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Environmental Federal Register Summary
March 24 - 28, 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

EPA - Causal Analysis of Biological Impairment in Long Creek: A Sandy-Bottomed Stream in Coastal Southern Maine

Notice of Availability

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 - National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology

Notice of Teleconference

Web site

 

EPA - National and Governmental Advisory Committees to the US Representative to the Commission for Environmental Cooperation

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

NSF - Draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment for the Ocean Observatories Initiative

Notice of Withdrawal of Comment Request

Web site

 

State Dept. - United States-Chile Environment Affairs Council

Notice of Meetings

Web site

 

USDA/CCC - Conservation Security Program

Notice of Sign-up

Web site

 

Homeland Security

DHS - National Infrastructure Advisory Council

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

DHS - CIKR Asset Protection Technical Assistance Program (CAPTAP) Survey

Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

DHS - Critical Infrastructure Information (PCII) Program Survey

Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

DHS - Integrated Common Analytical Viewer: GIS System Survey 1670

Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

DHS/Coast Guard - National Maritime Security Advisory Committee

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

DOD - Missile Defense Advisory Committee
Notice of Closed Meeting (1 of 2)

Web site

 

DOD - Missile Defense Advisory Committee
Notice of Closed Meeting (2 of 2)

Web site

 

EPA - Science Advisory Board

Homeland Security Advisory Committee
Request for Nominations

Web site

 

HHS/CDC - Hazardous Substances Emergency Events Surveillance

Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

HHS/FDA - Registration of Food Facilities Under the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002

Final Rule; Technical Amendment
Web site

 

Water and Wastewater

EPA - 2008 National Clean Water Act Recognition Awards
Notice of Availability of Application and Nomination Information

Web site

 

EPA - Establishing No-Discharge Zones Under Clean Water Act Section 312

Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

EPA - Cooling Water Intake Structures New Facility Final Rule (Renewal)

Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 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 - Vaccine Safety Working Group

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

HHS - National Vaccine Program Office on Vaccine Financing

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

HHS/CDC - Antimicrobial Resistance

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

HHS/FDA - Registration of Food Facilities Under the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002

Final Rule; Technical Amendment
Web site

 

USDA/APHIS - Assessments of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Subtype H5N1 Status of Denmark and France

Notice of Availability

Web site

 

Toxics, Hazardous Materials and Waste

DOL/OSHA - Respiratory Protection Standard

Extension of OMB Approval of Information Collection Requirements; Comment Request
Web site

 

DOT/PHMSA - Pipeline Safety: Administrative Procedures, Address Updates, and Technical Amendments
Interim Final Rule; Comment Request

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOT/PHMSA - Pipeline Safety: Issues Related to Mechanical Couplings Used in Natural Gas Distribution Systems
Notice of Issuance of Advisory Bulletin; Corrections

Web site

 

EPA - Pyraclostrobin; Pesticide Tolerance
Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Myclobutanil; Pesticide Tolerance

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Boscalid; Pesticide Tolerance

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - S-Abscisic Acid, Temporary Exemption From the Requirement of a Tolerance

Final Rule

Web site

 

EPA - Flutolanil and Its Metabolites

Withdrawal of Tolerance Petition

Web site

 

EPA - Barium Metaborate Registration Review

Antimicrobial Pesticide Dockets Opened for Review and Comment

Web site

 

EPA - Azinphos-methyl

Product Cancellation Order and Amendments to Terminate Uses

Correction

Web site

 

EPA - Petition for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities

Notice of Filing

Web site

 

EPA - Pesticide Product Registration Applications

Notice of Receipt

Web site

 

EPA - Pesticide Registration Review

New Dockets Opened for Review and Comment

Web site

 

EPA - Biopesticides

Dockets Opened for Review and Comment
Web site

 

EPA - Requests for Amendments to Delete Uses in Certain Pesticide Registrations

Notice of Receipt

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Pesticide Container Recycling

Notification to the Secretary of Agriculture
Web site

 

EPA - Leaking Underground Storage Tank Prevention Assistance Agreements

State Cost Share Requirement

Web site

 

EPA - Brownfields Assessment, Cleanup and Revolving Loan Fund Grants
Notice of Revisions to FY2009 Guidelines

Web site

 

EPA - Standardized Permit for RCRA Hazardous Waste Facilities

Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

EPA - Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee

Pesticide Registration Improvement Act Process Improvement Workgroup

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

HHS/CDC - Removing Chemicals from Future Editions of National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals
Public Comments and Revised Final Criteria

Web site

 

