Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 77, Issue 18, Friday, January 27, 2012

Federal Register

Vol. 77, Issue 18

Friday, January 27, 2012

 

 

There are 14 announcements in this issue

 

    1. TOXICS - FR. EPA. Cyazofamid; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions PDF | Text |

 

    2. ALL - NMs. EPA. Notification of Two Public Teleconferences of the Science
Advisory Board Ecological Processes and Effects Committee PDF | Text |

 

    3. ENERGY/RFS - ND. EPA. Notice of Data Availability Concerning Renewable Fuels Produced From Palm Oil Under the RFS Program PDF | Text |

 

    4. SOLID - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Reporting Under EPA's Landfill Methane Outreach
Program; EPA ICR No. 1849.06 PDF | Text |

 

    5. WATER - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Facility Ground-Water Monitoring
Requirements (Renewal) PDF | Text |

 

    6. ENERGY/OCS, AIR - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Air Pollution Regulations for Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Activities (Renewal) PDF | Text |

 

    7. AIR - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Plating and Polishing
Area Sources (Renewal) PDF | Text |

 

    8. TOXICS - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; TSCA Sec. 8(a) Preliminary
Assessment Information Rule (PAIR) PDF | Text |

 

    9. ENERGY/Efficiency - FR. DOE. Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedures for General Service Fluorescent Lamps, General Service Incandescent Lamps, and Incandescent Reflector Lamps PDF | Text

 

  10. ENERGY/NatGas - FR. DOE. Storage Reporting Requirements of Interstate and Intrastate Natural Gas Companies PDF | Text |

 

  11. WILDLIFE - PR/Comment Extension. DOI/FWS. Migratory Bird Permits; Double-Crested Cormorant Management in the United States PDF | Text |

 

  12. LAND - NM/Correction. USDA/Forest Service. National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council PDF | Text |

 

  13. ENERGY/OCS - ND. DOI/BOEM. Notice of Availability of the Proposed Notice of Sale for Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Lease Sale 216/222 in the Central
Planning Area (CPA) in the Gulf of Mexico PDF | Text |

 

  14. ENERGY/Biofuels - NF. USDA. Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) for the Biorefinery Assistance Program PDF | Text |

 

Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 77, Issue 17, Thursday, January 26, 2012

Federal Register

Vol. 77, Issue 17

Thursday, January 26, 2012

 

Note: There were no nationally applicapable announcements from U.S. EPA today.

 

There are 2 announcements in this issue

 

    1. ENERGY/Grid - PR/Comment Extension. DOE. Coordination of Federal Authorizations for Electric Transmission Facilities PDF | Text |

 

    2. ENERGY/OCS - NM. DOI/BOEM. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Scientific Committee (SC); Announcement of Plenary Session PDF | Text |

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Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 77, Issue 16, Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Federal Register

Vol. 77, Issue 16

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

 

 

There are 11 announcements in this issue

 

    1. TOXICS - FR. EPA. Rimsulfuron; Pesticide Tolerances PDF | Text |

 

    2. TOXICS - FR. EPA. Etoxazole; Pesticide Tolerances PDF | Text |

 

    3. TOXICS - PR/Comment Extension. EPA. Proposed Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances; Extension of Comment Period PDF | Text |

 

    4. AIR, ENERGY/OCS - ND. EPA. Notice of Issuance of Final Outer Continental Shelf Air Permit for Shell Offshore, Inc. PDF | Text |

 

    5. ENERGY/Frack, WATER - ND/Comment Extension. EPA. Draft Research Report: Investigation of Ground Water Contamination near Pavillion, WY PDF | Text |

 

    6. TOXICS - ICR. EPA. Partial Update of the TSCA Section 8(b) Inventory Data Base, Production and Site Reports PDF | Text |

 

    7. TOXICS - ICR. EPA. Health and Safety Data Reporting, Submission of Lists and
Copies of Health and Safety Studies Reports PDF | Text |

 

    8. ENERGY/Efficiency - FR. DOE. Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Test Procedures for Refrigerators, Refrigerator-Freezers, and Freezers PDF | Text |

 

