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(10) Mark West Springs, California 

Quadrangle, 7.5 Minute Series, edition 

of 1998, and

(11) Jimtown, California Quadrangle—

Sonoma Co., 7.5 Minute Series, edition 

of 1993. 

(c) Boundaries. ***

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(8) Proceed southeast along the 

Bohemian Highway, crossing over the 

Camp Meeker map, to the town of 

Freestone, where the Highway intersects 

at BM 214 with an unnamed mediumduty road (known locally as Bodega 

Road, section 12, T6N, R10W, on the 

Valley Ford map). 

(9) Proceed 0.9 mile northeast on 

Bodega Road to its intersection, at BM 

486, with Jonvive Road to the north and 

an unnamed light duty road to the 

south, (known locally as Barnett Valley 

Road, T6N, R9W, on the Camp Meeker 

map). 

(10) Proceed 2.2 miles south, followed 

by east, on Barnett Valley Road, crossing 

over the Valley Ford map, to its 

intersection with Burnside Road in 

section 17, T6N, R9W, on the Two Rock 

map. 

(11) Proceed 3.3 miles southeast on 

Burnside Road to its intersection with 

an unnamed medium duty road at BM 

375, T6N, R9W, on the Two Rock map. 

(12) Proceed 0.6 mile straight 

southeast to an unnamed 610-foot 

elevation peak, 1.5 miles southwest of 

Canfield School, T6N, R9W, on the Two 

Rock map. 

(13) Proceed 0.75 mile straight eastsoutheast to an unnamed 641-foot 

elevation peak, 1.4 miles southsouthwest of Canfield School, T6N, 

R9W, on the Two Rock map. 

(14) Proceed 0.85 mile straight 

northeast to the intersection with an 

unnamed intermittent stream and 

Canfield Road; continue 0.3 mile 

straight in the same northeast line of 

direction to its intersection with the 

common boundary of Ranges 8 and 9, 

just west of an unnamed unimproved 

dirt road, T6N, on the Two Rock map. 

(15) Proceed 1.8 miles straight north 

along the common Range 8 and 9 

boundary line to its intersection with 

Blucher Creek, T6N, on the Two Rock 

map. 

(16) Proceed 1.25 miles generally 

northeast along Blucher Creek to its 

intersection with Highway 116, also 

known as Gravenstein Highway, in 

section 18, T6N, R8W, on the Two Rock 

map. 

(17) Proceed 0.2 mile straight 

southeast along Highway 116 to its 

intersection with an unnamed light duty 

road to the north in section 18, T6N, 

R8W, on the Two Rock map. 

(18) Proceed 0.1 mile straight 

northwest along the unnamed light duty 

road to its intersection with an 

unnamed medium-duty road to the east, 

(known as Todd Road in Section 18, 

T6N, R8W, on the Two Rock map). 

(19) Proceed 4.8 miles east, north, and 

east again along Todd Road, a mediumduty road, crossing over the Sebastopol 

map and then passing over U.S. 

Highway 101 and continuing straight 

east 0.1 mile to Todd Road’s 

intersection with Santa Rosa Avenue, a 

primary road that is generally parallel to 

U.S. Highway 101, in section 2, T6N, 

R8W, on the Santa Rosa map. 

(20) Proceed 5.8 miles generally north 

along Santa Rosa Avenue, which 

becomes Mendocino Avenue, to its 

intersection with an unnamed 

secondary road, known locally as 

Bicentennial Way, 0.3 mile northnorthwest of BM 161 on Mendocino 

Avenue, section 11, T7N, R8W, on the 

Santa Rosa map. 

(21) Proceed 2.5 miles straight north, 

crossing over the 906-foot elevation 

peak in section 35 of the Santa Rosa 

map, to its intersection with Mark West 

Springs Road and the meandering 280-

foot elevation in section 26, T8N, R8W, 

of the Mark West Springs map. 

(22) Proceed 4.8 miles northnorthwest along Mark West Springs 

Road, which becomes Porter Creek 

Road, to its intersection with Franz 

Valley Road, a light-duty road to the 

north of Porter Creek Road, in section 

12, T8N, R8W, on the Mark West 

Springs map.

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Signed: January 24, 2005. 

John J. Manfreda, 

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 05–1667 Filed 1–28–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–31–P

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

38 CFR Part 3 

RIN 2900–AK97 

Time Limit for Requests for De Novo

Review

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Withdrawal of proposed rule.

SUMMARY: In a document published in 

the Federal Register at 67 FR 10866 on 

March 11, 2002, the Department of 

Veterans Affairs (VA) proposed to 

amend its adjudication regulations 

concerning the time a claimant has in 

which to request a de novo review of a 

decision at the Veterans Service Center 

level after filing a Notice of 

Disagreement. This document 

withdraws that proposed rule.

DATES: The proposed rule is withdrawn 

as of January 31, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Maya Ferrandino, Consultant, Policy 

and Regulations Staff, Compensation 

and Pension Service, Veterans Benefits 

Administration, 810 Vermont Ave., 

NW., Washington, DC 20420, telephone 

(202) 273–7232.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Currently, 

a claimant who disagrees with a 

decision by a Veterans Service Center 

may appeal that decision by filing a 

notice of disagreement (NOD). Under 38 

CFR 3.2600, a claimant who has filed a 

timely NOD may also obtain de novo

review of the decision of the Veterans 

Service Center by requesting such 

review with the NOD or within 60 days 

after the date that VA mails notice of the 

availability of de novo review. We 

proposed reducing that 60-day period to 

15 days. However, we have determined 

that revision of the de novo review 

process is unnecessary at this time. 

Therefore, we are withdrawing the 

proposal.

Approved: December 17, 2004. 

Anthony J. Principi, 

Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

[FR Doc. 05–1704 Filed 1–28–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8320–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

38 CFR Part 36 

RIN 2900–AK76 

Loan Guaranty: Prepurchase 

Counseling Requirements

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Proposed rule; withdrawal.

SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans 

Affairs (VA) published a proposed rule 

in the Federal Register on October 11, 

2001 (66 FR 51893) to amend its loan 

guaranty regulations that set forth 

underwriting standards for VA 

guaranteed loans. We had proposed to 

require first-time homebuyers to 

complete homeownership counseling 

and to add a compensating factor for 

certain veterans who do not fully meet 

VA’s underwriting standards. However, 

the proposed rule and comments have 

been superseded by recently-adopted 

requirements established by the 

Department of Defense mandating such 

counseling for all enlistees and by VA’s 

decision to provide a link to the 

Government National Mortgage