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Federal Register
Vol. 74, No. 18
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Vol. 74, No. 18
Thursday, January 29, 2009
There are 2 announcements in this issue
1. ALL - NM. EPA. Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of Upcoming Meeting of the Science Advisory Board Expert Elicitation Advisory Panel; EPA's draft Expert Elicitation Task Force White Paper
2. LAND - FR/Delay & Comment. Sale and Disposal of National Forest System Timber; Special Forest Products and Forest Botanical Products
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 - NM. EPA. Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of Upcoming Meeting of the Science Advisory Board Expert Elicitation Advisory Panel; EPA's draft Expert Elicitation Task Force White Paper
[Federal Register: January 29, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 18)]
[Notices]
[Page 5157-5158]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-8769-4]
Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of Upcoming
Meeting of the Science Advisory Board Expert Elicitation Advisory Panel
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) Science
Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public meeting of the
Science Advisory Board Expert Elicitation Advisory Panel to review
EPA's draft Expert Elicitation Task Force White Paper.
DATES: The meeting dates are Wednesday, February 25, 2009 from 9 a.m.
to 5:30 p.m. through Thursday, February 26, 2009 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
(Eastern Time).
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the SAB Conference Center,
located at 1025 F Street, NW., Room 3705, Washington, DC 20004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Members of the public who wish to
obtain further information about this meeting may contact Dr. Angela
Nugent, Designated Federal Officer (DFO). Dr. Nugent may be contacted
at the EPA Science Advisory Board (1400F), U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460;
or via telephone/voice mail; (202) 343-9981; fax (202) 233-0643; or e-
mail at nugent.angela@epa.gov. General information about the EPA SAB,
as well as any updates concerning the meeting announced in this notice,
may be found on the SAB Web site at http://www.epa.gov/sab.
[Notices]
[Page 5157-5158]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-8769-4]
Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of Upcoming
Meeting of the Science Advisory Board Expert Elicitation Advisory Panel
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) Science
Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public meeting of the
Science Advisory Board Expert Elicitation Advisory Panel to review
EPA's draft Expert Elicitation Task Force White Paper.
DATES: The meeting dates are Wednesday, February 25, 2009 from 9 a.m.
to 5:30 p.m. through Thursday, February 26, 2009 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
(Eastern Time).
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the SAB Conference Center,
located at 1025 F Street, NW., Room 3705, Washington, DC 20004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Members of the public who wish to
obtain further information about this meeting may contact Dr. Angela
Nugent, Designated Federal Officer (DFO). Dr. Nugent may be contacted
at the EPA Science Advisory Board (1400F), U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460;
or via telephone/voice mail; (202) 343-9981; fax (202) 233-0643; or e-
mail at nugent.angela@epa.gov. General information about the EPA SAB,
as well as any updates concerning the meeting announced in this notice,
may be found on the SAB Web site at http://www.epa.gov/sab.
ACCESS THE COMPLETE PUBLISHED ANNOUNCEMENT IN HTML OR PDF FORMATS AT:
ANNOUNCEMENT 2
Subject: LAND - FR/Delay & Comment. Sale and Disposal of National Forest System Timber; Special Forest Products and Forest Botanical Products
[Federal Register: January 29, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 18)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 5107]
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
36 CFR Parts 223 and 261
RIN 0596-AB81
Sale and Disposal of National Forest System Timber; Special
Forest Products and Forest Botanical Products
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Final rule; notice of delay of effective date and comment
period.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the memorandum of January 20, 2009, from
the Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff, entitled
``Regulatory Review,'' published in the Federal Register on January 26,
2009, the Department is delaying the effective date and opening for
public comment, the rule published on December 29, 2008. This rule
regulates the sustainable free use, commercial harvest, and sale of
special forest products and forest botanical products from National
Forest System lands. The December rule was originally set to take
effect January 28, 2009.
DATES: Effective January 28, 2009, the effective date of the rule
amending 36 CFR parts 223 and 261 published at 73 FR 79367, December
29, 2008, is delayed until March 30, 2009. Comments must be received by
March 2, 2009.
ADDRESSES: The public may send comments to USDA Forest Service, FM,
Director, 201 14th Street, SW., Mailstop 1103, Washington, DC 20024, or
by e-mail to wospecialproducts@fs.fed.us.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Fitzgerald, Forest Service,
Forest Management Staff, (202) 205-1753. Individuals who use
telecommunication devices for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 between 8 a.m. and 8
p.m., Eastern Standard Time, Monday through Friday.
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 5107]
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
36 CFR Parts 223 and 261
RIN 0596-AB81
Sale and Disposal of National Forest System Timber; Special
Forest Products and Forest Botanical Products
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Final rule; notice of delay of effective date and comment
period.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the memorandum of January 20, 2009, from
the Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff, entitled
``Regulatory Review,'' published in the Federal Register on January 26,
2009, the Department is delaying the effective date and opening for
public comment, the rule published on December 29, 2008. This rule
regulates the sustainable free use, commercial harvest, and sale of
special forest products and forest botanical products from National
Forest System lands. The December rule was originally set to take
effect January 28, 2009.
DATES: Effective January 28, 2009, the effective date of the rule
amending 36 CFR parts 223 and 261 published at 73 FR 79367, December
29, 2008, is delayed until March 30, 2009. Comments must be received by
March 2, 2009.
ADDRESSES: The public may send comments to USDA Forest Service, FM,
Director, 201 14th Street, SW., Mailstop 1103, Washington, DC 20024, or
by e-mail to wospecialproducts@fs.fed.us.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Fitzgerald, Forest Service,
Forest Management Staff, (202) 205-1753. Individuals who use
telecommunication devices for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 between 8 a.m. and 8
p.m., Eastern Standard Time, Monday through Friday.
