Monday, November 17, 2008

Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 73, No. 222, November 17, 2008

Federal Register
Vol. 73, No. 222
Monday, November 17, 2008
 
There are 3 announcements in this issue
 
    1. ALL - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities OMB Responses To Multiple Requests
 
    2. LAND - ND. DOI/Fish and Wildlife Service. Policy on Wilderness; Guidance on administrative and public activities on wilderness within the National Wildlife Refuge System Stewardship
 
    3. WATER - FRI. DOI/Bureau of Reclamation. Reclamation Rural Water Supply Program
   
CODES USED:  THE FOLLOWING CODES ARE USED TO IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF ANNOUNCEMENT & ISSUE AREA.  

REPORTING FORMAT: ISSUE CODE - TYPE CODE. AGENCY. ANNOUNCEMENT.
ISSUE CODES:  AIR - Air; ALL - Cross-Media, ecosystems, Env. Justice; CLIMATE - Climate Change, Global Warming; DRINK - Drinking Water, SDWA, Underground Injection; ENERGY - Energy; GLAKES  - Great Lakes; HAZ - Hazardous Waste, RCRA, HSWA, DOT/RSPA, Some Nuclear (NRC); LAND - Land Use, Forests; P2 - Pollution Prevention, Sustainability, Recycling, Pjt. XL; REMED - Remediation, Brownfields, Superfund; TANKS - AST, UST; TOXICS = Toxics, TRI, TSCA, Pesticides, Risks, RTK; TRANSPORT -  Transportation; SOLID - Solid Waste, RCRA Subtitle D; WATER - Surface Water, NPS, NPDES, Wetlands; WILDLIFE = Wildlife, Biodiversity, Endangered Species.
TYPE CODES: ANPR - Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; FR - Final Rule; FRD - Direct final rule; FRI - Interim final rule; ICR - Information Collection Request; ND - Notice of data, information, reports, etc. availability; NF - Notice of Fuding Opportunity; NM - Notice of Meeting; NS - Notice of administrative/court settlement; PR - Proposed Rule; ROD - Record of decision.
 

ANNOUNCEMENT 1


Subject: ALL - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities OMB Responses To Multiple Requests
 
[Federal Register: November 17, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 222)]
[Notices]              
[Page 67867]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8741-1]

Agency Information Collection Activities OMB Responses

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This document announces the Office of Management and Budget's
(OMB) responses to Agency Clearance requests, in compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). An agency may not
conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a
collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number. The OMB control numbers for EPA's regulations are
listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rick Westlund (202) 566-1682, or e-
mail at westlund.rick@epa.gov and please refer to the appropriate EPA
Information Collection Request (ICR) Number.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 2


Subject: LAND - ND. DOI/Fish and Wildlife Service. Policy on Wilderness; Guidance on administrative and public activities on wilderness within the National Wildlife Refuge System Stewardship
 
[Federal Register: November 17, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 222)]
[Notices]              
[Page 67876-67882]

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

RIN 1018-AU27

Policy on Wilderness Stewardship

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: We establish policy for implementing the National Wildlife
Refuge System Administration Act of 1966, as amended, and the
Wilderness Act of 1964 as Part 610 Chapters 1-5 of the Fish and
Wildlife Service Manual. In the Wilderness Act, Congress called for the
establishment of a National Wilderness Preservation System to secure an
``enduring resource of wilderness'' for the American public. This
policy updates guidance on administrative and public activities on
wilderness within the National Wildlife Refuge System (Refuge System).

ADDRESSES: You may download a copy of this policy at: http://
www.fws.gov/refuges/policyMakers/NWRpolicies.html
or request a copy
from: National Wildlife Refuge System, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
Attn: Nancy Roeper, National Wilderness Coordinator, 4401 North Fairfax
Drive, Room 657, Arlington, VA 22203; fax (703) 358-1929.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Roeper, National Wilderness
Coordinator, National Wildlife Refuge System, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Room 657, Arlington, Virginia 22203
(telephone: 703-358-2389, fax: 703-358-1929).
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 3


Subject: WATER - FRI. DOI/Bureau of Reclamation. Reclamation Rural Water Supply Program
 
[Federal Register: November 17, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 222)]
[Rules and Regulations]              
[Page 67778-67791]

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

43 CFR Part 404

RIN 1006-AA54

Reclamation Rural Water Supply Program

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Interim final rule.

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SUMMARY: Reclamation is issuing this interim final rule to establish
programmatic criteria for the Reclamation Rural Water Supply Program
(Rural Water Supply Program), including criteria governing
prioritization, eligibility, and the evaluation of appraisal
investigations and feasibility studies. Title I of the Reclamation
Rural Water Supply Act of 2006, Public Law 109-451 (Act), authorized
Reclamation to establish the Rural Water Supply Program and requires
publication of programmatic criteria in the Federal Register. This rule
is intended to define for potential participants how the Rural Water
Supply Program authorized by the Act will be administered.

DATES: This rule is effective December 17, 2008. Submit comments on the
rule by January 16, 2009. The incorporation by reference of certain
publications listed in the rule is approved by the Director of the
Federal Register as of December 17, 2008. This interim final rule
serves as a 60-day Federal Register notice to the public allowing them
to comment on our information collection. Comments on the information
collection must be received by January 16, 2009.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on this rule, identified by the
number 1006-AA54, by one of the following methods:

--Use of the Federal rulemaking Web site: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments. This rule has been
assigned Docket Identification number BOR-2008-0002.
--By mail to: Bureau of Reclamation, Denver Federal Center, P.O. Box
25007, Building 67, Denver, CO 80225, Attention: Avra Morgan, Mail Code
84-52000. Please include the number 1006-AA54 in your correspondence.

    The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved the
information collection requirements contained in this rule under an
emergency submission. The assigned OMB control number is 1006-0029.
Please submit comments on the information collection to the Bureau of
Reclamation, Attention: Avra Morgan, P.O. Box 25007, Denver, CO 80225
or by e-mail to RuralWaterProgram@do.usbr.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Avra Morgan at 303-445-2906 or James
Hess at 202-513-0543.
 
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