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Environmental Federal Register Summary
September 14 - 18, 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 - Climate Change Negotiations Under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Webinar for Industry

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA + NSF - Comparative Analysis of Marine Ecosystem Organization
Funding Availability; Amended Solicitation

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - National Estuaries Restoration Inventory

Submission of Information Collection for OMB Review; Comment Request
Web site

 

DOD/USACE - Estuary Habitat Restoration Council

Meeting

Web site

 

EPA - Award of Special Appropriations Act Project Grants Authorized by the Agency's FY 2009 Appropriations Act

Document Availability

Web site

 

EPA - Using Probabilistic Methods to Enhance the Role of Risk Analysis in Decision-Making With Case Study Examples

Availability of the External Peer Review Draft; Correction

Web site

 

EPA - Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations
Availability of EPA Comments

Web site

 

EPA - Environmental Impact Statements
Weekly Receipts

Web site

 

EPA - Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee

Charter Renewal
Web site

 

HHS/FDA - Food Safety Survey

Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

Web site

 

Homeland Security

DHS - Constellation Automated Critical Asset Management System Functional Survey
60-Day Notice and Request for Comments; New Information Collection Request

Web site 

 

DHS - Infrastructure Protection Data Call Survey
60-Day Notice and Request for Comments; New Information Collection Request

Web site 

 

DHS - Methodology Technical Implementation Functional Survey
60-Day Notice and Request for Comments; New Information Collection Request

Web site 

 

DHS - Assessment Questionnaire -- Risk Self Assessment Tool

60-Day Notice and Request for Comments; New Information Collection Request

Web site 

 

DHS - Voluntary Chemical Assessment Tool

60-Day Notice and Request for Comments; New Information Collection Request

Web site 

 

DHS - User Account Creation -- Risk Self Assessment Tool

60-Day Notice and Request for Comments; New Information Collection Request

Web site 

 

DHS - Homeland Security Advisory Council

Teleconference

Web site

 

DHS/Coast Guard - Advance Notice of Vessel Arrival

Information Collection Request to OMB; Comment Request

Web site

 

DHS/TSA - Air Cargo Screening

Interim Final Rule; Comment Request

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOC/BIS - Emerging Technology and Research Advisory Committee

Partially Closed Meeting

Web site

 

DOJ/ATF - Application for Limited Permit (explosives)

Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

The President - Continuation of the Exercise of Certain Authorities Under the Trading With the Enemy Act
Presidential Determination No. 2009-27 of September 11, 2009

Web site

 

Treasury/FinCEN - Report of Cash Payments Over $10,000 Received in a Trade or Business

Proposed Collection; Renewal Without Change; Comment Request

Web site

 

Water and Wastewater

DHS/Coast Guard - Standards for Living Organisms in Ships' Ballast Water Discharged in US Waters

Meetings

Web site

 

EPA - Questionnaire for Drinking Water Utilities Participating in Emerging Contaminant Sampling Program (New)

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

Web site

 

Microbiology

DHS/Coast Guard - Standards for Living Organisms in Ships' Ballast Water Discharged in US Waters

Meetings

Web site

 

HHS/CDC - Annual Estimates of Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness for Preventing Laboratory Confirmed Influenza in the United States

Closed Meeting

Web site

 

Toxics, Hazardous Materials and Waste

EPA - Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances (TSCA)

Direct Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Acetochlor; Pesticide Tolerances

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Boscalid; Pesticide Tolerances

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Tembotrione; Pesticide Tolerances

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Ametryn, Amitraz, Ammonium Soap Salts of Higher Fatty Acids, Bitertanol, Coppers, et al.; Tolerance Actions

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Mancozeb, Maneb, Metiram, and Thiram; Proposed Tolerance Actions

Proposed Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Dimethyldithiocarbamate Salts

Amendment to Ziram and Ferbam Reregistration Eligibility Decisions
Web site

 

EPA - Dimethyldithiocarbamate Salts

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

 

EPA - NSPS for Emission Guidelines and Compliance Times for Small Municipal Waste Combustion Units Constructed on or Before August 30, 1999 (Renewal)

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

Web site

 

EPA - Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee

Meeting

Web site

 

EPA - FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel

Meeting (1 of 2)

Web site

 

EPA - FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel

Meeting (2 of 2)

Web site

 

HHS/CDC - Request for Information on 1-Bromopropane

Web site

 

HHS/CDC - Request for Information on Glutaraldehyde

Web site

 

HHS/NIH - Hazardous Waste Worker Training

Submission of Information Request for OMB Review; Comment Request

Web site

 

