October 15, 2012 (Volume 77)

Federal Register October 15, 2012

View all documents issued on October 15, 2012. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

121 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on October 15, 2012

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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This notice announces the appointment of the members of the Senior Executive Service (SES) and Senior Level (SL) and Scientific or Professional (ST) Performance Review Boards (PRBs) for the Department of Agriculture, as required by 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(4...
Notice Oct 15, 2012

Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board logo Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board

Title Type Published
The Medical Diagnostic Equipment Accessibility Standards Advisory Committee (Committee) will hold its second meeting. On July 5, 2012, the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) established an advisory committee to...
Proposed Rule Oct 15, 2012

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Oct 15, 2012

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

Title Type Published
The Department of Commerce, 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 collections, a...
Notice Oct 15, 2012
The Department of Commerce, 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 collections, a...
Notice Oct 15, 2012

Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value:

Title Type Published
The Department of Commerce (the "Department") has determined that imports of steel wire garment hangers ("hangers") from Taiwan are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value ("LTFV"), as provided in section 735 of...
Notice Oct 15, 2012

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

Title Type Published
NMFS implements accountability measures (AMs) for the commercial sector for gag in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the South Atlantic. Commercial landings for gag, as estimated by the Science Research Director, are projected to reach the commerc...
Rule Oct 15, 2012

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska:

Title Type Published
NMFS proposes a regulatory amendment that would modify the groundfish retention standard (GRS) program in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) management area by removing certain regulatory requirements mandating minimum levels of groundfish re...
Proposed Rule Oct 15, 2012
NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by vessels using pot gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2012 Pacific cod total allowable catch apportioned to vessels...
Rule Oct 15, 2012

Fisheries of the Northeastern United States:

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NMFS announces that the overall annual tilefish quota for the 2013 fishing year (November 1, 2012-October 31, 2013) will remain the same as it was in fishing year 2012. NMFS is required to notify the public of the overall annual quota levels for tile...
Notice Oct 15, 2012

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Title Type Published
The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) proposes to revise and update its existing rule concerning the DLA Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Program. This rule implements changes to conform to the requirements of the Electronic Freedom of Information Act...
Proposed Rule Oct 15, 2012

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

Title Type Published
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Regulatory Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a previously approved information collection requirement c...
Notice Oct 15, 2012
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Regulatory Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a previously approved information collection requirement c...
Notice Oct 15, 2012

Meetings:

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The meeting of the Department of Defense Advisory Council on Dependents' Education announced on August 31, 2012 (77 FR 53187-53188) under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C., Appendix, as amended), and the Governmen...
Notice Oct 15, 2012

Energy Department logo Energy Department

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Combined Filings
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Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

Revised Restrictied Service Lists:

Title Type Published
BOST3 Hydroelectric LLC, BOST4 Hydroelectric LLC, BOST5 Hydroelectric LLC
Notice Oct 15, 2012

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
EPA and NHTSA, on behalf of the Department of Transportation, are issuing final rules to further reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve fuel economy for light-duty vehicles for model years 2017 and beyond. On May 21, 2010, President Obama issued...
Rule Oct 15, 2012

Approvals and Promulgations of Implementation Plans:

Title Type Published
EPA is taking final action to disapprove a portion of the State Implementation Plan (SIP) submissions, submitted by the State of Alabama, through the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM), on July 25, 2008, and September 23, 2009, whi...
Rule Oct 15, 2012
EPA is approving a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Arizona to address the requirements regarding air pollution emergency episodes in Clean Air Act (CAA or Act).
Rule Oct 15, 2012
EPA is proposing to approve portions of two state implementation plan (SIP) revisions, submitted by the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, on August 31, 2007, and April 29, 2010, to address the reasonable further progress...
Proposed Rule Oct 15, 2012
EPA is taking direct final action to approve two state implementation plan (SIP) revisions, submitted by the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SC DHEC), on August 31, 2007, and April 29, 2010, to address the reasonable fu...
Rule Oct 15, 2012

