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Environmental Federal Register Summary
March 23 - 27, 2009 

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 - Advisory Committee on Commercial Remote Sensing

Partially Closed Meeting

Web site

 

DOT/FTA - Fiscal Year 2009 Funding for Transit Investments for Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction Grants
Availability; Comment Request

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Rulemaking To Reaffirm the Promulgation of Revisions of the Acid Rain Program Rules
Withdrawal of Direct Final Rule

Web site

 

EPA - Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations
Availability of EPA Comments

Web site

 

EPA - Environmental Impact Statements
Weekly Receipts

Web site

 

EPA - General Administrative Requirements for Assistance Programs

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

Web site

 

EPA - Mandatory Reporting Rule for Greenhouse Gases
Hearings

Web site

 

EPA - Science Advisory Board

Meeting

Web site

 

EPA - Board of Scientific Counselors

Human Health Subcommittee

Meetings

Web site

 

EPA - Environmental Laboratory Advisory Board

Teleconferences

Web site

 

USDA/CSREES - Smith-Lever 3(d) Extension Integrated Pest Management Competitive Grants Program
Meeting; Request for Stakeholder Input

Web site

 

Homeland Security

DHS - Federal Radiological Preparedness Coordinating Committee

Meeting

Web site

 

DHS/Coast Guard - Transportation Worker Identification Credential  -- Reader Requirements
Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

Web site  (PDF)

 

DHS/FEMA - National Advisory Council

Meeting

Web site

 

DHS/TSA - Security Programs for Foreign Air Carriers

Intent to Request Renewal from OMB of One Current Public Collection of Information; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOC/BIS - Emerging Technology and Research Advisory Committee

Partially Closed Meeting

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Advisory Committee on Commercial Remote Sensing

Partially Closed Meeting

Web site

 

DOE/FERC - Mandatory Reliability Standards for Critical Infrastructure Protection
Order on Clarification

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Emergency Planning and Release Notification Requirements Under Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act Sections 302, 303, and 304 (Renewal)

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

Web site

 

EPA - Science Advisory Board

Homeland Security Advisory Committee

Meeting

Web site

 

HHS/CDC - Laboratory Response Network

Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations

Web site

 

NRC - Power Reactor Security Requirements

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

Water and Wastewater

EPA - Maine Marine Sanitation Device Standard

Notice of Determination
Web site

 

USDA/CCC - Agricultural Water Enhancement Program
Reopening of Proposal Submission Period
Web site

 

Microbiology

EPA - Chloroxylenol, Zinc, Zinc Salts, and Zeolites Registration Review

Antimicrobial Pesticide Dockets Opened for Review and Comment

Web site

 

HHS/FDA - Mental Models Study of Farmers' Understanding and Implementation of Good Agricultural Practices

Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

Web site  (PDF)

 

Toxics, Hazardous Materials and Waste

DOT/PHMSA - New Pipeline Construction

Workshop

Web site

 

EPA - Hazardous Chemical Reporting; Tier II Inventory Information

Final Rule

Web site

 

EPA - Thymol; Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Triethanolamine; Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Tristyrylphenol Ethoxylates; Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Fenpropathrin; Pesticide Tolerances

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Propiconazole; Pesticide Tolerances

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Dinotefuran; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Castor Oil, Ethoxylated, Oleate; Tolerance Exemption

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Fomesafen

Product Cancellation Order

Web site

 

EPA - Pirimicarb, Iprodione, Amides, Boscalid, Pyraclostrobin, Mefenoxam, Propyzamide (Pronamide), Pirimiphos-methyl, Thiobencarb, 1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one, Fludioxonil, Esfenvalerate

Withdrawal of Tolerance Petitions

Web site

 

EPA - Chloroxylenol, Zinc, Zinc Salts, and Zeolites Registration Review

Antimicrobial Pesticide Dockets Opened for Review and Comment

Web site

 

EPA - Biopesticides

New Dockets Opened for Review and Comment
Web site

 

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

Notice of Receipt

Web site

 

EPA - Strategic Plan for Evaluating the Toxicity of Chemicals

Availability

Web site

 

EPA - Emergency Planning and Release Notification Requirements Under Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act Sections 302, 303, and 304 (Renewal)

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

Web site

 

EPA - FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel

Meeting

Web site

 

