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Environmental Federal Register Summary
October 5 - 9. 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/NOAA - Coastal Ocean Program Grants Proposal Application Package
Submission of Information Collection for OMB Review; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOD/Navy - Ocean Research and Resources Advisory Panel
Meeting

Web site

 

DOD/USACE - Board on Coastal Engineering Research

Meeting

Web site

 

EPA - Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations
Availability of EPA Comments

Web site

 

EPA - Environmental Impact Statements
Weekly Receipts

Web site

 

EPA - National Estuary Program (Renewal)

Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

EPA - Environmental Laboratory Advisory Board

Meeting

Web site

 

HHS/CDC - National Coal Workers' Autopsy Study -- Extension

Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Comment and Recommendations

Web site

 

HHS/CDC - Survey of Coal Mine Safety Interventions -- NEW

Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations

Web site

 

HHS/FDA - Food Additive Petitions

Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

HHS/NIH - Establishment of the Interagency Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Coordinating Committee

Web site

 

The President -  Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy, and Economic Performance

Executive Order 13514 of October 5, 2009

Web site  (PDF)

 

Homeland Security

DHS - Homeland Security Information Network Advisory Committee

Meeting

Web site

 

DHS/USICE - Safe-Harbor Procedures for Employers Who Receive a No-Match Letter: Rescission

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOC/NIST - Draft NIST Interagency Report: Smart Grid Cyber Security Strategy and Requirements

Comment Request

Web site

 

HHS - Emergency Use of Doxycycline Hyclate Tablets Accompanied by Emergency Use Information

Renewal of Declaration

Web site

 

HHS - Hospital Preparedness Program -- Revision

Information Collection Request. 60-Day Public Comment Request
Web site

 

HHS/CDC - All-Hazards Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Generic Data Collection -- New

Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
Web site

 

HHS/FDA - Draft Guidance, Emergency Use Authorization of Medical Products

Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

Web site

 

Water and Wastewater

EPA - Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate List 3 -- Final

Web site  (PDF)

 

Microbiology

HHS - Emergency Use of Doxycycline Hyclate Tablets Accompanied by Emergency Use Information

Renewal of Declaration

Web site

 

HHS - Pandemic Influenza Vaccines -- Amendment
First Amendment to June 15, 2009 Republished Declaration under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act

Web site  (PDF)

 

HHS/CDC - Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices

Meeting

Web site

 

Toxics, Hazardous Materials and Waste

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

Corrected Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

DOT/PHMSA - Transportation of Batteries and Battery-Powered Devices
Safety Advisory

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 - Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and Emissions
Guidelines for Existing Sources: Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerators

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - C10-C18-Alkyl Dimethyl Amine Oxides

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 - Ammonium chloride; Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Quinclorac; Pesticide Tolerance for Emergency Exemption

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Pyraclostrobin; Pesticide Tolerances

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Lead Dust Hazard Standards and Definition of Lead-Based Paint

Receipt of TSCA Section 21 Petition; Comment Request

Web site

 

EPA - Certain New Chemicals (TSCA); Receipt and Status Information (1 of 2)

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Certain New Chemicals (TSCA); Receipt and Status Information (2 of 2)

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Exposure Factors Handbook: 2009 Update

Comment Request

Web site

 

EPA - Requesting for Suspension of the Registration of Rozol Prairie Dog Bait and Cancel Certain Application Sites

Comment Request

Web site

 

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

Web site

 

EPA - Voluntary Cover Sheet for TSCA Submissions

Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

EPA - FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel

Amended Notice of Meeting

Web site

 

EPA - FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel

Meeting

Web site

 

HHS/NTP - Report on Carcinogens
Formaldehyde Expert Panel Meeting: Amended Notice

Web site

 

Air Quality

EPA - Operating Permit Programs; Flexible Air Permitting Rule
Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and Emissions
Guidelines for Existing Sources: Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerators

Final Rule

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Standards of Performance for Coal Preparation and Processing Plants
Final Rule
Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD)

