March 21, 2012 (Volume 77)

Federal Register March 21, 2012

View all documents issued on March 21, 2012. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

97 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on March 21, 2012

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment on this information collection. This collection is a revision of a currently approved collection which FNS employs to...
Notice Mar 21, 2012
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment on this information collection. This collection is a revision of a currently approved collection which FNS employs to...
Notice Mar 21, 2012
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment on this information collection. This collection is a revision of a currently approved collection which FNS employs to...
Notice Mar 21, 2012

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
A Corrected Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an environmental impact Statement was published in the Federal Register (77 FR 14727) on March 13, 2012 concerning a request for scoping comments. The document contained incorrect dates.
Notice Mar 21, 2012

Funding Availabilities:

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This Notice announces the availability of $8,611,000 of FYs 2011 and 2012 funding of competitive grant funds for the RCDI program through the Rural Housing Service (RHS), an agency within the USDA Rural Development mission area (Agency). Appropriatio...
Notice Mar 21, 2012

Civil Rights Commission logo Civil Rights Commission

Meetings:

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New Hampshire Advisory Committee
Notice Mar 21, 2012

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews; Results, Extensions, Amendments, etc.:

Applications for Reorganization under Alternative Site Framework:

Title Type Published
Foreign-Trade Zone 93; Raleigh/Durham, NC
Notice Mar 21, 2012

Approvals for Expansions of Manufacturing Authority:

Title Type Published
Nissan North America, Inc., Foreign-Trade Subzone 78A, Smyrna and Decherd, TN
Notice Mar 21, 2012

Endangered and Threatened Species:

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NMFS announces a 5-year review of North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) and North Pacific right whale (Eubalaena japonica) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA), as amended. A 5-year review is based on the best scientific and comm...
Notice Mar 21, 2012

Fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska:

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NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 620 in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the B season allowance of the 2012 total allowable catch of pollock for Statistical Area 620 in the GO...
Rule Mar 21, 2012
NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pollock in the West Yakutat District of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2012 total allowable catch (TAC) of pollock in the West Yakutat District of the GOA.
Rule Mar 21, 2012

Fisheries of Northeastern United States:

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NMFS is implementing final 2012 specifications and management measures for Atlantic mackerel (mackerel), and 2012-2014 specifications for Illex and longfin squid, and interim final 2012 specifications and management measures for butterfish. This is t...
Rule Mar 21, 2012

Grants of Authority for Subzone Status:

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Piramal Critical Care, Inc., Bethlehem, PA
Notice Mar 21, 2012

Incidental Taking of Marine Mammals:

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In accordance with the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) and implementing regulations, notification is hereby given that NMFS has issued one-year LOAs to take marine mammals incidental to the explosive removal of offshore oil and gas structures (ER...
Notice Mar 21, 2012

Meetings:

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The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will convene a meeting of the Socioeconomic Scientific and Statistical Committee.
Notice Mar 21, 2012
The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public meeting of its Habitat Oversight Committee to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Recommendations from this group will be b...
Notice Mar 21, 2012

Requests for Nominations:

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The Bureau of the Census (Census Bureau) is requesting nominations of individuals and organizations to serve on the Census Bureau National Advisory Committee on Racial, Ethnic, and Other Populations. The Census Bureau will consider nominations receiv...
Notice Mar 21, 2012

Education Department logo Education Department

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

Title Type Published
The purpose of the National Professional Development Program, which is administered by the Office of English Language Acquisition, is to support pre-service education and professional development activities intended to improve instruction for English...
Notice Mar 21, 2012
Information in the School Leadership Program (SLP) Annual Performance Report (APR) is collected in compliance with the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended, Title II, Part A, Subpart 5; 20 U.S.C. 2151(b), the Government Performa...
Notice Mar 21, 2012

Meetings:

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This notice sets forth the schedule and agenda of the fourth meeting of the President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics. The notice also describes the functions of the Commission. Notice of the meeting is required by secti...
Notice Mar 21, 2012

