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Environmental Federal Register Summary
September 28 - October 2, 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

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

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program
Exception to Final Guidelines

Web site

 

DOD - Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program

Scientific Advisory Board

Meeting

Web site

 

EPA - State Innovation Grant Program

Preliminary Notice for Proposals for 2010 Awards

Web site

 

EPA - Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations
Availability of EPA Comments

Web site

 

EPA - Environmental Impact Statements
Weekly Receipts

Web site

 

EPA - Human Studies Review Board

Meeting

Web site

 

EPA - National and Governmental Advisory Committees to the US Representative to the Commission for Environmental Cooperation

Meeting

Web site

 

HHS/NIH - The Sister Study PHASE 2: Environmental and Genetic Risk Factors for Breast Cancer

Submission of Information Collection for OMB Review; Comment Request

Web site  (PDF)

 

NASA - Advisory Council; Science Committee

Earth Science Subcommittee

Meeting

Web site

 

USDA - National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board

Meeting

Web site

 

USDA/AMS - 2009 National Organic Certification Cost-Share Program
Funds Availability
Web site

 

USDA/AMS - Agricultural Management Assistance Organic Certification Cost-Share Program

Funds Availability
Web site

 

USDA/APHIS - Environmental Assessment for a Biological Control Agent for Japanese Beetle

Availability; Comment Request

Web site

 

Homeland Security

DHS - Minimum Standards for Driver's Licenses and Identification Cards Acceptable by Federal Agencies for Official Purposes
Final Rule

Web site

 

DHS - Privacy Act of 1974: Implementation of Exemptions

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement-012 Visa Security Program Records

Proposed Rulemaking

Web site

 

DHS - Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement-012 Visa Security Program

Web site  (PDF)

 

DHS - Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory Committee

Closed Meeting

Web site

 

DHS/Coast Guard - Safety and Security Zones: Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Direct Final Rule; Comment Request

Web site

 

DHS/FEMA - FY 2009 Preparedness Grants: Intercity Bus Security Grant Program

Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Web site  (PDF)

 

Treasury -FinCEN - Currency Transaction Report

Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

Water and Wastewater

EPA - Methodology for Deriving Ambient Water Quality Criteria for the Protection of Human Health

Technical Support Document, Volume 3: Development of Site-Specific Bioaccumulation Factors
Availability of Final Document

Web site

 

EPA - Discharges From Potable Water Treatment Facilities in Massachusetts (Including Both Commonwealth and Indian Country Lands) and New Hampshire

The Potable Water Treatment Facility General Permit

Availability of Final NPDES General Permits

Web site

 

Microbiology

HHS - H1N1

Declaration Under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act

Web site

 

Toxics, Hazardous Materials and Waste

DOL/OSHA - Hazard Communication
Proposed Rule; Comment Request

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOT/PHMSA - Pipeline Safety: Weldable Compression Coupling Installation
Issuance of Advisory Bulletin

Web site

 

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

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Thiamethoxam; Pesticide Tolerances

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Draft Toxicological Review of Chloroprene

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

Comment Request

Web site

 

EPA - Organic Arsenicals

Product Cancellation Order and Amendments to Terminate Uses
Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Rodenticides; Product Cancellation Order

Web site

 

EPA - Pesticide Product Registration Approval
Web site

 

EPA - Pesticide Product Registration Approval

Comment Request

Web site

 

EPA - Methyl Bromide

Receipt of Requests to Amend Pesticide Registrations to Terminate Uses of Certain Products
Web site

 

EPA - Receipt of a Pesticide Petition Filed for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities

Web site

 

EPA - New Biopesticides Dockets Opened for Review and Comment
Web site

 

EPA - Receipt of Amended Application

Comment Request

Web site

 

EPA - Pseudomonas fluorescens

Availability of Registration Review Final Decision

Web site

 

EPA - Pseudomonas syringae

Availability of Registration Review Final Decision

Web site

 

EPA - Pesticide Experimental Use Permit

Receipt of Application; Comment Request

Web site

 

EPA - NSPS for Small Municipal Waste Combustors (Renewal)

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

Web site

 

EPA - Board of Scientific Counselors

Computational Toxicology Subcommittee

Meeting

Web site

 

HHS/CDC - Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention

Meeting

Web site

 

HHS/NTP - Availability of ICCVAM Test Method Evaluation Report and Recommended Test Method Performance Standards

Web site

 

HHS/NTP - Board of Scientific Counselors

Technical Reports Review Subcommittee
Meeting

 

VA - Agent Orange Registry Code Sheet

Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

Air Quality

EPA - Prevention of Significant Deterioration and Nonattainment New Source Review

Reconsideration of Inclusion of Fugitive Emissions
Final Rule; Grant of Reconsideration and Administrative Stay of Regulation

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans
Revised Format for Materials Being Incorporated by Reference for New Hampshire
Final Rule; Administrative Change

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans
Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut

Direct Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans
Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut

Proposed Rule

Web site

 

EPA + DOT/NHTSA - Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards and Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards

Proposed Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Acid Rain Program

Annual Adjustment Factors for Excess Emissions Penalty
Web site

 

EPA - Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Notice 24 for Significant New Alternatives Policy Program
Determination of Acceptability

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Dominion Energy Brayton Point, Somerset, Massachusetts

Prevention of Significant Deterioration; Final Determination

Web site

 

EPA - NSPS for Small Municipal Waste Combustors (Renewal)

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

Web site

 

Energy and Nuclear

DHS/Coast Guard - Safety and Security Zones: Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Direct Final Rule; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOC/NIST - Nuclear Reactor Operator Licensees File

Privacy Act Altered System of Records

Web site

 

DOC/NIST - Employees, External Radiation Exposure Records

Privacy Act Altered System of Records

Web site

 

DOE - State Energy Advisory Board

Teleconference

Web site

 

DOE/FERC - Dexter-Russell Water Power Project

Quinebaug River, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Web site

 

EPA + DOT/NHTSA - Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards and Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards

Proposed Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

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 - Methods for Estimating Effective Dose Equivalent from External Exposure

Availability of Draft Regulatory Guide

Web site

 

NRC - Proposed Generic Communication

NRC Regulatory Issue Summary 2005-02, Revision 1, Clarifying the Process for Making Emergency Plan Changes

Extension of Comment Period

Web site  (PDF)

 

NRC - Draft Regulatory Guide: Containment Performance for Pressure Loads

Meeting

Web site

 

NRC - Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards

Meeting

Web site

 

NRC - Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards

Subcommittee on Digital Instrumentation and Control Systems

Meeting

 

NRC - Sunshine Act Meetings

Web site

 

Land and Mineral Management

DOD - Homeowners Assistance Program -- Application Processing

Interim Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

USDA/FS - Hazardous Fuels Woody Biomass Utilization Grant -- Forest Restoration Activities on All Priority Forestlands

Request for Proposals
Web site  (PDF)

 

USDA/FS - Land Exchanges

Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

USDA/FS - Forest Industries and Residential Fuelwood and Post Data Collection Systems

Information Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

Fish and Wildlife

DOC/NOAA - Fisheries of the Northeastern United States

Proposed Rule; Comment Request

Web site

 

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

Final Rule; Correcting Amendments

Web site

 

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