Federal Register
Vol. 74, No. 81
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Vol. 74, No. 81
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
There are 8 announcements in this issue
1. TOXICS - ND. EPA. Issuance of an Experimental Use Permit for active ingredient Bacillus firmus isolate I-1582 in several states
2. TOXICS - ND. EPA. Endosulfan; Petitions Requesting Cancellation of All Uses
3. TOXICS - NM. DHHS. National Toxicology Program (NTP); Office of Liaison, Policy and Review; Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee on Alternative Toxicological Methods (SACATM)
4. ENERGY, WATER - FR/FEIS. DOI/MMS. Renewable Energy and Alternate Uses of Existing Facilities on the Outer Continental Shelf
5. WILDLIFE, WATER - ND. DOC/NOAA. Marine Mammal Stock Assessment Reports; Notice of availability; response to comments
6. DRINK - NF. USDA/Rural Utilities Service. Household Water Well System Grant Program Announcement of Application Deadlines and Funding
7. ENERGY, CLIMATE - NM. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory Committee Meeting
8. ENERGY - NM. DOE. State Energy Advisory Board (STEAB)
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. Issuance of an Experimental Use Permit for active ingredient Bacillus firmus isolate I-1582 in several states
[Federal Register: April 29, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 81)]
[Notices]
[Page 19557]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0161; FRL-8410-9]
Issuance of an Experimental Use Permit
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: EPA has granted an experimental use permit (EUP) to the
following pesticide applicant. An EUP permits use of a pesticide for
experimental or research purposes only in accordance with the
limitations in the permit.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shanaz Bacchus, Biopesticides and
Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-8097; e-mail
address: bacchus.shanaz@epa.gov. . .
EPA has issued the following EUP:
82608-EUP-1. Issuance. AgroGreen, Biological Division, Minrav
Infrastructures (1993) Ltd., 3 Habossem Str, P.O. Box 153, Ashdod,
77101, Israel, represented by SciReg, Inc., 12733 Director's Loop,
Woodbridge, VA 22192, USA. This EUP allows the use of 85.84 pounds (39.
02 kilograms) of the end-use product BAFI SDN (100%), containing the
active ingredient Bacillus firmus isolate I-1582 for treating seeds to
be planted on 7,478.25 acres of corn, cotton, and soybean to evaluate
the control of nematodes. The program is authorized only in the States
of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, and North
Carolina for seed treatments and in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado,
Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina,
North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee,
Texas, and Wisconsin for planting treated seeds. Untreated seeds are to
be planted as controls on approximately 1,496 acres concurrently with
the planting of treated seeds in the specified states. The EUP is
effective from April 8, 2009 to April 8, 2011.
[Notices]
[Page 19557]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0161; FRL-8410-9]
Issuance of an Experimental Use Permit
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: EPA has granted an experimental use permit (EUP) to the
following pesticide applicant. An EUP permits use of a pesticide for
experimental or research purposes only in accordance with the
limitations in the permit.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shanaz Bacchus, Biopesticides and
Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-8097; e-mail
address: bacchus.shanaz@epa.gov. . .
EPA has issued the following EUP:
82608-EUP-1. Issuance. AgroGreen, Biological Division, Minrav
Infrastructures (1993) Ltd., 3 Habossem Str, P.O. Box 153, Ashdod,
77101, Israel, represented by SciReg, Inc., 12733 Director's Loop,
Woodbridge, VA 22192, USA. This EUP allows the use of 85.84 pounds (39.
02 kilograms) of the end-use product BAFI SDN (100%), containing the
active ingredient Bacillus firmus isolate I-1582 for treating seeds to
be planted on 7,478.25 acres of corn, cotton, and soybean to evaluate
the control of nematodes. The program is authorized only in the States
of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, and North
Carolina for seed treatments and in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado,
Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina,
North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee,
Texas, and Wisconsin for planting treated seeds. Untreated seeds are to
be planted as controls on approximately 1,496 acres concurrently with
the planting of treated seeds in the specified states. The EUP is
effective from April 8, 2009 to April 8, 2011.