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
The Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau on its own motion extends by one month the comment and reply deadlines to the Fifth Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking of dockets WP Docket No. 07-100, PS Docket No. 06-229, WT Docket No. 06-150. The...
Proposed Rule Oct 15, 2012

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This document announces the date of the Emergency Access Advisory Committee's (Committee or EAAC) next meeting. At the October meeting, the agenda will include discussion of next steps for 2012 and the draft 2012 reports from subcommittee activities.
Notice Oct 15, 2012

Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act:

Title Type Published
In this document, the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (Bureau) of the Commission implemented certain provisions of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (Public Safety Spectrum Act) governing deployment of a nationwide p...
Rule Oct 15, 2012

Radio Broadcasting Services:

Title Type Published
The following applicants filed AM or FM proposals to change the community of license: ADVANCE MINISTRIES, INC. D/B/A/NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL, Station NEW, Facility ID 177220, BMPED-20120906AAG, From COLORADO CITY, AZ, To GLENDALE, UT; BETTER PUBLIC...
Notice Oct 15, 2012
This document sets forth a proposal to amend the FM Table of Allotments. The Commission requests comment on a petition filed by Navajo Technical College, proposing to amend the Table of Allotments by allotting Channel 297A at Crownpoint, New Mexico,...
Proposed Rule Oct 15, 2012

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Title Type Published
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the "Corporation" or "FDIC") is issuing a final rule that implements the requirements of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the "Dodd-Frank Act") regarding stress tests ("final ru...
Rule Oct 15, 2012

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

Title Type Published
In accordance with requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 ("PRA"), 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., the FDIC may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection unless it displays a currently va...
Notice Oct 15, 2012

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
Federal Open Market Committee Domestic Policy Directive of September 1213, 2012
Notice Oct 15, 2012

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

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

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 Oct 15, 2012
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Oct 15, 2012
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Oct 15, 2012
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) solicits written comments regarding new objectives proposed to be added to Healthy People 2020 since its launch in December 2010 and written comments proposing new objectives to be included withi...
Notice Oct 15, 2012

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

Title Type Published
Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve the information collection listed...
Notice Oct 15, 2012
In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), the National Institute...
Notice Oct 15, 2012

Meetings:

Title Type Published
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Notice Oct 15, 2012

Prospective Grants of Exclusive Licenses:

Title Type Published
This is notice, in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 37 CFR part 404.7(a)(1)(i), that the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, is contemplating the grant of an exclusive license to practice the inventions embo...
Notice Oct 15, 2012
This is notice, in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 37 CFR Part 404.7(a)(1)(i), that the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, is contemplating the grant to Birich Technologies, Inc., of an exclusive evaluatio...
Notice Oct 15, 2012

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
This rule redefines the geographical points described in our regulations, which demarcate an area of the Detroit River in which certain vessels are restricted to speeds not greater than 12 statute miles per hour.
Rule Oct 15, 2012
The Coast Guard announces the availability of three policy letters providing guidance to vessels and mariners subject to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, as amended (STCW). The...
Rule Oct 15, 2012

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC) will meet Tuesday, October 16, 2012, at the United States Access Board, 1331 F Street NW., Suite 800, Washington, DC 20004. The meeting will be open to the public.
Notice Oct 15, 2012

Regulated Navigation Areas:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is amending the Columbus Day weekend regulated navigation area on Biscayne Bay in Miami, Florida. The amended regulated navigation area alters the boundaries of the area and expands the enforcement period. These regulations are necess...
Rule Oct 15, 2012

