Federal Register Items of Interest to the Department of the Interior
August 4-8, 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 August 4-8, 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.
AUGUST 4, 2008
1. 73 FR 45201, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Part 300, [Docket No. 071203794-8828-01] RIN 0648-AW36, Pacific Halibut Fisheries; Subsistence Fishing, ACTION: Proposed rule; request for comments.
2. 73 FR 45215, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XJ41, Endangered Species; File No. 1549, ACTION: Notice; receipt of application for modification.
3. 73 FR 45216, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XJ46, New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting, ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
4. 73 FR 45217, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XJ48, Marine Mammals; File No. 605-1904, ACTION: Notice; receipt of application for amendment.
5. 73 FR 45218, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, [OE Docket No. PP-334], Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment and To Conduct Public Scoping Meetings; Baja Wind U.S. Transmission, LLC, ACTION: Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) and To Conduct Public Scoping Meetings.
6. 73 FR 45227, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS) Administration for Children and Families Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF) Head Start Bureau, Notice of Public Comment on Tribal Consultation Session To Be Held on September 11, 2008, in Phoenix, AZ, ACTION: Notice of Public Comment on Tribal Consultation Session to be held on September 11, 2008, in Phoenix, Arizona.
7. 73 FR 45236, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR (DOI) Office of the Secretary of the Interior, Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Commission, Notice of Meeting.
8. 73 FR 45236, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of the Secretary of the Interior, Reestablishment of the Lake Champlain Sea Lamprey Control Alternatives Workgroup, ACTION: Notice of Reestablishment.
9. 73 FR 45236, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R8-ES-2008-N0114; 80221-1113-0000-C2], Draft Revised Recovery Plan for Mojave Population of the Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii), ACTION: Notice of document availability for review and comment.
10. 73 FR 45238, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R9-FHC-2008-N0185; 71490-1351-0000-M2], Marine Mammal Protection Act; Stock Assessment Reports, ACTION: Notice of availability of final revised marine mammal stock assessment reports for three stocks of northern sea otters in Alaska; response to comments.
11. 73 FR 45240, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R4-R-2008-N0147; 40136-1265-0000-S3], Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Hyde, Tyrrell, and Washington Counties, NC, ACTION: Notice of availability: Final comprehensive conservation plan and finding of no significant impact.
12. 73 FR 45241, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Information Collection Activities, Submission to the Office of Management and Budget, ACTION: Notice of renewal of a currently approved information collection.
13. 73 FR 45242, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [CA-310-0777-XX], Notice of Public Meeting: Northeast California Resource Advisory Council, ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
14. 73 FR 45242, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [NV-930-1430-ET; NVN-75209; 8-08807], Public Land Order No. 7713; Partial Revocation of Public Land Order No. 7619 Dated October 6, 2004; Nevada, ACTION: Public Land Order.
15. 73 FR 45243, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions.
16. 73 FR 45244, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSRME), Privacy Act of 1974; Amendments to Existing Systems of Records, ACTION: Proposed amendment of existing Privacy Act systems of records.
AUGUST 5, 2008
17. 73 FR 45383, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, [FWS-R9-ES-2008-0063; 92300-1113-0000-9B] RIN 1018-AU62, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Amending the Formats of the Lists of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants, ACTION: Proposed rule.
18. 73 FR 45392, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Southern Recreation Resource Advisory Committee, ACTION: Notice of request for nominations for the Southern Region Recreation Resource Advisory Committee.
19. 73 FR 45407, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XI15, Small Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Marine Geophysical Survey in the Gulf of Alaska, September 2008, ACTION: Notice; proposed incidental take authorization; request for comments.
20. 73 FR 45438, Notices, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), [EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0545; FRL-8375-9], Pesticides; Revised Fee Schedule for Registration Applications, ACTION: Notice.
21. 73 FR 45470, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R8-MB-2008-N0153; 80213-9410-0000-7B], Federal Sport Fish Restoration; California Department of Fish and Game Fish Hatchery and Stocking Program, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a joint environmental impact statement/ environmental impact report (EIS/EIR); announcement of public scoping meetings.
22. 73 FR 45471, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Indian Gaming, ACTION: Notice of Tribal-State Compact Taking Effect.
