Federal Register Items of Interest to the Department of the Interior
July 13-17, 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 July 13-17, 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.
JULY 13, 2009
1. 74 FR 33319, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Natural Resources and Environment Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), 7 CFR Part 650, RIN 0578-AA55, Compliance With NEPA, ACTION: Interim final rule with request for comment.
2. 74 FR 33372, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Part 660, [Docket No. 071106669-81372-03] RIN 0648-AU26, Fisheries Off West Coast States; Coastal Pelagic Species Fishery; Amendment 12 to the Coastal Pelagic Species Fishery Management Plan, ACTION: Final rule.
3. 74 FR 33384, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), 36 CFR Part 7, RIN 1024-AD50, Special Regulations; Areas of the National Park System, ACTION: Proposed Rule.
4. 74 FR 33405, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Natural Resources and Environment Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Notice of Proposed Change to Section IV of the Virginia State Technical Guide, ACTION: Notice of availability of proposed changes in the Virginia NRCS State Technical Guide for review and comment.
5. 74 FR 33414, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XP76, Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Reef Fish of the Gulf of Mexico; Exempted Fishing Permit, ACTION: Notice of receipt of an application for an exempted fishing permit; request for comments.
6. 74 FR 33428, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), [Project No. 485-063], Georgia Power Company; Notice of Intent To File License Application, Filing of Pre-Application Document, Commencement of Licensing Proceeding, and Scoping; Request for Comments on the Pad and Scoping Document, and Identification of Issues and Associated Study Requests.
7. 74 FR 33437, Notices, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), [EPA-New England Region I--EPA-R01-OW-2009-0304; FRL-8930-1], Maine Marine Sanitation Device Standard--Receipt of Petition, ACTION: Notice--receipt of petition.
8. 74 FR 33457, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [AA-11153-31; AK-965-1410-KC-P], Alaska Native Claims Selection, ACTION: Notice of decision approving lands for conveyance.
9. 74 FR 33457, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Geological Survey, Call for Nominations to the National Geospatial Advisory Committee, ACTION: Call for Nominations, National Geospatial Advisory Committee.
10. 74 FR 33458, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [LLNVS03000.L51010000.ER0000.F09F8590; NVN-84359; 9-08807: TAS:14X5017], Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Solar Millennium, LLC, Amargosa Farm Road Solar Energy Project, Nye County, NV, ACTION: Notice of Intent.
11. 74 FR 33458, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Reclamation, Mendota Pool Bypass and Reach 2B Improvements Project Under the San Joaquin River Restoration Program, Fresno and Madera Counties, CA, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) and Notice of Scoping Meetings.
12. 74 FR 33460, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R9-IA-2009-N0103; 96300-1671-0000 FY09 R4], Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES); Fifteenth Regular Meeting: Proposed Resolutions, Decisions, and Agenda Items Being Considered; Taxa Being Considered for Amendments to the CITES Appendices; Observer Information, ACTION: Notice.
13. 74 FR 33464, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions.
14. 74 FR 33464, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), National Register of Historic Places; Weekly Listing of Historic Properties.
15. 74 FR 33465, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [LLNM920000 L13100000 FI0000; NMNM-119264], Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease NMNM 119264, ACTION: Notice of Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease.
16. 74 FR 33466, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [LLCON04000-L12200000-PA0000], Notice of Proposed Supplementary Rules for Public Lands in Colorado: McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area, ACTION: Proposed supplementary rules.
17. 74 FR 33468, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [LLNVC0200.L58740000.EU0000; N-82710, N-82711; 9-08807; TAS:14X5260], Notice of Realty Action; Extension of Segregation of Public Lands for Proposed Sale in Lyon County, NV, ACTION: Notice of realty action.
18. 74 FR 33468, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Restoration of Wilton Rancheria, ACTION: Notice.
19. 74 FR 33469, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [LLIDC0100000.L12200000.IA0000.241A.0; 4500007249], Notice of Proposed Supplementary Rules for the Blue Creek Bay Public Lands Managed by the Coeur d'Alene Field Office, Kootenai County, ID, ACTION: Proposed Supplementary Rules.
20. 74 FR 33472, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [FBMS Charge Code: LLCAC070000, MU0000], Notice of Temporary Closure in Mono County, CA, ACTION: Notice of Temporary Closure.