    9. ENERGY, TRANSPORT - PR/Public workshop & agenda. DOT. Tire Fuel Efficiency Consumer Information Program PDF | Text |

 

  10. TRANSPORT - PR. DOT. Major Capital Investment Projects; transit investments seeking funding under the discretionary New Starts and Small Starts programs PDF | Text |

 

  11. AGRICULTURE, TOXICS - ICR. USDA. Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Plant Pest, Noxious Weed, and Garbage Regulations PDF | Text |

 

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Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 77, Issue 15, Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Federal Register

Vol. 77, Issue 15

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

 

 

There are 7 announcements in this issue

 

    1. ALL - NM. EPA. National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology PDF | Text |

 

    2. ALL - NM. EPA. National Environmental Justice Advisory Council; Notification of Public Teleconference Meeting and Public Comment PDF | Text |

 

    3. AIR - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; NESHAP for Radionuclides (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 1100.14 PDF | Text |

 

    4. ENERGY/Efficiency - ND. DOE. Request for Information (RFI) Regarding Miscellaneous Residential and Commercial Electrical Equipment PDF | Text |

 

    5. ENERGY/Efficiency - PR/NM/ND. DOE. Energy Conservation Standards for Automatic Commercial Ice Makers: Public Meeting and Availability of the Preliminary Technical Support Document PDF | Text |

 

    6. ENERGY/Biomass - FRI/Correction. USDA. Biorefinery Assistance Guaranteed Loans; Correction PDF | Text |

 

    7. ENERGY/Biomass - ICR. USDA. Notice of Request for Extension of Currently Approved Information Collection PDF | Text |

  

Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 77, Issue 14, Monday, January 23, 2012

Federal Register

Vol. 77, Issue 14

Monday, January 23, 2012

 

 

There are 6 announcements in this issue

 

    1. AIR - PR/Comment Extension. EPA. National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Mineral Wool Production and Wool Fiberglass Manufacturing PDF | Text |

 

    2. WATER, GLAKES - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; BEACH Act Grant Program (Renewal) PDF | Text |

 

    3. HAZ - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Standardized Permit for RCRA
Hazardous Waste Management Facilities (Renewal) PDF | Text |

 

    4. AIR - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Requirements for Control Technology Determinations for Constructed and Reconstructed Major Sources of Hazardous Air Pollutants (Renewal) PDF | Text |

 

    5. ALL - NM. Administrative Conference of the United States. Notice of Public Meetings of the Committee on Rulemaking; Draft report and a draft recommendation on the issue of midnight rules PDF | Text |

 

    6. ALL - PR/Comment Extension. DOD/USACE. USACE's Plan for Retrospective Review Under E.O. 13563; Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review PDF | Text |

 

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Federal Register, Vol. 77, Issue 13-10, Tuesday, January 17, 2012 to Friday, January 20, 2012

 

Federal Register, Vol. 77, Issue 13, Friday, January 20, 2012

 

There are 8 announcements in this issue

 

    1. TOXICS - FR/Correction. EPA. Bacillus Amyloliquefaciens Strain D747; Exemption From the Requirement of a Tolerance; Technical Correction PDF | Text |

 

    2. SOLID, HAZ - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Identification, Listing and
Rulemaking Petitions (Renewal) PDF | Text |

 

    3. AIR - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Metal Coil Surface
Coating Plants (Renewal) PDF | Text |

 

    4. CLIMATE, WILDLIFE - ND. DOI/FWS. National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy; Notice of availability; request for comments; announcement of public workshops PDF | Text |

 

    5. ENERGY/Nuclear - ND/Comment Request. NRC. Knowledge and Abilities Catalog for Nuclear Power Plant Operators: Advanced Boiling Water Reactors; Draft NUREG PDF | Text |

 

    6. ENERGY/OCS - ND. DOI/BOEM. Gulf of Mexico (GOM), Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), Central Planning Area (CPA), Oil and Gas Lease Sale for the 2007-2012 5-Year OCS Program; Notice of Availability (NOA) of a Final Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) PDF | Text |

 

    7. ENERGY - NF. USDA/Rural Business-Cooperative Service. Notice of Funding Availability for the Rural Energy for America Program PDF | Text |

