December 9, 2009 (Volume 74)

Federal Register December 9, 2009

View all documents issued on December 9, 2009. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

133 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on December 9, 2009

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Agricultural Marketing Service

Designation To Provide Official Services:

No documents available.

Opportunity for Designation in the Muncie, IN; Fremont, NE; Maryland; and West Lafayette, IN Areas:

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Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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We are amending the regulations regarding the National Veterinary Accreditation Program to establish two accreditation categories in place of the former single category, to add requirements for supplemental training and renewal of accreditation, and...
Rule Dec 09, 2009

Designation To Provide Official Services:

Title Type Published
GIPSA is announcing the designation of the following organizations to provide official services under the United States Grain Standards Act, as amended (USGSA): California Agri Inspection Company, Ltd. (California Agri); Frankfort Grain Inspection, I...
Notice Dec 09, 2009

Determinations of Nonregulated Status:

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We are advising the public of our determination that a corn line developed by Pioneer Hi-Bred International, designated as transformation event 98140, which has been genetically engineered for tolerance to glyphosate and acetolactate synthase-inhibit...
Notice Dec 09, 2009

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Eastern Arizona Counties Resource Advisory Committee will meet in Pinetop, Arizona. The purpose of the meeting is to review and recommend funding of project proposals in accordance with Public Law 110-343 (the Secure Rural Schools and Community S...
Notice Dec 09, 2009

Opportunity for Designation in the Muncie, IN; Fremont, NE; Maryland; and West Lafayette, IN Areas:

Title Type Published
The designations of the official agencies listed below will end on June 30, 2010. We are asking persons or governmental agencies interested in providing official services in the areas presently served by these agencies to submit an application for de...
Notice Dec 09, 2009

Proposed New Fee Site:

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The Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forest is proposing to charge a $90 expanded amenity recreation fee for the overnight rental of the historic Squaw Mountain Fire Lookout. Fees are assessed based on the level of amenities and services provided, cost of...
Notice Dec 09, 2009

Swine Health Protection:

Title Type Published
We are adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the swine health protection regulations to clarify the applicability of the regulations regarding the treatment of garbage that consists of industrially processed materials...
Rule Dec 09, 2009

Civil Rights Commission logo Civil Rights Commission

Title Type Published
Notice of meeting.
Notice Dec 09, 2009

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
On October 7, 2009, the Department of Commerce ("Department") published the preliminary calculation of the 2009 expected non-market economy ("NME") wages, and provided the public with an opportunity to comment on potential clerical errors. See Expect...
Notice Dec 09, 2009
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has in place procedures for measuring the quality of patent examination, including the decision to grant a patent based on an application and of other Office actions issued during the examination...
Notice Dec 09, 2009
NMFS announces that fish quotas and an effort allocation are available for harvest by U.S. fishermen in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) Regulatory Area. This action is necessary to make available to U.S. fishermen a fishing privi...
Rule Dec 09, 2009

Direct Investment Surveys:

Title Type Published
This final rule amends regulations of the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) setting forth reporting requirements for the BE-605 quarterly survey of foreign direct investment in the United States. The survey obtains quarterly sample data on transactio...
Rule Dec 09, 2009

Extension of Time Limit for the Final Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review:

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic:

Title Type Published
NMFS closes the commercial fishery for black sea bass in the portion of the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the South Atlantic through 35[deg] 15.19' N. lat., the latitude of Cape Hatteras Light, North Carolina. NMFS has determined that the quota fo...
Rule Dec 09, 2009

Fisheries of the Northeastern United States:

Title Type Published
NMFS announces rescission of the prohibition on fishing for, catching, possessing, transferring, or landing more than 2,000 lb (907.2 kg) of Atlantic herring in or from Atlantic herring Management Area 2 (Area 2). The rescission of this prohibition i...
Rule Dec 09, 2009

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice announces a public meeting to solicit public opinions on improvement of the USPTO's efficiency, operation and utilization of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT).
Notice Dec 09, 2009

Consumer Product Safety Commission logo Consumer Product Safety Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Dec 09, 2009
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Dec 09, 2009

Education Department logo Education Department

Title Type Published
The Acting 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 Dec 09, 2009

Applications for Fiscal Year 2010:

Title Type Published
Indian Education Formula Grants to Local Educational Agencies
Notice Dec 09, 2009

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
Combined Filings
Notice Dec 09, 2009
Combined Filings
Notice Dec 09, 2009
This notice announces the Department of Energy's (DOE) intent to allow manufacturers subject to certain certification requirements to remedy deficiencies in their certification submissions and/or to certify covered products. DOE will refrain from ini...
Notice Dec 09, 2009
Technical Conference on Commission Policy on Commencement of Accrual of Allowance Funds, etc.
Notice Dec 09, 2009

