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Environmental Federal Register Summary
June 15 - 19, 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

DOT/FRA - Railroad Safety Advisory Committee

Meeting

Web site

 

EPA - Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations
Availability of EPA Comments

Web site

 

EPA - Environmental Impact Statements
Weekly Receipts

Web site

 

EPA - Information Collection Activities

OMB Responses

Web site

 

HHS/FDA - Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for Reportable Food Registry
Agency Emergency Processing Under OMB Review

Web site  (PDF)

 

The President -  National Policy for the Oceans, Our Coasts, and the Great Lakes
Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies

Web site

 

State Dept. - United States Global Change Research Program

"Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation"
Call for US Nominations to serve as Authors and/or Review Editors

Web site

 

Homeland Security

DHS - Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council

Update of Membership

Web site

 

DHS - Support Anti-Terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies (SAFETY) Act Program

Submission of Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

DHS - Project 25 Compliance Assessment Program Governing Board

Meeting

Web site

 

DHS/TSA - Highway Corporate Security Review

Intent to Request Approval From OMB of One New Public Collection of Information

Web site

 

DHS/TSA - Employment Standards
Intent to Request Renewal From OMB of One Current Public Collection of Information

Web site

 

DOC/BIS - Encryption Items Under the Jurisdiction of the Department of Commerce
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOC/BIS - Export License Services -- Transfer of License Ownership, Request for a Duplicate License

Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOC/NIST - Protocol for Lightweight Authentication of Identity (PLAID)
Workshop

Web site

 

DOJ/ATF - Voluntary Magazine Questionnaire for Agencies/Entities Who Store Explosives

Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Web site

 

DOJ/ATF - Application and Permit for Temporary Importation of Firearms and Ammunition by Nonimmigrant Aliens

Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Web site

 

The President - Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Risk of Nuclear Proliferation Created by the Accumulation of Weapons-Useable Fissile Material in the Territory of the Russian Federation
Notice of June 18, 2009
Web site

 

Water and Wastewater

EPA - Critical Public Information Needs During Drinking Water Emergencies (New)

Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

Microbiology

EPA - Citric Acid

Antimicrobial Registration Review Final Work Plan and Proposed Registration Review Decision

Availability

Web site

 

HHS - Pandemic Influenza Antivirals

Amendment to October 10, 2008 Declaration under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act

Web site

 

USDA/APHIS - National Animal Identification System

Meeting

Web site

 

Toxics, Hazardous Materials and Waste

DOE - Chronic Beryllium Disease Prevention Program

Information Collection Extension; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOT/PHMSA - Applications for Modification of Special Permit (hazardous materials)

Receipt

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Inclusion of CERCLA Section 128(a) State Response Programs and Tribal Response Programs
Final Rule

Web site

 

EPA - Oil Pollution Prevention

Non-Transportation Related Onshore and Offshore Facilities
Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Alkyl Amine Polyalkoxylates; Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance
Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Testing of Certain Nonylphenol and Nonylphenol Ethoxylate Substances
Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Clomazone and Fomesafen Registration Review Draft Ecological Risk Assessments

Availability; Extension of Comment Period

Web site

 

EPA - Citric Acid

Antimicrobial Registration Review Final Work Plan and Proposed Registration Review Decision

Availability

Web site

 

EPA - Coppers Amendment to the Reregistration Eligibility Decision

Web site

 

EPA - Pesticide Product Registration Applications

Receipt

Web site

 

EPA - Worker Protection Standards for Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (Renewal)

Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

EPA - Cooperative Agreements and Superfund State Contracts for Superfund Response Actions

Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

EPA - Draft Toxicological Review of 1,4-Dioxane

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

Corrected Notice of Listening Session

Web site

 

HHS - Scientific Advisory Committee on Alternative Toxicological Methods
Availability of Public Video Casting of Meeting

Web site

 

HHS/CDC - NIOSH's Respirator Standards Development Efforts

Meeting

Web site

 

Air Quality

EPA - Restructuring of the Stationary Source Audit Program

Proposed Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Review of the Secondary National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Oxides of Nitrogen and Oxides of Sulfur
Draft Risk and Exposure Assessment Report

Comment Request

Web site

 