Air Quality

EPA - Protection of the Stratospheric Ozone

Alternatives for the Motor Vehicle Air Conditioning Sector Under the Significant New Alternatives Policy Program
Data Availability

Web site

 

EPA - NSPS for Emission Guidelines and Compliance Times for Small Municipal Waste Combustion Units Constructed on or Before August 30, 1999 (Renewal)

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

Web site

 

EPA - NSPS for Beverage Can Surface Coating (Renewal)

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

Web site

 

EPA - NSPS for Metal Furniture Coating (Renewal)

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

Web site

 

EPA - Clean Air Act Advisory Committee

Meeting

Web site

 

Energy and Nuclear

DOE - Chronic Beryllium Disease Prevention Program

Information Collection Extension; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOE - Ultra-Deepwater Advisory Committee

Meeting

Web site

 

DOE - Unconventional Resources Technology Advisory Committee

Meeting

Web site

 

DOE/FERC - Ashuelot River Dam Project, Ashuelot River, Cheshire County, New Hampshire

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

 

DOE/FERC - Boston Felt Project

Salmon Falls River, Strafford County, New Hampshire

Revocation of Exemption by Implied Surrender and Soliciting Comments, Protests, and Motions to Intervene
Web site

 

DOI/FWS - Wind Turbine Guidelines Advisory Committee

Meeting

Web site

 

HHS/FDA - Use of Ionizing Radiation for Control of Foodborne Pathogens in Crustaceans and Processed Crustaceans
Filing of Food Additive Petition; Amendment
Web site

 

NRC - License and Certificate of Compliance Terms

Proposed Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

NRC - Seismic Qualification of Electrical and Active Mechanical Equipment and Functional Qualification of Active Mechanical Equipment for Nuclear Power Plants

Issuance of Regulatory Guide

Web site

 

NRC - Quality Assurance Program Requirements for Research and Test Reactors

Availability of Draft Regulatory Guide

Web site

 

NRC - Branch Technical Position 18-1 on Guidance for Evaluating Minimum Inventory of Alarms, Controls, and Displays for New Light-Water Reactor Plant Designs

Proposed Standard Review Plan; Comment Request

Web site

 

NRC - Proposed Model Safety Evaluation for Plant-Specific Adoption of Technical Specification Task Force Traveler-446, Revision 3

Risk Informed Evaluation of Extensions to Containment Isolation Valve Completion Times (WCAP-15791)'
Comment Request

Web site  (PDF)

 

NRC - Policy Statement on Cooperation with States at Commercial Nuclear Power Plants and Other Production or Utilization Facilities

Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Web site

 

NRC - Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards

Subcommittee on AP1000

Web site

 

NRC - Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards

Subcommittee on Planning and Procedures

Web site

 

NRC - Sunshine Act Meetings

Web site

 

Land and Mineral Management

DOI/MMS - Outer Continental Shelf -- Technical Corrections
Final Rule; Technical Corrections; Effective Dates

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOI/NPS - National Register of Historic Places

Pending Nominations and Related Actions (1 of 2)

Web site

 

DOI/NPS - National Register of Historic Places

Pending Nominations and Related Actions (2 of 2)

Web site

 

DOI/NPS - National Register of Historic Places

Weekly Listing of Historic Properties (1 of 2)
Web site

 

DOI/NPS - National Register of Historic Places

Weekly Listing of Historic Properties (2 of 2)
Web site

 

DOI/OSM - Requirements for Permits and Permit Processing
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOI/OSM - 30 CFR Part 700 -- General

Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOT/FAA - National Parks Overflights Advisory Group
Aviation Rulemaking Committee

Membership Notice

Web site

 

DOT/FHWA - Procedures for Abatement of Highway Traffic Noise and Construction Noise
Proposed Rulemaking; Comment Request

Web site  (PDF)

 

Fish and Wildlife

DHS/Coast Guard - Standards for Living Organisms in Ships' Ballast Water Discharged in US Waters

Meetings

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Sea Turtle Conservation
Final Rule

 

DOC/NOAA - Fisheries of the Northeastern United States

Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery

Temporary Rule; Closure of the Limited Access General Category Scallop Fishery to Individual Fishing Quota Scallop Vessels

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Fisheries of the Northeastern United States

Northeast Multispecies Fishery

Temporary Rule; Modification of the Gear Requirements for the US/Canada Management Area
Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Fisheries of the Northeastern United States

Scup Fishery
Temporary Rule; Adjustment to the 2009 Winter II Quota
Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council

Availability of Seats
Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - New England Fishery Management Council

Herring Oversight Committee

Meeting

Web site

 

DOI/FWS - Wind Turbine Guidelines Advisory Committee

Meeting

Web site

 

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