July 23, 2008 (Volume 73)

Federal Register July 23, 2008

View all documents issued on July 23, 2008. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

107 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on July 23, 2008

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that Zvi Livnat, P.O. Box 1209, Kealakekua, Hawaii 96750 has been issued a permit to conduct commercial/educational photography.
Notice Jul 23, 2008
Applicants and registered patent practitioners are reminded that the export of subject matter abroad pursuant to a license from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), such as a foreign filing license, is limited to purposes related to...
Notice Jul 23, 2008

Fisheries in the Western Pacific; Western Pacific Pelagic Fisheries:

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NMFS announces that anyone who enters the pelagic longline fishery in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) after June 19, 2008 (the "control date"), is not guaranteed future participation in the fishery if the Western Pacific Fishe...
Proposed Rule Jul 23, 2008

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska:

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NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific ocean perch by catcher processors participating in the limited access or opt-out fisheries that are subject to sideboard limits established under the Central Gulf of Alaska (GOA) Rockfish Program in th...
Rule Jul 23, 2008
NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific ocean perch in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2008 total allowable catch (TAC) of Pacific ocean perch in the Western Regulato...
Rule Jul 23, 2008
NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pelagic shelf rockfish by catcher processors participating in the limited access or opt-out fisheries that are subject to sideboard limits established under the Central GOA Rockfish Program in the West Yakutat...
Rule Jul 23, 2008

Meetings:

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This notice is provided to cancel the July 25, 2008 public hearing that was to be held by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Irvine, California regarding the appeal filed with the Department of Commerce by the Foothill/East...
Notice Jul 23, 2008

Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review:

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Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat from the People's Republic of China
Notice Jul 23, 2008

Small Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities:

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In accordance with the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) regulations, notification is hereby given that NMFS has issued an Incidental Harassment Authorization (IHA) to the University of Texas, Institute for Geophysics (UTIG) for the take of marine...
Notice Jul 23, 2008

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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

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The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has determined that certain twill fabrics, as specified below, are not available in commercial quantities in a timely manner in the CAFTA-DR countries. The product will be added to the...
Notice Jul 23, 2008
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has determined that certain corduroy fabrics, as specified below, are not available in commercial quantities in a timely manner in the CAFTA-DR countries. The product will be added to...
Notice Jul 23, 2008
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has determined that certain corduroy fabrics, as specified below, are not available in commercial quantities in a timely manner in the CAFTA-DR countries. The product will be added to...
Notice Jul 23, 2008
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has determined that certain twill fabrics, as specified below, are not available in commercial quantities in a timely manner in the CAFTA-DR countries. The product will be added to the...
Notice Jul 23, 2008

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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The Office of the Secretary of Defense is adding a new system of records notice in its existing inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
Notice Jul 23, 2008

Meetings:

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Under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C., Appendix, as amended), the Government in the Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. paragraph 552b, as amended), and 41 CFR paragraph 102-3.150, the Department of Defense announces...
Notice Jul 23, 2008

Education Department logo 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.
Notice Jul 23, 2008
On July 16, 2008, the Department of Education published a comment period notice in the Federal Register (Page 40854, Column 1) for the information collection, "Study of Pell Grant Recipients Who Transfer Among Eligible Institutions." This notice here...
Notice Jul 23, 2008
The IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Jul 23, 2008

Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, FIPSE-Special Focus Competition:

Migrant Education Coordination Program:

Title Type Published
The Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education establishes the final requirements for Migrant Student Information Exchange (MSIX) State Data Quality grants funded under section 1308(b) of Title I, Part C of the Elementary and Secondar...
Notice Jul 23, 2008

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
Combined Notice of Filings
Notice Jul 23, 2008