 

    8. ENERGY - NM. USDA/Rural Business-Cooperative Service. Notice of Stakeholder Meetings on Rural Energy for America Program PDF | Text |

 

 

Federal Register, Vol. 77, Issue 12, Thursday, January 19, 2012

 

There are 7 announcements in this issue

 

    1. AIR - PR/Comment Extension. EPA. EPA Responses to State and Tribal 2008 Ozone Designation Recommendations; Extension of Public Comment Period PDF | Text |

 

    2. AIR - PR. EPA. National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Primary Aluminum Reduction Plants; Extension of Comment Period PDF | Text |

 

    3. AGRICULTURE, LAND - NM. EPA. Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Advisory Committee; Charter Renewal PDF | Text |

 

    4. SUSTAIN - NM. EPA. National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology; Meeting; To begin developing recommendations Re: NAS report: "Incorporating Sustainability in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency"

 

    5. ENERGY/Efficiency - PR. DOE. Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedure for Television Sets PDF | Text |

 

    6. ENERGY/Petro - ND. DOE. National Petroleum Council; Notice of Renewal PDF | Text |

 

    7. ENERGY - NM. DOE. Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technical Advisory Committee (HTAC); Notice of open meeting, Webinar PDF | Text |

 

 

Federal Register, Vol. 77, Issue 11, Wednesday, January 18, 2012

 

There are 11 announcements in this issue

 

    1. GLAKES, AIR - FRD. EPA. Great Lakes Steamship Repower Incentive Program PDF | Text |

 

    2. TOXICS - FR. EPA. Incorporation of Revised ASTM Standards That Provide Flexibility in the Use of Alternatives to Mercury-Containing Industrial Thermometers PDF | Text |

 

    3. GLAKES, AIR - PR. EPA. Great Lakes Steamship Repower Incentive Program PDF | Text | 

 

    4. TOXICS - ND. EPA. Pesticide Experimental Use Permit; Receipt of Application; Comment Request; EUP for the Plant-Incorporated Protectants (PIPs) Bacillus thuringiensis Cry proteins PDF | Text |

 

    5. ALL - NM. EPA. Meetings of the Small Communities Advisory Subcommittee and the Local Government Advisory Committee PDF | Text |

 

    6. TOXICS - ND. EPA. Fenoxaprop-p-ethyl; Receipt of Application for Emergency Exemption, Solicitation of Public Comment PDF | Text |

 

    7. AIR - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Ferroalloys Production: Ferromanganese and Silicomanganese (Renewal) PDF | Text |

 

    8. AIR, HAZ - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; NESHAP for Hazardous Waste Combustors PDF | Text |

 

    9. WATER, GLAKES - ND. White House/CEQ. National Ocean Council--National Ocean Policy Draft Implementation Plan PDF | Text |

 

  10. ENERGY/OCS - ND. DOC/NOAA. Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Effects of Oil and Gas Activities in the Arctic Ocean PDF | Text |

 

  11. HAZ - ND. DHS. Notice of Availability of the Draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment for the Deployment and Operation of Low Energy X-Ray Inspection Systems at U.S. Customs and Border Protection Operational Areas PDF | Text |

 

 

Federal Register, Vol. 77, Issue 10, Tuesday, January 17, 2012

 

Note: There were no nationally applicable announcements from U.S. EPA today.

 

There is 1 announcement in this issue

 

    1. ENERGY/Efficiency - PR. DOE. Energy Conservation Program for Certain Industrial Equipment: Energy Conservation Standards and Test Procedures for Commercial Heating, Air-Conditioning, and Water-Heating Equipment; Proposed Rule PDF | Text |

Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 77, Issue 9, Friday, January 13, 2012

Federal Register

Vol. 77, Issue 9

Friday, January 13, 2012

 

 

There are 4 announcements in this issue

 

    1. ENERGY/CAFE, TRANSPORT - PR/Comment Extension. EPA & DOT/National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. 2017 and Later Model Year Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards; 14-day Extension of Comment Period PDF | Text |

 