Energy Department logo Energy Department

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Combined Filings
Notice Mar 21, 2012
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) proposes to revise the Electric Quarterly Report (EQR) Data Dictionary to add "Simultaneous Exchange" to the list of available Product Names in the EQR. This revision would allow for greater trans...
Proposed Rule Mar 21, 2012
Pursuant to section 215 of the Federal Power Act, the Commission approves Reliability Standard PRC-023-2 (Transmission Relay Loadability) submitted by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), the Electric Reliability Organization c...
Rule Mar 21, 2012

Meetings:

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This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Hanford. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this meeting be announced in the Federal...
Notice Mar 21, 2012

Petitions for Enforcement:

Title Type Published
City of New Martinsville, WV
Notice Mar 21, 2012

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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EPA is proposing to approve revisions to the Operating Permits (Title V) programs of the Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District (MBUAPCD), San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District (SLOCAPCD), Santa Barbara County Air Polluti...
Proposed Rule Mar 21, 2012
This notice announces EPA's issuance, pursuant to the provisions of section 3(c)(5) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), of certain registrations for new pesticide products and amended registrations for currently existi...
Notice Mar 21, 2012

Approvals and Promulgations of Implementation Plans:

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EPA is making technical amendments to the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) to reflect the final actions published by the Agency on October 7, 2003, April 30, 2004, and May 5, 2010 in connection with the designations and classifications of certain ar...
Rule Mar 21, 2012

National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutant Emissions:

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On January 9, 2012, the EPA proposed amendments to three national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutant Emissions: Group IV Polymers and Resins; National Emission Standards for Hazard...
Proposed Rule Mar 21, 2012

Radionuclide National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants:

Title Type Published
This notice announces the Construction Approvals issued in 2011 by EPA Region 8 for the construction or modification of sources subject to the Radionuclide National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP).
Notice Mar 21, 2012

Requests for Nominations:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) invites nominations from a diverse range of qualified candidates to be considered for appointment to its Clean Air Act Advisory Committee (CAAAC). Applications are due by May 1, 2012 and vacancies are an...
Notice Mar 21, 2012

Settlements:

Title Type Published
Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), the United States Environmental Protection Agency has entered into four (4) settlements for past response costs concerning the Florida Petroleum Reprocessors Sup...
Notice Mar 21, 2012

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Special Observances:

Title Type Published
National Poison Prevention Week (Proc. 8784)
Presidential Document Mar 21, 2012

Export-Import Bank logo Export-Import Bank

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

Title Type Published
The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank), as a part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal Agencies to comment on the proposed information collection, as requir...
Notice Mar 21, 2012

Farm Credit Administration logo Farm Credit Administration

Title Type Published
The Farm Credit Administration (FCA, us, we, or our) published a proposed rule to amend our regulations related to Farm Credit System (System) bank and association disclosures to shareholders and investors. The proposed rule would require enhanced re...
Proposed Rule Mar 21, 2012

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection, as required...
Notice Mar 21, 2012
The Federal Communications Commission removes two modifications to its competitive bidding rules pursuant to a mandate by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Rule Mar 21, 2012

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Title Type Published
On January 23, 2012, the FDIC published in the Federal Register a notice of proposed rulemaking for public comment to implement the requirements in Section 165(i)(2) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the "Dodd-Frank Ac...
Proposed Rule Mar 21, 2012

Terminations of Receivership:

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Changes in Bank Control:

Title Type Published
Acquisitions of Shares of Bank or Bank Holding Company
Notice Mar 21, 2012

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
This notice establishes a timeframe by which plan sponsors participating in the Early Retiree Reinsurance Program (ERRP) are expected to use ERRP reimbursement funds. Sponsors are expected to use such funds as soon as possible, but not later than Dec...
Notice Mar 21, 2012
This final rule establishes requirements for student health insurance coverage under the Public Health Service (PHS) Act and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Affordable Care Act). The final rule defines "student health insurance covera...
Rule Mar 21, 2012

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

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

Title Type Published
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the Department of Homeland Security will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Redu...
Notice Mar 21, 2012
This notice announces that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has forwarded the Information Collection Request (ICR), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number 1652-0029, abstracted below to OMB for review and approval of an...
Notice Mar 21, 2012

