January 4, 2011 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The USDA, Forest Service, will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on a proposed action to manage forest fuels and forest stand densities, including areas within a designated wildland urban interface, on the Sisters Ranger District, Deschutes National Forest. In addition, the proposal would decommission and close Forest Roads. The proposed action would be located on National Forest System lands south of the city of Sisters, Oregon; east of the Three Sisters Wilderness; north of the boundary with the BendFort Rock Ranger District; and west of the 33,000 acre Cascade Timberlands property which is being considered as a future Community Forest. The legal location is Townships 16 and 17 south and Range 9 east, Willamette Meridian. The project area is managed under the Northwest Forest Plan: Matrix (12,813 acres); Late Successional Reserve (3,078 acres); and Administratively Withdrawn (1,301 acres). The project area also contains 1,336 acres of Riparian Reserves. The alternatives will include the proposed action, no action, and additional alternatives that respond to issues generated during the scoping process. The agency will give notice of the full environmental analysis and the decision making process so interested and affected people may participate and contribute to the final decision.

This notice announces actions taken by the FHWA that are final within the meaning of 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). The action relates to a proposed highway project, the Knik Arm Crossing (KAC) Project, providing a new roadway and bridge connection between the Matanuska- Susitna (Mat-Su) Borough and the Municipality of Anchorage within the State of Alaska. Those actions grant approvals for the project.

This is Supplement No. 6 to the Treasury Department Circular 570, 2010 Revision, published July 1, 2010, at 75 FR 38192.

The Delaware River Basin Commission (``Commission'') proposes to amend its Water Quality Regulations (``WQR''), Water Code and Comprehensive Plan by adding a new Article 7 to the WQR providing for the conservation and development of water resources of the Delaware River Basin during the implementation of natural gas development projects. This Article applies to all natural gas development projects involving siting, construction or use of production, exploratory or other wells in the Basin regardless of the target geologic formation, and to water withdrawals, well pad and related activities and wastewater disposal activities comprising part of, associated with or serving such projects.

We are rescinding an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above. The existing AD resulted from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) issued by an aviation authority of another country to identify and correct an unsafe condition on an aviation product. The MCAI describes the unsafe condition as: