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

DOI/USGS - Interim Steering Committee for the National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center
Notice of Meeting

Web site

EPA - Interim Approach to Applying the Audit Policy to New Owners
Comment Request

Web site  (PDF)

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

Web site

EPA - Environmental Impact Statements
Weekly Receipts

Web site

EPA - Environmental Laboratory Advisory Board

Notice of Teleconference

Web site

HHS/FDA - Prohibition Against Food to Which Drugs or Biological Products Have Been Added

Comment Request
Web site

HHS/FDA - Risk Communication Advisory Committee

Notice of Meeting

Web site

State Dept. - Shipping Coordinating Committee

Subcommittee on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping

Notice of Meeting

Web site

USDA/APHIS - International Sanitary and Phytosanitary Standard-Setting Activities
Comment Request

Web site  (PDF)

USDA/FSIS - Codex Alimentarius Commission

Committee on Processed Fruits and Vegetables

Notice of Meeting

Web site

USDA/NRCS - National Handbook of Conservation Practices

Notice of Proposed Change

Web site

Homeland Security

DHS - Tech Clearinghouse

Submission of Information Collection for Review; Comment Request

Web site

DHS - Project 25 Compliance Assessment Program Governing Board

Notice of Meeting

Web site

DHS/FEMA - Protection and Recovery Following Radiological Dispersal Device and Improvised Nuclear Device Incidents
Notice of Final Guidance

Web site  (PDF)

DHS/TSA - False Statements Regarding Security Background Checks
Interim Final Rule; Comment Request

Web site  (PDF)

HHS - BioWatch Filter Holder Log

New Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

HHS/CDC - Board of Scientific Counselors

Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response

Corrected Notice of Meeting

Web site

NRC - Possible Improvements to the Level of Openness and Transparency of Information Associated with Security Inspection and Security Performance Assessment of Licensees

Comment Request

Web site

NRC - Security and Continued Use of Cesium-137 Chloride Sources

Comment Request; Notice of  Meeting

Web site

NRC - David Lochbaum, Union of Concerned Scientists

Consideration of Petition in the Rulemaking Process
Resolution and Closure of Petition Docket

Web site

NRC - Scott Portzline, Three Mile Island Alert

Consideration of Petition in the Rulemaking Process
Resolution and Closure of Petition Docket

Web site

NRC - Eric Epstein

Denial of Petition for Rulemaking
Web site

US-China Economic and Security Review Commission

Notice of Meetings to Prepare Report to Congress

Web site

Water and Wastewater

EPA - Drinking Water

Regulatory Determinations Regarding Contaminants on the Second Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate List

Web site  (PDF)

EPA - Noncontact Cooling Water Discharges in the Massachusetts (Including Both Commonwealth and Indian Country Lands) and New Hampshire
Notice of Availability of Final NPDES General Permits

Web site

Microbiology

HHS - BioWatch Filter Holder Log

New Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

Toxics, Hazardous Materials and Waste

DOL/OSHA - Cotton Dust Standard

Extension of OMB Approval of Information Collection Requirements; Comment Request
Web site

DOT/PHMSA - Revision to Requirements for the Transportation of Batteries and Battery-Powered Devices

Harmonization With the United Nations Recommendations, International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code, and International Civil Aviation Organization's Technical Instructions

Proposed Rule
Web site  (PDF)

DOT/PHMSA - National Pipeline Mapping System
Notice of Issuance of Advisory Bulletin

Web site

DOT/PHMSA - Voluntary Survey of Regulated and Unregulated Low-Stress Pipeline Information

Notice of Availability

Web site

EPA - 1-Methylcyclopropene; Pesticide Tolerance; Technical Correction
Final Rule; Technical Correction

Web site

EPA - Cyfluthrin; Pesticide Tolerances

Final Rule

Web site

EPA - Gentamicin; Pesticide Tolerance for Emergency Exemptions

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

EPA - Pyraclostrobin; Pesticide Tolerances

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

EPA - Carbofuran; Proposed Tolerance Revocations

Proposed Rule

Web site  (PDF)

EPA - Calcium Hydroxide; Receipt of Application for Emergency Exemption
Comment Request

Web site

EPA - Molinate

Product Cancellation Order and Amendment to Terminate Uses
Web site

EPA - Disulfoton

Amendment to Terminate Certain Uses of Disulfoton Pesticide Registrations

Web site

EPA - Petition Filed for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities

Notice of Receipt (1 of 2)

Web site

EPA - Petition Filed for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities

Notice of Receipt (2 of 2)

Web site

EPA - Draft Toxicological Review of Tetrachloroethylene (Perchloroethylene)

