September 24, 2009 (Volume 74)

Federal Register September 24, 2009

View all documents issued on September 24, 2009. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

108 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on September 24, 2009

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment on the proposed information collections. The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) uses the Claims for Reimbursement, FNS-8...
Notice Sep 24, 2009
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment on this proposed information collection. This collection is a new collection for Performance Standards and Reporting f...
Notice Sep 24, 2009
We are advising the public of our determination regarding the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) subtype H5N1 status of Hungary following outbreaks in 2006 and 2007. Based on our evaluation of the animal health status of two counties (B[aacute]...
Notice Sep 24, 2009

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

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With the decline of forestland density reduction treatments, overcrowded conditions have increased, forestland diversity has declined, California's wildfires have gotten larger, firefighting costs have skyrocketed, and resource and property damage ha...
Notice Sep 24, 2009

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Sep 24, 2009
Notice is hereby given that the Whale Center of New England (WCNE), [Mason Weinrich, Principal Investigator], P.O. Box 159, Gloucester, MA 01930, has been issued an amendment to scientific research Permit No. 605-1904.
Notice Sep 24, 2009

Antidumping:

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On March 24, 2009, in response to a request from interested parties, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published a notice of initiation of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain cut-to-length carbon-quality steel...
Notice Sep 24, 2009
Purified Carboxymethylcellulose from the Netherlands
Notice Sep 24, 2009

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska:

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NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific ocean perch for vessels participating in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) trawl limited access fishery in the Western Aleutian District of the BSAI. This action is necessary to prevent exceed...
Rule Sep 24, 2009

Fisheries of the Northeastern United States:

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NMFS reopens for 6 days the comment period on the proposed rule to modify the requirements of the Gulf of Maine/Georges Bank (GOM/ GB) Herring Midwater Trawl Gear Letter of Authorization (LOA) for midwater trawl vessels issued All Areas and/or Areas...
Proposed Rule Sep 24, 2009

General Provisions for Domestic Fisheries:

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The Assistant Regional Administrator for Sustainable Fisheries, Northeast Region, NMFS (Assistant Regional Administrator), has made a preliminary determination that the subject EFP application that was submitted by the Cornell Cooperative Extension o...
Notice Sep 24, 2009

Meetings:

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Exporters' Textile Advisory Committee
Notice Sep 24, 2009
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) will convene its Law Enforcement Advisory Panel (LEAP).
Notice Sep 24, 2009
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council), its Executive Committee, its Law Enforcement Committee, its Protected Resources Committee, and its Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Committee will hold public meetings.
Notice Sep 24, 2009
The New England Fishery Management Council(s (Council) Habitat Committee and Habitat Advisory Panel will hold meetings to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
Notice Sep 24, 2009

Rescission of Changed Circumstances Review:

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On April 30, 2009, the Department of Commerce ("Department") published a notice of initiation of changed circumstance review ("CCR") of the antidumping duty order on certain activated carbon from the People's Republic of China ("PRC"). See Certain Ac...
Notice Sep 24, 2009

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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve a reinstatement o...
Notice Sep 24, 2009
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a...
Notice Sep 24, 2009
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a...
Notice Sep 24, 2009
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a...
Notice Sep 24, 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 submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Sep 24, 2009

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
Combined Notice of Filings
Notice Sep 24, 2009
Combined Notice of Filings
Notice Sep 24, 2009

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

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 24, 2009
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is withdrawing a proposed rule published on April 16, 2002, which would have modified the regulations under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and the Clean Air Act (CAA) to enable the implemen...
Proposed Rule Sep 24, 2009

Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans:

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EPA is proposing to determine that the Chicago (Illinois and Indiana) and Evansville (Indiana) areas have attained the 1997 fine particle (PM<INF>2.5</INF>) National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS). The proposed determinations are based upon qua...
Proposed Rule Sep 24, 2009
EPA is proposing to approve a request submitted by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) on April 1, 2009, to revise the Indiana State Implementation Plan (SIP) for lead (Pb). The State has submitted an update to its Pb maintenanc...
Proposed Rule Sep 24, 2009
EPA is approving a request submitted by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) on April 1, 2009, to revise the Indiana State Implementation Plan (SIP) for lead (Pb). The State has submitted an update to its Pb maintenance plan for...
Rule Sep 24, 2009
EPA is proposing to approve a revision to the Pennsylvania State Implementation Plan (SIP). The revision addresses the requirements of EPA's Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) and modifies other requirements in Pennsylvania's SIP that interact with CAI...
Proposed Rule Sep 24, 2009

Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program:

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Pursuant to Clean Air Act (CAA) Section 505(b)(2) and 40 CFR 70.8(d), the EPA Administrator signed an Order, dated August 12, 2009, partially granting and partially denying a petition to object to a state operating permit issued by the Kentucky Divis...
Notice Sep 24, 2009

Determinations of Attainments, Approvals and Promulgations of Air Quality Implementation Plans:

Title Type Published
EPA is proposing to make a determination, under the Clean Air Act (CAA), that the Chicago-Gary-Lake County, Illinois-Indiana (IL-IN) ozone nonattainment area has attained the 1997 eight-hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS). This d...
Proposed Rule Sep 24, 2009
In the Proposed Rules section of this Federal Register, EPA is proposing approval of Indiana's request to exempt Lake and Porter Counties from the Nitrogen Oxides (NO<INF>X</INF>) Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) requirement under secti...
Rule Sep 24, 2009

Draft Toxicological Review of 1,1,2,2Tetrachloroethane:

Title Type Published
EPA is announcing a public comment period and a public listening session for the external review draft document titled, "Toxicological Review of 1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane: In Support of Summary Information on the Integrated Risk Information System (I...
Notice Sep 24, 2009

Draft Toxicological Review of Trichloroacetic Acid:

Title Type Published
EPA is announcing a public comment period and a public listening session for the external review draft document titled, "Toxicological Review of Trichloroacetic Acid: In Support of Summary Information on the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)"...
Notice Sep 24, 2009

Draft Toxicological Review of cis and trans1,2Dichloroethylene:

Title Type Published
EPA is announcing a public comment period and a public listening session for the external review draft document titled, "Toxicological Review of cis- and trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene: In Support of Summary Information on the Integrated Risk Information...
Notice Sep 24, 2009

Meetings:

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Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), EPA gives notice of a meeting of the Gulf of Mexico Program (GMP) Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC).
Notice Sep 24, 2009
Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, EPA gives notice of a meeting of the NACEPT Subcommittee on Promoting Environmental Stewardship. The purpose of the Subcommittee on Promoting Environmental Stewardship (SPES) of the Nationa...
Notice Sep 24, 2009

Project Waivers:

Title Type Published
The EPA is hereby granting a project waiver of the Buy American requirements of ARRA Section 1605 under the authority of Section 1605(b)(2) [manufactured goods are not produced in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities an...
Notice Sep 24, 2009

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Debarment:

Title Type Published
The Enforcement Bureau (the "Bureau") debars Mr. Ruben B. Bohuchot from the schools and libraries universal service support mechanism (or "E-Rate Program") for a period of three years. The Bureau takes this action to protect the E-Rate Program from w...
Notice Sep 24, 2009
The Enforcement Bureau (the "Bureau") debars Mr. Frankie Logyang Wong from the schools and libraries universal service support mechanism (or "E-Rate Program") for a period of three years. The Bureau takes this action to protect the E-Rate Program fro...
Notice Sep 24, 2009

Entitlements to File Exceptions to Recommended Decisions of Administrative Law Judge:

Title Type Published
This document clarifies that parties are entitled to file exceptions to the recommended decision of the Administrative Law Judge in the proceedings listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
Notice Sep 24, 2009

Television Broadcasting Services:

Title Type Published
The Commission grants a petition for rulemaking filed by WHDH- TV, the licensee of station WHDH-TV, channel 7, Boston, Massachusetts, requesting the substitution of its pre-transition DTV channel 42 for its post-transition DTV channel 7 at Boston.
Rule Sep 24, 2009
The Commission grants a petition for rulemaking filed by Multimedia Holdings Corporation ("MHC"), the permittee of station KNAZ-TV, channel 2, Flagstaff, Arizona. MHC is currently operating on its allotted pre-transition DTV channel 22 pursuant to Sp...
Rule Sep 24, 2009

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

No documents available.

