Department of Agriculture May 15, 2009 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Fitzgerald Renewable Energy, LLC: Notice of Availability of an Environmental Assessment
Document Number: E9-11328
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-05-15
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Rural Utilities Service
The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) to meet its responsibilities under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and 7 CFR part 1794, RUS Environmental Policies and Procedures related to possible financial assistance for a project proposed by Fitzgerald Renewable Energy, LLC (FRE), with headquarters in Winter Park, FL. The proposal consists of the construction of a 55 megawatt (MW) biomass fueled power plant located in Ben Hill County, Georgia on Peachtree Road. FRE is requesting that RUS provide financial assistance for the proposed project. RUS is considering funding this application, thereby making the proposal an undertaking subject to review under section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), 16 U.S.C. 470(f), and its implementing regulation, ``Protection of Historic Properties'' (36 CFR part 800).
Ravalli County Resource Advisory Committee
Document Number: E9-11270
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-05-15
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Forest Service
The Ravalli County Resource Advisory Committee will be meeting to hold a short public forum (question and answer session). The meeting is being held pursuant to the authorities in the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 106-393) and under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106-393). The meeting is open to the public.
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: E9-11171
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-05-15
Agency: Department of Agriculture
Scales; Accurate Weights, Repairs, Adjustments or Replacements After Inspection
Document Number: E9-11159
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2009-05-15
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
We are proposing to amend one section of the regulations under the Packers and Stockyards Act (P&S Act) to incorporate by reference the 2009 edition of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Handbook 44, ``Specifications, Tolerances, and Other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices,'' and to require that scales used by stockyard owners, market agencies, dealers, packers, and live poultry dealers to weigh livestock, livestock carcasses, live poultry, or feed for the purposes of purchase, sale, acquisition, payment, or settlement meet applicable requirements of the 2009 NIST Handbook 44. Additionally, we are proposing to amend that section of the regulations to add ``swine contractors'' to the list of regulated entities to which the section applies.
Subsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska-2010-11 and 2011-12 Subsistence Taking of Wildlife Regulations
Document Number: E9-11130
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2009-05-15
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
This proposed rule would establish regulations for hunting and trapping seasons, harvest limits, methods, and means related to taking of wildlife for subsistence uses during the 2010-11 and 2011-12 regulatory years. The Federal Subsistence Board completes the biennial process of revising subsistence hunting and trapping regulations in even-numbered years and subsistence fishing and shellfish regulations in odd-numbered years; public proposal and review processes take place
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