Monday, September 24, 2012

Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 77 Issue 185, Monday, September 24, 2012

 
Federal Register
Vol. 77 Issue 185
Monday, September 24, 2012
 
 
Note: There were no nationally applicable announcements from U.S. EPA today.
 
There is 1 announcement in this issue
 
    1. MI/LAND, MI/ENERGY - ND. USDA/Forest Service. Huron-Manistee National Forests, Michigan, USA and State South Branch 1-8 Well; Withdrawal of notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement; The leaseholder has withdrawn their application for permit to drill therefore this project has been cancelled  PDF | Text |
 
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Friday, September 21, 2012

Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 77, Issue 184, Friday, September 21, 2012

Federal Register
Vol. 77, Issue 184
Friday, September 21, 2012
 
There are 8 announcements in this issue
 
    1. TOXICS - FRD. EPA. Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances; 107 chemical substances PDF | Text
 
    2. TOXICS - FR. EPA. Flumioxazin; Pesticide Tolerances PDF | Text |
 
    3. HAZ, AIR - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; State and Federal Emission
Guidelines for Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerators (Renewal)
PDF | Text |
 
    4. AIR - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for the Wood Building
Products Surface Coating Industry (Renewal)
PDF | Text |
 
    5. ENERGY/Electricity - NM. DOE. Electricity Advisory Committee PDF | Text |
 
    6. WATER - ND. DOD/USACE. Reissuance of Nationwide Permits; additional corrections to the February 21, 2012, final notice PDF | Text |
 
    7. TOXICS - NM. DHHS/CDC. Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (BSC, NCEH/ATSDR) PDF | Text
 
    8. HAZ/Nuclear - ND. NRC. Report on Waste Burial Charges: Changes in Decommissioning Waste Disposal Costs at Low-Level Waste Burial Facilities PDF | Text |

 
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Thursday, September 20, 2012

Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 77, Issue 183, Thursday, September 20, 2012

Federal Register
Vol. 77, Issue 183
Thursday, September 20, 2012
 
 
Note: There are no nationally applicable announcements we are following from U.S. EPA today.
 
There are 2 announcements in this issue
 
    1. ALL - NM. DOC/International Trade Administration. Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee Public Meeting PDF | Text |
 
    2. HAZ/Nuclear - ND. NRC. Comparative Environmental Evaluation of Alternatives for Handling Low-Level Radioactive Waste Spent Ion Exchange Resins From Commercial Nuclear Power Plants; report; request for comment PDF | Text
 
 
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Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 77, Issue 182, Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Federal Register
Vol. 77, Issue 182
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
 
There are 10 announcements in this issue
 
    1. AIR - FR. EPA. National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutant Emissions: Hard and Decorative Chromium Electroplating and Chromium Anodizing Tanks; and Steel Pickling--HCl Process Facilities and Hydrochloric Acid Regeneration Plants PDF | Text |
 
    2. TOXICS - FR. EPA. Clopyralid; Pesticide Tolerances PDF | Text |
 
    3. AIR - FRD. EPA. Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Listing of Substitutes for Ozone-Depleting Substances--Fire Suppression and Explosion Protection PDF | Text |
 
    4. AIR - PR. EPA. Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Listing of Substitutes for Ozone-Depleting Substances--Fire Suppression and Explosion Protection PDF | Text |
 
    5. REMED - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Brownfields Program--Accomplishment Reporting (Renewal) PDF | Text |
 
    6. TOXICS - ND. EPA. Notice of Receipt of Requests To Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide Registrations PDF | Text |
 
    7. TOXICS - ND. EPA. Notice of Receipt of Requests To Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide Registrations PDF | Text |
 
    8. ALL - ND. EPA. Environmental Financial Advisory Committee; Request for Nominations of Candidates to the Environmental Financial Advisory Board PDF | Text |
 
    9. WILDLIFE - ND/Correction. DOC/NOAA. Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Strategic Plan 2013-2017 PDF | Text |
 
  10. GLAKES - ND. International Joint Commission. International Joint Commission Invites Public Comment on Upper Great Lakes Report via Teleconference and Extends Public Comment Period;  The deadline for comments has also been extended to September 30, 2012 PDF | Text |
 
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Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 77, Issue 181, Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Federal Register
Vol. 77, Issue 181
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
 
 
There are 5 announcements in this issue
 
    1. REMED - FR. EPA. National Priorities List, Final Rule No. 55 PDF | Text |
 
    2. DRINK - NM/PR. EPA. Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule: Public Meeting on Monitoring Data Analysis, Occurrence Forecasts, Binning, and the Microbial Toolbox PDF | Text |
 
    3. REMED - PR. EPA. National Priorities List, Proposed Rule No. 57 PDF | Text |
 
    4. ENERGY/RFS - EPA. ND. Request for Comment on Letters Seeking a Waiver of the Renewable Fuel Standard; Extension of Comment Period PDF | Text |
 
