Monday, April 13, 2009

Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 74, No. 69, April 13, 2009

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Federal Register
Vol. 74, No. 69
Monday, April 13, 2009
 
Note: Some EPA pesticide status information and petitions omitted. There were no other nationally applicable announcements from U.S. EPA today (click here).
 
There are 3 announcements in this issue
 
    1. TOXICS - FR/Delay Compliance. USDA/Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act of 2002; Biennial Review and Republication of the Select Agent and Toxin List; Delay of Compliance Date for Newly Registered Entities
 
    2. TOXICS - PR/Comment Extension. USDA/Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Importation, Interstate Movement, and Release Into the Environment of Certain Genetically Engineered Organisms
 
    3. ENERGY/Efficiency - PR. DOE. Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for General Service Fluorescent Lamps and Incandescent Reflector Lamps   
        

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: TOXICS - FR/Delay Compliance. USDA/Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act of 2002; Biennial Review and Republication of the Select Agent and Toxin List; Delay of Compliance Date for Newly Registered Entities
 
[Federal Register: April 13, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 69)]
[Rules and Regulations]              
[Page 16753-16754]

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

7 CFR Part 331

9 CFR Part 121

[Docket No. APHIS-2007-0033]
RIN 0579-AC53

Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act of 2002; Biennial Review
and Republication of the Select Agent and Toxin List; Delay of
Compliance Date for Newly Registered Entities

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Final rule; delay of compliance date.

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SUMMARY: In a final rule published in the Federal Register on October
16, 2008 (73 FR 61325-61332, Docket No. APHIS-2007-0033), and effective
November 17, 2008, we amended and republished the list of select agents
and toxins that have the potential to pose a severe threat to animal or
plant health, or to animal or plant products, thus implementing the
findings of the second biennial review of that list. Among other
changes, we changed the entry for ``Newcastle disease virus
(velogenic)'' to read ``virulent Newcastle disease virus,'' thus
including some non-velogenic strains of Newcastle disease virus as
select agents. The final rule set the compliance date for entities that
were newly required to register as entities possessing select agents or
toxins as April 14, 2009. Since the publication of the final rule, we
have been notified of entities that use virulent Newcastle disease
virus and that have not previously been registered. This notice informs
the public that we are extending the compliance date for new
registrants to July 13, 2009, to give us additional time to determine
how best to regulate those entities.

DATES: The compliance date for entities that are newly required to
register is extended to July 13, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information concerning the
regulations in 7 CFR part 331, contact Ms. Cassie Armiger, Program
Analyst, Select Agent Program, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 2,
Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; (301) 734-5960.
    For information concerning the regulations in 9 CFR part 121,
contact Dr. Freeda Isaac, Director, NCIE, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road,
Unit 39, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; (301) 734-8364.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 2


Subject: TOXICS - PR/Comment Extension. USDA/Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Importation, Interstate Movement, and Release Into the Environment of Certain Genetically Engineered Organisms
 
[Federal Register: April 13, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 69)]
[Proposed Rules]              
[Page 16797-16798]

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

7 CFR Part 340

[Docket No. APHIS-2008-0023]
RIN 0579-AC31

Importation, Interstate Movement, and Release Into the
Environment of Certain Genetically Engineered Organisms

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of public meeting and extension of
comment period.

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SUMMARY: We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service is holding an issue-focused public meeting on April
29 and 30, 2009, on its proposed rule, ``Importation, Interstate
Movement, and Release Into the Environment of Certain Genetically
Engineered Organisms.'' The April 2009 issue meeting will provide an
opportunity for interested persons to discuss in a collaborative forum
the key concerns that were raised during the comment period on the
proposed rule with U.S. Department of Agriculture officials and with
one another.

DATES: The comment period of the proposed rule published at 73 FR
60007, Oct. 9, 2008, reopened and extended at 74 FR 2907, Jan. 16,
2009, is reopened and extended until June 29, 2009. The public meeting
will be held on April 29 and 30, 2009, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day.
We will consider all comments that we receive on the proposed rule on
or before June 29, 2009.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held at the USDA Center at
Riverside, 4700 River Road, Riverdale, MD, in Conference Room B. For
directions or facilities information, call (301) 734-8010.
    You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
    Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://
www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/
main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS-2008-0023
to submit or view comments and
to view supporting and related materials available electronically.
    Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Please send two copies of
your comment to Docket No. APHIS-2008-0023, Regulatory Analysis and
Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 3A-03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118,
Riverdale, MD 20737-1238. Please state that your comment refers to
Docket No. APHIS-2008-0023.
    Registration and Other Information: If you plan to attend the
public meeting, please register prior to the meeting at http://
web01.aphis.usda.gov/BRS_PublicMeeting.nsf/
. Additional details
regarding the agenda and format of the meeting are available on the
APHIS Web site at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/biotechnology/340/340_
index.shtml
.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Richard Coker, Biotechnology
Regulatory Services, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 147, Riverdale, MD
20737-1238; (301) 734-5720.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 3


Subject: ENERGY/Efficiency - PR. DOE. Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for General Service Fluorescent Lamps and Incandescent Reflector Lamps
 
