Federal Register Items of Interest to the Department of the Interior
November 24-28, 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 24-28, 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 24, 2008
1. 73 FR 70914, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Parts 20 and 21, [FWS-R9-MB-2008-0113; 91200-1231-9BPP-L2] RIN 1018-AI07, Migratory Bird Hunting and Permits; Regulations for Managing Harvest of Light Goose Populations, ACTION: Final rule; correction.
2. 73 FR 70945, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Transit Administration, 49 CFR Part 661, [Docket No. FTA-2008-0057] RIN 2132-AA99, Buy America Requirements; Bi-Metallic Composite Conducting Rail, ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
3. 73 FR 70982, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN: 0648-XL88, Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings, ACTION: Notice of public scoping meetings.
4. 73 FR 70990, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), [Project No. 12740-001], Hydro Matrix Limited Partnership; Notice of Intent To File License Application, Filing of Pre-Application Document, and Approval of Use of the Traditional Licensing Process.
5. 73 FR 70996, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), [Docket No. PF08-27-000], Texas Eastern Transmission, LP; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed TEMAX and TIME III Projects and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues.
6. 73 FR 71041, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R9-ES-2008-N0308] [92210-1111-0000-B3], Proposed Information Collection; OMB Control Number 1018-0119; Policy for Evaluation of Conservation Efforts When Making Listing Decisions (PECE), ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
7. 73 FR 71042, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Geological Survey, Agency Information Collection Activities: Submitted for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review; Comment Request on Extension of Existing Information Collection, ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
8. 73 FR 71043, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [WY-920-1430-ET; WYW 167436], Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and Opportunity for Public Meeting; Wyoming, ACTION: Notice.
9. 73 FR 71044, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Intent To Prepare a General Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement for Mount Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota, ACTION: Notice of Intent To Prepare a General Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement for Mount Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota.
10. 73 FR 71045, Notices, NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION (NARA), Records Schedules; Availability and Request for Comments, ACTION: Notice of availability of proposed records schedules; request for comments.
11. 73 FR 71085, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Transit Administration, Preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report for the Geary Bus Rapid Transit Project in San Francisco, CA, ACTION: Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).
12. 73 FR 71093, Unified Agenda, The Regulatory Plan Regulatory Information Service Center Introduction to The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions, Part II, ACTION: Introduction to The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions.
13. 73 FR 71305, Unified Agenda, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Office of the Secretary, 7 CFR Subtitle A, Chs. I-VII, IX-XII, XIV-XVIII, XXI, XXIV-XXIX 9 CFR Chs. I-IV 36 CFR Ch. II 41 CFR Ch. 4, Semiannual Regulatory Agenda, Fall 2008, Part III, ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda.
14. 73 FR 71423, Unified Agenda, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), 40 CFR Ch. I [FRL-8702-9] [EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0205 [EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0206, [EPA-HQ-OW-2008-0226, Fall 2008 Regulatory Agenda, Part XI, ACTION: Semiannual regulatory flexibility agenda and semiannual regulatory agenda.
15. 73 FR 71457, Unified Agenda, FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC), 47 CFR Ch. I, Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions-Fall 2008, Part XVIII, ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda.
NOVEMBER 25, 2008
16. 73 FR 71521, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Natural Resources and Environment Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), 7 CFR Part 610, RIN 0578-AA51, State Technical Committees, ACTION: Interim final rule with request for comment.
17. 73 FR 71575, Proposed Rules, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), 40 CFR Part 228, [EPA-R10-OW-2008-0826; FRL-8744-8], Ocean Dumping; Designation of Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Sites Offshore of the Umpqua River, OR, ACTION: Proposed Rule.
18. 73 FR 71583, Proposed Rules, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), 40 CFR Part 271, [EPA-R05-RCRA-2008-0712; FRL-8744-9], Wisconsin: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revision, ACTION: Proposed rule.
