Federal Register Items of Interest to the Department of the Interior
September 24-28, 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 24-28, 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 24, 2007
1. 72 FR 54233, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, RIN 0596-AC61 [FSM 2720, FSH 2609.13 and FSH 2709.11], Wind Energy, Proposed Forest Service Directives, ACTION: Proposed directives; request for comment.
2. 72 FR 54242, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Ocean Service (NOS) Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (OCRM) Estuarine Reserves Division, Announcement of Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Revised Management Plan Including a Boundary Expansion, ACTION: Notice of Approval and Avail-ability of the Revised Management Plan for the Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve.
3. 72 FR 54244, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Ocean Service (NOS), Marine Protected Areas Federal Advisory Committee; Public Meeting, ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
4. 72 FR 54276, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS) Border and Transportation Security Directorate Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Request for Public Comments Concerning Proposed Construction and Operation of Tactical Infrastructure for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Border Patrol Rio Grande Valley (Texas) Sector, ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Request for Public Comments.
5. 72 FR 54277, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS) Border and Transportation Security Directorate Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Request for Public Comments Concerning Proposed Construction and Operation of Tactical Infrastructure for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Border Patrol San Diego Sector, ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Request for Public Comments.
6. 72 FR 54278, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Coastal Barrier Improvement Act of 1990; Amendments to the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System, ACTION: Notice of distribution and availability of replacement maps of eight of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System.
7. 72 FR 54279, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Recovery Plan for the Pacific Coast Population of the Western Snowy Plover, ACTION: Notice of document availability.
8. 72 FR 54280, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Supawna Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Salem County, NJ, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a comprehensive conservation plan and environmental assessment; announcement of public scoping and request for comments.
9. 72 FR 54281, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Record of Decision for the Final Comprehensive Conservation Plan, Wilderness Stewardship Plan for Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge in Pima and Yuma Counties, AZ, ACTION: Notice of availability of record of decision.
10. 72 FR 54283, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [UT-090-06-1220-PM], Revision of Recreation Use Restrictions for Indian Creek Canyon Corridor: Off-Highway Vehicle Use Restrictions, ACTION: Notice of OHV use restrictions.
11. 72 FR 54283, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request, ACTION: Notice of a reinstatement of an information collection (1010-0082).
12. 72 FR 54285, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions.
13. 72 FR 54285, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Reclamation, Walker River Basin Acquisitions Program, Mineral, Lyon, and Douglas Counties, NV, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) and notice of public scoping meetings.
14. 72 FR 54286, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Reclamation, Adoption of Amended Navajo Power Marketing Plan, ACTION: Notice of adoption.
15. 72 FR 54318, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Transit Administration, Preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement for the Van Ness Avenue Bus Rapid Transit Project in San Francisco, CA, ACTION: Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).
SEPTEMBER 25, 2007
16. 72 FR 54377, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, RIN 1018--AU77, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Prudency Determination for the Designation of Critical Habitat for Trichostema austromontanum ssp. compactum, ACTION: Notice of final determination.
17. 72 FR 54411, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, RIN 1018-AU81, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Revised Critical Habitat for the Tidewater Goby (Eucyclogobius newberryi), ACTION: Proposed rule; reopen-ing of comment period, notice of availability of draft economic analysis, and amended Required Determinations.
18. 72 FR 54417, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), [Docket No. APHIS-2007-0073], Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Environmental Monitoring Form, ACTION: Extension of approval of an information collec-tion; comment request.
19. 72 FR 54449, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [AA-6683-G, AA-6683-L, AA-6683-A2; AK-964-1410-KC-P], Alaska Native Claims Selection, ACTION: Notice of Decision Approving Lands for Conveyance.
20. 72 FR 54450, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [OR-027-1020-PI-020H; HAG-07-0204], Date Change for Steens Mountain Advisory Council Meeting, ACTION: Change of Meeting Date.
21. 72 FR 54450, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [AZ-320-07-1232-FH-AZ21; 1232], Notice of Special Recreation Permit Fee Adjustments and Supplementary Rule Revision for Use of All Arizona and California Long-Term Visitor Areas, ACTION: Adjustment of Special Recreation Permit fees and revision of supplementary rules for Long-Term Visitor Areas managed by the California Desert District, California, and the Colorado River District, Arizona.
22. 72 FR 54454, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [CO 931 1220 PA], Proposed Supplementary Rule to Establish Application Fees for Commercial, Competitive, and Organized Group Activity and Event Special Recreation Permits, ACTION: Proposed supplementary rule; Correction.
23. 72 FR 54455, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [UT-921; UTU-83478], Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and Transfer of Jurisdiction; Utah, ACTION: Notice.
24. 72 FR 54456, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Winter Use Plans, Final Environmental Impact Statement, Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks and the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway, Wyoming, ACTION: Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Winter Use Plans, Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks and the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway.
25. 72 FR 54456, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Reclamation, Walker River Basin Acquisitions Program, Mineral, Lyon, and Douglas Counties, NV, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) and notice of public scoping meetings.
26. 72 FR 54467, Notices, NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC), [Docket No. 04000341], Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Amendment to Source Materials License No. STC-133, for Unrestricted Release of the Defense Logistics Agency's Facility in Hillsborough, NJ, ACTION: Issuance of environmental assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for license amendment.