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities with endangered or threatened species. The Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), prohibits activities with en...
Notice Mar 21, 2012

Charter Renewals:

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Following consultation with the General Services Administration, notice is hereby given that the Secretary of the Interior is renewing the charter for the Yakima River Basin Conservation Advisory Group (CAG). The purpose of the CAG is to provide reco...
Notice Mar 21, 2012

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants:

Title Type Published
We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the availability of incidental take permit (ITP) applications and a Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP). Walter and Marilyn Krieseder, Brian and Pamela Sullivan, and Fritz and Ping Faulhaber (applican...
Notice Mar 21, 2012
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the reopening of the comment period on our November 30, 2011, proposed rule to designate critical habitat for the southern Selkirk Mountains population of woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus...
Proposed Rule Mar 21, 2012

Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

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We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the availability of our final comprehensive conservation plan (CCP) and finding of no significant impact for the environmental assessment for the Kootenai National Wildlife Refuge (NWR/refuge...
Notice Mar 21, 2012

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

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The National Park Service (NPS) announces the availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the General Management Plan (Final GMP/EIS) for Hampton National Historic Site (NHS), Maryland. The Final GMP/EIS identifies Alternative 3 as t...
Notice Mar 21, 2012

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has received a complaint entitled Certain Audiovisual Components and Products Containing the Same, DN 2884; the Commission is soliciting comments on any public interest issues raised...
Notice Mar 21, 2012

Antidumping Investigations; Schedulings of Final Phases:

Title Type Published
The Commission hereby gives notice of the scheduling of the final phase of antidumping investigation No. 731-TA-1189 (Final) under section 735(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1673d(b)) (the Act) to determine whether an industry in the United...
Notice Mar 21, 2012

Complaints:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has received a complaint entitled Certain Audiovisual Components and Products Containing the Same, DN 2884; the Commission is soliciting comments on any public interest issues raised...
Notice Mar 21, 2012

Investigations:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined not to review the presiding administrative law judge's ("ALJ") initial determination ("ID") (Order No. 9) granting a joint motion to terminate the investigation on the...
Notice Mar 21, 2012

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Solicitations for Cooperative Agreements:

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The National Institute of Corrections (NIC) is soliciting proposals from organizations, groups, partnerships of organization and groups, or individuals to enter into a cooperative agreement for a 12- month project period to develop curricula, pilot t...
Notice Mar 21, 2012

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
This advance notice of proposed rulemaking announces the intention of the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury to propose amendments to regulations regarding certain preventive health services under provisions of the Pati...
Proposed Rule Mar 21, 2012

National Credit Union Administration logo National Credit Union Administration

Title Type Published
The NCUA Board (Board) is amending the sections of NCUA's regulations addressing nondiscrimination requirements, flood insurance and the description of NCUA to make minor, nonsubstantive technical corrections. The technical amendments update the regu...
Rule Mar 21, 2012

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

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

Title Type Published
The Institute of Museum and Library Services announces that the following information collection has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter...
Notice Mar 21, 2012

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National Science Foundation

Title Type Published
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish a notice of permit applications received to conduct activities regulated under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978, Public Law 95-541. NSF has published regulations under the Antarctic C...
Notice Mar 21, 2012
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish notice of permits issued under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. This is the required notice.
Notice Mar 21, 2012

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) will consider the issues raised in the petition for rulemaking (PRM), PRM-50-101, submitted by the Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. (NRDC or the petitioner), in the rulemaking proc...
Proposed Rule Mar 21, 2012

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Overseas Private Investment Corporation

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act; Cancellation
Notice Mar 21, 2012

Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals

Title Type Published
Retirement Services, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) offers the general public and other federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a revised information collection request (ICR) 3206-0172, Application for Death Benefits under the Federal Em...
Notice Mar 21, 2012

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Postal Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The Commission is noticing a recently-filed Postal Service request to enter into an additional International Business Reply Service contract. This document invites public comments on the request and addresses several related procedural steps.
Notice Mar 21, 2012

