April 6, 2007 (Volume 72)

Federal Register April 6, 2007

View all documents issued on April 6, 2007. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

112 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on April 6, 2007

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Adjustment assistance; applications, determinations, etc.:

Appealable decisions; legal notice:

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This notice lists the newspapers that will be used by all Ranger Districts, Grasslands, Forests, and the Regional Office of the Southwestern Region to give legal notice for the availability for comments on projects under 36 CFR parts 215 or 217, and...
Notice Apr 06, 2007

Meetings:

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The Willamette Province Advisory Committee (PAC) will meet in Salem, Oregon. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss issues pertainent to the implementation of the Northwest Forest Plan and to provide advice to federal land managers in the Province....
Notice Apr 06, 2007

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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Notice is hereby given that Grants Pass Irrigation District (GPID), 200 Fruitvale Drive, Grants Pass, Oregon, has applied in due form for an incidental take permit for Southern Oregon/Northern California coho salmon for purposes of the continued oper...
Notice Apr 06, 2007
Notice is hereby given that the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (Kathryn Hattala, Principal Investigator), 21 South Putt Corners Road; New Paltz, New York 12561, has been issued a modification to scientific research Permit Num...
Notice Apr 06, 2007
Notice is hereby given that Dynegy Northeast Generations, Inc. (Dynegy), 992-994 River Road, Newburgh, New York 12550, has been issued a permit to take shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) for purposes of scientific research.
Notice Apr 06, 2007

Antidumping:

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The Department of Commerce ("the Department") received timely requests to conduct administrative reviews of the antidumping duty orders on certain frozen warmwater shrimp ("shrimp") from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam ("Vietnam") and the People's...
Notice Apr 06, 2007
On January 16, 2007, a Bi-National Panel ("Panel") constituted under the North American Free Trade Agreement ("NAFTA") affirmed the U.S. Department of Commerce's ("the Department's") redetermination on remand of the final results of the fourth antidu...
Notice Apr 06, 2007
The Department of Commerce ("Department") received timely requests to conduct administrative reviews of the antidumping duty orders on certain frozen warmwater shrimp ("shrimp") from Brazil, Ecuador, India and Thailand. The anniversary month of these...
Notice Apr 06, 2007

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

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Volvo Construction Equipment North America, Inc.; construction equipment manufacture
Notice Apr 06, 2007

Census 2010:

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Block groups are statistical geographic divisions of a census tract, defined for the tabulation and dissemination of decennial census data. Block groups also will be used to tabulate and publish estimates from the American Community Survey (ACS) \1\...
Notice Apr 06, 2007
CCDs and equivalent entities are statistical geographic entities established cooperatively by the Bureau of the Census (Census Bureau) and officials of state and local governments in 22 states \1\ where minor civil divisions (MCDs) either do not exis...
Notice Apr 06, 2007
Census designated places (CDPs) \1\ are statistical geographic entities representing closely settled, unincorporated communities that are locally recognized and identified by name. They are the statistical equivalents of incorporated places, with the...
Notice Apr 06, 2007
Census tracts are relatively permanent small-area geographic divisions of a county or statistically equivalent entity \1\ defined for the tabulation of decennial census data and selected other statistical programs. Census tracts also will be used to...
Notice Apr 06, 2007

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

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NMFS and the Minerals Management Service (MMS) announce the availability of a Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (Draft PEIS) for Seismic Surveys in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas, Alaska and the times, dates, and locations for public h...
Notice Apr 06, 2007

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announces that the following programs are soliciting applications for financial assistance for FY 2007: (1) NCNR Neutron Research and Neutron Scattering Financial Assistance Program, and (2) t...
Notice Apr 06, 2007

Marine mammals:

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In accordance with provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) as amended, notification is hereby given that Incidental Harassment Authorizations (IHAs) to take marine mammals, by harassment, incidental to conducting seismic operations in t...
Notice Apr 06, 2007

Meetings:

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The President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (Commission) will convene a teleconference meeting on April 23, 2007 to deliberate the draft Commission report to the President. This meeting is open to the public and inter...
Notice Apr 06, 2007
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's Surfclam/Ocean Quahog and Tilefish Committee and Tilefish Advisory Panel will hold a public meeting.
Notice Apr 06, 2007
Notice is hereby given of an annual meeting of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the State Marine Fisheries Directors. This annual meeting provides the opportunity for State and Federal fishery managers to discuss fishery management ar...
Notice Apr 06, 2007

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

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Limit 10(i) of the June 28, 2005, Endangered Species Act (ESA) provides that road maintenance programs that comply with a program substantially similar to that contained in the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) Guide that is determined to me...
Notice Apr 06, 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 product to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and to delete services previously furnished by such agencies. Comments Must b...
Notice Apr 06, 2007

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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The Department of the Air Force proposes to add a system of records to its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
Notice Apr 06, 2007

Meetings:

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Pursuant to Section 10(a), Public Law 92-463, as amended, notice is hereby given of a forthcoming Meeting of the President's Commission on America's Returning Wounded Warriors. The purpose of the Committee meeting is to introduce new members and cond...
Notice Apr 06, 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 submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Apr 06, 2007
The IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Apr 06, 2007

