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Environmental Federal Register Summary
March 10 - 14, 2008

Disclaimer: Although every effort is made to include all relevant Federal Register notices in this summary for the convenience of the reader, some notices may have been omitted inadvertently. Regulated parties are required to comply with all applicable federal regulations regardless of their inclusion or omission here. DEP assumes no liability for any error or omission in this summary.

General Information

DOD/USACE - Chief of Engineers Environmental Advisory Board

Renewal of Federal Advisory Committee

Web site

 

DOE - Climate Change Science Program Product Development Advisory Committee
Notice of Renewal

Web site

 

DOE - Biological and Environmental Research Advisory Committee

Notice of Teleconference

Web site

 

DOL/OSHA - Updating OSHA Standards Based on National Consensus Standards
Final Rule; Confirmation of Effective Date

Web site

 

EPA - Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations
Notice of Availability of EPA Comments

Web site

 

EPA - Environmental Impact Statements
Weekly Receipts

Web site

 

NSF - Advisory Committee for Environmental Research and Education
Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

NSF - Advisory Committee for Geosciences

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

USDA/AMS - National Organic Program, Sunset Review (2011)
Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; Comment Request

Web site

 

Homeland Security

DHS - Bio-Knowledge Center Expert Database
Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

DHS - Critical Infrastructure/Key Resources Private Sector Clearance Program

Submission of Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

DHS - Protected Repository for the Defense of Infrastructure Against Cyber Threats

Submission of Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

DHS - National Infrastructure Advisory Council

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

DHS/TSA - Transportation Worker Identification Credential Implementation in the Maritime Sector

Hazardous Materials Endorsement for a Commercial Driver's License

Correction

Web site

 

DHS/TSA - Transportation Worker Identification Credential
Port of Bangor, Maine
Notice of Enrollment Date

Web site

 

DOC/BIS - Export and Reexport Controls for Iraq

Submission of Information Collection for OMB Review; Comment Request
Web site

 

HHS - National Biodefense Science Board

Notice of Teleconference

Web site

 

NRC - Interlocutory Review of Rulings on Requests by Potential Parties for Access to Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information and Safeguards Information
Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

NRC - Enhancements to Emergency Preparedness Regulations
Availability of Preliminary Draft Rule Language

Web site

 

The President - Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to Iran

Notice of March 11, 2008

Web site

 

Water and Wastewater

EPA - Clean Water Act State Revolving Fund Program

Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

EPA - Drinking Water Committee

Notice of Meetings

Web site

 

Microbiology

DHS - Bio-Knowledge Center Expert Database
Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

HHS - National Biodefense Science Board

Notice of Teleconference

Web site

 

HHS/CDC - Vessel Sanitation Program

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

HHS/NIH - Advanced Development of Multivalent Filovirus (Ebola and Marburg) Hemorrhagic Fever Vaccines

Notice of Closed Meeting

Web site

 

Toxics, Hazardous Materials and Waste

DHS/TSA - Transportation Worker Identification Credential Implementation in the Maritime Sector

Hazardous Materials Endorsement for a Commercial Driver's License

Correction

Web site

 

DOJ - Bridgeport United Recycling, Inc. and United Oil Recovery, Inc.

Bridgeport, Connecticut

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act and RECRA; Comment Request
Web site

 

DOT/PHMSA - Standards for Increasing the Maximum Allowable Operating Pressure for Gas Transmission Pipelines

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOT/PHMSA - Pipeline Safety: Dangers of Abnormal Snow and Ice Build-Up on Gas Distribution Systems
Notice of Issuance of Advisory Bulletin

Web site

 

EPA - Spiromesifen; Pesticide Tolerance

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - d-Phenothrin (Sumithrin) Risk Assessments

Notice of Availability and Risk Reduction Options
Web site

 

EPA - Petitions for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities
Notice of Filing

Web site

 

EPA - Association of American Pesticide Control Officials/State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group

Working Committee on Pesticide Operations and Management

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

HHS/NTP - Report on Carcinogens

Expert Panel's Recommendations on Listing Status for Captafol and Ortho-nitrotoluene and  Scientific Justifications

Comment Request

Web site

 

Air Quality

DOJ - Bridgeport United Recycling, Inc. and United Oil Recovery, Inc.

