February 28, 2008 (Volume 73)

Federal Register February 28, 2008

View all documents issued on February 28, 2008. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

124 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on February 28, 2008

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this Notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment on proposed information collections. This Notice of Proposed Information Collection announces the intent of the Food a...
Notice Feb 28, 2008

Availability of a Final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact:

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We are advising the public that a final environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact have been prepared by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service relative to the release into areas quarantined for imported fire ant of five ad...
Notice Feb 28, 2008

Environmental Impact Statement, Intent:

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After review of the proposal and public comments on the project the Caribou-Targhee National Forest has decided not to prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Big Bend Ridge Vegetation Management Project and Timber Sale and the...
Notice Feb 28, 2008
The Forest Service will prepare a supplement to the 2006 Kings River Project Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS). The supplement will be focused on new information and clarification, particularly related to Pacific fisher; a new multi-forest...
Notice Feb 28, 2008

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Canada; Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
Notice Feb 28, 2008
This rule increases the number of end-uses for which certain "tools of trade" may be exported temporarily to Sudan under a license exception. It also makes more types of commodities eligible under the category "tools of trade" for purposes of this li...
Rule Feb 28, 2008
Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from Mexico; Postponement of Final Antidumping Duty Determination and Extension of Provisional Measures
Notice Feb 28, 2008
Notice is hereby given that Whale Center of New England (Mason Weinrich, Principal Investigator), P.O. Box 159, Gloucester, MA 01930 has been issued a permit to conduct research on humpback (Megaptera novaeangliae), fin (Balaenoptera physalus), and s...
Notice Feb 28, 2008

Meetings:

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Materials Processing Equipment Technical Advisory Committee
Notice Feb 28, 2008
Materials Processing Equipment Technical Advisory Committee
Notice Feb 28, 2008
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Observer Advisory Committee (OAC) will meet in Seattle, WA.
Notice Feb 28, 2008

Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

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Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Feb 28, 2008

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Federal Acquisition Regulation:

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The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) have agreed on a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement revisions to the regulations related to the administration o...
Rule Feb 28, 2008
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) have agreed on a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to require agencies to include common security configurations in new info...
Rule Feb 28, 2008
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) have agreed on a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) in order to address the issues of contractor personnel that are providing...
Rule Feb 28, 2008
This document summarizes the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) rules agreed to by the Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council in this Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-24. A companion document, the...
Rule Feb 28, 2008
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) have agreed to adopt the interim rule published in the Federal Register at 72 FR 46357, August 17, 2007, as a final rule without change. This final rul...
Rule Feb 28, 2008
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) have agreed on a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to update and clarify policy for synopses of proposed contract actions an...
Rule Feb 28, 2008
This document is issued under the joint authority of the Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of General Services and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. This Small Entity Compliance Guide has been prepared in a...
Rule Feb 28, 2008
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (the Councils) have agreed to issue an interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to incorporate increased thresholds for application of the W...
Rule Feb 28, 2008

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the requirements of section 3506(c)(2)(a) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the information collec...
Notice Feb 28, 2008
EIA is soliciting comments on a proposal to conduct a new survey titled "Report of Refinery Outages."
Notice Feb 28, 2008
Combined Notice of Filings
Notice Feb 28, 2008
Electric Quarterly Reports; Technical Conference
Notice Feb 28, 2008
Filing; Cranberry Pipeline Corp.
Notice Feb 28, 2008

Blanket Certificate:

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Northern Natural Gas Company
Notice Feb 28, 2008

Compliance Filing:

Title Type Published
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp.
Notice Feb 28, 2008

Reliability Pricing Model of its Open Access Transmission Tariff:

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PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.
Notice Feb 28, 2008

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
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 for a new Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Before submit...
Notice Feb 28, 2008
Notice is hereby given of a proposed Agreement and Covenant Not To Sue the State of Montana concerning the McLaren Tailings Site at Cooke City, Park County, Montana. This Agreement is entered into pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response,...
Notice Feb 28, 2008

Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans:

