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Environmental Federal Register Summary
February 25 - 29, 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 - US Climate Change Science Program Synthesis and Assessment Product Draft Report 4.1

Coastal Elevation and Sensitivity to Sea Level Rise

Notice of Availability; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOD/Navy - Ocean Research and Resources Advisory Panel

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

DOI - Outer Continental Shelf Scientific Committee

Notice of Renewal
Web site

 

EPA - Revised Enforcement and Compliance and Tribal Identifier Data Standards

Notice of Availability; 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 - Coastal Elevations and Sea Level Rise Advisory Committee

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

EPA - National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology
Environmental Technology Subcommittee

Notice of Teleconferences

Web site

 

EPA - Consumer Products Environmental Partnerships Program

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

HHS/CDC - Advisory Committee to the Director

Notice of Charter Renewal
Web site

 

NASA - Space Shuttle Program Transition and Property Disposal

Draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment

Notice of Availability

Web site

 

NSF - Advisory Committee for Environmental Research and Education

Notice of Renewal

Web site

 

US-China Economic and Security Review Commission - Notice of Hearing

Web site

 

Homeland Security

DHS - Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

DHS/Coast Guard - Security Plans for Ports, Vessels, Facilities, and Outer Continental Shelf Facilities and Other Security-Related Requirements

Information Collection Request to OMB; Comment Request

Web site

 

DHS/TSA - Transportation Worker Identification Credential Program

Extension of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review; Comment Request

Web site

 

DHS/TSA - Security Threat Assessment for Individuals Applying for a Hazardous Materials Endorsement for a Commercial Drivers License

Extension of Agency Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Web site

 

DHS/USCIS - Verification Information System

Notice to Alter a Privacy Act System of Records

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOC/BIS - Expanded Authorization for Temporary Exports and Reexports of Tools of Trade to Sudan

Final Rule

Web site

 

DOC/BIS - Regulations and Procedures Technical Advisory Committee

Notice of Partially Closed Meeting
Web site

 

DOC/BIS - Materials Processing Equipment Technical Advisory Committee
Notice of Partially Closed Meeting
Web site

 

DOC/BIS - Materials Processing Equipment Technical Advisory Committee
Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

DOE - Defense Priorities and Allocations System

Direct Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOE - Defense Priorities and Allocations System

Proposed Rule

Web site 

 

DOT/FTA - National Transit Database

Amendments to Safety and Security Reporting Manual

Notice of Availability

Web site

 

FCC - Redundancy, Resiliency and Reliability of 911 and E911 Networks and/or Systems

Notice of Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site  (PDF)

 

NARA - Public Interest Declassification Board

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

NRC - Geologic Repository Operations Area Security and Material Control and Accounting Requirements

Extension of Comment Period

Web site

 

Water and Wastewater

EPA - Strategic Plan Information on Source Water Protection

Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

Microbiology

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

Notice of Availability of Guidance for Industry

Web site

 

Toxics, Hazardous Materials and Waste

DHS/Coast Guard - Chemical Transportation Advisory Committee

Request for Members

Web site


DHS/TSA - Security Threat Assessment for Individuals Applying for a Hazardous Materials Endorsement for a Commercial Drivers License

Extension of Agency Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOI - Natural Resource Damages for Hazardous Substances

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

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 - Pipeline Safety

Request for Comments and OMB Approval of Existing Information Collections

Web site

 

EPA - Cyfluthrin; Pesticide Tolerance

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Pyroxsulam; Pesticide Tolerances

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Dibasic Esters (DBE); Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance

Final Rule

Web site 

 

EPA - Pesticide Emergency Exemptions

Notice of Agency Decisions and State and Federal Agency Crisis Declarations
Web site

 

EPA - Permethrin; Amended Reregistration Eligibility Decision

Notice of Availability

Web site

 

EPA - Sulfometuron Methyl Risk Assessments

Notice of Availability

Web site

 

EPA - Tetramethrin Risk Assessments

Notice of Availability and Risk Reduction Options

Web site

 

EPA - Modification of the Hazardous Waste Manifest System
Notice of Data Availability; Comment Request

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Pesticide Product Registration Applications

Notice of Receipt (1 of 2)

Web site

 

EPA - Pesticide Product Registration Applications

Notice of Receipt (2 of 2)

Web site

 

EPA - Requirements and Exemptions for Specific RCRA Wastes (Renewal)

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

Web site

 

