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Environmental Federal Register Summary
September 21- 25, 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

CEQ - Availability of Interim Report of the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force

Web site

 

DHS/Coast Guard - Shipping; Transportation; Technical, Organizational, and Conforming Amendments

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOC/NIST - Advisory Committee on Earthquake Hazards Reduction

Meeting

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Advisory Committee on Commercial Remote Sensing

Partially Closed Meeting

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Coastal Zone Management Act Federal Consistency Requirements

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

 

DOI/MMS - Renewable Energy and Alternate Uses of Existing Facilities on the Outer Continental Shelf

Extension of a Collection; Comment Request

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOI/USGS - Earthquake Hazards Program Research and Monitoring

Information Collection Activities: Comment Request

Web site

 

EPA - Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations
Availability of EPA Comments

Web site

 

EPA - Environmental Impact Statements
Weekly Receipts

Web site

 

EPA - Environmental Laboratory Advisory Board

Charter Renewal

Web site

 

EPA - NACEPT Subcommittee on Promoting Environmental Stewardship

Meeting

Web site

 

NNCO - Nanomaterials and the Environment & Instrumentation, Metrology, and Analytical Methods

Nanotechnology Primer Pre-Meeting

Web site

 

NNCO - Nanomaterials and the Environment & Instrumentation, Metrology, and Analytical Methods

Workshop

Web site

 

NSF - Advisory Committee for Geosciences

Meeting

Web site

 

OSTP - President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology

Meeting

Web site

 

USDA/CCC - Conservation Stewardship Program
Interim Final Rule; Extension of Comment Period

Web site

 

Homeland Security

DHS - National Emergency Family Registry and Locator System

Privacy Act System of Records

Web site  (PDF)

 

DHS - Disaster Recovery Assistance Files

Privacy Act System of Records

Web site  (PDF)

 

DHS - Infrastructure Protection Data Call Survey

New Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

DHS - Chemical-Terrorism Vulnerability Information

New Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

DHS - Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards

New Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

DHS - I&A Request Customer Survey

New Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

DHS - Chemical Security Assessment Tool Revision
Revision of Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

DHS - Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council

Meeting

Web site

 

DHS - National Infrastructure Advisory Council

Meeting

Web site

 

DOC/BIS - Updated Statements of Legal Authority for the Export Administration Regulations
Final Rule

Web site

 

DOC/NIST - Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board
Meeting

Web site

 

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

Information Collection(s) Being Submitted for Review to OMB, Comment Request

Web site

 

The President - Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism

Notice of September 21, 2009
Web site

 

Water and Wastewater

EPA - Estimating the Drinking Water Component of a Dietary Exposure Assessment

Withdrawal of Science Policy

Web site

 

EPA - Drinking Water: Perchlorate

Supplemental Request for Comments

Web site

 

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

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

Web site

 

EPA - National Drinking Water Advisory Council

Request for Nominations

Web site

 

Microbiology

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

Meetings

Web site

 

EPA - Bromine

Availability of Antimicrobial Registration Review Final Work Plan and Proposed Registration Review Decision

Web site

 

EPA - 2-(Hydroxymethyl)-2 nitro-1,3-propanediol (Tris Nitro); 10,10'-Oxybisphenoxarsine (OBPA); Peroxy Compounds
Antimicrobial Pesticide Dockets Opened for Review and Comment

Web site

 

HHS/NIH - Recombinant DNA Research

Actions Under the NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules

Changes to Guidelines

Web site  (PDF)

 

Toxics, Hazardous Materials and Waste

DHS/Coast Guard - Nontank Vessel Response Plans and Other Vessel Response Plan Requirements
Meetings; Comment Request

Web site

 

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

Web site  (PDF)

 

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

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - National Priorities List

Final Rule Number 47
Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Halosulfuron-methyl; Pesticide Tolerances

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Meptyldinocap; Pesticide Tolerances

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Spinosad; Pesticide Tolerances

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Thiram; Pesticide Tolerance

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Metolachlor, S-Metolachlor, Bifenazate, Buprofezin, and 2,4-D; Tolerance Actions

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Bromine

Availability of Antimicrobial Registration Review Final Work Plan and Proposed Registration Review Decision

Web site

 

EPA - 2-(Hydroxymethyl)-2 nitro-1,3-propanediol (Tris Nitro); 10,10'-Oxybisphenoxarsine (OBPA); Peroxy Compounds
Antimicrobial Pesticide Dockets Opened for Review and Comment

Web site

 

EPA - Aldicarb, Aliphatic Solvents, et al

Product Cancellation Order

Web site

 

