Federal Register Items of Interest to the Department of the Interior
September 17 - 21, 2007
Below is the weekly list of Federal Register Items of Interest to the Department of the Interior. This list includes items appearing in the Federal Register during the week of September 17-21, 2007. If you have any questions or wish to receive full-text copies of any of the items on this list, please contact the Department of the Interior Library by phone at (202) 208-5815, e-mail at Library@nbc.gov, or in person or by mail at 1849 C Street, NW, MS 1151, Washington, DC 20240.
SEPTEMBER 17, 2007
1. 72 FR 52849, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Lincoln National Forest; New Mexico; Perk-Grindstone III Hazardous Fuel Reduction Project, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement; Correction.
2. 72 FR 52860, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XC68, Endangered Species; File No. 1576, ACTION: Notice; receipt of application for modification.
3. 72 FR 52860, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XA20, Notice of Availability of Proposed Low Effect Habitat Conservation Plan for Washington Department of Natural Resources' Commercial Geoduck Fishery, ACTION: Notice of availability; receipt of application.
4. 72 FR 52862, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XC58, Marine Mammals; File No. 1039-1916, ACTION: Notice; receipt of application.
5. 72 FR 52864, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN: 0648-XC60, North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings, ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
6. 72 FR 52903, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Washita National Wildlife Refuge, Custer County, OK, and Optima National Wildlife Refuge, Texas County, OK, ACTION: Notice of availability: draft comprehensive conservation plan and environmental assessment; announcement of public meeting; and request for comments.
7. 72 FR 52905, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Receipt of Application of Endangered Species Recovery Permits, ACTION: Notice of availability and receipt of application.
8. 72 FR 52905, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Receipt of Applications for Permit, ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications for permit.
9. 72 FR 52906, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [WO-260-09-1060-00-24 1A], Call for Nominations for the Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board, ACTION: Notice of Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board Call for Nominations.
10. 72 FR 52907, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [AK-020-1610-DP-088L], Announcement That BLM-Alaska Has Discontinued Its Planning Efforts for the South Portion of the National Petroleum Reserve--Alaska Integrated Activity Plan and Environmental Impact Statement, ACTION: Notice of intent to discontinue planning efforts for the South NPR-A.
11. 72 FR 52907, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), Correction of the Call for Information and Nominations and Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), ACTION: Correction of the Call for Information and Nominations and Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).
12. 72 FR 52909, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), 30 Day Notice of Submission to the Office of Management and Budget; Opportunity for Public Comment, ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
13. 72 FR 52910, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Intent To Prepare a General Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement for Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, Nebraska, Monday, September 17, 2007.
14. 72 FR 52911, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), National Capital Memorial Advisory Commission; Notice of Public Meeting, ACTION: Notice of meeting.
15. 72 FR 52911, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions, Monday, September 17, 2007.
SEPTEMBER 18, 2007
16. 72 FR 53211, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 12-month Finding on a Petition To List Sclerocactus brevispinus (Pariette cactus) as an Endangered or Threatened Species; Taxonomic Change From Sclerocactus glaucus to Sclerocactus brevispinus, S. glaucus, and S. wetlandicus, ACTION: Notice of 12-month petition finding and proposed rule.
17. 72 FR 53223, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Camp Four Vegetation Project, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement.
18. 72 FR 53225, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Request for Proposals for Woody Biomass Utilization Grant--Forest Restoration Activities on National Forest System Lands, ACTION: Request for proposals.
19. 72 FR 53260, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Howland Island National Wildlife Refuge, Baker Island National Wildlife Refuge, and Jarvis Island National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. Territories, ACTION: Notice of availability of draft comprehensive conservation plans and associated environmental assessments.
20. 72 FR 53261, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Endangered Species Recovery Permit Applications, ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit applications; request for comment.
21. 72 FR 53261, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [Docket No. WO-310-1310-PB-24 1A], Extension of Approved Information Collection, OMB Control Number 1004-0196, ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
22. 72 FR 53262, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [CA-110], Meeting of the Central California Resource Advisory Council, ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
23. 72 FR 53264, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (DOL) Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Petitions for Modification, ACTION: Notice of petitions for modification of existing mandatory safety standards.
24. 72 FR 53281, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Transit Administration, Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement on West 11th Avenue Bus Rapid Transit Corridor in the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area, OR, ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare an environmental impact statement.
25. 72 FR 53283, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Maritime Administration (MA), [USCG-2007-28676], Clearwater Port Liquefied Natural Gas Deepwater Port License Application; Preparation of Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report, ACTION: Notice of intent; notice of public meeting; request for comments.
SEPTEMBER 19, 2007
26. 72 FR 53516, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Part 679, [Docket No. 070705262-7266-01] RIN 0648-AV38, Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Groundfish Fisheries of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area and Gulf of Alaska, Seabird Avoidance Measures Revisions, ACTION: Proposed rule; request for comments.
