January 16, 2008 (Volume 73)

Federal Register January 16, 2008

View all documents issued on January 16, 2008. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

128 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on January 16, 2008

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Forest Service is seeking comments from all interested individuals and organizations on the extension of a currently approved information collection, Forest Products Removal Permits and Cont...
Notice Jan 16, 2008
Notice is hereby given that the USDA Forest Service, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (LTBMU), together with the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board will prepare a joint Environmental Impact Statement (EIS/EIR) and Environmental Inpact Repo...
Notice Jan 16, 2008

Committee Management; Renewal:

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The Department of Agriculture, in consultation with the Department of the Interior, intends to renew the Provincial Advisory Committees (PACs) for the five provinces in California, Oregon, and Washington. This renewal is in response to the continued...
Notice Jan 16, 2008

American Battle Monuments Commission logo American Battle Monuments Commission

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Notice is hereby given of the appointment of members of the ABMC Performance Review Board.
Notice Jan 16, 2008

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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Notice is hereby given that NMFS has received two applications for scientific research permits from the California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG), one from CDFG Region 1 and one from CDFG Region 3. The permits would affect federally threatened So...
Notice Jan 16, 2008
On November 26, 2007, Mexican tomato growers/exporters accounting for a significant percentage of all fresh tomatoes imported into the United States from Mexico provided written notice to the Department of Commerce of their withdrawal from the agreem...
Notice Jan 16, 2008
Helical Spring Lock Washers from the People's Republic of China: Notice of Extension of Time Limit, etc.
Notice Jan 16, 2008
NOAA Research (OAR) publishes this notice on behalf of the NOAA Science Advisory Board (SAB) to announce the availability of the preliminary report of the SAB Extension, Outreach, and Education Working Group's (here called the EOEWG) external review...
Notice Jan 16, 2008

Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof from France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom:

Honey from the People's Republic of China:

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The Department of Commerce ("Department") is currently conducting the aligned semi-annual 2005-2006 new shipper review and 2005-2006 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on honey from the People's Republic of China ("PRC"). The period...
Notice Jan 16, 2008

Persulfates from the People's Republic of China:

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Notice of Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
Notice Jan 16, 2008

Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement:

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NMFS will hold a two public hearings regarding the Cook Inlet beluga whale subsistence harvest Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (DSEIS).
Notice Jan 16, 2008

The Manufacturing Council:

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The Manufacturing Council will hold a fact-finding meeting to collect information on the problems manufacturers face in using or adopting renewable energies. The Council is gathering this information for later use for deliberation by the Council in p...
Notice Jan 16, 2008

Education Department logo Education Department

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On January 9, 2008, the Department of Education published a comment period notice in the Federal Register (Page 1609, Column 3) for the information collection, "Common Core of Data Survey System." The abstract is hereby corrected to read, "The Common...
Notice Jan 16, 2008

Energy Department logo Energy Department

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The Department of Energy (DOE), pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, intends to extend for three years, an information collection request with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) concerning the Department-wide Printing and Publishin...
Notice Jan 16, 2008
Combined Notice of Filings
Notice Jan 16, 2008
On November 16, 2007, DOE and the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM; the "agencies") published a notice in the Federal Register (72 FR 64591) announcing the availability of the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Stateme...
Notice Jan 16, 2008
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission affirms its basic determinations in Order No. 890, granting rehearing and clarification regarding certain revisions to its regulations and the pro forma open- access transmission tariff, or OATT, adopted in Or...
Rule Jan 16, 2008

