September 2, 2008 (Volume 73)

Federal Register September 2, 2008

View all documents issued on September 2, 2008. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

105 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on September 2, 2008

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Agricultural Marketing Service

Designation:

No documents available.

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Sep 02, 2008
We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is soliciting letters of interest to participate in a voluntary pilot project for its Biotechnology Quality Management System (BQMS). The BQMS is a voluntary compliance as...
Notice Sep 02, 2008

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

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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request an extension of approval of an information collection associated with regulations for the importation...
Notice Sep 02, 2008
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request an extension of approval of an information collection associated with regulations for the importation...
Notice Sep 02, 2008

Designation:

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We are announcing designation of the following organizations to provide official services under the United States Grain Standards Act, as amended (USGSA): Aberdeen Grain Inspection, Inc. (Aberdeen); Decatur Grain Inspection, Inc. (Decatur); Hastings...
Notice Sep 02, 2008
The designations of the official agencies listed below will end on March 31, 2009. We are asking persons interested in providing official services in the areas served by these agencies to submit an application for designation. We are also asking for...
Notice Sep 02, 2008

University of Florida; Availability of Petition and Environmental Assessment for Determination:

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We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has received a petition from the University of Florida seeking a determination of nonregulated status for papaya genetically engineered for resistance to the papaya ringsp...
Notice Sep 02, 2008

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to establish export licensing requirements for Kosovo.
Rule Sep 02, 2008
This notice announces that the Secretary of Commerce has approved the withdrawal of ten Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS). These FIPS are being withdrawn because they are obsolete, or have not been updated to adopt current voluntary ind...
Notice Sep 02, 2008
In accordance with section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended ("the Act"), the Department of Commerce ("the Department") is automatically initiating a five-year review ("Sunset Review") of the antidumping duty order listed below. The Intern...
Notice Sep 02, 2008

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Orders, Findings, or Suspended Investigations:

Antidumping:

Title Type Published
On July 1, 2008, in response to requests from the petitioners, the Department of Commerce published a notice of initiation of administrative review of the antidumping duty order on polyester staple fiber from Taiwan. The period of review is May 1, 20...
Notice Sep 02, 2008

Availability and Request for Public Comments:

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration publishes this notice to announce a 45-day public comment period for the draft report titled, U.S. Climate Change Science Program Synthesis and Assessment Product 4.2"Thresholds of Change in Ecosyst...
Notice Sep 02, 2008

Consolidated Decisions on Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Electron Microscopes:

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska:

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NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Atka mackerel in the Eastern Aleutian District and the Bering Sea subarea of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI) by vessels participating in the BSAI trawl limited access fishery. This a...
Rule Sep 02, 2008
NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher vessels greater than or equal to 60 ft ([gteqt] 18.3 meters (m)) length overall (LOA) using hook-and-line gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action...
Rule Sep 02, 2008

Foreign Availability Assessment:

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This notice is to announce that the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is initiating a foreign availability assessment pursuant to sections 5(f) and 5(h) of the Export Administration Act of 1979, as amended (EAA). The Office of Technology Evaluati...
Notice Sep 02, 2008

Incidental Takes of Marine Mammals During Specified Activities:

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In accordance with the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) regulations, NMFS has issued an Incidental Harassment Authorization (IHA) to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) for the take of marine mammals, by Level B harassment only, incidental...
Notice Sep 02, 2008

Meetings:

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This announcement provides notice of a public hearing to be held by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in California. The hearing involves an administrative appeal filed with the Department of Commerce by the Foothill/Eastern...
Notice Sep 02, 2008
In preparation for the 2008 ICCAT meeting, the Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) will convene its second and final fall meeting in October 2008.
Notice Sep 02, 2008
In preparation for the 2008 International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) meeting, the Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section to ICCAT is announcing the convening of the first of two fall meetings.
Notice Sep 02, 2008

Nominations:

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NMFS is soliciting nominations to the Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) as established by the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act (ATCA). NMFS is also soliciting nomination...
Notice Sep 02, 2008

Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Commercial Fishing Operations:

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Through this final rule, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) amends the regulations implementing the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan (ALWTRP), to delay the effective date of a broad- based gear modification and remove one of the gea...
Rule Sep 02, 2008

Consumer Product Safety Commission logo Consumer Product Safety Commission

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

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In the May 29, 2008, Federal Register (73 FR 30883), the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission) published a notice in accordance with provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) (PRA), to announce the age...
Notice Sep 02, 2008

Education Department logo Education Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice announces an open meeting of the National Technical Advisory Council. Notice of the meeting is required by Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act and is intended to notify the public of their opportunity to participate.
Notice Sep 02, 2008

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
Records Governing Off-the-Record Communications
Notice Sep 02, 2008

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

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The U.S. Department of Energy, Western Area Power Administration (Western) is canceling the preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on a proposal by Western to participate with Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Incorpo...
Notice Sep 02, 2008

Filings:

Title Type Published
North American Electric Reliability Corp.
Notice Sep 02, 2008
North American Electric Reliability Corp.
Notice Sep 02, 2008

Petition for Immediate Injunctive Relief and an Expedited Technical Conference:

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 an Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a req...
Notice Sep 02, 2008
Notice is hereby given that the EPA has posted its responses to state and tribal designation recommendations for the 2006 24-hour fine particles (PM<INF>2.5</INF>) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) on its Internet Web site at http://www....
Proposed Rule Sep 02, 2008
On or about August 12, 2008, the Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS) of EPA is making available for public review and comment a draft document titled, Risk and Exposure Assessment to Support the Review of the NO<INF>2</INF> Primary N...
Notice Sep 02, 2008
EPA is proposing to approve revisions to the Antelope Valley Air Quality Management District (AVAQMD) portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). Under authority of the Clean Air Act as amended in 1990 (CAA or the Act), we are proposin...
Proposed Rule Sep 02, 2008
EPA is taking direct final action to approve revisions to the Antelope Valley Air Quality Management District (AVAQMD) portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). Under authority of the Clean Air Act as amended in 1990 (CAA or the Act)...
Rule Sep 02, 2008

Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans:

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EPA is taking direct final action approving State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the State of Utah on June 26, 2007 and April 17, 2008. The June 26, 2007 revision updates Section XII of the Utah SIP and Rule R307-110-20 of the Utah...
Rule Sep 02, 2008
EPA is proposing to approve State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the State of Utah on June 26, 2007 and April 17, 2008. The June 26, 2007 revision updates Section XII of the Utah SIP and Rule R307-110-20 of the Utah Administrative C...
Proposed Rule Sep 02, 2008

Meetings:

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Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92463, EPA gives notice of a meeting of the Good Neighbor Environmental Board (GNEB). The Board meets three times each calendar year at different locations along the U.S.-Mexico border and in Washi...
Notice Sep 02, 2008

Proposed Administrative Settlement Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, As Amended:

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In accordance with Section 122(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ("CERCLA"), as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given of a proposed Administrative Agreement for Recovery of Past Response Cost...
Notice Sep 02, 2008

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Title Type Published
Terrorist Attacks; Continuation of National Emergency with Respect to Certain (Notice of August 28, 2008)
Presidential Document Sep 02, 2008

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
Service and Civic Participation, President's Council on; amendment to Executive Order 13285 (EO 13471)
Presidential Document Sep 02, 2008

Special observances:

Title Type Published
National Days of Prayer and Remembrance (Proc. 8284)
Presidential Document Sep 02, 2008

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
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 Sep 02, 2008

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

No documents available.

Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission logo Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission

Title Type Published
The Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission (the "Commission") is an independent adjudicatory agency that provides trials and appellate review of cases arising under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (2000) (the "Mine Act"). Tri...
Proposed Rule Sep 02, 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 Sep 02, 2008
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
Notice Sep 02, 2008

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

Title Type Published
Federal Travel Regulation; Relocation Income Tax Allowance Tax Tables-2008 Update; Correction
Rule Sep 02, 2008

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Sep 02, 2008
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is requesting comments and scientific data and information that may assist the agency to improve the guidance to industry set forth in the "Guide to Minimize Microbial Food Safety Hazards for Fresh Fruits and Ve...
Notice Sep 02, 2008

Debarment Order; Denial of Hearing:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is issuing an order under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the act) permanently debarring Dr. Maria Anne Kirkman Campbell (Dr. Campbell) from providing services in any capacity to a person that has an a...
Notice Sep 02, 2008

Meetings:

Title Type Published
National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics
Notice Sep 02, 2008
National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics
Notice Sep 02, 2008
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Notice Sep 02, 2008
National Institute on Aging Special Emphasis Panel
Notice Sep 02, 2008
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Special Emphasis Panel
Notice Sep 02, 2008

Public Hearing:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration is correcting a notice that published in the Federal Register on August 25, 2008 (73 FR 50033). The notice announced a public hearing to obtain input regarding over-the- counter (OTC) cough and cold drugs marketed for...
Notice Sep 02, 2008

State Long-Term Care Partnership Program:

Title Type Published
Under section 6021 of Public Law 109-171, the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA), States may provide asset disregards (and related estate recovery offsets) for Medicaid applicants who receive benefits under qualified long term care insurance policie...
Notice Sep 02, 2008

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) invites public comment on one currently approved Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below that we will submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for renewal in compliance with th...
Notice Sep 02, 2008
The Department of Homeland Security, Office of the Chief Procurement Officer, Acquisition Policy and Legislation Office, will submit the following information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and cleara...
Notice Sep 02, 2008

Regattas and Marine Parades:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard will enforce two local regulations for annual regattas and marine parades in the Captain of the Port Detroit zone. The "Detroit Belle Isle Gran Prix" regulated area will be enforced from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on August 29, 30, and 31...
Rule Sep 02, 2008

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
On July 2, 2008, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) proposed a rule to establish procedures for Indian tribes and States to submit Tribal-State compacts and compact amendments, governing the conduct of class III gaming activities on the tribe's India...
Proposed Rule Sep 02, 2008
National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions
Notice Sep 02, 2008

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Investigations:

Title Type Published
The Commission hereby gives notice that it has instituted a review pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1675(c)) (the Act) to determine whether revocation of the antidumping duty order on barium carbonate from China would b...
Notice Sep 02, 2008
Raw Flexible Magnets from China and Taiwan
Notice Sep 02, 2008

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or co...
Notice Sep 02, 2008

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Management and Budget Office

Cost Accounting Standards:

Title Type Published
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy, Cost Accounting Standards Board, invites public comments concerning an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the harmonization of Cost Accounting Standards 412 and 413 with the Pension Protection Act of 20...
Proposed Rule Sep 02, 2008

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announces a meeting of the Heliophysics Subcommittee of the NASA Advisory Council (NAC). This Subcommittee reports to the Science Committee of the NAC. The Meeting will be held for the purpose...
Notice Sep 02, 2008

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National Science Foundation

Title Type Published
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish notice of permit applications received to conduct activities regulated under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. NSF has published regulations under the Antarctic Conservation Act at Ti...
Notice Sep 02, 2008

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

Title Type Published
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing to amend its regulations governing recruitment and selection through competitive examination primarily to clarify the distinction among objections, pass overs, and suitability determinations. OPM...
Proposed Rule Sep 02, 2008

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program Acquisition Regulation:

Title Type Published
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a proposed rule to amend the Federal Employees Health Benefits Acquisition Regulations (FEHBAR). The rule clarifies the rate setting process for community rated carriers with respect to Similarly Si...
Proposed Rule Sep 02, 2008

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee
Notice Sep 02, 2008

Training:

Title Type Published
The Office of Personnel Management proposes to amend its regulations to implement certain training and development requirements contained in the Federal Workforce Flexibility Act of 2004.
Proposed Rule Sep 02, 2008

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Applications:

Title Type Published
Notice of Application for Exemption under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 ("Advisers Act").
Notice Sep 02, 2008

