August 27, 2015 (Volume 80)

Federal Register August 27, 2015

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Agencies Publishing on August 27, 2015

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Aug 27, 2015

Meetings:

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The Deschutes Provincial Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet in Bend, Oregon. The committee is authorized under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (the Act) and operates in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act....
Notice Aug 27, 2015
The Sanders Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet in Thompson Falls, Montana. The committee is authorized under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (the Act) and operates in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committ...
Notice Aug 27, 2015
The Sanders Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet in Thompson Falls, Montana. The committee is authorized under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (the Act) and operates in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committ...
Notice Aug 27, 2015

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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 Aug 27, 2015

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:

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The Department of Commerce ("Department") is initiating a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on xanthan gum from the People's Republic of China ("PRC") with respect to Inner Mongolia Jianlong Biochemical Co., Ltd. ("Inner Mongolia Jianl...
Notice Aug 27, 2015

Atlantic Coastal Fisheries:

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NMFS announces that on August 6, 2015, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (Commission) found the State of Delaware out of compliance with the Commission's Interstate Fishery Management Plan (ISFMP) for American Eel. Subsequently, on Augu...
Notice Aug 27, 2015

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species:

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NMFS is adjusting the Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) General category daily retention limit from the default limit of one large medium or giant BFT to four large medium or giant BFT for the September, October through November, and December subquota time...
Rule Aug 27, 2015

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value:

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The Department of Commerce (the "Department") preliminarily determines that certain uncoated paper ("uncoated paper") from Brazil is being, or is likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value ("LTFV"), as provided in section 733(b)...
Notice Aug 27, 2015

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska:

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NMFS is reallocating the projected unused amounts of the Aleut Corporation's pollock directed fishing allowance from the Aleutian Islands subarea to the Bering Sea subarea directed fisheries. This action is necessary to provide opportunity for harves...
Rule Aug 27, 2015

Fisheries of the Northeastern United States:

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NMFS proposes management measures recommended by the New England Fishery Management Council in Framework Adjustment 4 to the Atlantic Herring Fishery Management Plan to further enhance catch monitoring and address discarding in the herring fishery. N...
Proposed Rule Aug 27, 2015

Fisheries off West Coast States:

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This proposed rule, if adopted, would clarify the regulatory requirements for vessels using midwater trawl gear in the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Shorebased Individual Fishing Quota Program. This action is needed to eliminate inconsistencies an...
Proposed Rule Aug 27, 2015

Marine Sanctuaries:

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Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (MBNMS or sanctuary) was designated in September 1992. It spans 4,601 square nautical miles (6.094 square miles) of marine waters off the central California coast, encompassing several large, nearshore submarine...
Proposed Rule Aug 27, 2015

Meetings:

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The Bureau of the Census (Census Bureau) is giving notice of a meeting of the Census Scientific Advisory Committee (C-SAC). The Committee will address policy, research, and technical issues relating to a full range of Census Bureau programs and activ...
Notice Aug 27, 2015

Permits:

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Notice is hereby given that Dan Engelhaupt, Ph.D., HDR EOC, 5700 Lake Wright Drive, Norfolk, VA 23502-1859, has applied for an amendment to Scientific Research Permit No. 16239.
Notice Aug 27, 2015
Notice is hereby given that Iain Kerr, D.H.L., Ocean Alliance, 32 Horton Street, Gloucester, MA 01930, has applied in due form for a permit to conduct research on multiple cetacean species.
Notice Aug 27, 2015

Production Activity Authorizations:

Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

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In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 ("PRA"), 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 comment. The ICR d...
Notice Aug 27, 2015
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 ("PRA"), 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 comment. The ICR d...
Notice Aug 27, 2015

Education Department logo Education Department

Meetings:

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This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a forthcoming open teleconference meeting of the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance. This notice also describes the functions of the Advisory Committee. Notice of this meeting...
Notice Aug 27, 2015

Requests for Applications:

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The Secretary of Education invites publishers to submit tests for review and approval for use in the National Reporting System for Adult Education (NRS) and announces the date by which publishers must submit these tests.
Notice Aug 27, 2015