23. 73 FR 45471, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), 30-Day Notice of Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB); Opportunity for Public Comment, ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
24. 73 FR 45534, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, [FWS-R8-ES-2008-0014; 92210-1117-0000-B4] RIN 1018-AV05, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for the Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis sierrae) and Taxonomic Revision, Part II, ACTION: Final rule.
AUGUST 6, 2008
25. 73 FR 45680, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, [FWS-R1-ES-2007-0024; 92220-1113-0000-C6] RIN 1018-AU96, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Withdrawal of Proposed Reclassification of the Hawaiian Hawk or Io (Buteo solitarius) From Endangered to Threatened; Proposed Rule To Remove the Hawaiian Hawk From the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife, ACTION: Withdrawal of proposed rule; proposed rule.
26. 73 FR 45689, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 20, [FWS-R9-MB-2008-0090; 91200-1231-9BPP-L2] RIN 1018-AW19, Migratory Bird Hunting; Hunting Methods for Resident Canada Geese, ACTION: Proposed rule.
27. 73 FR 45693, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Office of the Chief Economist, Office of the Chief Economist; Strategic Plan for USDA Climate Change Research, Education, and Extension, ACTION: Request for Public Input on USDA's Climate Change Strategic Planning Priorities and Goals for Research, Education, and Extension.
28. 73 FR 45747, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) Department of the Army (DA) United States Army Corps of Engineers, Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Conveyance of Federal Lands at Lake Texoma to the City of Denison, Grayson County, TX, ACTION: Notice of intent.
29. 73 FR 45748, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) Department of the Army (DA) United States Army Corps of Engineers, Notice of Availability Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the White River Minimum Flow Reallocation Study, Arkansas, ACTION: Notice of availability.
30. 73 FR 45750, 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 Expansion of an Operating Open Pit Taconite Mine and Expansion of an Operating Taconite Ore Processing Facility Proposed by U.S. Steel--Minnesota Ore Operations Near Keewatin in Itasca County and St. Louis County, MN, ACTION: Notice of intent.
31. 73 FR 45795, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on Proposed Highway in Wake & Durham Counties, NC, ACTION: Notice of limitation on Claims for Judicial Review of Actions by FHWA and Other Federal Agencies.
32. 73 FR 45806, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, [FWS-R8-ES-2008-0078; 99210-1117-0000-B4] RIN 1018-AV03, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Revised Designation of Critical Habitat for Cirsium loncholepis (La Graciosa Thistle), Part II, ACTION: Proposed rule.
AUGUST 7, 2008
33. 73 FR 45935, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, [FWS-R3-ES-2008-0030; 1111 FY07 MO-B2], Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 90-Day Finding on a Petition To List the U.S. Population of Coaster Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) as Endangered, ACTION: Correction and reopening of comment period for 90-day petition finding.
34. 73 FR 45965, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XI67, Amendment 2 to the Fishery Management Plan for U.S. West Coast Fisheries for Highly Migratory Species, ACTION: Notice; intent to prepare a supplemental environmental impact statement; request for comments.
35. 73 FR 45967, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XJ40, Endangered Species; File No. 13543, ACTION: Notice; receipt of application.
36. 73 FR 45969, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XJ56, Small Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Seismic Survey in the Beaufort Sea, Alaska, Summer and Early Fall 2008, ACTION: Notice; issuance of an incidental take authorization.
37. 73 FR 45994, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XJ30, Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Surf Zone Testing/Training and Amphibious Vehicle Training and Weapons Testing, ACTION: Notice of issuance of an incidental harassment authorization.
38. 73 FR 46030, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [F-14851-I, F-14851-M, F-14851-N; AK-964-1410-KC-P], Alaska Native Claims Selection, ACTION: Notice of decision approving lands for conveyance.
39. 73 FR 46030, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [F-14880-X, F-14880-Y, F-14880-C2; AK-964-1410-KC-P], Alaska Native Claims Selection, ACTION: Notice of decision approving lands for conveyance.
40. 73 FR 46031, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [WY-100-08-1610-DU], Notice of Availability of the Draft Buffalo Resource Management Plan Amendment and Fortification Creek Management Area Environmental Assessment, Wyoming, ACTION: Notice of availability.
