Monday, September 21, 2009

Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 74, No. 181, September 21, 2009

Federal Register
Vol. 74, No. 181
Monday, September 21, 2009
 
Note: There are no nationally applicable announcement from U.S. EPA today.
 
There are 5 announcements in this issue
 
    1. WILDLIFE, LAND - FR. USDA/Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Emerald Ash Borer; Quarantined Areas; Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin
 
    2. LAND, WATER - FRI/Comment Extension. USDA/Commodity Credit Corporation. Conservation Stewardship Program
 
    3. ALL - ND/Comment Request. OMB. Draft 2009 Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations
 
    4. ENERGY/Nuclear, HAZ/Nuclear - ND. NRC. Draft Regulatory Guide: Issuance, Availability; Instrument Lines Penetrating the Primary Reactor Containment
 
    5. ALL - FRI/Withdrawal. USDA/Rural Utilities Service. Rural Development Guaranteed Loans
   
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: WILDLIFE, LAND - FR. USDA/Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Emerald Ash Borer; Quarantined Areas; Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin
 
[Federal Register: September 21, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 181)]
[Rules and Regulations]              
[Page 47999-48001]

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

7 CFR Part 301

[Docket No. APHIS-2008-0072]

Emerald Ash Borer; Quarantined Areas; Maryland, Michigan,
Minnesota, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and
Wisconsin

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Interim rule and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: We are amending the emerald ash borer regulations by adding
areas in Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Pennsylvania,
Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin to the list of areas quarantined
because of emerald ash borer. As a result of this action, the
interstate movement of regulated articles from those areas is
restricted. This action is necessary to prevent the artificial spread
of the emerald ash borer from infested areas in the States of Maryland,
Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia,
and Wisconsin into noninfested areas of the United States.

DATES: This interim rule is effective September 21, 2009. We will
consider all comments that we receive on or before November 20, 2009.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
    Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://
www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/
main?main=DocketDetial&d=APHIS-2008-0072
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-2008-0072, 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-2008-0072.
    Reading Room: You may read any comments that we receive on this
docket in our reading room. The reading room is located in room 1141 of
the USDA South Building, 14th Street and Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC. Normal reading room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except holidays. To be sure someone is there to
help you, please call (202) 690-2817 before coming.
    Other Information: Additional information about APHIS and its
programs is available on the Internet at http://www.aphis.usda.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Paul Chaloux, National Program
Coordinator, Emerald Ash Borer Program, Emergency and Domestic
Programs, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 137, Riverdale, MD 20737-
1231; (301) 734-0917.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 2


Subject: LAND, WATER - FRI/Comment Extension. USDA/Commodity Credit Corporation. Conservation Stewardship Program
 
[Federal Register: September 21, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 181)]
[Rules and Regulations]              
[Page 48005]

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Commodity Credit Corporation

7 CFR Part 1470

RIN 0578-AA43

Conservation Stewardship Program

AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation, Natural Resources Conservation
Service, United States Department of Agriculture.

ACTION: Interim final rule; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), on behalf
of the Commodity Credit Corporation, published in the Federal Register
of July 29, 2009, an interim final rule with request for comment
establishing the program framework for implementation of the
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP). The July 29, 2009, interim
final rule established a 60-day comment period that closes on September
28, 2009. This document extends the comment period an additional 30-day
period to provide the public an opportunity to comment upon the
implementation of the program through the first sign-up and ranking
period that closes September 30, 2009.

DATES: The comment period for the CSP interim final rule published on
July 29, 2009 (74 FR 37499) is hereby extended and comments must be
received on or before October 28, 2009. Additionally, NRCS has extended
the public comment period for the Environmental Analysis (EA) and
Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) until October 28, 2009. A copy
of the EA and FONSI may be obtained, and comments submitted, as
provided for in the July 29, 2009, CSP interim final rule.