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

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The Director of the Institute of Education Sciences (Institute) announces the Institute's FY 2008 competitions for grants to support education and special education research and research training. The Director takes this action under the Education Sc...
Notice Apr 06, 2007
Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Grant Program
Notice Apr 06, 2007

Energy Department logo Energy Department

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Electric rate and corporate regulation combined filings
Notice Apr 06, 2007
Hydroelectric applications
Notice Apr 06, 2007

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
Brookfield Energy Marketing US LLC
Notice Apr 06, 2007
Citigroup Energy Canada ULC
Notice Apr 06, 2007
Saguaro Power Co., LP
Notice Apr 06, 2007

Electric utilities (Federal Power Act):

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Environmental statements; record of decision:

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The Department of Energy (DOE) has prepared an environmental impact statement (EIS) (DOE/EIS-0383) to assess the environmental impacts associated with a proposed project that would be cost-shared by DOE and Southern Company (in partnership with the O...
Notice Apr 06, 2007

Meetings:

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Downeast LNG, Inc.; technical conference
Notice Apr 06, 2007

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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

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EPA is approving a Section 111(d) and 129 negative declaration submitted by the State of Rhode Island on November 5, 2006. This negative declaration adequately certifies that there are no existing "other solid waste incineration" (OSWI) units located...
Rule Apr 06, 2007

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

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EPA continues to have environmental concerns about adverse impacts to water quality, wildlife habitat and native vegetation, and suggests that the ROD include additional BMPs that avoid or reduce impacts to these resources. EIS No. 20070023, ERP No....
Notice Apr 06, 2007
Agency weekly receipts
Notice Apr 06, 2007

Meetings:

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Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, P.L. 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 environmental p...
Notice Apr 06, 2007
The EPA's Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office is announcing a public meeting of the SAB Hypoxia Advisory Panel to discuss and develop its preliminary draft advisory report concerning the hypoxic zone in the Gulf of Mexico.
Notice Apr 06, 2007

Solid wastes:

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The EPA (also, "the Agency" or "we" in this preamble) is granting a petition to exclude (or "delist") wastewater treatment plant sludges from conversion coating on aluminum generated by AutoAlliance International, Inc. (AAI), a Ford/Mazda joint ventu...
Rule Apr 06, 2007

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

No documents available.

Federal Housing Finance Board logo Federal Housing Finance Board

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

No documents available.

Depository institutions; reserve requirements (Regulation D):

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The Board of Governors is revising its 1980 interpretation of Regulation D (Reserve Requirements of Depository Institutions) setting forth criteria for the "bankers' bank" exemption from reserve requirements. The interpretation sets forth the standar...
Rule Apr 06, 2007

Government Ethics Office logo Government Ethics Office

Executive branch regulations:

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The Office of Government Ethics is removing obsolete regulatory provisions in its executive branch outside earned income restrictions and ethical conduct standards regulations that were designed to implement the statutory provision regarding charitab...
Rule Apr 06, 2007

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Apr 06, 2007
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Apr 06, 2007
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Apr 06, 2007
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Apr 06, 2007

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

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The Office of Population Affairs (OPA), within the Office of Public Health and Science (OPHS) announces the availability of Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 funds to support a total of four to five new cooperative agreement projects, with the goal of increasing...
Notice Apr 06, 2007

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
60-Day notice of information collection under review; Form I- 817, Application for Family Unity Benefits; OMB Control No. 1615-0005.
Notice Apr 06, 2007
Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, proposes to add a new system of records to the Department's inventory, entitled Biometric Storage System. This new system will replac...
Notice Apr 06, 2007

Meetings:

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The President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) will meet in a partially closed session.
Notice Apr 06, 2007

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

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The Coast Guard will enforce the Rockets for Schools safety zone on Lake Michigan near Sheboygan, WI on May 5, 2007. This action is necessary to protect the public from the hazards associated with rocket launches. During the enforcement period no per...
Rule Apr 06, 2007

Regattas and marine parades:

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The Coast Guard will enforce the Tulip Time Fireworks and Water Ski Show special local regulation on Lake Macatawa in Holland, Michigan on May 4, 2007. This action is necessary to protect the public from the hazards associated with fireworks displays...
Rule Apr 06, 2007

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

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 Apr 06, 2007

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
National Register of Historic Places; pending nominations
Notice Apr 06, 2007

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The National Park Service is terminating preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the General Management Plan, John Day Fossil Beds, Oregon. A Notice of Intent to prepare an EIS for the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument General...
Notice Apr 06, 2007

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

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In accord with section 102(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321, et seq.), the National Park Service (NPS) has undertaken a conservation planning and environmental impact analysis process for updating the General Manage...
Notice Apr 06, 2007

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Commission
Notice Apr 06, 2007

Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:

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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has examined and determined that one parcel of public land, approximately 47 acres, located in Custer County, Idaho is suitable for a renewable, 10-year agricultural use lease to Karen and Sydney Dowton (Lessee), p...
Notice Apr 06, 2007
The following described public lands, comprising approximately 200 acres in San Juan County, New Mexico, have been examined and found suitable for sale to San Juan County, at not less than the fair market value of $400,000, for use as an industrial p...
Notice Apr 06, 2007

