Federal Register Items of Interest to the Department of the Interior
June 23-27, 2008
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 June 23-27, 2008. 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.
JUNE 23, 2008
1. 73 FR 35372, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN: 0648-XI53, New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting, ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
2. 73 FR 35407, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [WO-320-1330-PB-24 1A], Revision of Approved Information Collection, OMB Control Number 1004-0169, ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
3. 73 FR 35407, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [F-14871-A, F-14871-A2; AK-965-1410-KC-P], Alaska Native Claims Selection, ACTION: Notice of decision approving lands for conveyance.
4. 73 FR 35408, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Oregon/Washington State Office, [OR932-6334-DF-062H; HAG-0125], Notice of Intent (NOI) To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Vegetation Treatments Using Herbicides on BLM Lands in Oregon, ACTION: Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).
5. 73 FR 35409, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [CA-920-1310-FI; CACA 45619], Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease CACA 45619, ACTION: Notice of Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease.
6. 73 FR 35409, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [WY-923-1310-FI; WYW173501], Wyoming: Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease, ACTION: Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease.
7. 73 FR 35510, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Part 216, [Docket No. 080519680-8684-01] RIN 0648-AW86, Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; U.S. Navy Training in the Hawaii Range Complex, Part IV, ACTION: Proposed rule; request for comments.
JUNE 24, 2008
8. 73 FR 35579, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), 25 CFR Part 292, RIN 1076-AE81, Gaming on Trust Lands Acquired After October 17, 1988; Correction, ACTION: Final rule; correction and stay of effective date.
9. 73 FR 35591, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), 43 CFR Parts 3000, 3100, 3150, 3200, 3500, 3580, 3600, 3730, 3810, and 3830, [WO-320-1990-PO-24 1A] RIN 1004-AC64, Oil and Gas Leasing; Geothermal Resources Leasing; Coal Management; Management of Solid Minerals Other Than Coal; Mineral Materials Disposal; and Mining Claims Under the General Mining Laws, ACTION: Correcting amendment.
10. 73 FR 35607, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSRME), 30 CFR Part 944, [SATS No. UT-045-FOR; Docket ID: OSM-2008-0011], Utah Regulatory Program, ACTION: Proposed rule; opening of public comment period and opportunity for public hearing on proposed amendment.
11. 73 FR 35609, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), 43 CFR Part 3500, [WO-320-1330-02-24-1A] RIN 1004 AD91, Leasing of Solid Minerals Other Than Coal and Oil Shale, ACTION: Proposed rule.
12. 73 FR 35623, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Part 229, [Docket No. 070717352-8511-0] RIN 0648-AV65, Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Commercial Fishing Operations; Atlantic Pelagic Longline Take Reduction Plan, ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of availability of draft take reduction plan; request for comments.
13. 73 FR 35632, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Revision of Land Management Plan for the George Washington National Forest, Virginia and West Virginia, ACTION: Notice of adjustment for resuming the land management plan revision process.
14. 73 FR 35658, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XI48, Endangered and Threatened Species; Take of Anadromous Fish, ACTION: Applications for one new scientific research permit and one permit modification.
15. 73 FR 35661, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XI44, Marine Mammals and Endangered Species; National Marine Fisheries Service File No. 10074; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service File No. PRT-165304, ACTION: Issuance of permit.
16. 73 FR 35671, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) Department of the Army (DA) United States Army Corps of Engineers, Spring Bayou, Louisiana, Ecosystem Restoration Feasibility Study, ACTION: Notice of intent.
17. 73 FR 35671, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) Department of the Army (DA) United States Army Corps of Engineers, Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Clear Creek General Reevaluation Study, Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston and Harris Counties, TX, ACTION: Notice of intent.
18. 73 FR 35679, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, National Advisory Council on Indian Education (NACIE), ACTION: Notice of an Open Meeting.
19. 73 FR 35703, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R9-MB-2008-N00164] [91100-3740-GRNT 7C], Proposed Information Collection; OMB Control Number 1018-0100; North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) Grant Programs, ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
20. 73 FR 35704, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R9-MB-2008-N0155] [91100-3740-GRNT-7C], Proposed Information Collection; OMB Control Number 1018-0113; Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (NMBCA) Grant Programs, ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
21. 73 FR 35705, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R5-FHC-2008-N00165] [51320-1334-0000 L4], Proposed Information Collection; OMB Control Number 1018-0127; Horseshoe Crab Tagging Program, ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
22. 73 FR 35706, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R6-R-2008-N0143; 60138-1265-6CCP-S3], Pathfinder National Wildlife Refuge, Alcova, WY; Correction, ACTION: Notice of availability: Draft comprehensive conservation plan and environmental assessment; request for comment; correction.