Safety Zones:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone on the Savannah River in Augusta, Georgia, during the 2012 Head of the South Regatta, which will consist of a series of rowing races. The 2012 Head of the South Regatta is scheduled to take plac...
Rule Oct 15, 2012
The Coast Guard is establishing a safety zone on the Willamette River between the Oregon City Bridge and the Interstate 205 Bridge on October 13, 2012 from 7:30 p.m. (P.D.T.) to 9 p.m. (P.D.T.). This safety zone is necessary to ensure the safety of t...
Rule Oct 15, 2012
The U.S. Coast Guard is proposing to amend the Seafair Blue Angels Air Show Performance safety zone on the waters of Lake Washington, Seattle, WA. This action is necessary to safeguard participants and spectators from the safety hazards associated wi...
Proposed Rule Oct 15, 2012
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone on the waters of Lake Erie, East Huron, Ohio. This regulation is intended to restrict vessels from portions of Lake Erie during the Wounded Warriors Benefit. This safety zone is necessary to pro...
Rule Oct 15, 2012

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has submitted an information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to continue the collection of information from applicants for a land patent under the Color-of-Title Act. The Office of M...
Notice Oct 15, 2012

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants:

Title Type Published
We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), have received an application from Primax Properties, LLC (applicant), for an incidental take permit (ITP). The applicant requests a 5-year ITP under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). We...
Notice Oct 15, 2012

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The National Park Service (NPS) is terminating the preparation of an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Mount Rushmore National Memorial General Management Plan (GMP) and will be preparing an Environmental Assessment (EA) instead.
Notice Oct 15, 2012
In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (NEPA), and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has prepared a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statem...
Notice Oct 15, 2012

Filings of Plats of Surveys:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will file the plat of survey of the lands described below in the BLM Montana State Office, Billings, Montana, on November 14, 2012.
Notice Oct 15, 2012
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will file the plat of survey of the lands described below in the BLM Montana State Office, Billings, Montana, on November 14, 2012.
Notice Oct 15, 2012
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will file the plat of survey of the lands described below in the BLM Montana State Office, Billings, Montana, on November 14, 2012.
Notice Oct 15, 2012
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will file the plat of survey of the lands described below in the BLM Montana State Office, Billings, Montana, on November 14, 2012.
Notice Oct 15, 2012

Land Acquisitions:

Title Type Published
The Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs made a final agency determination to acquire approximately 468.39 acres of land into trust for the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation (MHA Nation) on October 10, 2012.
Notice Oct 15, 2012

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to Public Law 106-503, the Scientific Earthquake Studies Advisory Committee (SESAC) will hold its next meeting on the campus of the Colorado School of Mines, Ballroom B, in Golden, Colorado. The Committee is comprised of members from academi...
Notice Oct 15, 2012

National Register of Historic Places:

Title Type Published
Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions
Notice Oct 15, 2012

Special Regulations; Areas of the National Park System:

Title Type Published
The National Park Service proposes to designate the Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail currently under construction within Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore as a route for bicycle use. The approximately 27-mile-long trail will generally parallel major...
Proposed Rule Oct 15, 2012

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
Lodgings of Proposed Consent Decrees under CERCLA
Notice Oct 15, 2012

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

Title Type Published
30-Day Notice.
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30-Day Notice.
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60 Day notice.
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30-Day Notice.
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60-day Notice.
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Labor Department logo Labor Department

Charter Renewals:

Title Type Published
The Secretary of Labor will renew the charter of the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (NACOSH).
Notice Oct 15, 2012

Hazard Communication Standard:

Title Type Published
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is announcing that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved the revised information collection requirements contained in the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) (29 CFR parts 1910, 19...
Rule Oct 15, 2012

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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

No documents available.

Meetings:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announces a meeting of the Astrophysics Subcommittee of the NASA Advisory Council (NAC) Science Committee....
Notice Oct 15, 2012

National Credit Union Administration logo National Credit Union Administration

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Oct 15, 2012

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

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is hereby given that 11 meetings of the Humanities Panel will be held during November 2012 as follows. The purpose of the meetings is for panel review, discuss...
Notice Oct 15, 2012

N
National Science Foundation

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the National Science Foundation (NSF) has received a waste management permit application for Mike Libecki and his team to conduct a skiing and mountaineering expedition to Queen Maud Land from November 6 to December 31, 20...
Notice Oct 15, 2012