ACCESS THE COMPLETE PUBLISHED ANNOUNCEMENT IN HTML OR PDF FORMATS AT:
ANNOUNCEMENT 2
Subject: TOXICS - ND. EPA. Endosulfan; Petitions Requesting Cancellation of All Uses
[Federal Register: April 29, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 81)]
[Notices]
[Page 19558-19559]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0615; FRL-8410-2]
Endosulfan; Petitions Requesting Cancellation of All Uses
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice asks the public to comment on requests from the
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the Pesticide Action
Network North America (PANNA) that EPA cancel all uses of the
organochlorine pesticide endosulfan.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 29, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0615, by one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
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: Melanie Biscoe, Special Review and
Reregistration Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: 703-305-7106; fax number:
703-308-8090; e-mail address: biscoe.melanie@epa.gov.
[Notices]
[Page 19558-19559]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0615; FRL-8410-2]
Endosulfan; Petitions Requesting Cancellation of All Uses
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice asks the public to comment on requests from the
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the Pesticide Action
Network North America (PANNA) that EPA cancel all uses of the
organochlorine pesticide endosulfan.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 29, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0615, by one of the following methods:
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.
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: Melanie Biscoe, Special Review and
Reregistration Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: 703-305-7106; fax number:
703-308-8090; e-mail address: biscoe.melanie@epa.gov.
ANNOUNCEMENT 3
Subject: TOXICS - NM. DHHS. National Toxicology Program (NTP); Office of Liaison, Policy and Review; Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee on Alternative
Toxicological Methods (SACATM)
[Federal Register: April 29, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 81)]
[Notices]
[Page 19562-19563]
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Toxicology Program (NTP); Office of Liaison, Policy and
Review; Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee on Alternative
Toxicological Methods (SACATM)
AGENCY: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS),
National Institutes of Health (NIH).
ACTION: Meeting announcement and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee
Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice is hereby given of a
meeting of SACATM on June 25-26, 2009, at the Hilton Arlington Hotel,
950 North Stafford Street, Arlington, VA 22203. The meeting is open to
the public with attendance limited only by the space available. SACATM
advises the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of
Alternative Methods (ICCVAM), the NTP Interagency Center for the
Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods (NICEATM), and the
Director of the NIEHS and NTP regarding statutorily mandated duties of
ICCVAM and activities of NICEATM.
DATES: The SACATM meeting will be held on June 25 and 26, 2009. The
meeting is scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on June 25 and 8:30 a.m.
until adjournment on June 26, 2009. All individuals who plan to attend
are encouraged to register online at the NTP Web site (http://
ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/7441) by June 17, 2009. In order to facilitate
planning, persons wishing to make an oral presentation are asked to
notify Dr. Lori White, NTP Executive Secretary, via online
registration, phone, or e-mail by June 17, 2009 (see ADDRESSES below).
Written comments should also be received by June 17, 2009, to enable
review by SACATM and NIEHS/NTP staff before the meeting.
ADDRESSES: The SACATM meeting will be held at the Hilton Arlington
Hotel, 950 North Stafford Street, Arlington, VA 22203 [hotel: (703)
528-6000)]. Public comments and other correspondence should be directed
to Dr. Lori White (NTP Office of Liaison, Policy and Review, NIEHS,
P.O. Box 12233, MD K2-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709; telephone:
919-541-9834 or e-mail: whiteld@niehs.nih.gov). Courier address: NIEHS,
530 Davis Drive, Room 2136, Durham, NC 27713. Persons needing
interpreting services in order to attend should contact 301-402-8180
(voice) or 301-435-1908 (TTY). Requests should be made at least 7 days in advance of the meeting.
[Notices]
[Page 19562-19563]
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Toxicology Program (NTP); Office of Liaison, Policy and
Review; Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee on Alternative
Toxicological Methods (SACATM)
AGENCY: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS),
National Institutes of Health (NIH).
ACTION: Meeting announcement and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee
Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice is hereby given of a
meeting of SACATM on June 25-26, 2009, at the Hilton Arlington Hotel,
950 North Stafford Street, Arlington, VA 22203. The meeting is open to
the public with attendance limited only by the space available. SACATM
advises the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of
Alternative Methods (ICCVAM), the NTP Interagency Center for the
Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods (NICEATM), and the
Director of the NIEHS and NTP regarding statutorily mandated duties of
ICCVAM and activities of NICEATM.
