February 9, 2007 (Volume 72)

Federal Register February 9, 2007

View all documents issued on February 9, 2007. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

104 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on February 9, 2007

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Feb 09, 2007
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations, this notice announces the Food Safety and Inspection Service's (FSIS) intention to request approval for a new information collection reg...
Notice Feb 09, 2007
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Feb 09, 2007
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Feb 09, 2007

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

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Notice is hereby given that the Rural Utilities Service (RUS), an agency which administers the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development Utilities Programs (USDA Rural Development), is issuing a Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for...
Notice Feb 09, 2007

Meetings:

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The Eastern Washington Cascades Provincial Advisory Committee and the Yakima Provincial Advisory Committee will meet on Friday, February 23, 2007 at the Okanogan and Wenatchee National Forest Headquarters office, 215 Melody Lane, Wenatchee, WA. This...
Notice Feb 09, 2007

Milk marketing orders:

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A national public hearing is being held to consider and take evidence on proposals seeking to amend the Class III and Class IV product price formulas applicable to all Federal milk marketing orders.
Proposed Rule Feb 09, 2007

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) Damage Assessment, Remediation, and Restoration Program (DARRP) is announcing new indirect cost rates on the recovery of indirect costs for its component organizations involved in natural...
Notice Feb 09, 2007
Notice is hereby given that Mystic Aquarium, 55 Coogan Boulevard, Mystic, CT 06355 (Dr. Lisa Mazzaro, Principal Investigator) has requested an amendment to scientific research Permit No. 42-1642.
Notice Feb 09, 2007
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) publishes this notice to announce the amendment of a Privacy Act System of Records entitled COMMERCE/DEPARTMENT-18, "Employees' Personnel Files Not Covered by Notices of Other Agencies."
Notice Feb 09, 2007
Notice is hereby given that the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources 217 Fort Johnson Road, Charleston, South Carolina 29412 [Responsible Party/Principal Investigator: Mark Collins, PhD], has been issued a permit to conduct scientific resea...
Notice Feb 09, 2007

Antidumping:

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China
Notice Feb 09, 2007
In response to requests from interested parties, the Department of Commerce ("the Department") is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on wooden bedroom furniture from the People's Republic of China ("PRC"). The period of...
Notice Feb 09, 2007

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

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Ohio
Notice Feb 09, 2007
Schott Lithotec USA, Corp.; photomask blanks manufacturing and warehousing facilities
Notice Feb 09, 2007

Fishery conservation and management:

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NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for non-Community Development Quota (CDQ) pollock with trawl gear in the Chinook Salmon Savings Areas of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding th...
Rule Feb 09, 2007
NMFS is opening directed fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 610 of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) for 48 hours. This action is necessary to fully use the A season allowance of the 2007 total allowable catch (TAC) of pollock specified for Statistical A...
Rule Feb 09, 2007

International Fisheries regulations:

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NMFS revises regulations implementing the South Pacific Tuna Act of 1988, as amended (SPTA), to reflect the changes agreed to in the Third Extension of the Treaty on Fisheries between the Governments of Certain Pacific Island States and the Governmen...
Rule Feb 09, 2007

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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The Committee is proposing to add to the Procurement List a service to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities. Comments Must Be Received On or Before: March 11, 2007.
Notice Feb 09, 2007
This action from the Procurement List products and a service previously furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
Notice Feb 09, 2007

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

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This notice of availability announces the public release of the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (DSEIS) to evaluate construction of authorized improvements to the Federal Gulfport Harbor Navigation Project in Harrison County, MS. Th...
Notice Feb 09, 2007

Meetings:

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In accordance with 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), announcement is made of the forthcoming meeting. Name of Committee: Inland Waterways Users Board (Board). Date: March 14, 2007. Location: New Orleans Marriott at the...
Notice Feb 09, 2007

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

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In accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(e) and 37 CFR 404(a)(1)(i), the Department of the Army announces the intent to grant a revocable, non-assignable, partially exclusive license to Symbiont Enterprises, Inc., Huntsville, AL, for the AWarE Video Elements...
Notice Feb 09, 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 09, 2007

Meetings:

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This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of an upcoming open meeting of The Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Advisory Committee. The notice also describes the functions of the Committee. Notice of this meeting is required by...
Notice Feb 09, 2007

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Consumer products; energy conservation program:

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A notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) to amend the current minimum energy conservation standards for residential furnaces and boilers was published in the Federal Register on October 6, 2006. 71 FR 59204. On October 30, 2006, the Department of Energ...
Proposed Rule Feb 09, 2007

Energy conservation:

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The Department of Energy (DOE) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) for liquid-immersed and medium-voltage, dry-type distribution transformers under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA). In response to this notice, stakeholders comm...
Proposed Rule Feb 09, 2007

