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Environmental Federal Register Summary
August 31 - September 4, 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/ITA - Industry Outreach in San Francisco, California, for Climate Change Negotiations Under the UNFCCC
Meeting

Web site

 

DOI/USGS - Federal Interagency Steering Committee on Multimedia Environmental Modeling

Meeting

Web site

 

DOL - Requirements for DOL Agencies' Assessment of Occupational Health Risks
Proposed Rule; Withdrawal

Web site 

 

DOL/OSHA - Personal Protective Equipment Standard for Shipyard Employment

Extension of OMB Approval of Information Collection Requirements; Comment Request

Web site

 

EPA - Federal Requirements Under the Underground Injection Control Program for Carbon Dioxide Geologic Sequestration Wells

Data Availability; Comment Request

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations
Availability of EPA Comments

Web site

 

EPA - Environmental Impact Statements
Weekly Receipts

Web site

 

EPA - Confidentiality Rules (renewal)

Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

EPA - Board of Scientific Counselors

Executive Committee Meeting

Web site

 

HHS/CDC - Board of Scientific Counselors

Meeting

Web site

 

USDA/APHIS - Papaya Genetically Engineered for Resistance to the Papaya Ringspot Virus
Determination of Nonregulated Status

Web site

 

USDA/APHIS - Genetically Engineered High-Oleic Soybeans

Availability of Petition and Environmental Assessment for Determination of Nonregulated Status

Web site

 

USDA/CCC - Conservation Reserve Program

Intent to Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement; Comment Request

Web site

 

VA - Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans

Meeting

Web site

 

Homeland Security

NRC - Reports Concerning Possible Non-Routine Emergency Generic Problems

Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

Web site

 

Water and Wastewater

DOC - Water and Energy Conservation: Services for Agribusiness

Meeting (1 of 2)

Web site

 

DOC - Water and Energy Conservation: Services for Agribusiness

Meeting (2 of 2)

Web site

 

Microbiology

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

Meetings
Web site

 

USDA/FNS - School Food Safety Inspections

Final Rule

Web site

 

Toxics, Hazardous Materials and Waste

DHS/Coast Guard - Vessel and Facility Response Plans for Oil

2003 Removal Equipment Requirements and Alternative Technology Revisions

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

DHS/Coast Guard - Nontank Vessel Response Plans and Other Vessel Response Plan Requirements

Proposed Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOC/NOAA + DHS/Coast Guard - Definition of Marine Debris for Purposes of the Marine Debris Research, Prevention, and Reduction Act

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOL/OSHA - Hazard Communication Standard

Extension of OMB Approval of Information Collection Requirements; Comment Request
Web site

 

EPA - Methoxyfenozide; Pesticide Tolerances

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Recommended Toxicity Equivalency Factors for Human Health Risk Assessments of Dioxin and Dioxin-Like Compounds
Availability of the External Peer Review Draft; Comment Request

Web site

 

EPA - Malathion Registration Review Docket

Reopening of Comment Period

Web site

 

EPA - Receipt of Several Pesticide Petitions Filed for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities

Web site

 

EPA - Availability of Petition to Revoke Tolerances for 13 Pesticides

Web site

 

HHS/NTP - Report on Carcinogens; Draft Background Document for Formaldehyde

Availability; Comment Request; Expert Panel Meeting

Web site

 

Air Quality

EPA - Second External Review Draft Integrated Science Assessment for Particulate Matter

Extension of Comment Period

Web site

 

Energy and Nuclear

CDC - Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health

Charter Renewal
Web site

 

DOC - Water and Energy Conservation: Services for Agribusiness

Meeting (1 of 2)

Web site

 

DOC - Water and Energy Conservation: Services for Agribusiness

Meeting (2 of 2)

Web site

 

DOE - Energy Conservation Standards for Refrigerated Bottled or Canned Beverage Vending Machines

Final Rule
Web site  (PDF)

 

DOE - Environmental Management Advisory Board

Meeting

Web site

 

DOE - National Petroleum Council

Meeting

Web site

 