    5. DRINK - NM/Correction. EPA. Announcement of Public Meeting on the Consumer Confidence Report (CCR) Rule Retrospective Review and Request for Public Comment on Potential Approaches to Electronic Delivery of the CCR; Correction PDF | Text |
 
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Monday, September 17, 2012

Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 77, Issue 180, Monday, September 17, 2012

Federal Register
Vol. 77, Issue 180
Monday, September 17, 2012
 
 
There is 1 announcements in this issue
 
    1. ALL - NM. EPA. Good Neighbor Environmental Board; Notification of Public
Advisory Committee Teleconference PDF | Text |
 
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Friday, September 14, 2012

Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 77, Issue 179, Friday, September 14, 2012

Federal Register
Vol. 77, Issue 179
Friday, September 14, 2012
 
 
There are 3 announcements in this issue
 
    1. TOXICS - FR. EPA. Bifenthrin; Pesticide Tolerances PDF | Text |
 
    2. ALL - NM. EPA. Meeting of the Environmental Financial Advisory Board--Public Notice PDF | Text |
 
    3. AIR - NS. EPA. Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit Re: New Source Performance Standards for Kraft Pulp Mills PDF | Text |
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Thursday, September 13, 2012

Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 77, Issue 178, Thursday, September 13, 2012

Federal Register
Vol. 77, Issue 178
Thursday, September 13, 2012
 
 
There are 2 announcements in this issue
 
    1. TOXICS - ND. EPA. Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and Status Information PDF | Text |
 
    2. LAND - ND. DOI. Draft Shoreline Restoration Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement for Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore PDF | Text |
 
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Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 77, Issue 177, Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Federal Register
Vol. 77, Issue 177
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
 
There are 11 announcements in this issue
 
    1. TOXICS - FR. EPA. Polyoxin D Zinc Salt; Amendment to an Exemption From the Requirement of a Tolerance PDF | Text |
 
    2. MI/AIR - FR. EPA. Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Michigan; PSD and NSR Regulations
 
    3. TOXICS - FR. EPA. Dinotefuran; Pesticide Tolerances PDF | Text |
 
    4. AIR - FR/lift stay of effective date. EPA. Standards of Performance for Petroleum Refineries; Standards of Performance for Petroleum Refineries for Which Construction, Reconstruction, or Modification Commenced After May 14, 2007 PDF | Text |
 
    5. ALL - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities OMB Responses to multiple agency requests PDF | Text |
 
    6. TOXICS - ND. EPA. Product Cancellation Order for Certain Pesticide Registrations PDF | Text |
 
    7. AIR - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Hydrochloric Acid
Production (Renewal) PDF | Text |
 
    8. AIR - ICR. EPA. Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Regional Haze Regulations (Renewal) PDF | Text |
 
    9. TOXICS - NM. EPA. Notification of an External Peer Review Meeting for the Draft Framework for Human Health Risk Assessment to Inform Decision Making
 
  10. CLIMATE - NM. DOC/NOAA. National Climate Assessment and Development Advisory Committee (NCADAC) PDF | Text |
 
  11. HAZ/Nuclear - NM. U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board. Meeting to discuss DOE work on packaging, transporting, and disposing of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and high-level radioactive waste (HLW) PDF | Text |
 
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Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 77, Issue 176, Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Federal Register
Vol. 77, Issue 176
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
 
 
There are 4 announcements in this issue
 
    1. AIR - FR. EPA. National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants From the Pulp and Paper Industry PDF | Text |
 
    2. DRINK - ND. EPA. Announcement of Public Meeting on the Consumer Confidence Report (CCR) Rule Retrospective Review and Request for Public Comment on Potential Approaches to Electronic Delivery of the CCR PDF | Text |
 
    3. AIR - ND. EPA. Ambient Air Monitoring Reference and Equivalent Methods: Designation of a New Equivalent Method PDF | Text |
 
    4. CLIMATE, ENERGY/CHP - ND. EPA. Notice of Opportunity To Comment on a Methodology for Allocating Greenhouse Gas Emissions to a Combined Heat and Power Configuration Under the Renewable Fuels Program, and the Application of this Methodology to a Proposed Plant by Dakota Spirit AgEnergy in Spiritwood, ND PDF | Text |
 
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Monday, September 10, 2012

Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 77, Issue 175, Monday, September 10, 2012

Federal Register
Vol. 77, Issue 175
Monday, September 10, 2012
 
 
There are 3 announcements in this issue
 
    1. AIR, CLIMATE - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements of the hydrochlorofluorocarbons ( HCFC) Allowance System; EPA ICR No. 2014.04 PDF | Text |
 
    2. WILDLIFE - FR. DOI/FWS. Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removal of the Gray Wolf in Wyoming From the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Removal of the Wyoming Wolf Population's Status as an Experimental Population PDF | Text |
 
    3. MI/ENERGY/Nuclear - ND. NRC. Indiana Michigan Power Company; Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant, Unit 2; Exemption PDF | Text |
 
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Friday, September 7, 2012

Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 77, Issue 174, Friday, September 7, 2012

Federal Register
Vol. 77, Issue 174
Friday, September 7, 2012
 
Note: There were no nationally applicable announcements from U.S. EPA today.
 
