August 28, 2008 (Volume 73)

Federal Register August 28, 2008

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

119 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on August 28, 2008

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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This notice invites the following eligible States: Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming, to submit an Applica...
Notice Aug 28, 2008
The Forest Service is issuing an interim directive to Forest Service Handbook 1909.12, chapter 60, to guide agency employees on timber and forest vegetation resource planning, including guidance on identifying lands generally suitable for timber prod...
Notice Aug 28, 2008
We are proposing to amend the fruits and vegetables regulations to allow the importation, under certain conditions, of sweet oranges and grapefruit from Chile into the continental United States. Based on the evidence in a recent pest risk analysis, w...
Proposed Rule Aug 28, 2008

Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling:

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FSIS is conforming its regulations to the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) regulations, entitled, "Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling of Beef, Pork, Lamb, Chicken, Goat Meat, Perishable Agricultural Commodities, Peanuts, Pecans, Ginseng, and Ma...
Rule Aug 28, 2008

Civil Rights Commission logo Civil Rights Commission

Meetings:

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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On October 29, 2007, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) published a notice in the Federal Register announcing the establishment of the Low-Power Television and Translator Digital-to-Analog Conversion Program (Conver...
Notice Aug 28, 2008
Notice and opportunity for public comment.
Notice Aug 28, 2008

Fisheries in the Western Pacific:

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This proposed rule would include three species of pelagic squid under Federal management, and establish permitting and reporting requirements for squid jig fishing vessels over 50 ft (15.4 m) in length. These vessels would also be required to carry F...
Proposed Rule Aug 28, 2008

Incidental Takes of Marine Mammals During Specified Activities:

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NMFS has received an application from the Scripps Institute of Oceanography (SIO) for an Incidental Harassment Authorization (IHA) to take small numbers of marine mammals, by harassment, incidental to conducting a seismic survey within the Santa Barb...
Notice Aug 28, 2008

Marine Mammal Authorization Program:

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NMFS is providing notice that it is increasing the number of fisheries for which the Marine Mammal Authorization Program (MMAP) registration is integrated with existing state and Federal fishery licensing and permitting programs, beginning with the 2...
Notice Aug 28, 2008

Meetings:

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The North Pacific Fishery Management Council's Crab Plan Team (CPT) will meet in Seattle, WA.
Notice Aug 28, 2008
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Gulf of Alaska (GOA) and Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands (BS/AI) groundfish plan teams will meet in Seattle, WA.
Notice Aug 28, 2008
The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold a joint meeting of its Executive and Finance Committees, a meeting of its Standard Operating, Policy and Procedure (SOPPs) Committee, Advisory Panel Selection Committee (Closed Session...
Notice Aug 28, 2008

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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The Department of the Air Force is proposing to add a system of records to its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
Notice Aug 28, 2008
The Department of the Army is amending a 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 Aug 28, 2008

Education Department logo Education Department

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The Secretary of Education requests comments on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) that the Secretary proposes to use for the 2009-2010 award year. The FAFSA is completed by students and their families and the information submitted...
Notice Aug 28, 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 Aug 28, 2008

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
Combined Notice of Filings
Notice Aug 28, 2008

Applications:

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Columbia Gulf Transmission Co. and Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co.
Notice Aug 28, 2008
FFP Ohio River 13, LLC
Notice Aug 28, 2008
FFP Ohio River 15, LLC
Notice Aug 28, 2008
FFP Ohio River 18, LLC
Notice Aug 28, 2008
FFP Ohio River 19, LLC
Notice Aug 28, 2008
FFP Ohio River 20, LLC
Notice Aug 28, 2008
Forest County Hydroelectric Corp.
Notice Aug 28, 2008
Mississippi River 14 Hydro, LLC and BPUS Generation Development, LLC
Notice Aug 28, 2008
Northern Illinois Hydropower, LLC
Notice Aug 28, 2008
Northern Illinois Hydropower, LLC
Notice Aug 28, 2008
Ozark Gas Transmission, L.L.C. and Enogex LLC
Notice Aug 28, 2008

Complaints:

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ExxonMobil Oil Corporation and BP West Coast Products LLC
Notice Aug 28, 2008

Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products:

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This notice announces the Department of Energy's Decision and Order in Case No. CAC-013, which grants a waiver to Cascade Group, LLC (Cascade) from the existing Department of Energy (DOE) residential central air conditioner and heat pump test procedu...
Notice Aug 28, 2008

