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Environmental Federal Register Summary
October 15 - 19, 2007 

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 - National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science Human Dimensions Strategic Plan
Notice of Availability; Responses to Comments

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOC/NOAA - Strategic Plan for Fisheries Research (2007)
Notice of Availability

Web site

 

DOE - Climate Change Science Program Product Development Advisory Committee
Notice of Teleconference

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 - Plant-Incorporated Protectants; CBI Substantiation and Adverse Effects Reporting

Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval

Web site

 

EPA - Information Collection Activities

Notice of OMB Responses

Web site

 

EPA - National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

EPA - Board of Scientific Counselors

National Center for Environmental Research Standing Subcommittee

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation

Notice of Sunshine Act Meetings

Web site

 

USDA - National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

USDA/AMS - National Organic Program, Sunset Review
Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

Homeland Security

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

Proposed Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOC/BIS - Sensors and Instrumentation Technical Advisory Committee

Notice of Partially Closed Meeting

Web site

 

Water and Wastewater

EPA - National Clean Water Act Recognition Awards
Announcement of 2007 National Winners

Web site

 

Microbiology

HHS/FDA - Revision of the Requirements for Live Vaccine Processing

Direct Final Rule

Web site

 

HHS/FDA - Revision of the Requirements for Live Vaccine Processing

Proposed Rule; Companion to Direct Final Rule

Web site

 

HHS/FDA - Guide to Minimize Food Safety Hazards for Fresh-Cut Fruits and Vegetables

Information Collection Activities; Announcement of OMB Approval

Web site

 

Toxics, Hazardous Materials and Waste

DHS/Coast Guard - Chemical Transportation Advisory Committee
Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

DOT/PHMSA - Hazardous Materials Regulations

Minor Editorial Corrections and Clarifications; Correction

Web site

 

DOT/PHMSA - Special Permit Applications (hazardous materials)

Notice of Actions
Web site  (PDF)

 

DOT/PHMSA - Special Permit Applications (hazardous materials)

List of Applications Delayed More than 180 Days

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOT/PHMSA - Special Permit Applications (hazardous materials)

Notice of Receipt
Web site  (PDF)

 

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

Notice of Receipt
Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Oil Pollution Prevention; Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure Rule Requirements -- Amendments

Proposed Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
Standards for Hazardous Waste Combustors;

Solicitation of Comment on Legal Analysis; Extension of Comment Period
Web site

 

EPA - Draft White Paper Regarding StarLink Corn Dietary Exposure and Risk

Notice of Availability for Comment

Web site

 

EPA - Petition to Revoke All Tolerances and Cancel All Registrations for the Pesticide Chlorpyrifos

Notice of Availability

Web site

 

EPA - Carbaryl Reregistration Eligibility Decision

Notice of Availability

Web site

 

EPA - Buckley Drive Waterline Superfund Site, Bennington, Vermont
Proposed CERCLA Administrative Cost Recovery Settlement; Comment Request

Web site

 

EPA - Waterbury Realty, LLC and Salvatore Cascino; EPAC Superfund Site, Waterbury, Connecticut

Proposed CERCLA Administrative Cost Recovery Settlement; Comment Request

Web site

 

EPA - Amitraz

Notice of Receipt of Request to Voluntarily Cancel Uses

Web site

 

EPA - Formation of Agricultural Handlers Exposure Task Force
Availability of Pesticide Registration Notice

Web site

 

EPA - Chemical-Specific Rules, TSCA

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

Web site

 

EPA - Asbestos Abatement Worker Protection (Renewal)

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

Web site

 

HHS/CDC - Board of Scientific Counselors

National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

HHS/FDA - Yellow Corn and Dry-Milled Yellow Corn Shipments Intended for Human Food Use

Guidance for Industry on FDA Recommendations for Sampling and Testing for Cry9C Protein Residues

Comments on Possible Withdrawal

Web site

 

HHS/NTP - Board of Scientific Counselors

Notice of Meeting; Comment Request

Web site

 

