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Environmental Federal Register Summary
August 3 - 7, 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

DOD - Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program
Scientific Advisory Board
Web site

 

DOI/USGS - National Geospatial Advisory Committee

Meeting

Web site

 

EPA - Product Noise Labeling Hearing Protection Devices

Proposed Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations
Availability of EPA Comments

Web site

 

EPA - Environmental Impact Statements
Weekly Receipts

Web site

 

EPA - Design for the Environment Formulator Product Recognition Program

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

Web site

 

EPA - Science Advisory Board

Two Teleconferences

Web site

 

NASA - Science Committee; Earth Science Subcommittee

Meeting
Web site

 

USDA/FSIS - Codex Alimentarius Commission: Thirtieth Session of the Codex Committee on Fish and Fishery Products

Meeting; Comment Request
Web site

 

Homeland Security

DHS - Federal Radiological Preparedness Coordinating Committee

Meeting

Web site

 

DHS/Coast Guard - Consolidation of Merchant Mariner Qualification Credentials
Final Rule; Corrections
Web site

 

DHS/Coast Guard - National Maritime Security Advisory Committee

Meeting

Web site

 

DOC/BIS - Materials Technical Advisory Committee

Partially Closed Meeting

Web site

 

DOD - National Nuclear Weapon Stockpile Accountability Records

Privacy Act of 1974; Addition of a System of Records

Web site

 

HHS - Emergency Use of Certain In vitro Diagnostic, Antiviral, and Personal Respiratory Products Accompanied by Emergency Use Information (H1N1)

Determination and Declarations

Web site

 

HHS/FDA - Authorization of Emergency Use of Certain Personal Respiratory Protection Devices (H1N1)

Availability
Web site  (PDF)

 

HHS/FDA - Authorization of Emergency Use of Certain In Vitro Diagnostic Devices (H1N1)

Availability
Web site  (PDF)

 

NRC - Limiting the Quantity of Byproduct Material in a Generally Licensed Device
Proposed Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

NRC - Protection of Safeguards Information: Performance Requirements

Availability of Draft Regulatory Guide

Web site

 

Water and Wastewater

EPA - Expedited Approval of Alternative Test Procedures for the Analysis of Contaminants Under the Safe Drinking Water Act

Analysis and Sampling Procedures
Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

Microbiology

HHS - Emergency Use of Certain In vitro Diagnostic, Antiviral, and Personal Respiratory Products Accompanied by Emergency Use Information (H1N1)

Determination and Declarations

Web site

 

HHS/FDA - Authorization of Emergency Use of Certain Personal Respiratory Protection Devices (H1N1)

Availability
Web site  (PDF)

 

HHS/FDA - Authorization of Emergency Use of Certain In Vitro Diagnostic Devices (H1Ni)

Availability
Web site  (PDF)

 

HHS/FDA - Guide to Minimize Microbial Food Safety Hazards of Leafy Greens

Availability of Draft Guidance for Industry

Web site

 

HHS/FDA - Guide to Minimize Microbial Food Safety Hazards of Melons

Availability of Draft Guidance for Industry

Web site

 

HHS/FDA - Guide to Minimize Microbial Food Safety Hazards of Tomatoes

Availability of Draft Guidance for Industry

Web site

 

Toxics, Hazardous Materials and Waste

DHS/Coast Guard - Chemical Transportation Advisory Committee
Supplemental Notice of Meetings

Web site

 

EPA - Inert Ingredients

Extension of Effective Date of Revocation of Certain Tolerance Exemptions with Insufficient Data for Reassessment

Direct Final Rule

Web site

 

EPA - Avermectin B1 and its delta-8,9-isomer; Pesticide Tolerances
Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Alkyl Alcohol Alkoxylates

Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance

Final Rule
Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Amine Salts of Alkyl (C8-C24) Benzenesulfonic Acid (Dimethylaminopropylamine, Isopropylamine, Mono-, Di-, and Triethanolamine)

Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance

Final Rule
Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Methyl Poly(Oxyethylene)C8-C18 Alkylammonium Chlorides

Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Polyoxyethylene Polyoxypropylene Mono(di-sec-butylphenyl) Ether

Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Sodium Alkyl Naphthalenesulfonate

Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Sodium and Ammonium Naphthalenesulfonate Formaldehyde Condensates

Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance
Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Pasteuria usgae

Temporary Exemption From the Requirement of a Tolerance

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1A.105 Protein

Time Limited Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance

Final Rule; Correction
Web site

 

EPA - Pesticide Product Registration Approval

Comment Request

Web site

 

