Department of Agriculture September 8, 2015 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: Authorized Program Revision Approval, State of Mississippi
Document Number: 2015-22528
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-09-08
Agency: Department of Agriculture
This notice announces EPA's approval of the State of Mississippi's request to revise/modify certain of its EPA-authorized programs to allow electronic reporting.
Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: Authorized Program Revision Approval, State of Alabama
Document Number: 2015-22063
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-09-08
Agency: Department of Agriculture
This notice announces EPA's approval of the State of Alabama's request to revise/modify its State Operating Permit Programs EPA- authorized program to allow electronic reporting.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles-Phase 2; Extension of Comment Period
Document Number: 2015-22028
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2015-09-08
Agency: Historic Preservation, Advisory Council, Department of Agriculture
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) are extending the comment period for the joint proposed rules ``Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles Phase 2,'' and also for NHTSA's Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS). The proposed rules were published in the Federal Register on July 13, 2015. The comment period for the proposed rules was to end on September 17, 2015. The DEIS was published to a NHTSA Docket on June 19, 2015, and the comment period for that document was to end on August 31, 2015. The purpose of this action is to extend the comment period for the proposed rules and the DEIS to October 1, 2015.
Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, Feather River Air Quality Management District; Correction
Document Number: 2015-21939
Type: Rule
Date: 2015-09-08
Agency: Department of Agriculture
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is correcting a direct final rule that appeared in the Federal Register on July 8, 2015. The document approved revisions to various sections of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). This document adds the appropriate amendatory language to Sec. 52.220, Subpart F.
Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; Alaska; Transportation Conformity State Implementation Plan
Document Number: 2015-21938
Type: Rule
Date: 2015-09-08
Agency: Department of Agriculture
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Alaska (the State). The submission addresses transportation conformity and general conformity requirements. The EPA is approving the submission in accordance with the requirements of the Clean Air Act (the Act).
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Alaska; Transportation Conformity State Implementation Plan
Document Number: 2015-21936
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2015-09-08
Agency: Department of Agriculture
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Alaska (the State). The submission addresses transportation conformity requirements. EPA is approving the submission in accordance with the requirements of the Clean Air Act (the Act).
Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects
Document Number: 2015-21756
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2015-09-08
Agency: Aging Administration, Southwestern Power Administration, International Trade Administration, National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities, Army Department, Rural Housing Service, Rural Business-Cooperative Service, National Agricultural Library, Energy Policy and New Uses Office, Agriculture Department, Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Department of Agriculture, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Historic Preservation, Advisory Council, Presidential Documents
The departments and agencies listed in this document propose revisions to modernize, strengthen, and make more effective the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects that was promulgated as a Common Rule in 1991. This NPRM seeks comment on proposals to better protect human subjects involved in research, while facilitating valuable research and reducing burden, delay, and ambiguity for investigators. This proposed rule is an effort to modernize, simplify, and enhance the current system of oversight. The participating departments and agencies propose these revisions to the human subjects regulations because they believe these changes would strengthen protections for research subjects while facilitating important research.
Revisions to Test Methods, Performance Specifications, and Testing Regulations for Air Emission Sources
Document Number: 2015-20768
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2015-09-08
Agency: Department of Agriculture
This action proposes technical and editorial corrections and revisions to regulations related to source testing of emissions. This proposed rule will make corrections and updates to testing provisions that contain inaccuracies and outdated procedures, and provide alternatives to existing testing regulations. These revisions will improve the quality of data and provide testers flexibility to use recently-approved alternative procedures. Many of these changes were suggested by testers and other end-users, and they will not impose new substantive requirements on source owners or operators.
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