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Environmental Federal Register Summary
June 9 - 13, 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

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

Web site

 

EPA - Environmental Impact Statements
Weekly Receipts

Web site

 

EPA - Coastal Elevations and Sea Level Rise Advisory Committee

Notice of Charter Renewal
Web site

 

EPA - National Environmental Education Advisory Council
Notice of Meetings

Web site

 

FTC - Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims

Green Building and Textiles

Notice of  Workshop; Comment Request

Web site

 

Homeland Security

DHS - US-CERT Incident Reporting 1670-NEW

Submission of Information Collection for Review; Comment Request

Web site

 

DHS - Homeland Security Advisory Council

Notice of Partially Closed Meeting

Web site

 

DHS/CBP - Changes to the Visa Waiver Program to Implement the Electronic System for Travel Authorization Program
Interim Final Rule; Comment Request

Web site  (PDF)

 

DHS/CBP - Electronic System for Travel Authorization
Privacy Act of 1974: Implementation of Exemptions

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

Web site

 

DHS/CBP - Electronic System for Travel Authorization

Notice of Privacy Act System of Records

Web site  (PDF)

 

DHS/FEMA - Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) Inventory and Evaluation Survey

Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOE - Identification and Protection of Unclassified Controlled Nuclear Information
Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOJ/ATF - Importation, Receipt, Storage, and Disposition By Explosives Importers, Manufacturers, Dealers, and Users

Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOJ/ATF - National Repository for the Collection and Inventory of Information Related to Arson and the Criminal Misuse of Explosives

Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

HHS/FDA - Food Protection Task Force Conference

Notice of Funding Availability

Web site

 

NRC - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses

Involving Proposed No Significant Hazards Considerations and Containing Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information or Safeguards Information and Order Imposing Procedures for Access to Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information or Safeguards Information
Notice

Web site  (PDF)

 

Water and Wastewater

EPA - NPDES Water Transfers Rule

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

Microbiology

HHS/FDA - Food Protection Task Force Conference

Notice of Funding Availability

Web site

 

USDA/APHIS - National Animal Identification System

Privacy Act System of Records

Notice of Indefinite Suspension of Effective Date
Web site

 

Toxics, Hazardous Materials and Waste

DOI/MMS - Oil and Gas and Sulphur Operations in the Outer Continental Shelf-Requirements for Subsurface Safety Valve Equipment

Proposed Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOT/STB - Common Carrier Obligation of Railroads

Transportation of Hazardous Materials
Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

EPA - Community Right-To-Know

Corrections and 2007 Updates to the Toxics Release Inventory North American Industry Classification System Reporting Codes

Final Rule
Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Bifenthrin; Pesticide Tolerances
Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Flutolanil; Pesticide Tolerances

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - (Z)-7,8-epoxy-2-methyloctadecane (Disparlure)

Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance
Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Fenoxaprop-ethyl

Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Standards for Pesticide Containers and Containment: Proposed Amendments

Proposed Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Proposed Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances (TSCA)

Proposed Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Natural Rubber Latex Adhesives

Disposition of TSCA Section 21 Petition
Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Pesticide Emergency Exemptions

Notice of Decisions and State and Federal Agency Crisis Declarations
Web site

 

EPA - Fenamiphos

Amendment to Use Deletion and Product Cancellation Order
Web site

 

EPA - Diflubenzuron

Application for Emergency Exemption, Solicitation of Public Comment
Notice of Receipt

Web site

 

EPA - Pesticide Product Registration Approval

Notice of Approval

Web site

 

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

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Board of Scientific Counselors

National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

Notice of Charter Renewal
Web site

 

EPA - Submission of Protocols and Study Reports for Environmental Research Involving Human Subjects

Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

EPA - RCRA Expanded Public Participation

Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

EPA - Foreign Purchaser Acknowledgment Statement of Unregistered Pesticides

Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

EPA - Draft Toxicological Review of Cerium Oxide and Cerium Compounds and Beryllium and Compounds

In Support of the Summary Information in the Integrated Risk Information System
Notice of listening session; correction.
Web site

 