Air Quality

EPA - Revisions to Definition of Cogeneration Unit in Clean Air Interstate Rule, CAIR Federal Implementation Plans, Clean Air Mercury Rule; Technical Corrections to CAIR, CAIR FIPs, CAMR, and Acid Rain Program Rules

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Operating Permit Programs and Prevention of Significant Deterioration and Nonattainment New Source Review

Flexible Air Permitting Rule; Proposed Rule; Extension of Comment Period
Web site

 

EPA - National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
Standards for Hazardous Waste Combustors;

Solicitation of Comment on Legal Analysis; Extension of Comment Period
Web site

 

EPA - NSPS for Phosphate Rock Plants (Renewal)

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

Web site

 

Energy and Nuclear

DOE/OFE - National Coal Council

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

DOT/FTA - Alternative Transportation in Parks and Public Lands Program
Announcement of Project Selections

Web site  (PDF)

 

NRC - Exemptions From Licensing, General Licenses, and Distribution of Byproduct Material

Licensing and Reporting Requirements
Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

NRC - National Source Tracking of Sealed Sources

Final Rule; Revised Compliance Dates

Web site

 

NRC - Transition of Regulatory Authority Resulting From the Expanded Definition of Byproduct Material
Notice of Publication of Plan

Web site  (PDF)

 

NRC - "Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors"  and "Knowledge and Abilities Catalog for Nuclear Power Plant Operators: Pressurized [Boiling] Water Reactors''
Notice of Availability of Revisions

Web site

 

NRC - Approaches for Using Traditional Probabilistic Risk Assessment Methods for Digital Systems

Notice of Availability of Draft Report for Comment

Web site

 

NRC - Independent External Review Panel to Identify Vulnerabilities in the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Materials Licensing Program

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

NRC - Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards

Subcommittee on Planning and Procedures

Notice of Meeting
Web site

 

NRC - Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards

Subcommittee on AP1000

Notice of Meeting

Web site  (PDF)

 

NRC - Notice of Sunshine Act Meetings

Web site

 

Land and Mineral Management

DOI - Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act Regulations

Disposition of Culturally Unidentifiable Human Remains
Proposed Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOI/MMS - Information Collection Activities

Submitted for OMB Review; Comment Request
Web site  (PDF)

 

DOI/NPS - National Register of Historic Places

Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions

Web site

 

USDA/FS - Sale and Disposal of National Forest System Timber

Modification of Timber Sale Contracts in Extraordinary Conditions; Noncompetitive Sale of Timber
Final Rule

Web site

 

USDA/FS - Outfitting and Guiding Special Use Permits and Insurance Requirements for Special Use Permits
Notice of Proposed Directives; Comment Request

Web site  (PDF)

 

USDA/FS - Forestry Research Advisory Council

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

Fish and Wildlife

DOC/NOAA - Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan

Temporary Rule

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Fisheries of the Northeastern United States

Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Fisheries

Suspension of Minimum Atlantic Surfclam Size Limit for Fishing Year 2008
Temporary Rule

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Marine Mammals

Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Fisheries of the Northeastern United States

Northeast Multispecies Fishery

Regulatory Amendment to Adopt Fishing Gear Standards for the NE Multispecies Regular B Day-At-Sea Program and the Eastern U.S./Canada Haddock Special Access Program

Proposed Rule; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Fisheries of the Northeastern United States

Northeast Multispecies Fishery; Framework Adjustment 42
Proposed Rule; Comment Request

Web site  (PDF)

 

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

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Northeast Region Vessel Identification Requirements
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOI/FWS - Injurious Wildlife Species; Black Carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus)
Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOI/FWS - Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations on Certain Federal Indian Reservations and Ceded Lands for the 2007-08 Early and Late Seasons

Final Rule
Web site  (PDF)

 

DOI/FWS - Draft Mosquito and Mosquito-Borne Disease Management Policy Pursuant to the National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997
Notice of Establishment

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOI/FWS - Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

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