May 11, 2007 (Volume 72)

Federal Register May 11, 2007

View all documents issued on May 11, 2007. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

116 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on May 11, 2007

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Department's intention to request a revision for a currently approved information collection in support of the Export Sales Reporting program.
Notice May 11, 2007
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Rural Housing Service's (RHS) intention to request an extension for a currently approved information collection in support of the program for Fire and Rescue Loans.
Notice May 11, 2007
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice May 11, 2007
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Farm Service Agency (FSA) is seeking comments from all interested individuals and organizations on a new information collection associated with the Measurement Service Requests.
Notice May 11, 2007
The Rural Utilities Service, an agency delivering the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Development Utilities Programs, hereinafter referred to as Rural Development, proposes to amend its regulation for the Rural Broadband Access...
Proposed Rule May 11, 2007

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

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Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969; the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations (40 CFR part 1500); and the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Regulations (7 CFR part 650); the Natural Resou...
Notice May 11, 2007

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

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The Forest Service is giving notice of its intent to prepare an environmental impact statement to analyze and disclose potential environmental consequences associated with a National Forest System land management planning rule. This environmental imp...
Notice May 11, 2007
On August 12, 2005, the USDA Forest Service (FS), Olympic National Forest (ONF), published a Notice of Intent in the Federal Register (70 FR 47171) to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Dosewallips Road Washout Project. A revised...
Notice May 11, 2007

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

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The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) is taking actions to ensure adequate availability of commercial warehouse storage space for the 2007 crops and for producers seeking warehouse-stored marketing assistance loans for eligible commodities. CCC is a...
Notice May 11, 2007

Meetings:

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The Ravalli County Resource Advisory Committee will be meeting to discuss management of Dams in the Wilderness and hold a short public forum (question and answer session) The meeting is being held pursuant to the authorities in the Federal Advisory C...
Notice May 11, 2007

Plant-related quarantine, foreign:

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We recently published a final rule amending the cut flowers regulations to establish specific requirements for the importation of cut flowers that are hosts of chrysanthemum white rust (CWR) from countries where the disease is known to occur. The fin...
Rule May 11, 2007

Recreation fee areas:

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The Mendocino National Forest is proposing to charge new fees at 14 developed recreation sites. Fees are assessed based on the level of amenities and services provided, cost of operation and maintenance, market assessment, and public comment. The fee...
Notice May 11, 2007

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Antidumping:

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On March 7, 2007, the Department of Commerce ("Department") published its preliminary notice of its intent to rescind the 2005/2006 simi-annual new shipper reviews of the antidumping duty order on freshwater crawfish tail meat from the People's Repub...
Notice May 11, 2007
China
Notice May 11, 2007

Endangered and threatened species:

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We, NMFS, are issuing a final determination to list the distinct population segment (DPS) of steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in Puget Sound, Washington, as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). We intend to issue final protecti...
Rule May 11, 2007

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

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On April 6, 2007, notice was published in the Federal Register that NMFS and the Minerals Management Service had released for public comment a Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (Draft PEIS) for Seismic Surveys in the Beaufort and Chuk...
Notice May 11, 2007

Fishery conservation and management:

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This final rule suspends mandatory circle hook requirements for participants in Atlantic billfish fishing tournaments through December 31, 2007. Circle hook requirements will be reinstated unchanged effective 12:01 a.m., January 1, 2008. The suspensi...
Rule May 11, 2007
NMFS announces that anyone who enters the Hawaii-based pelagic charter fishery after March 16, 2007 (the "control date"), is not guaranteed future participation in the fishery if the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) recommends, an...
Proposed Rule May 11, 2007
NMFS announces that the Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS (Regional Administrator), is proposing to allocate zero trips in the Closed Area (CA) II Yellowtail Flounder Special Access Program (SAP) during the 2007 fishing year (FY) (i.e., May 1, 20...
Proposed Rule May 11, 2007

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

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In accordance with 15 U.S.C. 1512 and Executive Order 11625, the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) is soliciting competitive applications from organizations to operate a Native American Business Enterprise Center (NABEC) in the specified lo...
Notice May 11, 2007

