Issue No.1398
February 11 - 15, 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 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.