EPA - Ambient Air Monitoring Reference and Equivalent Methods

Designation of a New Equivalent Method
Web site

 

EPA - Ambient Air Monitoring Reference and Equivalent Methods

Designation of Four New Equivalent Methods
Web site

 

EPA - State and Federal Emission Guidelines for Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incineration (Renewal)

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

Web site

 

EPA - NESHAP for Benzene Waste Operations (Renewal)

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

Web site

 

EPA - NESHAP for Asphalt Processing and Asphalt Roofing Manufacturing

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

Web site

 

Energy and Nuclear

DOE - Chronic Beryllium Disease Prevention Program

Information Collection Extension; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOE - Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technical Advisory Committee

Meeting

Web site

 

DOE - Unconventional Resources Technology Advisory Committee

Meeting

Web site

 

DOE - State Energy Advisory Board

Teleconferences

Web site

 

DOE/FERC - Forest City Project

Forest City Stream, Washington and Aroostock Counties, Maine and Canada

Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions to Intervene and Protests

Web site

 

DOE/FERC - West Branch Project
Grand Lake Stream, Penobscot, Washington and Hancock Counties, Maine

Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions to Intervene and Protests

Web site

 

DOI - Alternatives Process in Hydropower Licensing

Proposed Renewal of Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

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

Biweekly Notice

Web site  (PDF)

 

NRC - Radiological Environmental Monitoring for Nuclear Power Plants

Issuance of Regulatory Guide

Web site

 

NRC - Review of Research and Test Reactor License Renewal Applications
Availability of Interim Staff Guidance; Comment Request

Web site

 

NRC - Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards
Request for Candidates

Web site

 

NRC - Advisory Committee On Reactor Safeguards

Meeting

Web site

 

NRC - Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards
Future Plant Designs Subcommittee

Meeting

Web site

 

NRC - Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards

Subcommittee on Planning and Procedures

Meeting

Web site

 

NRC - Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards

Subcommittee on Plant License Renewal

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
Materials, Metallurgy, and Reactor Fuels Subcommittee

Web site

 

NRC - Sunshine Act Meetings

Web site

 

Land and Mineral Management

DOD/Air Force - Modification of the Condor 1 and Condor 2 Military Operations Areas Used by the 104th Fighter Wing of the Massachusetts Air National Guard

Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement

Web site

 

DOI - Payments in Lieu of Taxes

Proposed Renewal of Information Collection

Web site

 

DOI - Tribal Consultation Meetings

Web site

 

DOI/BLM - Leasing of Solid Minerals Other Than Coal and Oil Shale

Extension of Approved Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOI/MMS - Safety and Environmental Management Systems for Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Operations

Proposed Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOI/MMS - Coastal Impact Assistance Program

Availability of Recipient Allocation Amounts for Fiscal Years 2009 and 2010
Web site

 

DOI/NPS - Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Regulations 43 CFR 10

30-Day Notice of Intention to Request Clearance of Collection of Information; Comment Request

Web site

 

USDA/FS - National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council

Closed Virtual Meeting

Web site

 

Fish and Wildlife

DOC/NOAA - Designation of Critical Habitat for Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) Gulf of Maine Distinct Population Segment

Final Rule
Web site  (PDF)

 

DOC/NOAA + DOI/FWS - Determination of Endangered Status for the Gulf of Maine Distinct Population Segment of Atlantic Salmon
Final Rule
Web site  (PDF)

 

DOC/NOAA - Atlantic Highly Migratory Species

2009 Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Quota Specifications and Effort Controls

Final Rule; Correction

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Atlantic Highly Migratory Species

Shortfin Mako Shark
Determination of Overfishing and Approaching an Overfished Condition
Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - 2009 Monkfish Research Set-Aside Program
Reallocation of Set-aside Days-at-sea

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Incidental Takes of Marine Mammals During Specified Activities

Low-Energy Marine Seismic Survey in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean, August 2009
Notice of Proposed Incidental Take Authorization; Comment Request

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOI/FWS - Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Rockingham County, New Hampshire

Intent to Prepare Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOI/FWS - Wildlife and Sport Fish Grants and Cooperative Agreements

Information Collection Sent to OMB for Approval
Web site

 

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