    2. TOXICS - ND. EPA. Amendment of the System of Records for Records of Pesticide Applicators Certified Under EPA-Administered Certification Plans (EPA-
59) PDF | Text |

 

    3. P2, SUSTAIN - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Partner of the Year Awards to recognize DfE stakeholders  PDF | Text |

 

    4. ENERGY - NM. DOE. Secretary of Energy Advisory Board PDF | Text |

 

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Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 77 Issue 8, Thursday, January 12, 2012

Federal Register

Vol. 77 Issue 8

Thursday, January 12, 2012

 

There are 4announcements in this issue

 

    1. ALL - NM. EPA. Notification of a Public Teleconference of the Science Advisory
Board Committee on Science Integration for Decision Making PDF | Text |

 

    2. SUSTAIN - NM. EPA. National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology PDF | Text |

 

    3. AIR - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Clean Air Interstate Rule To Reduce Interstate Transport of Fine Particle Matter and Ozone (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 2152.05, OMB Control No. 2060-0570 PDF | Text |

 

    4. AGRICULTURE, AIR - NM. USDA/NRCS. Notice of Meeting of the Agricultural Air Quality Task Force PDF | Text |

 

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Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 77, Issue 7, Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Federal Register

Vol. 77, Issue 7

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

 

 

There are 9 announcements in this issue

 

    1. TOXICS - FR. EPA. Bacillus Subtilis Strain CX-9060; Exemption From the Requirement of a Tolerance PDF | Text |

 

    2. WATER - NM. EPA. EPA Workshops on Achieving Water Quality Through Integrated Municipal Stormwater and Wastewater Plans Under the Clean Water Act
(CWA) PDF | Text |

 

    3. TOXICS - ND. EPA. Imidacloprid, Oxamyl, and Methomyl; Notice of Receipt of Requests to Voluntarily Amend Pesticide Registrations To Terminate Certain Uses PDF | Text |

 

    4. TOXICS - ND. EPA. Butylate, Fenoxycarb, Sodium Tetrathiocarbonate, and Temephos Registration Review Final Decisions; Notice of Availability PDF | Text |

 

    5. TOXICS - ND. EPA. Notice of Receipt of Requests To Voluntarily Cancel Certain
Pesticide Registrations PDF | Text |

 

    6. TOXICS - NM. EPA. FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel; Notice of Public Meeting PDF | Text |

 

    7. ENERGY/Efficiency - FR. DOE. Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedure for Automatic Commercial Ice Makers

 

    8. ENERGY/Efficiency - PR/Determination. DOE. Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products and Certain Commercial and Industrial Equipment: Proposed Determination of Residential Central Air Conditioner Split-System Condensing Units and Residential Heat Pump Split-System Outdoor Units as a Covered Consumer
Product PDF | Text |

 

    9. MI/ENERGY, MI/LAND - ND. USDA/Forest Service. Huron-Manistee National Forests, Michigan, USA and State South Branch 1-8 Well; Revised Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the USA and State South Branch 1-8 well PDF | Text |

 

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Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 77, Issue 6, Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Federal Register

Vol. 77, Issue 6

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

 

 

There are 3 announcements in this issue

 

    1. AIR, CLIMATE - PR. EPA. Proposed Confidentiality Determinations for Data Elements Under the Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases Rule PDF | Text |

 

    2. ALL - NM. EPA. Local Government's Advisory Committee; Notice of Charter Renewal PDF | Text |

 

    3. WATER - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; State Water Quality Program
Management Resource Analysis (New) PDF | Text |

 

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Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 77, Issue 5, Monday, January 9, 2012

Federal Register

Vol. 77, Issue 5

Monday, January 9, 2012

 

 

There are 5 announcements in this issue

 

    1. ENERGY/Renewable, TRANSPORTATION - FR. EPA. Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: 2012 Renewable Fuel Standards PDF | Text |

 

    2. AIR - PR. EPA. National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutant
Emissions: Group IV Polymers and Resins; Pesticide Active Ingredient Production; and Polyether Polyols Production PDF | Text |

 

    3. AIR - PR. EPA. Revisions to Test Methods and Testing Regulations; Proposed Rule PDF | Text |

 