DATES: The SACATM meeting will be held on June 25 and 26, 2009. The
meeting is scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on June 25 and 8:30 a.m.
until adjournment on June 26, 2009. All individuals who plan to attend
are encouraged to register online at the NTP Web site (http://
ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/7441) by June 17, 2009. In order to facilitate
planning, persons wishing to make an oral presentation are asked to
notify Dr. Lori White, NTP Executive Secretary, via online
registration, phone, or e-mail by June 17, 2009 (see ADDRESSES below).
Written comments should also be received by June 17, 2009, to enable
review by SACATM and NIEHS/NTP staff before the meeting.
ADDRESSES: The SACATM meeting will be held at the Hilton Arlington
Hotel, 950 North Stafford Street, Arlington, VA 22203 [hotel: (703)
528-6000)]. Public comments and other correspondence should be directed
to Dr. Lori White (NTP Office of Liaison, Policy and Review, NIEHS,
P.O. Box 12233, MD K2-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709; telephone:
919-541-9834 or e-mail: whiteld@niehs.nih.gov). Courier address: NIEHS,
530 Davis Drive, Room 2136, Durham, NC 27713. Persons needing
interpreting services in order to attend should contact 301-402-8180
(voice) or 301-435-1908 (TTY). Requests should be made at least 7 days in advance of the meeting.
ANNOUNCEMENT 4
Subject: ENERGY, WATER - FR/FEIS. DOI/MMS. Renewable Energy and Alternate Uses of Existing Facilities on the Outer Continental Shelf
[Federal Register: April 29, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 81)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 19637-19871]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service
30 CFR Parts 250, 285, and 290
[Docket ID: MMS-2008-OMM-0012]
RIN 1010-AD30
Renewable Energy and Alternate Uses of Existing Facilities on the
Outer Continental Shelf
AGENCY: Minerals Management Service (MMS), Interior.
ACTION: Final rule; Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental
Assessment.
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SUMMARY: The MMS is publishing final regulations to establish a program
to grant leases, easements, and rights-of-way (ROW) for renewable
energy project activities on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), as well
as certain previously unauthorized activities that involve the
alternate use of existing facilities located on the OCS; and to
establish the methods for sharing revenues generated by this program
with nearby coastal States. These regulations will also ensure the
orderly, safe, and environmentally responsible development of renewable
energy sources on the OCS.
The MMS prepared a Final Environmental Assessment (EA) analyzing
this rule. The EA incorporates by reference the Programmatic
Environmental Impact Statement Programmatic Environmental Impact
Statement for Alternative Energy Development and Production and
Alternate Use of Facilities on the Outer Continental Shelf, Final
Environmental Impact Statement, October 2007. The EA was prepared to
assess any impacts of this rule. The Final EA is available on the MMS
Web site at: http://www.mms.gov/offshore/AlternativeEnergy/
RegulatoryInformation.htm.
DATES: Effective Date: This final rule is effective on June 29, 2009.
The incorporation by reference of the publication listed in the
regulation is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of
June 29, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Final rule: Maureen Bornholdt, Program Manager, Office of
Alternative Energy Programs, at (703) 787-1300 or
maureen.bornholdt@mms.gov; or Amy C. White, Regulations and Standards
Branch, at (703) 787-1665 or amy.white@mms.gov.
Environmental Assessment: James F. Bennett, Chief, Branch of
Environmental Assessment, at (703) 787-1660 or James.F.Bennett@mms.gov.
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 19637-19871]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service
30 CFR Parts 250, 285, and 290
[Docket ID: MMS-2008-OMM-0012]
RIN 1010-AD30
Renewable Energy and Alternate Uses of Existing Facilities on the
Outer Continental Shelf
AGENCY: Minerals Management Service (MMS), Interior.
ACTION: Final rule; Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental
Assessment.
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SUMMARY: The MMS is publishing final regulations to establish a program
to grant leases, easements, and rights-of-way (ROW) for renewable
energy project activities on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), as well
as certain previously unauthorized activities that involve the
alternate use of existing facilities located on the OCS; and to
establish the methods for sharing revenues generated by this program
with nearby coastal States. These regulations will also ensure the
orderly, safe, and environmentally responsible development of renewable
energy sources on the OCS.
The MMS prepared a Final Environmental Assessment (EA) analyzing
this rule. The EA incorporates by reference the Programmatic
Environmental Impact Statement Programmatic Environmental Impact
Statement for Alternative Energy Development and Production and
Alternate Use of Facilities on the Outer Continental Shelf, Final
Environmental Impact Statement, October 2007. The EA was prepared to
assess any impacts of this rule. The Final EA is available on the MMS
Web site at: http://www.mms.gov/offshore/AlternativeEnergy/
RegulatoryInformation.htm.
