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Environmental Federal Register Summary April 13 - 17, 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
DOI/USGS - National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program Advisory Committee 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 - Information Collection Activities
OMB Responses
Web site
EPA - Board of Scientific Counselors
Executive Committee
Meeting
Web site
EPA - Science Advisory Board
Integrated Nitrogen Committee
Meeting
Web site
HHS/FDA - Recommendations for the Early Food Safety Evaluation of New Non-Pesticidal Proteins Produced by New Plant Varieties Intended for Food Use Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Web site (PDF)
HHS/NIH - Proposed Revisions to Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecule
Meeting
Web site
State Dept. - Shipping Coordinating Committee
Meeting
Web site
USDA/APHIS - Importation, Interstate Movement, and Release Into the Environment of Certain Genetically Engineered Organisms Proposed Rule; Meeting; Extension of Comment Period Web site
USDA/NRCS - National Handbook of Conservation Practices
Proposed Changes
Web site
Homeland Security
DHS - Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee
Meeting
Web site
DHS - Government 2.0: Privacy and Best Practices
Workshop
Web site
DHS/Coast Guard - Transportation Worker Identification Credential -- Reader Requirements Meeting; Comment Request
Web site
DHS/TSA - Certified Cargo Screening Pilot Program
Intent to Request Approval From OMB of One New Public Collection of Information; Comment Request Web site
DOJ/ATF - Certificate of compliance with 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(5)(B)
Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Web site
FCC - Communications Security, Reliability, and Interoperability Council
Request for Nominations for Membership
Web site
FCC - Technological Advisory Council
Request for Nominations for Membership
Web site
HHS/CDC - Board of Scientific Counselors
Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response
Corrected Notice of Web Conference
Web site
NRC - Requirements for Fingerprinting for Criminal History Record Checks of Individuals Granted Unescorted Access to Research and Test Reactors Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
Web site (PDF)
NRC - Physical Protection of Byproduct Material Availability of Preliminary Draft Rule Language
Web site
Treasury/FinCEN - Suspicious Activity Report by Insurance Companies
Submission of Information Collection for OMB Review; Comment Request
Web site
Treasury/OFAC - Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators Sanctions Regulations
Final Rule
Web site (PDF)
USDA/APHIS - Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act of 2002
Biennial Review and Republication of the Select Agent and Toxin List
Final Rule; Delay of Compliance Date for Newly Registered Entities
Web site
Water and Wastewater
DOD/USACE - Notice Concerning Nationwide Permit 46
Web site
EPA - Withdrawal of NPDES Voluntary Permit Fee Incentive for Clean Water Act Section 106 Grants; Allotment Formula Final Rule
Web site
EPA - Ocean Acidification and Marine pH Water Quality Criteria
Data Availability
Web site
Microbiology
HHS - Draft National Vaccine Advisory Committee Vaccine Safety Working Group Recommendations to the Immunization Safety Office Comment Request
Web site
HHS - National Vaccine Advisory Committee Meeting
Web site
HHS/CDC - Board of Scientific Counselors
Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases
Meeting
Web site
HHS/CDC - Vessel Sanitation Program
Meeting
Web site
USDA/APHIS - Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act of 2002
Biennial Review and Republication of the Select Agent and Toxin List
Final Rule; Delay of Compliance Date for Newly Registered Entities
Web site
Toxics, Hazardous Materials and Waste
DOT/PHMSA - Pipeline Safety: Incorporation by Reference Update: American Petroleum Institute (API) Standards 5L and 1104
Direct Final Rule
Web site
DOT/PHMSA - Applications for Special Permits (hazardous materials)
Receipt
Web site (PDF)
DOT/PHMSA - Applications for Modification of Special Permit (hazardous materials)
Receipt
Web site (PDF)
EPA - Modification of Pesticide Tolerance Revocation for Diazinon
Final Rule
Web site
EPA - Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program
Policies and Procedures for Initial Screening Web site (PDF)
EPA - Physiological Parameters Database for PBPK Modeling
Comment Request
Web site
EPA - Final List of Initial Pesticide Active Ingredients and Pesticide Inert Ingredients to be Screened Under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act Web site (PDF)
EPA - Several Revised Test Guidelines Web site
EPA - Certain New Chemicals (TSCA)
Receipt and Status Information (1 of 4)
Web site (PDF)
EPA - Certain New Chemicals (TSCA)
Receipt and Status Information (2 of 4)
Web site (PDF)
EPA - Certain New Chemicals (TSCA)
Receipt and Status Information (3 of 4)
Web site (PDF)
EPA - Certain New Chemicals (TSCA)
Receipt and Status Information (4 of 4)
Web site (PDF)
EPA - Pesticide Product Registration
Approval
Web site
EPA - Several Petitions Filed for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities
Receipt (1 of 2)
Web site (PDF)
EPA - Several Petitions Filed for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities
Receipt (2 of 2)
Web site
EPA - Tier 1 Screening of Certain Chemicals Under the Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program
Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request
Web site
HHS/CDC - NCEH/ATSDR Exposure Investigations
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
Web site
HHS/NIH - Hazardous Waste Worker Training
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request
Web site
Air Quality
EPA - Method and Format for Submitting Risk Management Plans (RMPs) Under Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act Availability
Web site
EPA - National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Carbon Monoxide Draft Document for Review and Comment
Web site