ADDRESSES: You may send comments (identified by Docket Number NRCS-IFR-
09004) using any of the following methods:
    Government-wide rulemaking Web site: Go to http://
www.regulations.gov
and follow the instructions for sending comments
electronically.
    Mail: Gregory K. Johnson, Director, Financial Assistance
Programs Division, Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources
Conservation Service, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Room 5237 South
Building, Washington, DC 20250;
    E-mail: CSP2008@wdc.usda.gov.
    Fax: (202) 720-4265.
    Hand Delivery: USDA South Building, 1400 Independence
Avenue, SW., Room 5237, Washington, DC 20250, between 9 a.m. and 4
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays. Please ask the
guard at the entrance to the South Building to call (202) 720-4527 in
order to be escorted into the building;
    The interim final rule and this extension may be accessed
via the Internet. Users can access the NRCS homepage at: http://
www.nrcs.usda.gov
; select the Farm Bill link from the menu; select the
Interim Final Rules link from beneath the Final and Interim Final Rules
Index title. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means
for communication (Braille, large print, audio tape, etc.) should
contact the USDA Target Center at: (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gregory Johnson, Director, Financial
Assistance Programs Division, Department of Agriculture, Natural
Resources Conservation Service, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Room
5237 South Building, Washington, DC 20250; Phone: (202) 720-1845; Fax:
(202) 720-4265; or e-mail CSP2008@wdc.usda.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 3


Subject: ALL - ND/Comment Request. OMB. Draft 2009 Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations
 
[Federal Register: September 21, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 181)]
[Notices]              
[Page 48101-48102]

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

Draft 2009 Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of
Federal Regulations

AGENCY: Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the
President.

ACTION: Notice of availability and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) requests comments on
its Draft 2009 Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal
Regulations. The full Draft Report is available at http://
www.whitehouse.gov/omb/inforeg_regpol_reports_congress/
, and is
divided into four chapters. Chapter I examines the benefits and costs
of major Federal regulations issued in fiscal year 2008 and summarizes
the benefits and costs of major regulations issued between September
1998 and 2008. It also discusses regulatory impacts on State, local,
and tribal governments, small business, wages, and economic growth.
Chapter II examines trends in regulation since OMB began to compile
benefit and cost estimates records in 1981. Chapter III provides an
update on implementation of the Information Quality Act. Chapter IV
summarizes agency compliance with the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act.

DATES: To ensure consideration of comments as OMB prepares this Draft
Report for submission to Congress, comments must be in writing and
received by 45 days after publication.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments by one of the following methods:
    http://www.regulations.gov: Direct comments to Docket ID
OMB-2009-0017.
    Fax: (202) 395-7285.
     Mail: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office
of Management and Budget, Attn: Darcel D. Gayle, NEOB, Room 10202, 725
17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503. We are still experiencing
delays in the regular mail, including first class and express mail. To
ensure that your comments are received, we recommend that comments on
this draft report be electronically submitted.
    All comments submitted in response to this notice will be made
available to the public, including by posting them on OMB's Web site.
For this reason, please do not include in your comments information of
a confidential nature, such as sensitive personal information or
proprietary information. The http://www.regulations.gov Web site is an
``anonymous access'' system, which means OMB will not know your
identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of
your comment.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Darcel D. Gayle, Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, NEOB, Room
10202, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503. Telephone: (202)
395-3084.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 4


Subject: ENERGY/Nuclear, HAZ/Nuclear - ND. NRC. Draft Regulatory Guide: Issuance, Availability; Instrument Lines Penetrating the Primary Reactor Containment
 
[Federal Register: September 21, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 181)]
[Notices]              
[Page 48102-48103]

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2009-0413]

Draft Regulatory Guide: Issuance, Availability

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Issuance and Availability of Draft Regulatory Guide,
DG-1225.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerome Bettle, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone: (301) 415-1314 or e-
mail to Jerome.Bettle@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public
comment a draft guide in the agency's ``Regulatory Guide'' series. This
series was developed to describe and make available to the public such
information as methods that are acceptable to the NRC staff for
implementing specific parts of the NRC's regulations, techniques that
the staff uses in evaluating specific problems or postulated accidents,
and data that the staff needs in its review of applications for permits
and licenses.
    The draft regulatory guide (DG), titled, ``Instrument Lines
Penetrating the Primary Reactor Containment,'' is temporarily
identified by its task number, DG-1225, which should be mentioned in
all related correspondence. DG-1225 is proposed Revision 1 of
Regulatory Guide 1.11, dated March 1971.
    General Design Criterion (GDC) 55, ``Reactor Coolant Pressure
Boundary Penetrating Containment,'' and GDC 56, ``Primary Containment
Isolation,'' of Appendix A, ``General Design Criteria for Nuclear Power
Plants,'' to Title 10, Part 50, ``Domestic Licensing of Production and
Utilization Facilities,'' of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR
Part 50) require, in part, that each line that penetrates the primary
reactor containment and that is part of the reactor coolant pressure
boundary or connects directly to the containment atmosphere has at
least one locked, closed isolation valve or one automatic valve inside
and one automatic valve outside containment ``unless it can be
demonstrated that the containment isolation provisions for a specific
class of lines, such as instrument lines, are acceptable on some other
defined basis.'' This guide defines a basis that the staff of the NRC
considers acceptable to implement GDC 55 and 56 with regard to
instrument lines. This guide applies to all types of nuclear power
plants.

