Federal Register May 28, 2008
View all documents issued on May 28, 2008. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.
86 documents were published on this date.
Agencies Publishing on May 28, 2008
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Agriculture Department
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Commerce Department
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Defense Department
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Education Department
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Energy Department
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Environmental Protection Agency
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Executive Office of the President
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Farm Credit Administration
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Federal Communications Commission
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Federal Reserve System
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General Services Administration
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Health and Human Services Department
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Homeland Security Department
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Interior Department
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International Trade Commission
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Justice Department
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Legal Services Corporation
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Merit Systems Protection Board
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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National Archives and Records Administration
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National Credit Union Administration
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Personnel Management Office
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Securities and Exchange Commission
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Small Business Administration
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Social Security Administration
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State Department
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Surface Transportation Board
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Tennessee Valley Authority
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Transportation Department
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Treasury Department
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Veterans Affairs Department
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Agriculture Department
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
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Notice | May 28, 2008 |
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
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Notice | May 28, 2008 |
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We are proposing to amend the National Poultry Improvement Plan (the Plan) and its auxiliary provisions by providing new or modified sampling and testing procedures for Plan participants and participating flocks. The proposed changes were voted on an...
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Proposed Rule | May 28, 2008 |
Funding Opportunity Title:
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The following paragraph has been added to the beginning of the Summary portion of the January 22, 2008, Federal Register Notice: The Risk Management Agency (RMA) did not receive complete and valid application packages for the State of Delaware under...
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Notice | May 28, 2008 |
Meetings:
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The Colorado Recreation Resource Advisory Committee will tentatively meet in Golden, CO. The purpose of the meeting is to continue to provide the new committee members with the information they need to be effective committee members and review severa...
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Notice | May 28, 2008 |
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The Rural Utilities Service (RUS), an Agency delivering the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Utilities Programs, hereinafter referred to as Rural Development and/or the Agency, intends to hold public scoping meetings a...
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Notice | May 28, 2008 |
Commerce Department
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
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Notice | May 28, 2008 |
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
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Notice | May 28, 2008 |
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
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Notice | May 28, 2008 |
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The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) has submitted Amendment 72 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska (FMP) to NMFS for review. If approved, Amendment 72 would revise the FMP to state that the Council w...
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Proposed Rule | May 28, 2008 |
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NMFS implements regulations to limit the harvest of Pacific halibut by guided sport charter vessel anglers in International Pacific Halibut Commission Area 2C of Southeast Alaska to the guideline harvest level (GHL) of 931,000 lb (422.3 mt). The inte...
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Rule | May 28, 2008 |
Endangered Species; File No. 10037:
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Notice is hereby given that Dr. Douglas Peterson, Warnell School of Forest Resources (Fisheries Division), University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, has been issued a permit to take shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) for purposes of scie...
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Notice | May 28, 2008 |
Endangered Species; File No. 1595-02:
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Notice is hereby given that Mr. Michael M. Hastings, University of Maine, 5717 Corbett Hall, Orono, ME 04469, has been issued a modification to scientific research Permit No. 1595-01.
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Notice | May 28, 2008 |
Pacific Halibut Fisheries:
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This action corrects the regulatory text of a final rule published on August 8, 2003 (68 FR 47256), that implemented guideline harvest levels (GHLs) for the guided sport charter vessel fishery in the International Pacific Halibut Commission Regulator...
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Rule | May 28, 2008 |
Postponement of Preliminary Determinations of Antidumping Duty Investigations:
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Uncovered Innerspring Units from the People's Republic of China, South Africa, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
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Notice | May 28, 2008 |
Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Postponement of Final Determination:
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The U.S. Department of Commerce (the Department) preliminarily determines that sodium metal from France (sodium metal) is being, or is likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV), as provided in section 733(b) of the Tariff...
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Notice | May 28, 2008 |
isheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska:
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NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for yellowfin sole by vessels participating in the Amendment 80 limited access fishery in Bycatch Limitation Zone 1 (Zone 1) of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary...