Filings:

Title Type Published
Elkhorn Ridge Wind, LLC
Notice Aug 28, 2008
ISO Trader, LLC
Notice Aug 28, 2008
UGI LNG, Inc.
Notice Aug 28, 2008

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Northern New Mexico. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this meeting be announce...
Notice Aug 28, 2008
This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Savannah River Site. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this meeting be announce...
Notice Aug 28, 2008
WTG Hugoton, LP; Technical Conference
Notice Aug 28, 2008

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Approval and Promulgation 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 establishes limits on the emissions of nitrogen oxides (NO<INF>X</INF>) and sulfur dioxide (SO<INF>2</INF>) from Delaware's large electr...
Rule Aug 28, 2008

Meetings:

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The Agency is issuing this notice to extend a meeting of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) Scientific Advisory Panel by one half-day. The meeting, originally scheduled for September 16-18, 2008, was announced in the Fede...
Notice Aug 28, 2008

Proposed Federal Requirements Under the Underground Injection Control Program:

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is holding two public hearings to solicit public comment on the recently proposed regulations for the underground injection of carbon dioxide (CO<INF>2</INF>) for geologic sequestration under the Safe Drinkin...
Proposed Rule Aug 28, 2008

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Special observances:

Title Type Published
Minority Enterprise Development Week (Proc. 8280)
Presidential Document Aug 28, 2008
National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month (Proc. 8279)
Presidential Document Aug 28, 2008

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
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 Aug 28, 2008
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), the Federal Communications Commission invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on...
Notice Aug 28, 2008
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(s), as required by th...
Notice Aug 28, 2008
The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection, as required by the...
Notice Aug 28, 2008
The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comment on rules that must be adopted pursuant to the New and Emerging Technologies 911 Improvement Act of 2008 (NET 911 Act). This action is necessary...
Proposed Rule Aug 28, 2008
In this document, the Commission seeks comment on a petition filed by the Liberty Public School District (LPS) for a limited waiver of the Commission's caller identification rules which prohibit terminating carriers from passing calling party number...
Notice Aug 28, 2008

Radio Broadcasting Services:

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In response to a Notice of Proposed Rule Making, this Report and Order allots Channel 231C3 to Boardman, Oregon, and Channel 247C3 to Owyhee, Nevada, as first local aural transmission services to those communities. The coordinates for Channel 231C3 a...
Rule Aug 28, 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 Aug 28, 2008
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
Notice Aug 28, 2008
Proposals to Engage in Permissible Nonbanking Activities or to Acquire Companies that are Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking Activities
Notice Aug 28, 2008

Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Federal Trade Commission will hold a public workshop on October 17, 2008, in Washington, D.C., to explore the scope of the prohibition of "unfair methods of competition" in Section 5 of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 45. In particular, the workshop...
Notice Aug 28, 2008

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Aug 28, 2008
Under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act (NCVIA) (42 U.S.C. Sec. 300aa-26), the CDC must develop vaccine information materials that all health care providers are required to give to patients/parents prior to administration of specific vaccines...
Notice Aug 28, 2008
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) gives notice of a decision to designate a class of employees at the Spencer Chemical Company/Jayhawk Works near Pittsburg, Kansas, as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy...
Notice Aug 28, 2008
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) gives notice of a decision to designate a class of employees at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illn...
Notice Aug 28, 2008
The inventions listed below are owned by an agency of the U.S. Government and are available for licensing in the U.S. in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 to achieve expeditious commercialization of results of federally-funded research and development. F...
Notice Aug 28, 2008
The inventions listed below are owned by an agency of the U.S. Government and are available for licensing in the U.S. in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 to achieve expeditious commercialization of results of federally-funded research and development. F...
Notice Aug 28, 2008
The inventions listed below are owned by an agency of the U.S. Government and are available for licensing in the U.S. in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 to achieve expeditious commercialization of results of federally-funded research and development. F...
Notice Aug 28, 2008
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry entitled "Integrated Summary of Effectiveness." This draft guidance describes how an integrated summary of effectiveness (ISE) should be prepared b...
Notice Aug 28, 2008

Medical Devices:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is publishing a list of premarket approval applications (PMAs) that have been approved. This list is intended to inform the public of the availability of safety and effectiveness summaries of approved PMAs throu...
Notice Aug 28, 2008