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission" or "SEC") proposes to revise two existing systems of records. The two existing systems of records are "Adm...
Notice Mar 21, 2012

State Department logo State Department

Title Type Published
The Department of State is amending the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) to implement the Defense Trade Cooperation Treaty between the United States and the United Kingdom, and identify via a supplement the defense articles and defens...
Rule Mar 21, 2012

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Abandonment Exemptions:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
Arkansas Midland Railroad Co., Inc. in Phillips County, AR
Notice Mar 21, 2012

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 abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The natur...
Notice Mar 21, 2012
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Bombardier, Inc. Model CL-600-2C10 (Regional Jet Series 700, 701, & 702) airplanes, Model CL-600-2D15 (Regional Jet Series 705) airplanes, and Model CL-600-2D24 (Regional Jet Series 9...
Proposed Rule Mar 21, 2012
This action removes twenty-two Domestic, Alaskan, and Hawaiian compulsory reporting points previously removed from service and taken out of the FAA aeronautical database. The FAA is removing these Part 71 outdated compulsory reporting points since th...
Rule Mar 21, 2012

Abandonment Exemptions:

No documents available.

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Airbus Model A300 B4-600, B4-600R, and F4-600R series airplanes, and Model C4-605R Variant F airplanes (collectively called A300-600 series airplanes), and Model A310 series airplanes. This A...
Rule Mar 21, 2012
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Airbus Model A318-112, and -121; A319-111, -112, -115, -132, and -133; A320-214, -232, and -233; and A321-211, -212, -213, and -231 airplanes. This proposed AD was prompted by reports...
Proposed Rule Mar 21, 2012
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Bombardier, Inc. Model DHC-8-400 series airplanes. This AD was prompted by reports of difficulties in opening the airstair door. This AD requires inspecting the structure and gearbox drai...
Rule Mar 21, 2012
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Bombardier, Inc. Model DHC-8-100, DHC-8-200, and DHC-8-300 series airplanes. This proposed AD was prompted by reports of hydraulic accumulator screw cap or end cap failure. This propo...
Proposed Rule Mar 21, 2012
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Cessna Aircraft Company Model 560XL airplanes. This AD was prompted by reports of jammed or stiff rudder control due to water freezing on the rudder bias cables and pulleys of the stinger...
Rule Mar 21, 2012
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Fokker Services B.V. Model F.27 Mark 050 airplanes, and Model F.28 Mark 0070 and 0100 airplanes. This proposed AD was prompted by reports of loose nuts on contactors in the electrical pow...
Proposed Rule Mar 21, 2012

Applications:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the procedures governing the application for, and the processing of, special permits from the Department of Transportation's Hazardous Material Regulations (49 CFR part 107, Subpart B), notice is hereby given that the Office of Haz...
Notice Mar 21, 2012

Pipeline Safety:

Title Type Published
This notice advises owners and operators of pipeline facilities of PHMSA's plan for implementing the national registry of pipeline and liquefied natural gas operators. This notice provides updates to the information contained in a PHMSA Advisory Bull...
Rule Mar 21, 2012

Requested Administrative Waivers of Coastwise Trade Laws:

Title Type Published
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 Mar 21, 2012
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 Mar 21, 2012
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 Mar 21, 2012
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 Mar 21, 2012

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 Mar 21, 2012
On January 24, 2012, the OCC published in the Federal Register a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to implement section 165(i) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd- Frank Act). The proposed rule would require nati...
Proposed Rule Mar 21, 2012
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 Mar 21, 2012
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 Mar 21, 2012
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 Mar 21, 2012
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 Mar 21, 2012
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 Mar 21, 2012

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The President's Advisory Council on Financial Capability ("Council") will convene for an open meeting on April 9, 2012, at the Department of Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC, beginning at 10 a.m. Eastern Time. The meeting will b...
Notice Mar 21, 2012

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U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission

Title Type Published
The U.S.-China Commission published a notice in the Federal Register of March 13, 2012, concerning a public hearing on March 26, 2012. The document listed an incorrect Co-Chairman for the hearing.
Notice Mar 21, 2012

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