HHS/CDC - Hazardous Substances Emergency Events Surveillance

Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

HHS/NTP - Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of  Alternative Methods

Availability of Test Method Evaluation Report and Final Background Review Document

Web site

 

Air Quality

EPA - National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Finding of Failure To Submit State Implementation Plans Required for the 1997 8-Hour Ozone NAAQS

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Completeness Findings for Section 110(a) State Implementation Plans for the 8-hour Ozone NAAQS

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Amendments to National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Area Sources

Acrylic and Modacrylic Fibers Production, Carbon Black Production, Chemical Manufacturing: Chromium Compounds, Flexible Polyurethane Foam Production and Fabrication, Lead Acid Battery Manufacturing, and Wood Preserving

Direct Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans
Rhode Island; Diesel Anti-Idling Regulation

Direct Final Rule

Web site

 

EPA - Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans
Rhode Island; Diesel Anti-Idling Regulation

Proposed Rule

Web site

 

EPA - National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards for Aerosol Coatings
Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards for Aerosol Coatings
Direct Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards for Aerosol Coatings
Proposed Rule

Web site

 

EPA - Protection of Stratospheric Ozone

Launch of Electronic Reporting System

Web site

 

EPA - Emissions Certification and Compliance Requirements for Nonroad Spark-ignition (SI) Engines (Renewal)

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

Web site

 

Energy and Nuclear

DOE - Organization Climate and Safety Conscious Work Environment Survey

Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOE - Methane Hydrate Advisory Committee

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

DOT/NHTSA - New Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards

Environmental Impact Statement

Notice of Intent to Prepare; Request for Scoping Comments

Web site

 

DOT/PHMSA - Pipeline Safety: Administrative Procedures, Address Updates, and Technical Amendments
Interim Final Rule; Comment Request

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOT/PHMSA - Pipeline Safety: Issues Related to Mechanical Couplings Used in Natural Gas Distribution Systems
Notice of Issuance of Advisory Bulletin; Corrections

Web site

 

NRC - Use of the GALE86 Code for Calculation of Routine Radioactive Releases in Gaseous and Liquid Effluents to Support Design Certification and Combined License Applications

Interim Staff Guidance

Comment Request

Web site

 

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

Web site  (PDF)

 

NRC - Requirements for Renewal of Operating Licenses for Nuclear Power Plants

Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request
Web site

 

NRC - Standards for Protection Against Radiation

Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

NRC - Licensing Requirements for the Independent Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste

Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

NRC - Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards
Request for Candidates
Web site

 

NRC - Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

NRC - Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards

Subcommittee on Reliability and Probabilistic Risk Assessment
Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

NRC - Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards

Subcommittee on Thermal-Hydraulic Phenomena

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

NRC - Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste and Materials

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

NRC - Notice of Sunshine Act Meetings

Web site

 

Land and Mineral Management

DOI/MMS - Reporting Amendments

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOI/MMS - Mineral Materials Disposal

Extension of Approved Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOI/NPS - National Register of Historic Places

Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions

Web site

 

DOT/FHWA - Environmental Streamlining

Measuring the Performance of Stakeholders in the Transportation Project Development Process II

Renewed Approval of a Previously Approved Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

USDA/FS - Locatable Minerals Operations
Proposed Rule; Comment Request

Web site  (PDF)

 

Fish and Wildlife

DOC/NOAA - National Marine Sanctuaries Regulations

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOC/NOAA - Fisheries of the Northeastern United States

Northeast Multispecies Fishery

Total Allowable Catches for Eastern Georges Bank Cod, Eastern Georges Bank Haddock, and Georges Bank Yellowtail Flounder in US/Canada Management Area for Fishing Year 2008
Temporary Rule; Specifications

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Marine Mammals

Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; Extension of Comment Period

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Fisheries of the Northeastern United States

Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fisheries; Amendment 9

Notice of Availability; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Operation of an LNG Facility in Massachusetts Bay

Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities

Proposed Incidental Harassment Authorization; Receipt of Application for Five-year regulations; Request for Comments and Information

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOC/NOAA - Implantation and Recovery of Archival Tags

Submission of Information Collection for OMB Review; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - New England Fishery Management Council

Monkfish Oversight Committee

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - New England Fishery Management Council

Scientific and Statistical Committee

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - New England Fishery Management Council

Web site

 

DOI/FWS - List of Programs Eligible for Inclusion in Fiscal Year 2008 Funding Agreements With Self-Governance Tribes

Notice of Availability

Web site

 

DOI/FWS - Wapack National Wildlife Refuge, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment

Notice of Availability; Comment Request

Web site

 

 

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