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for Health Statistics
Notice Aug 28, 2008
Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel
Notice Aug 28, 2008

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Form N- 400, Application for Naturalization; OMB Control No. 1615-0052.
Notice Aug 28, 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 Aug 28, 2008

Drawbridge Operation Regulation:

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The Commander, Eleventh Coast Guard District, has issued a temporary deviation from the regulation governing the operation of the "D" Street Drawbridge across the Petaluma River, mile 13.7, at Petaluma, CA. The deviation is necessary to conduct maint...
Rule Aug 28, 2008

Major Disaster Declarations:

Title Type Published
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Iowa (FEMA-1763-DR), dated May 27, 2008, and related determinations.
Notice Aug 28, 2008

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee will meet on September 17, 2008 in Las Vegas, NV. This meeting will be open to the public.
Notice Aug 28, 2008

Safety Zone:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard proposes establishing a safety zone on the Appomattox River in the vicinity of Hopewell, VA in support of the Christmas Holiday Boat Parade Fireworks Event. This action will protect the maritime public on the Appomattox River from the...
Proposed Rule Aug 28, 2008

Transportation Worker Identification Credential Implementation:

Title Type Published
This document informs owners and operators of facilities located within Captain of the Port Zones Baltimore, Delaware Bay, Mobile, Lower Mississippi River, Ohio Valley, Pittsburgh, and San Diego that they must implement access control procedures util...
Rule Aug 28, 2008

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Bureau of Indian Affairs is submitting the following collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs for approval and rene...
Notice Aug 28, 2008

Endangered Species:

Title Type Published
The following permit was issued.
Notice Aug 28, 2008
The public is invited to comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities with endangered species.
Notice Aug 28, 2008

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announce that our Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) and Environmental Assessment (EA) for the twelve National Wildlife Refuges (Refuges) are available. The twelve Refuges are combined and eva...
Notice Aug 28, 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) Boise District Resource Advisory Council (RAC), will hol...
Notice Aug 28, 2008
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Eastern Washington Resource Advisory Council will meet as indic...
Notice Aug 28, 2008

Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease:

Title Type Published
Under the provisions of 30 U.S.C. 188(d) and (e), and 43 CFR 3108.2-3(a) and (b)(1), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a petition for reinstatement from Retamco Operating Inc. for competitive oil and gas lease WYW161806 for land in Carbon...
Notice Aug 28, 2008
Under the provisions of 30 U.S.C. 188(d) and (e), and 43 CFR 3108.2-3(a) and (b)(1), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a petition for reinstatement from Retamco Operating Inc. for competitive oil and gas lease WYW161802 for land in Carbon...
Notice Aug 28, 2008
Under the provisions of 30 U.S.C. 188(d) and (e), and 43 CFR 3108.2-3(a) and (b)(1), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a petition for reinstatement from Retamco Operating Inc. for competitive oil and gas lease WYW161815 for land in Carbon...
Notice Aug 28, 2008
Under the provisions of 30 U.S.C. 188(d) and (e), and 43 CFR 3108.2-3(a) and (b)(1), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a petition for reinstatement from Retamco Operating Inc. for competitive oil and gas lease WYW161801 for land in Carbon...
Notice Aug 28, 2008
Under the provisions of 30 U.S.C. 188(d) and (e), and 43 CFR 3108.2-3(a) and (b)(1), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a petition for reinstatement from Retamco Operating Inc. for competitive oil and gas lease WYW161810 for land in Carbon...
Notice Aug 28, 2008
Under the provisions of 30 U.S.C. 188(d) and (e), and 43 CFR 3108.2-3(a) and (b)(1), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a petition for reinstatement from Retamco Operating Inc. for competitive oil and gas lease WYW161800 for land in Carbon...
Notice Aug 28, 2008
Under the provisions of 30 U.S.C. 188(d) and (e), and 43 CFR 3108.2-3(a) and (b)(1), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a petition for reinstatement from Retamco Operating Inc. for competitive oil and gas lease WYW161799 for land in Carbon...
Notice Aug 28, 2008
Under the provisions of 30 U.S.C. 188(d) and (e), and 43 CFR 3108.2-3(a) and (b)(1), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a petition for reinstatement from Sun Cal Energy, Inc. for competitive oil and gas lease WYW159737 for land in Sublette...
Notice Aug 28, 2008
Under the provisions of 30 U.S.C. 188(d) and (e), and 43 CFR 3108.2-3(a) and (b)(1), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a petition for reinstatement from Sun Cal Energy, Inc. for competitive oil and gas lease WYW159734 for land in Sublette...
Notice Aug 28, 2008

