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Comment Period: - Time provided for the public to review and comment on a proposed EPA action or rulemaking after publication in the Federal Register.
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News archive for Comment Period::

SEC Reopens Fund Rule Comment Period  -  04 Aug 2008
Markets Media (press release),By Ed Zwirn, Staff Writer The Securities and Exchange Commission has reopened the public comment period on a proposal intended to improve mutual fund

... where you read it first  -  04 Aug 2008
Media Newswire (press release),...(Media-Newswire.com) - Commission approval of final consent orders – Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved the issuance of a final

Investors: Stronger 'Long-Term Severe Risk' Corporate Disclosure ...  -  04 Aug 2008
Earthtimes (press release),As Comment Period Nears End, Investors See FASB Support for More Disclosure as Good Step, But Seek Investor Comments Warning That 1-Year Horizon for Severe

Just the Facts...  -  04 Aug 2008
Wall Street JournalLast week, the SEC reopened its comment period, until Aug. 29, for that effort. The idea behind the SEC's revised brochure proposal is that advisers will

BOE approves millage rate, makes pledge to Rec Department  -  04 Aug 2008
Morgan County Citizen,...“I really believe that allowing for public input before a vote on an action item and an open public comment period at meeting’s end would be a great PR ploy

Medicare, Medicaid Aggressively Encourage Greater Patient Safety  -  04 Aug 2008
eMaxHealth.com,CMS today begins the NCD process by commencing a national coverage analysis (NCA) with a 30-day public comment period. During the comment period CMS accepts

Annuities group takes issue with SEC's proposal on EIAs  -  04 Aug 2008
InvestmentNews,Once the comment period closes Sept. 10, the SEC commissioners vote on whether to adopt the proposed rule in its original form, to adopt a revised proposed

Environment briefs for Aug. 4  -  04 Aug 2008
The Olympian,The state Department of Ecology has extended the public-comment period until Aug. 11 for its proposed sediment-sampling plan in Oakland Bay in Mason County.

Private dam is environmental hazard, downstream neighbor asserts ...  -  04 Aug 2008
Arkansas Democrat Gazette,To receive a permit, a property owner must go through several steps, including site evaluations, a public notice and comment period and evaluations of water

ACROSS the BIG SKY  -  04 Aug 2008
Great Falls Tribune,A public comment period is scheduled for 4:30 pm on Aug. 14. BOZEMAN — Montana State athletics staffers recently picked up hammers and spent an afternoon

Finra proposes tougher sales rules on variable products  -  04 Aug 2008
InvestmentNews,Currently, it is in its comment period, which will end Sept. 30. "The proposal is comprehensive in nature and overhauls variable products communications,"

Commission Reopens Comment Period on Proposal to Improve Mutual ...  -  Aug 1, 2008
7thSpace Interactive (press release),Washington, DC, July 31, 2008 — The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that it has reopened the public comment period on a proposal intended

FTC Approves Federal Register Notice Extending Comment Period on ...  -  Jul 31, 2008
Media Newswire (press release),The FTC has now extended the public comment period until September 12, 2008. The Commission vote approving publication of the Federal Register notice was

Comment period for Robin Hill Park disc golf plan ends today  -  Jul 31, 2008
Peninsula Daily,Even after the public-comment period officially ends today, the parks department must make its way through another kind of obstacle course.

Comment period ends today for Rainier’s Carbon River Road  -  Jul 31, 2008
TheNewsTribune.com,Today is the last day Mount Rainier National Park will accept public comment about repairs to Carbon River Road. Carbon River Road was washed out during

MMS extends comment period  -  Jul 30, 2008
EnergyCurrent,WASHINGTON DC: The US Minerals Management Service (MMS) has extended the public comment period on the proposal to amend the regulations, distributions and

Comment period extended for Chattooga River plan  -  Jul 30, 2008
Greenville News,...wasn’t required to release the pre-decisional assessment or provide a comment period, "we did so to give people an opportunity to review the document.

Power plant comment period opens  -  Jul 30, 2008
Corsicana Daily Sun,By Janet Jacobs The second proposed power plant, Navarro Energy Center, is through the first hurdle in the state permitting process, and is now entering the

Comment period on Superfund extended  -  Jul 25, 2008
Walpole Times,By Jeb Bobseine The public comment period on the South Street Superfund site, originally meant to end on July 18, has been extended another month,

NOAA Extends Public Comment Period on Draft Management Plan for ...  -  Jul 25, 2008
7thSpace Interactive (press release),The original 90-day public comment period, during which eight public hearings were held throughout New England, was scheduled to end on Aug. 4, 2008.

US seeks comment on tortoise recovery  -  Aug 2, 2008
Deseret News,A draft of the plan will be published Monday in the Federal Register, which opens a 90-day public comment period. A copy of the draft will be posted at

ICANN Opens Public Comment Period on Czech Arbitration Court ...  -  Jul 22, 2008
ag-IP-news Agency,MARINA DEL REY, CA - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has received a request from the Czech Arbitration Court (CAC) to run

WEDNESDAY: Comment period opens for projects (3:21 pm)  -  Jul 23, 2008
Niagara Gazette,The fifth round of projects to be reviewed by the Niagara River Greenway Commission are currently available for public comment.

EPA Extends WaterSense New Home Comment Period  -  Jul 21, 2008
Lawn & Landscape,Officials have extended the public comment period for the draft specification for single-family new homes an additional 45 days. The draft specification for

EPA Extends Public Comment Period for Proposed Clean Up Plan for ...  -  Jul 17, 2008
U.S. EPA.gov (press release),July 17, 2008) – EPA granted a request to extend the public comment period an additional 30 days for the proposed cleanup plan for the Blackburn and Union

MTO opens public comment period on Bill 41  -  Jul 17, 2008
Today's Trucking NewsThe comment period closes August 31, 2008. Further Information on the comment period is available from MTO's Carrier Safety and Enforcement Branch.