Energy Department logo Energy Department

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Combined Filings
Notice Aug 27, 2015
Combined Filings
Notice Aug 27, 2015
Combined Filings
Notice Aug 27, 2015

Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products:

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In this notice, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is forecasting the representative average unit costs of five residential energy sources for the year 2015 pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. The five sources are electricity, natura...
Notice Aug 27, 2015

Initial Market-Based Rate Filings Including Requests for Blanket Section 204 Authorizations:

Requests for Information:

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On July 1, 2015, the Department of Energy (DOE) published in the Federal Register a Request for Information (RFI) regarding the electric grid resilience self-assessment tool for distribution system and requested public comment by August 17, 2015. DOE...
Notice Aug 27, 2015

Revocation of Market-Based Rate Authority:

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Electric Quarterly Reports; M and R Energy Resources Corp.; Reliable Power, LLC; Susterra Energy, LLC
Notice Aug 27, 2015

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing a new subpart that updates the Emission Guidelines and Compliance Times for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (Emission Guidelines). The EPA determined that it was appropriate to review the landfil...
Proposed Rule Aug 27, 2015
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing this supplemental proposal for the Standards of Performance for Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Landfills to address the nonmethane organic compound (NMOC) emission rate threshold at which an affected...
Proposed Rule Aug 27, 2015

2008 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards:

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing three separate and independent determinations related to the 36 areas that are currently classified as "Marginal" for the 2008 ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). First, the EPA...
Proposed Rule Aug 27, 2015

Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations:

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve an element of a State Implementation Plan (SIP) submission from the State of Kansas addressing the applicable requirements of Clean Air Act (CAA) section 110 for the 2008 National Ambi...
Proposed Rule Aug 27, 2015
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking direct final action to approve an element of a State Implementation Plan (SIP) submission from the State of Kansas addressing the applicable requirements of Clean Air Act (CAA) section 110 for the 2...
Rule Aug 27, 2015
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking final action to partially approve and disapprove elements of a State Implementation Plan (SIP) submission from the State of Nebraska addressing the applicable requirements of Clean Air Act (CAA) sec...
Rule Aug 27, 2015
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve revisions to the New Mexico State Implementation Plan (SIP) for the City of Albuquerque-Bernalillo County. These revisions provide updates to the City of Albuquerque-Bernalillo County...
Proposed Rule Aug 27, 2015

Source Determination for Certain Emission Units in the Oil and Natural Gas Sector; Oil and Natural Gas Sector, etc.:

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing three public hearings to be held for three proposed rules titled, "Source Determination for Certain Emission Units in the Oil and Natural Gas Sector," "Oil and Natural Gas Sector: Emission Stand...
Proposed Rule Aug 27, 2015

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Special Observances:

Title Type Published
Women's Equality Day (Proc. 9308)
Presidential Document Aug 27, 2015

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Aug 27, 2015

Determinations that Products Were Not Withdrawn from Sale for Reasons of Safety or Effectiveness:

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined that the drug products listed in this document were not withdrawn from sale for reasons of safety or effectiveness. This determination means that FDA will not begin procedures to withdraw approval...
Notice Aug 27, 2015

Guidance:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of a document entitled "Design and Analysis of Shedding Studies for Virus or Bacteria-Based Gene Therapy and Oncolytic Products; Guidance for Industry." The guidance docu...
Notice Aug 27, 2015

Medical Devices; Immunology and Microbiology Devices:

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is classifying Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) toxin gene amplification assay into class II (special controls). The Agency is classifying the device into class II (special controls) in order to provide a re...
Rule Aug 27, 2015

Meetings:

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Center for Scientific Review
Notice Aug 27, 2015
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Aug 27, 2015
Clinical Center
Notice Aug 27, 2015
ICD10 Coordination and Maintenance Committee
Notice Aug 27, 2015
National Cancer Institute; Amendments
Notice Aug 27, 2015
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
Notice Aug 27, 2015
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
Notice Aug 27, 2015
National Institute on Aging
Notice Aug 27, 2015
National Institute on Aging
Notice Aug 27, 2015
National Institute on Aging
Notice Aug 27, 2015

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Drawbridge Operations:

