February 12, 2009 (Volume 74)

Federal Register February 12, 2009

View all documents issued on February 12, 2009. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

96 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on February 12, 2009

Agency for International Development logo Agency for International Development

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U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is making efforts to reduce the paperwork burden. USAID invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following proposed and/or continuing informatio...
Notice Feb 12, 2009

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Meetings:

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The Fresno County Resource Advisory Committee will be meeting in Prather, California on February 24th and Clovis, California on March 11th. The purpose of these meetings will be to discuss the amended and reauthorized Secure Rural Schools and Communi...
Notice Feb 12, 2009
Pursuant to the authorities in the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463) and under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 110-343) the Idaho Panhandle National Forest's Idaho 3 Panhandle Resource Advi...
Notice Feb 12, 2009

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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At its Twenty-Seventh Meeting in Hobart, Tasmania, from October 27 to November 7, 2008, the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), of which the United States is a member, adopted conservation and management mea...
Notice Feb 12, 2009

Fisheries in the Western Pacific:

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NMFS specifies a total allowable catch (TAC) for the 2008-09 fishing year of 241,000 lb (109,316 kg) of Deep 7 bottomfish in the main Hawaiian Islands (MHI).
Rule Feb 12, 2009

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska:

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NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher processors using hook-and-line gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the A season allowance of the 2009 Pacifi...
Rule Feb 12, 2009

Fisheries of the Northeastern United States:

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NMFS announces that the State of North Carolina is transferring a portion of its 2009 commercial summer flounder quota to the Commonwealth of Virginia and the State of New Jersey. By this action, NMFS adjusts the quotas and announces the revised comm...
Rule Feb 12, 2009

Fisheries off West Coast States:

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NMFS has determined that 4,000 metric tons (mt) of the shore- based sector allocation and 6,000 mt of the mothership sector allocation would not be used by December 31, 2008. Therefore, NMFS has reapportioned the surplus whiting to the catcher/proces...
Rule Feb 12, 2009

Fraser River Sockeye Salmon Fisheries:

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NMFS publishes Fraser River salmon inseason orders to regulate salmon fisheries in U.S. waters. The orders were issued by the Fraser River Panel (Panel) of the Pacific Salmon Commission (Commission) and subsequently approved and issued by NMFS during...
Rule Feb 12, 2009

Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States:

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This proposed rule provides interested parties an opportunity to comment on the proposed sector operations plan and supplemental environmental assessment (EA) prior to final approval or disapproval of the sector operations plan and allocation of a Ge...
Proposed Rule Feb 12, 2009

Meetings:

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The Caribbean Fishery Management Council will hold meetings of its ACLG and SSC.
Notice Feb 12, 2009

Taking and Importing Marine Mammals:

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In accordance with the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), as amended, and implementing regulations, notification is hereby given that a letter of authorization (LOA) has been issued to the 30th Space Wing, U.S. Air Force, to take four species of se...
Notice Feb 12, 2009

Consumer Product Safety Commission logo Consumer Product Safety Commission

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The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission) is issuing an interim final rule concerning certain electronic devices for which it is not technologically feasible to meet the lead limits as required under section 101 of the Consumer Prod...
Rule Feb 12, 2009

Children's Products Containing Lead:

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The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission) is withdrawing the proposed rule published in the Federal Register on January 15, 2009, 74 FR 2435, concerning certain children's electronic devices for which it is not technologically feasi...
Proposed Rule Feb 12, 2009

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Meetings:

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The U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors will meet to make such inquiry, as the Board shall deem necessary into the state of morale and discipline, the curriculum, instruction, physical equipment, fiscal affairs, and academic methods of the Naval Aca...
Notice Feb 12, 2009

Education Department logo Education Department

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The Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, 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 Feb 12, 2009
The Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, 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 Feb 12, 2009
The Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, 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 Feb 12, 2009
The Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, 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 Feb 12, 2009

Energy Department logo Energy Department

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Records Governing Off-the-Record Communications
Notice Feb 12, 2009

Complaint:

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City of Arma, KS v. Westar Energy, Inc.
Notice Feb 12, 2009

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

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Energy Northwest
Notice Feb 12, 2009

Initial Market-Based Rate Filing:

Technical Conference:

Title Type Published
Integrating Renewable Resources Into the Wholesale Electric Grid
Notice Feb 12, 2009

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

8Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard:

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The EPA is announcing a public hearing to be held for the proposed rule "Proposed Rule to Implement the 1997 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard: Revision on Subpart 1 Area Reclassification and Anti-Backsliding Provisions Under Former...
Proposed Rule Feb 12, 2009

California State Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Standards:

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The Clean Air Act preempts States from adopting emission standards for new motor vehicles and motor vehicle engines but requires EPA to waive this preemption for California unless EPA makes certain findings. Acting at the direction of the California...
Notice Feb 12, 2009

Final National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES):

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EPA previously announced the finalization of the NPDES general permit for discharges incidental to the normal operation of vessels, also referred to as the Vessel General Permit (VGP), in the Federal Register on December 29, 2008 (73 FR 79493). EPA d...
Notice Feb 12, 2009