EPA - Application for Reimbursement to Local Governments for Emergency Response to Hazardous Substance Releases Under CERCLA Section 123 (Renewal)

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

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 External Review Draft
Web site

 

HHS/FDA - Channels of Trade Policy for Commodities With Residues of Pesticide Chemicals, for Which Tolerances Have Been Revoked, Suspended, or Modified by EPA Pursuant to Dietary Risk Considerations
Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Web site  (PDF)

 

Air Quality

EPA - Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulations - Massachusetts

Proposed Rule; Consistency Update
Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Clean Air Interstate Rule: Petition for Administrative Review

Notice of Filing

Web site

 

EPA - Lead National Ambient Air Quality Standard Review
Notice of Data Availability

Web site

 

EPA - National-Scale Activity Survey

Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request

Web site

 

EPA -  Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee

Oxides of Nitrogen (NOX) and Sulfur Oxides (SOX) Secondary NAAQS Review Panel
Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

EPA - Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee

Ambient Air Monitoring and Methods Subcommittee
Notice of Teleconference

Web site

 

Energy and Nuclear

DOE - Defense Priorities and Allocations System

Direct Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOE - Defense Priorities and Allocations System

Proposed Rule

Web site 

 

DOE - Nuclear Energy Advisory Committee

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

DOE - DOE/NSF Nuclear Science Advisory Committee

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

DOE/FERC - Maine 1 Project, Lubec Narrows, Washington County, Maine

Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene, Protests, and Comments

Web site

 

DOE/FERC - Appleton Trust Project, Hamilton Canal, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment
Web site

 

DOE/FERC - Proposed Fitchburg Expansion Project (natural gas pipeline)

Lunenburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Notice of Application

Web site

 

DOE/FERC - Proposed Fitchburg Expansion Project (natural gas pipeline)

Lunenburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Notice of Intent to Prepare Environmental Assessment; Comment Request; Site Visit

Web site

 

DOE/FERC - Proposed Concord Lateral Expansion (natural gas pipeline)

Hillsborough and Merrimack Counties, New Hampshire
Notice of Intent to Prepare Environmental Assessment; Comment Request; Site Visit

Web site

 

DOI/MMS - Alternative Energy and Alternate Use Proposed Rule
Notice of Preparation of an Environmental Assessment

Web site

 

FCC - Guidelines for Evaluating the Environmental Effects of Radiofrequency Radiation, Second Memorandum Opinion and Order

Information Collection Being Submitted for Review to OMB; Comment Request

Web site

 

NRC - Delegated Authority To Order Use of Procedures for Access to Certain Sensitive Unclassified Information
Final Rule

Web site

 

NRC - Geologic Repository Operations Area Security and Material Control and Accounting Requirements

Extension of Comment Period

Web site

 

NRC - Application for Standard Design Certification of the U.S. EPR
Notice of Acceptance for Docketing

Web site

 

NRC - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations

Biweekly Notice

Web site  (PDF)

 

NRC - Notice of Sunshine Act Meetings

Web site

 

Land and Mineral Management

DOI/MMS - Alternative Energy and Alternate Use Proposed Rule
Notice of Preparation of an Environmental Assessment

Web site

 

DOI/MMS - Platforms and Structures

Information Collection Activities: Submitted for OMB Review; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOI/NPS - National Register of Historic Places

Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions

Web site

 

DOT/FAA - Airport Noise Compatibility Planning

Information Collection Activity Seeking OMB Approval; Comment Request

Web site

 

Fish and Wildlife

DOC/NOAA - Fisheries of the Northeastern United States

Atlantic Bluefish Fisheries

Final Rule; Final Specifications for 2008

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOC/NOAA - Fisheries of the Northeastern United States

Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fisheries

2008 Scup Specifications

Final Rule; Correction
Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Highly Migratory Species Vessel Logbooks and Cost-Earnings Data Reports

Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site


DOC/NOAA - Fishery Capacity Reduction Program Buyback Requests

Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Advisory Panel

Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOI/FWS - Importation, Exportation, and Transportation of Wildlife

Inspection Fees, Import/Export Licenses, and Import/Export License Exemptions
Proposed Rule; Notice of Meeting

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOI/FWS - Monitoring Recovered Species After Delisting-American Peregrine Falcon

Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOI/FWS - North American Wetlands Conservation Council

Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Advisory Group

Notice of Meetings

Web site

 

 

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