EPA - Sixty-Fourth Report of the TSCA Interagency Testing Committee to the Administrator of EPA

Receipt of Report and Comment Request

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Notification of Chemical Exports -- TSCA

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

Web site

 

EPA - Trade Secret Claims for Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (Renewal)

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

Web site

 

EPA - Pesticide Registration by States To Meet a Special Local Need (SLN) Under FIFRA

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

Web site

 

HHS/FDA - Class II Special Controls Guidance Document: Dental Amalgam, Mercury, and Amalgam Alloy

Availability of Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff

Web site

 

HHS/FDA - Pharmaceutical Components at Risk for Melamine Contamination

Availability of Guidance for Industry

Web site

 

Air Quality

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

Chemical Preparations Industry

Proposed Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Compliance Supplement Pool Allowance Allocations Under the Clean Air Interstate Rule Federal Implementation Plan
Data Availability

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Consolidated Emissions Reporting Rule (Renewal)

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

Web site

 

EPA - NESHAP for Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Facilities -- Surface Coating (Renewal)

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

Web site

 

EPA - NESHAP for Mercury (Renewal)

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

Web site

 

Energy and Nuclear

DHS - Federal Radiological Preparedness Coordinating Committee

Meeting

Web site

 

DOD - National Nuclear Weapon Stockpile Accountability Records

Privacy Act of 1974; Addition of a System of Records

Web site

 

DOE - Renewal of the Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee
Web site

 

DOE - Biomass Research and Development Technical Advisory Committee

Request for Nominations for Membership

Web site

 

DOE/FERC - Murphy Dam Project, Connecticut River, Coos County, New Hampshire

Competing Preliminary Permit Applications Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, and Motions To Intervene
Web site

 

DOI/FWS - Wind Turbine Guidelines Advisory Committee

Meeting

Web site

 

NRC - Fitness for Duty Programs
Final Rule; Correcting Amendment

Web site

 

NRC - Industry Codes and Standards; Amended Requirements

Direct Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

NRC - Industry Codes and Standards; Amended Requirements

Proposed Rule

Web site

 

NRC - Limiting the Quantity of Byproduct Material in a Generally Licensed Device
Proposed Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

NRC - Protection of Safeguards Information: Performance Requirements

Availability of Draft Regulatory Guide

Web site

 

NRC - Normal Water Level and Discharge at Nuclear Power Plants

Regulatory Guide Withdrawal

Web site

 

NRC - Availability of Draft Interim Staff Guidance Document for Fuel Cycle Facilities

Web site

 

NRC - Standard Review Plan for the Review of a License Application for a Fuel Cycle Facility

Availability; Comment Request

Web site

 

NRC - Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal

Request for Information; Meeting

Web site

 

NRC - In the Matter of: Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc

Order Extending the Effectiveness of the Approval of the Indirect Transfer of Several Facility Operating Licenses
Web site

 

NRC - Hartford Hospital's Research Facilities, Hartford, Connecticut

License Amendment to Byproduct Materials License  for Amendment of the License and Unrestricted Release

Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact

Web site

 

USDA/APHIS - Irradiation Phytosanitary Treatment of Imported Fruits and Vegetables

Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

Land and Mineral Management

DOI/MMS - Well Control and Production Safety Training

Extension of a Collection; Submitted for OMB Review; Comment Request
Web site

 

DOT/FTA - Metropolitan and Statewide Transportation Planning

Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review; Comment Request

Web site

 

Fish and Wildlife

DOC/NOAA - Fisheries of the Northeastern United States

Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fisheries

Total Allowable Catch (TAC) Harvested for Loligo Squid Trimester II
Temporary Rule; Closure
Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Atlantic Highly Migratory Species

North and South Atlantic Swordfish Quotas
Proposed Rule; Comment Request

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOC/NOAA - Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council

Spiny Dogfish Amendment 3 Scoping Process
Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement; Scoping Meetings; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - National Marine Fisheries Service Observer Programs' Information That Can Be Gathered Only Through Questions

Submission of Information Collection for OMB Review; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Information for Share Transfer in the Wreckfish Fishery

Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request
Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Advisory Panel

Meeting

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - New England Fishery Management Council

Scientific and Statistical Committee

Meeting

Web site

 

DOI/FWS - Approval of Tungsten-Iron-Fluoropolymer Shot Alloys as Nontoxic for Hunting Waterfowl and Coots

Proposed Rule; Availability of Draft Environmental Assessment
Web site  (PDF)

 

DOI/FWS - Wind Turbine Guidelines Advisory Committee

Meeting

Web site

 

USDA/APHIS - Plant Pest, Noxious Weed, and Garbage Regulations
Revision and Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

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