Federal Register Items of Interest to the Department of the Interior

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 February 11-15, 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.

FEBRUARY 11, 2008

1. 73 FR 7695, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, [NM-220-5101-ER-G041], Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for the Buckman Water Diversion Project Environmental Impact Statement, ACTION: Notice of Availability.

2. 73 FR 7757, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of the Secretary of the Interior, Human Capital, Performance and Partnerships; National Invasive Species Council, ACTION: Notice of Availability--Draft of the 2008-2012 National Invasive Species Management Plan; Extension of Public Comment Period.

3. 73 FR 7758, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Land Acquisitions; Elk Valley Rancheria, California, ACTION: Notice of Final Agency Determination to take land into trust under 25 CFR Part 151.

4. 73 FR 7759, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [AA-6671-G, AA-6671-H, AA-6671-C2; AK 964-1410-HY-P], Alaska Native Claims Selection, ACTION: Notice of decision approving lands for conveyance.

5. 73 FR 7759, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), [Docket No. MMS-2007-OMM-0013], MMS Information Collection Activity: 1010-0170--Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP), Revision of a Collection; Comment Request, ACTION: Notice of a revision of an information collection (1010-0170).

6. 73 FR 7761, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions,

7. 73 FR 7816, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Parts 223 and 226, [Docket No. 071227892-7894-01] RIN 0648-AW39, Endangered and Threatened Species: Final Threatened Listing Determination, Final Protective Regulations, and Final Designation of Critical Habitat for the Oregon Coast Evolutionarily Significant Unit of Coho Salmon, Part III, ACTION: Final rule.

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

8. 73 FR 8053, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R2-ES-2008-N003; 20124-1113-0000-F5], Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications, ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications.

9. 73 FR 8054, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Availability of Final Comprehensive Conservation Plan for Rainwater Basin Wetland Management District, Kearney, NE, ACTION: Notice of availability.

10. 73 FR 8054, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Certificate of Degree of Indian or Alaska Native Blood Information Collection (CDIB), Submission, ACTION: Notice of submission of information collection.

11. 73 FR 8055, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Office of Self-Governance, Notice of Deadline for Submitting Completed Applications To Begin Participation in the Tribal Self-Governance Program in Fiscal Year 2009 or Calendar Year 2009, ACTION: Notice of Application Deadline.

12. 73 FR 8056, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Pit River Tribe Liquor Control Ordinance, ACTION: Notice.

13. 73 FR 8059, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [NV-060-5110-GN-CF20; NVN-067930: 8-08807; TAS: 14X5017], Notice of Intent To Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Phoenix Copper Leach Project, Lander County, NV, ACTION: Notice.

14. 73 FR 8060, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, [UT-070-1320-EL; UTU-84102], Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and To Conduct Public Scoping on the Greens Hollow Coal Lease Tract, ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) and to initiate public scoping for the Greens Hollow Coal Lease Tract Lease by Application (LBA) filed by Ark Land Company, a subsidiary of Arch Coal, Inc. in Sanpete and Sevier Counties, Utah.

15. 73 FR 8062, 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.

16. 73 FR 8062, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Reclamation, Long-Term Experimental Plan for the Operation of Glen Canyon Dam and Other Associated Management Activities, ACTION: Notice.

17. 73 FR 8106, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Surface Transportation Board, [STB Finance Docket No. 35095], The Alaska Railroad Corporation--Petition for Exemption To Construct and Operate a Rail Line Extension to Port MacKenzie, AK, ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement; Notice of Availability of the Draft Scope of Study for the Environmental Impact Statement; Notice of Scoping Meetings; and Request for Comments on Draft Scope.

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

18. 73 FR 8264, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, National Tree-Marking Paint Committee Meeting, ACTION: Notice of meeting.

19. 73 FR 8265, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, RIN 0596-AC44, Native Plant Material Policy (Forest Service Manual 2070), ACTION: Notice of issuance of agency final directive.

20. 73 FR 8293, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XF51, Marine Mammals; File No. 727-1915, ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit.

21. 73 FR 8322, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS) Indian Health Service, Office of Clinical and Preventive Services; Demonstration Project for Healthy Lifestyles in Youth.

21. 73 FR 8342, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of the Secretary of the Interior, Privacy Act of 1974; Amendments to Existing Systems of Records, ACTION: Proposed amendment of existing Privacy Act systems of records.

22. 73 FR 8343, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge, ACTION: Notice of availability of the Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment for Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge.

23. 73 FR 8344, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R8-ES-2008-N0022; 80221-1113-0000-F5], Endangered Species Recovery Permit Applications, ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit applications; request for comment.

24. 73 FR 8345, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Recovery Plan for the Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis californiana), ACTION: Notice of document availability.

25. 73 FR 8346, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Geological Survey, Office of the Secretary; Notice of Renewal of the Advisory Committee on Water Information Charter. ACTION: Notice of Renewal of the Advisory Committee on Water Information Charter.

26. 73 FR 8346, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Geological Survey, Notice of an Open Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Water Information (ACWI).