DOE - Ultra-Deepwater Advisory Committee

Meeting

Web site

 

DOE - Unconventional Resources Technology Advisory Committee

Meeting

Web site

 

DOE/FERC - Highgate Falls Project, Missisquoi River, Franklin County, Vermont

Application Accepted for Filing, Soliciting Motions to Intervene and Protests, and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and Fishway Prescriptions
Web site

 

DOE/FERC - Swift River Mill Hydroelectric Project, Pawcatuck River, Westerly and Hopkinton, Washington County, Rhode Island
Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions to Intervene, and Competing Applications

Web site

 

DOE/FERC - Applications for License/Relicense for Water Projects

Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Submitted for OMB Review

Web site

 

HHS/NIOSH - Metals and Controls Corporation in Attleboro, Massachusetts

Decision to Evaluate a Petition to Designate a Class of Employees for Inclusion in Special Exposure Cohort

Web site

 

NRC - Administrative Changes

Final Rule

Web site

 

NRC - Qualification of Continuous Duty Safety-Related Motors for Nuclear Power Plants

Availability of Draft Regulatory Guide

Web site

 

NRC - An Approach for Plant-Specific, Risk-Informed Decisionmaking: Technical Specifications

Availability of Draft Regulatory Guide

Web site

 

NRC - An Approach for Using Probabilistic Risk Assessment in Risk-Informed Decisions on Plant-Specific Changes to the Licensing Basis

Availability of Draft Regulatory Guide

Web site

 

NRC - Interim Staff Guidance on Ensuring Hazard-Consistent Seismic Input for Site Response and Soil Structure Interaction Analyses
Comment Request

Web site

 

NRC - Availability of Revised Fuel Cycle Oversight Process

Comment Request

Web site

 

NRC - Reports Concerning Possible Non-Routine Emergency Generic Problems

Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

Web site

 

NRC - Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Wastes in Geologic Repositories

Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

Web site

 

NRC - Sunshine Act Meetings

Web site

 

Land and Mineral Management

DOI/MMS - Royalty and Production Reporting

Information Collection Activities: Submitted for OMB Review; Comment Request

Web site  (PDF)

 

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/FHWA - Surface Transportation Environment and Planning Cooperative Research Program

Proposed Implementation Strategy

Web site

 

USDA/FS - Application for Permit, Non-Federal Commercial Use of Roads Restricted by Order

Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

Fish and Wildlife

DOC/NOAA - Fisheries of the Northeastern United States

Atlantic Bluefish Fishery

Temporary Rule; Inseason Quota Transfer
Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Fisheries of the Northeastern United States

Summer Flounder Fishery

Temporary Rule; Closure; Commercial Quota Harvested for Massachusetts
Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Fisheries of the Northeastern United States

Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fisheries

Amendment 10
Proposed Rule; Comment Request

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOC/NOAA - Fisheries of the Northeastern United States

Modification to the Gulf of Maine/Georges Bank Herring Midwater Trawl Gear Authorization Letter
Proposed Rule; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Advisory Committee to the US Section of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas

Meeting

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - New England Fishery Management Council

Meeting

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - New England Fishery Management Council
Herring Oversight Committee

Meeting

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - New England Fishery Management Council

Scientific and Statistical Committee

Meeting

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Taking and Importing Marine Mammals

Operations of a Liquefied Natural Gas Port Facility in Massachusetts Bay
Issuance of Incidental Harassment Authorization

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOC/NOAA - Basic Requirements for Special Exception Permits and Authorizations

Submission of Information Collection for OMB Review; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOI/FWS - Early Seasons and Bag and Possession Limits for Certain Migratory Game Birds in the Contiguous United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOI/FWS - Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations on Certain Federal Indian Reservations and Ceded Lands for the 2009-10 Early Season

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOI/FWS - 2008-2009 Refuge-Specific Hunting and Sport Fishing Regulations -- Modifications

Final Rule
Web site  (PDF)

 

USDA/APHIS - Implementation of Revised Lacey Act Provisions

Web site

 

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