DATES: Effective Date: This final rule is effective on June 29, 2009.
The incorporation by reference of the publication listed in the
regulation is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of
June 29, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Final rule: Maureen Bornholdt, Program Manager, Office of
Alternative Energy Programs, at (703) 787-1300 or
maureen.bornholdt@mms.gov; or Amy C. White, Regulations and Standards
Branch, at (703) 787-1665 or amy.white@mms.gov.
Environmental Assessment: James F. Bennett, Chief, Branch of
Environmental Assessment, at (703) 787-1660 or James.F.Bennett@mms.gov.
ANNOUNCEMENT 5
Subject: WILDLIFE, WATER - ND. DOC/NOAA. Marine Mammal Stock Assessment Reports; Notice of availability; response to comments
[Federal Register: April 29, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 81)]
[Notices]
[Page 19530-19536]
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XL62
Marine Mammal Stock Assessment Reports
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of availability; response to comments.
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SUMMARY: As required by the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS
has incorporated public comments into revisions of marine mammal stock
assessment reports (SARs). These reports for 2008 are now final and
available to the public.
ADDRESSES: Electronic copies of SARs are available on the Internet as
regional compilations and individual reports at the following address:
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/sars/. You also may send requests for
copies of reports to: Chief, Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Conservation
Division, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries
Service, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3226, Attn:
Stock Assessments.
Copies of the Alaska Regional SARs may be requested from Robyn
Angliss, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, 7600 Sand Point Way, BIN
15700, Seattle, WA 98115.Copies of the Atlantic Regional SARs may be
requested from Gordon Waring, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, 166
Water Street, Woods Hole, MA 02543.
Copies of the Pacific Regional SARs may be requested from Jim
Carretta, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NMFS, 8604 La Jolla
Shores Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037-1508.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom Eagle, Office of Protected
Resources, 301-713-2322, ext. 105, e-mail Tom.Eagle@noaa.gov; Robyn
Angliss, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, 206-526-4032, email
Robyn.Angliss@noaa.gov; Gordon Waring, Northeast Fisheries Science
Center, email Gordon.Waring@noaa.gov; or Jim Carretta, Southwest
Fisheries Science Center, 858-546-7171, email Jim.Carretta@noaa.gov.
[Notices]
[Page 19530-19536]
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XL62
Marine Mammal Stock Assessment Reports
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of availability; response to comments.
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SUMMARY: As required by the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS
has incorporated public comments into revisions of marine mammal stock
assessment reports (SARs). These reports for 2008 are now final and
available to the public.
ADDRESSES: Electronic copies of SARs are available on the Internet as
regional compilations and individual reports at the following address:
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/sars/. You also may send requests for
copies of reports to: Chief, Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Conservation
Division, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries
Service, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3226, Attn:
Stock Assessments.
Copies of the Alaska Regional SARs may be requested from Robyn
Angliss, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, 7600 Sand Point Way, BIN
15700, Seattle, WA 98115.Copies of the Atlantic Regional SARs may be
requested from Gordon Waring, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, 166
Water Street, Woods Hole, MA 02543.
Copies of the Pacific Regional SARs may be requested from Jim
Carretta, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NMFS, 8604 La Jolla
Shores Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037-1508.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom Eagle, Office of Protected
Resources, 301-713-2322, ext. 105, e-mail Tom.Eagle@noaa.gov; Robyn
Angliss, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, 206-526-4032, email
Robyn.Angliss@noaa.gov; Gordon Waring, Northeast Fisheries Science
Center, email Gordon.Waring@noaa.gov; or Jim Carretta, Southwest
Fisheries Science Center, 858-546-7171, email Jim.Carretta@noaa.gov.
ANNOUNCEMENT 6
Subject: DRINK - NF. USDA/Rural Utilities Service. Household Water Well System Grant Program Announcement of Application Deadlines and Funding
[Federal Register: April 29, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 81)]
[Notices]
[Page 19503]
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
Household Water Well System Grant Program Announcement of
Application Deadlines and Funding
AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of funding availability and solicitation of
applications.