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Advisory Committee for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences
Notice Oct 15, 2012

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Oct 15, 2012

Calls for Nominations:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is advertising for nominations for the positions of health care administrator and nuclear cardiologist on the Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes (ACMUI). Nominees for the position of the he...
Notice Oct 15, 2012

Revocations of Exemptions:

Title Type Published
Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.; Millstone Power Station, Unit 2
Notice Oct 15, 2012

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation logo Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Title Type Published
This final rule amends the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's regulation on Benefits Payable in Terminated Single- Employer Plans to prescribe interest assumptions under the regulation for valuation dates in November 2012. The interest assumption...
Rule Oct 15, 2012

Postal Service logo Postal Service

Title Type Published
This final rule establishes the retail option of Every Door Direct Mail-Retail[supreg] (EDDM-Retail) as a formal product offering within Mailing Services, and ends the market test period for this initiative.
Rule Oct 15, 2012

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
The Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) is adopting revisions to the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval System (EDGAR) Filer Manual and related rules to reflect updates to the EDGAR system. The revisions are being made...
Rule Oct 15, 2012

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Securities and Exchange Commission Investor Advisory Committee, established pursuant to Section 911 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, is providing notice that it will hold a telephonic meeting on Friday, Oc...
Notice Oct 15, 2012

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Title Type Published
BATS Exchange, Inc.
Notice Oct 15, 2012
Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc
Notice Oct 15, 2012
ICE Clear Credit LLC
Notice Oct 15, 2012
NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc.
Notice Oct 15, 2012
NASDAQ OMX PHLX LLC
Notice Oct 15, 2012
NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Notice Oct 15, 2012
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice Oct 15, 2012
NYSE MKT LLC
Notice Oct 15, 2012
NYSE MKT LLC
Notice Oct 15, 2012
New York Stock Exchange LLC
Notice Oct 15, 2012

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Oct 15, 2012
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Oct 15, 2012

State Department logo State Department

Title Type Published
The Deputy Secretary of State has determined that it would be contrary to the national security interests of the United States to continue to apply the sanction referred to in section 570(b) of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Pr...
Notice Oct 15, 2012

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

Title Type Published
The Department of State has submitted the information collection described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 we are requesting comments on this collection from all...
Notice Oct 15, 2012

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Settlement Agreements:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
On September 4, 2012, United States Department of Energy and the United States Department of Defense (the Government) and BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) (collectively Movants), filed a motion requesting approval of an agreement that would settle these r...
Notice Oct 15, 2012

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
On July 6, 2012, the President signed into law Public Law 112- 141, the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21). Section 1118 of MAP-21 directs the Secretary of Transportation to encourage each State to develop a comprehensive Stat...
Notice Oct 15, 2012
Notice of Unified Carrier Registration Plan Board of Directors Meeting.
Notice Oct 15, 2012
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 Oct 15, 2012
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 Oct 15, 2012

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all GA200 (Pty) Ltd Models GA200 and GA200C airplanes that would revise an existing AD. This proposed AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) originated by an av...
Proposed Rule Oct 15, 2012

Amendments of VOR Federal Airways:

Title Type Published
This action proposes to modify VHF omnirange (VOR) Federal airway V-537 in Georgia. The FAA is proposing this action to realign the route due to the scheduled decommissioning of the Moultrie, GA, VOR/DME facility which forms a point along the route.
Proposed Rule Oct 15, 2012

Settlement Agreements:

No documents available.

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 Oct 15, 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 Oct 15, 2012
The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") is publishing the names of two (2) entities whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001, "Blocking Property and Prohi...
Notice Oct 15, 2012
In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 552a, Financial Management Service is publishing its inventory of Privacy Act systems of records.
Notice Oct 15, 2012

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Title Type Published
In accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2, and after consultation with the General Services Administration, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs has determined that the following Federal advisory com...
Notice Oct 15, 2012

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