    4. AIR, WATER - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities OMB Responses to Multiple Agency requests PDF | Text |

 

    5. ENERGY/OCS, ENERGY/Renewable - FR/Correction. DOI. Renewable Energy Alternate Uses of Existing Facilities on the Outer Continental Shelf--Acquire a Lease Non-competitively; Correction PDF | Text |

 

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Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 77, Issue 4, Friday, January 6, 2012

Federal Register

Vol. 77, Issue 4

Friday, January 6, 2012

 

 

There are 6 announcements in this issue

 

    1. AGRICULTURE, TOXICS - FR. EPA. Bacillus Amyloliquefaciens Strain D747; Exemption From the Requirement of a Tolerance PDF | Text |

 

    2. AIR - PR. EPA. National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants From Petroleum Refineries; National Uniform Emission Standards for Heat Exchange Systems; Proposed Rule PDF | Text |

 

    3. ALL - ND. EPA. National Environmental Justice Advisory Council; Request for
Nominations PDF | Text |

 

    4. MI/TOXICS - ND. EPA. Kasugamycin; Receipt of Application for Emergency Exemption for Use on Apples in Michigan, Solicitation of Public Comment PDF | Text |

 

    5. ENERGY/OCS - ND. DOI/BOEM. Environmental Documents Prepared for Oil, Gas, and Mineral Operations by the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Region PDF | Text |

 

    6. ENERGY/Nuclear - ND. NRC. Guidance for Fuel Cycle Facility Change Processes PDF | Text |

 

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Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 77, Issue 3, Thursday, January 5, 2012

Federal Register

Vol. 77, Issue 3

Thursday, January 5, 2012

 

 

There are 10 announcements in this issue

 

    1. ENERGY/Fuels, TRANSPORT - FRD. EPA. Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Identification of Additional Qualifying Renewable Fuel Pathways Under the Renewable Fuel Standard Program; Direct Final Rule PDF | Text |

 

    2. AIR - FR. EPA. National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants From Secondary Lead Smelting; Final Rules PDF | Text |

 

    3. ALL - FR. EPA. EPA Acquisition Regulation Clause for Compliance With EPA Policies for Information Resources Management PDF | Text |

 

    4. ENERGY/Fuels, TRANSPORT - PR. EPA. Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Identification of Additional Qualifying Renewable Fuel Pathways Under the Renewable Fuel Standard Program; Direct Final Rule PDF | Text |

 

    5. AIR - ND. EPA. Control of Emissions From New Nonroad Compression-Ignition
Engines: Approval of New Scheduled Maintenance for Selective Catalytic Reduction Technologies PDF | Text |

 

    6. AIR - ND. EPA. Control of Emissions From New Highway Vehicles and Engines;
Approval of New Scheduled Maintenance for Selective Catalytic Reduction Technologies PDF | Text |

 

    7. ENERGY/Wind - NM. DOE. Wind Plant Performance--Public Meeting on Modeling and Testing Needs for Complex Air Flow Characterization PDF | Text |

 

    8. ENERGY - NM. DOE. Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee PDF | Text |

 

    9. LAND - ND/Correction. USDA/Forest Service. National Advisory Committee for Implementation of the National Forest System Land Management Planning Rule; Correction PDF | Text |

 

  10. ENERGY/Nuclear - PR. NRC. Measurement and Control of Combustible Gas Generation and Dispersal PDF | Text |

 

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Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 77, Issue 2, Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Federal Register

Vol. 77, Issue 2

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

 

 

There are 3 announcements in this issue

 

    1. AIR, CLIMATE - PR. EPA. Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Adjustments to the Allowance System for Controlling HCFC Production, Import, and Export PDF | Text |

 

    2. AIR - NS. EPA. Proposed Settlement Agreement; Re: two EPA rulemakings that revised the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines (the RICE NESHAP) PDF | Text |

 

    3. AIR - NS. EPA. Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit; Re: National Parks Conservation Association v. Jackson; proposed consent decree
establishes proposed and final promulgation deadlines for EPA to promulgate regional haze federal implementation plans (FIPs) or approve regional haze state implementation plans (SIPs) for 34 states PDF | Text |

