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Environmental Federal Register Summary
August 11 - 15, 2009 

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 - Proposed Modernization of the Coast Guard

Draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment
Notice of Availability; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - US Climate Change Science Program Synthesis and Assessment Product Draft Report 1.2

Past Climate Variability and Change in the Arctic and at High Latitudes'
Notice of Availability; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOE - Biological and Environmental Research Advisory Committee

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

DOI/USGS - National Spatial Data Infrastructure Cooperative Agreements Program

Information Collection Activities: Submitted for OMB Review; Comment Request

Web site

 

EPA - Guidance on the Development, Evaluation and Application of Environmental Models
Comment Request

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 - Information Collection Activities

Notice of OMB Responses

Web site

 

EPA - Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines Supplier Directory Information Form

Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

VA - Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans

Notice of Meeting
Web site

 

Homeland Security

DHS/TSA - Flight Training for Aliens and Other Designated Individuals
Security Awareness Training for Flight School Employees

Extension of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOC/NIST - Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board
Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

DOJ - Proposed Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) Protective Ensemble Standards for Law Enforcement and CBRN Protective Ensemble Certification Program Requirements

Comment Request

Web site

 

DOJ/ATF - Application for Explosives License or Permit

Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOJ/ATF - Records of Acquisition and Disposition, Registered Importers of Arms, Ammunition and Implements of War on the US Munitions Imports List

Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOJ/ATF - Firearms Disabilities for Nonimmigrant Aliens

Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

FCC - Commercial Mobile Alert System

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

FCC - Commercial Mobile Alert System

Proposed Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

HHS - National Biodefense Science Board

Notice of Teleconference

Web site

 

NRC - Clarified Requirements When Licensees Depart From a License Condition or Technical Specification in an Emergency

Proposed Generic Communication; Comment Request

Web site

 

State Dept. - Amendment to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations
United States Munitions List Category VIII

Final Rule

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 Time Extension for Acceptance of Scientific Views
Web site

 

EPA - Sole Source Aquifer Designation of Conanicut Island

Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island
Notice of Determination

Web site

 

EPA - Study of Unused Pharmaceuticals from Medical and Veterinary Facilities (New)

Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

EPA - Total Coliform Rule Distribution System Advisory Committee

Notice of Conference Call

Web site

 

EPA - Board of Scientific Counselors

Water Quality Mid-Cycle Subcommittee

Notice of Meetings

Web site

 

Microbiology

EPA - Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Act
Notice of Expected Changes to the Grant Allocation Formula

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Total Coliform Rule Distribution System Advisory Committee

Notice of Conference Call

Web site

 

HHS - National Biodefense Science Board

Notice of Teleconference

Web site

 

HHS/CDC - Active Bacterial Core Surveillance (ABCs) Projects -- New

Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review; Comment Request

Web site

 

HHS/HRSA - Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

Toxics, Hazardous Materials and Waste

DHS/Coast Guard - Chemical Transportation Advisory Committee

Notice of Meetings

Web site

 

EPA - Forchlorfenuron; Permanent and Time-Limited Pesticide Tolerances

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Flubendiamide; Pesticide Tolerances

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Tebuconazole; Pesticide Tolerances

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Tribenuron Methyl; Pesticide Tolerances

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Thifensulfuron Methyl; Pesticide Tolerances

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Pesticide Product Registration Applications

Notice of Receipt

Web site

 

EPA - Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities

Notice of Receipt of Petition
Web site

 

EPA - Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities

Notice of Receipt of Several Petitions (1 of 2)

Web site

 

EPA - Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities

Notice of Receipt of Several Petitions (2 of 2)

Web site

 

EPA - 1-Methyl-3,5,7-triaza-1-azoniatricyclodecane Chloride (Busan 1024)

Notice of Receipt of Requests for Amendments to Delete Uses in Certain Pesticide Registrations
Web site

 

HHS/FDA - Science Board

Bisphenol A Subcommittee

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

Air Quality

EPA - Standards of Performance for Portland Cement Plants
Proposed Rule; Extension of Comment Period

Web site

 

EPA - Draft Integrated Science Assessment for Oxides of Nitrogen and Sulfur -- Environmental Criteria