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Sep 24, 2009
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Sep 24, 2009
Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (...
Notice Sep 24, 2009
This Federal Register Notice announces the non-competitive extension of Grant Number U69HA07626, Supporting Networks of HIV Care by Enhancing Primary Medical Care (SNHC by EPMC), to the CAEAR Coalition Foundation, Inc., the awardee of record, for one...
Notice Sep 24, 2009
Notice is hereby given that the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) and the Assistant Secretary for Health have taken final action in the following case: Nagendra S. Ningaraj, PhD, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine: Based on the reports of an i...
Notice Sep 24, 2009

Community-Directed Grant Program:

Title Type Published
FY 2010 Special Diabetes Program for Indians
Notice Sep 24, 2009

Proposal to Withdraw Approval of Five New Drug Applications:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing an opportunity to request a hearing on the agency's proposal to withdraw approval of five new drug applications (NDAs) from multiple sponsors. The basis for the proposal is that the sponsors have r...
Notice Sep 24, 2009

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Homeland Security, National Protection and Programs Directorate, has submitted the following Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork...
Notice Sep 24, 2009
Pursuant to the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006, and the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, the Department of Homeland Security is giving notice that the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Disaster Assistance Directorate, Individ...
Notice Sep 24, 2009
In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of Homeland Security proposes to update and reissue a system of records titled, Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency-REG 2 Disaster Recovery Assistance Files [J...
Notice Sep 24, 2009
This notice announces the appointment of the members of the Senior Executive Service Performance Review Boards for the Department of Homeland Security. The purpose of the Performance Review Board is to view and make recommendations concerning propose...
Notice Sep 24, 2009

Safety Zones:

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The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone for the waters of the State Boat Channel surrounding the Robert Moses Causeway located in Captree, New York due to ongoing construction. This rule is necessary to protect vessels transiting the...
Rule Sep 24, 2009

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Title Type Published
The proposed information collection requirement described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposa...
Notice Sep 24, 2009
The proposed information collection requirement described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposa...
Notice Sep 24, 2009

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5 U.S.C. 552a), the Office of the Secretary, National Business Center, Aviation Management Directorate (NBC-AMD) is issuing public notice of its intent to modify an existing Privacy Act system o...
Notice Sep 24, 2009

Cadastral Survey:

Title Type Published
This notice announces the availability of the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) 2009 edition of the Manual of Surveying Instructions (Manual) to support implementation of the policy, responsibility, coordination, and procedures the BLM uses to conduc...
Notice Sep 24, 2009

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

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We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announce the availability of our Revised Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Togiak National Wildlife Refuge...
Notice Sep 24, 2009

Filing of Plats of Survey:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has filed the plats of survey of the lands described below in the BLM Wyoming State Office, Cheyenne, Wyoming, on the dates indicated.
Notice Sep 24, 2009

Migratory Bird Hunting:

Title Type Published
The Fish and Wildlife Service (Service or we) prescribes final late-season frameworks from which States may select season dates, limits, and other options for the 2009-10 migratory bird hunting seasons. These late seasons include most waterfowl seaso...
Rule Sep 24, 2009

Notice of Inventory Completion:

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Importer of Controlled Substances; Applications:

Title Type Published
Fisher Clinical Services, Allentown, PA
Notice Sep 24, 2009

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Sep 24, 2009

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

No documents available.