27. 72 FR 54469, Notices, NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC), [Docket No. 50-482], Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation; Wolf Creek Generating Station, Unit 1; Notice of Availability of the Draft Supplement 32 to the Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, and Public Meeting for the License Renewal of Wolf Creek Generating Station, Unit 1.
SEPTEMBER 26, 2007
28. 72 FR 54602, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 32, Hunting and Fishing.
29. 72 FR 54643, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XC85, Endangered Species; File No. 1614, ACTION: Notice; receipt of application.
30. 72 FR 54672, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of the Secretary of the Interior Office of Hawaiian Relations, Native Hawaiian Organization Notification List, ACTION: Creation of a Native Hawaiian Organization Notification List to be maintained by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of Ha-waiian Relations.
31. 72 FR 54673, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge, ACTION: Notice of availability of the Final Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI).
32. 72 FR 54674, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Model Tribal Probate Code, Guidance for Submission of Tribal Probate Codes Under 25 U.S.C. Section 2205, ACTION: Notice.
33. 72 FR 54679, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [WY-957-07-1420-BJ-TRST], Notice of Filing of Plats of Survey, Nebraska, ACTION: Notice of filing of plats of survey, Nebraska.
34. 72 FR 54679, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Meetings for the National Park Service (NPS) Subsistence Resource Commission (SRC) Program Within the Alaska Region, ACTION: Notice of meetings for the National Park Service (NPS) Subsistence Resource Commission (SRC) program within the Alaska Region.
SEPTEMBER 27, 2007
35. 72 FR 54830, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSRME), 30 CFR Part 924, [Docket No. MS-021-FOR], Mississippi Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Plan, ACTION: Final rule; approval of abandoned mine land reclamation plan.
36. 72 FR 54841, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), 36 CFR Part 7, RIN 1024-AD40, Special Regulations; Areas of the National Park System, National Capital Region, ACTION: Final rule.
37. 72 FR 54918, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Information Collection Sent to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Approval; OMB Control Number 1018-0094; Federal Fish and Wildlife Permit Applications and Reports--Native Endangered and Threatened Species, ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
38. 72 FR 54919, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Information Collection Sent to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Approval; OMB Control Number 1018-0092; Federal Fish and Wildlife Permit Applications and Reports--Law Enforcement, ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
39. 72 FR 54921, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Togiak National Wildlife Refuge, Dillingham, AK, ACTION: Notice of availability of the Draft Revised Comprehensive Conservation Plan, Draft Revised Public Use Management Plan, and Environmental As-sessment for Togiak National Wildlife Refuge; request for comments.
40. 72 FR 54922, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Virgin River Habitat Conservation and Recovery Program, Clark County, NV, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) and notice of public meetings.
41. 72 FR 54923, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Land Acquisitions; Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, ACTION: Notice of final agency determination to take land into trust under 25 CFR part 151.
42. 72 FR 54945, Notices, NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC), [Docket No. 030-17052], Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Amendment to Byproduct Materials License No. 37-11185-04, for Unrestricted Release of a Franklin & Marshall College Facil-ity in Lancaster, PA, ACTION: Issuance of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Amendment.
43. 72 FR 54947, Notices, NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC), Revised Notice of Intent To Prepare a Generic Environmental Impact Statement for Uranium Milling Facilities, ACTION: Revised Notice of Intent (NOI).
44. 72 FR 54949, Notices, NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC), [Docket No. 030-04578], Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Amendment to Byproduct Materials License No. 20-00315-02, for Termination of the License and Unrestricted Release of the Department of the Army, Natick Soldier Center's Facility in Natick, MA, ACTION: Issuance of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Amendment.
45. 72 FR 54984, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, RIN 1018-AU77, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for Ceanothus ophiochilus (Vail Lake ceanothus) and Fremontodendron mexicanum (Mexican flannelbush), Part II, ACTION: Final rule.
SEPTEMBER 28, 2007
46. 72 FR 55058, Rules and Regulations, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), 40 CFR Parts 30 and 31, [FRL-8472-1], Award of United States-Mexico Border Program and Alaska Rural and Native Villages Program Grants Authorized by the Revised Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007, ACTION: Grant Guidelines.
47. 72 FR 55194, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Project No. 2101-084 (California); Project No. 2155-024 (California), Sacramento Municipal Utility District; Pacific Gas & Electric Company; Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Upper American River Project and the Chili Bar Project.
48. 72 FR 55194, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), [Docket No. CP06-459-000], Transwestern Pipeline Company, LLC; Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement and Final General Conformity Determination for the Proposed Phoenix Ex-pansion Project.
49. 72 FR 55222, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), [CMS-3186-PN], Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Application by the Indian Health Service (IHS) for Continued Recognition as a National Accreditation Organization for Accrediting American Indian and Alaska Native Entities To Furnish Outpatient Diabetes Self-Management Training, ACTION: Proposed notice.
50. 72 FR 55242, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Geological Survey, Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request, ACTION: Notice of an extension of an information collection (1028-0068).
51. 72 FR 55242, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Colorado River Tribe-Health and Safety Code, Article 2--Liquor, ACTION: Notice.
52. 72 FR 55244, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [AK-025-07-1610-DQ-089L], Notice of Availability of Kobuk-Seward Peninsula Proposed Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement, AK, ACTION: Notice of availability.
53. 72 FR 55246, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Reclamation, Madera Irrigation District Water Supply Enhancement Project, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) and notice of public scoping meeting.