41. 73 FR 46031, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [MT-060-01-1020-PG], Notice of Public Meeting; Central Montana Resource Advisory Council, ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
42. 73 FR 46031, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [OR-030-1020-PN; HAG 08-0097], Meeting Notice for the John Day/Snake Resource Advisory Council, ACTION: Meeting Notice for the John Day/Snake Resource Advisory Council.
43. 73 FR 46042, Notices, NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC), [Docket No. 40-8903; License No. SUA-1471], Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact Related to the Issuance of a License Amendment for Construction of a Third Evaporation Pond, Homestake Mining Company of California Grants, New Mexico Project, ACTION: Summary of environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact.
AUGUST 8, 2008
44. 73 FR 46213, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSRME), 30 CFR Part 901, [SATS No. AL-074-FOR; Docket No. OSM-2008-0015], Alabama Regulatory Program, ACTION: Proposed rule; public comment period and opportunity for public hearing on proposed amendment.
45. 73 FR 46215, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), 36 CFR Part 7, RIN 1024-AD71, Special Regulation: Areas of the National Park System, National Capital Region, ACTION: Proposed rule.
46. 73 FR 46235, Notices, ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION, Federal Register Notice; Notice of Meeting, ACTION: Notice of Meeting.
47. 73 FR 46238, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Shasta-Trinity National Forest, California; Shasta-Trinity National Forest Motorized Travel Management EIS, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement.
48. 73 FR 46242, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, RIN 0596-AC54, Sensitive Species and Endangered Species Act Section 7 Consultation Policy for National Forest System Land Management Planning Under the 2008 Planning Rule, ACTION: Notice of issuance of interim directive; request for comment.
49. 73 FR 46268, Notices, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), [ER-FRL-8584-5], Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments
50. 73 FR 46322, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of the Secretary of the Interior, Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council; Notice of Meeting, ACTION: Notice of meeting.
51. 73 FR 46322, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R7-R-2008-NO182] [70138-1263-0000-4A], Information Collection Sent to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Approval; Alaska Guide Service Evaluation, ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
52. 73 FR 46323, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R9-R-2008-NO181] [93261-1261-0000-5A], Information Collection Sent to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Approval; Hunting and Fishing Application Forms and Activity Reports for National Wildlife Refuges, ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
53. 73 FR 46324, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R3-R-2008-N0186; 30136-1265-0000-S3], Notice of Decision and Availability of the Record of Decision for the Final Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Impact Statement for Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge, Buffalo and Trempealeau Counties, WI, ACTION: Notice of decision and availability of the record of decision.
54. 73 FR 46325, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Jicarilla Apache Nation Liquor Ordinance, ACTION: Notice.
55. 73 FR 46330, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [UT-050-1610-012J], Notice of Availability of Richfield Field Office Proposed Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement (PRMP/FEIS), ACTION: Notice of Availability.
56. 73 FR 46331, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [ID-400-1010-MU-241A], Notice of Public Meeting, Coeur d'Alene District Resource Advisory Council Meeting and Recreation Subcommittee Meeting; Idaho, ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
57. 73 FR 46331, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [ID-420-1610-DQ-034D], Notice of Availability of the Proposed Cottonwood Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement; Idaho, ACTION: Notice of availability.
58. 73 FR 46332, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [UT-921-08-1430-ET-1920-4625-24-1A; UTU 86103], Notice of Proposed Legislative Withdrawal and Public Meeting; Utah, ACTION: Notice.
59. 73 FR 46333, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [AZ-230-07-1610-DQ-081A], Notice of Availability of the Proposed Resource Management Plans and Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Agua Fria National Monument and Bradshaw-Harquahala Planning Area, ACTION: Notice of availability.
60. 73 FR 46337, Notices, NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC), [Docket No.: 40-8905], Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for Site Protection Measures From Surface Water Flow, License Amendment No. 59; Rio Algom Mining, LLC, Ambrosia Lake, NM--SUA-1473, ACTION: Issuance of Environmental Assessment.
61. 73 FR 46367, CORRECTIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), [Docket No. MMS-2008-MRM-0029], Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection, Comment Request.