There are 3 announcements in this issue
 
    1. ENERGY - NM. DOE. Secretary of Energy Advisory Board PDF | Text |
 
    2. ENERGY - NM. DOE. State Energy Advisory Board (STEAB); Meeting PDF | Text |
 
    3. ENERGY - NMs (2 Meetings). DOE. Biological and Environmental Research Advisory Committee PDF | Text | & PDF | Text |
 
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Thursday, September 6, 2012

Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 77, Issue 173, Thursday, September 6, 2012

Federal Register
Vol. 77, Issue 173
Thursday, September 6, 2012
 
 
There are 5 announcements in this issue
 
    1. TOXICS, HAZ - FRD. EPA. Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs): Revisions to Manifesting Regulations PDF | Text |
 
    2.  TOXICS, HAZ - PR. EPA. Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs): Revisions to Manifesting Regulations PDF | Text |
 
    3. HAZ/Nuclear - ND. DOE. Extension of the Public Review and Comment Period and Announcement of an Additional Public Hearing for the Draft Surplus Plutonium Disposition Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement PDF | Text |
 
    4. AGRICULTURE, ENERGY, WILDLIFE - NF/PR/Correction. USDA. Energy Efficiency and Conservation Loan Program PDF | Text |
 
    5. ENERGY/Nuclear - PR. NRC. Clarification of Submission of Requests for Relief or Alternatives From the Regulatory Requirements Pertaining to Codes and Standards; i.e. where American Society of Mechanical Engineers Code requirements are determined impracticalDraft regulatory issue summary; request for comment PDF | Text |
 
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Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 77, Issue 172, Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Federal Register
Vol. 77, Issue 172
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
 
 
There are 5 announcements in this issue
 
    1. AIR - FR. EPA. Nonconformance Penalties for On-Highway Heavy-Duty Diesel Engines PDF | Text |
 
    2. TOXICS - FR. EPA. Dichlorvos (DDVP); Order Denying NRDC's Objections on Remand PDF | Text |
 
    3. TOXICS - PR. EPA. Microorganisms; General Exemptions From Reporting Requirements; Revisions to Recipient Organisms Eligible for Tier I and Tier II Exemptions PDF | Text |
 
    4. MI/REMED - ND. EPA. Proposed RCRA Prospective Purchaser Agreement, Order on Consent and Covenant Not To Sue for a Portion of the Delphi Flint West Site, a/k/a Chevy in the Hole in Flint, Genesee County, MI PDF | Text |
 
    5. ENERGY - NM. DOE. State Energy Advisory Board (STEAB) PDF | Text |
 
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Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 77, Issue 171, Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Federal Register
Vol. 77, Issue 171
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
 
 
There is 1 announcements in this issue
 
    1. WATER - PR. EPA. Notice of Proposed Revisions to Stormwater Regulations To Clarify That an NPDES Permit Is Not Required for Stormwater Discharges From Logging Roads PDF | Text |
 
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Friday, August 31, 2012

Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 77, Issue 170, Friday, August 31, 2012

Federal Register
Vol. 77, Issue 170
Friday, August 31, 2012
 
There are 3 announcements in this issue
 
    1. TOXICS - FR. EPA. Nitric Acid; Exemption From the Requirement of a Tolerance PDF | Text |
 
    2. TOXICS - ND. EPA. Cancellation Order for Certain Pesticide Registrations: MGK 264, Pyrethrins, Pyriproxyfen, and Permethrin; Correction PDF | Text |
 
    3. WATER, LAND - ND. DOI/USGS. Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard; first-ever comprehensive federal data standard for classifying and describing coastal and marine ecosystems PDF | Text |

 
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Thursday, August 30, 2012

Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 77, Issue 169, Thursday, August 30, 2012

 
Federal Register
Vol. 77, Issue 169
Thursday, August 30, 2012
 
There are 4 announcements in this issue
 
    1. TOXICS - FR. EPA. Pesticides; Microbial Pesticide Definitions and Applicability; Clarification and Availability of Test Guideline PDF | Text |
 
    2. DRINK - NM/PR. EPA. Notice of a Public Meeting: Stakeholder Meeting Concerning EPA's Intent To Regulate Perchlorate Levels in Drinking Water PDF | Text |
 