In Support of Summary Information on the Integrated Risk Information System

Notice of Listening Session

Web site

HHS/FDA - Channels of Trade Policy for Commodities With Residues of Pesticide Chemicals, for Which Tolerances Have Been Revoked, Suspended, or Modified by EPA Pursuant to Dietary Risk Considerations
Information Collection Activities; Announcement of OMB Approval
Web site

Air Quality

EPA - Standards of Performance for Petroleum Refineries
Final Rule; Stay of Effective Date

Web site

EPA - Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans
Amendment to Massachusetts' State Implementation Plan for Transit System Improvements
Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

EPA - Regulating Greenhouse Gas Emissions Under the Clean Air Act
Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

Web site  (PDF)

EPA - Submitted 2009 VOC and NOX Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets for Transportation Conformity Purposes

New Hampshire; Boston-Manchester-Portsmouth (SE), New Hampshire, 8-Hour Ozone Area.
Notice of Adequacy

Web site

EPA - Recent Posting to the Applicability Determination Index Database System of Agency Applicability Determinations

Notice of Availability

Web site  (PDF)

EPA - Protection of Stratospheric Ozone

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

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

Web site

Energy and Nuclear

DHS/FEMA - Protection and Recovery Following Radiological Dispersal Device and Improvised Nuclear Device Incidents
Notice of Final Guidance

Web site  (PDF)

DOE - Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Furnaces and Boilers

Final Rule; Technical Amendment

Web site

DOE/FERC - Proposed Hydroelectric Project

Wampanoag Lake, Ashburnham, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comment, Motions to Intervene, and Competing Applications

Web site

DOT/STB - Rail Energy Transportation Advisory Committee

Notice of Meeting

Web site

NRC - In-Situ Leach Uranium Milling Facilities

Notice of Availability of Draft Generic Environmental Impact Statement

Web site

NRC - Possible Improvements to the Level of Openness and Transparency of Information Associated with Security Inspection and Security Performance Assessment of Licensees

Comment Request

Web site

NRC - Security and Continued Use of Cesium-137 Chloride Sources

Comment Request; Notice of  Meeting

Web site

NRC - Documents Under Consideration To Establish the Technical Basis for New Performance-Based Emergency Core Cooling System Requirements

Notice of Availability; Comment Request

Web site

NRC - General Design Guide for Ventilation Systems of Plutonium Processing and Fuel Fabrication Plants

Notice of Issuance of Draft Regulatory Guide

Web site

NRC - David Lochbaum, Union of Concerned Scientists

Consideration of Petition in the Rulemaking Process
Resolution and Closure of Petition Docket

Web site

NRC - Scott Portzline, Three Mile Island Alert

Consideration of Petition in the Rulemaking Process
Resolution and Closure of Petition Docket

Web site

NRC - Eric Epstein

Denial of Petition for Rulemaking
Web site

NRC - Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts

Order Approving Indirect Transfer of Facility Operating License
Web site

NRC - Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station, Vernon, Windham County, Vermont

Order Approving Indirect Transfer of Facility Operating License

Web site

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

Biweekly Notice

Web site  (PDF)

NRC - General Domestic Licenses for Byproduct Material

Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

Web site

NRC - Notice of Sunshine Act Meetings

Web site

Land and Mineral Management

DOI/MMS - Allocation and Disbursement of Royalties, Rentals, and Bonuses -- Oil and Gas, Offshore
Extension of Comment Period for Proposed Rule

Web site

DOI/MMS - Royalty-in-Kind (RIK) Eligible Refiner Program

Notice of Continuation and Sale

Web site

DOI/MMS - Preparation of a 5-Year Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program

Comment Request

Web site  (PDF)

DOI/MMS - Leasing of Minerals Other Than Oil, Gas and Sulphur in the Outer Continental Shelf, Reinstatement -- Not Violation of a Collection

Information Collection Activity Submitted for OMB Review; Comment Request

Web site

DOI/MMS - Royalty Policy Committee

Request for Nominations

Web site

DOI/MMS - Indian Oil and Gas Valuation

Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection, Comment Request

Web site  (PDF)

DOI/NPS - National Register of Historic Places

Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions

Web site

DOI/OSMRE - Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund

Fee Collection and Coal Production Reporting

Notice of Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

DOT/FAA - National Parks Overflights Advisory Group

Aviation Rulemaking Committee
Notice of Meeting

Web site

Fish and Wildlife

DOC/NOAA - Fisheries of the Northeastern United States

Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fisheries; Amendment 9

Final Rule; Correction

Web site

DOC/NOAA - Gerry E. Studds Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts

Draft Management Plan and Environmental Assessment

Extension of Comment Period

Web site

DOC/NOAA - List of Gear by Fisheries and Fishery Management Council
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

DOC/NOAA - New England Fishery Management Council
Groundfish Oversight Committee

Notice of Meeting

Web site

DOI/FWS - Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants

Recovery Crediting Guidance
Web site  (PDF)

USDA/FS - National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council

Call for Nominations

Web site

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