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EPA is taking direct final action on a revision to the Maryland State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted by the Maryland Department of Environment (MDE). The revision allows Maryland to incorporate prospectively EPA's definition of "Volatile organic...
Rule Feb 28, 2008
EPA proposes to approve the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Maryland. The revisions update the SIP's reference to the EPA definition of "Volatile organic compounds (VOC)." In the Final Rules section of this Federal...
Proposed Rule Feb 28, 2008
EPA is taking direct final action to approve revisions to the Commonwealth of Virginia State Implementation Plan (SIP). The revisions pertain to administrative amendments to the Commonwealth regulation governing source-specific nitrogen oxides (NO<IN...
Rule Feb 28, 2008
EPA proposes to approve the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the Commonwealth of Virginia for the purpose of establishing administrative amendments to the Commonwealth regulation governing source-specific nitrogen oxides (NO<INF>...
Proposed Rule Feb 28, 2008

Meetings:

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA or Agency) Office of the Science Advisor (OSA) is announcing an external peer- review meeting to review the draft document titled, "Framework for Determining a Mutagenic Mode of Action for Carcinogenici...
Notice Feb 28, 2008
Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92463, EPA gives notice of two teleconference meetings of the Environmental Technology Subcommittee of the National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology (NACEPT). NACEPT provide...
Notice Feb 28, 2008

Proposed CERCLA Settlement Agreement for Recovery:

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In accordance with the requirements of 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 settlement agreement under section 122(...
Notice Feb 28, 2008

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

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This notice lists twenty-six counties designated as additions to the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) Program by the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP). These new counties are: Letcher County in Kentucky and H...
Notice Feb 28, 2008

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

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The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection, as required by the...
Notice Feb 28, 2008
The Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection,...
Notice Feb 28, 2008
In this document, the Commission modifies the leased access rate formula; adopts customer service obligations that require minimal standards and equal treatment of leased access programmers with other programmers; eliminates the requirement for an in...
Rule Feb 28, 2008
In this document, the Commission seeks comment on the application of the Commission's revised leased access rate methodology and maximum allowable leased access rate to programmers that predominantly transmit sales presentations or program length com...
Proposed Rule Feb 28, 2008
This document extends the time period for filing comments on a petition for declaratory ruling (Petition) filed by Public Knowledge, Free Press, Consumer Federation of America, Consumers Union, EDUCAUSE, Media Access Project, New America Foundation,...
Notice Feb 28, 2008

Radio Broadcasting Services:

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The staff denied a petition for reconsideration filed by Lakeshore Media, LLC of a Report and Order in this proceeding, which had denied Lakeshore's counterproposal and granted a mutually exclusive allotment of Channel 285A at Sells, Arizona. The sta...
Rule Feb 28, 2008

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation:

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 Feb 28, 2008
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Feb 28, 2008
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Feb 28, 2008
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Feb 28, 2008
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Feb 28, 2008
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Feb 28, 2008
In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, we are proposing to establish a new system titled, "Sanitation Facilities Construction Individual Applicant Records (SFCIA), System No. 09-17-004." Under the provisions of the Indian San...
Notice Feb 28, 2008

Grants:

Title Type Published
Division of Epidemiology and Disease Prevention; Urban Indian Communities
Notice Feb 28, 2008
Health Professions Preparatory, Health Professions Pregraduate, and Indian Health Professions Scholarship Programs
Notice Feb 28, 2008

Meetings:

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As stipulated by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is hereby giving notice that the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) will hold a meeting. The meeting will be open to the publi...
Notice Feb 28, 2008

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
60-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 Feb 28, 2008
60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Form G- 1054, Request for Fee Waiver Denial Letter; OMB Control No. 1615-0089.
Notice Feb 28, 2008
60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Form I-
Notice Feb 28, 2008
60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Form I- 643, Health and Human Services Statistical Data for Refugee/Asylee Adjusting Status, OMB Control No. 1615-0070.
Notice Feb 28, 2008
The Department of Homeland Security is republishing the Privacy Act system of records for the Verification and Information System (VIS) previously published on April 9, 2007 (72 FR 17569) in order to: (1.) Add two new categories of records one derive...
Notice Feb 28, 2008

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
The public is invited to comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities with threatened and endangered species.
Notice Feb 28, 2008
The Bureau of Reclamation is announcing a 30-day extension of the public comment period for the Northwest Area Water Supply Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement on Water Treatment. The originally announced comment period ends on February 26,...
Notice Feb 28, 2008
The purpose of this notice is to request public nominations for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Resource Advisory Councils (RACs) that have member terms expiring this year. The RACs provide advice and recommendations to BLM on land use planning a...
Notice Feb 28, 2008