AMP - Ohio meeting, comment period nearing  -  Jul 20, 2008
Daily Sentinel,By Beth Sergent LETART FALLS - An upcoming public hearing and comment period on the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency's issuance of two draft permits

Fletcher comment period is extended  -  Jul 18, 2008
Cabinet.com,The original comment period ran from June 18 until July 19. The EPA has held two public hearings, one in June and one in July, since it changed its soil

Comment period opens on delta smelt federal uplisting  -  Jul 18, 2008
Capital Press (subscription),Fish and Wildlife Service spokesman Al Donner said the agency is seeking as much information as possible in the 60-day comment period from scientific and

Public Comment Period Extended for Proposed Change to the Soil ...  -  Jul 14, 2008
U.S. EPA.gov (press release),July 14, 2008) – EPA has granted a thirty day extension to the Public Comment Period for the proposed change to the soil cleanup plan at the Fletcher’s

Comment period extended on Northwestern Islands plan  -  Jul 18, 2008
Honolulu Advertiser,The federal public comment period on plans for the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument Management has been extended through Wednesday.

Ban on travelers with HIV to US partly lifted  -  Aug 1, 2008
Los Angeles Times,A similar public comment period would be likely if the agency again proposed to remove HIV from the list. "That's where the battle may be," Neilson said.

Comment period extended for park gun plan  -  Jul 12, 2008
The Missoulian,...tourists to carry loaded guns in national parks is on hold, as pressure from critics has forced an extension of the public comment period through Aug.

RCA seeks public input: Net metering comment period ends on July 28  -  Jul 15, 2008
Kenai Peninsula Online,That, she said, would likely include another public comment period. Among the net metering advocates was Rep. Paul Seaton, R-Homer, who sponsored a bill

EPA pulls air district permit for Calpine's Russell City plant in ...  -  Jul 30, 2008
Bizjournals.com,...s Russell City Energy Center by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District and ordered the air district to re-notice and re-open a public comment period

EPA Extends Public Comment Period on the Proposed Lead Air Quality ...  -  Jul 17, 2008
NewsBlaze,EPA is extending the deadline for public comments on the proposed National Ambient Air Quality Standards for lead from July 18, 2008, to Aug. 4, 2008.

NISP Comment Period Extended  -  Jul 12, 2008
Berthoud Recorder,By Recorder Staff The US, Army Corps of Engineers announced Thursday they will be extending the public comment period on the Northern Integrated Supply

Comment period on Medford Wal-Mart extended  -  Jul 16, 2008
Mail Tribune,By Paris Achen A decision on a proposed zoning change required for Wal-Mart to build a supercenter at the former Miles Field in Medford has been delayed

Comment period extended for national park gun rules  -  Jul 15, 2008
KPAX-TV,The public comment period has been extended on a plan to allow tourists to carry loaded guns in national parks. The proposal would remove the current rule,

Hopewell Precision cleanup comment period begins  -  Jul 7, 2008
Mid-Hudson News,EAST FISHKILL – The US Environmental Protection Agency’s 30 day comment period for the preferred cleanup alternative to address contamination at the

Comment period for Unicorn Stadium ending  -  Jul 14, 2008
Herald Zeitung,Wednesday is the last day the public can view paperwork and comment on to state environmental officials regarding the proposed synthetic turf field at

Public comment period in wake of city manager's resignation to ...  -  Jul 15, 2008
Peninsula Daily,PORT ANGELES — The City Council will devote the first portion of its 6 pm meeting today to public comment, presumably in the wake of last week's announced

Disc golf proposal comment period extended  -  Jul 12, 2008
Peninsula Daily,The comment period was to have ended today, but on Thursday parks supervisor Bruce Giddens announced that it will run through July 31.

Credit-comment period is a credit-worthy concept  -  Jul 11, 2008
UI The Daily Iowan (subscription),In addition, the Fed has begun a public comment period, during which it will read each and every suggestion on the topic of credit-card reform.

Oxnard begins comment period on housing project  -  Jul 15, 2008
Ventura County Star,By José L. Sánchez Jr. A proposal to build a community of 2500 moderate-income homes and low-income apartments on a 165-acre strawberry field north of

Tribe may gain control of South Unit of Badlands  -  Aug 2, 2008
Houston Chronicle,Comments from 14 public meetings this spring will be compiled into a document that will be the subject of another comment period before a preferred option

Public Comment Period Opens for the October Mine Site Reclamation  -  Jul 8, 2008
Telluride Watch,...by Baxter Black, DVM GATEWAY – The Bureau of Land Management has opened a public comment period for a proposal to reclaim part of the abandoned October Mine

State, island at odds over beachfront development  -  Aug 2, 2008
Hilton Head Island Packet,On Tuesday, the department opened a 30-day comment period on the issue. During that period, the town and its coastal engineers plan to submit evidence that

IJC comment period ends Friday  -  Jul 10, 2008
News 10 Now,CLAYTON, NY -- If you haven't voiced your opinion yet on the proposal by the International Joint Commission to regulate water levels on the St. Lawrence

Clean Water Act Class II: Proposed Administrative Settlement ...  -  Aug 1, 2008
Trading Markets (press release),Please ensure that your comments are submitted within the specified comment period. Comments received after the close of the comment period will be marked




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