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
In this order, EPA denies objections to, and requests for hearing on, a prior order denying a petition requesting that EPA revoke all pesticide tolerances for dichlorvos under section 408(d) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. The objections...
Rule Jul 23, 2008
EPA is releasing for public comment the proposed Five-Year Strategy, 2008-2013, of the North American Free Trade Agreement Technical Working Group on Pesticides. In this document, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Technical Working Grou...
Notice Jul 23, 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 Jul 23, 2008
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) Science Advisory Board (SAB or the Board) Staff Office is soliciting nominations of nationally recognized scientists for consideration of membership on an SAB committee to provide advice on fut...
Notice Jul 23, 2008
This notice announces the availability of EPA's proposed registration review final decision for the pesticide sulfluramid and opens a public comment period on the proposed registration review decision. Registration review final is EPA's periodic revi...
Notice Jul 23, 2008

Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans:

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EPA is proposing to approve a redesignation request and State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) is requesting that the Clearfield and Ind...
Proposed Rule Jul 23, 2008

Approvals and Promulgations of Air Quality Implementation Plans:

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EPA is approving a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Delaware. This SIP revision pertains to the requirements in meeting the reasonably available control technology (RACT) under the 8-hour ozone national ambient air q...
Rule Jul 23, 2008

Determination of Attainment of the One-Hour Ozone Standard:

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EPA is proposing to determine that the one-hour ozone nonattainment area in Southern New Jersey, that is, the New Jersey portion of the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Trenton, PA-NJ-DE-MD area, attained the one-hour ozone standard, is not subject to the imp...
Proposed Rule Jul 23, 2008

Meetings:

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There will be a 4-day meeting of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Scientific Advisory Panel (FIFRA SAP) to consider and review selected issues associated with the risk assessment process for pesticides with persistent, bioaccum...
Notice Jul 23, 2008

National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants:

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EPA is issuing national emission standards for control of hazardous air pollutants for nine metal fabrication and finishing area source categories (identified in section I.A. below). This final rule establishes emission standards in the form of manag...
Rule Jul 23, 2008

Pesticide Tolerance for Emergency Exemption:

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This regulation establishes a time-limited tolerance for residues of fludioxonil in or on carambola (starfruit). This action is in response to EPA's granting of an emergency exemption under section 18 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodent...
Rule Jul 23, 2008

State Innovation Grant Program:

Title Type Published
This notice is issued to correct the Preliminary Notice and Request for Input on the Development of a Solicitation for Proposals for 2009 Awards originally published on July 9, 2008, in the Federal Register, 73 FR 39298-39301. This notice extends the...
Notice Jul 23, 2008

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission logo Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

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Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jul 23, 2008

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Special observances:

Title Type Published
Captive Nations Week (Proc. 8274)
Presidential Document Jul 23, 2008

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Title Type Published
Agreements Filed
Notice Jul 23, 2008
Ocean Transportation Intermediary License Applicants
Notice Jul 23, 2008

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisition of Shares of Bank or Bank Holding Companies
Notice Jul 23, 2008

Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

Analysis of Agreement Containing Consent Orders to Aid Public Comment:

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The consent agreement in this matter settles alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices or unfair methods of competition. The attached Analysis to Aid Public Comment describes both the allegations in the draft...
Notice Jul 23, 2008

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Jul 23, 2008
This final rule applies to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program and requires States, the District of Columbia and the Territories (hereinafter referred to as the "States") to use the "benefiting program" cost allocation methodol...
Rule Jul 23, 2008
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) received many substantive comments on the proposed rule and will consider these comments carefully. Based on a preliminary review of the comments, it appears that HRSA will need to make a number...
Proposed Rule Jul 23, 2008
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA), Division of Federal-State Relations (DFSR) is announcing the availability of a Sole Source to the Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO) to provide funding for a 3-yea...
Notice Jul 23, 2008
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA), Division of Federal-State Relations (DFSR), is announcing the availability of cooperative agreements for equipment, supplies, personnel, training, and facility upgrades to Fo...
Notice Jul 23, 2008

Meetings:

Title Type Published
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Notice Jul 23, 2008
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Notice Jul 23, 2008
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Notice Jul 23, 2008
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Notice Jul 23, 2008
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is postponing the meeting of the Peripheral and Central Nervous Drugs Advisory Committee scheduled for August 6 and 7, 2008. This meeting was announced in the Federal Register of July 8, 2008 (73 FR 39017). The...
Notice Jul 23, 2008