Endangered and Threatened Species:

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We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to revise designated critical habitat for the contiguous United States distinct population segment of the Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis) (lynx) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amen...
Proposed Rule Feb 28, 2008

Intent to Prepare a Resource Management Plan:

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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Upper Snake Field Office, intends to prepare a Resource Management Plan (RMP) and associated Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Upper Snake Field Office of the Idaho Falls District in eastern Idaho. Publ...
Notice Feb 28, 2008

Meetings:

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Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Advisory Commission will be held at 9:30 a.m., on Friday, April 18, 2008, at the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Headquarters, 1850 Dua...
Notice Feb 28, 2008
This notice announces two public meetings of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Citizen Advisory Commission. Notice of these meetings is required under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.2).
Notice Feb 28, 2008
This notice sets forth the date of the April 24, 2008 meeting of the Gettysburg National Military Park Advisory Commission.
Notice Feb 28, 2008
The McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area (MCNCA) Advisory Council will hold two meetings, scheduled on March 20, 2008 and September 18, 2008. The meetings will begin at 4 p.m. and will be held at the Mesa County Administration Building; 544 Roo...
Notice Feb 28, 2008
Notice is hereby given, in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770, 5 U.S.C. App 1, section 10), of the third, fourth, and fifth meetings of the Negotiated Rulemaking Advisory Committee for Off-Road Vehicle Ma...
Proposed Rule Feb 28, 2008
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770, 5 U.S.C. App 1, 10), notice is hereby given of the meetings of the Big Cypress National Preserve ORV Advisory Committee for the remainder of 2008.
Notice Feb 28, 2008

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Title Type Published
The public hearing on this matter, scheduled for February 28, 2008, has been cancelled following the withdrawal of requests to appear at the hearing by all scheduled witnesses. The deadline for filing post-hearing briefs and other written submissions...
Notice Feb 28, 2008
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Feb 28, 2008

Justice Department logo Justice Department

National Cooperative Research and Production Act:

Proposed Final Judgment and Competitive Impact Statement:

Title Type Published
Bain Capital, LLC, Thomas H. Lee Partners, LP., and Clear Channel Communications, Inc.
Notice Feb 28, 2008

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Feb 28, 2008
The Employment and Training Administration is issuing this notice to announce the receipt of a "Certification of Non-Relocation and Market and Capacity Information Report" (Form 4279-2) for the following: Applicant/Location: Green Meadows Dairy, LLC/...
Notice Feb 28, 2008

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation:

No documents available.

National Archives and Records Administration logo National Archives and Records Administration

Title Type Published
NARA is giving public notice that the agency proposes to request extension of a currently approved information collection used to obtain information from private foundations or other entities in order to design, construct and equip Presidential libra...
Notice Feb 28, 2008

National Credit Union Administration logo National Credit Union Administration

Title Type Published
The NCUA Board recently issued an ANPR regarding mergers, conversions from credit union charter, and account insurance termination that provided a 60-day comment period, 73 FR 5461 (Jan. 30, 2008). NCUA received several oral requests to extend the co...
Proposed Rule Feb 28, 2008

O
Office of National Drug Control Policy

No documents available.

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Feb 28, 2008
Notice of an application for an order under section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "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, under section 12(d)(1)(J) for an exemption from sections 12(d)(1)(A) and (B) of 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 Feb 28, 2008
The Advisory Committee is publishing its progress report and is soliciting public comment. The progress report contains the Committee's developed proposals, conceptual approaches, and matters for future considerations on improving the financial repor...
Notice Feb 28, 2008

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Title Type Published
American Stock Exchange LLC
Notice Feb 28, 2008
Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.
Notice Feb 28, 2008
Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.
Notice Feb 28, 2008
Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.
Notice Feb 28, 2008
Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc.
Notice Feb 28, 2008
The Depository Trust Co.
Notice Feb 28, 2008
The Depository Trust Company
Notice Feb 28, 2008
The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Notice Feb 28, 2008

