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Environmental Federal Register Summary
September 15 - 19, 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

DOC/NOAA - Science Advisory Board

Meeting

Web site

 

DOI/USGS - National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program

Information Collection Activities: Comment Request

Web site

 

DOI/USGS - National Land Remote Sensing Education, Outreach and Research Program

Information Collection Activities: Submitted for OMB Review; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOI/USGS - Earthquake Report
Information Collection Activities: Comment Request

Web site

 

EPA - Draft Problem Formulation for Human Health Risk Assessments of Pathogens in Land-Applied Biosolids
Comment Period; External Peer-Review Workshop.
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

Meeting

Web site

 

EPA - Human Studies Review Board

Meeting

Web site

 

EPA - Board of Scientific Counselors

Human Health Subcommittee

Meetings

Web site

 

HHS/FDA - Food Safety Survey

Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

USDA/AMS - National Organic Program

Amendment to the National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances (Livestock)

Final Rule
Web site

 

USDA/APHIS - Genetically Engineered Animals

Request for Information

Web site

 

USDA/NRCS - National Handbook of Conservation Practices
Notice of Proposed Changes

Web site

 

Homeland Security

DHS - National Infrastructure Advisory Council

Meeting

Web site

 

DHS/TSA - Law Enforcement Officer Flying Armed Training

Extension of Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review; Comment Request

Web site

 

DHS/TSA - Airport Security

Extension of Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review; Comment Request

Web site

 

DHS/TSA - Airspace Waiver Program
Extension of Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOJ/ATF - Permit for Importation of Firearms and Ammunition and Implements of War

Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

NARA - Public Interest Declassification Board

Meeting

Web site

 

State Dept. - Amendment to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations

US Munitions List Interpretation
Final Rule

Web site

 

Treasury - Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act Implementation
Interim Final Rule; Comment Request

Web site  (PDF)

 

Treasury - Terrorism Risk Insurance Program; Recoupment Provisions

Proposed Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

Water and Wastewater

DOI/USGS - National Water Information System: NWIS

Privacy Act of 1974, as Amended; Establishment of a New System of Records

Web site

 

HHS/FDA - Beverages; Bottled Water

Proposed Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Notice of Final 2008 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Revision of National Recommended Water Quality Criteria for Acrolein and Phenol
Notice of Availability of Updated Draft Criteria; Request for Scientific Views

Web site

 

EPA - National Drinking Water Advisory Council

Request for Nominations

Web site

 

EPA - NPDES Program Management Information Rule

Meeting

Web site

 

Microbiology

EPA - Biobor Registration Review

Antimicrobial Pesticide Docket Opened for Review and Comment
Web site

 

HHS/FDA - Beverages; Bottled Water

Proposed Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

USDA/FSIS - Revised FSIS Testing Methodology for Escherichia coli (E. coli) O157:H7

Web site

 

USDA/FSIS - Codex Alimentarius Commission: 2nd Session of the Codex ad hoc Intergovernmental Task Force on Antimicrobial Resistance
Meeting

Web site

 

Toxics, Hazardous Materials and Waste

DHS/Coast Guard - Financial Responsibility for Water Pollution (Vessels) and OPA 90 Limits of Liability (Vessels and Deepwater Ports)
Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

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

Web site

 

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

Notice of Receipt
Web site  (PDF)

 

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

Notice of Receipt
Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Inert Ingredient

Exemption From the Requirement of a Tolerance for amylopectin, acid-hydrolyzed, 1-octenylbutanedioate and for amylopectin, hydrogen 1-octadecenylbutanedioate

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Ethoprop; Pesticide Tolerances

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - 2,4-D, Bensulide, Chlorpyrifos, DCPA, Desmedipham, Dimethoate, Fenamiphos, Metolachlor, Phorate, Sethoxydim, Terbufos, Tetrachlorvinphos, and Triallate

Tolerance Actions
Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Trichoderma Species and Linalool Final Registration Review Decision

Availability

Web site

 

EPA - Biobor Registration Review

Antimicrobial Pesticide Docket Opened for Review and Comment
Web site

 

EPA - Pesticide Registration Review

New Dockets Opened for Review and Comment; Closure of the Fenamiphos Registration Review Case

Web site

 

EPA - Revision of National Recommended Water Quality Criteria for Acrolein and Phenol
Availability of Updated Draft Criteria; Request for Scientific Views

Web site

 

EPA - Pesticide-Producing and Device-Producing Establishments

Application for Registration and Pesticide Report

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

Web site

 