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The Coast Guard has issued a temporary deviation from the operating schedule that governs the US 70 (Grayden Paul) Bridge across Gallants Channel, mile 0.1, at Beaufort, NC. This temporary deviation allows the draw bridge to remain in the closed to n...
Rule Aug 27, 2015
The Coast Guard has issued a temporary deviation from the operating schedule that governs the Sacramento County highway bridge across Sacramento River, mile 46.0, at Freeport, CA. The deviation is necessary to allow the bridge owner to replace bridge...
Rule Aug 27, 2015

National Customs Automation Program Test Modifications:

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This document announces U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP's) plan to conduct a National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) test concerning the electronic transmission of certain import data for all Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-regulated...
Notice Aug 27, 2015

Safety Zones:

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The Coast Guard is establishing regulations for annual, combined marine events that require the establishment of a temporary safety zone within the Captain of the Port Zone Buffalo on the Cuyahoga River, Cleveland, OH. This safety zone regulation is...
Rule Aug 27, 2015

Interior Department logo Interior Department

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

Title Type Published
To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), BSEE is inviting comments on a collection of information that we will submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The information collection request (ICR) conc...
Notice Aug 27, 2015
We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) have sent an Information Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for review and approval. We summarize the ICR below and describe the nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost. This information collection...
Notice Aug 27, 2015

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

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We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, announce the availability of a final environmental impact statement (EIS) for the comprehensive conservation plan (CCP) for the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge (refuge) in Adams County, Colorado...
Notice Aug 27, 2015

Meetings:

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In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Central Montana Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will mee...
Notice Aug 27, 2015
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Pecos District Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet as indicated below.
Notice Aug 27, 2015

Plats of Survey:

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The purpose of this notice is to inform the public and interested State and local government officials of the filing of Plats of Survey in Nevada.
Notice Aug 27, 2015
The plats of survey of the following described lands are scheduled to be officially filed in the Bureau of Land Management, Oregon State Office, Portland, Oregon, 30 days from the date of this publication.
Notice Aug 27, 2015

Special Regulations, Areas of the National Park System:

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The rule authorizes and allows for the management of bicycle use on certain new trails within Cuyahoga Valley National Park. The National Park Service general regulation pertaining to bicycles requires promulgation of a special regulation to authoriz...
Rule Aug 27, 2015

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Investigations; Determinations, Modifications, and Rulings, etc.:

Title Type Published
Following receipt on August 5, 2015, of a request from the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) under section 131 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2151), the U.S. International Trade Commission (Commission) instituted investigation no. 131-041, APEC L...
Notice Aug 27, 2015

Labor Department logo Labor Department

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

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) sponsored information collection request (ICR) titled, "Settlement Agreements Between a Plan and a Party in Interest," to the Office of Management and Bu...
Notice Aug 27, 2015

Merit Systems Protection Board logo Merit Systems Protection Board

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) is submitting a request for a three-year extension of an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review...
Notice Aug 27, 2015

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement:

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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is issuing an interim rule amending the NASA FAR Supplement to increase the NASA capitalization threshold from $100,000 to $500,000.
Rule Aug 27, 2015

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

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, notice is hereby given that one meeting of the Arts Advisory Panel to the National Council on the Arts will be held by teleconference.
Notice Aug 27, 2015

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
On March 26, 2015, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) requested public comment on a proposed rule that would amend its regulations that govern low-level radioactive waste (LLRW) disposal facilities. The proposed rule would require new and r...
Proposed Rule Aug 27, 2015

Guidance:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is withdrawing Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.35, "Inservice Inspection of Ungrouted Tendons in Prestressed Concrete Containments." The regulatory guide is being withdrawn because of changes in NRC regulations, w...
Notice Aug 27, 2015

Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

Prevailing Rate Systems:

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The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a proposed rule that would define Hancock County, Mississippi, as an area of application county to the Harrison, MS, nonappropriated fund (NAF) Federal Wage System (FWS) wage area. This change...
Proposed Rule Aug 27, 2015

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Applications:

Title Type Published
Notice of an application under section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("Act") for an exemption from section 15(a) of the Act and rule 18f-2 under the Act, as well as from certain disclosure requirements in rule 20a-1 under the Act, Item 19(a)(3) of Form N-1A, Items 22(c)(1)(ii), 22(c)(1)(iii), 22(c)(8) and 22(c)(9) of Schedule 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and Sections 6- 07(2)(a), (b), and (c) of Regulation S-X ("Disclosure Requirements"). The requested exemption would permit an investment adviser to hire and replace certain sub-advisers without shareholder approval and grant relief from the Disclosure Requirements as they relate to fees paid to the sub-advisers.
Notice Aug 27, 2015

Tennessee Valley Authority logo Tennessee Valley Authority

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) intends to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to address the closure of coal combustion residual (CCR) impoundments at its coal-fired power plants. CCRs are byproducts produced from the combustion of...
Notice Aug 27, 2015

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
In response to a Buy America waiver request from the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR), a subsidiary of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) hereby waives its Buy America requirements for the m...
Notice Aug 27, 2015

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

Title Type Published
PHMSA invites public comments on our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval to revise this information collection. On July 30, 2014, (79 FR 44246) PHMSA published a notice and request for comments in the Federal Reg...
Notice Aug 27, 2015

Airspace Designations:

Title Type Published
This action amends Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) part 71 relating to airspace designations to reflect the approval by the Director of the Federal Register of the incorporation by reference of FAA Order 7400.9Z, Airspace Designations a...
Rule Aug 27, 2015

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Airbus Model A320-212, -214, -232, and -233 airplanes. This proposed AD was prompted by a report of a crack found during an inspection of the pocket radius of the fuselage frame. This...
Proposed Rule Aug 27, 2015
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain serial number (S/N) GE Aviation Czech s.r.o. M601E-11, M601E-11A, and M601F turboprop engines with certain part number (P/N) gas generator turbine (GGT) blades, installed. This AD require...
Rule Aug 27, 2015
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all General Electric Company (GE) GEnx-1B54, -1B58, -1B64, -1B67, and -1B70 turbofan engine models. This proposed AD was prompted by reports of two in-flight shutdowns (IFSDs) caused by high-...
Proposed Rule Aug 27, 2015
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Pacific Aerospace Limited Model 750XL airplanes that would supersede AD 2014-20-13. This proposed AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) originated by a...
Proposed Rule Aug 27, 2015

Establishment of Class E Airspace:

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This action proposes to establish Class E en route domestic airspace in the International Falls, MN area, to facilitate vectoring of Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) aircraft under control of Minneapolis Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC). The FAA...
Proposed Rule Aug 27, 2015
This action proposes to establish Class E surface area airspace at Pearson Field, Vancouver, WA, to accommodate existing Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) at the airport. The FAA is taking this action to enhance the safety and managemen...
Proposed Rule Aug 27, 2015

Funding Availability:

Title Type Published
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) annually publishes one or more notices to apportion funds appropriated by law. This notice is the third notice which announces the remaining apportionment for programs funded with fiscal year (FY) 2015 contrac...
Notice Aug 27, 2015

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of the third meeting of the RTCA Special Committee 233.
Notice Aug 27, 2015

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 Aug 27, 2015
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 Aug 27, 2015
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 Aug 27, 2015
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 Aug 27, 2015
As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we invite comments on the proposed or continuing information collections listed below in this notice.
Notice Aug 27, 2015
This document contains final and temporary regulations relating to the allocation of W-2 wages for purposes of the W-2 wage limitation on the amount of a taxpayer's deduction related to domestic production activities. Specifically, the temporary regu...
Rule Aug 27, 2015
This document contains proposed regulations involving the domestic production activities deduction under section 199 of the Internal Revenue Code (Code). The proposed regulations provide guidance to taxpayers on the amendments made to section 199 by...
Proposed Rule Aug 27, 2015
This document contains proposed amendments to the regulations for determining whether an individual is a bona fide resident of a U.S. territory. These proposed amendments affect individuals establishing bona fide residency in a U.S. territory by allo...
Proposed Rule Aug 27, 2015

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) intends to conduct a recurring computer matching program. This will match personnel records of the Department of Defense (DoD) with VA records of benefit recipients under the Montgom...
Notice Aug 27, 2015

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