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Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 77, Issue 1, Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Federal Register

Vol. 77, Issue 1

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

 

There are 4 announcements in this issue

 

    1. WATER - ND/Guidance. EPA. Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Construction and Development Point Source Category PDF | Text |

 

    2. HAZ, P2 - ND. EPA. Inquiry To Learn Whether Businesses Assert Business
Confidentiality Claims Regarding Waste Import and Export; the export and import from/to the U.S., the export of cathode ray tubes (CRTs) and spent lead acid batteries
(SLABs) from the U.S., and the export and import of RCRA universal waste from/to the United States PDF | Text |

 

    3. WATER - NF. USDA. Cooperative Conservation Partnership Initiative and Wetlands Reserve Enhancement Program; RFP through the Mississippi River
Basin Healthy Watersheds Initiative PDF | Text |

 

    4. GLAKES - ND. DOD/USACE. Revision to the Notice for the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Interbasin Study (GLMRIS) Regarding Public Conference Calls Scheduled for January 10 and February 8, 2012 PDF | Text |

Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 76, Issue 251, Friday, December 30, 2011

Federal Register

Vol. 76, Issue 251

Friday, December 30, 2011

 

There are 11 announcements in this issue

 

    1. TOXICS - FR. EPA. Difenoconazole; Pesticide Tolerances PDF | Text |

 

    2. TOXICS - FR. EPA. Cyhalofop-butyl; Pesticide Tolerances PDF | Text |

 

    3. TOXICS - FR. EPA. Tepraloxydim; Pesticide Tolerances PDF | Text |

 

    4. AIR - PR. EPA. Regional Haze: Revisions to Provisions Governing Alternatives to
Source-Specific Best Available Retrofit Technology (BART) Determinations, Limited SIP Disapprovals, and Federal Implementation Plans PDF | Text |

 

    5. TOXICS - PR/Petitions. EPA. Receipt of Several Pesticide Petitions Filed for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities PDF | Text |

 

    6. AIR - PR. EPA. Amendments to Delegation of Authority Provisions in the
Prevention of Significant Deterioration Program PDF | Text |

 

    7. TOXICS - ND. EPA. Pyrethrins/Pyrethroid Cumulative Risk Assessment; Extension of Comment Period PDF | Text |

 

    8. WATER, LAND, AGRICULTURE - FR. USDA. Highly Erodible Land and Wetland Conservation PDF | Text |

 

    9. ENERGY/Nuclear - FR. NRC. AP1000 Design Certification Amendment PDF | Text |

 

  10. ENERGY/Nuclear - PR. NRC. General Site Suitability Criteria for Nuclear Power Stations; Draft regulatory guide; request for comment PDF | Text |

 

  11. HAZ, TRANSPORTATION - FR. DOT/Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. Hazardous Materials: Harmonization With the United Nations Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods: Model Regulations, International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code, and the International
Civil Aviation Organization Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air PDF | Text |

 

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Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 76, Issue 250, Thursday, December 29, 2011

Federal Register

Vol. 76, Issue 250

Thursday, December 29, 2011

 

There are 4 announcements in this issue

 

    1. AIR - PR. EPA. National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants:
Ferroalloys Production; Extension of Comment Period PDF | Text |

 

    2. AIR - NS. EPA. Proposed Settlement Agreement, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit; Sierra Club v. EPA, Re: EPA failure to make determinations of whether certain areas
designated nonattainment for the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS PDF | Text |  

 

    3. LAND - ND. USDA/Forest Service. National Advisory Committee for Implementation of the National Forest System Land Management Planning Rule; Notice of intent to establish an advisory committee and call for nominations PDF | Text |

 

    4. ENERGY/Solar, ENERGY/Wind - PR. DOI/BLM. Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Regarding a Competitive Process for Leasing Public Lands for Solar and Wind Energy Development PDF | Text |

 

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Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 76, Issue 249, Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Federal Register

Vol. 76, Issue 249

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

 

 

There are 12 announcements in this issue

 

    1. TOXICS - FR. EPA. Extension of Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions (Multiple Chemicals) PDF | Text |