    3. ENERGY/RFS - ND/Correction. EPA. Request for Comment on Letters Seeking a Waiver of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) PDF | Text |
 
    4. ENERGY/Wind - ND. DOI/FWS. Draft Midwest Wind Energy Multi-Species Habitat Conservation Plan Within Eight-State Planning Area; eight States: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin PDF | Text |
 
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Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 77, Issue 168, Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Federal Register
Vol. 77, Issue 168
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
 
There are 14 announcements in this issue
 
    1. TOXICS - FR. EPA. Thifensulfuron Methyl; Pesticide Tolerances PDF | Text |
 
    2. TOXICS - FR. EPA. Pendimethalin; Pesticide Tolerances PDF | Text |
 
    3. TOXICS - FR. EPA. Clothianidin; Pesticide Tolerances PDF | Text |
 
    4. AIR - PR. EPA. Standards of Performance for Stationary Gas Turbines; Standards of Performance for Stationary Combustion Turbines PDF | Text |
 
    5. ALL - ND/CBI. EPA. Access to Confidential Business Information by Enrollees Under the Senior Environmental Employment Program PDF | Text |
 
    6. TOXICS - ND. EPA. Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and Status Information PDF | Text |
 
    7. TOXICS - ND. EPA. Notice of Receipt of Requests for Amendments To Delete Uses in Certain Pesticide Registrations
 
    8. HAZ, REMED - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; EPA Worker Protection Standards for Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (Renewal) PDF | Text |
 
    9. AIR - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Certification and Compliance
Requirements for Nonroad Spark-Ignition Engines (Renewal) PDF | Text |
 
  10. AIR - ICR. EPA. Clean Air Act Advisory Committee (CAAAC): Notice of Meeting PDF | Text |
 
  11. ALL - NM. EPA. National Environmental Justice Advisory Council; Notification of
Public Teleconference Meeting and Public Comment PDF | Text |
 
  12.  TOXICS - ND. EPA. Request for Additional Nominations of Candidates for the EPA's Science Advisory Board (SAB), Chemical Assessment Advisory Committee PDF | Text |
 
  13. ENERGY/Wind - ICR. DOI/FWS. Information Collection Request Sent to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Approval; Land-Based Wind Energy Guidelines; request for comments PDF | Text
 
  14. ENERGY/Renewable/OCS - ND. DOI/BOEM. Right-of-Way Grant of Submerged Lands on the Outer Continental Shelf to Support Renewable Energy Development PDF | Text |
 
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 77, Issue 167, Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Federal Register
Vol. 77, Issue 167
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
 
There are 6 announcements in this issue
 
    1. ALL - NM. EPA. Notification of a Joint Public Teleconference of the Chartered Science Advisory Board and Board of Scientific Counselors PDF | Text |
 
    2. DRINK - NM. EPA. Meeting of the National Drinking Water Advisory Council PDF | Text |
 
    3. TOXICS - NM. EPA. Notification of a Public Teleconference of the Chartered Science Advisory Board; Re: (1) An SAB draft review report on EPA's Toxicological Review of Libby Amphibole Asbestos and (2) an SAB draft report regarding EPA's
Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards for FY2012 PDF | Text |
 
    4. TOXICS - NM. EPA. Notification of a Public Teleconference of the Science Advisory Board; Exposure and Human Health Committee PDF | Text |
 
    5. ENERGY/Efficiency - PR/Comment Extension. EPA. Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Dehumidifiers: Public Meeting and Availability of the Framework Document PDF | Text |
 
    6. ENERGY/Efficiency, TRANSPORT/EV - ND. DOE. Availability of Department of Energy EV Everywhere Grand Challenge Initial Framing Document and Request for Public Comment PDF | Text |
 
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Monday, August 27, 2012

Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 77, Issue 166, Monday, August 27, 2012

Federal Register
Vol. 77, Issue 166
Monday, August 27, 2012
 
 
There are 6 announcements in this issue
 
    1. CLIMATE, AIR, TRANSPORT/CAFO - FR/Denial of petition to reconsider. EPA's Denial of the Petition To Reconsider the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles PDF | Text |
 
    2. AIR - ND/Comment Extension. EPA. First Draft Documents Related to the Review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone PDF | Text |
 
    3. ENERGY - NM/Notice of partially-closed meeting. DOE. President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) PDF | Text |
 
    4. ENERGY/Nuclear - NM. DOE. DOE/NSF Nuclear Science Advisory Committee PDF | Text |
 
    5. ENERGY - NM. DOE/FERC. Coordination Between Natural Gas and Electricity Markets PDF | Text |
 
    6. TRANSPORT - NM. DOT. Intelligent Transportation Systems Program Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting PDF | Text |
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