23. 73 FR 35707, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R9-IA-2008-N0151; 96300-1671-0000-P5], Receipt of Applications for Permit, ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications for permit.
24. 73 FR 35708, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [CA-110], Meeting of the Central California Resource Advisory Council Off-Highway Vehicle Subcommittee, ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting.
25. 73 FR 35708, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [AK-963-1430-ET; F-025943], Public Land Order No. 7710; Extension of Public Land Order No. 3708, as Modified by Public Land Order No. 6709; Alaska, ACTION: Public Land Order.
26. 73 FR 35708, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment and Scoping, ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Assessment and scoping for transferring jurisdiction of a portion of Fort Dupont Park to the District of Columbia for recreational development and uses and possible amendment of the 2004 Final Management Plan for Fort Circle Parks.
27. 73 FR 35709, 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.
28. 73 FR 35710, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Hawaii at Hilo, Department of Anthropology, Hilo, HI, ACTION: Notice.
29. 73 FR 35718, Notices, TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (TVA), Final Environmental Impact Statement--Rutherford-Williamson-Davidson Power Supply Improvement Project, ACTION: Issuance of Record of Decision.
30. 73 FR 35726, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 36 CFR Part 242 50 CFR Part 100, [FWS-R7-SM-2008-0020; 70101-1261-0000L6] RIN 1018-AV69, Subsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska--2008-09 and 2009-10 Subsistence Taking of Wildlife Regulations, Part II, ACTION: Final rule.
31. 73 FR 35778, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Parts 600 and 635, [Docket No. 0612242866-8619-02] RIN 0648-AU89, Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS); Atlantic Shark Management Measures, Part III, ACTION: Final rule; fishing season notification.
JUNE 25, 2008
32. 73 FR 36042, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XI32, Marine Mammals; File Nos. 1127-1921 and 10018, ACTION: Notice; issuance of permits.
33. 73 FR 36044, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XD76, Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Seismic Surveys in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas, ACTION: Notice of receipt of application and proposed incidental take authorization; request for comments.
34. 73 FR 36066, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), [Docket No. PT08-1-000], Southern California Edison Company; Notice of Intent To Prepare An Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Devers-Palo Verde No. 2 Transmission Line Project, Request for Comments On Environmental Issues, and Notice of Public Scoping Meetings.
35. 73 FR 36101, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [ES-020-1430-FQ; FLES-016153], Public Land Order No. 7711; Revocation of the Withdrawal Established by Executive Order Dated December 19, 1883; Florida, ACTION: Public land order.
36. 73 FR 36101, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [MT-070-1430-FQ; MTM 058317 and MTM 40412], Public Land Order No. 7712; Modification of Executive Order Dated July 2, 1910 and Secretarial Order Dated May 6, 1910; Montana, ACTION: Public land order.
37. 73 FR 36102, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions, Wednesday, June 25, 2008.
38. 73 FR 36103, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSRME), Notice of Proposed Information Collection for 1029-0054 and 1029-0083, ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
39. 73 FR 36134, Notices, NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC), [Docket No. 50-305], Dominion Energy Kewaunee, Inc.; Kewaunee Power Station; Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact, Wednesday, June 25, 2008.
40. 73 FR 36168, Rules and Regulations, OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS, 5 CFR Parts 2637 and 2641, RIN 3209-AA14, Post-Employment Conflict of Interest Restrictions, Part II, ACTION: Final rule.
JUNE 26, 2008
41. 73 FR 36267, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Rural Housing Service (RHS), 7 CFR Part 1944, RIN 0575-AC76, Housing Preservation Grants, ACTION: Direct final rule.
42. 73 FR 36274, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS) United States Coast Guard (USCG), 33 CFR Part 165, [Docket No. USCG-2008-0492] RIN 1625-AA00, Safety Zone; Washington Township Summerfest, Ottawa River, Toledo, OH, ACTION: Temporary final rule.