[Federal Register: April 13, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 69)]
[Proposed Rules]              
[Page 16919-17027]

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

10 CFR Part 430

[Docket Number EE-2006-STD-0131]
RIN 1904-AA92

Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for
General Service Fluorescent Lamps and Incandescent Reflector Lamps

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) prescribes
energy conservation standards for various consumer products and
commercial and industrial equipment, including general service
fluorescent lamps (GSFL) and incandescent reflector lamps (IRL), and
the statute also requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to
subsequently determine whether more stringent, amended standards for
GSFL and IRL would be technologically feasible and economically
justified, and would save a significant amount of energy. In addition,
EPCA directs DOE to consider adoption of standards for additional GSFL
not already covered by EPCA-prescribed standards. In this notice, DOE
proposes amended energy conservation standards for certain GSFL and IRL
and new energy conservation standards for certain additional GSFL not
currently covered by standards.

DATES: DOE held a public meeting on Tuesday, February 3, 2009 in
Washington, DC. DOE began accepting comments, data, and information
regarding this notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) at the public
meeting, and will continue to accept comments until no later than June
12, 2009. See section VIII, ``Public Participation,'' of this NOPR for
details.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting was held at the U.S. Department of
Energy, Forrestal Building, Room 1E-245, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20585-0121.
    Any comments submitted must identify the NOPR for Energy
Conservation Standards for Lighting Products, and provide the docket
number EE-2006-STD-0131 and/or regulatory information number (RIN)
number 1904-AA92. Comments may be submitted using any of the following
methods:
    Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    E-mail: fluorescent_and_incandescent_
lamps.rulemaking@ee.doe.gov
. Include the docket number EE-2006-STD-
0131and/or RIN 1904-AA92 in the subject line of the message.
    Postal Mail: Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S. Department of
Energy, Building Technologies Program, Mailstop EE-2J, 1000
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585-0121. Please submit one
signed paper original.
    Hand Delivery/Courier: Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S. Department
of Energy, Building Technologies Program, 950 L'Enfant Plaza, SW.,
Suite 600, Washington, DC 20024. Telephone: (202) 586-2945. Please
submit one signed paper original.
    For detailed instructions on submitting comments and additional
information on the rulemaking process, see section VIII of this
document (Public Participation).
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, visit the U.S. Department of Energy, Resource Room
of the Building Technologies Program, 950 L'Enfant Plaza, SW., Suite
600, Washington, DC, (202) 586-2945, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays. Please call Ms. Brenda Edwards
at the above telephone number for additional information regarding
visiting the Resource Room.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Ms. Linda Graves, U.S. Department of
Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Building
Technologies Program, EE-2J, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington,
DC 20585-0121. Telephone: (202) 586-1851. E-mail:
Linda.Graves@ee.doe.gov.
    Mr. Eric Stas or Ms. Francine Pinto, U.S. Department of Energy,
Office of the General Counsel, GC-72, Forrestal Building, Mail Station
GC-72, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585-0121.
Telephone: (202) 586-9507. E-mail: Eric.Stas@hq.doe.gov or
Francine.Pinto@hq.doe.gov.
    For information on how to submit or review public comments, contact
Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Building Technologies Program, EE-2J,
1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585-0121. Telephone:
(202) 586-2945. E-mail: Brenda.Edwards@ee.doe.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 4


Subject: MI/WILDLIFE - ND. DOI/FWS. Kirtland's Warbler Wildlife Management Area, Located Throughout 8 Counties in the Northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan; draft comprehensive conservation plan and environmental assessment; request for comments
 
[Federal Register: April 13, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 69)]
[Notices]              
[Page 16886-16888]

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R3-R-2009-N0036; 30136-1265-0000-S3]

Kirtland's Warbler Wildlife Management Area, Located Throughout 8
Counties in the Northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability: draft comprehensive conservation plan
and environmental assessment; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the
availability of a draft comprehensive conservation plan (CCP) and draft
environmental assessment (EA) for Kirtland's Warbler Wildlife
Management Area (Kirtland's Warbler WMA) for public review and comment.
In this draft CCP/EA we describe how we propose to manage Kirtland's
Warbler WMA for the next 15 years. The Kirtland's Warbler WMA is part
of the National Wildlife Refuge System and is administered by the staff
of Seney National Wildlife Refuge (NWR).

DATES: To ensure consideration, we must receive your written comments
by May 15, 2009. Special mailings, newspaper articles, internet
postings, and other media announcements will inform people of the
opportunities to submit written comments.

ADDRESSES: Send your comments or requests for more information by any
of the following methods. You may also drop off comments in person at
Seney NWR.
    Agency Web site: View or download a copy of the document
and comment at http://www.fws.gov/midwest/Planning/kirtland/
   
E-mail: r3planning@fws.gov. Include ``Kirtland's Warbler
WMA Draft CCP/EA'' in the subject line of the message.
    Fax: 906-586-3800.
    Mail: Attention: Refuge Manager, Seney National Wildlife
Refuge, 1674 Refuge Entrance Road, Seney, MI 49883.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tracy Casselman, 906-586-9851.
 
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