Bridgeport, Connecticut

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act and RECRA; Comment Request
Web site

 

EPA - Control of Hazardous Air Pollutants From Mobile Sources

Early Credit Technology Requirement Revision

Direct Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Control of Hazardous Air Pollutants From Mobile Sources

Early Credit Technology Requirement Revision

Proposed Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - In-Use Testing for Heavy-Duty Diesel Engines and Vehicles

Emission Measurement Accuracy Margins for Portable Emission Measurement Systems and Program Revisions
Direct Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - In-Use Testing for Heavy-Duty Diesel Engines and Vehicles

Emission Measurement Accuracy Margins for Portable Emission Measurement Systems and Program Revisions
Proposed Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants

Area Source Standards for Plating and Polishing Operations

Proposed Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Ambient Air Monitoring Reference and Equivalent Methods

Notice of Designation of One New Equivalent Method
Web site

 

EPA - Energy Policy Act of 2005 Diesel Emissions Reduction Program
State Clean Diesel Grant Program Funding Fiscal Year 2008
Notice of Availability of Funding

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Protection of Stratospheric Ozone

Critical Use Exemption From the Phaseout of Methyl Bromide (renewal)

Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

EPA - PFC Reduction/Climate Partnership for the Semiconductor Industry

Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

EPA - Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee
Carbon Monoxide NAAQS Review Panel
Notice of Teleconference

Web site

 

EPA - Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee

Ozone Review Panel
Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

Energy and Nuclear

DOC/BIA - Tribal Energy Resource Agreements Under the Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act

Final Rule
Web site  (PDF)

 

DOE - Energy Conservation Standards for General Service Fluorescent Lamps and Incandescent Reflector Lamps
Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOE - Test Procedures for General Service Fluorescent Lamps, Incandescent Reflector Lamps, and General Service Incandescent Lamps
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOE - Alternative Fuel Transportation Program

Final Private and Local Government Fleet Determination

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOE - State Energy Advisory Board

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

DOE - State Energy Advisory Board

Notice of Teleconference

Web site

 

DOE/FERC - Providence Water Release Hydroelectric Project

North Branch Pawtuxet River, Providence County, near Scituate, Rhode Island
Notice of Declaration of Intention and Soliciting Comments, Protests, and/or Motions to Intervene

Web site

 

DOE/FERC - Application for Preliminary Permit

Information Collection Activities, Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOE/FERC - Application for Surrender of Hydropower License

Information Collection Activities, Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOI/MMS - Cape Wind Energy Project 2008, Massachusetts
Notice of Extension of Comment Period

Web site

 

DOT/PHMSA - Standards for Increasing the Maximum Allowable Operating Pressure for Gas Transmission Pipelines

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOT/PHMSA - Pipeline Safety: Dangers of Abnormal Snow and Ice Build-Up on Gas Distribution Systems
Notice of Issuance of Advisory Bulletin

Web site

 

EPA - Energy Policy Act of 2005 Diesel Emissions Reduction Program
State Clean Diesel Grant Program Funding Fiscal Year 2008
Notice of Availability of Funding

Web site  (PDF)

 

FTC - Automotive Fuel Ratings, Certification and Posting
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; Comment Request

Web site  (PDF)

 

HHS/CDC - Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health

Subcommittee for Dose Reconstruction Reviews

Web site

 

HHS/NIOSH - Combustion Engineering, Windsor, Connecticut

Notice of Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort

Web site

 

NRC - Interlocutory Review of Rulings on Requests by Potential Parties for Access to Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information and Safeguards Information
Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

NRC - Enhancements to Emergency Preparedness Regulations
Availability of Preliminary Draft Rule Language

Web site

 

NRC - List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: HI-STORM 100 Revision 5

Withdrawal of Direct Final Rule

Web site

 

NRC - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations
Biweekly Notice

Web site  (PDF)

 

NRC - High-Level Waste Repository, Yucca Mountain, Nevada

Pre-Application Matters

Notice and Memorandum Requesting Information from Potential Parties

Web site

 

NRC - Station Blackout Rule; Associated With License Renewal Applications

Proposed License Renewal Interim Staff Guidance

Comment Request

Web site

 

NRC - Notice of Sunshine Act Meetings

Web site

 

Land and Mineral Management

DOC/NOAA - Deep Seabed Mining Regulations for Exploration Licenses

Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOI/NPS - National Register of Historic Places

Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions

Web site

 

DOT/FHWA + DOT/FTA - Parks, Recreation Areas, Wildlife and Waterfowl Refuges, and Historic Sites
Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOT/FHWA - Proposed Improvements to Interstate 93

Rockingham and Hillsborough Counties, New Hampshire

Notice of Intent to Prepare Environmental Impact Statement

Web site

 

USDA/FS - Roadless Area Conservation National Advisory Committee

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

Fish and Wildlife

DOC/NOAA - Fisheries of the Northeastern United States

Scup Fishery

Reduction of Winter I Commercial Possession Limit
Temporary Rule; Inseason Adjustment

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Northeast Multispecies Fishery

2008 Georges Bank Cod Fixed Gear Sector Operations Plan and Agreement, and Allocation of Georges Bank Cod Total Allowable Catch

Proposed Rule; Comment Request

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOC/NOAA - Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology

Interagency Working Group on Ocean Observation

Integrated Ocean Observing System Strategic Plan

Notice of Availability; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Advisory Committee to US Section to International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas

Species Working Group

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - New England Fishery Management Council

Groundfish Oversight Committee

Notice of Meeting

Web site

DOC/NOAA - New England Fishery Management Council

Skate Committee

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

DOI - Sporting Conservation Council

Notice of Renewal

Web site

 

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