Skip Navigation MassDEP Home Mass.Gov Home State Agencies State Online Services
site map contacts
 
table border table border
shadow welcome to the department of environmental protection
Environmental Federal Register Summary
July 6 - 10, 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 - National Environmental Policy Act -- Categorical Exclusions

Web site

 

DOC - National Environmental Policy Act

Categorical Exclusions covering the Broadband Technology Opportunity Program

Comment Request

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOC/NOAA - Coastal Ocean Program Grants Proposal Application Package
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Science Advisory Board

Meeting

Web site

 

DOD - Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program Scientific Advisory Board

Renewal of Federal Advisory Committee

Web site

 

EPA - Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations
Availability of EPA Comments

Web site

 

EPA - Environmental Impact Statements
Weekly Receipts

Web site

 

EPA - Forty-Three Proposed Information Collection Requests

Comment Request

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Environmental Economics Advisory Committee

Request for Nominations

Web site

 

EPA - National Environmental Education Advisory Council

Request for Nominations

Web site

 

EPA - National Environmental Education Advisory Council
Meetings

Web site

 

EPA - Science Advisory Board

Environmental Engineering Committee
Meeting

Web site

 

USDA/FSIS - Industry Responses to Noncompliance Records

New Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

USDA/NRCS - Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act Pocasset River Watershed, Providence County, Rhode Island
Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement

Web site

 

Homeland Security

DHS/TSA - Security Programs for Foreign Air Carriers
Intent to Request Reinstatement From OMB of One Current Public Collection of Information; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOC/BIS - Implementation of the 2008 Australia Group  Intersessional Decisions

Additions to the List of States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOC/BIS - Information Systems; Technical Advisory Committee

Partially Closed Meeting

Web site

 

DOC/BIS - Materials Processing Equipment Technical Advisory Committee

Partially Closed Meeting

Web site

 

DOC/BIS - Sensors and Instrumentation Technical Advisory Committee

Partially Closed Meeting

Web site

 

FCC - Implementation of the Net 911 Improvement Act of 2008

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

FCC - Initiative to Implement Enhanced 911 (E911) Emergency Services

Information Collection Being Reviewed; Comment Request

Web site

 

HHS/CDC - Centers for Public Health Preparedness Program Evaluation -- New

Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review; Comment Request

Web site

 

NRC - Managing the Safety/Security Interface

Availability of Final Regulatory Guide

Web site

 

NRC - Guidance for the Assessment of Beyond-Design-Basis Aircraft Impacts

Availability of Draft Regulatory Guide

Web site

 

Treasury - Minimum Security Devices and Procedures, Reports of Suspicious Activities, and Bank Secrecy Act Compliance

Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

Web site

 

USDA - Possession, Use, and Transfer of Select Agents and Toxins

Rules of Practice for Certain Adjudicatory Proceedings

Web site

 

Water and Wastewater

EPA - Public Water System Supervision Programs for Massachusetts and Rhode Island

Program Requirement Revisions
Web site

 

EPA - National Drinking Water Advisory Council

Climate Ready Water Utilities Working Group

Request for Nominations

Web site

 

Microbiology

HHS - National Vaccine Advisory Committee

Teleconference

Web site

 

HHS/FDA - Prevention of Salmonella Enteritidis in Shell Eggs During Production, Storage, and Transportation

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

Toxics, Hazardous Materials and Waste

DOJ - Vermont Asbestos Mine Group Site, Eden and Lowell, Vermont

Consent Decree and Settlement Agreement Under the Clean Air Act, RCRA and CERCLA; Comment Request

Web site

 

EPA - Polyglyceryl Phthalate Ester of Coconut Oil Fatty Acids
Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Sodium 1,4-Dialkyl Sulfosuccinates

Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Cyazofamid; Pesticide Tolerances

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - d-Phenothrin; Pesticide Tolerances

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Pyrimethanil; Pesticide Tolerances

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Buprofezin; Pesticide Tolerances

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Indoxacarb; Pesticide Tolerances

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Mandipropamid; Pesticide Tolerances

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Dodecanedioic acid, 1, 12-dihydrazide and Thiophene, 2,5-dibromo-3-hexyl-

Significant New Use Rules

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - 2-Propenoic acid, 2-methyl-, polymers with Bu acrylate, Et acrylate, Me methacrylate and polyethylene glycol methacrylate C16-18-alkyl ethers

Tolerance Exemption

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Organic Arsenicals

Receipt of Requests to Voluntarily Cancel or to Amend to Terminate Uses of Certain Pesticide Registrations
Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Pesticide Product Registration Application for a New Use

Receipt

Web site

 

EPA - Definition of Solid Waste

Extension of Comment Period; Meeting

Web site

 

