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Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 74, No. 125, July 1, 2009

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Federal Register
Vol. 74, No. 125
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
 
There are 4 announcements in this issue
 
    1. TOXICS - ND. EPA. Pesticide Product Registration; Conditional Approval
 
    2. TOXICS - ND. EPA. Sodium Dimethyldithiocarbamate; Notice of Receipt of Requests for Amendments to Delete Uses in a Pesticide Registration
 
    3. HAZ/Nuclear - ND. DOE. Finding of No Significant Impact: Disposition of DOE Excess Depleted Uranium, Natural Uranium, and Low-Enriched Uranium
 
    4. WATER, LAND - ND. CEQ. Economic and Environmental Principles and Guidelines for Water and Related Land Resources Implementation Studies; Initiation of Revision and Request for Suggested Changes
  
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 - ND. EPA. Pesticide Product Registration; Conditional Approval
 
[Federal Register: July 1, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 125)]
[Notices]              
[Page 31426]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0565; FRL-8423-7]
 
Pesticide Product Registration; Conditional Approval

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces Agency approval of an application
submitted by MacIntosh and Associates, Incorporated (on behalf of
Pasteuria Bioscience, Incorporated), to conditionally register the
pesticide product Pasteuria usgae - BL1 containing a new active
ingredient not included in any previously registered products pursuant
to the provisions of section 3(c)(7)(C) of the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeannine Kausch, Biopesticides and
Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 347-8920; e-mail
address: kausch.jeannine@epa.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 2


Subject: TOXICS - ND. EPA. Sodium Dimethyldithiocarbamate; Notice of Receipt of Requests for Amendments to Delete Uses in a Pesticide Registration
 
[Federal Register: July 1, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 125)]
[Notices]              
[Page 31428-31430]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0321; FRL-8417-2]

Sodium Dimethyldithiocarbamate; Notice of Receipt of Requests for
Amendments to Delete Uses in a Pesticide Registration

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a
notice of receipt of request for amendments by registrants to delete
uses in a pesticide registration. Section 6(f)(1) of FIFRA provides
that a registrant of a pesticide product may at any time request that
any of its pesticide registrations be amended to delete one or more
uses. FIFRA further provides that, before acting on the request, EPA
must publish a notice of receipt of any request in the Federal
Register.

DATES: The deletions are effective July 31, 2009, unless the Agency
receives a written withdrawal request on or before July 31, 2009. The
Agency will consider a withdrawal request postmarked no later than July
31, 2009.
    Users of this product who desire continued use on crops or sites
being deleted should contact the applicable registrant on or before
July 31, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit your withdrawal request, identified by docket
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0321, by one of the
following methods:
    Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public
Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.
    Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public Docket (7502P),
Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South
Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries are only
accepted during the Docket Facility's normal hours of operation (8:30
a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays).
Special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed
information. The Docket Facility telephone number is (703) 305-5805.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eliza Blair, Antimicrobials (7510P)
Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001;
telephone number: (703) 308-7279; e-mail address: blair.eliza@epa.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 3


Subject: HAZ/Nuclear - ND. DOE. Finding of No Significant Impact: Disposition of DOE Excess Depleted Uranium, Natural Uranium, and Low-Enriched Uranium
 
[Federal Register: July 1, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 125)]
[Notices]              
[Page 31420-31424]

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Finding of No Significant Impact: Disposition of DOE Excess
Depleted Uranium, Natural Uranium, and Low-Enriched Uranium

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Finding of No Significant Impact.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE, the Department) has
completed an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Disposition of DOE
Excess Depleted Uranium (DU), Natural Uranium (NU), and Low-Enriched
Uranium (LEU) (DOE/EA-1607). Based on the analysis in the EA, the
Department has determined that the proposed action, DOE dispositioning
its excess uranium inventory using one or a combination of two
methods--(1) enrichment to either NU or LEU product and subsequent
storage or sale of the resultant NU or LEU product (Enrichment
Alternative), and (2) direct sale to appropriately licensed entities
(Direct Sale Alternative)--does not constitute a major Federal action
significantly affecting the quality of the human environment within the
context of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA).
Therefore, the preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
is not required and the Department is issuing this Finding of No
Significant Impact (FONSI).

ADDRESSES: Single copies of the EA and FONSI may be obtained from:

Mr. Ronald Hagen, NEPA Document Manager, NE-6, Forrestal Building, U.S.
Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC
20585-0113, Phone: (202) 586-1381, Facsimile: (202) 287-3701,
Electronic mail: Ronald.Hagen@nuclear.energy.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Ronald Hagen, Phone: (202) 586-1381, Electronic mail:
Ronald.Hagen@nuclear.energy.gov.
For information on DOE's NEPA process:
Ms. Carol Borgstrom, Director, NEPA Policy and Compliance, GC-20,
Forrestal Building, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585-0113, Phone: (202) 586-4600,
Facsimile: (202) 586-7031.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 4


Subject: WATER, LAND - ND. CEQ. Economic and Environmental Principles and Guidelines for Water and Related Land Resources Implementation Studies; Initiation of Revision and Request for Suggested Changes
 
[Federal Register: July 1, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 125)]
[Notices]              
[Page 31415]

COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

Economic and Environmental Principles and Guidelines for Water
and Related Land Resources Implementation Studies; Initiation of
Revision and Request for Suggested Changes

AGENCY: Council on Environmental Quality.

ACTION: Notice and Request for Suggestions.

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SUMMARY: Section 2031 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007
(Pub. L. 110-114) directs the Secretary of the Army to revise the
``Economic and Environmental Principles and Guidelines for Water and
Related Land Resources Implementation Studies,'' dated March 10, 1983,
consistent with a number of considerations enumerated in the statute.
The Administration is considering developing uniform planning standards
for the development of water resources that would apply government-
wide, including agencies other than the traditional water resources
development agencies covered under the current Principles and
Guidelines: the Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation
(Interior), Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA), and
Tennessee Valley Authority. Therefore, the Council on Environmental
Quality (CEQ) will facilitate an interagency drafting of revised
Principles and Guidelines for planning water resources projects that
could be applied government-wide.
    Upon completion, the revision would apply to Federal water
resources implementation studies including project reevaluations and
modifications except those commenced prior to the issuance of the
revised guidance. It is intended that the revision will be conducted in
two phases, with the first phase addressing revisions to the 1983
Principles and Standards (Chapter I of the existing Guidelines) and the
second phase addressing revisions to the Procedures (Chapters II
through IV of the 1983 Guidelines). The purpose of this notice is to
provide an opportunity for interested individuals and organizations to
submit suggestions for revising the Principles and Guidelines. Using
that input, CEQ intends for the initial draft of the revision to be
prepared and released for public comments and review by the National
Academy of Sciences.

DATES: CEQ will hold a Webinar to hear public comment on
recommendations to revise the Principles and Guidelines on July 13,
2009, from 1 to 3:30 p.m. EDT. Written suggestions are being accepted
now and will be accepted through the end of the business day, July 17,
2009.

ADDRESSES: Suggestions should be submitted in writing to the Council on
Environmental Quality, Attn: Terry Breyman, 722 Jackson Place, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503 or via e-mail to P&G@ceq.eop.gov or FAX 202-456-
6546.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Terry Breyman, Associate Director for
Natural Resources, at 202-456-9721.

 
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