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) invites the general public and other federal agencies the opportunity to comment on new information collection request 1670-NEW, Infrastructure Protection Data Call. As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act...
Notice Jul 23, 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 Jul 23, 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 Jul 23, 2008
This document adopts as a final rule, with two technical corrections, interim amendments to title 19 of the Code of Federal Regulations which were published in the Federal Register on October 16, 2007, as CBP Dec. 07-81 to implement the preferential...
Rule Jul 23, 2008

Major Disaster Declaration:

Title Type Published
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Illinois (FEMA-1771-DR), dated June 24, 2008, and related determinations.
Notice Jul 23, 2008
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Minnesota (FEMA-1772-DR), dated June 25, 2008, and related determinations.
Notice Jul 23, 2008
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Wisconsin (FEMA-1768-DR), dated June 14, 2008, and related determinations.
Notice Jul 23, 2008

Major Disaster and Related Determinations:

Title Type Published
This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Michigan (FEMA-1777-DR), dated July 14, 2008, and related determinations.
Notice Jul 23, 2008

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
We (U.S. Geological Survey) have sent an Information Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for review and approval. The ICR, which is summarized below, describes the nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost. This ICR is scheduled to expir...
Notice Jul 23, 2008
As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that an appealable decision approving the surface and subsurface estates in certain lands for conveyance pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act will be issued to Kotlik Yupik Corpor...
Notice Jul 23, 2008
As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that an appealable decision approving the surface and subsurface estates in certain lands for conveyance pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act will be issued to Nunapiglluraq Corpo...
Notice Jul 23, 2008
National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions
Notice Jul 23, 2008
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is proposing regulations to set out the policies and procedures for the implementation of a commercial leasing program for the management of federally-owned oil shale and any associated minerals located on Federal...
Proposed Rule Jul 23, 2008

Final Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Finding of No Significant Impact; Availability:

Title Type Published
We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the availability of our final comprehensive conservation plan (CCP) and finding of no significant impact (FONSI) for Red River National Wildlife Refuge (NWR). In the final CCP, we describe how we...
Notice Jul 23, 2008

Final Environmental Impact Statements/Mountain Lakes Fishery Management Plan:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to Sec. 102(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (Pub. L. 91-190, as amended), the National Park Service in cooperation with the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife has prepared a Final Environmental Impact Statem...
Notice Jul 23, 2008

Meetings:

Title Type Published
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) Eastern Montana Resource Advisory Council (RAC), will me...
Notice Jul 23, 2008

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
This document contains a proposed regulation under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) that, upon adoption, would require the disclosure of certain plan and investment- related information, including fee and expense informatio...
Proposed Rule Jul 23, 2008

Proposed Exemptions:

Title Type Published
This document contains a notice of pendency before the Department of Labor (the Department) of proposed exemption from certain of the prohibited transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA or the Act) and/or...
Notice Jul 23, 2008

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
This final rule removes obsolete text, restores material removed inadvertently from the NRC's regulations, and makes administrative changes to the NRC's regulations to correct errors published in recent rulemaking documents. This final rule also upda...
Rule Jul 23, 2008

Consideration of Issuance of Amendment to Facility Operating License, etc.:

P
Postal Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The Commission is adding the Postal Service's negotiated agreement with Global Plus to the competitive product list. This action is consistent with changes in a recent law governing postal operations. Re-publication of the lists of market dominant an...
Rule Jul 23, 2008

Postal Service logo Postal Service

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jul 23, 2008

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Amendment to Emergency Order Pursuant to Section 12(k)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Taking Temporary Action to Respond to Market Developments
Notice Jul 23, 2008
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jul 23, 2008

Applications:

Title Type Published
Notice of an application under section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("Act") for an exemption from rule 12d1-2(a) under the Act.
Notice Jul 23, 2008

Order Approving Accelerated Distribution of an Amended Options Disclosure Document:

