Wyoming briefs Nov 18, 2009
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK -- A rule implementing a new plan to provide for limited, regulated snowmobile and snowcoach access in Yellowstone National Park for the next two winters will be published in the Federal Register on Friday. This interim rule allows up to 318 commercially guided, Best Available Technology snowmobiles, and up to 78 commercially guided snowcoaches per day in Yellowstone for the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 winter seasons. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Vilsack announces energy audit applications now being accepted (2) Nov 15, 2009
For further details about eligibility rules and application procedures, see page 10533 of the March 11 Federal Register, located at. SDA Rural Development intends to publish and seek public comment on a proposed regulation for the REAP program later this year. (Minnesota Farm Guide, MN)
Cleaning dirty air risks costlier Arizona water Nov 1, 2009
The EPA outlined its proposal to require the tighter pollution controls at Navajo in a densely worded document published in the Federal Register in August. The power plant's partners knew something was coming but expected federal regulators to consider a less-expensive option discussed late in 2008. (AZCentral)
Abercrombie eyes trade zone Oct 24, 2009
The application, published in the Federal Register on Oct. 13, comes as the $3. 5 billion retailer appears to have abandoned plans to process goods from overseas at a 162,400-square-foot warehouse it bought last year near the Rickenbacker cargo airport in southeastern Franklin County. (Columbus Business First, OH)
Kauai veterans October news Oct 22, 2009
Before the ruling takes effect, it must be published in the Federal Register and opened for final comment. It is predicted that the process would be completed early next year. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
New Enforcement Chief Aims to Restore Confidence in SEC Oct 20, 2009
The standards are almost finalized, and Khuzami said a policy statement will be published in the Federal Register in the near future. "It has the potential to change the landscape," said Jeff Robertson, a SEC enforcement partner in the Washington office of. (Law.com)
R-CALF: Misrepresentation of EPA’s So-Called Cow & Pig Tax’ Distracts Producers (2) Oct 4, 2009
A review of EPA s 168-page Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) published in the Federal Register on July 30, 2008, shows this tax is not being proposed by the EPA. The EPA Administrator states emphatically: I believe the ANPR demonstrates the Clean Air Actis ill-suited for the task of regulating global greenhouse gassesNone of the views or alternatives raised in this notice (ANPR) represents Agency decisions or policy recommendations. In the ANPR, the Executive Office of the... (Agri-View, WI)
Farmers, business owners urged to apply for value-added producer grants Sep 11, 2009
htm or see page 45165 of the Sept. 1 Federal Register. USDA plans to award planning grants of up to $100,000 and working capital grants of up to $300,000 to successful applicants. (Madison Daily Leader, SD)
Valley expects to get delay for ozone cleanup Aug 27, 2009
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is scheduled to publish its proposed approval in the Federal Register in the next few days, and it will become official by the end of September. The action pushes the deadline to 2024, an extension the local air district requested more than two years ago after stormy public discussions with activists. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
NSA expansion could net 11,000 new jobs in Anne Arundel Co. Aug 1, 2009
In a public notice published July 2 in the Federal Register, NSA said that growth is needed to consolidate multiple agencies efforts to ensure capabilities for current and future mission accomplishments as directed by Congress and the President. Jeffrey Williams, who is overseeing the project for the NSA and listed as the public information contact, referred calls to NSA public affairs representatives, who could not be reached for comment. (Baltimore Business Journal, MD)
Analysis: Obama's lackluster health care message Jul 23, 2009
It was like watching a three-card Monte game while simultaneously listening to a lawyer read from the Federal Register. Obama repeated his generalized pledge to control costs and eventually bend the curve of health-care costs in this country. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Chips In Official IDs Raise Privacy Fears Jul 12, 2009
5 percent were negative, with 86 percent expressing security or privacy concerns, the department reported in an October 2005 notice in the Federal Register ... In its October 2005 Federal Register notice, the State Department reassured Americans that the e-passport's chip -- the ISO 14443 tag -- would emit radio waves only within a 4-inch radius, making it tougher to hack ... The State Department, according to its own records obtained under FOIA, was aware of the problem months before its... (KFOXTV.com, TX)
SBA alters loan refinance terms Jun 26, 2009
On Wednesday, SBA began implementing the changes by publishing them as a permanent rule in the Federal Register. The legislation allows 504 program projects to include a limited amount of debt refinancing if there is a business expansion and the debt refinanced does not exceed 50 percent of the projected expansion cost. (Houston Business Journal, TX)
News and Notes for Sunday, May 3, 2009 May 4, 2009
The alternate size standard is available at the offices of The Federal Register today and will be published as an interim final rule early next week. The temporary change to the 7(a) loan size standard is not unprecedented. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
LETTER: Obama order may accept Hamas militants Mar 24, 2009
This executive order was signed Jan. 27 and is in the Federal Register; follow this link to it: www. the. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Report Says TSA Violated Privacy Law Feb 8, 2009
In 2004, the TSA published a Federal Register notice on a data-test phase of the program, saying that "strict firewalls" would prevent any commercial data from mixing with government data. However, this was based on the notion that the Secure Flight contractor, EagleForce Associates Inc. of McLean, would ensure that no commercial data were used, the report said. (Yahoo News -- Privacy Issues)
