Federal Register Items of Interest to the Department of the Interior
January 26-30, 2009
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 January 26-30, 2009. 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.
JANUARY 26, 2009
1. 74 FR 4363, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Indian Gaming Commission, 25 CFR Parts 502, 514, 531, 533, 535, 537, 539, 556, 558, 571, and 573, Amendments to Various National Indian Gaming Commission Regulations, ACTION: Notice of extension of comment period.
2. 74 FR 4365, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS) Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), 45 CFR Parts 1355 and 1356, Request for Public Comment Concerning Regulations for Transferring Children From the Placement and Care Responsibility of a State Title IV-E Agency to a Tribal Title IV-E Agency and Tribal Share of Title IV-E Administration and Training Expenditures, ACTION: Proposed rule; request for public comment and Tribal consultation meetings.
3. 74 FR 4368, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, WI; Twin Ghost Project, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement.
4. 74 FR 4382, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) Department of the Army (DA) United States Army Corps of Engineers, Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Missouri River Ecosystem Restoration Plan, Missouri River Basin, United States, ACTION: Notice of intent.
5. 74 FR 4383, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) Department of the Army (DA) United States Army Corps of Engineers, Flood Control, Mississippi River & Tributaries, Yazoo River Basin, Yazoo Headwaters Project, Mississippi Tributaries Unit, ACTION: Notice of intent.
6. 74 FR 4427, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), [Docket No. CP09-29-000], Centerpoint Energy Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Carthage to Perryville Project--Phase IV and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues.
7. 74 FR 4454, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R8-ES-2009-N0014; 80221-1113-0000-F5], Endangered Species Recovery Permit Applications, ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit applications; request for comment.
8. 74 FR 4455, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R1-ES-2008-N0342; 14420-1113-1SPB-F3], Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Permit Application; Safe Harbor Agreement for Northern Idaho Ground Squirrel, Adams County, ID, ACTION: Receipt of application; notice of availability.
9. 74 FR 4456, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Geological Survey, Notice of an Open Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Water Information (ACWI).
10. 74 FR 4457, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [AA-10384, AA-10426, AA-9481, AA-9485, AA-10312, AA-10377, AA-10376, AA-10365, AK-962-1410-HY-P], Alaska Native Claims Selection, ACTION: Notice of decision approving lands for conveyance.
11. 74 FR 4457, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [MT-020-1010-PO], Notice of Public Meeting, Eastern Montana Resource Advisory Council Meeting, ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
12. 74 FR 4457, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [LLCAN00000.L18200000.XZ0000], Notice of Public Meeting: Northeast California Resource Advisory Council, ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
13. 74 FR 4458, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [LLCAN00000.L18200000.ZX0000], Notice of Public Meeting: Northwest California Resource Advisory Council, ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
14. 74 FR 4458, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [L14200000.BJ0000-LLNM915000-2009], Notice of Withdrawal of Filing of Plat of Survey; New Mexico, ACTION: Notice of withdrawal of filing of Plat of Survey.
15. 74 FR 4469, 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.
16. 74 FR 4471, Notices, MORRIS K. UDALL SCHOLARSHIP AND EXCELLENCE IN NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY FOUNDATION Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution, Availability of Solicitation for Consensus Building Leader for Missouri River Recovery Implementation Committee, ACTION: Notice of available solicitation.
17. 74 FR 4475, Notices, NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC), [Docket No. 52-017; NRC-2008-0149], Virginia Electric and Power Company, D/B/A Dominion Virginia Power, and Old Dominion Electric Cooperative; Correction to Notice of Availability of the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement and Public Meeting for North Anna Power Station Unit 3 Combined License Application, ACTION: Correction.
18. 74 FR 4673, Presidential Documents, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, Executive Order 13490 of January 21, 2009, Title 3-- The President Ethics Commitments by Executive Branch Personnel By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3, United States Code, and sections 3301 and 7301 of title 5, United States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows:, Part VIII.