Meetings:

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Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 2, notice is hereby given that the Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award will meet Tuesday, June 5, 2007. The Judges Panel is composed of twelve members prominent in...
Notice May 11, 2007
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 2, notice is hereby given that there will be a meeting of the Board of Overseers of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award on June 6, 2007. The Board of Overseers is composed of eleve...
Notice May 11, 2007

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

Title Type Published
This action adds to the Procurement List services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and deletes from the Procurement List products previously furnished by such agencies.
Notice May 11, 2007
The Committee is proposing to add to the Procurement List a product and services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities. Comments Must Be Received on or Before: June 10, 2007.
Notice May 11, 2007

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated 21 July 1996.
Notice May 11, 2007
The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated 21 July 1996.
Notice May 11, 2007
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C., Appendix, as amended), the Sunshine in the Government Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended) and 41 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Sec. 102-3.140 through 160, the Department of Def...
Notice May 11, 2007

Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act:

Title Type Published
Surplus properties; list; correction
Correction May 11, 2007

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
In accordance with requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Baltimore District, has prepared a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the proposed construction of a dredged mater...
Notice May 11, 2007

Environmental statements; record of decision:

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

Title Type Published
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to revise a currently approved informat...
Notice May 11, 2007

Meetings:

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The U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors will meet to make such inquiry, as the Board shall deem necessary into the state of morale and discipline, the curriculum, instruction, physical equipment, fiscal affairs, and academic methods of the Naval Aca...
Notice May 11, 2007
This Notice is published in accordance with Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463). The topic of the meeting on June 13-14, 2007 are to review new start and continuing research and development projects requesting Stra...
Notice May 11, 2007

Education Department logo Education Department

Title Type Published
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 May 11, 2007

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Secretary announces the annual updates to the ICR plan formula for 2007. Under the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program, borrowers may choose to repay their student loans (Direct Subsidized Loans, Direct Unsubsidized Loans, a...
Notice May 11, 2007

Meetings:

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This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of an upcoming meeting of the National Board for Education Sciences. The notice also describes the functions of the Committee. Notice of this meeting is required by Section 10(a)(2) of the Feder...
Notice May 11, 2007

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
On April 26, 2007, Otay Mesa Energy Center, LLC, as the owner and operator of a new base load electric powerplant, submitted a coal capability self-certification to the Department of Energy (DOE) pursuant to section 201(d) of the Powerplant and Indus...
Notice May 11, 2007

Electricity export and import authorizations, permits, etc.:

Title Type Published
DC Energy, LLC (DC Energy) has applied for authority to transmit electric energy from the United States to Canada pursuant to section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act.
Notice May 11, 2007

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Idaho National Laboratory. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this meeting be announ...
Notice May 11, 2007

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request t...
Notice May 11, 2007
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request t...
Notice May 11, 2007
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a requ...
Notice May 11, 2007

Air pollution control:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to Clean Air Act (CAA) section 505(b)(2) and 40 CFR 70.8(d), the EPA Administrator signed an order dated April 20, 2007, denying a petition to object to a state operating permit issued by the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (...
Notice May 11, 2007

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

Title Type Published
On September 29, 2006, the Commonwealth of Kentucky (Kentucky), through the Kentucky Division for Air Quality (KDAQ), submitted a request to redesignate the Kentucky portion of the bi-state Huntington-Ashland 8-hour ozone nonattainment area to attain...
Proposed Rule May 11, 2007

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

Title Type Published
EPA is granting a request submitted by the State to redesignate the South Coast from nonattainment to attainment for the CO National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). EPA is also approving a state implementation plan (SIP) revision for the South...
Rule May 11, 2007

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

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EPA expressed environmental concerns about impacts to wetlands and air quality. EPA recommends that FTA provides more information on cumulative impacts as well as a wetlands mitigation plan. Rating EC2. EIS No. 20070078, ERP No. D-NPS-C61011-NY, Saga...
Notice May 11, 2007
Agency weekly receipts
Notice May 11, 2007