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Rule | May 28, 2008 |
Defense Department
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The Department of the Navy is amending its certifications and exemptions under the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (72 COLREGS), to reflect that the Deputy Assistant Judge Advocate General (Admiralty and Maritime Law)...
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Rule | May 28, 2008 |
Federal Acquisition Regulation:
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Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Secretariat has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a curr...
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Notice | May 28, 2008 |
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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 review and approve an extension of a...
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Notice | May 28, 2008 |
TRICARE:
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This rule confirms as final a January 2007 interim final rule which implements two provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (NDAA FY06). First, Section 715 of the NDAA FY06 extends the time frame certain dependents of...
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Rule | May 28, 2008 |
Education Department
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The IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
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Notice | May 28, 2008 |
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This notice is being published in the Federal Register consistent with section 457(b)(2) of the General Education Provisions Act (GEPA). Section 457 of GEPA authorizes the U.S. Department of Education (the Department) to enter into a compliance agree...
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Notice | May 28, 2008 |
Energy Department
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Combined Notice of Filings
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Notice | May 28, 2008 |
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In this notice, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) proposes to revise the EQR Data Dictionary to clarify the definition of Contract Commencement date. If adopted, this proposal will make reporting this information less burdensome a...
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Proposed Rule | May 28, 2008 |
Filings:
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Entergy Services, Inc.
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Notice | May 28, 2008 |
Environmental Protection Agency
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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 f...
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Notice | May 28, 2008 |
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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 req...
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Notice | May 28, 2008 |
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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...
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Notice | May 28, 2008 |
Meetings:
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Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92- 463, the Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development (ORD), gives notice of one meeting of the Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Land Mid-Cycle Subcommittee.
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Notice | May 28, 2008 |
Pesticide Tolerances:
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This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of fluopicolide in or on vegetable, root, subgroup 1A, except sugar beet and carrot; vegetable, leaves of root and tuber, group 2; vegetable, bulb, group 3-07; and Brassica, head and stem, subgroup...
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Rule | May 28, 2008 |
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This regulation establishes tolerances for combined residues of hexythiazox in or on corn, field, grain; corn, field, stover; and corn, field, forage. Gowan Company requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).
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Rule | May 28, 2008 |
Executive Office of the President
Special observances:
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Prayer for Peace, Memorial Day (Proc. 8260)
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Presidential Document | May 28, 2008 |
Farm Credit Administration
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The Farm Credit Administration (FCA or Agency) issues this final rule to amend its regulation governing financing of processing and marketing operations by Farm Credit System (Farm Credit, FCS, or System) institutions under titles I and II of the Far...
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Rule | May 28, 2008 |
Federal Communications Commission
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The Commission will revise its Schedule of Regulatory Fees in order to recover the amount of regulatory fees that Congress has required it to collect for fiscal year 2008. Section 9 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, provides for the annu...
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Proposed Rule | May 28, 2008 |
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The Commission asks whether the eligible telecommunications carrier (ETC) obligation to provide monthly digital television (DTV) transition notices to low-income subscribers should be expanded to require the provision of such notices to all subscribe...
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Proposed Rule | May 28, 2008 |
Federal Reserve System
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Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
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Notice | May 28, 2008 |
General Services Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation:
No documents available.
General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation:
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Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the General Services Administration will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a currently approv...
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Notice | May 28, 2008 |
Health and Human Services Department
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is requesting comments on whether a registry could facilitate standardization of feasibility trials studying local treatment of small breast cancers with different thermal ablation devices and therapies (i.e. cr...
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Notice | May 28, 2008 |
Medicare Program:
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This final rule allows the Secretary to collect claims data that are presently being collected for Part D payment purposes for other research, analysis, reporting, and public health functions. The Secretary needs to use these data because other publi...
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Rule | May 28, 2008 |
Meetings:
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National Center for Injury Prevention and Control/Initial Review Group
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Notice | May 28, 2008 |
Homeland Security Department
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30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Form N- 300, Application to File Declaration of Intention; OMB Control No. 1615-0078.
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Notice | May 28, 2008 |
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This Notice announces that effective June 27, 2008 only Form I-821, Application for Temporary Protected Status with a revision date of October 17, 2007, will be accepted for filing applications for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). The Form I-821, wi...