Dates for Submission of Transitional Schedules:

Title Type Published
Electronic Tariff Filings
Notice Dec 09, 2009

Environmental Assessments:

Title Type Published
Flint Creek Hydroelectric Project, Granite County, MT
Notice Dec 09, 2009

Environmental Reports:

Filings:

Title Type Published
City of Vernon, CA
Notice Dec 09, 2009
O.L.S. EnergyCamarillo
Notice Dec 09, 2009
Western Grid Development, LLC
Notice Dec 09, 2009

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
Two Workgroups of the Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee (PPDC) worked throughout 2009 on possible pilot programs for certain factual label statements and logos for antimicrobial pesticide products. The Workgroup included representatives from pesti...
Notice Dec 09, 2009
EPA is making available for comment a policy paper entitled "Revised Risk Assessment Methods for Workers, Children of Workers in Agricultural Fields, and Pesticides with No Food Uses," that describes how the Agency will assess pesticide risks not gov...
Notice Dec 09, 2009
In accordance with Section 122(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given of a proposed administrative settlement concerning the Coffeyville Resource...
Notice Dec 09, 2009

Draft Guidance:

Title Type Published
EPA issued two related notices in the Federal Register of November 4, 2009, one concerning draft guidance on pesticide drift labeling, and one on a petition submitted to the Agency for protecting children from pesticide drift. Both notices announced...
Notice Dec 09, 2009

Pesticide Tolerances:

Title Type Published
This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of clothianidin in or on multiple commodities which are identified and discussed later in this document. This regulation additionally increases established tolerances in or on cotton, gin byproducts...
Rule Dec 09, 2009
This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of novaluron in or on bushberry subgroup 13-07B; Brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 5B; turnip, greens; fruit, stone, group 12, except cherry; cherry; and plum, prune, dried. This regulation additiona...
Rule Dec 09, 2009

Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan:

Title Type Published
EPA is proposing a limited approval and limited disapproval of revisions to the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District (SJVAPCD) portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). These revisions concern oxides of nitrogen...
Proposed Rule Dec 09, 2009

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Draft Principles and Standards Sections of Economic and Environmental Principles and Guidelines, etc.:

Title Type Published
Section 2031 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (Pub. L. 110-114) directs the Secretary of the Army to revise the "Economic and Environmental Principles and Guidelines for Water and Related Land Resources Implementation Studies," (P&G) da...
Notice Dec 09, 2009

Jerusalem Embassy Act; Suspension of Limitations (Presidential Determination)

Title Type Published
No. 201003 of December 3, 2009
Presidential Document Dec 09, 2009

Special Observances:

Title Type Published
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day (Proc. 8463)
Presidential Document Dec 09, 2009

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(s), as required by th...
Notice Dec 09, 2009

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Title Type Published
Ocean Transportation Intermediary License Applicants
Notice Dec 09, 2009
The Federal Maritime Commission repeals the marine terminal agreements exemption, which exempted such agreements from the Shipping Act's 45-day statutory waiting period, and amends the Commission's regulations to transfer an existing definition of th...
Rule Dec 09, 2009

Inquiries:

Title Type Published
The Federal Maritime Commission is issuing this Inquiry to solicit information and comments concerning the benefits and burdens of the current Commission requirements by which passenger vessel operators establish proof of financial responsibility in...
Notice Dec 09, 2009

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 Dec 09, 2009
This final rule amends Regulation A to provide a process by which the Federal Reserve Bank of New York may determine the eligibility of credit rating agencies in the Term Asset-backed Securities Loan Facility. The final rule does not apply to discoun...
Rule Dec 09, 2009
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
Notice Dec 09, 2009
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
Notice Dec 09, 2009
Proposals To Engage in Permissible Nonbanking Activities or To Acquire Companies Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking Activities
Notice Dec 09, 2009

Federal Open Market Committee:

Title Type Published
Domestic Policy Directive (November 3 and 4, 2009)
Notice Dec 09, 2009

Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

Service Corporation International:

Title Type Published
The consent agreement in this matter settles alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices or unfair methods of competition. The attached Analysis to Aid Public Comment describes both the allegations in the draft...
Notice Dec 09, 2009

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Dec 09, 2009
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is establishing a public docket to obtain information on suggested elements for approved tobacco retailer training programs. FDA is establishing this docket in order to provide an opportunity for interested part...
Notice Dec 09, 2009
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) notifies Federal agencies of the laboratories currently certified to meet the standards of Subpart C of the Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs (Mandatory Guidelines). The...
Notice Dec 09, 2009

