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Environmental Federal Register Summary
April 27 - May 1, 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

CFTC - Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory Committee

Meeting

Web site

 

DHS/Coast Guard - Three Collections of Information Under Review by OMB

Comment Request

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Science Advisory Board

Meeting
Web site

 

DOT/FTA - Transit Investments in Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction Program

Request for the Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection; 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 - Inquiry to Learn Whether Businesses Assert Business Confidentiality Claims

Meetings

Web site

 

EPA - Environmental and Economic Effects of Environmental Conflict Resolution at EPA

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

Web site

 

EPA - SmartWay Transport Partnership

Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

HHS/FDA - Science Board

Meeting

Web site

 

State Dept. - Shipping Coordinating Committee

Meeting

Web site

 

Homeland Security

DHS/Coast Guard - Revision of LNG and LHG Waterfront Facility General Requirements

Proposed Rulemaking

Web site  (PDF)

 

DHS/TSA - Partnership Survey for Surface Transportation Security Grants Program

Intent to Request Approval from OMB of One New Public Collection of Information; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOC/BIS - Additions and Revisions to the List of Approved End-Users and Respective Eligible Items for the People's Republic of China Under Authorization Validated End-User

Final Rule

Web site

 

DOC/BIS - Reporting of Offsets Agreements in Sales of Weapon Systems or Defense-Related Items to Foreign Countries or Foreign Firms

Proposed Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOC/BIS - Materials Technical Advisory Committee

Partially Closed Meeting

Web site

 

HHS - Emergency Care Coordination Center

Executive Summary

Web site

 

HHS - Working Group on Strengthening the Biosecurity of the United States
Meeting

Web site

 

NRC - Physical Protection of Byproduct Material
Availability of Preliminary Draft Rule Language

Web site

 

NRC - Criteria and Procedures for Emergency Access to Non-Federal and Regional Low-Level Waste Disposal Facilities

Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

Web site

 

Water and Wastewater

EPA - Draft NPDES General Permits for Discharges From Potable Water Treatment Facilities in Massachusetts (Including Both Commonwealth and Indian Country Lands) and New Hampshire

Potable Water Treatment Facility General Permit

Availability

Web site

 

EPA - Review of Technical Guidance on Nutrient Criteria Development
Request for Nominations of Experts

Web site

 

EPA - Science Advisory Board

Drinking Water Committee
Meeting and Teleconference
Web site

 

HHS/FDA - Bottled Water: Arsenic

Availability of Small Entity Compliance Guide

Web site

 

HHS/FDA - Bottled Water: Uranium

Availability of Small Entity Compliance Guide

Web site

 

USDA/RUS - Household Water Well System Grant Program

Announcement of Application Deadlines and Funding

Web site

 

Microbiology

HHS - Working Group on Strengthening the Biosecurity of the United States
Meeting

Web site

 

USDA/APHIS - National Animal Identification System

Meetings

Web site

 

Toxics, Hazardous Materials and Waste

DOI/MMS - Facilities Located Seaward of the Coast Line

Proposed Information Collection (Extension); Comment Request

Web site

 

DOI/MMS - Well Control and Production Safety Training

Proposed Information Collection (Extension); Comment Request

Web site

 

DOT/PHMSA - Pipeline Safety: Receipt of Requests for Special Permits

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOT/PHMSA - Special Permits Applications (hazardous materials)

List of Applications Delayed More than 180 Days

Web site

 

DOT/PHMSA - Pipeline Safety: Agency Information Collection Activities

Request for Extension of Currently Approved Information Collections

Web site

 

EPA - Toxics Release Inventory Form A Eligibility Revisions Implementing the 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Act

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act)

Addendum to Supplemental Funding for Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund Grantees
Web site

 

EPA - Pesticide Product Registrations

Conditional Approval

Web site

 

EPA - Endosulfan; Petitions Requesting Cancellation of All Uses
Comment Request

Web site

 