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Notice | May 28, 2008 |
Drawbridge Operation Regulations:
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The Commander, Eleventh Coast Guard District, has issued a temporary deviation from the regulation governing the operation of the Rio Vista Drawbridge across the Sacramento River, mile 12.8, at Rio Vista, CA. The deviation is necessary to allow the b...
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Rule | May 28, 2008 |
Meetings:
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The Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee will meet on June 11, 2008 in Arlington, VA. This meeting will be open to the public.
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Notice | May 28, 2008 |
Safety Zone:
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The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean within a 250 yard radius of Ambrose Light (LLNR 720) located at position 40[deg]27[min]00[sec] N, 073[deg]48[min]00[sec] W, approximately 8.35 nautical miles...
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Rule | May 28, 2008 |
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The Coast Guard will implement a safety zone during the Edenton 4th of July Celebration Firework Display, a fireworks display to be held over the waters of the Edenton Bay, Edenton, North Carolina, Vessel traffic in portions on the Edenton Bay adjace...
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Rule | May 28, 2008 |
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The Coast Guard proposes to establish moving and fixed safety zones around all vessels carrying Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) cargo in the waters of the Caribbean Sea and Bahia de Ponce, Puerto Rico. This action will protect the public from the inheren...
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Proposed Rule | May 28, 2008 |
Security Zones:
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The Coast Guard is establishing a security zone around any vessel being escorted by one or more Coast Guard, State, or local law enforcement assets on the navigable waters of the Captain of the Port Zone, Charleston, South Carolina. This action is ne...
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Proposed Rule | May 28, 2008 |
Interior Department
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This is a correction to the May 2, 2008 (73 FR 24308), request for comments. This notice is necessary to correct the hour burden for the requirements in Sec. 250.301(a) in the burden table. The information collection request (ICR) concerns the paperw...
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Notice | May 28, 2008 |
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The following applicants have applied for permits to conduct certain activities with endangered species.
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Notice | May 28, 2008 |
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (hereinafter the Service or we) proposes to establish annual hunting regulations for certain migratory game birds for the 2008-09 hunting season. We annually prescribe outside limits (frameworks) within which States...
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Proposed Rule | May 28, 2008 |
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants:
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We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the initiation of a status review for the northern Mexican gartersnake (Thamnophis eques megalops). Through this action, we encourage all interested parties to provide us information regardin...
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Proposed Rule | May 28, 2008 |
Meetings:
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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). This notice...
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Notice | May 28, 2008 |
International Trade Commission
Hearing:
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Section 206 of the ATPA (19 U.S.C. 3204) requires the Commission to report biennially to the Congress by September 30 of each reporting year on the economic impact of the Act on U.S. industries and U.S. consumers, as well as on the effectiveness of t...
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Notice | May 28, 2008 |
Investigations:
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Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on April 21, 2008, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Tessera, Inc. of San Jose, California. A supplemen...
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Notice | May 28, 2008 |
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Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined not to review an initial determination ("ID") (Order No. 6) issued by the presiding administrative law judge ("ALJ") granting a motion to file an amended complaint add...
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Notice | May 28, 2008 |
Justice Department
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Lodging of Two Amendments to Consent Decree
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Notice | May 28, 2008 |
Denial Of Application:
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Paul H. Volkman
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Notice | May 28, 2008 |
Legal Services Corporation
Termination, Limited Reductions in Funding, and Debarment Procedures; Recompetition; Suspension procedures:
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LSC recently published a notice regarding a Rulemaking Workshop it is conducting in connection with its rulemaking to consider revisions to its regulations on termination and suspension. The date for the Workshop listed in that notice has changed.
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Proposed Rule | May 28, 2008 |
Merit Systems Protection Board
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In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) announces that it is planning to submit a request for a three-year extension of an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management a...
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Notice | May 28, 2008 |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation:
No documents available.
Meetings:
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announces a meeting of the Planetary Science Subcommittee of the NASA Advisory Council (NAC). This Subcommittee reports to the Science Committee of the NAC. The Meeting will be held for the pur...