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SUMMARY: The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural
Utilities Service (RUS) announces the availability of $993,000 in grant
funds for the Household Water Well System (HWWS) Grant Program for
fiscal year (FY) 2009, to be competitively awarded. A notice of funding
availability and solicitation of applications was published in the
November 20, 2008 Federal Register, 73 FR 70315, prior to passage of a
final appropriations bill identifying a definite funding amount. For
information and other requirements on how to apply for HWWS Grant
Program funds, please refer to the November 20, 2008 issue of the
Federal Register.
The HWWS Grant Program is authorized under Section 306E of the
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (CONACT), 7 U.S.C. 1926e.
The CONACT authorizes USDA Rural Development to make grants to
qualified private nonprofit organizations to establish lending programs
for household water wells. The non-profit organizations will use the
grants to make loans to individual homeowners to construct or upgrade a
household water well system for an existing home. The organizations
must contribute an amount equal to at least 10 percent of the grant
request to capitalize the loan fund. Applications may be submitted in
paper or electronic format. The HWWS Grant Program regulations are
contained in 7 CFR part 1776.
DATES: The deadline for completed applications for a HWWS grant is May
31, 2009. Applications in either paper or electronic format must be
postmarked or time-stamped electronically on or before the deadline.
Late applications will be ineligible for grant consideration.
ADDRESSES: Submit electronic grant applications through http://
www.grants.gov (Grants.gov), following the instructions on that Web
site. Submit completed paper applications to the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Rural Utilities Service, Mail Stop1570, Room
2233-S, 1400 Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20250-1570.
Applications should be marked ``Attention: Water and Environmental
Programs.'' Application guides and materials for the HWWS Grant Program
may be obtained electronically through http://www.usda.gov/rus/water/
index.htm. Call (202) 720-9589 to request paper copies of application
guides and materials from the Water and Environmental Programs staff.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cheryl Francis, Loan Specialist, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Rural Development Programs, Water and
Environmental Programs, telephone: (202) 720-1937, fax: (202) 690-0649,
e-mail: cheryl.francis@wdc.usda.gov.
[Notices]
[Page 19503]
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
Household Water Well System Grant Program Announcement of
Application Deadlines and Funding
AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of funding availability and solicitation of
applications.
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SUMMARY: The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural
Utilities Service (RUS) announces the availability of $993,000 in grant
funds for the Household Water Well System (HWWS) Grant Program for
fiscal year (FY) 2009, to be competitively awarded. A notice of funding
availability and solicitation of applications was published in the
November 20, 2008 Federal Register, 73 FR 70315, prior to passage of a
final appropriations bill identifying a definite funding amount. For
information and other requirements on how to apply for HWWS Grant
Program funds, please refer to the November 20, 2008 issue of the
Federal Register.
The HWWS Grant Program is authorized under Section 306E of the
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (CONACT), 7 U.S.C. 1926e.
The CONACT authorizes USDA Rural Development to make grants to
qualified private nonprofit organizations to establish lending programs
for household water wells. The non-profit organizations will use the
grants to make loans to individual homeowners to construct or upgrade a
household water well system for an existing home. The organizations
must contribute an amount equal to at least 10 percent of the grant
request to capitalize the loan fund. Applications may be submitted in
paper or electronic format. The HWWS Grant Program regulations are
contained in 7 CFR part 1776.
DATES: The deadline for completed applications for a HWWS grant is May
31, 2009. Applications in either paper or electronic format must be
postmarked or time-stamped electronically on or before the deadline.
Late applications will be ineligible for grant consideration.
ADDRESSES: Submit electronic grant applications through http://
www.grants.gov (Grants.gov), following the instructions on that Web
site. Submit completed paper applications to the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Rural Utilities Service, Mail Stop
2233-S, 1400 Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20250-1570.
Applications should be marked ``Attention: Water and Environmental
Programs.'' Application guides and materials for the HWWS Grant Program
may be obtained electronically through http://www.usda.gov/rus/water/
index.htm. Call (202) 720-9589 to request paper copies of application
guides and materials from the Water and Environmental Programs staff.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cheryl Francis, Loan Specialist, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Rural Development Programs, Water and
Environmental Programs, telephone: (202) 720-1937, fax: (202) 690-0649,
e-mail: cheryl.francis@wdc.usda.gov.
