Federal Register December 5, 2013
View all documents issued on December 5, 2013. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.
56 documents were published on this date.
Agencies Publishing on December 5, 2013
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Agriculture Department
(5)
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Commerce Department
(2)
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Commodity Futures Trading Commission
(1)
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Defense Department
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Education Department
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Energy Department
(3)
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Environmental Protection Agency
(2)
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Executive Office of the President
(1)
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Federal Communications Commission
(3)
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
(1)
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Federal Reserve System
(3)
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Federal Trade Commission
(1)
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General Services Administration
(1)
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Health and Human Services Department
(7)
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Homeland Security Department
(2)
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Housing and Urban Development Department
(1)
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Interior Department
(3)
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International Trade Commission
(1)
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Justice Department
(2)
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Labor Department
(2)
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Legal Services Corporation
(1)
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(1)
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Securities and Exchange Commission
(3)
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State Department
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SSusquehanna River Basin Commission (1)
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TTrade Representative, Office of United States (1)
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Transportation Department
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Treasury Department
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Agriculture Department
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The Rural Utilities Service (RUS or Agency) is publishing policies and procedures for loan and guarantee financial assistance in support of energy efficiency programs (EE Programs) sponsored and implemented by electric utilities for the benefit of ru...
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Rule | Dec 05, 2013 |
Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:
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The USDA, Forest Service will prepare an environmental impact statement to authorize the approval of grazing livestock within the lower Imnaha area, including allotments within the Lightning Creek, Tulley Creek, Cow Creek, and a portion of the Snake...
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Notice | Dec 05, 2013 |
Marketing Agreements:
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This action terminates a rulemaking proceeding that proposed to establish a marketing agreement (agreement) under the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (Act) to regulate the handling of fresh leafy green vegetables in the United States. Th...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 05, 2013 |
Meetings:
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The Black Hills National Forest Advisory Board (Board) will meet in Rapid City, South Dakota. The Board is established consistent with the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C. App. II), the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Plannin...
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Notice | Dec 05, 2013 |
Subsistence Management Program for Public Lands in Alaska:
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This document informs the public that the Western Interior Alaska Federal Subsistence Regional Advisory Council (Council) will hold a public meeting by teleconference on December 11, 2013. The public is invited to participate and to provide oral test...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 05, 2013 |
Commerce Department
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On June 14, 2013, NOAA published a proposed rule in the Federal Register to revise the regulations for the boundary of the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary. This document re-opens the public comment period.
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Proposed Rule | Dec 05, 2013 |
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska:
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NMFS is opening directed fishing for Pacific ocean perch in the Bering Sea subarea of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area. This action is necessary to fully use the 2013 total allowable catch of Pacific ocean perch specified for the B...
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Rule | Dec 05, 2013 |
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Notice | Dec 05, 2013 |
Defense Department
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Section 358 of the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 required the Department of Defense (DoD) to designate a senior official and a lead organization to serve as a clearinghouse for the coordination of DoD review of a...
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Rule | Dec 05, 2013 |
Education Department
Meetings:
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On June 12, 2013, we announced our intention to establish a negotiated rulemaking committee to prepare proposed regulations to establish standards for programs that prepare students for gainful employment in a recognized occupation. We also announced...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 05, 2013 |
Energy Department
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Combined Filings
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Notice | Dec 05, 2013 |
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In this Final Rule, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is amending the pro forma Small Generator Interconnection Procedures (SGIP) and pro forma Small Generator Interconnection Agreement (SGIA) to: Incorporate provisions that provi...
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Rule | Dec 05, 2013 |
Monitoring System Conditions:
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Pursuant to section 215 of the Federal Power Act (FPA), the Commission proposes to remand revisions to the Transmission Operations and Interconnection Reliability Operations and Coordination Reliability Standards, developed by the North American Elec...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 05, 2013 |
Environmental Protection Agency
Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets:
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In this notice, EPA is notifying the public that the Agency has found that the motor vehicle emissions budget (MVEB) for particulate matter less than ten microns (PM-10) for the year 2012 in the Five Percent Plan for PM-10 for the Maricopa County Non...
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Notice | Dec 05, 2013 |
Ocean Dumping:
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The EPA today designates four new Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Sites (ODMDS) located offshore of Texas for the disposal of dredged material from the Sabine-Neches Waterway (SNWW) Channel Improvement Project (CIP), which includes an extension of th...
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Rule | Dec 05, 2013 |
Executive Office of the President
Special Observances:
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National Impaired Driving Prevention Month (Proc. 9065)
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Presidential Document | Dec 05, 2013 |
Federal Communications Commission
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In this document, the Commission seeks comment on potential measures to expedite the environmental and historic preservation review of new wireless facilities and on rules to implement statutory provisions governing State and local review of wireless...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 05, 2013 |
Meetings:
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In this document, the Commission released a public notice announcing the meeting and agenda of the North American Numbering Council (NANC). The intended effect of this action is to make the public aware of the NANC's next meeting and agenda.
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Notice | Dec 05, 2013 |
Radio Broadcasting Services:
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The Commission amends the Table of FM Allotments by removing Channel 221C0 at Port Lions, Alaska; Channel 247C3 at De Beque, Colorado; Channel 237C3 at Benjamin, Texas; Channel 261C3 at Cisco, Texas; Channel 288C2 at Rule, Texas; and Channel 225C2 at...
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Rule | Dec 05, 2013 |
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Notice | Dec 05, 2013 |
Federal Reserve System
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Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
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Notice | Dec 05, 2013 |
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Notice | Dec 05, 2013 |
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Notice | Dec 05, 2013 |
Federal Trade Commission
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The FTC intends to ask the Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") to extend through December 31, 2016, the current Paperwork Reduction Act ("PRA") clearance for the FTC's enforcement of the information collection requirements in its Affiliate Market...