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Extension and revision of existing collection:Annual Parole Survey, Annual Probation Survey, and Annual Probation Survey (Short Form).
Notice Aug 28, 2008
Record of Vote of Meeting Closure
Notice Aug 28, 2008

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) enforces mine operator compliance with mandatory safety and health standards that protect miners and improve safety and health conditions in U.S. Mines. This Federal Register Notice (FR Notice) notifie...
Notice Aug 28, 2008

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

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, 11th Street Bridges, Anacostia Freeway (I- 295/DC 295) to Southeast/Southwest Freeway (I-695),...
Notice Aug 28, 2008
This notice announces actions taken by the FHWA that are final within the meaning of 23 U.S.C. 39(l)(1). The actions relate to a proposed highway project, I-15 Corridor, from the South Payson Interchange in Utah County, to the 12300 South Interchange...
Notice Aug 28, 2008

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
The FAA is superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD), which applies to certain Airbus Model A319, A320, and A321 series airplanes equipped with certain Litton air data inertial reference units (ADIRUs). That AD currently requires modifying...
Rule Aug 28, 2008
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Boeing Model 707 airplanes, and Model 720 and 720B series airplanes. This AD requires repetitive detailed inspections to detect cracks and corrosion on any existing repairs and at certain...
Rule Aug 28, 2008
The FAA is superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD), which applies to certain Boeing Model 727 series airplanes. That AD currently requires repetitive inspections to detect cracks and loose brackets of the elevator rear spar, and correcti...
Rule Aug 28, 2008
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Boeing Model 737-600, -700, -800, and -900 series airplanes. This AD requires installing hot short protector (HSP) support brackets and equipment for the fuel quantity indicating system (...
Rule Aug 28, 2008
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Boeing Model 747 airplanes. This AD requires a one-time inspection of certain fuselage skins at section 41 to find any external doublers that cover the inspection areas and to identify the ex...
Rule Aug 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 Aug 28, 2008
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain transport category airplanes identified above. This AD requires modifying the fuel boost pumps. This AD results from a fuel boost pump found with blown thermal fuses and a fractured t...
Rule Aug 28, 2008

Amendment of Class E Airspace:

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This action amends the Class E airspace area at Factoryville, PA, to provide additional controlled airspace accommodating a new Runway 4 Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) developed for Seamans Field, Factoryville, PA. This action increase...
Rule Aug 28, 2008

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards:

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This final rule delays the effective date of an amendment that reorganizes and improves the structure and clarity of the Federal motor vehicle safety standard on lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment, from September 1, 2008 to December...
Rule Aug 28, 2008

Intent to Rule on Request to Release Airport Property:

Title Type Published
The FAA proposes to rule and invite public comment on the release of land at the Love Field Airport under the provisions of Section 125 of the Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment Reform Act for the 21st Century (AIR 21).
Notice Aug 28, 2008

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a meeting of RTCA Special Committee 219 meeting: Attitude and Heading Reference Systems (AHRS).
Notice Aug 28, 2008

Modification of Class E Airspace:

Title Type Published
This action confirms the effective date of a direct final rule published in the Federal Register (73 FR 16751) that modifies the effective time of the Class E Airspace at Staunton, VA. The Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport Commission has requested t...
Rule Aug 28, 2008

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...
Notice Aug 28, 2008

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:

Title Type Published
The proposed information collection request (ICR) described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. OTS is soliciting public comments on the pr...
Notice Aug 28, 2008

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) published a document in the Federal Register on June 30, 2008 (73 FR 36796), amending its beneficiary travel regulations that provide a mechanism for payment of travel expenses within the United States under 38...
Rule Aug 28, 2008
As required by law, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hereby gives notice that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, under the authority granted by the Persian Gulf War Veterans Act of 1998, Public Law 105-277, title XVI, 112 Stat. 2681-742 throug...
Notice Aug 28, 2008

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Voluntary Service National Advisory Committee
Notice Aug 28, 2008

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