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Environmental Federal Register Summary
November 12 - 16, 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 - FY 2008 Regional Integrated Ocean Observing Systems

Notice of Change in Application Deadline

Web site

 

DOL/OSHA - Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health

Notice of Appointment of New Members

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 - Cross-Media Electronic Reporting and Recordkeeping Rule (Renewal)

Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

EPA - Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Advisory Committee
Request for Nominations

Web site

 

EPA - Science Advisory Board

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

EPA - Science Advisory Board

Panel for the Review of 2007 Report on the Environment

Notice of Teleconference

Web site

 

USDA - Federal Advisory Committee for the Expert Review of Synthesis and Assessment Product 4.3 (climate change)
Notice of Teleconference

Web site

 

Homeland Security

DHS - Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory Committee
Notice of Partially Closed Meeting

Web site

 

DHS - Closed-Circuit Television: Developing Privacy Best Practices

Notice of Workshop

Web site

 

DHS/Coast Guard - Information Collections

Sixty-Day Notice Requesting Comments

Web site

 

DHS/Coast Guard - National Maritime Security Advisory Committee

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

DOC/BIS - Impact of Implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention on Commercial Activities Involving "Schedule 1" Chemicals During Calendar Year 2007
Notice of Inquiry

Web site

 

DOE/FERC - Critical Energy Infrastructure Information

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

FCC - Emergency Backup Power for Communications Assets

Information Collection Being Reviewed; Comment Request

Web site

 

NRC - Survey of Public Response to Emergencies

Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

Web site

 

The President - Continuation of Emergency Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction
Notice of November 8, 2007

Web site

 

The President - Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to Iran
Notice of November 8, 2007

Web site

 

USDA/APHIS - Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act of 2002

Biennial Review and Republication of the Select Agent and Toxin List
Proposed Rule; Reopening of Comment Period

Web site

 

Water and Wastewater

EPA - Safer Detergent Stewardship Initiative Program

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

Web site

 

EPA - Total Coliform Rule Distribution System Advisory Committee

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

Microbiology

EPA - Total Coliform Rule Distribution System Advisory Committee

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

HHS/CDC - Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Infection Control Practices Survey

Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review; Comment Request

Web site

 

HHS/CDC - National Surveillance for Severe Adverse Events Associated with Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection

Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review; Comment Request

Web site

 

HHS/CDC - National Electronic Disease Surveillance System

Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review; Comment Request

Web site

 

Toxics, Hazardous Materials and Waste

DHS/Coast Guard - Information Collections

Sixty-Day Notice Requesting Comments

Web site

 

DOL/OSHA - Employer Payment for Personal Protective Equipment

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Cyprodinil; Time-Limited Pesticide Tolerance

Final Rule

Web site

 

EPA - Isoxadifen-ethyl; Time-Limited Pesticide Tolerance

Final Rule

Web site

 

EPA - Sethoxydim; Pesticide Tolerance Technical Amendment
Final Rule; Technical Amendment

Web site

 

EPA - Pendimethalin; Pesticide Tolerance Technical Amendment
Final Rule; Technical Amendment

Web site

 

EPA - Ethyl Parathion and Tributyltin Antifoulants

Final Determination Not to Initiate Special Review ; Final Determination to Terminate Special Review
Web site

 

EPA - Oxydemeton-Methyl

Final Determination to Terminate Special Review
Web site

 

EPA - Draft List of Initial Pesticide Active Ingredients and Pesticide Inerts to be Considered for Screening under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act

Second Extension of Comment Period

Web site

 

EPA - Framework for Determining a Mutagenic Mode of Action for Carcinogenicity: Using EPA's 2005 Cancer Guidelines and Supplemental Guidance for Assessing Susceptibility From Early-Life Exposure to Carcinogens

Notice of Extension of Comment Period for the External Review Draft

Web site

 

EPA - Endosulfan Updated Risk Assessments

Notice of Availability; Solicitation of Usage Information

Web site

 

EPA - Petition Requesting EPA to Issue a Notice of Intent to Cancel Registrations of M-44 Sodium Cyanide Capsules and Sodium Fluoroacetate

Comment Request

Web site

 

EPA - Draft Toxicological Review of 1,2,3-Trichloropropane

In Support of the Summary Information in the Integrated Risk Information System

Comment Request

Web site

 

