Federal Register Items of Interest to the Department of the Interior
November 17-21, 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 November 17-21, 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.
NOVEMBER 17, 2008
1. 73 FR 67739, Rules and Regulations, 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: Final rule.
2. 73 FR 67778, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Reclamation, 43 CFR Part 404, RIN 1006-AA54, Reclamation Rural Water Supply Program, ACTION: Interim final rule.
3. 73 FR 67801, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Part 229, [Docket No. 0811101438-81439-01] RIN 0648-XL74, Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Commercial Fishing Operations; Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan, ACTION: Temporary rule.
4. 73 FR 67805, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Parts 300, 600 and 697, [Docket No. 070717337-81411-03] RIN 0648-AV78, General Provisions for Domestic Fisheries; Specifications for Boarding Ladders, ACTION: Final rule.
5. 73 FR 67835, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Kemmerer Ranger District, Bridger-Teton National Forest, WY; Kemmerer Grazing and Rangeland Vegetation Management Project, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement.
6. 73 FR 67836, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Opal Creek Scenic Recreation Area (SRA) Advisory Council, ACTION: Notice of meeting.
7. 73 FR 67837, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XD09, Marine Mammals; File No. 532-1822-03, ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit amendment.
8. 73 FR 67847, 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 Proposed Gray's Beach Restoration Project, Waikiki, O'ahu, HI, Department of the Army Regulatory File Number POH-2007-192, ACTION: Notice of Intent.
9. 73 FR 67860, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, [Docket No. PP-305], Record of Decision; Montana Alberta Tie Ltd. ACTION: Record of Decision (ROD).
10. 73 FR 67865, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), 2008 Columbia Basin Fish Accords Memorandum of Agreement with the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, ACTION: Notice of availability of Record of Decision (ROD).
11. 73 FR 67876, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), RIN 1018-AU27, Policy on Wilderness Stewardship, ACTION: Notice of availability.
12. 73 FR 67882, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service Off-Road Vehicle (ORV) Advisory Committee, 2009 Meetings of the Big Cypress National Preserve Off-Road Vehicle (ORV) Advisory Committee, ACTION: Notice of meetings.
13. 73 FR 67883, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (DOJ), Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9606 et seq.
14. 73 FR 67923, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Transit Administration, Preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement on Hatcher Pass Recreational Area Trails and Transit Facilities in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK, ACTION: Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement.
NOVEMBER 18, 2008
15. 73 FR 68339, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSRME), 30 CFR Part 931, [SATS Number NM-047-FOR], New Mexico Regulatory Program, ACTION: Final rule; approval of amendment.
16. 73 FR 68348, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Part 223, [Docket No. 080219211-81123-01] RIN 0648-AU98, Sea Turtle Conservation; Fishing Gear Inspection Program, ACTION: Final rule.
17. 73 FR 68369, Proposed Rules, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), 40 CFR Part 52, [EPA-R09-OAR-2008-0566; FRL-8741-7], Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District, Kern County Air Pollution Control District, Mohave Desert Air Quality Management District, ACTION: Proposed rule.
18. 73 FR 68417, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XL71, North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting, ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
19. 73 FR 68444, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of the Secretary of the Interior Office of the Inspector General - DOI, President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency, Executive Council on Integrity and Efficiency; Senior Executive Service: Performance Review Board Membership, ACTION: Correction.
20. 73 FR 68444, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R9-F-2008-N0297; 97600-1660-2600-5d], Sporting Conservation Council, ACTION: Notice of meeting.
21. 73 FR 68445, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [ES-956-1420-BJ-TRST; ES-055575, Group No. 195, Minnesota], Eastern States: Filing of Plat of Survey, ACTION: Notice of Filing of Plat of Survey; Minnesota.
22. 73 FR 68445, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [ES-930-1310-F1; MSES 51187], Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease, Mississippi, ACTION: Notice of Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease.
23. 73 FR 68445, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions.
24. 73 FR 68446, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), National Register of Historic Places; Weekly Listing of Historic Properties.
25. 73 FR 68492, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Office of Commercial Space Transportation; Notice of Availability and Request for Comment on a Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Spaceport America Commercial Launch Site, Sierra County, NM, ACTION: Notice of Availability.
26. 73 FR 69414, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), 43 CFR Parts 3900, 3910, 3920, and 3930, [LLWO-3200000 L13100000.PP0000 L.X.EM OSHL000.241A] RIN 1004-AD90, Oil Shale Management--General, Part IV, ACTION: Final rule.