Public Teleconference:

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The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public teleconference meeting of the Chartered Science Advisory Board to discuss a draft letter on science needs for EPA.
Notice Feb 12, 2009

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Meetings:

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In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, this notice advises interested persons that the second meeting of the WRC-11 Advisory Committee will be held on March 31, 2009, at the Federal Communications Commission. The purpose of the meetin...
Notice Feb 12, 2009

Federal Housing Finance Agency logo Federal Housing Finance Agency

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The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is announcing the Federal Home Loan Bank (Bank) members it has selected for the 2008-09 fourth quarter review cycle under the FHFA's community support requirements regulation. This notice also prescribes the...
Notice Feb 12, 2009

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
Notice Feb 12, 2009

Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

Title Type Published
The information collection requirements described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act ("PRA") (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520). The FTC is seeking public comments on its p...
Notice Feb 12, 2009

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

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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...
Notice Feb 12, 2009

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Feb 12, 2009
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Feb 12, 2009

Implantation or Injectable Dosage Form New Animal Drugs:

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect approval of a supplemental abbreviated new animal drug application (ANADA) filed by Cross Vetpharm Group Ltd. The supplemental ANADA provides for the veterinary...
Rule Feb 12, 2009

Medicare Program:

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Department of Health and Human Services published a notice in the Federal Register of February 4, 2009 announcing a February 24, 2009 meeting of the Advisory Committee on Minority Health. It was announced that this meeting would be held at The We...
Notice Feb 12, 2009
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Notice Feb 12, 2009
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Notice Feb 12, 2009
National Cancer Institute
Notice Feb 12, 2009
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Notice Feb 12, 2009
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Notice Feb 12, 2009
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Notice Feb 12, 2009
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Notice Feb 12, 2009
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Notice Feb 12, 2009
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Notice Feb 12, 2009
National Institute of Mental Health
Notice Feb 12, 2009
Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee
Notice Feb 12, 2009
Pursuant to Section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, U.S.C. Appendix 2, notice is hereby given that the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Human Research Protections (SACHRP) will hold its nineteenth meeting. The meeting will be open to th...
Notice Feb 12, 2009

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

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60-Day Notice of New Information Collection; Form I-395, Affidavit in Lieu of Lost Receipt of Immigration and Customs Enforcement for Collateral Accepted as Security.
Notice Feb 12, 2009
60-Day Notice of New Information Collection; Form I-312, Designation of Attorney in Fact.
Notice Feb 12, 2009

Regulated Navigation Areas:

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The Coast Guard proposes to establish Regulated Navigation Areas (RNA) covering specific bars along the coasts of Oregon and Washington that will include procedures for restricting and/or closing those bars as well as additional safety requirements f...
Proposed Rule Feb 12, 2009

Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) Implementation in the Maritime Sector:

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This document informs owners and operators of facilities located on the island of American Samoa within Captain of the Port Zone Honolulu that the date by which they must implement access control procedures utilizing TWIC has been extended to no late...
Rule Feb 12, 2009

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants:

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The following applicants have applied for permits to conduct certain activities with endangered species.
Notice Feb 12, 2009

Temporary Vehicle Closures and Restrictions:

Title Type Published
This Notice informs the public that the Las Cruces Four-Wheel Drive Club is permitted exclusive use of the Robledo Mountains Off- Highway Vehicle Trails for the 2009 Chili Challenge extreme off road event. The Robledo Mountains Off-Highway Vehicle Tr...
Notice Feb 12, 2009

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: FFL Out- of-Business Records Request.
Notice Feb 12, 2009
60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Certificate of Compliance With 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(5)(B).
Notice Feb 12, 2009

Consent Decree:

Title Type Published
United States of America et al. v. Knoxville Utilities Board
Notice Feb 12, 2009

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Feb 12, 2009
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 Feb 12, 2009
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Feb 12, 2009
Investigations Regarding Certifications of Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance
Notice Feb 12, 2009

Termination of Investigation:

Title Type Published
Santoku America, Inc.; Tolleson, AZ
Notice Feb 12, 2009

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Management and Budget Office

Title Type Published
Under the authority of the Budget and Accounting Procedures Act of 1950 (31 U.S.C. 1104(d)) and the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3504(e)), the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) requests public comment on the recommendations it has r...
Notice Feb 12, 2009

National Archives and Records Administration logo National Archives and Records Administration

Title Type Published
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) publishes notice at least once monthly of certain Federal agency requests for records disposition authority (records schedules). Once approved by NARA, records schedules provide mandatory instru...
Notice Feb 12, 2009

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities logo National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

Meetings:

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National Science Foundation

Title Type Published
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has submitted the following information collection requirements to OMB for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments regarding (a) whether the collection of infor...
Notice Feb 12, 2009

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
This document corrects a rule that appeared in the Federal Register on October 24, 2008 (73 FR 63545), that amends the regulations for the protection of Safeguards Information (SGI) to protect SGI from inadvertent release and unauthorized disclosure...
Rule Feb 12, 2009

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Applications:

Title Type Published
Notice of an application under sections 6(c) and 17(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("Act") for an exemption from section 17(a) of the Act.
Notice Feb 12, 2009

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Title Type Published
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) intends to terminate a waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule for PSC 3930, Warehouse Trucks and Tractors, Self-Propelled based on SBA's recent discovery of small business manufacturers. Terminating this waive...
Notice Feb 12, 2009

State Department logo State Department

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Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) Request for Grant Proposals:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) seeks an organization to assist the Office of Citizen Exchanges in the implementation of several short- term, high-visibility cultural, sports, and youth exchanges taking...
Notice Feb 12, 2009

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13, (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) this notice announces that the Information Collection Request, abstracted below, is being forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget for renewal...
Notice Feb 12, 2009
FMCSA announces receipt of applications from 37 individuals for exemptions from the prohibition against persons with insulin- treated diabetes mellitus (ITDM) operating commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) in interstate commerce. If granted, the exemptio...
Notice Feb 12, 2009
FMCSA announces receipt of applications from 33 individuals for exemption from the vision requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations. If granted, the exemptions would enable these individuals to qualify as drivers of commercial motor...
Notice Feb 12, 2009
FMCSA previously announced its decision to renew the exemptions from the vision requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations for 26 individuals. FMCSA has statutory authority to exempt individuals from the vision requirement if the exe...
Notice Feb 12, 2009
On December 17, 2008, the Acting Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved the Charter of an Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC) created for the purpose of consulting with the FAA regarding the cost of providing air traffic...
Rule Feb 12, 2009

Airworthiness Directives:

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We propose to supersede Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2008-12- 16, which applies to certain M7 Aerospace LP SA226 and SA227 series airplanes. AD 2008-12-16 currently requires you to inspect wires and tube assemblies for chafing, arcing, or insufficien...
Proposed Rule Feb 12, 2009
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above. This proposed AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) issued by an aviation authority of another country to identify and correct an un...
Proposed Rule Feb 12, 2009
The FAA proposes to supersede an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for Rolls-Royce (RR) RB211-535E4 series turbofan engines. That AD currently requires initial and repetitive inspections of the outer combustion case for cracks and possible remova...
Proposed Rule Feb 12, 2009

Establishment of Class E Airspace:

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This action proposes to modify Class E Airspace at Nantucket, MA. The development of new Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) and the evaluation of current procedures are requiring the establishment of Class E Surface airspace designated a...
Proposed Rule Feb 12, 2009

Meetings:

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This notice advises interested persons that the FAA is participating in a panel session on civil supersonic aircraft research. The session will include presentations on current research programs and a question and answer session for attendees. The FA...
Notice Feb 12, 2009
The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a meeting of RTCA Special Committee 147: Minimum Operational Performance Standards for Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance Systems Airborne Equipment.
Notice Feb 12, 2009

Proposed Amendment and Establishment of Restricted Areas and Other Special Use Airspace:

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This action proposes to restructure the special use airspace (SUA), consisting of restricted areas and military operations areas (MOA), at the Avon Park Air Force Range (APAFR), Florida. The proposed changes would provide additional restricted airspa...
Proposed Rule Feb 12, 2009

Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace:

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This action proposes to amend Class E airspace at Ironwood, MI. Additional controlled airspace is necessary to accommodate new Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) at Gogebic Iron County Airport, Ironwood, MI. The FAA is taking this action...
Proposed Rule Feb 12, 2009

Proposed Establishment, Revision, and Removal of Area Navigation (RNAV) Routes; Alaska

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This action proposes to establish twenty three Area Navigation (RNAV) routes, and revise fourteen RNAV routes, in the State of Alaska. Additionally, this action proposes to remove four existing routes that are no longer required. Q & T-routes are Air...
Proposed Rule Feb 12, 2009

Railroad Safety Enforcement Procedures:

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On November 26, 2008, FRA published the final rule in this docket that established procedures to enable railroad carriers to challenge rail routing decisions made by FRA's Associate Administrator for Safety. The final rule was published with an immed...
Rule Feb 12, 2009

Receipt of Application for a Temporary Exemption from Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 224:

Title Type Published
We are asking for comments on the application of Beall Corporation for a temporary exemption from the requirements of FMVSS No. 224. The basis for the application is that compliance would cause substantial economic hardship to the manufacturer which...
Notice Feb 12, 2009

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 Feb 12, 2009
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 Feb 12, 2009
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 Feb 12, 2009
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 Feb 12, 2009
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 Feb 12, 2009

Appointment of Receiver:

Title Type Published
Suburban Federal Savings Bank, Crofton, MD
Notice Feb 12, 2009

Approval of Conversion Application:

Title Type Published
Newton County Loan and Savings, FSB, Goodland, IN
Notice Feb 12, 2009

Consequences of Failing to Defer Receipt of Qualified Retirement Plan Distributions:

Title Type Published
This document cancels a public hearing on proposed rulemaking that would provide that the notice required under section 411(a)(11) to be provided to a participant of his or her right, if any, to defer receipt of an immediately distributable benefit m...
Proposed Rule Feb 12, 2009

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