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The United States Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental Financial Advisory Board will hold an open meeting of its Environmental Management Systems Project Workgroup. EFAB is chartered with providing analysis and advice to the EPA Administra...
Notice May 11, 2007
The EPA's Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office is announcing a public teleconference of the SAB Environmental Economics Advisory Committee (EEAC) to discuss its draft advisory report to EPA regarding issues in valuing mortality risk reduction.
Notice May 11, 2007

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing a public comment period and independent, external peer review for the draft Final Report for the Alternative Asbestos Control Method (AACM) Demonstration Project. The external peer review is expe...
Notice May 11, 2007

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
Iraq Transition Assistance Office; establishment (EO 13431)
Presidential Document May 11, 2007

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

No documents available.

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice May 11, 2007
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice May 11, 2007
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) notifies Federal agencies of the laboratories currently certified to meet the standards of Subpart C of the Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs (Mandatory Guidelines). The...
Notice May 11, 2007

Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act:

No documents available.

Medicare:

Title Type Published
Home health prospective payment system; refinement and rate update (2008 CY); correction
Correction May 11, 2007
This final rule updates the annual payment rates for the Medicare prospective payment system (PPS) for inpatient hospital services provided by long-term care hospitals (LTCHs). The final payment amounts and factors used to determine the updated Feder...
Rule May 11, 2007

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice announces the 16th meeting of the American Health Information Community Population Health and Clinical Care Connections Workgroup [formerly Biosurveillance Workgroup] in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463,...
Notice May 11, 2007

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
30-day notice of information collection under review: Form I- 1612, application for waiver of the foreign residence requirement of section 212(e) of the Immigration and Nationality Act; OMB Control No. 1615-0030.
Notice May 11, 2007
30-day notice of information collection under review: Form I- 694, notice of appeal of decision under section 210 or 245A of the Immigration and Nationality Act; OMB Control No. 1615-0034.
Notice May 11, 2007
30-day notice of information collection under review: Form I- 102, application for replacement/initial nonimmigrant arrival-departure document; OMB Control No. 1615-0079.
Notice May 11, 2007
30-Day notice of information collection under review: Form I- 777, application for issuance or replacement of Northern Mariana Card; OMB Control No. 1615-0042.
Notice May 11, 2007

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Houston/Galveston Navigation Safety Advisory Committee (HOGANSAC) and its working groups will meet to discuss waterway improvements, aids to navigation, area projects impacting safety on the Houston Ship Channel, and various other navigation safe...
Notice May 11, 2007
The Department of Homeland Security Privacy Office will host a public workshop, "Privacy Impact Assessments at DHS--A Tutorial on How to Write PIAs."
Notice May 11, 2007
This notice announces a teleconference of the Towing Safety Advisory Committee (TSAC). The purpose of this teleconference is for TSAC to present its comments to the Coast Guard on certain draft regulatory text contemplated for the Notice of Proposed...
Notice May 11, 2007

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Title Type Published
This notice was previously published on March 1, 2007 and is being republished to extend the comment period until May 31, 2007. The proposed information collection requirement described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (...
Notice May 11, 2007
The proposed information collection requirement described below will be 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 proposa...
Notice May 11, 2007

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

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HUD gives this notice to the public, agencies and Indian Tribes on the availability for public review of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the redevelopment of the Westpark public housing community in Bremerton, WA. HUD gives this notice o...
Notice May 11, 2007

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.
Notice May 11, 2007
On January 18, 2007, HUD published its Notice of HUD's Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) Policy Requirements and General Section to the FY 2007 SuperNOFA for HUD's Discretionary Programs (General Section). On March 13, 2007,...
Notice May 11, 2007

Mortgage and loan insurance programs:

Title Type Published
Through this proposed rule, HUD submits, for public comment, specific standards governing a mortgagor's investment in property for which the mortgage is insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). Specifically, this proposed rule would codif...
Proposed Rule May 11, 2007

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
This notice is published in accordance with Section 9(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (Pub. L. 92-463). Following consultation with the General Services Administration, notice is hereby given that the Secretary of the Interior has es...
Notice May 11, 2007
This notice is published in accordance with Section 9(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (Pub. L. 92-643). Following consultation with the General Services Administration, notice is hereby given that the Secretary of the Interior has es...
Notice May 11, 2007