EPA - Pesticide Product Registration Applications

Receipt

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Draft Toxicological Review of Halogenated Platinum Salts and Platinum Compounds

In Support of the Summary Information in the Integrated Risk Information System

Peer Review Workshop

Web site

 

HHS/CDC - Updating the List of Hazardous Drugs for the NIOSH Alert: Additions and Deletions to the NIOSH Hazardous Drug List
Availability of Draft Document for Comment

Web site

 

HHS/NTP - Scientific Advisory Committee on Alternative Toxicological Methods

Meeting; Comment Request

Web site

 

Air Quality

DOT/FAA - Emission Standards for Turbine Engine Powered Airplanes

Final Rule

Web site

 

EPA - Protection of Stratospheric Ozone

2009 Critical Use Exemption From the Phaseout of Methyl Bromide

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - New Source Performance Standards Review

Nonmetallic Mineral Processing Plants and Amendment to Subpart UUU Applicability

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee

Particulate Matter Review Panel

Corrected Notice of Teleconference

Web site

 

Energy and Nuclear

DHS/Coast Guard - Revision of LNG and LHG Waterfront Facility General Requirements

Proposed Rulemaking

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOE - State Energy Advisory Board

Meeting

Web site

 

FTC - Guide Concerning Fuel Economy Advertising for New Automobiles

Proposed Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

HHS/CDC - Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health

Subcommittee for Dose Reconstruction Reviews

Meeting

Web site

 

NRC - Physical Protection of Byproduct Material
Availability of Preliminary Draft Rule Language

Web site

 

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

Extension of Comment Period

Web site

 

NRC - Status of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation's Implementation of Electronic Operating Reactor Correspondence
Web site

 

NRC - Criteria and Procedures for Emergency Access to Non-Federal and Regional Low-Level Waste Disposal Facilities

Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

Web site

 

NRC - Exemptions and Continued Regulatory Authority in Agreement States and in Offshore Waters under section 274

Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

NRC - Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards

Subcommittee on US-APWR

Meeting

Web site

 

NRC - Sunshine Act Meetings

Web site

 

Land and Mineral Management

DOI/BIA - Indian Reservation Roads
Submission of Information Collection to OMB; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOI/BLM - Transfer of Interest in a Lease for Oil and Gas or Geothermal Resources

Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOI/MMS - Renewable Energy and Alternate Uses of Existing Facilities on the Outer Continental Shelf
Final Rule; Availability of Final Environmental Assessment

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOI/MMS - Facilities Located Seaward of the Coast Line

Proposed Information Collection (Extension); Comment Request

Web site

 

DOI/MMS - Well Control and Production Safety Training

Proposed Information Collection (Extension); Comment Request

Web site

 

DOI/NPS - National Register of Historic Places

Pending Nominations and Related Actions

Web site

 

DOI/NPS - National Register of Historic Places

Weekly Listing of Historic Properties

Web site

 

DOT/FAA - Westfield-Barnes Airport, Westfield, Massachusetts

Receipt of Noise Compatibility Program and Request for Review

Web site

 

USDA/FS - Advertised Timber for Sale
Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

Fish and Wildlife

DOC/NOAA - Fisheries of the Northeastern United States

Summer Flounder Fishery

Temporary Rule; Inseason Quota Transfers

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Fisheries of the Northeastern United States

2009 Specifications for the Spiny Dogfish Fishery
Final Rule
Web site  (PDF)

 

DOC/NOAA - Marine Mammal Stock Assessment Reports

Availability; Response to Comments

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOC/NOAA - Council Coordination Committee

Meeting

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - New England Fishery Management Council

Herring Advisory Panel

Meeting

Web site

 

DOT/FAA - Voluntary Disclosure Reporting Program; National Wildlife Aircraft Hazard Database
Determination Not to Proceed with Proposed Order Designating Information as Protected from Disclosure

Web site

 

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