EPA - TSCA Section 4 Test Rules, Consent Orders, Test Rule Exemptions, and Voluntary Data Submission

Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

EPA - Worker Protection Standard Training and Notification

Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

EPA - National Advisory Committee for Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Hazardous Substances

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

EPA - Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

HHS/NTP - Report on Carcinogens
Notice of Availability of the Draft Background Documents; Expert Panel Meeting

Web site

 

VA - Veterans' Advisory Committee on Environmental Hazards

Notice of Meeting
Web site

 

Air Quality

EPA - Standards of Performance for Equipment Leaks of VOC

Synthetic Organic Chemicals Manufacturing Industry and Petroleum Refineries

Final Rule
Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut

Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans

Final Rule

Web site

 

EPA - Prevention of Significant Deterioration and Nonattainment New Source Review

Reconsideration of Inclusion of Fugitive Emissions
Proposed Rule; Notice of Reconsideration of Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Federally Enforceable State Implementation Plans for All States

Notice of Availability

Web site

 

EPA - Petition Requesting Rulemaking to Limit Lead Emissions from General Aviation Aircraft

Notice of Receipt; Comment Request

Web site

 

EPA - Responsible Appliance Disposal Program

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

Web site

 

EPA - NESHAP for Beryllium (Renewal)

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

Web site

 

EPA - NSPS for Onshore Natural Gas Processing Plants (Renewal)

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

Web site

 

EPA - Transportation Conformity Determinations for Federally Funded and Approved Transportation Plans, Programs and Projects

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

Web site

 

EPA - Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee

Sulfur Oxides (SOx) Primary NAAQS Review Panel

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

Energy and Nuclear

DOE/FERC - Critical Energy Infrastructure Information

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOE/OEERE - Energy Conservation Standards for Certain Consumer Products and Commercial and Industrial Equipment
Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; Web Site

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOE/OEERE - Biomass Research and Development Technical Advisory Committee

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

EPA - NSPS for Onshore Natural Gas Processing Plants (Renewal)

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

Web site

 

NRC - Technical Specification Improvement to Revise Control Rod Notch Surveillance Frequency, Clarify SRM Insert Control Rod Action, and Clarify Frequency Example
Notice of Availability of Model Application

Web site  (PDF)

 

NRC - Consolidated Guidance About Materials Licenses Program-Specific Guidance About Possession Licenses for Production of Radioactive Material Using an Accelerator

Notice of Availability

Web site

 

NRC  - Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station, Vernon, Vermont

Receipt of Request for Action from New England Coalition

Web site

 

NRC - Survey of Public Response to Emergencies

Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

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 - Notice of Sunshine Act Meetings

Web site

 

Land and Mineral Management

DOI/MMS - Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sales
List of Restricted Joint Bidders

Web site

 

DOI/MMS - Outer Continental Shelf: Plans and Information

Extension of an Information Collection; Comment Request
Web site

 

DOI/NPS - National Register of Historic Places

Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions

Web site

 

Fish and Wildlife

DOC/NOAA - Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan
Temporary Rule; Extension of Temporary Area and Gear Restrictions
Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Fisheries of the Northeastern United States

Northeast Multispecies Fishery

Temporary Haddock Size Limit Extension
Temporary Rule; Emergency Action Extended; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Fisheries of the Northeastern United States

Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Fishery

Proposed 2008-2010 Fishing Quotas for Atlantic Surfclams and Ocean Quahogs

Proposed Rule; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Atlantic Highly Migratory Species

Atlantic Shark Management Measures

Amendment 2 to the Consolidated Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan
Proposed Rule; Reopening Comment Period

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Fisheries of the Northeastern United States

2008 Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Specifications; 2008 Research Set-Aside Projects
Proposed Specifications; Comment Request

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOC/NOAA - 2008 Annual Sustainable Fisheries Leadership Awards
Request for Nominations

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - New England Fishery Management Council

Scientific and Statistical Committee

Web site

 

DOI/FWS - Take of Migrant Peregrine Falcons in the United States for Use in Falconry
Draft Environmental Assessment and Management Plan

Notice of Availability

Web site

 

DOI/FWS - National Wildlife Refuge System Evaluation

Surveys of State Agencies, Indian Tribes, and Local Partners

Information Collection Sent to the OMB for Approval; Comment Request

Web site

 

 

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