JANUARY 27, 2009
19. 74 FR 4687, Rules and Regulations, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), 40 CFR Part 300, [EPA-HQ-SFUND-1989-0008; FRL-8761-2], National Oil and Hazardous Substance Pollution Contingency Plan; National Priorities List, ACTION: Direct final Notice of Partial Deletion of the Rentokil, Inc. (Virginia Wood Preserving Division) Superfund Site from the National Priorities List.
20. 74 FR 4714, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Surface Transportation Board, 49 CFR Parts 1002, 1011, and 1155, [STB Ex Parte No. 684], Solid Waste Rail Transfer Facilities, ACTION: Interim Rules with Request for Comments.
21. 74 FR 4741, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) Department of the Army (DA) United States Army Corps of Engineers, Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report for the West Sacramento Levee Improvements Program, West Sacramento, CA, ACTION: Notice of intent.
22. 74 FR 4750, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS) Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), [ATSDR-251], Availability of the Report "ATSDR Studies on Chemical Releases in the Great Lakes Region", ACTION: Notification of publication.
23. 74 FR 4758, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [AA-9014-A, AA-9014-A2; AK-965-1410-KC-P], Alaska Native Claims Selection, ACTION: Notice of decision approving lands for conveyance.
24. 74 FR 4758, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [LLNML00000 L16100000.DP0000], Correction to Notice of Intent To Prepare an Amendment to the Mimbres Resource Management Plan (RMPA), and Associated Environmental Assessment (EA), Las Cruces District Office, NM, ACTION: Correction to Notice of Intent.
25. 74 FR 4758, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions.
26. 74 FR 4759, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), National Register of Historic Places; Weekly Listing of Historic Properties.
27. 74 FR 4828, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Environmental Impact Statement: Los Angeles County, CA, ACTION: Notice of intent.
28. 74 FR 4844, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Part 216, [Docket No. 080724897-81621-02] RIN 0648-AW90, Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; U.S. Navy's Atlantic Fleet Active Sonar Training (AFAST), Part III, ACTION: Final rule.
JANUARY 28, 2009
29. 74 FR 4912, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, RIN 1018-AV51 [FWS-R4-ES-2008-0058; 92210-1117-0000-FY08-B4], Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for the Alabama Sturgeon (Scaphirhyncus suttkusi), ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period.
30. 74 FR 4950, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), [Project No. 13299-000], Alaska Village Electric Cooperative; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications.
31. 74 FR 4963, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS) Indian Health Service, Request for Public Comment: 60-Day Proposed Information Collection: Indian Health Service Director's Three Initiative Best Practice, Promising Practice, and Local Effort Form, ACTION: Notice.
32. 74 FR 4972, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R9-ES-2009-N0012; 92210-1111-0000-B3], Information Collection Sent to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Approval; OMB Control Number 1018-0119; Policy for Evaluation of Conservation Efforts When Making Listing Decisions (PECE), ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
33. 74 FR 4973, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R9-IA-2009-N0011; 96200-1672-0050-7D], Proposed Information Collection; Evaluation of Great Ape Conservation Fund Grant Activities, ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
34. 74 FR 4973, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Geological Survey, Scientific Earthquake Studies Advisory Committee, ACTION: Notice of meeting.
35. 74 FR 4974, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [ES-956-1420-BJ-TRST] Group No. 194, Minnesota, Eastern States: Filing of Plat of Survey, ACTION: Notice of Filing of Plat of Survey; Minnesota.
36. 74 FR 5019, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF STATE (DOS), [Public Notice 6496], Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and to Conduct Scoping Meetings and Notice of Floodplain and Wetland Involvement and to Initiate Consultation under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act for the Proposed Transcanada Keystone Xl Pipeline, ACTION: Notice.
37. 74 FR 5025, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on Proposed Highway in Michigan, ACTION: Notice of Decision by FHWA and Notice of Limitation of Claims for Judicial Review of Actions by FHWA and Other Federal Agencies.