HHS/CDC - Audience Profiling for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Status

Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Comment and Recommendations

Web site

 

Air Quality

EPA - Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulations Consistency Update for Massachusetts

Final Rule
Web site

 

EPA - Revision of Source Category List for Standards Under Section 112(k) of the Clean Air Act; and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Area Sources: Ferroalloys Production Facilities
Proposed Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee

NOX and SOX Secondary NAAQS Review Panel
Meeting and Teleconference

Web site

 

EPA - Ozone Transport Commission

Meeting

Web site

 

HHS/CDC - Audience Profiling for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Status

Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Comment and Recommendations

Web site

 

Energy and Nuclear

DOE - Save Energy Now Voluntary Pledge Report

Proposed Agency Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOE - Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Refrigerators, Refrigerator-Freezers, and Freezers

Meeting and Availability of the Framework Document
Web site

 

DOE - Unconventional Resources Technology Advisory Committee

Meeting

Web site

 

DOE - Ultra-Deepwater Advisory Committee

Meeting

Web site

 

DOI/FWS - Wind Turbine Guidelines Advisory Committee

Meetings

Web site

 

EPA - NESHAP for Radionuclides (Renewal)

Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

EPA - Interagency Steering Committee on Radiation Standards
Meeting

Web site

 

NRC - Enforcement Policy Revision
Notice of Availability of Draft; Comment Request

Web site  (PDF)

 

NRC - Fire Protection Guide for Plutonium Processing and Fuel Fabrication Plants

Issuance of Draft Regulatory Guide

Web site

 

NRC - Guide for the Preparation of Applications for Medical Use Programs

Issuance of Regulatory Guide

Web site

 

NRC - Radiation Symbol

Withdrawal of Regulatory Guide

Web site

 

NRC - Project Plan -- Fire-Induced Failure Modes and Effects Testing of Direct Current Driven Control Cables

Comment Request

Web site

 

NRC - Authority To Construct a Geologic Repository at a Geologic Repository Operations Area at Yucca Mountain, Nevada

Acceptance for Docketing of a License Application

Web site

 

NRC - Specific Domestic Licenses of Broad Scope for Byproduct Material

Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

Web site

 

NRC - Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards

Subcommittee on Materials, Metallurgy and Reactor Fuels

Meeting

Web site

 

NRC - Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards

Subcommittee  on Planning and Procedures

Meeting

Web site

 

NRC - Sunshine Act Meetings

Web site

 

Land and Mineral Management

DOI/MMS - Technical Changes to Production Measurement and Training Requirements
Proposed Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOI/MMS - Pipelines and Pipeline Rights-of-Way

Information Collection Activities; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOI/NPS - National Register of Historic Places

Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions

Web site

 

USDA/FS - Predecisional Administrative Review Process for Hazardous Fuel Reduction Projects Authorized Under the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003
Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

USDA/FS - Outfitting and Guiding Special Use Permits and Insurance Requirements for Forest Service Special Use Permits
Notice of Final Directives; Response to Public Comment

Web site  (PDF)

 

USDA/FS - Determination of Substantial Overriding Public Interest for Extending Certain Timber Sale Contracts
Web site

 

USDA/FS - Forest Certification and Its Implications for America's National Forests

Comment Request
Web site

 

USDA/FS - Day Use on Urban National Forests

Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

USDA/FS - National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council

Meeting

Web site

 

USDA/FS - Roadless Area Conservation National Advisory Committee

Meeting

Web site

 

Fish and Wildlife

DOC/NOAA - Fisheries of the Northeastern United States

Northeast Multispecies Fishery

Inseason Action to allow use of the Ruhle Trawl in the Eastern U.S./Canada Area

Temporary Rule; Gear Restriction

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Scientific and Statistical Committees

Peer Review; National Standard Guidelines
Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Essential Fish Habitat

Daft Integrated Environmental Impact statement and Fishery Management Plan Amendment
Comment Request; Hearings

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Advisory Panel
Meeting

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Shark Management Measures
Revised Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - New England Fishery Management Council

Habitat/MPA/Ecosystem Committee

Meeting

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - New England Fishery Management Council

Groundfish Committee

Meeting Cancellation

Web site

 

DOI/FWS - Wind Turbine Guidelines Advisory Committee

Meetings

Web site

 

DOI/FWS - Lake Champlain Sea Lamprey Control Alternatives Workgroup

Meeting

Web site

 

DOI/FWS - Sporting Conservation Council
Meeting

Web site

 

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