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Title Type Published
SBA is reopening the comment period for an additional 30 days and making two technical corrections.
Proposed Rule Feb 28, 2008

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

Title Type Published
We are considering ways to quickly identify diseases and other serious medical conditions that obviously meet the definition of disability under the Social Security Act (the Act) and can be identified with minimal objective medical information. We ar...
Proposed Rule Feb 28, 2008

State Department logo State Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice announces meetings of the International Telecommunication Advisory Committee (ITAC) to prepare for meetings of International Telecommunication Union Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) technical Study Groups Sixteen (Multimed...
Notice Feb 28, 2008

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Union Pacific Railroad Co.; Trackage Rights Exemption:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
BNSF Railway Co.
Notice Feb 28, 2008

T
Trade Representative, Office of United States

Generalized System of Preferences (GSP):

Title Type Published
This notice is to inform the public of the availability of full 2007 calendar year import statistics relating to competitive need limitations (CNLs) under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program. Public comments are invited and must be su...
Notice Feb 28, 2008

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
The FAA is implementing changes to its airmen certification and aircraft registration requirements. Two years after this rule becomes effective, paper pilot certificates may no longer be used to exercise piloting privileges. Five years after this rul...
Rule Feb 28, 2008
The FAA proposes to amend requirements concerning the registration of aircraft. This proposal is based on the need to increase and maintain the accuracy of aircraft registration information in the Civil Aviation Registry. The proposed procedures woul...
Proposed Rule Feb 28, 2008

Aeronautical Land-Use Assurance; Waivers:

Title Type Published
Under the provisions of Title 49, U.S.C. Section 47153(c), notice is being given that the FAA is considering a request from the Cartersville--Bartow County Airport Authority to waive the requirement that 1.095 acres in fee simple of federal property,...
Notice Feb 28, 2008
The FAA is requesting public comment on the request by the Louisville Regional Airport Authority to change a portion of airport property from aeronautical to non-aeronautical use at the Louisville International Airport, Louisville, Kentucky. The requ...
Notice Feb 28, 2008

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) originated by an aviation authority of another country to identify and correct an unsafe cond...
Rule Feb 28, 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 Feb 28, 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 Feb 28, 2008
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Boeing Model 737-300, -400, and -500 series airplanes. This AD requires repetitive inspections for cracking of the body buttock line (BBL) 0.07 floor beam between body station (BS) 651 an...
Rule Feb 28, 2008
The FAA is superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD), which applies to certain Boeing Model 767-200, -300, and -300F series airplanes. That AD currently requires reworking the surface of the ground stud bracket of the left and right transf...
Rule Feb 28, 2008
We are revising an earlier proposed airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Boeing Model 777-200, -200LR, -300, and -300ER series airplanes. The original NPRM would have required revising the Airworthiness Limitations (AWLs) section of the Instructi...
Proposed Rule Feb 28, 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 Feb 28, 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 Feb 28, 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 Feb 28, 2008
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for General Electric Company (GE) CF34-8C1/-8C5/-8C5B1/-8E5/-8E5A1, and CF34-10E series turbofan engines with certain part number (P/N) and serial number (SN) fuel metering units (FMU) installed....
Rule Feb 28, 2008

Environmental Impact Statement:

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The FHWA, on behalf of the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), is issuing this notice to advise the public that a Draft Environmental Impact Statement will be prepared for a proposed highway widening project on Interstate 5 in the cit...
Notice Feb 28, 2008

Union Pacific Railroad Co.; Trackage Rights Exemption:

No documents available.

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") is publishing the name of one newly designated individual whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13460 of February 13, 2008, "Blocking Prope...
Notice Feb 28, 2008
The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") is publishing the names of 15 newly-designated individuals and entities whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 12978 of October 21, 1995, "B...
Notice Feb 28, 2008
This document contains proposed regulations that provide guidance relating to foreign base company sales income, as defined in section 954(d), in cases in which personal property sold by a controlled foreign corporation (CFC) is manufactured, produce...
Proposed Rule Feb 28, 2008

Surety Companies Acceptable on Federal Bonds:

Title Type Published
This is Supplement No. 6 to the Treasury Department Circular 570, 2007 Revision, published July 2, 2007, at 72 FR 36192.
Notice Feb 28, 2008

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