27. 73 FR 69490, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), 30 CFR Parts 203 and 260, [Docket ID MMS-OMM-2007-0071] RIN 1010-AD33, Royalty Relief--Ultra-Deep Gas Wells and Deep Gas Wells on Leases in the Gulf of Mexico; Extension of Royalty Relief Provisions to Leases Offshore of Alaska, Part V, ACTION: Final rule.
NOVEMBER 19, 2008
28. 73 FR 69591, 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 tenth, eleventh, and twelfth meetings.
29. 73 FR 69608, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Final Framework for the National System of Marine Protected Areas of the United States and Response to Comments, ACTION: Notice of availability of the final Framework for the National System of Marine Protected Areas of the United States and response to comments on Revised Draft Framework.
30. 73 FR 69615, 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 Conveyance and Seepage Control Features Project, ACTION: Notice of intent.
31. 73 FR 69616, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) Department of the Army (DA) United States Army Corps of Engineers, Intent To Prepare a Draft Environment Impact Statement (DEIS) for a Proposed Highway Between Bush, LA and I-12, in St. Tammany Parish, ACTION: Notice of intent.
32. 73 FR 69617, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) Department of the Army (DA) United States Army Corps of Engineers, Missouri River Recovery Implementation Committee; Meeting, ACTION: Notice of meeting.
33. 73 FR 69643, Notices, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), [EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0650; FRL-8386-4], Petition for Rulemaking Requesting EPA Regulate Nanoscale Silver Products as Pesticides; Notice of Availability, ACTION: Notice.
34. 73 FR 69671, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R4-R-2008-N0246; 40136-1265-0000-S3], Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge, Barbour and Russell Counties, AL and Stewart and Quitman Counties, GA, ACTION: Notice of availability: Final comprehensive conservation plan and finding of no significant impact.
35. 73 FR 69673, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R4-R-2008-N0216; 40136-1265-0000-S3], Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Jackson County, MS, and Mobile County, AL, ACTION: Notice of availability: final comprehensive conservation plan and finding of no significant impact.
36. 73 FR 69675, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R4-R-2008-N0301; 40135-3210-0000-P3], Fayetteville/Greenville Expansion Project, Texas Gas Transmission, LLC, Right-of-Way Permit Application To Cross Hillside National Wildlife Refuge, Holmes County, MS: Withdrawal, ACTION: Notice of receipt of right-of-way permit application; withdrawal.
37. 73 FR 69675, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [CO-100-1610-DP], Notice of Correction to Notice of Availability of the Additional Air Quality Impact Assessment To Support the Little Snake Draft Resource Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (RMP/EIS), Moffat and Routt Counties, CO, ACTION: Notice of correction.
38. 73 FR 69675, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [NV-010-07-1990-EX; N-78123], Notice of Availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Newmont Mining Corporation Proposed Emigrant Project Plan of Operations, NV, ACTION: Notice of availability (NOA).
39. 73 FR 69676, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [ES-930-1310-FI; LAES 51206], Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease, Louisiana, ACTION: Notice of Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease.
40. 73 FR 69676, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [UT-090-1610-017J], Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for the Monticello Field Office Approved Resource Management Plan, ACTION: Notice of availability.
41. 73 FR 69677, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Cape Cod National Seashore, South Wellfleet, MA; Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission; Two Hundred Sixty-Seventh Notice of Meeting.
42. 73 FR 69677, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions.
43. 73 FR 69680, 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.
NOVEMBER 20, 2008
44. 73 FR 70245, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), 7 CFR Part 1465, RIN 0578-AA50, Agricultural Management Assistance Program, ACTION: Interim final rule with request for comment.
45. 73 FR 70290, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Part 226, [Docket No. 070717355-8030-01] RIN 0648-AV74, Endangered and Threatened Species; Critical Habitat for the Endangered Distinct Population Segment of Smalltooth Sawfish, ACTION: Proposed rule; request for comments.
46. 73 FR 70310, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), [Docket No. APHIS-2008-0129], Public Meetings; National Tuberculosis Program Listening Sessions, ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
47. 73 FR 70340, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), [Project No. 2242-078], Eugene Water and Electric Board; Notice of Settlement Agreement and Soliciting Comments, Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions, and Revised Schedule for Environmental Assessment.
