January 24, 2013 (Volume 78)

Federal Register January 24, 2013

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Agencies Publishing on January 24, 2013

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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This notice invites the following eligible States: Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming, to submit an Applica...
Notice Jan 24, 2013
Come gather 'round people Wherever you roam And admit that the waters Around you have grown And accept it that soon You'll be drenched to the bone If your time to you is worth savin' Then you better start swimmin' or you'll sink like a stone For the...
Notice Jan 24, 2013

Meetings:

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The Ashley Resource Advisory Committee will meet in Vernal, Utah. The committee is meeting as authorized under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self- Determination Act (Pub. L. 110-343) and in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act....
Notice Jan 24, 2013

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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By this Notice, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), Department of Commerce, is informing the public that it is conducting the mandatory survey titled Quarterly Survey of Financial Services Transactions between U.S. Financial Services Providers and...
Notice Jan 24, 2013
By this Notice, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), Department of Commerce is informing the public that it is conducting the mandatory survey titled Quarterly Survey of Foreign Airline Operators' Revenues and Expenses in the United States (BE-9)....
Notice Jan 24, 2013
By this Notice, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), Department of Commerce, is informing the public that it is conducting the mandatory survey titled Quarterly Survey of Insurance Transactions by U.S. Insurance Companies with Foreign Persons (BE-4...
Notice Jan 24, 2013
By this Notice, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), Department of Commerce is informing the public that it is conducting the mandatory survey titled Survey of Foreign Ocean Carriers' Revenues and Expenses in the United States (BE-29). This mandato...
Notice Jan 24, 2013
By this Notice, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), Department of Commerce, is informing the public that it is conducting a mandatory survey titled Survey of Ocean Freight Revenues and Foreign Expenses of United States Carriers (BE-30). This manda...
Notice Jan 24, 2013

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

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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 Jan 24, 2013

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

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The Department of Commerce ("the Department") is rescinding the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on circular welded carbon quality steel pipe from the People's Republic of China ("PRC") for the period July 1, 2011, through June 30,...
Notice Jan 24, 2013

Endangered and Threatened Species:

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On January 16, 2013, we, NMFS, published a proposed rule to designate a nonessential experimental population of Central Valley spring-run Chinook salmon under section 10(j) of the Endangered Species Act in portions of the San Joaquin River and a noti...
Proposed Rule Jan 24, 2013

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska:

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NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by pot catcher vessels greater than or equal to 60 feet (18.3 meters (m)) length overall (LOA) in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exc...
Rule Jan 24, 2013
NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 630 in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the A season allowance of the 2013 total allowable catch of pollock for Statistical Area 630 in the GO...
Rule Jan 24, 2013
NMFS is reallocating the projected unused amounts of the Aleut Corporation's and the Community Development Quota pollock directed fishing allowances from the Aleutian Islands subarea to the Bering Sea subarea directed fisheries. These actions are nec...
Rule Jan 24, 2013

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Title Type Published
Notice.
Notice Jan 24, 2013

Education Department logo Education Department

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

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is proposing a revision of an existing information collection.
Notice Jan 24, 2013

Energy Department logo Energy Department

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Combined Filings
Notice Jan 24, 2013
Combined Filings
Notice Jan 24, 2013
Combined Filings
Notice Jan 24, 2013
Combined Filings
Notice Jan 24, 2013

Initial Market-Based Rate Filings Including Requests for Blanket Authorizations:

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Approvals and Promulgations of Air Quality Implementation Plans:

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EPA is taking final action to approve revisions adopted by the State of Colorado on December 15, 2005, to Regulation No. 3 (Air Pollutant Emission Notice and Permitting Requirements). Colorado submitted the request for approval of these rule revision...
Rule Jan 24, 2013
On March 26, 2012, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed to approve a revision to the Connecticut State Implementation Plan (SIP) that addresses regional haze for the first planning period from 2008 through 2018. The SIP was submitted by...
Proposed Rule Jan 24, 2013

Proposed Settlement Agreements under CERCLA:

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In accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended ("CERCLA"), notice is hereby given of a Proposed Settlement Agreement under Section 122(h) of CERCLA, between the United States, on behalf of the...
Notice Jan 24, 2013

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Special Observances:

Title Type Published
Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday (Proc. 8927)
Presidential Document Jan 24, 2013
National Day of Hope and Resolve (Proc. 8928)
Presidential Document Jan 24, 2013

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 Jan 24, 2013
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), the Federal Communications Commission invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this o...
Notice Jan 24, 2013

Charter Extensions:

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This document announces the extension of the charter of the Emergency Access Advisory Committee (Committee or EAAC). This extension of the charter will enable the EAAC to complete the important work it began in early 2011 pursuant to the Twenty-First...
Notice Jan 24, 2013

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
Notice Jan 24, 2013

Changes in Bank Control:

Title Type Published
Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company
Notice Jan 24, 2013

Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

Title Type Published
Granting Requests for Early Termination of Waiting Period under the Premerger Notification Rules
Notice Jan 24, 2013

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
This notice provides an update of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) poverty guidelines to account for last calendar year's increase in prices as measured by the Consumer Price Index.
Notice Jan 24, 2013

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 Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request...
Notice Jan 24, 2013

Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is issuing this notice to advise the public that HHS/CDC has prepared, and signed on January 3, 2013, a Finding of No Significant Impact (FO...
Notice Jan 24, 2013

Guidances for Industry and Staff; Availability:

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a guidance for the industry and FDA staff entitled "Humanitarian Use Device (HUD) Designations." Devices are eligible for HUD designation if they are designed to treat or diagno...
Notice Jan 24, 2013

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Jan 24, 2013
The subcommittees listed below are part of AHRQ's Health Services Research Initial Review Group Committee. Grant applications are to be reviewed and discussed at these meetings. These meetings will be closed to the public in accordance with 5 U.S.C....
Notice Jan 24, 2013
National Cancer Institute
Notice Jan 24, 2013
National Cancer Institute
Notice Jan 24, 2013
National Cancer Institute
Notice Jan 24, 2013
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Notice Jan 24, 2013
National Institute on Aging
Notice Jan 24, 2013
National Institute on Aging
Notice Jan 24, 2013
In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2), announcement is made of an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Special Emphasis Panel (SEP) meeting on "Patient Centered Outcomes Research (PCO...
Notice Jan 24, 2013

Workshops:

Title Type Published
Notice of public workshop; request for comments.
Notice Jan 24, 2013

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the U.S. Coast Guard intends to submit Information Collection Requests (ICRs) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), requesting an ext...
Notice Jan 24, 2013
This document amends the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulations in order to clarify that any applicable Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) user fee, which is called an Agricultural Quarantine and Inspection (AQI) user fe...
Rule Jan 24, 2013

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

Title Type Published
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the...
Notice Jan 24, 2013

Drawbridge Operations:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard proposes to modify the operating schedule that governs the Third Street Bridge at mile 2.3, the Walnut Street Bridge at mile 2.8, and the Market Street Bridge at mile 3.0, all located on the Christina River in Wilmington, DE. Since th...
Proposed Rule Jan 24, 2013

Safety Zones:

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The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone for all waters between mile 40.5 and mile 42.5 on the Monongahela River. The safety zone is needed to protect construction workers and vessels transiting the area from the hazards associated wit...
Rule Jan 24, 2013

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) invites public comments on, and plans to request approval to continue, the collection of information that enables the BLM to manage Federal coal resources in accordan...
Notice Jan 24, 2013

Filings of Plats of Surveys:

Title Type Published
The plats of survey of lands described below are scheduled to be officially filed in the Bureau of Land Management California State Office, Sacramento, California, thirty (30) calendar days from the date of this publication.
Notice Jan 24, 2013

Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items:

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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Utah State Office, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes, has determined that the cultural item meets the definition of both a sacred object and an object of cultural patrimony, and repatriation to th...
Notice Jan 24, 2013

Inventory Completions:

Title Type Published
The Arkansas State University Museum has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes, and has determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a cultural affiliat...
Notice Jan 24, 2013
The Arkansas State University Museum has completed an inventory of human remains, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes, and has determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains an...
Notice Jan 24, 2013
The University of Washington, Department of Anthropology, has completed an inventory of human remains, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes, and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the remains and any present-da...
Notice Jan 24, 2013
The University of Washington, Department of Anthropology, has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes, and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation betwee...
Notice Jan 24, 2013
The University of Washington, Department of Anthropology, has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes, and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation betwee...
Notice Jan 24, 2013

Invitation to Participate:

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Pursuant to the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended by the Federal Coal Leasing Amendments Act of 1976, and to Bureau of Land Management (BLM) regulations, all interested parties are hereby invited to participate with Texas and Oklahoma Coal Comp...
Notice Jan 24, 2013

Meetings:

Title Type Published
As required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92- 463, 86 Stat. 770), the NPS is hereby giving notice that the Aniakchak National Monument SRC, Denali National Park SRC, and the Wrangell-St. Elias SRC will hold meetings to develop and co...
Notice Jan 24, 2013
Notice is hereby given, in accordance with Public Laws 92-463 and 94-579, that the California Desert District Advisory Council (DAC) to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), U.S. Department of the Interior, will meet in formal session on Saturday, Feb...
Notice Jan 24, 2013

Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee:

Title Type Published
The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee (Review Committee) was established by Section 8 of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA; 25 U.S.C. 3006), and is an advisory body governed by the Fe...
Notice Jan 24, 2013

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Investigations:

Title Type Published
Following receipt of a request on January 8, 2013, from the United States Trade Representative (USTR), the U.S. International Trade Commission (Commission) instituted investigation No. 332-538, Advice Concerning Possible Modifications to the U.S. Gen...
Notice Jan 24, 2013

Investigations; Terminations, Modifications and Rulings:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has found a violation of section 337 in this investigation and has issued a general exclusion order prohibiting importation of infringing LED photographic lighting devices and compon...
Notice Jan 24, 2013

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
Lodging of Proposed Consent Decrees under Clean Air Act
Notice Jan 24, 2013

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or co...
Notice Jan 24, 2013
Notice Jan 24, 2013

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans
Notice Jan 24, 2013

Open Government Initiative; iCERT Labor Certification Registry:

Title Type Published
The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is announcing a new initiative to make available to the general public appropriately redacted copies of H-1B, H-1B1, E-3, H-2A, H-2B and permanent labor certification documents through its iCERT Visa P...
Notice Jan 24, 2013

M
Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jan 24, 2013

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Title Type Published
This direct final rule makes nonsubstantive changes to align with and implement the provisions of Executive Order (E.O.) 13526, Classified National Security Information, and appropriately to correspond with NASA's internal requirements, NPR 1600.2, C...
Rule Jan 24, 2013
This direct final rule makes nonsubstantive changes to NASA regulations to clarify the procedures for establishing controlled/ secure areas and to revise the definitions for these areas and the process for granting access to these areas, as well as d...
Rule Jan 24, 2013

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 (Pub. L. 92-463), as amended, notice is hereby given that one meeting of the Arts Advisory Panel to the National Council on the Arts will be held at the Nancy Hanks Center, 1100 Penns...
Notice Jan 24, 2013

Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

Title Type Published
On behalf of the President's Pay Agent, the Office of Personnel Management is issuing final regulations tying the metropolitan area portion of locality pay area boundaries to the geographic scope of Metropolitan Statistical Area and Combined Statisti...
Rule Jan 24, 2013

Postal Service logo Postal Service

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jan 24, 2013

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Abandonment Exemptions:

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DOT, STB
BNSF Railway Co.; Fulton County, IL
Notice Jan 24, 2013

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Trade Representative, Office of United States

International Services Agreements:

Title Type Published
On January 15, 2013, the United States Trade Representative notified Congress of the Administration's intention to enter into negotiations for an International Services Agreement (ISA) with an initial group of 20 trading partners. The Office of the U...
Notice Jan 24, 2013