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

Meeting

Web site

 

Air Quality

EPA - Performance Specification 16 for Predictive Emissions Monitoring Systems and Amendments to Testing and Monitoring Provisions

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans
Rhode Island; Carbon Monoxide Limited Maintenance Plan for Providence

Direct Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans
Rhode Island; Carbon Monoxide Limited Maintenance Plan for Providence

Proposed Rule

Web site

 

EPA - Methods for Measurement of Filterable PM10 and PM2.5 and Measurement of Condensable Particulate Matter Emissions from Stationary Sources

Proposed Rule
Web site  (PDF)

 

Energy and Nuclear

DHS - Federal Radiological Preparedness Coordinating Committee

Meeting

Web site

 

DOE - Energy Conservation Program

Test Procedures for Battery Chargers and External Power Supplies (Standby Mode and Off Mode)
Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOE - Energy Conservation Standards for Certain Consumer Products and Commercial and Industrial Equipment
Final Rule; Technical Amendment

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOE - Weatherization Assistance Program for Low-Income Persons

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOE - Environmental Management Advisory Board

Meeting
Web site

 

DOE - High Energy Physics Advisory Panel

Meeting

Web site

 

DOE/FERC - Mandatory Reliability Standards for Critical Infrastructure Protection
Order on Clarification

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOE/FERC - Hydro Kennebec Project, Kennebec and Somerset Counties, Maine

Application for Transfer of License, and Soliciting Comments, Motions to Intervene, and Protests

Web site

 

DOE/FERC - Glendale Hydroelectric Project,

Housatonic River, Stockbridge, Berkshire County, Massachusetts

Availability of Environmental Assessment

Web site

 

DOI/BIA - Grant Program To Assess, Evaluate and Promote Development of Tribal Energy and Mineral Resources
Solicitation of Proposals

Web site  (PDF)

 

NRC - Power Reactor Security Requirements

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

NRC - Variable Annual Fee Structure for Power Reactors
Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

Web site

 

NRC - Proposed Revisions to the License Renewal Interim Staff Guidance Process and Regulatory Issue Summary 2007-16

Comment Request

Web site

 

NRC - Pre-Licensing Construction Activities at Proposed Uranium Recovery Facilities

Proposed Generic Communication; Comment Request

Web site

 

NRC - Physical Models for Design, and Operation of Hydraulic Structures and Systems for Nuclear Power Plants

Issuance of Regulatory Guide

Web site

 

NRC - Risk-Informed, Performance-Based Fire Protection for Existing Light-Water Nuclear Power Plants

Issuance of Draft Regulatory Guide

Web site

 

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

Biweekly Notice

Web site  (PDF)

 

NRC - Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station, Windham County, Vermont

Exemption
Web site

 

NRC - National Source Tracking Transaction Report

Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Web site

 

NRC - Domestic Licensing of Source Material

Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Web site

 

NRC - Sunshine Act Meetings

Web site

 

Land and Mineral Management

DOI/BIA - Grant Program To Assess, Evaluate and Promote Development of Tribal Energy and Mineral Resources
Solicitation of Proposals

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOI/BLM - Conveyance of Federally-owned Mineral Interests
Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOI/MMS - Indian Oil and Gas Valuation

Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection, Comment Request

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOI/NPS - National Register of Historic Places

Pending Nominations and Related Actions (1 of 2)

Web site

 

DOI/NPS - National Register of Historic Places

Pending Nominations and Related Actions (2 of 2)

Web site

 

DOI/NPS - National Register of Historic Places

Weekly Listing of Historic Properties

Web site

 

DOT/FAA - Waterbury-Oxford Airport, Oxford, Connecticut

Approval of Noise Compatibility Program
Web site

 

DOT/FHWA + FTA - Environmental Impact and Related Procedures

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

USDA/FS - Information Collection; Urgent Removal of Timber
Comment Request

Web site

 

Fish and Wildlife

DOC/NOAA - Fisheries of the Northeastern United States

2009 Scup and Black Sea Bass Specifications

Final Rule; Correction

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Regional Fishery Management Councils; Operations
Proposed Rule; Comment Request

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOC/NOAA - Vessel Monitoring System for Atlantic Highly Migratory Species

Submission of Information Collection for OMB Review; Comment Request

Web site

 

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