48. 73 FR 70362, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [LLWO31000.L13100000.PB0000.24-1A], Extension of Approval of Information Collection, OMB Control Number 1004-0034, ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
49. 73 FR 70363, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [LLWO32000. L13100000.PC0000.24-1A], Extension of Approved Information Collection, OMB Control Number 1004-0185, ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
50. 73 FR 70364, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [LLWO320.LL120000.PC0000.24-1A], Extension of Approved Information Collection, OMB Control Number 1004-0165, ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
51. 73 FR 70365, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Reclamation, Quarterly Status Report of Water Service, Repayment, and Other Water-Related Contract Negotiations, ACTION: Notice.
52. 73 FR 70383, Notices, NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION (NARA), Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request, ACTION: Notice.
53. 73 FR 70418, Rules and Regulations, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), 40 CFR Parts 9, 122, and 412, [EPA-HQ-OW-2005-0037; FRL-8738-9] RIN 2040-AE80, Revised National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit Regulation and Effluent Limitations Guidelines for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations in Response to the Waterkeeper Decision, Part II, ACTION: Final rule.
54. 73 FR 70488, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Ocean Service (NOS) National Marine Sanctuary Program (NMSP), 15 CFR Part 922, [Docket No. 080302355-81415-02] RINs 0648-AT14, 0648-AT15, 0648-AT16, Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary Regulations; Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Regulations; and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary Regulations, Part III, ACTION: Final rule.
55. 73 FR 70544, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBS), Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) Inviting Applications for Biorefineries, Part IV, ACTION: Notice.
NOVEMBER 21, 2008
56. 73 FR 70600, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Part 665, [Docket No. 080206127-81426-02] RIN 0648-AS71, Fisheries in the Western Pacific; Pelagic Fisheries; Squid Jig Fisheries, ACTION: Final rule.
57. 73 FR 70603, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Part 665, [Docket No. 070719388-81445-03] RIN 0648-AV29, Fisheries in the Western Pacific; Crustacean Fisheries; Deepwater Shrimp, ACTION: Final rule.
58. 73 FR 70614, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Payette National Forest, Idaho, Golden Hand #1 and #2 Lode Mining Claims Plan of Operations, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement.
59. 73 FR 70622, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XL80, Endangered and Threatened Species; Take of Anadromous Fish, ACTION: Receipt of applications for scientific research permits; receipt of application to renew and to modify scientific permit; request for comments.
60. 73 FR 70633, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), [Docket No. CP09-10-000], Dominion Transmission, Inc.; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Rural Valley Project, Request for Comments on Environmental Issues.
61. 73 FR 70638, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Western Area Power Administration, Solicitation of Interest for Transmission Line Projects Under EPAct05 Section 1222 Associated With Renewable Generation Sources, ACTION: Request for Statements of Interest.
62. 73 FR 70640, Notices, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), [FRL-8392-2], TSCA Inventory Reset and Inorganic High Production Volume Challenge Programs; Notice of Public Meeting, ACTION: Notice.
63. 73 FR 70655, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS) Indian Health Service, Privacy Act of 1974; Report of Amended or Altered System; Medical, Health and Billing Records System, ACTION: Amendment of One Altered Privacy Act System of Records.
64. 73 FR 70668, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R4-R-2008-N0267; 40136-1265-0000-S3], Santee National Wildlife Refuge, Clarendon County, SC, ACTION: Notice of availability: final comprehensive conservation plan and finding of no significant impact.
65. 73 FR 70669, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R4-R-2008-N0231, 40136-1265-0000-S3], Shell Keys National Wildlife Refuge, Iberia Parish, LA, ACTION: Notice of availability: final comprehensive conservation plan and finding of no significant impact.
66. 73 FR 70670, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [CO-921-07-1320-EL; COC-72980], Notice of Correction to Notice of Federal Competitive Coal Lease Sale Offer, Colorado, ACTION: Notice of Correction.
67. 73 FR 70670, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Policy Committee; Notice and Agenda for Meeting, ACTION: Notice of Meeting.
68. 73 FR 70678, Notices, FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION, Meetings; Sunshine Act.
69. 73 FR 70694, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Notice of Meeting of the National Parks Overflights Advisory Group Aviation Rulemaking Committee, ACTION: Notice of meeting.
70. 73 FR 70694, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on US 101 Constitution Way and Weigh Station Project: Curry County, OR, ACTION: Notice of Limitations on Claims for Judicial Review of Actions by FHWA.