27. 73 FR 8347, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [UT-910-08-1150-PH-24-1A], Notice of Utah's Recreation Resource Advisory Committee Meeting, ACTION: Notice of Utah's Recreation Resource Advisory Committee (RRAC) Meeting.

28. 73 FR 8347, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Central Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Planning Area Oil and Gas Lease Sale 206, ACTION: Final Notice of Sale (FNOS) 206.

29. 73 FR 8353, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Eastern Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Planning Area Oil and Gas Lease Sale 224, ACTION: Final notice of Sale 224.

30. 73 FR 8355, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: Saint Louis Science Center, Saint Louis, MO, ACTION: Notice.

31. 73 FR 8356, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, ACTION: Notice.

32. 73 FR 8357, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Denver, CO, ACTION: Notice.

33. 73 FR 8358, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: Department of Anthropology, University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hilo, HI, ACTION: Notice.

34. 73 FR 8359, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Colorado Museum, Boulder, CO, ACTION: Notice.

35. 73 FR 8360, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Off-Road Vehicle Advisory Committee, Second Meeting of the Big Cypress National Preserve Off-Road Vehicle (ORV) Advisory Committee, ACTION: Notice of meeting.

36. 73 FR 8360, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee: Meeting, ACTION: Notice.

37. 73 FR 8361, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee: Nomination Solicitation, ACTION: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee; Notice of Nomination Solicitation.

38. 73 FR 8362, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Protecting and Restoring Native Ecosystems by Managing Non-Native Ungulates Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement.

39. 73 FR 8363, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Reclamation, Change of Use for the Mark Twain Recreation Area Lake Access, New Melones Lake, Tuolumne County, CA, ACTION: Notice of change in use of public access.

40. 73 FR 8364, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Reclamation, Change of Use for the Waterway Between Smittle Creek Day Use Area, Oak Shores Day Use Area, and Big Island at Lake Berryessa, Napa, CA, ACTION: Notice of change in public use.

41. 73 FR 8412, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, [FWS-R8-ES-2008-0011; 92210-1117-0000-B4] RIN 1018-AU84, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for Berberis nevinii (Nevin's barberry), Part II, ACTION: Final rule.

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

42. 73 FR 8625, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Part 229, [Docket No. 080208139-8152-01] RIN 0648-XF58, Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Commercial Fishing Operations; Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan, ACTION: Temporary rule.

43. 73 FR 8649, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology Interagency Working Group on Ocean and Coastal Mapping, ACTION: Notice of public workshop.

44. 73 FR 8710, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [WY-920-1320-EL, WYW154432], Notice of Competitive Coal Lease Sale, Wyoming, ACTION: Notice of Competitive Coal Lease Sale.

45. 73 FR 8710, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [CA-110], Meeting of the Central California Resource Advisory Council, ACTION: Notice of public tour.

46. 73 FR 8711, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [MT-922-08-1310-FI-P; SDM 96171], Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease; SDM 96171, ACTION: Notice.

47. 73 FR 8717, Notices, NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC), [Docket No. 030-34325], Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for Amendment of a Materials Permit in Accordance With Byproduct Materials License No. 03-23853-01VA, for Unrestricted Release of a Department of Veterans Affairs' Facility in Seattle, WA, ACTION: Issuance of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Amendment.

48. 73 FR 8740, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Transit Administration, Environmental Impact Statement: Tappan Zee Bridge/I-287 Corridor Between Suffern, NY (Rockland County) and Port Chester, NY (Westchester County), ACTION: Revised Notice of Intent.

49. 73 FR 8748, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, [FWS-R8-ES-2008-0019; 92210-117-0000-B4] RIN 1018-AU98, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Revised Designation of Critical Habitat for Astragalus magdalenae var. peirsonii (Peirson's Milk-Vetch), Part II, ACTION: Final rule.

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

50. 73 FR 8853, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN: 0648-XF66, Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings, ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.

51. 73 FR 8856, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) Department of the Navy, Public Hearings for the Atlantic Fleet Active Sonar Training Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement, ACTION: Notice.

52. 73 FR 8897, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon's Proposed Trust Acquisition and Resort and Casino Project, Cascade Locks, Hood River County, OR, ACTION: Notice.

53. 73 FR 8898, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the North Fork Rancheria's Proposed 305 Acre Trust Acquisition and Hotel/Casino Project, Madera County, CA, ACTION: Notice.

54. 73 FR 8899, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [WY-923-1310-FI; WYW148913], Wyoming: Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease, ACTION: Notice of proposed reinstatement of terminated oil and gas lease.

55. 73 FR 8901, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the Sierra Resource Management Plan, ACTION: Notice of Availability.

56. 73 FR 8901, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [(NM-920-08-1310FI); (OKNM 116599, OKNM 116600, OKNM 116604, OKNM 116605, OKNM 116606, OKNM 116607, OKNM 116609)], Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Leases OKNM 116599, OKNM 116600,OKNM 116604, OKNM 116605, OKNM 116606, OKNM 116607, OKNM 116609, ACTION: Notice of Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Leases.