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 and consolidate several existing approved Information Collection Requests (ICRs) to the Office of...
Notice Jan 16, 2008
This document proposes a clarification under which activated phosphors that are not on the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) section 8(b) Chemical Substance Inventory (TSCA Inventory) would be considered to be new chemical substances under TSCA sec...
Proposed Rule Jan 16, 2008
Pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, Office of Emergency Management, is giving notice that it is deleting the system of records for...
Notice Jan 16, 2008
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing for public comment guidance for conducting prospective ground-water (PGW) studies. This study, which is required by EPA on a case-by-case basis, is conducted in a controlled setting and provides EP...
Notice Jan 16, 2008
This notice announces the availability of EPA's risk assessments, and related documents for the pesticide organic esters of phosphoric acid, and opens a public comment period on these documents. The public is encouraged to suggest risk management ide...
Notice Jan 16, 2008
This notice announces Agency approval of applications to register the pesticide products R-Octenol, Technical Indole-3-Acetic Acid, Quillaja Extract, and Shake-Away Critter Repellent Granules containing active ingredients not included in any previous...
Notice Jan 16, 2008
This notice announces receipt of applications to register pesticide products containing new active ingredients not included in any currently registered products pursuant to the provisions of section 3(c)(4) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and...
Notice Jan 16, 2008
This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of acetamiprid in or on bushberry subgroup 13-07B; caneberry subgroup 13- 07A; low growing berry subgroup 13-07G; onion, bulb, subgroup 3-07A; and onion, green, subgroup 3-07B. Nippon Soda Co., Ltd....
Rule Jan 16, 2008
This regulation establishes a tolerance for residues of mandipropamid, 4-chloro-N-[2-[3-methoxy-4-(2-propynyloxy)phenyl]ethyl]- alpha-(2-propynyloxy)-benzeneacetamide in or on Brassica, head and stem, subgroup 5A; Brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 5B;...
Rule Jan 16, 2008
In accordance with section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of request by registrants to voluntarily cancel certain pesticide registrations containing dichlorvo...
Notice Jan 16, 2008
This notice announces the availability of EPA's risk assessments, and related documents for the pesticide Diiodomethyl p- tolyl sulfone (Amical 48), and opens a public comment period on these documents. The public is encouraged to suggest risk manage...
Notice Jan 16, 2008

Petition Request; Intent to Cancel Registrations of M-44 Sodium Cyanide Capsules and Sodium Fluoroacetate:

Title Type Published
EPA issued a notice in the Federal Register of November 16, 2007, concerning a petition that EPA received from Sinapu, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), Beyond Pesticides, Forest Guardians, Predator Defense, Western Wildlife C...
Notice Jan 16, 2008

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Title Type Published
Notice of Agreements Filed
Notice Jan 16, 2008
Ocean Transportation Intermediary License Revocations
Notice Jan 16, 2008

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

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Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Co.
Notice Jan 16, 2008
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Co.
Notice Jan 16, 2008

Change in Bank Control Notices:

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Acquisition of Shares of Bank or Bank Holding Companies
Notice Jan 16, 2008

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (O...
Notice Jan 16, 2008
In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), the Nat...
Notice Jan 16, 2008
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect approval of a supplemental abbreviated new animal drug application (ANADA) filed by Norbrook Laboratories, Ltd. The supplemental ANADA provides for the veterina...
Rule Jan 16, 2008
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect approval of a supplemental new animal drug application (NADA) filed by Merial Ltd. The supplemental NADA provides for veterinary prescription use of firocoxib c...
Rule Jan 16, 2008
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to amend its regulations regarding changes to an approved new drug application (NDA), biologics license application (BLA), or medical device premarket approval application (PMA) to codify the agency...
Proposed Rule Jan 16, 2008
The Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority
Notice Jan 16, 2008

Animal Cloning Risk Assessment:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a risk assessment on animal cloning. FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) developed this risk assessment to evaluate the health risks to animals involved in the process of...
Notice Jan 16, 2008

Fee Program for Advisory Review of Direct-to-Consumer Television Advertisements for Prescription Drug and Biological Products:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is issuing this notice to inform companies that the Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) television advertisement user fee program will not commence because the necessary user fees for the program were not "provided in adva...
Notice Jan 16, 2008