EPA - NESHAP for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (Renewal)

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

Web site

 

HHS/CDC - NCEH/ATSDR Exposure Investigations -- Revision

Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review; Comment Request

Web site

 

HHS/CDC - National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

Request for Nominations of Candidates for Board of Scientific Counselors

Web site

 

Air Quality

DHS/Coast Guard - International Air Pollution Prevention (IAPP) Certificates
Direct Final Rule; Confirmation of Effective Date

Web site

 

EPA - Restructuring of the Stationary Source Audit Program

Proposed Rule; Extension of Comment Period

Web site

 

EPA - National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Area Sources

Asphalt Processing and Asphalt Roofing Manufacturing

Proposed Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Recent Posting to the Applicability Determination Index (ADI) Database System

Availability

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - NESHAP for Publicly Owned Treatment Works (Renewal)

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

Web site

 

EPA - NESHAP for Coke Oven Pushing Quenching and Battery Stacks (Renewal)

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

Web site

 

EPA - NESHAP for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (Renewal)

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

Web site

 

EPA - NSPS for Stationary Compression Ignition Internal Combustion Engines (Renewal)

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

Web site

 

EPA - NSPS for Petroleum Dry Cleaners (Renewal)

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

Web site

 

EPA - Category 3 Marine Rule

Hearings

Web site

 

Energy and Nuclear

DOC/NOAA - Construction and Operation of a Liquefied Natural Gas Facility off Massachusetts

Small Takes of Marine Mammals

Issuance of Incidental Harassment Authorization

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOE - Energy Conservation Program

Test Procedures for General Service Fluorescent Lamps, Incandescent Reflector Lamps, and General Service Incandescent Lamps

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOE - Energy Conservation Program

Test Procedures for Small Electric Motors

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOE - Energy Conservation Program for Certain Commercial and Industrial Equipment

Test Procedures for Metal Halide Lamp Ballasts

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOE - Advanced Scientific Computing Advisory Committee

Meeting

Web site

 

DOE/FERC - Willow Mill Hydroelectric Project, Housatonic River, Stockbridge, Berkshire County, Massachusetts

Application Accepted for Filing, Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests, Ready for Environmental Analysis, and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Preliminary Terms and Conditions, and Preliminary Fishway Prescriptions

Web site

 

EPA - Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives

Changes to Renewable Fuel Standard Program; Extension of Comment Period
Proposed Rule; Extension of Comment Period

Web site

 

HHS/CDC - Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health

Meeting

Web site

 

HHS/CDC - Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health

Subcommittee on Procedures Reviews

Meeting

Web site

 

NRC - Technical Specification Improvement to Relocate Surveillance Frequencies to Licensee Control

Availability

Web site  (PDF)

 

NRC - Managing the Safety/Security Interface

Availability of Final Regulatory Guide

Web site

 

NRC - Control of Electroslag Weld Properties

Availability Draft Regulatory Guide

Web site

 

NRC - Control of Preheat Temperature for Welding of Low-Alloy Steel

Availability Draft Regulatory Guide

Web site

 

NRC - Control of Stainless Steel Weld Cladding of Low-Alloy Steel Components

Availability Draft Regulatory Guide

Web site

 

NRC - Control of the Processing and Use of Stainless Steel

Availability Draft Regulatory Guide

Web site

 

NRC - Containment Isolation Provisions for Fluid Systems

Availability Draft Regulatory Guide

Web site

 

NRC - Fuel Cycle Facilities

Availability of Draft Interim Staff Guidance Document 
Web site

 

NRC - Potential Changes to Radiation Protection Regulations
Comment Request

Web site

 

NRC - Sunshine Act Meetings

Web site

 

Land and Mineral Management

DOI/MMS - Historical Well Data Cleanup (HWDC) Project

Extension of an Information Collection; Submitted for OMB Review; 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 - National Parks Overflights Advisory Group Aviation Rulemaking Committee

Request for Nominations for Membership

Web site

 

Fish and Wildlife

DOC/NOAA + NSF - Comparative Analysis of Marine Ecosystem Organization

Funding Availability

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOC/NOAA - Fisheries of the Northeastern United States

Northeast Multispecies Fishery; Secretarial Final Interim Action
Temporary Final Rule; Interim Measures

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Construction and Operation of a Liquefied Natural Gas Facility off Massachusetts

Small Takes of Marine Mammals

Issuance of Incidental Harassment Authorization

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOC/NOAA - Economic Surveys of US Commercial Fisheries

Submission of Information Collection for OMB Review; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Limits on Application of Take Prohibitions

Submission of Information Collection for OMB Review; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOI/FWS - Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council

Meeting

Web site

 

Return to EFRS menu

 

dep logo top