21. 74 FR 33828, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Part 218, [Docket No. 0906101030-91038-01] RIN 0648-AX88, Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Navy Training Activities Conducted Within the Northwest Training Range Complex, Part III, ACTION: Proposed rule; request for comments.
JULY 14, 2009
22. 74 FR 33957, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, [FWS-R9-IA-2009-0016; 96100-1671-9FLS-B6], Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 90-Day Finding on a Petition to List 14 Parrot Species as Threatened or Endangered, ACTION: Notice of 90-day petition finding and initiation of status review.
23. 74 FR 33989, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Norbeck Wildlife Project; Hell Canyon Ranger District; Black Hills National Forest Custer, SD, ACTION: Revised notice of intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).
24. 74 FR 33999, 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 Project, California, General Reevaluation Report, ACTION: Notice of intent.
25. 74 FR 34029, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [LLWO250000.L12200000.PM0000; OMB Control Number 1004-0165], Information Collection; Cave Management: Cave Nominations and Confidential Information, ACTION: 30-day notice and request for comments.
26. 74 FR 34030, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), General Management Plan/Wilderness Study/Off-Road Vehicle Management Plan, Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Big Cypress National Preserve Addition, Florida, ACTION: Notice of availability of the draft Environmental Impact Statement for the General Management Plan/Wilderness Study/Off-Road Vehicle Management Plan (DEIS/GMP/WS/ORV Plan), Big Cypress National Preserve (Preserve) Addition.
27. 74 FR 34031, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Reclamation, Delta-Mendota Canal/California Aqueduct Intertie, Alameda County, CA, ACTION: Notice of availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (Draft EIS) and notice of public hearings.
28. 74 FR 34032, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions.
29. 74 FR 34033, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Geological Survey, Privacy Act of 1974, as Amended; Notice of a New System of Records, ACTION: Notice of creation of a new system of records.
30. 74 FR 34035, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Notice of Stay of Filing of Plat, ACTION: Notice of Stay of Filing of Plat.
JULY 15, 2009
31. 74 FR 34209, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Natural Resources and Environment Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), 7 CFR Part 636, RIN 0578-AA49, Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program, ACTION: Interim final rule; amendment; reopening of comment period.
32. 74 FR 34272, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Aviation Admini-stration (FAA), 14 CFR Part 39, [Docket No. FAA-2009-0637; Directorate Identifier 2008-NM-183-AD] RIN 2120-AA64, Airworthiness Directives; Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A. (CASA), Model CN-235 Series Airplanes, ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
33. 74 FR 34297, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Natural Resources and Environment Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Natural Resources Conservation Service; Little Sandy Trail Creek Watershed Structure No. 1: Madison County, GA, ACTION: Notice of Availability of a Finding of No Significant Impact.
34. 74 FR 34298, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Natural Resources and Environment Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Sandy Creek Watershed Structure No. 23: Jackson County, GA, ACTION: Notice of Availability of a Finding of No Significant Impact.
35. 74 FR 34299, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Natural Resources and Environment Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Sandy Creek Watershed Structure No. 15: Jackson County, GA, ACTION: Notice of Availability of a Finding of No Significant Impact.
36. 74 FR 34300, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Natural Resources and Environment Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), South River Watershed Structure No. 4: Madison County, GA, ACTION: Notice of Availability of a Finding of No Significant Impact.
37. 74 FR 34301, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Natural Resources and Environment Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Marbury Creek Watershed Structure No. 22: Barrow County, GA, ACTION: Notice of Availability of a Finding of No Significant Impact.
38. 74 FR 34308, Notices, CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE, Protocol for Categorical Exclusions Under the National Environmental Policy Act for Programs Funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, ACTION: Notice of interim final action and request for comments.
39. 74 FR 34311, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) Department of the Army (DA) United States Army Corps of Engineers, RIN 0710-ZA04, Proposed Suspension and Modification of Nationwide Permit 21, ACTION: Notice.
40. 74 FR 34318, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Energy Information Administration (EIA), Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request, ACTION: Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request.
41. 74 FR 34349, Notices, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), [FRL-8931-3], Casmalia Disposal Site; Notice of Proposed CERCLA Administrative De Minimis Settlement, ACTION: Notice; request for public comment.
42. 74 FR 34366, 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.
43. 74 FR 34369, 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.