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the Department of Homeland Security has submitted the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction...
Notice Jan 16, 2008
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the Department of Homeland Security has submitted the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction...
Notice Jan 16, 2008
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the Department of Homeland Security has submitted the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction...
Notice Jan 16, 2008
The Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the Department of Homeland Security has submitted the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork...
Notice Jan 16, 2008
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the Department of Homeland Security has submitted the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction...
Notice Jan 16, 2008
Modified Base (1% annual-chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) are finalized for the communities listed below. These modified BFEs will be used to calculate flood insurance premium rates for new buildings and their contents.
Rule Jan 16, 2008
This interim rule lists communities where modification of the Base (1% annual-chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) is appropriate because of new scientific or technical data. New flood insurance premium rates will be calculated from the modified BFEs for...
Rule Jan 16, 2008
Modified Base (1% annual-chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) are finalized for the communities listed below. These modified BFEs will be used to calculate flood insurance premium rates for new buildings and their contents.
Rule Jan 16, 2008
This document proposes amendments to title 19 of the Code of Federal Regulations, with respect to the requirements applicable to the operation of Class 9 bonded warehouses, which are also known as "duty- free sales enterprises" or "duty-free stores."...
Proposed Rule Jan 16, 2008
Base (1% annual chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and modified BFEs are made final for the communities listed below. The BFEs and modified BFEs are the basis for the floodplain management measures that each community is required either to adopt or to s...
Rule Jan 16, 2008
Base (1% annual chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and modified BFEs are made final for the communities listed below. The BFEs and modified BFEs are the basis for the floodplain management measures that each community is required either to adopt or to s...
Rule Jan 16, 2008
This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Nevada (FEMA-1738-DR), dated January 8, 2008, and related determinations.
Notice Jan 16, 2008
Comments are requested on the proposed Base (1 percent annual- chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and proposed BFE modifications for the communities listed in the table below. The purpose of this notice is to seek general information and comment regardi...
Proposed Rule Jan 16, 2008
Comments are requested on the proposed Base (1 percent annual- chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and proposed BFE modifications for the communities listed in the table below. The purpose of this notice is to seek general information and comment regardi...
Proposed Rule Jan 16, 2008
Comments are requested on the proposed Base (1 percent annual- chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and proposed BFE modifications for the communities listed in the table below. The purpose of this notice is to seek general information and comment regardi...
Proposed Rule Jan 16, 2008
This document corrects the table to a proposed rule published in the Federal Register of September 11, 2007. This correction clarifies the table representing the flooding source(s), location of referenced elevation, the effective and modified elevati...
Proposed Rule Jan 16, 2008
This rule identifies communities, where the sale of flood insurance has been authorized under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), that are scheduled for suspension on the effective dates listed within this rule because of noncompliance with...
Rule Jan 16, 2008

Amendment No. 1 to Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration

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This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of Missouri (FEMA-1736-DR), dated December 27, 2007, and related determinations.
Notice Jan 16, 2008

Amendment No. 1 to Notice of an Emergency Declaration

Title Type Published
This notice amends the notice of an emergency for the State of Missouri (FEMA-3281-EM), dated December 12, 2007, and related determinations.
Notice Jan 16, 2008

Washington;

Title Type Published
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Washington (FEMA-1734-DR), dated December 8, 2007, and related determinations.
Notice Jan 16, 2008

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Title Type Published
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 Jan 16, 2008
In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, this notice announces 26 grant awards totaling $27,484,189 from the Department's FY2006 Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA)...
Notice Jan 16, 2008
Pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), HUD is amending one of its Privacy Act record systems, the Single Family Mortgage Notes System (SFMNS (HUD/HS-57)) notice published in the Federal Register on (72 FR 42102-03), to...
Notice Jan 16, 2008

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
We (Department of the Interior, DOI) plan to ask the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve the information collection (IC) described below. This IC is scheduled to expire March 31, 2008. As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 a...
Notice Jan 16, 2008
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), determine endangered status for six avian species--black stilt (Himantopus novaezelandiae), caerulean paradise-flycatcher (Eutrichomyias rowleyi), giant ibis (Pseudibis gigantea), Gurney's pitta (Pitt...
Rule Jan 16, 2008
The following permits were issued.
Notice Jan 16, 2008
The public is invited to comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities with endangered species and/or marine mammals.
Notice Jan 16, 2008
The Minerals Management Service (MMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior, is requesting written comments from interested parties, particularly refiners who qualify under the RIK eligible refiner program, regarding their experiences in...
Notice Jan 16, 2008

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The upcoming meeting for the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Eastern Washington Resource Advisory Council is cancelled.
Notice Jan 16, 2008
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Idaho Falls District Resource Advisory Council (RAC), wi...
Notice Jan 16, 2008
The Trinity Adaptive Management Working Group (TAMWG) affords stakeholders the opportunity to give policy, management, and technical input concerning Trinity River (California) restoration efforts to the Trinity Management Council (TMC). Primary obje...
Notice Jan 16, 2008

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 preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or con...
Notice Jan 16, 2008
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 con...
Notice Jan 16, 2008
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 con...
Notice Jan 16, 2008
Determinations Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance, etc.
Notice Jan 16, 2008
Investigations Regarding Certifications of Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adustment Assistance, etc.
Notice Jan 16, 2008

