Department of Agriculture December 8, 2010 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Central Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.: Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Extend Scoping Comment Period
Document Number: 2010-30898
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-12-08
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Rural Utilities Service
The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) intends to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to meet its responsibilities under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Council on Environmental Quality's regulations for implementing NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500-1508), RUS's Environmental and Policies and Procedures (7 CFR part 1794), and the U.S. Forest Service's (USFS) National Environmental Policy Act Procedures (36 CFR part 220) in connection with potential impacts related to a proposal by Central Electric Power Cooperative, Inc., (Central Electric) of Columbia, South Carolina. The proposal consists of constructing a 115 kilovolt (kV) transmission line through portions of Berkeley, Charleston, and/or Georgetown Counties, South Carolina, to the proposed McClellanville substation. Central Electric is requesting that RUS provide financial assistance for the proposal and may request that the USFS issue a special use permit for the proposal.
Notice of Request for a New Information Collection (Public Health Information System)
Document Number: 2010-30875
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-12-08
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations, the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing its intention to request a new information collection concerning its Web-based Public Health Information System.
Dairy Import Licensing Program
Document Number: 2010-30714
Type: Rule
Date: 2010-12-08
Agency: Office of the Secretary, Department of Agriculture
This final rule amends the historical license reduction provisions of the Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing Program 7 CFR part 6, by suspending the provisions with respect to the reduction of historical licenses based on surrenders of unused quantities until 2016.
Official Performance and Procedural Requirements for Grain Weighing Equipment and Related Grain Handling Systems
Document Number: 2010-30712
Type: Rule
Date: 2010-12-08
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS) is amending the regulations issued under the United States Grain Standards Act (USGSA), as amended, to incorporate by reference the applicable requirements of the 2008 edition of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Handbook 44, ``Specifications, Tolerances, and Other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices,'' (NIST Handbook 44, issued October 2007).
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