 

    2. TOXICS - PR. EPA. Proposed Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances PDF | Text |

 

    3. TOXICS - PR. EPA. Proposed Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances PDF | Text |

 

    4. TOXICS - PR. EPA. Proposed Significant New Use Rule for Phenol, 2,4-dimethyl-6-(1-methylpentadecyl)- PDF | Text |

 

    5. TOXICS - ND.EPA. Product Cancellation Order for Certain Pesticide Registrations PDF | Text |

 

    6. AIR - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Gasoline Distribution Bulk Terminals, Bulk Plants, Pipeline Facilities and Gasoline Dispensing Facilities PDF | Text |

 

    7. AIR - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Iron and Steel Foundry Area Sources (Renewal) PDF | Text |

 

    8. ENERGY - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Reporting Requirements Under EPA's Green Power Partnership and Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Partnership, EPA ICR Number 2173.02 (Renewal) PDF | Text |

 

    9. ALL - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Contractor Cumulative Claim and Reconciliation (Renewal) PDF | Text |

 

  10. WATER - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Program (Renewal) PDF | Text |

 

  11. WILDLIFE, MI/WILDLIFE - FR. DOI/FWS. Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Revising the Listing of the Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) in the Western Great Lakes PDF | Text |

 

  12. LAND - NM. USDA/Forest Service. National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council PDF | Text |

 

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Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 76, Issue 248, Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Federal Register

Vol. 76, Issue 248

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

 

 

There are 18 announcements in this issue

 

    1. AIR, MI/AIR - FR. EPA. Federal Implementation Plans for Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin and Determination for Kansas Regarding
Interstate Transport of Ozone PDF | Text |

 

    2. AIR - PR. EPA. National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants From the Pulp and Paper Industry; Proposed Rule PDF | Text |

 

    3. ALL - NM. EPA. Environmental Laboratory Advisory Board Meeting Dates and Agenda PDF | Text |

 

    4. TOXICS - NM. EPA. Human Studies Review Board; Notification of a Public Meeting

 

    5. WATER - ND/Effluent Guidelines. EPA. Notice of Final 2010 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan; Re-Opening Public Comment Period PDF | Text |

 

    6. AIR - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Reporting and Recordkeeping
Requirements for National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards for Architectural Coatings (Renewal) PDF | Text |

 

    7. AIR - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Calciners and Dryers in
Mineral Industries (Renewal) PDF | Text |

 

    8. AIR - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Petroleum Refineries (Renewal) PDF | Text |

 

    9. WATER - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; National Water Quality Inventory
Reports (Renewal) PDF | Text |

 

  10. WATER - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; EPA Strategic Plan Information on
Source Water Protection (Renewal) PDF | Text |

 

  11. HAZ - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Requirements and Exemptions for
Specific RCRA Wastes (Renewal) PDF | Text |

 

  12. AIR - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Metal Coil Surface
Coating (Renewal) PDF | Text |

 

  13. AIR, SOLID - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Municipal Solid Waste
Landfills (Renewal) PDF | Text |

 

  14. AIR - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Glass Manufacturing Plants (Renewal) PDF | Text |

 

  15. AIR - FR/Presidential Memo. Executive Office. Memorandum of December 21, 2011; Flexible Implementation of the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS, Utility MACT) Rule Memorandum for the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency PDF | Text |

 

  16: TOXICS - ND. USDA. Dow AgroScience LLC; Availability of Petition, Plant Pest Risk Assessment, and Environmental Assessment for Determination of Nonregulated Status of Corn Genetically Engineered for Herbicide Tolerance PDF | Text |

  17. TOXICS - ND. USDA. Monsanto Co.; Availability of Petition, Plant Pest Risk
Assessment, and Environmental Assessment for Determination of Nonregulated Status of Soybean Genetically Engineered To Produce Stearidonic Acid PDF | Text |

 

  18. ENERGY - PR. DOE. Filing of Privileged Materials and Answers to Motions PDF | Text | 

 

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Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 76, Issue 247, Friday, December 23, 2011

Federal Register

Vol. 76, Issue 247

Friday, December 23, 2011

 

 