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Notice | Dec 05, 2013 |
General Services Administration
Federal Travel Regulation:
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GSA is amending the Federal Travel Regulation (FTR) by revising its policy on agency requirements for payment of expenses connected with the death of certain employees and family members. This final rule establishes policy and procedures for relocati...
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Rule | Dec 05, 2013 |
Health and Human Services Department
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In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects (Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995), the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announces plans to subm...
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Notice | Dec 05, 2013 |
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In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended, this notice announces the renewal of a CMP that CMS plans to conduct with the Purchased Care at the Health Administration Center (PC@HAC) of the Department of...
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Notice | Dec 05, 2013 |
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:
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Child and Family Services Plan, Annual Progress and Services Review, etc.
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Notice | Dec 05, 2013 |
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
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Notice | Dec 05, 2013 |
Draft Guidance for Industry; Availability:
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a revised draft guidance for industry entitled "Bioequivalence Recommendations for Paliperidone Palmitate." The guidance provides specific recommendations on the design of bioeq...
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Notice | Dec 05, 2013 |
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry entitled "Bioequivalence Studies With Pharmacokinetic Endpoints for Drugs Submitted Under an ANDA." This guidance provides recommendations to appli...
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Notice | Dec 05, 2013 |
Meetings:
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National Institute of Mental Health
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Notice | Dec 05, 2013 |
Homeland Security Department
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On November 4, 2013, DHS published a notice in the Federal Register, announcing a Secretarial determination under section 212(d)(3)(B)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(3)(B)(i), as amended. DHS inadvertently omitted three w...
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Notice | Dec 05, 2013 |
Requests for Information:
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This Request for Information (RFI) notice informs the public that the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) is currently developing a National Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Research and Dev...
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Notice | Dec 05, 2013 |
Housing and Urban Development Department
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This notice announces the inaugural year of the Innovation in Affordable Housing Student Design and Planning Competition. The competition requires teams of graduate students from multiple disciplines to submit plans in response to a real life afforda...
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Notice | Dec 05, 2013 |
Interior Department
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants:
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We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), notify the public that we are making changes to our proposed rule of August 7, 2012, to reclassify the straight-horned markhor (Capra falconeri jerdoni) from endangered to threatened. We propose to co...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 05, 2013 |
Meetings:
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We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, announce a public meeting of the Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council (Council).
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Notice | Dec 05, 2013 |
Special Regulations:
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This rule authorizes bicycle use on new and existing multi-use trails and administrative roads within the New River Gorge National River. The rule is necessary because the National Park Service general regulation for bicycle use requires publication...
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Rule | Dec 05, 2013 |
Subsistence Management Program for Public Lands in Alaska:
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International Trade Commission
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Notice | Dec 05, 2013 |
Justice Department
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The Bureau of Prisons (Bureau) changes its regulations on compassionate release, to provide that when considering an inmate for reduction in sentence, the General Counsel will solicit the opinion of the United States Attorney in the district in which...
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Rule | Dec 05, 2013 |
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Consent Decrees under the Safe Drinking Water Act
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Notice | Dec 05, 2013 |
Labor Department
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:
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OSHA solicits public comments concerning its proposal to extend the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval of the information collection requirements contained in the Logging Operations Standard (29 CFR 1910.266).
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Notice | Dec 05, 2013 |
Applications:
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In this notice, OSHA announces the application of Underwriters Laboratories, Inc., for expansion of its recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory and presents the Agency's preliminary finding to grant the application and request. Unde...
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Notice | Dec 05, 2013 |
Legal Services Corporation
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Notice | Dec 05, 2013 |
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) invites public comment about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB's) approval for renewal of an existing information collection that is summarized below. We are required to p...
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Notice | Dec 05, 2013 |
Securities and Exchange Commission
Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:
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Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.
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Notice | Dec 05, 2013 |
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NYSE MKT, LLC
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Notice | Dec 05, 2013 |
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New York Stock Exchange, LLC
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Notice | Dec 05, 2013 |
State Department
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:
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The Department of State is seeking Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the information collection described below. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we are requesting comments on this collection from all intereste...
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Notice | Dec 05, 2013 |
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Susquehanna River Basin Commission
Meetings:
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As part of its regular business meeting held on September 19, 2013, in Binghamton, New York, the Commission took the following actions: (1) Approved or tabled the applications of certain water resources projects; (2) rescinded approvals for three pro...
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Notice | Dec 05, 2013 |
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Trade Representative, Office of United States
Trade Surplus; Determinations:
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In accordance with relevant provisions of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS), the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) is providing notice of its determination of the trade surplus in certain sugar and syrup...
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Notice | Dec 05, 2013 |
Transportation Department
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In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comme...
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Notice | Dec 05, 2013 |
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This document proposes to clarify NHTSA regulations on registered importers ("RIs") of motor vehicles not originally manufactured to comply with all applicable Federal motor vehicle safety standards. The proposal would require RIs to certify to NHTSA...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 05, 2013 |
Treasury Department
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This document contains final regulations relating to certain dividend equivalents for purposes of section 871(m) of the Internal Revenue Code (Code). The regulations provide guidance to nonresident alien individuals and foreign corporations that hold...
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Rule | Dec 05, 2013 |
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This document provides guidance to nonresident alien individuals and foreign corporations that hold certain financial products providing for payments that are contingent upon or determined by reference to U.S. source dividend payments and to withhold...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 05, 2013 |
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:
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The Department of the Treasury invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on currently approved information collection 1525-0015, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44...
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Notice | Dec 05, 2013 |
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