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Environmental Federal Register Summary
March 31 - April 4, 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/ITA - Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Evaluation of State Coastal Management Programs and National Estuarine Research Reserves
Notice of Intent to Evaluate; Availability of Final Findings.
Web site

 

DOI/USGS - National Geospatial Advisory Committee

Notice of Meeting

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 - Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

USDA/AMS - National Organic Standards Board

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

Homeland Security

DHS - BioWatch Filter Holder Log

New Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

DHS - Telecommunications Service Priority System

Reinstatement of a Previously Approved Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOC/BIS - Competitive Enhancement Needs Assessment Survey Program
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOC/BIS - National Defense Authorization Act
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOD - Military Critical Technical Data Agreement

Submission of Information Collection for OMB Review; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOT/PHMSA - Improving the Safety of Railroad Tank Car Transportation of Hazardous Materials

Proposed Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

FCC - Improving Public Safety Communications in the 800 MHz Band

Proposed Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

FCC - Communications Disaster Information Reporting Systems

Information Collection Approved by OMB; Comment Request

Web site

 

FCC - Broadcasting Emergency Information

Information Collection Being Reviewed; Comment Request

Web site

 

HHS/FDA - Food Protection Plan; Outreach Activities

Comment Request

Web site

 

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

Web site

 

Water and Wastewater

EPA - Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Final Agency Action on 56 Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs)
Notice of Availability

Web site

 

Microbiology

USDA/FSIS - Shiga Toxin-Producing E. coli

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

Toxics, Hazardous Materials and Waste

DHS/Coast Guard - Chemical Transportation Advisory Committee

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

DOT/PHMSA - Improving the Safety of Railroad Tank Car Transportation of Hazardous Materials

Proposed Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOT/PHMSA - Hazardous Materials: Transport of Lithium Batteries

Notice of Meeting
Web site

 

EPA - Acequinocyl; Pesticide Tolerance

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Dicamba; Pesticide Tolerance

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Flonicamid; Pesticide Tolerance

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Ferric Citrate

Inert Ingredient; Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Acrolein Revised Risk Assessments

Notice of Availability and Solicitation of Risk Reduction Options

Web site

 

EPA - Certain Tributyltin Compounds, Risk Assessments

Notice of Availability
Web site

 

EPA - Use of Consumer Research in Developing Improved Labeling for Pesticide Products

Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

EPA - Application for New and Amended Pesticide Registration

Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

HHS/FDA - Guidance Levels for 3-MCPD(3-chloro-1, 2-propanediol) in Acid-Hydrolyzed Protein and Asian-Style Sauces

Notice of Availability
Web site

 

HHS/NTP - Non-Animal Methods and Approach for Evaluating Eye Irritation Potential for Antimicrobial Cleaning Products

Request for Nominations for an Independent Expert Panel and Submission of Relevant Data
Web site

 

Air Quality

EPA - Final 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards Designations for the Early Action Compact Areas

Final Rule
Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - National Perchloroethylene Air Emission Standards for Dry Cleaning Facilities

Direct Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - National Perchloroethylene Air Emission Standards for Dry Cleaning Facilities

Proposed Rule

Web site

 

EPA - National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Semiconductor Manufacturing

Proposed Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants

Area Source Standards for Nine Metal Fabrication and Finishing Source Categories
Proposed Rule
Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Ozone Transport Commission

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

EPA - Mobile Sources Technical Review Subcommittee

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

Energy and Nuclear

DOE - US Declaration under the Protocol Additional to the US-IAEA Safeguards Agreement

Proposed Agency Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOE - Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board Chairs

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

DOE - Environmental Management Advisory Board

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

DOE - Nuclear Energy Advisory Committee

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

DOE/FERC - Canaan Project

Connecticut River, Coos County, New Hampshire, and Essex County, Vermont

Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment
Web site

 

NRC - Fitness for Duty Programs

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

NRC - Guidance to Operators at the Controls and to Senior Operators in the Control Room of a Nuclear Power Unit

Notice of Issuance of Draft Regulatory Guide

Web site

 

NRC - Operator Licensing Examination Data

Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

NRC - Licensing Requirements for Land Disposal of Radioactive Waste

Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

NRC - Notice of Sunshine Act Meetings

Web site

 

Land and Mineral Management

DOI/MMS - Outer Continental Shelf Civil Penalties
Notice Summarizing Penalties Paid

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOI/NPS - National Register of Historic Places

Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions (1 of 2)

Web site

 

DOI/NPS - National Register of Historic Places

Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions (2 of 2)

Web site

 

DOI/OSMRE - Certification of Blasters in Federal Program States and on Indian Lands

Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

USDA/FS - State Petitions for Roadless Management

Submission of Information Collection for OMB Review; Comment Request

Web site

 

Fish and Wildlife

DOC/NOAA - Fisheries of the Northeastern United States

Northeast Multispecies Fishery

2008 Georges Bank Cod Hook Sector Operations Plan and Agreement and Allocation of Georges Bank Cod Total Allowable Catch
Final Rule
Web site  (PDF)

 

DOC/NOAA - Fisheries of the Northeastern United States

Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fisheries

Specifications and Management Measures

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOC/NOAA - International Fisheries; Atlantic Highly Migratory Species
Proposed Rule; Comment Request; Notice of Hearings

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOC/NOAA - Fisheries of the Northeastern United States

Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fisheries

Amendment 9
Proposed Rule; Comment Request

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOC/NOAA - Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act Provisions
Tautog Fishery

Notice of Cancellation of Federal Moratorium

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Marine Protected Areas Federal Advisory Committee

Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

DOI/USGS - North American Amphibian Monitoring Program

Information Collection Activities: Submitted for OMB Review; Comment Request

Web site

 

 

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