EPA - Disulfoton and Methamidophos

Product Cancellation Order

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Receipt of Pesticide Petition Filed for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities (1 of 2)

Web site

 

EPA - Receipt of Pesticide Petition Filed for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities (2 of 2)

Web site

 

EPA - Pesticide Registration Dockets Opened for Review and Comment

Web site

 

EPA - Draft Integrated Science Assessment for Carbon Monoxide

Comment Request

Web site

 

EPA - Land Disposal Restrictions "No-Migration" Variances

Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

EPA - Draft Toxicological Review of Hydrogen Cyanide and Cyanide Salts

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

Comment Period; Listening Session

Web site

 

EPA - Draft Toxicological Review of 1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane

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

Comment Period; Listening Session

Web site

 

EPA - Draft Toxicological Review of cis- and trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

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

Comment Period; Listening Session

Web site

 

EPA - Draft Toxicological Review of Trichloroacetic Acid

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

Comment Period; Listening Session

Web site

 

EPA - Draft Toxicological Review of Ethyl Tertiary Butyl Ether

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

Listening Session

Web site

 

EPA - Exposure Modeling

Meeting

Web site

 

EPA - SFIREG Environmental Quality Issues Working Committee

Meeting

Web site

 

Air Quality

EPA - Implementation of the New Source Review (NSR) Program for Particulate Matter Less Than 2.5 Micrometers (PM2.5)

Final Rule to Stay the Grandfathering Provision for PM2.5

Web site

 

EPA - Secondary National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Oxides of Nitrogen and Oxides of Sulfur

Availability of Final Risk and Exposure Assessment Report

Web site
 

Energy and Nuclear

DOE - Assistance Regulations

Final Rule; Correction

Web site

 

DOE/EIA - Residential Energy Consumption Survey

Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOE/FERC - Gulf Island-Deer Rips Hydroelectric Project, Androscoggin River, Androscoggin County, Maine

Application for Amendment of License and Soliciting Comments, Motions to Intervene, and Protests
Web site

 

DOE/FERC - Indian River Project, Westfield River, Russell, Hampden County, Massachusetts

Application for Amendment of License and Soliciting Comments, Motions to Intervene, and Protests
Web site

 

DOE/OEERE - Photovoltaic (PV) Manufacturing Initiative
Request for Information

Web site

 

DOI/BIA - Energy and Mineral Development Program Grants

Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request
Web site

 

DOL/MSHA - Gamma Radiation Exposure Records

Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

NRC - Risk-Informed Changes to Loss-of-Coolant Accident Technical Requirements
Supplemental Proposed Rule; Extension of Comment Period

Web site

 

NRC - Packaging and Transportation of Radioactively Contaminated Biological Materials

Withdrawal of Regulatory Guide

Web site

 

NRC - Instrument Lines Penetrating the Primary Reactor Containment

Availability of Draft Regulatory Guide

Web site

 

NRC - Establishing Quality Assurance Programs for the Manufacture and Distribution of Sealed Sources and Devices Containing Byproduct Material

Availability of Draft Regulatory Guide

Web site

 

NRC - Implementation of the Reactor Oversight Process
Comment Request

Web site

 

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

Biweekly Notice

Web site  (PDF)

 

NRC - Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards

Meeting

Web site

 

NRC - Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes

Meeting

Web site

 

NRC - Sunshine Act Meetings (1 of 2)

Web site

 

NRC - Sunshine Act Meetings (2 of 2)

Web site

 

Land and Mineral Management

DOI/BIA - Energy and Mineral Development Program Grants

Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request
Web site

 

DOI/NPS - National Register of Historic Places

Pending Nominations and Related Actions

Web site

 

DOI/OSM - Permanent Program Inspection and Enforcement Procedures

Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOI/USGS - Mine, Development, and Mineral Exploration Supplement

Information Collection Activities: Comment Request

Web site

 

EPA - Ecological Impacts Associated with Mountaintop Mining and Valley-Fill Operations

Request for Nominations of Experts

Web site

 

Fish and Wildlife

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

Meetings

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Fisheries of the Northeastern United States

Spiny Dogfish Fishery

Commercial Period 1 Quota Harvested; Closure

Web site

 

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 to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas

Second Fall Meeting

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - New England Fishery Management Council

Catch Share Workshop

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - New England Fishery Management Council

Habitat Committee and Habitat Advisory Panel

Meetings

Web site

 

DOI/FWS - Final Frameworks for Late-Season Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations

Final Rule
Web site  (PDF)

 

DOI/FWS - Migratory Bird Hunting; Late Seasons and Bag and Possession Limits for Certain Migratory Game Birds

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

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

Final Rule
Web site  (PDF)

 

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