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Environmental Federal Register Summary
January 21 - 25, 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 - Three Collections of Information Under Review by OMB

Comment Request

Web site

 

DOD - Ocean Research and Resources Advisory Panel (Ocean Research Advisory Panel)

Notice of Renewal and Name Change

Web site

 

DOL/OSHA - Confined Spaces in Construction
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; Extension of Written Comment Period
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 - Agency Information Collection Activities

Notice of OMB Responses

Web site

 

EPA - Local Government Advisory Committee

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

HHS/CDC - Positive-Pressure Closed-Circuit Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus

Comment Request

Web site

 

NASA - Constellation Program
Notice of Availability of Final Constellation Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement

Web site

 

Homeland Security

DHS - Telecommunications Service Priority System

Reinstatement Without Change of a Previously Approved Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

DHS/FEMA - National Advisory Council

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

DOC/BIS - Transportation and Related Equipment Technical Advisory Committee

Notice of Partially Closed Meeting
Web site

 

HHS - Interstate Shipment of Etiologic Agents

Final Rule
Web site  (PDF)

 

HHS/CDC - Focus Group Testing and Survey on Radiological Event Messages for Public Health Workers

Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

Web site

 

Water and Wastewater

EPA - Facility Ground-Water Monitoring Requirements (RCRA)

Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

EPA - Coalbed Methane Extraction Sector Questionnaire (New)

Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

EPA - National Wastewater Operator Training and Technical Assistance Program (Renewal)

Information Collection Activity; Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

Microbiology

HHS - Interstate Shipment of Etiologic Agents

Final Rule
Web site  (PDF)

 

Toxics, Hazardous Materials and Waste

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 - Special Permits Applications (hazardous materials)

List of Applications Delayed More than 180 Days

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - National Lead Laboratory Accreditation Program

Notice of Availability of Revisions

Web site

 

EPA - Certain New Chemicals (TSCA)

Notice of Receipt and Status Information

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Chlorantraniliprole

Notice of Receipt of Application for Emergency Exemption; Comment Request

Web site

 

EPA - Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities
Notice of Filing of Pesticide Petitions

Web site

 

EPA - Draft Toxicological Review of Chlordecone (Kepone)

In Support of the Summary Information in the Integrated Risk Information System
Notice of Peer-Review Workshop; Comment Request

Web site

 

EPA - Community Right-to-Know Reporting Requirements of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (Renewal)

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

Web site

 

EPA - Identification, Listing and Rulemaking Petitions (Renewal)

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

Web site

 

EPA - Facility Ground-Water Monitoring Requirements (RCRA)

Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

EPA - Hazardous Waste Generator Standards (Renewal)

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

Web site

 

EPA - Asbestos-Containing Materials in Schools Rule and Revised Asbestos Model Accreditation Plan Rule

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

Web site

 

EPA - Human Studies Review Board

Notice of Teleconference

Web site

 

EPA - FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

HHS/NIH - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

Special Emphasis Panel, Exposure, Immune and Genetic Mechanisms of Beryllium

Notice of Closed Meeting

Web site

 

HHS/NTP - Board of Scientific Counselors

Technical Reports Review Subcommittee

Amended Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

Air Quality

EPA - Revisions to the Continuous Emissions Monitoring Rule for the Acid Rain Program, NOX Budget Trading Program, Clean Air Interstate Rule, and the Clean Air Mercury Rule

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Transportation Conformity Rule Amendments to Implement Provisions Contained in the 2005 Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act

A Legacy for Users

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans
Connecticut; State Implementation Plan Revision to Implement the Clean Air Interstate Rule
Final Rule
Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Fuel Quality Regulations for Diesel Fuel Sold in 2001 & Later Years; for Tax-Exempt (Dyed) Highway Diesel Fuel; & Nonroad Locomotive & Marine Diesel Fuel (Renewal)

Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval

Web site

 

EPA - State Small Business Stationary Source Technical and Environmental Compliance Assistance Programs (SBTCP) Annual Reporting Form (Renewal)

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

Web site

 

EPA - Emission Standards for Stationary Diesel Engines
Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - NESHAP for Primary Aluminum Reduction Plants (Renewal)

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

Web site

 

EPA - NSPS for Portland Cement Plants (Renewal)

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

Web site

 

EPA - NSPS for Asphalt Processing and Roofing Manufacture (Renewal)

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

Web site

 

EPA - Emissions Certification and Compliance Requirements for Marine Spark-Ignition Engines (Renewal)

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

Web site

 

Energy and Nuclear

DOE - Reimbursement for Costs of Remedial Action at Active Uranium and Thorium Processing Sites
Notice of Acceptance of Title X Claims for Reimbursement in Fiscal Year 2009.
Web site

 

DOE/FERC - Updated Fees Schedule for Annual Charges for the Use of Government Lands
Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOE/OEERE - Energy Efficiency Program for Consumer Products

Framework Document for Fluorescent Lamp Ballasts
Notice of Availability; Meeting

Web site

 

EPA - Fuel Quality Regulations for Diesel Fuel Sold in 2001 & Later Years; for Tax-Exempt (Dyed) Highway Diesel Fuel; & Nonroad Locomotive & Marine Diesel Fuel (Renewal)

Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval

Web site

 

HHS/CDC - Focus Group Testing and Survey on Radiological Event Messages for Public Health Workers

Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

Web site

 

HHS/NIH - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

Special Emphasis Panel, Exposure, Immune and Genetic Mechanisms of Beryllium

Notice of Closed Meeting

Web site

 

NRC - Decommissioning Planning
Proposed Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

NRC - Managing Gas Accumulation in Emergency Core Cooling, Decay Heat Removal, and Containment Spray Systems

Notice of Issuance of Generic Letter

Web site

 

NRC - Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

NRC - Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards

Subcommittee on Safety Research Program

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

NRC - Notice of Sunshine Act Meetings

Web site

 

Land and Mineral Management

DOE/FERC - Updated Fees Schedule for Annual Charges for the Use of Government Lands
Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOI - Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Commission, Massachusetts/Rhode Island
Notice of Meeting
Web site

 

DOI/BLM - Mining Claims

Extension of Approved Information Collection

Web site

 

DOI/NPS - National Register of Historic Places

Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions
Web site

 

USDA/NRCS - National Handbook of Conservation Practices

Notice of Proposed Changes

Web site

 

Fish and Wildlife

DOC/NOAA - Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan

Temporary Rule

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Cooperative Game Fish Tagging Report
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program Survey for Stranding Network Participants
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - International Whaling Commission

Intersessional Meeting on the Future of the International Whaling Commission

Request for Nominations

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - New England Fishery Management Council

Research Steering Committee

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - New England Fishery Management Council

Habitat/MPA/Ecosystem Committee

Web site

 

DOI/FWS - Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants

Initiation of 5-Year Reviews of 10 Listed Species; Information Request
Web site  (PDF)

 

DOI/FWS - Lake Champlain Sea Lamprey Control Alternatives Workgroup

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

DOI/USGS - North American Amphibian Monitoring Program

Information Collection Activities: Comment Request

Web site

 

 

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