43. 73 FR 36296, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), [Docket No. APHIS-2008-0070], National Wildlife Services Advisory Committee; Meeting, ACTION: Notice of meeting.
44. 73 FR 36297, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Information Collection; Valuation of Hemlock Decline on Public Forests in the Southern Appalachian Mountains, ACTION: Notice; request for comment.
45. 73 FR 36302, Notices, DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION, Notice of Commission Meeting and Public Hearing, Thursday, June 26, 2008.
46. 73 FR 36315, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), [Docket No. PF08-17-000], Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline L.L.C.; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Maritimes Phase V Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues, Thursday, June 26, 2008.
47. 73 FR 36333, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS) Indian Health Service, Office of Clinical and Preventive Services, Division of Nursing Services Nursing Program, Schools of Nursing, Thursday, June 26, 2008.
48. 73 FR 36347, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R4-R-2008-N0137; 40136-1265-0000-S3], Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge, Brevard and Indian River Counties, FL, ACTION: Notice of availability: draft comprehensive conservation plan and environmental assessment; request for comments.
49. 73 FR 36350, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R6-R-2008-N0122; 60138-1265-6CCP-S3], Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan for Sullys Hill National Game Preserve, Fort Totten, ND, ACTION: Notice of availability.
50. 73 FR 36352, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [WY-100-2008-1310-DJ], Notice of Extension of the Call for Nominations for the Pinedale Anticline Working Group and Task Groups (PAWG), ACTION: Notice of Extension of the Call for Nominations for the Pinedale Anticline Working Group and Task Groups (PAWG).
51. 73 FR 36352, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [NM-220-08-1110-CB], Notice of Shooting, Glass Container, and Vehicle Parking Closure; La Cienega Area of Critical Environmental Concern, Santa Fe County, NM, ACTION: Notice of Emergency Shooting, Glass Container, and Vehicle Closure at La Cienega Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC), Santa Fe County, New Mexico.
JUNE 27, 2008
52. 73 FR 36493, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XI65, Endangered and Threatened Species; Take of Anadromous Fish, ACTION: Receipt of application for research permit (1414) and request for comment.
53. 73 FR 36495, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) Department of the Navy, Notice of Public Hearings for the Jacksonville Range Complex Draft Environmental Impact Statement/ Overseas Environmental Impact Statement, ACTION: Notice.
54. 73 FR 36498, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) Department of the Navy, Notice of Public Hearings for the Virginia Capes Range Complex Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement, ACTION: Notice.
55. 73 FR 36503, Notices, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), [ER-FRL-8583-2], Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments
56. 73 FR 36503, Notices, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), [ER-8583-1], Environmental Impacts Statements; Notice of Availability
57. 73 FR 36550, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R9-NCTC-2008-N0157] [97310-1661-0030], Information Collection Sent to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Approval; OMB Control Number 1018-0115, Application for Training, National Conservation Training Center, ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
58. 73 FR 36551, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R9-MB-2008-N00169] [91200-1231-9BPP-L2], Information Collection Sent to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Approval; OMB Control Number 1018-0103; Conservation Order for Control of Midcontinent Light Geese, ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
59. 73 FR 36552, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R8-ES-2008-N0154; 80221-1113-0000-F5], Endangered Species Recovery Permit Applications, ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit applications; request for comment.
60. 73 FR 36553, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [WY-100-08-1310-DB], Notice of Availability of a Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Pinedale Anticline Oil and Gas Exploration and Development Project, Sublette County, WY, ACTION: Notice of availability.
61. 73 FR 36554, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [CO-921-03-1320-EL; COC-73016], Notice of Invitation for Coal Exploration License Application, Peabody Coal Company, COC-73016; Colorado, ACTION: Notice of Invitation for Coal Exploration License Application, Peabody Coal Company.
62. 73 FR 36554, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), Environmental Documents Prepared for Proposed Oil and Gas Operations on the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), ACTION: Notice of the Availability of Environmental Documents. Prepared for OCS Mineral Proposals on the Gulf of Mexico OCS.
63. 73 FR 36554, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), Notice on Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sales, ACTION: Correction--List of Restricted Joint Bidders.
64. 73 FR 36577, Notices, NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC), [Docket No 50-391], Tennessee Valley Authority; Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2; Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact
65. 73 FR 36584, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on Proposed Highways in Alaska, ACTION: Notice of Limitation on Claims for Judicial Review of Actions by FHWA.