Reconsideration of Interpretation of Regulations That Determine Pollutants Covered by the Federal PSD Permit Program

Proposed Rule; Reconsideration

Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Sierra Club v. Jackson

Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit; Comment Request

Web site

 

EPA - Environmental Integrity Project, et al. v. Jackson

Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit; Comment Request

Web site

 

EPA - Draft Documents Related to the Review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter

Extension of Comment Period

Web site

 

EPA - Proposed Rulemaking to Establish Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards and Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards
Hearings

Web site

 

Energy and Nuclear

DOC - Energy for Manufacturing Roundtable

Web site

 

DOE - Online Posting of Certain DOE Categorical Exclusion Determinations

Policy Statement

Web site

 

DOE - DOE/NSF Nuclear Science Advisory Committee
Notice of Renewal

Web site

 

DOI/FWS - Wind Turbine Guidelines Advisory Committee

Teleconference and Webcast
Web site

 

EPA - Standards of Performance for Coal Preparation and Processing Plants
Final Rule
Web site  (PDF)

 

EPA - Reformulated Gasoline Commingling Provisions

Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Web site

 

EPA - Proposed Rulemaking to Establish Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards and Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards
Hearings

Web site

 

EPA - Interagency Steering Committee on Radiation Standards
Meeting

Web site

 

NRC - Revisions to Environmental Review for Renewal of Nuclear Power Plant Operating Licenses
Proposed Rule: Extension of Comment Period

Web site

 

NRC - Revise PWR Operability Requirements and Actions for RCS Leakage Instrumentation

Proposed Model Safety Evaluation for Plant-Specific Adoption of Technical Specification Task Force Traveler-513

Comment Request

Web site  (PDF)

 

NRC - Administrative Guide for Packaging and Transporting Radioactive Material

Withdrawal of Regulatory Guide

Web site

 

NRC - Evaluation and Acceptance Criteria for 10 CFR 20.1406 to Support Design Certification and Combined License Applications

Availability of Final Interim Staff Guidance

Web site

 

NRC - Electric Raceway Fire Barrier Systems (ERFBS) in Nuclear Power Plants

Availability of Draft Report for Comment

Web site

 

NRC - Draft Standard Review Plan for Renewal of Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Licenses and Dry Cask Storage System Certificates of Compliance

Availability; Comment Request

Web site

 

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

Biweekly Notice

Web site  (PDF)

 

NRC - Personal Qualification Statement -- Licensee

Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

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 - Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Commission; Massachusetts/Rhode Island
Meeting
Web site

 

DOI/MMS - Leasing of Sulphur or Oil and Gas in the Outer Continental Shelf and Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing

Extension of an Information Collection; Comment Request
Web site

 

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

 

USDA/FS - National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council
2010 Urban and Community Forestry Challenge Cost-Share Grant Opportunity

Web site

 

Fish and Wildlife

DOC/NOAA - Fisheries of the Northeastern United States

Black Sea Bass Recreational Fishery

Emergency Rule; Comment Request

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Fisheries of the Northeastern United States

Scup Fishery; Commercial Quota Harvested for 2009 Summer Period
Temporary Rule; Closure
Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Atlantic Highly Migratory Species

Inseason Action to Close the Commercial Sandbar Shark Research Fishery

Web site

 

DOC/NOAA - Fisheries of the Northeastern United States

Essential Fish Habitat Components of Fishery Management Plans; 5-year Review

Northeast Multispecies, Atlantic Sea Scallop, Monkfish, Atlantic Herring, Skates, Atlantic Salmon, and Atlantic Deep-Sea Red Crab
Supplemental Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOI/FWS - Wildlife Without Borders -- Critically Endangered Animals Conservation Fund Grant Program

Comment Request

Web site  (PDF)

 

DOI/FWS - Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force

Meeting
Web site

 

DOI/FWS - Wind Turbine Guidelines Advisory Committee

Teleconference and Webcast
Web site

 

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