27. 72 FR 53526, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Rural Utilities Service (RUS), East Kentucky Power Cooperative: Notice of Finding of No Significant Impact, ACTION: Notice of finding of no significant impact.
28. 72 FR 53538, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) Department of the Navy, Record of Decision for Restoration of Clear Zones and Stormwater Drainage Systems at Boca Chica Field, Naval Air Station, Key West, FL, ACTION: Notice of Record of Decision.
29. 72 FR 53572, Notices, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), [EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0098; FRL-8146-5], Tribal Pesticide Program Council; Notice of Public Meeting, ACTION: Notice.
30. 72 FR 53597, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [CA-190-0777-XG], Notice of Emergency Closure of Selected Public Lands in Monterey County, California, ACTION: Notice of Emergency Closure of Selected Public Lands to the Establishment of Geocaches.
31. 72 FR 53598, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [MT-921-07-1320-EL-P; NDM 96918], Notice of Invitation--Coal Exploration License Application NDM 96918, ACTION: Notice.
32. 72 FR 53598, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: Fowler Museum of Cultural History, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ACTION: Notice.
33. 72 FR 53599, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, KS, ACTION: Notice.
34. 72 FR 53601, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, ACTION: Notice.
35. 72 FR 53601, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ACTION: Notice.
36. 72 FR 53602, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District, Portland, OR and University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History, Eugene, OR, ACTION: Notice.
37. 72 FR 53652, Rules and Regulations, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), 40 CFR Part 6, [EPA-HQ-OECA-2005-0062; FRL-8467-5] RIN 2020-AA42, Procedures for Implementing the National Environmental Policy Act and Assessing the Environmental Effects Abroad of EPA Actions, Part III, ACTION: Final Rule.
SEPTEMBER 20, 2007
38. 72 FR 53749, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, RIN 1018-AV19, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 12-Month Petition Finding and Proposed Rule To List the Polar Bear (Ursus Maritimus) as Threatened Throughout Its Range, ACTION: Reopening of comment period; notice of availability of new information.
39. 72 FR 53801, Notices, NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC), [Docket No. 070-00348], Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Amendment to Special Nuclear Materials License No. SNM-348, for Termination of the License and Unrestricted Release of the Department of the Army's Facility in Adelphi, MD, ACTION: Issuance of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Amendment.
40. 72 FR 53882, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 20, RIN 1018-AV12, Migratory Bird Hunting; Final Frameworks for Late-Season Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations, Part VI, ACTION: Final rule.
SEPTEMBER 21, 2007
41. 72 FR 53987, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Plumas County Resource Advisory Committee (RAC), ACTION: Notice of meeting.
42. 72 FR 54013, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) Department of the Army (DA), Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) and Enhanced Use Lease (EUL) Actions at Fort Meade, MD, ACTION: Notice of Availability (NOA).
43. 72 FR 54015, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) Department of the Navy, Revised Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement for the Undersea Warfare Training Range and Notice of Request for Public Scoping Comments, ACTION: Revised Notice of Intent.
44. 72 FR 54037, Notices, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), [ER-FRL-6691-3], Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments.
45. 72 FR 54056, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge, Swanton, Franklin County, VT, ACTION: Notice of availability: final comprehensive conservation plan and finding of no significant impact.
46. 72 FR 54057, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 5-Year Review of 16 Southeastern Species, ACTION: Notice.
47. 72 FR 54059, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Initiation of 5-Year Reviews of 2 Species: Chihuahua Chub (Gila nigrescens) and Navasota Ladies'-Tresses (Spiranthes parksii), ACTION: Notice of reviews; request for information.
48. 72 FR 54061, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 5-Year Reviews of 18 Caribbean Species, ACTION: Notice of initiation of 5-year reviews; Request for public comment.
49. 72 FR 54062, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), Agency Information Collection Activities: Submitted for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review; Comment Request, ACTION: Notice of extension of an information collection (1010-0142).
50. 72 FR 54064, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: Southwest Museum of the American Indian, Autry National Center, Los Angeles, CA, ACTION: Notice.
51. 72 FR 54067, Notices, UNITED STATES-MEXICO INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION-UNITED STATES SECTION, United States and Mexico; United States Section; Notice of Availability of a Draft Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for Improvements to the Main and North Floodways Levee System in the Lower Rio Grande Flood Control Project, Hidalgo, Cameron and Willacy Counties, TX, ACTION: Notice of Availability of Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) and Draft Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI).
52. 72 FR 54099, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Transit Administration, Intent To Prepare a Revised Environmental Impact Statement for the Silicon Valley Rapid Transit Project in Milpitas, San Jose, and Santa Clara, CA, ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement.
53. 72 FR 54158, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 20, RIN 1018-AV12, Migratory Bird Hunting; Late Seasons and Bag and Possession Limits for Certain Migratory Game Birds, Part III, ACTION: Final rule.