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Title Type Published
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), agencies are required to submit proposed reporting and recordkeeping requirements to OMB for review and approval, and to publish a notice in the Federal Register notifying th...
Notice Sep 02, 2008

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The SBA is issuing this notice to announce the location, date, time, and agenda for the next meeting of the Advisory Committee on Veterans Business Affairs. The meeting will be open to the public.
Notice Sep 02, 2008

State Department logo State Department

Determination Pursuant to Foreign Missions Act:

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Abandonment Exemption:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
Transit America, LLC, Buchanan County, MO
Notice Sep 02, 2008

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for extension of cur...
Notice Sep 02, 2008
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Maritime Administration's (MARAD's) intention to request extension of approval for three years of a currently approved information collection.
Notice Sep 02, 2008
Application of Foreign Underwriters to Write Marine Hull Insurance
Notice Sep 02, 2008
Application of Foreign Underwriters to Write Marine Hull Insurance
Notice Sep 02, 2008
FMCSA announces its decision to renew the exemptions from the vision requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations for 34 individuals. FMCSA has statutory authority to exempt individuals from the vision requirement if the exemptions gra...
Notice Sep 02, 2008
As authorized by 46 U.S.C. 12121, the Secretary of Transportation, as represented by the Maritime Administration (MARAD), is authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.-build requirement of the coastwise laws under certain circumstances. A request for su...
Notice Sep 02, 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 Sep 02, 2008

Abandonment Exemption:

No documents available.

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
This document makes a correction to a proposed airworthiness directive (AD), which was published in the Federal Register on August 7, 2008 (73 FR 45902), and applies to certain Cessna Aircraft Company (type certificate previously held by Columbia Air...
Proposed Rule Sep 02, 2008

Application by the Massachusetts Department of Highways:

Title Type Published
FMCSA provides notice and invites interested parties to submit comments on an application by the Massachusetts Department of Highways (MassHighway) for an administrative determination on whether Federal law preempts highway routing designations issue...
Notice Sep 02, 2008

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) intend to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed Central Broward East-West public transportation improvements in Broward County, Fl...
Notice Sep 02, 2008

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public that a meeting of the Federal Aviation Air Traffic Procedures Advisory Committee (ATPAC) will be held to review present air traffic control procedures and practices for standardization, clarificatio...
Notice Sep 02, 2008

Proposed Establishments of Class E Airspace:

Title Type Published
This action proposes to establish Class E airspace at Kwethluk, AK. Two Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) are being developed for the Kwethluk Airport at Kwethluk, AK. Adoption of this proposal would result in creating Class E airspace...
Proposed Rule Sep 02, 2008

Proposed Revisions of Class E Airspace:

Title Type Published
This action proposes to revise Class E airspace at Ruby, AK. One Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) is being amended for the Ruby Airport at Ruby, AK. Adoption of this proposal would result in revising Class E airspace upward from 700 feet...
Proposed Rule Sep 02, 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 Sep 02, 2008
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 Sep 02, 2008
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 Sep 02, 2008
In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35), the OCC, the Board, and the FDIC (the "agencies") may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an information collecti...
Notice Sep 02, 2008
List of Countries Requiring Cooperation with an International Boycott
Notice Sep 02, 2008
In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, the Department of the Treasury gives notice of an amendment to its Privacy Act regulations by revising the title of one Privacy Act system of records and by removing five oth...
Rule Sep 02, 2008
The Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 552a, requires all Federal agencies to publish their inventory of Privacy Act systems of records. In accordance with this requirement, and following a review of its records, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax an...
Notice Sep 02, 2008
The purpose of this notice is to publish the names of those IRS employees who will serve as members on IRS' Fiscal Year 2008 Senior Executive Service (SES) Performance Review Boards.
Notice Sep 02, 2008

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Title Type Published
As required by the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4), notice is hereby given that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) proposes to add one routine use to the system of records "VA Compensation, Pension, Education and Rehabilitation Records-...
Notice Sep 02, 2008

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