Comment Request

Web site

 

EPA - Information Concerning the Destruction of Ozone-Depleting Substances in the United States
Correction to Notice of Data Availability

Web site

 

EPA - Risk Management Program Requirements and Petitions to Modify the List of Regulated Substances Under Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act

Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

EPA - Clean Air Act Advisory Committee

Mobile Sources Technical Review Subcommittee

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

Energy and Nuclear

DOE - Energy Conservation Program

Test Procedures for Battery Chargers and External Power Supplies (Standby Mode and Off Mode) and for Multiple-Voltage External Power Supplies

Proposed Rule; Meeting
Web site  (PDF)

 

DOE/FERC - Proposed Sakonnet River Project, Newport County, Rhode Island

Notice of Preliminary Permit Applications Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comment, Motions to Intervene, and Competing Applications

Web site

 

DOE/FERC - Proposed Quoddy Roads Project

Lubec Narrows, Washington County, Maine

Notice of Preliminary Permit Applications Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comment, Motions to Intervene, and Competing Applications

Web site

 

DOE/OFE - Methane Hydrate Advisory Committee

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

HHS/CDC - NIOSH Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

HHS/CDC - Board on Radiation and Worker Health

Subcommittee for Dose Reconstruction Reviews

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

HHS/NIOSH - Connecticut Aircraft Nuclear Engine Laboratory, Middletown, Connecticut

Decision to Evaluate a Petition to Designate a Class of Employees to Be Included in the Special Exposure Cohort
Web site

 

NRC - Alternate Fracture Toughness Requirements for Protection Against Pressurized Thermal Shock Events
Supplemental Proposed Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

NRC - Clarified Requirements When Licensees Depart From a License Condition or Technical Specification in an Emergency

Proposed Generic Communication; Comment Request

Web site

 

NRC - An Approach for Determining the Technical Adequacy of Probabilistic Risk Assessment Results for Risk-Informed Activities

Draft Regulatory Guide: Denial of Extension of Comment Period

Web site

 

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

Biweekly Notice

Web site  (PDF)

 

NRC - Standards for Protection Against Radiation

Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

Web site

 

NRC - Public Records

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 - Federal 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 (1 of 2)

Web site

 

DOI/NPS - National Register of Historic Places

Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions (2 of 2)

Web site

 

DOI/NPS - Acadia National Park Advisory Commission; Bar Harbor, Maine

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

USDA/FS - Extending the Forest Service Message to Diverse Urban Publics

Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

Fish and Wildlife

DOC/NOAA - Fisheries of the Northeastern United States

Scup Fishery; Adjustment to the 2008 Winter II Quota
Temporary Rule; Inseason Adjustment

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Atlantic Shark Management Measures
Final Rule; Effectiveness of Collection-of-information Requirements
Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Annual Catch Limits; National Standard Guidelines
Proposed Rule, Extension of Comment Period

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Marine Recreational Fisheries of the United States

National Saltwater Angler Registry Program
Proposed Rule; Extension of Comment Period

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Fisheries of the Northeastern United States

Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fisheries; Amendment 11
Supplemental Notice of Intent to prepare Environmental Impact statement; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Submission of Conservation Efforts To Make Listings Unnecessary Under the Endangered Species Act
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request
Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program Survey for Stranding Network Participants

Submission of Information Collection for OMB Review; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Application Form for Membership on a National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Fishery Capacity Reduction Program Request

Submission of Information Collection for OMB Review; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - New England Fishery Management Council

Scallop Committee

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

DOI/FWS - Revisions to Migratory Bird Import and Export Regulations
Final Rule
Web site  (PDF)

 

DOI/FWS - Eagle Permits; Take Necessary to Protect Interests in a Particular Locality
Proposed Rule; Notice of Availability of Draft Environmental Assessment

Web site

 

DOI/FWS - Proposed Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations on Certain Federal Indian Reservations and Ceded Lands for the 2008-09 Season

Proposed Rule
Web site  (PDF)

 

DOI/FWS + DOC/NOAA - Interagency Cooperation Under the Endangered Species Act
Proposed Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOI/FWS - Approval Procedures for Nontoxic Shot and Shot Coatings

Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

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