44. 74 FR 34404, Proposed Rules, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), 40 CFR Parts 50 and 58, [EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0922; FRL-8926-3] RIN 2060-AO19, Primary National Ambient Air Quality Standard for Nitrogen Dioxide, Part II, ACTION: Proposed rule.
45. 74 FR 34490, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSRME), 30 CFR Parts 723, 724, 845 and 846, [Docket ID: OSM-2009-0004] RIN 1029-AC61, Civil Monetary Penalties, Part IV, ACTION: Final rule.
JULY 16, 2009
46. 74 FR 34539, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, [FWS-R1-ES-2008-0084; 14420-1113-0000-C6] RIN 1018-AW16, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 12-Month Finding on a Petition To Remove the Utah (Desert) Valvata Snail (Valvata utahensis) From the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Proposed Rule, ACTION: Notice of 12-month petition finding; proposed rule.
47. 74 FR 34552, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), [Docket No. 0907021106-91110-01] RIN 0648-ZC09, Northeast Region Fishing Gear Exchange Project, ACTION: Notice of funding availability.
48. 74 FR 34588, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of the Secretary of the Interior, Privacy Act of 1974; Amendment of Existing Systems of Records, ACTION: Proposed amendment of existing systems of records.
49. 74 FR 34589, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [LLWY-957400-09-L14200000-BJ0000], Notice of Filing of Plats of Survey, Wyoming, ACTION: Notice of filing of plats of survey, Wyoming.
JULY 17, 2009
50. 74 FR 34696, 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-2008-0101; 70101-1335-0064L6], Subsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska; Makhnati Island Area, ACTION: Final rule; correction.
51. 74 FR 34715, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XO71, Incidental Takes of Marine Mammals During Specified Activities; Low-Energy Marine Seismic Survey in the Northeast Pacific Ocean, July 2009, ACTION: Notice; issuance of an incidental take authorization.
52. 74 FR 34725, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), RIN 0648-XF79, Marine Mammals and Endangered Species; National Marine Fisheries Service File No. 932-1905; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service File No. MA-009526, ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit.
53. 74 FR 34740, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), Klickitat Hatchery Program, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and a floodplain and wetland assessment.
54. 74 FR 34744, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), [Docket No. CP09-420-000], Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Haynesville/Perryville Expansion Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues,
55. 74 FR 34755, Notices, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), [FRL-8931-2], Casmalia Disposal Site; Notice of Proposed CERCLA Administrative De Minimis Settlement, ACTION: Notice; request for public comment.
56. 74 FR 34771, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-FWS-R9-IA-2009-N144] [96200-1672-0005-7E], Proposed Information Collection; OMB Control Number 1018-0142; Wildlife Without Borders--Critically Endangered Animals Conservation Fund Grant Program, ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
57. 74 FR 34772, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R9-MB-2009-N140] [91200-1232-BPPR-P2], Information Collection Sent to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Approval; OMB Control Number 1018-0133; Control and Management of Resident Canada Geese, ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
58. 74 FR 34774, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSRME), Notice of Proposed Information Collection for 1029-0119, ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
59. 74 FR 34774, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Final General Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement, Fort Stanwix National Monument, NY, ACTION: Notice of Availability of Final General Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement, Fort Stanwix National Monument, New York.
60. 74 FR 34775, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Tumacacori National Historical Park, Tumacacori, AZ, ACTION: Notice.
61. 74 FR 34776, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, ME; Acadia National Park Advisory Commission; Notice of Meeting,
62. 74 FR 34776, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Cancellation of July 21, 2009, Meeting of the Big Cypress National Preserve Off-Road Vehicle (ORV) Advisory Committee, ACTION: Cancellation of meeting.
63. 74 FR 34777, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [LLORL00000-L10200000.MJ0000.LXSS021H0000; HAG 09-0230], Notice of Meeting, Southeast Oregon Resource Advisory Council (OR), ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting.
64. 74 FR 34777, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Western Planning Area (WPA) Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Oil and Gas Lease Sale 210, ACTION: Final Notice of Sale (NOS) 210.
65. 74 FR 34859, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Surface Transportation Board, [STB Finance Docket No. 35095], Alaska Railroad Corporation--Construction and Operation Exemption--a Rail Line Extension to Port MacKenzie, AK, ACTION: Notice of Availability of Final Scope of Study for the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).