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Title Type Published
Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.
Notice Jul 23, 2008
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
Notice Jul 23, 2008
NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Notice Jul 23, 2008
NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Notice Jul 23, 2008
New York Stock Exchange LLC
Notice Jul 23, 2008
Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.
Notice Jul 23, 2008
Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.
Notice Jul 23, 2008
Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.
Notice Jul 23, 2008
Stock Clearing Corporation of Philadelphia
Notice Jul 23, 2008

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), cooperatively with the America's Byways Resource Center (ABRC) in Duluth, Minnesota, invites statements of interest about participating in a domestic, multi-year America's Byways[reg] Partnership Marketing C...
Notice Jul 23, 2008
In accordance with the procedures governing the application for, and the processing of, special permits from the Department of Transportation's Hazardous Material Regulations (49 CFR Part 107, Subpart B), notice is hereby given that the Office of Haz...
Notice Jul 23, 2008
In accordance with the procedures governing the application for, and the processing of, special permits from the Department of Transportation's Hazardous Material Regulations (49 CFR Part 107, Subpart B), notice is hereby given that the Office of Haz...
Notice Jul 23, 2008
This notice provides information regarding the FHWA's finding that a Buy America waiver is appropriate for certain steel products used in Federal-aid construction projects in Florida and Illinois.
Notice Jul 23, 2008
In accordance with the requirements of 49 U.S.C. 5117(c), PHMSA is publishing the following list of special permit applications that have been in process for 180 days or more. The reason(s) for delay and the expected completion date for action on eac...
Notice Jul 23, 2008
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has placed in the docket and on its Web site final guidance in the form of a circular on Metropolitan Planning and State Planning and Research Program Grants. The final circular revises and combines into one d...
Notice Jul 23, 2008
This document solicits comments on the merits of two petitions for rulemaking filed with PHMSA seeking promulgation of an interim standard for railroad tank cars used to transport toxic by inhalation hazard (TIH) materials. One petition was filed joi...
Proposed Rule Jul 23, 2008
This rule establishes, amends, suspends, or revokes Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) and associated Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures for operations at certain airports. These regulatory actions are needed because of t...
Rule Jul 23, 2008

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain GE CT58 series turboshaft engines. This proposed AD would require recalculating the lives of certain part numbered compressor spools using a new repetitive heavy lift (RHL) mult...
Proposed Rule Jul 23, 2008
The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for General Electric Company (GE) CF34-1A, -3A, -3A1, -3A2, -3B, and - 3B1 turbofan engines with high-pressure (HP) rotor 4-step air balance piston stationary seals (4-step seals), part num...
Proposed Rule Jul 23, 2008

Approval of Noise Compatibility Program:

Title Type Published
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its findings on the Noise Compatibility Program submitted by the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. (the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act, hereinafter referr...
Notice Jul 23, 2008

Removal of Class E5 Airspace:

Title Type Published
This action removes Class E5 airspace at Griswold Airport, Madison, CT, (N04). The VHF Omnidirectional Range (VOR) approach into Griswold Airport has been discontinued; eliminating the need for Class E5 700 foot controlled airspace.
Rule Jul 23, 2008

Uniform Relocation and Real Property Acquisition for Federal and Federally Assisted Programs:

Title Type Published
The purpose of this notice is to publish changes in the Fixed Residential Moving Cost Schedule for the States and Territories of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Maine...
Notice Jul 23, 2008

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the Bureau of the Public Debt, Treasury, is publishing its inventory of Privacy Act systems of records.
Notice Jul 23, 2008

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Title Type Published
The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal...
Notice Jul 23, 2008
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3521), this notice announces that the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Department of Veterans Affairs, will submit the collection of information abstracted below to the...
Notice Jul 23, 2008
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3521), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, will submit the collection of information abstracted below to t...
Notice Jul 23, 2008
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3521), this notice announces that the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted below to t...
Notice Jul 23, 2008
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-21), this notice announces that the Office of Human Resources and Administration (OHR&A), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstrac...
Notice Jul 23, 2008
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3521), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, will submit the collection of information abstracted below to t...
Notice Jul 23, 2008

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Special Medical Advisory Group
Notice Jul 23, 2008

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