May 13, 2009 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Under section 122(h)(1) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), the United States Environmental Protection Agency has entered into a settlement for reimbursement of past response costs concerning the Swift Thermometer Superfund Site located in Dickson, Dickson County, Tennessee for publication.

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Cessna Aircraft Company (Cessna) 150 and 152 series airplanes. This AD requires you to either install a placard prohibiting spins and other acrobatic maneuvers in the airplane or to replace the rudder stop, rudder stop bumper, and attachment hardware with a new rudder stop modification kit and replace the safety wire with jamnuts. This AD results from follow-on investigations of two accidents where the rudder was found in the over-travel position with the stop plate hooked over the stop bolt heads. While neither of the accident aircraft met type design, investigations revealed that aircraft in full conformity with type design can exceed the travel limits set by the rudder stops. We are issuing this AD to prevent the rudder from traveling past the normal travel limit. Operation in this non-certificated control position is unacceptable and could cause undesirable consequences, such as contact between the rudder and the elevator.

This notice announces the intention of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approve the proposed information collection project: ``Health Literacy Item Set Supplemental to CAHPS Hospital SurveyPretest of Proposed Questions and Methodology.'' In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), AHRQ invites the public to comment on this proposed information collection.

This regulation establishes an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of the microbial pesticide, Candida oleophila Strain O, on apples and pears when applied/used as a post- harvest biofungicide. BioNext sprl (in care of SynTech Global, LLC) submitted a petition to EPA under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), requesting an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance. This regulation eliminates the need to establish a maximum permissible level for residues of Candida oleophila Strain O.

We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Boeing Model 747-400 and 747-400D series airplanes. This AD requires repetitive inspections to detect cracks in the floor panel attachment fastener holes of the Section 41 upper deck floor beam upper chords, and related investigative and corrective actions if necessary. This AD results from reports of cracks found in the Section 41 upper deck floor beam upper chords. We are issuing this AD to detect and correct cracks in these chords, which could become large and cause the floor beams to become severed and result in rapid decompression or reduced controllability of the airplane.

This regulation establishes an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of calcium lactate pentahydrate (CAS Reg. No. 5743-47-5) when used as an inert ingredient in pesticide formulations applied to growing crops or to raw agricultural commodities after harvest. SynTech Global LLC, on behalf of BioNext sprl submitted a petition to EPA under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), as amended by the Federal Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA), requesting an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance. This regulation eliminates the need to establish a maximum permissible level for residues of calcium lactate pentahydrate.

This regulation establishes time-limited tolerances for residues of the insecticide methoxyfenozide per se, in or on sorghum, forage; sorghum, grain; and sorghum, stover. This action is in response to a crisis exemption issued by the Louisiana Department of Agriculture under section 18 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) authorizing use of the pesticide on grain sorghum. This regulation establishes a maximum permissible level for residues of methoxyfenozide in these feed commodities. The time-limited tolerances expire and will be revoked on December 31, 2012.

Pursuant to section 112(l) of the Clean Air Act, States with approved programs may take delegation of the Administrator's authorities and responsibilities to implement and enforce the emission standards and other requirements for hazardous air pollutants subject to this section. The delegation status of each State is published in the rules implementing section 112(l). EPA is taking this action to accomplish the following: correct a sequential numbering error in regulations that failed to reserve space for the alphabetical listing of the State of Florida; reserve space for the State of Florida; and, add delegation information for the States of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, and South Carolina.