JANUARY 29, 2009
38. 74 FR 5127, Proposed Rules, 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-2009-0001; 70101-1261-0000L6] RIN 1018-AW30, Subsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska--2010-11 and 2011-12 Subsistence Taking of Wildlife Regulations, ACTION: Proposed rule.
39. 74 FR 5152, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), [Project No. 2496-194], Eugene Water and Electric Board; Notice of Application for Amendment of License and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests.
40. 74 FR 5153, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), [Project No. 420-069], Ketchikan Public Utilities; Notice of Amendment of License and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests.
41. 74 FR 5167, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS) Indian Health Service, Loan Repayment Program for Repayment of Health Professions Educational Loans.
42. 74 FR 5180, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [L10200000-MJ0000-LLORL00100; HAG 09-0062], Southeast Oregon Resource Advisory Council: Meeting, ACTION: Southeast Oregon Resource Advisory Council: Meeting.
43. 74 FR 5180, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Availability for the Draft White-Tailed Deer Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, IN, ACTION: Notice of Availability for the Draft White-tailed Deer Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Indiana.
JANUARY 30, 2009
44. 74 FR 5621, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Part 229, [Docket No. 090115024-9027-01] RIN 0648-XM80, Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Commercial Fishing Operations; Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan, ACTION: Temporary rule.
45. 74 FR 5631, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), 36 CFR Part 7, Negotiated Rulemaking Advisory Committee for Off-Road Vehicle Management for Cape Hatteras National Seashore, ACTION: Notice of Thirteenth Meeting.
46. 74 FR 5646, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) Department of Defense Representative Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia and Republic of Palau, Defense Representative Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia and Republic of Palau; Notice of Public Hearings for the Mariana Islands Range Complex Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement, ACTION: Notice. ,
47. 74 FR 5649, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) Department of the Army (DA) United States Army Corps of Engineers, Intent To Prepare a Joint Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report for the Sacramento River Bank Protection Project Phase II Supplemental Authority providing for implementation of up to 80,000 linear feet of additional bank protection in the Sacramento River Flood Control Project area, Butte, Colusa, Contra Costa, Glenn, Placer, Sacramento, Solano, Sutter, Tehama, Yolo, and Yuba Counties, CA, ACTION: Notice of intent.
48. 74 FR 5652, Notices, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), [ER-FRL-8589-9], Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability.
49. 74 FR 5671, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R9-IA-2009-N0008; 96300-1671-0000-P5], Receipt of Applications for Permit, ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications for permit.
50. 74 FR 5672, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R7-R-2008-N0253; [70133-1265-0000-S3], Innoko National Wildlife Refuge, McGrath, AK, ACTION: Notice of availability of the revised comprehensive conservation plan and finding of no significant impact for environmental assessment.
51. 74 FR 5673, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [L14200000.BJ0000-LLNM915000-2009], Notice of Filing of Plats of Survey; New Mexico and Oklahoma, ACTION: Notice of Filing of Plats of Survey.
52. 74 FR 5674, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [LLNV056000.L58530000.EU0000; N-81965 et al; 9-08807; TAS: 14X5232], Correction to Notice of Realty Action: Competitive Online Auction of Public Lands in Clark County, NV, ACTION: Notice of correction.
53. 74 FR 5674, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [WY-923-1310-FI; WYW158866], Wyoming: Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease, ACTION: Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease.
54. 74 FR 5674, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Environmental Assessment for the West Potomac Park Levee Project Notice of Availability, ACTION: Notice of availability.
55. 74 FR 5675, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS) Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area Advisory Council; Notice of Public Meeting, ACTION: Notice of meeting.
56. 74 FR 5675, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), National Park Service, ACTION: Notice of a meeting for Denali National Park Subsistence Resource Commission.
57. 74 FR 5676, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI), Submission of U.S. Nominations to the World Heritage List, ACTION: Notice of Decision To Submit Nominations to the World Heritage List.
58. 74 FR 5715, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Finding of No Significant Impact, ACTION: Notice of environmental finding document: finding of no significant impact.