EPA - National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines
Extension of Comment Period
Web site
EPA - NESHAP for Reinforced Plastic Composites Production
Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request
Web site
EPA - NESHAP for Paper and Other Web Coating (Renewal)
Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request
Web site
EPA - NESHAP for Brick and Structural Clay Manufacturing
Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request
Web site
USDA/NRCS - Agricultural Air Quality Task Force
Meeting
Web site
Energy and Nuclear
DOE - Energy Conservation Standards for General Service Fluorescent Lamps and Incandescent Reflector Lamps
Proposed Rule Web site (PDF)
DOE - Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program
State, Local and Tribal Allocation Formulas Web site (PDF)
DOE/FERC - North Springfield Dam Hydroelectric Project, Black River, Windsor County, Vermont
Preliminary Permit Applications Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comment, Motions to Intervene, and Competing Applications Web site
DOE/FERC - Townsend Dam Hydroelectric Project, West River, Windham County, Vermont
Preliminary Permit Applications Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comment, Motions to Intervene, and Competing Applications Web site
DOE/FERC - Middlebury Upper East Bank Hydroelectric Project, Otter Creek, Addison County, Vermont Preliminary Permit Applications Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comment, Motions to Intervene, and Competing Applications Web site
DOE/FERC - Clyde River Hydroelectric Project, Newport, Orleans County, Vermont Application for Amendment of License and Soliciting Comments, Motions to Intervene, and Protests
Web site
DOE/FERC - Knightville Dam Hydroelectric Project, Middle Branch of the Westfield River, Hampshire and Hampden Counties, Massachusetts
Preliminary Permit Applications Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comment, Motions to Intervene, and Competing Applications Web site
DOE/FERC - Shaker Mill Dam Hydroelectric Project, Williams River, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Preliminary Permit Applications Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comment, Motions to Intervene, and Competing Applications Web site
DOE/FERC - Littleville Dam Hydroelectric Project, Middle Branch of Westfield River, Hampshire and Hampden Counties, Massachusetts
Preliminary Permit Applications Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comment, Motions to Intervene, and Competing Applications Web site
DOE/FERC - Malden Mills Hydroelectric Project, Spicket River, Essex County, Massachusetts Preliminary Permit Applications Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comment, Motions to Intervene, and Competing Applications Web site
EPA - Reporting Requirements Under Green Power Partnership and Combined Heat and Power Partnership (Renewal)
Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request
Web site
HHS/CDC - Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health
Subcommittee on Procedures Reviews
Meeting
Web site
NRC - Requirements for Fingerprinting for Criminal History Record Checks of Individuals Granted Unescorted Access to Research and Test Reactors Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
Web site (PDF)
NRC - Physical Protection of Byproduct Material Availability of Preliminary Draft Rule Language
Web site
NRC - Standard Review Plan for Spent Fuel Dry Storage Systems at a General License Facility
Availability of Draft NUREG-1536, Revision 1A; Comment Request (1 of 2)
Web site
NRC - Standard Review Plan for Spent Fuel Dry Storage Systems at a General License Facility
Availability of Draft NUREG-1536, Revision 1A; Comment Request (2 of 2)
Web site
NRC - General Fire Protection Guide for Plutonium Processing and Fuel Fabrication Plants
Availability of Regulatory Guide
Web site
NRC - Materials and Inspections for Reactor Vessel Closure Studs
Availability of Draft Regulatory Guide
Web site
NRC - Bob Christie
Consideration of Petition in Rulemaking Process
Closure of Petition
Web site
NRC - Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Wastes in Geologic Repositories
Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Web site
NRC - Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards
Subcommittee on Planning and Procedures
Meeting
Web site
NRC - Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards
Subcommittee on Radiation Protection and Nuclear Materials
Meeting
Web site
NRC - Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards
Subcommittee on Regulatory Policies and Practices
Meeting
Web site
NRC - Sunshine Act Meetings
Web site
Land and Mineral Management
DOI - Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Commission, Massachusetts/Rhode Island Meeting
Web site
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 (1 of 2)
Web site
DOI/NPS - National Register of Historic Places
Weekly Listing of Historic Properties (2 of 2)
Web site
USDA/FS - Forest Landscape Value and Special Area Place Mapping for National Forest Planning
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
Secretarial Interim Action Temporary Final Rule; Interim Measures; Comment Request
Web site (PDF)
DOC/NOAA - Fisheries of the Northeastern United States
Atlantic Herring Fishery
Total Allowable Catch Harvested for Management Area 2 Temporary Rule; Closure
Web site
DOC/NOAA - Fisheries of the Northeastern United States
Northeast Multispecies Fishery
2009 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
Northeast Multispecies Fishery
2009 Georges Bank Cod Fixed Gear 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 Sea Scallop Fishery
State Waters Exemption Proposed Rule; Comment Request
Web site
DOC/NOAA - International Whaling Commission
Request for Nominations for Membership
Web site
DOC/NOAA - Identification and Certification of Nations Whose Fishing Vessels Are Engaged in Illegal, Unreported, or Unregulated Fishing or Bycatch of Protected Living Marine Resources
Hearing; Comment Request
Web site
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