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Notice | May 28, 2008 |
National Archives and Records Administration
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NARA is giving public notice that the agency has submitted to OMB for approval the information collection described in this notice. The public is invited to comment on the proposed information collection pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 199...
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Notice | May 28, 2008 |
National Credit Union Administration
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NCUA is amending a number of its regulations by making minor technical corrections and grammatical changes. The amendments delete duplicate words, add proper punctuations, and make other grammatically necessary corrections. The amendments are intende...
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Rule | May 28, 2008 |
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Notice | May 28, 2008 |
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Issuance, Availability of Regulatory Guide 1.45, Revision 1.
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Notice | May 28, 2008 |
Administrative Changes:
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its regulations to update the street address for its Region IV office, and to update a telephone number and e-mail address for the Office of Information Services (OIS). This document is necessary to...
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Rule | May 28, 2008 |
Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:
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Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Sequoyah Fuels Corporation (SFC) license amendment application, dated January 28, 2003, and subsequently revised...
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Notice | May 28, 2008 |
Personnel Management Office
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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, May 22, 1995), this notice announces that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for extension, without cha...
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Notice | May 28, 2008 |
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The U.S. Office of Personnel Management is issuing final regulations to implement a provision of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 permitting prevailing rate (wage) employees to earn compensatory time off for time spent in a...
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Rule | May 28, 2008 |
Prevailing Rate Systems:
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The U.S. Office of Personnel Management is issuing a proposed rule to change the annual schedule of nonappropriated fund (NAF) Federal Wage System wage surveys from a fiscal year cycle to a calendar year cycle. The purpose of this change is to move c...
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Proposed Rule | May 28, 2008 |
Securities and Exchange Commission
Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:
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NYSE Arca, Inc.
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Notice | May 28, 2008 |
Small Business Administration
Disaster Declarations:
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This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Arkansas (FEMA-1758-DR), dated 05/20/2008. Incident: Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes. Incident Period: 05/02/2008 and continuing.
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Notice | May 28, 2008 |
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This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Maine (FEMA-1755-DR), dated 05/09/2008. Incident: Severe Storms and Flooding. Incident Period: 04/28/2008 and continuing through 05/14/2008.
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Notice | May 28, 2008 |
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This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of Maine ( FEMA-1755-DR), dated 05/14/2008. Incident: Severe Storms and Flooding. Incident Period: 04/28/2008 through 05/14/2008.
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Notice | May 28, 2008 |
Social Security Administration
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
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Notice | May 28, 2008 |
State Department
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Determination on Provision of Assistance for Sudan
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Notice | May 28, 2008 |
Meetings:
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FY 2009 Refugee Admissions Program
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Notice | May 28, 2008 |
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Shipping Coordinating Committee
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Notice | May 28, 2008 |
Surface Transportation Board
Meetings:
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Notice is hereby given of a meeting of the Rail Energy Transportation Advisory Committee (RETAC), pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended (5 U.S.C., App. 2).
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Notice | May 28, 2008 |
Tennessee Valley Authority
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The proposed information collection described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C Chapter 35, as amended). The Tennessee Valley Authority is sol...
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Notice | May 28, 2008 |
Transportation Department
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In accordance with Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations Part 222, Appendix D, FRA is updating the Nationwide Significant Risk Threshold (NSRT). This action is needed to ensure that the public has the proper threshold of permissible risk for calculati...
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Notice | May 28, 2008 |
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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FMCSA announces its plan to submit the Information Collection Request (ICR) described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for its review and approval. The FMCSA seeks approval to...
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Notice | May 28, 2008 |
Meetings:
No documents available.
Treasury Department
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
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Notice | May 28, 2008 |
Veterans Affairs Department
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This document contains a correction to the regulations of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) that governs presumptive service connection for certain diseases from exposure to ionizing radiation during military service. This correction is require...
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Rule | May 28, 2008 |
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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is amending its regulations governing the Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) program to implement statutory provisions in the Veterans Benefits and Health Care Improvement Act of 2000, the...
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Rule | May 28, 2008 |
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