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
The Department is publishing the following notice on clarifying new policies affecting the review and approval of public charter filings under 14 CFR part 380 and related changes in the Department's enforcement policies. These revisions refer to a no...
Notice Jan 24, 2013
By Federal Register notice (See 77 FR 27835-27836, May 11, 2012 and 77 FR 48201, August 13, 2012) the National Park Service (NPS) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) invited interested persons to apply to fill one upcoming opening on the Na...
Notice Jan 24, 2013
By notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) published on October 18, 2012, FRA proposed a rule that would require railroads to submit information to the U.S. DOT National Highway-Rail Crossing Inventory (Crossing Inventory) about highway-rail and pathway...
Proposed Rule Jan 24, 2013
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 Jan 24, 2013
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 Jan 24, 2013

Abandonment Exemptions:

No documents available.

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Rolls-Royce plc (RR) RB211-Trent 970-84, 970B-84, 972-84, 972B-84, 977- 84, 977B-84, and 980-84 turbofan engines. This AD requires replacement of the fuel oil heat exchanger (FOHE). This AD w...
Rule Jan 24, 2013

Amendment of Class D and Class E Airspace:

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This action proposes to amend Class D and Class E Airspace at Caldwell, NJ, as the Paterson Non-Directional Radio Beacon (NDB) has been decommissioned and new Standard Instrument Approach Procedures have been developed at Essex County Airport. This a...
Proposed Rule Jan 24, 2013

Amendment of Class E Airspace:

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This action proposes to amend Class E Airspace at Easton, PA, as the Allentown VORTAC has been decommissioned and new Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) have been developed at Braden Airpark. This action would enhance the safety and airs...
Proposed Rule Jan 24, 2013
This action proposes to modify Class E airspace at Lakeview, OR. Controlled airspace is necessary to accommodate aircraft using Area Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning System (GPS) standard instrument approach procedures at Lakeview County Airport....
Proposed Rule Jan 24, 2013
This action proposes to amend Class E airspace at Omak Airport, Omak, WA. Decommissioning of the Nondirectional Radio Beacon (NDB) has made this action necessary for the safety and management of Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations at the airport...
Proposed Rule Jan 24, 2013
This action proposes to amend Class E airspace at Reno/Tahoe International Airport, Reno, NV. Decommissioning of the Compass Locator at the Instrument Landing System Middle Marker (LMM) and the Middle Marker (MM) has made this action necessary for th...
Proposed Rule Jan 24, 2013
This action modifies Class E airspace at Savoonga, AK, to accommodate aircraft using Area Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning System (GPS) standard instrument approach procedures at Savoonga Airport. This action enhances the safety and management of...
Rule Jan 24, 2013

Class E Airspace:

Title Type Published
This action amends Class E Airspace at Wilkes-Barre, PA, creating controlled airspace to accommodate new area navigation (RNAV) Standard Instrument Approach Procedures at Wilkes-Barre Wyoming Valley Airport. Airspace reconfiguration is necessary for...
Rule Jan 24, 2013

Meetings:

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FMCSA announces that the Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee's subcommittee on Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) will meet on Tuesday and Wednesday, February 5 and 6, 2013, respectively. The meeting is open to the public and there will be...
Notice Jan 24, 2013
The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of the thirty-second meeting of the RTCA Special Committee 206, Aeronautical Information and Meteorological Data Link Services.
Notice Jan 24, 2013

Special Conditions:

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This action proposes special conditions for the Embraer S.A. Model EMB-550 airplane. This airplane will have a novel or unusual design feature when compared to the state of technology envisioned in the airworthiness standards for transport category a...
Proposed Rule Jan 24, 2013
This action proposes special conditions for the Embraer S.A. Model EMB-550 airplane. This airplane will have a novel or unusual design feature(s), specifically new control architecture and a full digital flight control system which provides flight en...
Proposed Rule Jan 24, 2013

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 Jan 24, 2013

New Product Pricing:

Title Type Published
The United States Mint is announcing pricing for a new product, the America the Beautiful Quarters Three-Roll Set. This product will be priced at $46.95.
Notice Jan 24, 2013

United States African Development Foundation logo United States African Development Foundation

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Board of Directors Executive Session
Notice Jan 24, 2013

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