Federal Register Items of Interest to the Department of the Interior
Issue No.1378
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.
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