National Credit Union Administration logo National Credit Union Administration

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
Notice of Issuance and Availability of Draft Regulatory Guide, DG-6007.
Notice Sep 24, 2009
On August 10, 2009, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) published for public comment a supplemental proposed rule that would amend the requirements that govern domestic licensing of production and utilization facilities and licenses, certificatio...
Proposed Rule Sep 24, 2009

Confirmatory Orders:

Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Federal Salary Council will meet on October 19, 2009, at the time and location shown below. The Council is an advisory body composed of representatives of Federal employee organizations and experts in the fields of labor relations and pay policy....
Notice Sep 24, 2009

P
Postal Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The Postal Service has prepared, and the Commission has approved, a special program offering reduced rates on certain presorted First-Class Mail. This document addresses related issues and provides pertinent details.
Notice Sep 24, 2009

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Sep 24, 2009

Modifications to the Disability Determination Procedures:

Title Type Published
We are announcing the extension of tests involving modifications to disability determination procedures authorized by 20 CFR 404.906 and 416.1406. These rules authorize us to test several modifications to the disability determination procedures for a...
Notice Sep 24, 2009

State Department logo State Department

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

Title Type Published
The Branch for the Study of the United States, Office of Academic Exchange Programs, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, invites proposal submissions for the design and implementation of three Study of the United States Institutes to take pla...
Notice Sep 24, 2009

Bureau of PoliticalMilitary Affairs; Directorate of Defense Trade Controls:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the Department of State has forwarded the attached Notifications of Proposed Export Licenses to the Congress on the dates indicated on the attachments pursuant to sections 36(c) and 36(d) and in compliance with section 36(...
Notice Sep 24, 2009

Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations:

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Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of...
Notice Sep 24, 2009

T
Trade Representative, Office of United States

Title Type Published
On May 13, 2009, the United States and the European Communities ("EC") announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in the Beef Hormones dispute. Under the first phase of the agreement, the EC is obligated to open a new beef tariff-ra...
Notice Sep 24, 2009

National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers, etc.:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to section 181 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2241), the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) is required to publish annually the National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers (NTE). With this n...
Notice Sep 24, 2009

T
Trade and Development Agency

Title Type Published
USTDA invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following proposed information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Comments are requested concerning: (a) Whether the p...
Notice Sep 24, 2009

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above. This proposed AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) originated by an aviation authority of another country to identify and correct a...
Proposed Rule Sep 24, 2009

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
This notice is to advise the public that FRA and the California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) will jointly prepare a project Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and project Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Los Angeles to San Diego (...
Notice Sep 24, 2009
FRA is issuing this notice to advise the public that FRA with the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) will jointly prepare a Tier 1 Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Empire Corridor High Speed Rail (HSR) Program in complia...
Notice Sep 24, 2009

Noise Compatibility Program:

Title Type Published
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its findings on the Noise Compatibility Program (NCP) submitted by the Kansas City Aviation Department for the Kansas City International Airport under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 47501 et seq. (form...
Notice Sep 24, 2009

Proposed Establishment and Modification of Class E Airspace:

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This action proposes to establish Class E surface airspace and modify existing Class E airspace at Eastern Sierra Regional Airport, Bishop, CA. Additional controlled airspace is necessary to accommodate aircraft using a new Area Navigation (RNAV) Glo...
Proposed Rule Sep 24, 2009

Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, Takeoff Minimums, and Obstacle Departure Procedures:

Title Type Published
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 24, 2009
This 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 the ad...
Rule Sep 24, 2009

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
Elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau is issuing a temporary rule to extend the use-up period and delay the application of the new pipe tobacco and roll-your-own tobacco classification rule adop...
Proposed Rule Sep 24, 2009
On June 22, 2009, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau published T.D. TTB-78, which included amendments to the notice requirements applicable to packages of roll-your-own tobacco and pipe tobacco. The temporary regulations provided a use-up p...
Rule Sep 24, 2009
This document contains proposed regulations regarding the requirements to qualify as a Type III supporting organization that is operated in connection with one or more supported organizations. The regulations reflect changes to the law made by the Pe...
Proposed Rule Sep 24, 2009

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Title Type Published
In a document published in the Federal Register on April 16, 2008, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) proposed to amend its adjudication regulations regarding the definition of "service in the Republic of Vietnam." This document withdraws that p...
Proposed Rule Sep 24, 2009

Loan Guaranty:

Title Type Published
This document amends the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA's) Loan Guaranty regulations concerning assistance to eligible individuals in acquiring specially adapted housing. This final rule implements provisions of the Housing and Economic Recovery...
Rule Sep 24, 2009

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