Charter Renewals:

Title Type Published
Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for Public Health Informatics
Notice Dec 09, 2009

Guidance for Industry on Patient-Reported Outcome Measures:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a guidance for industry entitled "Patient-Reported Outcome Measures: Use in Medical Product Development to Support Labeling Claims." This guidance describes how FDA reviews and...
Notice Dec 09, 2009

Medicare Program:

Title Type Published
This final rule will implement the procedures that the Department of Health and Human Services will follow at the Administrative Law Judge and Medicare Appeals Council levels in deciding appeals brought by individuals who have enrolled in the Medicar...
Rule Dec 09, 2009
Under the procedures in this final rule, Medicare beneficiaries and, under certain circumstances, providers and suppliers of health care services can appeal adverse determinations regarding claims for benefits under Medicare Part A and Part B pursuan...
Rule Dec 09, 2009

Meetings:

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Transitional Worker Classification:

Title Type Published
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announces the reopening and extension of the public comment period for the interim rule entitled "Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Transitional Worker Classification." The interim rule was...
Rule Dec 09, 2009

Security and Safety Zone:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is adopting the subject interim rule published in the Federal Register August 20, 2009, as a final rule without change. Due to the physical location of Pier 91, Large Passenger Cruise Vessels are required to maneuver near a prominent...
Rule Dec 09, 2009

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Title Type Published
The proposed information collection requirement described below has been 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 propos...
Notice Dec 09, 2009
The proposed information collection requirement described below has been 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 propos...
Notice Dec 09, 2009
The proposed information collection requirement described below has been 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 propos...
Notice Dec 09, 2009

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), in cooperation with the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) and the State of Oregon, propose to establish a nonessential experimental population (NEP) of bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) in the Clackamas Ri...
Proposed Rule Dec 09, 2009
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to revise the designated critical habitat for the Santa Ana sucker (Catostomus santaanae). The areas identified in this proposed rule constitute a revision of the areas designated as critical...
Proposed Rule Dec 09, 2009

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the availability of our completed comprehensive conservation plan (CCP), wilderness stewardship plan (WSP), and finding of no significant impact (FONSI) for the Oregon Islands, Three Arch Roc...
Notice Dec 09, 2009

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770, 5 U.S.C. App 1, Section 10) of a meeting of the Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission.
Notice Dec 09, 2009

National Register of Historic Places:

Title Type Published
Pending Nominations and Related Actions
Notice Dec 09, 2009
Weekly Listing of Historic Properties
Notice Dec 09, 2009

Proposed Safe Harbor Agreement:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), have received an application for an enhancement of survival permit for the federally threatened California red-legged frog (Rana aurora draytonii) and federally endangered least Bell's vireo (Vireo be...
Notice Dec 09, 2009

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Investigations:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on November 6, 2009, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of B & R Plastics, Inc. of Denver, Colorado. The co...
Notice Dec 09, 2009
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has issued a limited exclusion order directed to infringing laser imageable lithographic printing plates.
Notice Dec 09, 2009

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: COPS Hiring Recovery Program (CHRP) Progress Report.
Notice Dec 09, 2009

National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993:

National Archives and Records Administration logo National Archives and Records Administration

Title Type Published
NARA is giving public notice that the agency has submitted to OMB for approval the information collection described in this notice. The public is invited to comment on the proposed information collection pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 199...
Notice Dec 09, 2009
This notice announces the opening of additional Nixon Presidential Historical Materials by the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, a division of the National Archives and Records Administration. Notice is hereby given that, in accordance w...
Notice Dec 09, 2009
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 Dec 09, 2009

National Credit Union Administration logo National Credit Union Administration

Title Type Published
NCUA is issuing proposed amendments to its rule governing corporate credit unions contained in part 704. The major revisions involve corporate credit union capital, investments, asset-liability management, governance, and credit union service organiz...
Proposed Rule Dec 09, 2009

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Order Prohibiting Involvement in NRC-Licensed Activities:

Regulatory Issue Summary:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to issue this regulatory issue summary (RIS) to inform addressees of the NRC's desire for information on the evolving pandemic situations at licensee sites and the impact of a pandemic situati...
Notice Dec 09, 2009

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation logo Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Title Type Published
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation ("PBGC") intends to request the Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") to extend approval, under the Paperwork Reduction Act, of a collection of information under its regulation on Rules for Administrative Re...
Notice Dec 09, 2009

Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, May 22, 1995), this notice announces that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) intends to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for review of an exist...
Notice Dec 09, 2009
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is announcing an extension of the limited Special Decision Period for current enrollees in the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (FLTCIP) who have the automatic compound inflation option. The initi...
Notice Dec 09, 2009