Survey plat filings:

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The plats of survey of the following described land will be officially filed in the Colorado State Office, Bureau of Land Management, Lakewood, Colorado, effective 10 a.m., March 29, 2007. All inquiries should be sent to the Colorado State Office (CO...
Notice Apr 06, 2007

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
OSHA solicits comments concerning its proposal to extend OMB approval of the information collection requirements contained in the Standard on Mechanical Power Presses (29 CFR 1910.217(e)(1)(i) and (e)(1)(ii)). The purpose of these requirements is to...
Notice Apr 06, 2007

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

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This Notice announces states' allotments for PY 2007 (July 1, 2007-June 30, 2008) for WIA Title I Youth, Adults and Dislocated Worker Activities programs; additional PY 2007 funding from WIA Section 173(e) for eligible states; final allotments for Em...
Notice Apr 06, 2007

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Apr 06, 2007
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Apr 06, 2007
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Apr 06, 2007

Investment Company Act of 1940:

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Notice of an application to amend a prior order under section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("Act") for an exemption from sections 2(a)(32), 5(a)(1), 22(d), 22(e), and 24(d) of the Act and rule 22c-1 under the Act, and under sections 6(c) and 17(b) of the Act for an exemption from sections 17(a)(1) and (a)(2) of the Act.
Notice Apr 06, 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 renewal of an existing computer matching program that SSA is currently conducting with the States.
Notice Apr 06, 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: Electronic...
Notice Apr 06, 2007

Culturally significant objects imported for exhibition:

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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 Apr 06, 2007

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Fees:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
The Board adopts its 2007 User Fee Update and revises its fee schedule to recover the costs associated with the January 2007 Government salary increases and to reflect changes in overhead costs to the Board.
Rule Apr 06, 2007

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

S
Susquehanna River Basin Commission

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At a public hearing held on March 14, 2007 in Altoona, Pa., the Susquehanna River Basin Commission approved certain water resources projects and rescinded three docket approvals identified in the Supplementary Information section below. In addition,...
Notice Apr 06, 2007

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FMCSA announces that its Information Collection Request (ICR) described below has been sent to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The ICR describes a proposed col...
Notice Apr 06, 2007

Airworthiness directives:

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The FAA is superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for General Electric Company (GE) CF34-1A, -3A, -3A1, -3A2, -3B, and -3B1 turbofan engines. That AD requires a onetime inspection of certain fan disks for electrical arc-out indications,...
Rule Apr 06, 2007
We are clarifying information contained in Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2007-06-01, which supersedes AD 62-24-01 and applies to all Raytheon Aircraft Company (RAC) Beech Models 45 (YT-34), A45 (T- 34A, B45), and D45 (T-34B) airplanes. AD 2007-06-01 c...
Rule Apr 06, 2007

Commercial space transportation:

Title Type Published
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is amending its commercial space transportation regulations under the Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act of 2004. The FAA is establishing application requirements for an operator of a manned or unmanned r...
Rule Apr 06, 2007

Fees:

No documents available.

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice cancels the Wednesday, April 25 and Thursday, April 26, 2007 meetings of PHMSA's Technical Pipeline Safety Standards Advisory Committee (TPSSC) and Technical Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Standards Committee (THLPSSC) and a public work...
Notice Apr 06, 2007

Motor vehicle safety standards:

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As part of a comprehensive plan for reducing the serious risk of rollover crashes and the risk of death and serious injury in those crashes, this document establishes a new Federal motor vehicle safety standard (FMVSS) No. 126 to require electronic s...
Rule Apr 06, 2007

Pipeline safety:

Title Type Published
Freeport LNG (FLNG) requested a waiver of compliance from the Federal pipeline safety regulation that requires liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities constructed after March 31, 2000 to comply with the National Fire Protection Association's Standard...
Notice Apr 06, 2007
Sabine Pass LNG, L.P. (SPLNG) requested a waiver of compliance from the Federal pipeline safety regulation that requires liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities constructed after March 31, 2000 to comply with the National Fire Protection Association's...
Notice Apr 06, 2007

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

No documents available.

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...
Notice Apr 06, 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 Apr 06, 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 Apr 06, 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 Apr 06, 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 Apr 06, 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 Apr 06, 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 Apr 06, 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 Apr 06, 2007
The OCC, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on a continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. An agenc...
Notice Apr 06, 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 Apr 06, 2007
The OCC, Board, FDIC and OTS (collectively, the Banking Agencies), as part of their continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invite the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on the proposed extension, with revision,...
Notice Apr 06, 2007
The OCC, 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 a continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduct...
Notice Apr 06, 2007

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Title Type Published
As required by the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a(e) notice is hereby given that the Department of Veterans Affairs is amending the system of records currently entitled "Veterans, Dependents of Veterans, and VA Beneficiary Survey Records (43VA008...
Notice Apr 06, 2007

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