There are 15 announcements in this issue

 

    1. AIR - FRD. EPA. National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Area Source Standards for Prepared Feeds Manufacturing; Amendments PDF | Text |

 

    2. AIR, CLIMATE - FR. EPA. Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases: Technical Revisions to the Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems Category of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule; Final Rule PDF | Text |

 

    3. AIR - PR/Reconsider FR. EPA. National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Major Sources: Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers and
Process Heaters PDF | Text |

 

    4. AIR - PR/Reconsider FR. EPA. National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Area Sources: Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers; Proposed Rule PDF | Text |

 

    5. AIR - PR/Reconsider FR. EPA. Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration Units: Reconsideration and Proposed Amendments; Non-Hazardous Secondary Materials That Are Solid Waste; Proposed Rule PDF | Text |

 

    6. AIR - PR. EPA. National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Area
Source Standards for Prepared Feeds Manufacturing; Amendments PDF | Text |

 

    7. AIR, CLIMATE - NMs. EPA. Notification of Teleconferences of the Science Advisory Board Biogenic Carbon Emissions Panel PDF | Text |

 

    8. AIR, TOXICS - NM. EPA. Notification of a Public Meeting of the Science Advisory Board Libby Amphibole Asbestos Review Panel PDF | Text |

 

    9. WATER - ND. EPA. Availability of an Environmental Assessment (EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI); Reissuance of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General Permit for Discharges from Construction Activities (2012 Construction General Permit) PDF | Text |

 

  10. AIR - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Primary and Secondary
Emissions From Basic Oxygen Furnaces (Renewal)

 

  11. WATER - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Cooling Water Intake Structures
New Facility (Renewal) PDF | Text |

 

  12. AIR - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Fuel Quality Regulations for Diesel Fuel Sold in 2001 & Later Years; for Tax-Exempt (Dyed) Highway Diesel Fuel; & Non-Road Locomotive & Marine Diesel Fuel (Renewal) PDF | Text |

 

  13. WATER - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; National Pretreatment Program
(Renewal) PDF | Text |

 

  14. WATER - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Establishing No-Discharge Zones
Under Clean Water Act (Renewal) PDF | Text |

 

  15. AIR - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Petroleum Refineries (Renewal) PDF | Text |

 

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Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 76, Issue 246, Thursday, December 22, 2011

Federal Register

Vol. 76, Issue 246

Thursday, December 22, 2011

 

Note: There were no nationally applicable announcements from U.S. EPA today.

 

There is 1 announcement in this issue

 

    1. GLAKES, WATER - ND. DOJ. Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act; United States, et al. v. Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, Civil Action No. 1:11-cv-08859 PDF | Text |

 

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Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 76, Issue 245, Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Federal Register

Vol. 76, Issue 245

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

 

 

There are 8 announcements in this issue

 

    1. TOXICS - PR. EPA. Propylene Oxide; Proposed Tolerance Actions PDF | Text |

    2. WATER - ND. EPA. Notice of Availability of Draft Recreational Water Quality
Criteria and Request for Scientific Views PDF | Text |

 

    3. TOXICS - ND. EPA. Registration Review; Pesticide Dockets Opened for Review and Comment, and Notice of Availability of Final Work Plans for Certain Pesticides PDF | Text |

 

    4. TOXICS - ND. EPA. Pesticide Products; Receipt of Applications To Register New Uses PDF | Text |

 

    5. ENERGY/Efficiency - PR/Comment Extension. DOE. Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products and Certain Commercial and Industrial Equipment: Test Procedures for Residential Central Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps PDF | Text |

 

    6. GLAKES, WILDLIFE - ND. DOD/USACE. Notice for the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Interbasin Study (GLMRIS); "Inventory of Available Controls for Aquatic Nuisance Species of Concern--Chicago Area Waterway System"
(ANS Control Paper) PDF | Text |

 

    7. LAND - NM. USDA/Forest Service. Forest Resource Coordinating Committee PDF | Text |

 

    8. ENERGY/Efficiency - FR/Response to petitions for reconsideration. DOT/National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Tire Fuel Efficiency Consumer Information Program PDF | Text |