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Postal Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The Commission is noticing a recently-filed Postal Service request to add a bilateral agreement with Canada Post to the Competitive Product List. A related contract affects the delivery of inbound surface parcel post and Xpresspost. This notice addre...
Notice Dec 09, 2009
The Commission is noticing a recently-filed Postal Service request to add Inbound International Expedited Services 1 to the Competitive Product List. The Postal Service has also filed a related contract. This notice addresses procedural steps associa...
Notice Dec 09, 2009

Postal Service logo Postal Service

Title Type Published
The United States Postal Service[supreg] (Postal Service) plans to conduct an ongoing data comparison program to identify any current Postal Service employees who are required by law to register on a public registry of sex offenders. These registries...
Notice Dec 09, 2009

International Product Change:

Title Type Published
The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add the Canada Post--United States Postal Service Contractual Bilateral Agreement for Inbound Competitive Services to the Competitive Products List pursuant...
Notice Dec 09, 2009

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Science and Technology Policy Office

Title Type Published
With this notice, the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) within the Executive Office of the President, requests input from the community regarding enhancing public access to archived publications resulting from research funded by Federal...
Notice Dec 09, 2009

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Aeronautics Science and Technology Subcommittee (ASTS) of the National Science and Technology Council's (NSTC) Committee on Technology will hold a public meeting to discuss the development of the National Aeronautics RDT&E Infrastructure Plan. Ex...
Notice Dec 09, 2009

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Applications:

Title Type Published
Notice of an application for an order under section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("Act") granting an exemption from section 18(f)(1) of the Act.
Notice Dec 09, 2009

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Title Type Published
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
Notice Dec 09, 2009
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
Notice Dec 09, 2009
International Securities Exchange, LLC
Notice Dec 09, 2009
International Securities Exchange, LLC
Notice Dec 09, 2009
International Securities Exchange, LLC
Notice Dec 09, 2009
NYSE Amex LLC
Notice Dec 09, 2009

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Small Business Size Regulations:

Title Type Published
On October 28, 2009, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA or Agency) proposed changes to its 8(a) Business Development (8(a) BD) and Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) programs as well as its size regulations. The rule proposes to make a numbe...
Proposed Rule Dec 09, 2009

State Department logo State Department

Re-Delegation of Authorities:

Review of Unused Presidential Permit:

Title Type Published
More than 30 years ago, the Department of State issued to the City of Mission, Texas, a Presidential permit for an international rail and vehicular bridge. To date, the permit remains unused. The Department and other federal agencies are currently ev...
Notice Dec 09, 2009
More than 12 years ago, the Department of State issued to the Brownsville Navigation District, a Presidential permit for two new international bridges, one for vehicular traffic and one for railroad traffic, between Brownsville, Texas, and Matamoros,...
Notice Dec 09, 2009

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
The FHWA, on behalf of Caltrans, is issuing this notice to announce actions taken by Caltrans that are final within the meaning of 23 U.S.C. 39(l)(1). The actions relate to a proposed highway project, the Interstate 80 Eastbound Truck Scales Relocati...
Notice Dec 09, 2009
The FHWA, on behalf of Caltrans, is issuing this notice to announce actions taken by Caltrans that are final within the meaning of 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). The actions relate to a proposed highway project, the State Route 160 Antioch Bridge Seismic Retro...
Notice Dec 09, 2009
This notice announces final environmental actions taken by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for the following projects: (1) Main Street Multi-Modal Access Project, Buffalo, New York; (2) Multi- modal Transit Facility, San Angelo, Texas; (3) E...
Notice Dec 09, 2009
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Dec 09, 2009
The Maritime Administration (MARAD) announces the cancellation of all actions related to the license to own, construct and operate a deepwater port issued to Port Pelican LLC on January 20, 2004. Pursuant to Section 1503(h) of the Deepwater Port Act...
Notice Dec 09, 2009
This action proposes to modify Jet Routes J-32 and J-38 by terminating portions of the routes at the Duluth, MN, VHF omnidirectional range/tactical air navigation (VORTAC) that are no longer needed. This action also would amend the J-538 airway descr...
Proposed Rule Dec 09, 2009

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3521), this notice announces that the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted below to t...
Notice Dec 09, 2009
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-21), this notice announces that the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted below to the...
Notice Dec 09, 2009
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3521), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, will submit the collection of information abstracted below to t...
Notice Dec 09, 2009
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3521), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted below to...
Notice Dec 09, 2009
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3521), this notice announces that the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted below to t...
Notice Dec 09, 2009

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