Revised Determination on Reconsideration:

Termination of Investigation:

Title Type Published
Carson's Furniture; Archdale, NC
Notice Jan 16, 2008

National Archives and Records Administration logo National Archives and Records Administration

Meetings:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) announces a meeting of the Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress. The committee advises NARA on the full range of programs, policie...
Notice Jan 16, 2008

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Consideration of Approval of Application Regarding Proposed Corporate Restructuring and Opportunity for Hearing:

Title Type Published
Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. et al.
Notice Jan 16, 2008
Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. et al.
Notice Jan 16, 2008
Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. et al.
Notice Jan 16, 2008
Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. et al.
Notice Jan 16, 2008
Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. et al.
Notice Jan 16, 2008
Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. et al.
Notice Jan 16, 2008

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Jan 16, 2008

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title Type Published
American Stock Exchange LLC
Notice Jan 16, 2008
Boston Stock Exchange, Inc.
Notice Jan 16, 2008
International Securities Exchange, LLC
Notice Jan 16, 2008
International Securities Exchange, LLC
Notice Jan 16, 2008
International Securities Exchange, LLC
Notice Jan 16, 2008
International Securities Exchange, LLC
Notice Jan 16, 2008
Options Clearing Corp.
Notice Jan 16, 2008
Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.
Notice Jan 16, 2008

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Committee Management; Establishment:

Title Type Published
Washington, D. C. District Advisory Council
Notice Jan 16, 2008

Committee Management; Renewal:

Title Type Published
Audit and Financial Management Advisory Committee
Notice Jan 16, 2008
Buffalo, New York District Advisory Council
Notice Jan 16, 2008
Houston, Texas District Advisory Council
Notice Jan 16, 2008
National Advisory Council
Notice Jan 16, 2008
National Small Business Development Center Advisory Board
Notice Jan 16, 2008
National Womens Business Council
Notice Jan 16, 2008
North Florida District Advisory Council
Notice Jan 16, 2008
Regional Small Business Regulatory Fairness Boards
Notice Jan 16, 2008
Veterans Affairs Advisory Council
Notice Jan 16, 2008

State Department logo State Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice announces meetings of the International Telecommunication Advisory Committee (ITAC) to prepare advice on U.S. positions for the April 2008 meeting of the Organization of American States (OAS) Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (C...
Notice Jan 16, 2008

T
Trade Representative, Office of United States

Special 301: Identification of Countries Under Section 182 of the Trade Act of 1974:

Title Type Published
Section 182 of the Trade Act of 1974 (Trade Act) (19 U.S.C. 2242) requires the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to identify countries that deny adequate and effective protection of intellectual property rights or deny fair and equitable mark...
Notice Jan 16, 2008

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
This notice announces actions taken by the FHWA that are final within the meaning of 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). The actions relate to a proposed highway project on Interstate 5 from State Route 91 in Orange County to Interstate 605 in Los Angeles County. T...
Notice Jan 16, 2008
Petition for Waiver of Compliance
Notice Jan 16, 2008
This document corrects the OMB Control Number of the notice published December 6, 2007 (72 FR 68955) for Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., OMB Control Number 2127-0506).
Notice Jan 16, 2008

Airworthiness directives:

Title Type Published
The FAA is superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD), which applies to all Airbus Model A300 B2 and B4 series airplanes; and all Model A300 B4-600, B4-600R, and F4-600R (collectively called A300-600) series airplanes. That AD currently req...
Rule Jan 16, 2008
The FAA is superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD), that applies to certain Airbus Model A310 series airplanes. That AD currently requires modification of certain wires in the right-hand (RH) wing. This new AD requires further modificati...
Rule Jan 16, 2008
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above. This AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) originated by an aviation authority of another country to identify and correct an unsafe cond...
Rule Jan 16, 2008
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above. This AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) originated by an aviation authority of another country to identify and correct an unsafe cond...
Rule Jan 16, 2008
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above. This AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) originated by an aviation authority of another country to identify and correct an unsafe cond...
Rule Jan 16, 2008
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 Jan 16, 2008

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Jan 16, 2008
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Jan 16, 2008

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Department of the Treasury's Advisory Committee on the Auditing Profession will convene a meeting on Monday, February 4, 2008, in the Town and Gown Room of the University of Southern California, 665 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, California,...
Notice Jan 16, 2008

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