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that EPA is planning to submit a request to renew two existing approved Information Collection Requests (ICRs) to the Office of Management and Budg...
Notice Feb 09, 2007
EPA has authorized Systems Research Applications (SRA) Corporation's subcontractor, Logistics Management Institute (LMI) of McLean, VA, to access information which has been submitted to EPA under all sections of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA...
Notice Feb 09, 2007

Air pollution; standards of performance for new stationary sources:

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

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EPA expressed environmental concerns about impacts to air and water quality and to marine organisms, and offered suggestions regarding measures to avoid, minimize and mitigate for unavoidable impacts. Rating EC2.
Notice Feb 09, 2007
Agency weekly receipts
Notice Feb 09, 2007

Meetings:

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing that a workshop on Assessment of Health Science for the Review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for Nitrogen (NO<INF>X</INF>) and Sulfur Oxides (SO<INF>X</INF>) is being org...
Notice Feb 09, 2007
The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public face-to-face meeting of the chartered SAB to: (1) Discuss EPA's strategic research priorities for the years 2008 to 2012; (2) conduct a quality review of the Draft SAB Report on the...
Notice Feb 09, 2007

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

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This Notice is a Federal Agency request for the public to comment and provide recommendations on triennial national enforcement and compliance assurance priorities to be addressed for fiscal years 2008, 2009 and 2010. EPA intends to consider informat...
Notice Feb 09, 2007

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

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In accordance with Section 122(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended ("CERCLA"), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given of a proposed administrative settlement for recovery of past response cos...
Notice Feb 09, 2007

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

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Formations, acquisitions, and mergers
Notice Feb 09, 2007
Formations, acquisitions, and mergers
Notice Feb 09, 2007

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

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The General Services Administration (GSA) announces its intent to distribute a Final Environmental Impact Statement (Final EIS) under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 4321--4347 (NEPA) to assess the potentia...
Notice Feb 09, 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 09, 2007
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Feb 09, 2007
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Feb 09, 2007
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Feb 09, 2007
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Feb 09, 2007
This notice announces the intention of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) allow the proposed information collection project: "Pilot Study of Proposed Medical Office Surveys...
Notice Feb 09, 2007

Meetings:

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National Institute on Drug Abuse
Notice Feb 09, 2007

Special Exposure Cohort; employee class designations:

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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) gives notice as required by 42 CFR 83.12(e) of a decision to evaluate a petition to designate a class of employees at the Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corp. (NUMEC)--Apollo, Apollo, Pennsylvania, t...
Notice Feb 09, 2007
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) gives notice as required by 42 CFR 83.12(e) of a decision to evaluate a petition to designate a class of employees at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, to be included in the Special Exposure Coh...
Notice Feb 09, 2007

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

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This final rule adopts, without change, the Program Fraud Civil Penalties interim rule published by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on October 12, 2005. This rule finalizes uniform administrative procedures for DHS to implement the Program...
Rule Feb 09, 2007

Disaster and emergency areas:

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This notice amends the notice of an emergency declaration for the State of Colorado (FEMA-3270-EM), dated January 7, 2007, and related determinations.
Notice Feb 09, 2007
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Nebraska (FEMA-1674-DR), dated January 7, 2007, and related determinations.
Notice Feb 09, 2007
This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Oklahoma (FEMA-1677-DR), dated February 1, 2007, and related determinations.
Notice Feb 09, 2007
This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Oklahoma (FEMA-1678-DR), dated February 1, 2007, and related determinations.
Notice Feb 09, 2007

Flood elevation determinations:

Title Type Published
Technical information or comments are requested on the proposed Base (1% annual chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and proposed BFEs modifications for the communities listed below. The BFEs are the basis for the floodplain management measures that the c...
Proposed Rule Feb 09, 2007

Pollution:

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Current vessel response plan regulations require the owners or operators of vessels carrying Groups I through V petroleum oil as a primary cargo to identify in their response plans a salvage company with expertise and equipment, and a company with fi...
Rule Feb 09, 2007

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Title Type Published
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 Feb 09, 2007
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 Feb 09, 2007
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 Feb 09, 2007
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 Feb 09, 2007

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

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HUD gives notice to the public, agencies, and Indian tribes of the availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for review and comment for the East River Waterfront Esplanade and Piers Project in the Borough of Manhattan, City of N...
Notice Feb 09, 2007

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

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This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.
Notice Feb 09, 2007

Mortgage and loan insurance programs:

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This notice announces changes in the interest rates to be paid on debentures issued with respect to a loan or mortgage insured by the Federal Housing Administration under the provisions of the National Housing Act (the Act). The interest rate for deb...
Notice Feb 09, 2007

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

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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 Feb 09, 2007
The Bureau of Reclamation published a notice in the Federal Register on December 30, 2005 (70 FR, 77425) informing the public of the availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Red River Valley Water Supply Project. We are...
Notice Feb 09, 2007

Meetings:

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We, the Fish and Wildlife Service, announce a public teleconference of the Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council (Council).
Notice Feb 09, 2007

