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Environmental Federal Register Summary
August 18 - 22, 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 - National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee

Request for Applications

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Science Advisory Board

Fire Weather Research Working Group
Notice of Availability of Preliminary Report; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOD - Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program
Scientific Advisory Board

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

DOI/USGS - National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program -- EDMAP

New Information Collection: Comment Request
Web site

 

DOI/USGS - Societal Value of Moderate Resolution Satellite Imagery

New Information Collection: 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 - Science Advisory Board

Ecological Processes and Effects Committee
Notice of Teleconference

Web site

 

HHS/NIH - National Cancer Institute

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

USDA/FSIS - National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection
Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

Homeland Security

DHS - Immigration and Customs Enforcement Pattern Analysis and Information Collection (ICEPIC) System

Privacy Act of 1974: Implementation of Exemptions

Final Rule

Web site

 

DHS - Immigration and Customs Enforcement Pattern Analysis and Information Collection (ICEPIC) System

Privacy Act of 1974: Modification to an Existing System of Records

Web site  (PDF)

 

DHS - Fraud Detection and National Security Data System (FDNS-DS)
Privacy Act of 1974: Implementation of Exemptions

Proposed Rule

Web site

 

DHS - Fraud Detection and National Security Data System (FDNS-DS)

Privacy Act of 1974: Notice of Privacy Act System of Records

Web site

 

DHS - Homeland Security Advisory Council
Notice of Teleconference

Web site

 

DHS/Coast Guard - Long Range Identification and Tracking of Ships
Announcement of Approval of Information Collection

Web site

 

DOC/BIS - Authorization to Impose License Requirements for Exports or Reexports to Entities Acting Contrary to the National Security or Foreign Policy Interests of the United States
Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOC/BIS - Mandatory Electronic Filing of Export and Reexport License Applications, Classification Requests, Encryption Review Requests, and License Exception AGR Notifications

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOC/BIS - Deemed Export Advisory Committee Recommendations

Narrowing the Scope of Technologies on the Commerce Control List Subject to Deemed Export Licensing Requirements and Implementing a More Comprehensive Set of Criteria for Assessing Probable Country Affiliation for Foreign Nationals
Notice of Inquiry; Reopening of Comment Period

Web site

 

DOC/BIS - Regulations and Procedures Technical Advisory Committee

Notice of Partially Closed Meeting

Web site

 

DOT/MA - US Citizenship for Contracts on RRF Vessels
Final Rule

Web site

 

HHS - National Biodefense Science Board

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

State Dept. - Documentation of Nonimmigrants Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, as Amended: Fingerprinting
Final Rule

Web site

 

Water and Wastewater

No items this week.

 

Microbiology

HHS - National Biodefense Science Board

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

HHS/FDA - Irradiation in the Production, Processing and Handling of Food
Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

USDA/FSIS - National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods

Request for Nominations

Web site

 

USDA/FSIS - National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods
Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

Toxics, Hazardous Materials and Waste

DOJ - West Kingston Town Dump/URI Disposal Area Superfund Site, South Kingstown, Rhode Island

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under CERCLA; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOL/OSHA - Clarification of Remedy For Violation of Requirements To Provide Personal Protective Equipment and Train Employees
Proposed Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOT/PHMSA - Applications for Special Permits (hazardous materials)

Notice of Receipt
Web site  (PDF)

 

DOT/PHMSA - Applications for Modification of Special Permit (hazardous materials)

Notice of Receipt
Web site  (PDF)

 

DOT/PHMSA - Applications for Special Permits (hazardous materials)

List of Applications Delayed More than 180 Days

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Residues of Quaternary Ammonium Compounds, N-Alkyl (C12-18) dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride on Food Contact Surfaces

Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Fees for Accreditation of Training Programs and Certification of Lead-Based Paint Activities and Renovation Contractors
Proposed Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Carbaryl

Notice of Receipt of Requests to Voluntarily Cancel or to Terminate Uses of Certain Pesticide Registrations
Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Metam Sodium, Metam Potassium and Chloropicrin

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

Web site

 

EPA - Siduron Reregistration Eligibility Decision

Notice of Availability

Web site

 

EPA - Petitions to Revoke All Tolerances Established for Endosulfan
Notice of Availability
Web site

 

EPA - Certain New Chemicals (TSCA)

Notice of Receipt and Status Information

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Soiland, Inc., and Stephen H. Trombly, Grugnale Waste/Drum Disposal Site
Milford, New Hampshire
Proposed CERCLA Administrative Cost Recovery Settlement

Web site

 

EPA - Standardized Permit for RCRA Hazardous Waste Management Facilities (Renewal)

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

Web site

 

EPA - Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee

Work Group on Comparative Safety Statements or Logos for Pesticide Product Labeling

Notice of  Meeting
Web site

 

EPA - Science Advisory Board

Environmental Engineering Committee

Notice of Meeting
Web site

 

HHS/CDC - Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

Air Quality

DOJ - United States v. Allied Waste Services of Massachusetts, LLC

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act; Comment Request

Web site

 

Energy and Nuclear

HHS/FDA - Irradiation in the Production, Processing and Handling of Food
Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

HUD - Energy Efficient Mortgages

Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

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

Extension of Comment Period for Draft Regulatory Guide

Web site

 

NRC - Assessment of Normal and Extreme Winter Precipitation Loads on the Roofs of Seismic Category I Structures
Comment Request for Interim Staff Guidance

Web site

 

NRC - Information on Requests for Extending Use of Expiring Transportation Packages
Notice of Availability of Regulatory Issue Summary

Web site

 

NRC - Millstone Power Station, Unit 3, New London County, Connecticut

Notice of Issuance of Amendment to Facility Operating License and Final Determination of No Significant Hazards Consideration
Web site

 

NRC - Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

NRC - Notice of Sunshine Act Meetings

Web site

 

Land and Mineral Management

DOI/NPS - Herring River Restoration, Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts
Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement

Web site

 

DOI/NPS - Programmatic Approval for the National Park Service Visitor Services Project

Intention to Request Clearance of Collection of Information; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOI/OSMRE - Abandoned Mine Land Program
Proposed Rule; Extension of Comment Period

Web site

 

DOT/FAA - National Parks Overflights Advisory Group

Aviation Rulemaking Committee

Supplementary Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

Fish and Wildlife

DOC/NOAA - Fisheries of the Northeastern United States

Atlantic Bluefish Fishery

Temporary Rule; Inseason Quota Transfer

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Fisheries of the Northeastern United States

Spiny Dogfish Fishery

Closure; Commercial Period 1 Quota Harvested

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Navy Operations of Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System Low Frequency Active Sonar
Notice of issuance of two Letters of Authorization

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Vessel and Gear Marking

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

 

DOC/NOAA - New England Fishery Management Council

Notice of  Meeting (1 of 2)
Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - New England Fishery Management Council

Notice of  Meeting (2 of 2)
Web site

 

 

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