Air Quality

EPA - Protection of Stratospheric Ozone

Allocation of Essential Use Allowances for Calendar Year 2008

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Protection of the Stratospheric Ozone

Alternatives for the Motor Vehicle Air Conditioning Sector Under the Significant New Alternatives Policy Program
Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Standards of Performance for Steam Generators

Proposed Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants

Mercury Emissions from Mercury Cell Chlor-Alkali Plants

Proposed Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Standards of Performance for Coal Preparation Plants

Extension of Comment Period

Web site

 

EPA - Connecticut 8-Hour Ozone Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets and Out-Year Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets for Transportation Conformity Purposes

Notice of Adequacy

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Servicing of Motor Vehicle Air Conditioners

Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

EPA - NESHAP for Leather Finishing Operations (Renewal)

Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request

Web site

 

Energy and Nuclear

DOE - Identification and Protection of Unclassified Controlled Nuclear Information
Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOE/FERC - Proposed Fitchburg Expansion Project (natural gas)

Worcester and Middlesex Counties, Massachusetts

Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment

Web site

 

DOE/FERC - Weaver's Cove LNG Terminal

Mount Hope Bay, Fall River, Massachusetts

Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement; Request for Comments on Environmental Issues; Meetings

Web site

 

DOI/FWS - Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Construction of a Liquefied Natural Gas Facility off Massachusetts

Notice of Issuance of Incidental Harassment Authorization

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOI/MMS - Oil and Gas and Sulphur Operations in the Outer Continental Shelf-Requirements for Subsurface Safety Valve Equipment

Proposed Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Standards of Performance for Steam Generators

Proposed Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Standards of Performance for Coal Preparation Plants

Extension of Comment Period

Web site

 

HHS/CDC - Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

NRC - Regulatory Improvements to the Nuclear Materials Management and Safeguards System

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

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

Web site

 

NRC - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses

Involving Proposed No Significant Hazards Considerations and Containing Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information or Safeguards Information and Order Imposing Procedures for Access to Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information or Safeguards Information
Notice

Web site  (PDF)

 

NRC - Minimization of Contamination and Radioactive Waste Generation: Life-Cycle Planning

Notice of Issuance of Regulatory Guide

Web site

 

NRC - Guidance for Residual Heat Removal

Withdrawal of Regulatory Guide

Web site

 

NRC - Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, Plymouth County, Massachusetts

Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact

Web site

 

NRC - Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, Plymouth County, Massachusetts

Exemption

Web site

 

NRC - Notice of Sunshine Act Meetings

Web site

 

USDA - Renewal Energy and Energy Efficiency Improvements Program

Submission of Information Collection for OMB Review; Comment Request

Web site

 

Land and Mineral Management

ACHP - Proposed Policy Statement on Archaeology and Heritage Tourism
Comment Request

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOI/MMS - Prospecting for Minerals other than Oil, Gas and Sulphur in the Outer Continental Shelf

Extension of Information Collection; Submitted for OMB Review; Comment Request
Web site

 

DOI/MMS - Collection of Monies Due the Federal Government
Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection, Comment Request

Web site

 

DOI/NPS - National Register of Historic Places

Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions
Web site

 

Fish and Wildlife

DOC/NOAA - List of Fisheries for 2009

Proposed Rule; Comment Request

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOC/NOAA - Annual Catch Limits; National Standard Guidelines
Proposed Rule; Comment Request

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOC/NOAA - National Saltwater Angler Registry Program
Proposed Rule; Comment Request

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOC/NOAA - Permits and Registrations for United States Federally Regulated Fisheries

Notice of a new Privacy Act System of Records

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee

Notice of  Meetings

Web site

 

DOI - Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council
Notice of Charter Renewal

Web site

 

DOI/FWS - 2008-2009 Refuge-Specific Hunting and Sport Fishing Regulations

Final Rule
Web site  (PDF)

 

DOI/FWS - 2008-2009 Refuge-Specific Hunting and Sport Fishing Regulations (Additions)

Proposed Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOI/FWS - Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Construction of a Liquefied Natural Gas Facility off Massachusetts

Notice of Issuance of Incidental Harassment Authorization

Web site  (PDF)

 

 

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