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined to reverse-in-part the presiding administrative law judge's ("ALJ's") final initial determination of October 24, 2003, in the above-captioned investigation and has det...
Notice Feb 09, 2007
Pursuant to section 5003 of the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006, signed by the President on December 20, 2006 (Public Law 109- 432), the Commission instituted investigation No. TR-5003-1, Textiles and Apparel: Effects of Special Rules for Hait...
Notice Feb 09, 2007

Justice Department logo Justice Department

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30-Day notice of information collection under review: International Terrorism Victim Compensation Program Application.
Notice Feb 09, 2007
60-day notice of information collection under review: Evaluation of Impacts of Federal Casework Programs.
Notice Feb 09, 2007

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

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Notice of Intent to Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for development of a Federal correctional complex by the U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons. The area under consideration for correctional facility developme...
Notice Feb 09, 2007

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 Feb 09, 2007

Adjustment assistance; applications, determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
Fibrex, LLC
Notice Feb 09, 2007
Hoover Precision Products, Inc.
Notice Feb 09, 2007
International Textile Group, Inc.
Notice Feb 09, 2007
KHS USA, Inc.
Notice Feb 09, 2007
Parkdale America, LLC
Notice Feb 09, 2007
Peterbilt Motors Co., et al.
Notice Feb 09, 2007

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 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 inf...
Notice Feb 09, 2007

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

Grants and agreements:

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The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) implements Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance on nonprocurement suspension and debarment, issued on August 31, 2005 [70 FR 51863], by adopting the guidelines in a new part in title 2 of the CFR, t...
Rule Feb 09, 2007

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National Science Foundation

Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

Title Type Published
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is making a technical amendment to the final regulations concerning the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC). This technical amendment corrects the final rule issued on November 20, 2006 by re-inserting text that w...
Rule Feb 09, 2007

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Feb 09, 2007
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Feb 09, 2007

Securities:

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The Commission is proposing for comment rules to implement provisions of the Credit Rating Agency Reform Act of 2006 (the "Act"), enacted on September 29, 2006. The Act defines the term "nationally recognized statistical rating organization," provide...
Proposed Rule Feb 09, 2007

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

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American Stock Exchange LLC
Notice Feb 09, 2007
American Stock Exchange LLC
Notice Feb 09, 2007
Boston Stock Exchange, Inc.
Notice Feb 09, 2007
Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.
Notice Feb 09, 2007
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice Feb 09, 2007
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice Feb 09, 2007

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

Title Type Published
In accordance with the provisions of the Privacy Act, as amended, this notice announces a computer matching program that SSA plans to conduct with the IRS.
Notice Feb 09, 2007

State Department logo State Department

Title Type Published
The Department of State has submitted the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. <bullet> Title of Information Collection: Emergency L...
Notice Feb 09, 2007
The Department of State is seeking Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the information collection described below. The purpose of this notice is to allow 60 days for public comment in the Federal Register preceding submission to OMB. W...
Notice Feb 09, 2007

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Meetings:

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On January 17, 2007, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced a public meeting regarding the Buy America second notice of proposed rulemaking (SNPRM) to allow the public to ask questions regarding the SNPRM published on November 30, 2006. I...
Notice Feb 09, 2007

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

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The FHWA is currently conducting a reassessment of the Highway Performance Monitoring System (HPMS), which is a national highway transportation system database maintained and used primarily by the FHWA as a resource for information about the extent,...
Notice Feb 09, 2007

Standard time zone boundaries:

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DOT is relocating the time zone boundary in Indiana to move Pulaski County, Indiana, from the Central Time Zone to the Eastern Time Zone. This action serves the convenience of commerce, the statutory standard for a time zone change, and is taken in r...
Rule Feb 09, 2007

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Feb 09, 2007
This document contains a correction to a notice and request for comments(Revenue Procedure 2006-54) that was published in the Federal Register on Monday, January 29, 2007 (72 FR 4061) inviting the general public and other Federal agencies to take thi...
Notice Feb 09, 2007

Alcohol; viticultural area designations:

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This Treasury decision establishes the Outer Coastal Plain viticultural area in southeastern New Jersey. The viticultural area consists of approximately 2,255,400 acres and includes all of Cumberland, Cape May, Atlantic, and Ocean Counties and portio...
Rule Feb 09, 2007

Income taxes:

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This document contains temporary regulations relating to deductions for the cost of producing film and television productions under section 181. These temporary regulations reflect changes to the law made by the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 and...
Rule Feb 09, 2007
In the Rules and Regulations section of this issue of the Federal Register, the IRS is issuing temporary regulations under section 181 of the Internal Revenue Code relating to deductions for costs of producing qualified film and television production...
Proposed Rule Feb 09, 2007

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Title Type Published
The Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552(e)(4)) requires that all agencies publish in the Federal Register a notice of the existence and character of their systems of records. Notice is hereby given that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is establ...
Notice Feb 09, 2007

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