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to Public Law 96-472, the National Earthquake Evaluation Council (NEPEC) will hold a 1-day workshop on May 18, 2007, and a short meeting on May 19, 2007. The workshop will be held at the Portland State Office Building, 1st Floor, Room 1D, 80...
Notice May 11, 2007
At the May 1, 2007 meeting of the Department's Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Advisory Committee, the Committee reached closure on the final report, which contains the Committee's recommendations to the Department. Therefore, beca...
Notice May 11, 2007

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Extension of a currently approved collection for Requirements Data Collection Application for the Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grants Program
Notice May 11, 2007
60 day emergency notice of information collection under review import/export declaration for list i and list ii chemicals DEA form 486.
Notice May 11, 2007
60 day emergency notice of information collection under review. Application for registration under Domestic Chemical Diversion Control Act of 1993 and renewal application for registration under Domestic Chemical Diversion Control Act of 1993 DEA forms 510 & 510A.
Notice May 11, 2007

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Adjustment assistance; applications, determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
Air System Components, Inc.
Notice May 11, 2007
Alan White Co.
Notice May 11, 2007
Alan White Co.
Notice May 11, 2007
Alan White Co.
Notice May 11, 2007
Bayer Clothing Group Inc.
Notice May 11, 2007
Bayer Clothing Group Inc.
Notice May 11, 2007
Bayer Clothing Group Inc.
Notice May 11, 2007
Medtronic Vascular
Notice May 11, 2007
Primary Staffing Services, Inc.
Notice May 11, 2007
Rayolite
Notice May 11, 2007
Sony Technology Center-Pittsburgh
Notice May 11, 2007
Walter Kidde Portable Equipment, Inc.
Notice May 11, 2007

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Department of Labor ("DOL" or "Department"), Office of Disability Employment Policy ("ODEP"'), announces the availability of up to $1.7 million to fund a cooperative agreement to establish the National Technical Assistance Center on Transiti...
Notice May 11, 2007

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

No documents available.

N
National Science Foundation

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Advisory Committee
Notice May 11, 2007

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Plants and materials; physical protection:

Title Type Published
This document corrects a notice appearing in the Federal Register on May 4, 2007 (72 FR 25337). This action is necessary to publish an attachment that was inadvertently omitted.
Notice May 11, 2007

Peace Corps logo Peace Corps

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, this notice invites the public to comment on the proposed collection of information by the Peace Corps' Office of the Inspector General. The Peace Corps' Office of the Inspector General wishes to collec...
Notice May 11, 2007

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice May 11, 2007

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title Type Published
American Stock Exchange LLC
Notice May 11, 2007
International Securities Exchange, LLC
Notice May 11, 2007
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
Notice May 11, 2007
National Futures Association
Notice May 11, 2007
Options Clearing Corp.
Notice May 11, 2007

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Rail services abandonment:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
Central Railroad Co. of Indianapolis
Notice May 11, 2007

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
The FHWA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval for reinstatement of a previously approved collection for which approval has expired: It is summarized below under Supplementary Info...
Notice May 11, 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 the aviation authority of another country to identify and correct an unsafe conditi...
Rule May 11, 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 May 11, 2007
We are superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD) by adopting a new 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...
Rule May 11, 2007

Aviation proceedings:

Meetings:

Title Type Published
As part of PHMSA's efforts to review bulk loading and unloading of hazardous materials and to develop risk reduction strategies, the agency invites interested persons to participate in a public workshop that will examine industry data, identify indus...
Notice May 11, 2007

Rail services abandonment:

No documents available.

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

No documents available.

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
The proposed information collection requirement described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. OTS is soliciting public comments on the prop...
Notice May 11, 2007
The United States Mint is increasing prices for the 2007 American Eagle Platinum Proof and Uncirculated Coins. The United States Mint is increasing the prices for 2007 American Eagle Platinum Proof and Uncirculated Coins effective with these products...
Notice May 11, 2007

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