II. Further Information

    The NRC staff is soliciting comments on DG-1225. Comments may be
accompanied by relevant information or supporting data and should
mention DG-1225 in the subject line. Comments submitted in writing or
in electronic form will be made available to the public in their
entirety through the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management
System (ADAMS).
    Personal information will not be removed from your comments. You
may submit comments by any of the following methods:

    1. Mail comments to: Rulemaking and Directives Branch, MS TWB 05
B01M, Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001.
    2. E-mail comments to: nrcrep.resource@nrc.gov.
    3. Fax comments to: Rulemaking and Directives Branch, Office of
Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission at (301) 492-3446.
    Requests for technical information about DG-1225 may be directed to
the NRC contact, Jerome Bettle at (301) 415-1314 or e-mail to
Jerome.Bettle@nrc.gov.
    Comments would be most helpful if received by November 16, 2009.
Comments received after that date will be considered if it is practical
to do so, but the NRC is able to ensure consideration only for comments
received on or before this date. Although a time limit is given,
comments and suggestions in connection with items for inclusion in
guides currently being developed or improvements in all published
guides are encouraged at any time.
    Electronic copies of DG-1225 are available through the NRC's public
Web site under Draft Regulatory Guides in the ``Regulatory Guides''
collection of the NRC's Electronic Reading Room at http://www.nrc.gov/
reading-rm/doc-collections/
. Electronic copies are also available in
ADAMS (http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html), under Accession No.
ML090970530.
    In addition, regulatory guides are available for inspection at the
NRC's Public Document Room (PDR), which is located at 11555 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The PDR's mailing address is USNRC PDR,
Washington, DC 20555-0001. The PDR can also be reached by telephone at
(301) 415-4737 or (800) 397-4205, by fax at (301) 415-3548, and by e-
mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
    Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and Commission approval is
not required to reproduce them.

 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 5


Subject: ALL - FRI/Withdrawal. USDA/Rural Utilities Service. Rural Development Guaranteed Loans
 
[Federal Register: September 21, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 181)]
[Rules and Regulations]              
[Page 48005-48007]

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utilities Service

7 CFR Part 1779

Rural Housing Service

7 CFR Part 3575

Rural Business--Cooperative Service

Rural Utilities Service

7 CFR Parts 4279 and 4280

Rural Business--Cooperative Service

Rural Housing Service

Rural Utilities Service

7 CFR Part 5001

[FR Doc. E8-29151]
RIN 0570-AA65

Rural Development Guaranteed Loans

AGENCIES: Rural Business--Cooperative Service, Rural Housing Service,
Rural Utilities Service, USDA.

ACTION: Interim final rule; withdrawal.

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SUMMARY: On December 17, 2008, USDA Rural Development published an
interim rule with request for comments establishing a unified
guaranteed loan platform for the enhanced delivery of four existing
Rural Development guaranteed loan programs--Community Facility; Water
and Waste Disposal; Business and Industry; and Renewable Energy Systems
and Energy Efficiency Improvement Projects. Having considered the
comments received on the interim rule and for the reasons explained
below, Rural Development is withdrawing the interim rule for Rural
Development Guaranteed Loans.

DATES: The interim final rule published on December 17, 2008 (73 FR
76698), delayed until February 17, 2009 (74 FR 2823), further delayed
until March 9, 2009 (74 FR 7179), further delayed until June 1, 2009
(74 FR 9759), and further delayed until October 1, 2009 (74 FR 25617)
is withdrawn as of September 21, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Michael Foore, Rural Development,
Business and Cooperative Programs, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW., Stop 3201, Washington, DC 20250-3201; e-mail:
Michael.Foore@wdc.usda.gov; telephone (202) 690-4730.
 
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