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Environmental Federal Register Summary
June 30 - July 4, 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

DHS/Coast Guard - Collections of Information under Review by OMB

Comment Request

Web site

 

EPA - Experimental Use Permit

Notice of Receipt of Revised Application
Web site

 

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 Meeting

Web site

 

HHS/CDC - Health Hazard Evaluation and Technical Assistance -- Requests and Emerging Problems -- Reinstatement

Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review; Comment Request

Web site

 

HHS/NIH - Agricultural Health Study: A Prospective Cohort Study of Cancer and Other Disease Among Men and Women in Agriculture

Submission of Information Collection for OMB Review; Comment Request

Web site

 

NSF - Notice of Committee Renewals

Web site

 

USDA/ARS - Biological Shipment Record -- Beneficial Organisms: Foreign/Overseas Source; Quarantine Facility; and Non-Quarantine

Notice of Intent To Renew a Currently Approved Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

Homeland Security

DHS - Homeland Security Information Network Advisory Committee
Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

DHS/TSA - Airspace Waiver Program

Intent To Request Renewal From OMB of One Current Public Collection of Information

Web site

 

DHS/TSA - Flight Crew Self-Defense Training -- Registration and Evaluation

Extension of Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review

Web site

 

DOJ/ATF - Firearms Transaction Record

Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

FCC - Emergency Alert System

Information Collection Being Submitted for Review to the OMB; Comment Request

Web site

 

HHS/FDA - Food Protection Rapid Response Team and Program Infrastructure Improvement Prototype Project (U18)

Availability of an Agreement of Limited Competition; Request for Applications

Web site

 

HHS/FDA - Innovative Food Defense Projects

New Limited Competition Cooperative Agreement U13; Request for Application

Web site

 

The President - Reforming Processes Related to Suitability for Government Employment, Fitness for Contractor Employees, and Eligibility for Access to Classified National Security Information

Executive Order 13467 of June 30, 2008

Web site  (PDF)

 

The President - Certification of Rescission of North Korea's Designation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism
Memorandum of June 26, 2008

Web site

 

State Dept. - International Security Advisory Board

Notice of Closed Meeting

Web site

 

USDA/APHIS - Select Agent Registration

Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

Water and Wastewater

EPA - Methodology for Deriving Ambient Water Quality Criteria for the Protection of Human Health

Draft Technical Support Document, Volume 3

Development of Site-Specific Bioaccumulation Factors

Notice of Availability for Scientific Views

Web site

 

EPA - Science Advisory Board

Drinking Water Committee

Notice of Teleconference

Web site

 

Microbiology

HHS/FDA - Food Protection Rapid Response Team and Program Infrastructure Improvement Prototype Project (U18)

Availability of an Agreement of Limited Competition; Request for Applications

Web site

 

USDA/APHIS - Select Agent Registration

Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

Toxics, Hazardous Materials and Waste

DHS/Coast Guard - Tank Level or Pressure Monitoring Devices on Single-Hull Tank Ships and Single-Hull Tank Barges Carrying Oil or Oil Residue as Cargo
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
Web site  (PDF)

 

DHS/Coast Guard - Collections of Information under Review by OMB

Comment Request

Web site

 

DOL/OSHA - Acrylonitrile Standard

Extension of OMB Approval of Information Collection Requirements
Web site

 

DOT/PHMSA - Hazardous Materials: Requirements for the Storage of Explosives During Transportation
Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; Reopening of Comment Period

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOT/PHMSA - Pipeline Safety: Dynamic Riser Inspection, Maintenance, and Monitoring Records on Offshore Floating Facilities

Notice of Issuance of Advisory Bulletin

Web site

 

EPA - Atrazine; Pesticide Tolerances

Final Rule

Web site

 

EPA - Bacillus Thuringiensis Cry2Ab2 Protein

Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Residues of Quaternary Ammonium Compounds, Didecyl Dimethyl Ammonium Carbonate and Didecyl Dimethyl Ammonium Bicarbonate

Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Alkyl trimethylenediamines, Bioban P-1487, Copper 8-quinolinolate, Napthenate Salts, Octhilinone, and the Trimethoxysilyl Quaternary Ammonium Chloride Compounds

Reregistration Eligibility Decisions

Notice of Availability

Web site

 

EPA - Registration Review

Biopesticide Dockets Opened for Review and Comment

Web site

 

HHS/CDC - Closed-Circuit Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

Air Quality

EPA - National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants

Area Source Standards for Plating and Polishing Operations

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Control of Emissions of Air Pollution From Locomotive Engines and Marine Compression-Ignition Engines Less Than 30 Liters per Cylinder

Final Rule; Republication
Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - National Environmental Development Association's Clean Air Project v. EPA

Proposed Settlement Agreement, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit; Comment Request

Web site

 

EPA - Rhode Island 8-Hour Ozone Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets for Transportation Conformity Purposes

Notice of Adequacy

Web site

 

EPA - Two Proposed Information Collection Requests

Comment Request

Web site

 

Energy and Nuclear

DOE - Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technical Advisory Committee

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

DOE/FERC - Proposed HubLine/East to West Project (natural gas pipeline)

Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Jersey

Notice of Application

Web site

 

DOE/OEERE - Energy Efficiency Program for Consumer Products

Residential Central Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps
Extension of Comment Period

Web site

 

DOJ - Claims Under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act

Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOT/NHTSA - New Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

Notice of Availability; Hearing

Web site  (PDF)

 

NRC - Advance Notification of Transportation of Nuclear Waste
Notice of Governors' Designees

Web site  (PDF)

 

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

Biweekly Notice

Web site  (PDF)

 

NRC - Voluntary Reporting of Performance Indicators

Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

NRC - Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards

Amended Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

NRC - Notice of Sunshine Act Meetings

Web site

 

Land and Mineral Management

DOI/MMS - Oil and Gas Production Rates

Information Collection Activity; Extension of a Collection; Submitted for OMB Review; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOI/MMS - Subpart M, Unitization

Extension of an Information Collection; Submitted for OMB Review; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOI/MMS - Oil and Gas Drilling Operation

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

 

DOI/MMS - Suspensions Pending Appeal and Bonding -- Minerals Revenue Management

Information Collection Activities: Submitted for OMB Review; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOI/NPS - National Register of Historic Places

Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions
Web site

 

DOI/NPS - John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site, Brookline, Massachusetts
General Management Plan

Notice of Intent to Prepare Environmental Impact Statement

Web site

 

DOI/OSMRE - Surface Mining Permit Applications -- Minimum Requirements for Reclamation and Operation Plans

Notice of Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOT/FHWA - Environmental Streamlining

Measuring the Performance of Stakeholders in the Transportation Project Development Process

Notice of Request for Extension of Currently Approved Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

USDA/FS - Gypsy Moth Management in the United States: A Cooperative Approach
Revised Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement
Web site

 

Fish and Wildlife

DOC/NOAA - Atlantic Highly Migratory Species

Renewal of Atlantic Tunas Longline Limited Access Permits; Atlantic Shark Dealer Workshop Attendance Requirements

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOC/NOAA - Atlantic Shark Management Measures
Notice of Availability; Notice of Scoping Meetings; Extension of Comment Period
Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - New England Fishery Management Council

Herring Oversight Committee

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

DOI/FWS - North American Wetlands Conservation Council
Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

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