08, 2007

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
The FHWA has forwarded the information collection request described in this notice to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to renew an information collection. We published a Federal Register Notice with a 60-day public comment period on this inf...
Notice Feb 08, 2007
Pursuant to FAA's rulemaking provisions governing the application, processing, and disposition of petitions for exemption under part 11 of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR), this notice contains a summary of certain petitions seeking rel...
Notice Feb 08, 2007
Pursuant to FAA's rulemaking provisions governing the application, processing, and disposition of petitions for exemption, part 11 of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR), this notice contains a summary of certain petitions seeking relief f...
Notice Feb 08, 2007

Airworthiness directives:

Title Type Published
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above. This AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) issued by an aviation authority of another country to identify and correct an unsafe conditio...
Rule Feb 08, 2007
The FAA is superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD), which applies to certain Bombardier Model CL-600-2B19 (Regional Jet Series 100 & 440) airplanes. That AD currently requires repetitive detailed and eddy current inspections of the main...
Rule Feb 08, 2007
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above. This AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) issued by an aviation authority of another country to identify and correct an unsafe conditio...
Rule Feb 08, 2007
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above. This AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) issued by an aviation authority of another country to identify and correct an unsafe conditio...
Rule Feb 08, 2007

Airworthiness standards:

Title Type Published
These special conditions are issued to Aviation Technology Group (ATG), 8001 S. InterPort Blvd., Englewood, CO 80112 for a type certificate for the Javelin Model 100 airplane. These airplanes will have novel and unusual design features when compared...
Rule Feb 08, 2007
These special conditions are issued to Quest Aircraft Company, LLC; 1200 Turbine Drive; Sandpoint, ID 83864 for a type certificate for the Kodiak Model 100 airplane. These airplanes will have novel and unusual design features when compared to the sta...
Rule Feb 08, 2007

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
FMCSA announces the availability of Commercial Vehicle Information Systems and Networks (CVISN) grant funding as authorized by Section 4126 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU). This...
Notice Feb 08, 2007

Highway planning and construction; licenses permits, approvals, etc.:

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This notice announces actions taken by the FHWA and other Federal agencies that are final within the meaning of 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). The actions relate to a proposed highway project, Interstate Route I-29/I-35/U.S. Route 71 Corridor, Paseo Missouri R...
Notice Feb 08, 2007

Motor carrier safety standards:

Title Type Published
FMCSA proposes to amend its regulations to require brokers who arrange the transportation of household goods in interstate or foreign commerce for consumers to comply with additional consumer protection requirements. This rulemaking is in response to...
Proposed Rule Feb 08, 2007

Motor vehicle defect proceedings; petitions, etc.:

Title Type Published
This notice denies a petition submitted to NHTSA under 49 U.S.C. 30162 by the Law Offices of Lisoni & Lisoni of Pasadena, California. The petition requests that the agency open a safety-related defect investigation into alleged defects in Firestone S...
Notice Feb 08, 2007

Pipeline safety:

Title Type Published
The federal pipeline safety laws allow a pipeline operator to request PHMSA to waive compliance with any part of the federal pipeline safety regulations. We are publishing this notice to provide a list of requests we have received from pipeline opera...
Notice Feb 08, 2007

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

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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 Feb 08, 2007
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 Feb 08, 2007
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 Feb 08, 2007
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 Feb 08, 2007

Meetings:

Title Type Published
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 Feb 08, 2007
An open meeting of the Area 5 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted. The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comment, ideas, and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Revenue Service.
Notice Feb 08, 2007
An open meeting of the Wage & Investment Reducing Taxpayer Burden (Notices) Issue Committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted (via teleconference). The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comments, ideas and suggestions on imp...
Notice Feb 08, 2007
An open meeting of the Area 4 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted (via teleconference). The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comment, ideas, and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Revenue Service.
Notice Feb 08, 2007
An open meeting of the Joint Committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted via teleconference. The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comment, ideas, and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Revenue Service...
Notice Feb 08, 2007

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