ANNOUNCEMENT 7
Subject: ENERGY, CLIMATE - NM. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory Committee Meeting
[Federal Register: April 29, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 81)]
[Notices]
[Page 19536]
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory Committee Meeting
This is to give notice that the Commodity Futures Trading
Commission's Energy Markets Advisory Committee will conduct a public
meeting on Wednesday, May 13, 2009. The meeting will take place in the
first floor hearing room of the Commission's Washington, DC
headquarters, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW., Washington,
DC 20581 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. The purpose of the meeting is to
discuss energy and environmental market issues. The meeting will be
chaired by Commissioner Bart Chilton, who is Chairman of the Energy and
Environmental Markets Advisory Committee.
The agenda will consist of the following:
(1) Call to Order and Introduction;
(2) Current Market and Regulatory Developments;
(3) Environmental Commodity Markets: The CFTC and a Carbon-
Constrained World;
(4) Energy Price Volatility and Consumers;
(5) Discussion of Future Meetings and Topics;
(6) Adjournment.
The meeting is open to the public. Any member of the public who
wishes to file a written statement with the committee should mail a
copy of the statement to the attention of: Energy Markets Advisory
Committee, c/o Commissioner Bart Chilton, Commodity Futures Trading
Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW., Washington,
DC 20581, before the meeting. Members of the public who wish to make
oral statements should inform Commissioner Chilton in writing at the
foregoing address at least three business days before the meeting.
Reasonable provision will be made, if time permits, for oral
presentations of no more than five minutes each in duration.
For further information concerning this meeting, please contact
Commissioner Bart Chilton at 202-418-5060.
[Notices]
[Page 19536]
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory Committee Meeting
This is to give notice that the Commodity Futures Trading
Commission's Energy Markets Advisory Committee will conduct a public
meeting on Wednesday, May 13, 2009. The meeting will take place in the
first floor hearing room of the Commission's Washington, DC
headquarters, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW., Washington,
DC 20581 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. The purpose of the meeting is to
discuss energy and environmental market issues. The meeting will be
chaired by Commissioner Bart Chilton, who is Chairman of the Energy and
Environmental Markets Advisory Committee.
The agenda will consist of the following:
(1) Call to Order and Introduction;
(2) Current Market and Regulatory Developments;
(3) Environmental Commodity Markets: The CFTC and a Carbon-
Constrained World;
(4) Energy Price Volatility and Consumers;
(5) Discussion of Future Meetings and Topics;
(6) Adjournment.
The meeting is open to the public. Any member of the public who
wishes to file a written statement with the committee should mail a
copy of the statement to the attention of: Energy Markets Advisory
Committee, c/o Commissioner Bart Chilton, Commodity Futures Trading
Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW., Washington,
DC 20581, before the meeting. Members of the public who wish to make
oral statements should inform Commissioner Chilton in writing at the
foregoing address at least three business days before the meeting.
Reasonable provision will be made, if time permits, for oral
presentations of no more than five minutes each in duration.
For further information concerning this meeting, please contact
Commissioner Bart Chilton at 202-418-5060.
ANNOUNCEMENT 8
Subject: ENERGY - NM. DOE. State Energy Advisory Board (STEAB)
[Federal Register: April 29, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 81)]
[Notices]
[Page 19546]
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
State Energy Advisory Board (STEAB)
AGENCY: Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the State Energy Advisory
Board (STEAB). The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463; 86
Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meetings be announced
in the Federal Register.
DATES: June 23-25, 2009.
ADDRESSES: L'Enfant Plaza Hotel, 480 L'Enfant Plaza, SW. Washington, DC
20024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary Burch, STEAB Designated Federal
Officer, Office of Commercialization and Project Management, Golden
Field Office, U.S. Department of Energy, 1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden,
CO 80401, Telephone 303-275-4801.
[Notices]
[Page 19546]
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
State Energy Advisory Board (STEAB)
AGENCY: Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the State Energy Advisory
Board (STEAB). The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463; 86
Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meetings be announced
in the Federal Register.
DATES: June 23-25, 2009.
ADDRESSES: L'Enfant Plaza Hotel, 480 L'Enfant Plaza, SW. Washington, DC
20024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary Burch, STEAB Designated Federal
Officer, Office of Commercialization and Project Management, Golden
Field Office, U.S. Department of Energy, 1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden,
CO 80401, Telephone 303-275-4801.