19. 73 FR 71605, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XL66, Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Regulatory Amendment to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico, ACTION: Notice of intent (NOI) to prepare a draft environmental impact statement (DEIS); notice of scoping meetings; request for comments.
20. 73 FR 71606, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XK83, Incidental Takes of Marine Mammals During Specified Activities; Marine Seismic Surveys in the Southwest Pacific Ocean, January-February, 2009, ACTION: Notice; proposed incidental take authorization; request for comments.
21. 73 FR 71644, Notices, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), [FRL-8744-5], Federal Agency Hazardous Waste Compliance, ACTION: Notice of twenty-third update of the Federal Agency Hazardous Waste Compliance Docket.
22. 73 FR 71668, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R8-ES-2008-N0296; 1112-000-81420-F2], Habitat Conservation Plan for Pacific Gas & Electric Company's Operation, Maintenance, and Minor New Construction Activities in the North Coast, Central Coast, Sacramento Valley, and Sierra Regions, California, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement and notice of public scoping meetings.
23. 73 FR 71672, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [CO-922-09-1310-FI; COC68089], Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease, ACTION: Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease.
24. 73 FR 71672, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [CO-922-09-1310-FI; COC68150], Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease, ACTION: Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease.
25. 73 FR 71673, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [CO-922-09-1310-FI; COC68149], Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease, ACTION: Notice of proposed reinstatement of terminated oil and gas lease.
26. 73 FR 71673, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [CO-922-09-1310-FI; COC68148], Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease, ACTION: Notice of proposed reinstatement of terminated oil and gas lease.
27. 73 FR 71673, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [COC 28270], Public Land Order No. 7717; Partial Revocation of Secretarial Order Dated October 26, 1906; Colorado, ACTION: Public Land Order.
28. 73 FR 71673, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, New Haven, CT, ACTION: Notice.
29. 73 FR 71674, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Coronado National Forest, Tucson, AZ and Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; Correction, ACTION: Notice; correction.
30. 73 FR 71674, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Defense, Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District, Portland, OR and University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History, Eugene, OR, ACTION: Notice.
31. 73 FR 71675, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, Anchorage, AK, ACTION: Notice.
32. 73 FR 71677, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, ACTION: Notice.
33. 73 FR 71678, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 7, Anchorage, AK, ACTION: Notice.
34. 73 FR 71678, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Oregon, Oregon State Museum of Anthropology, Eugene, OR, ACTION: Notice.
35. 73 FR 71788, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, [FWS-R2-ES-2008-0065; MO 9221050083-B2], Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 12-Month Finding on a Petition To List the Northern Mexican Gartersnake (Thamnophis eques megalops) as Threatened or Endangered with Critical Habitat, Part III, ACTION: Notice of 12-month petition finding.
NOVEMBER 26, 2008
36. 73 FR 71941, Rules and Regulations, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), 40 CFR Part 112, [EPA-HQ-OPA-2008-0569 FRL-8746-1] RIN 2050-AG48, Oil Pollution Prevention; Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure Rule; Revisions to the Regulatory Definition of "Navigable Waters", ACTION: Final rule; Response to court order vacating regulatory definition of navigable waters.
37. 73 FR 72016, Proposed Rules, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), 40 CFR Part 112, [EPA-HQ-OPA-2008-0546; FRL-8745-9] RIN 2050-AG49, Oil Pollution Prevention; Non-Transportation Related Onshore Facilities, ACTION: Proposed rule.
38. 73 FR 72023, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Humboldt Toiyabe National Forest; California and Nevada; Bridgeport Ranger District Travel Management, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement.
39. 73 FR 72027, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XL99, Endangered Species; File No. 1506, ACTION: Notice; receipt of application for modification.
40. 73 FR 72028, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XL78, Marine Mammals; File No. 764-1703-02, ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit amendment.
41. 73 FR 72074, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [LLWO35000.L14300000.ER0000.24-1A], Revision of Approved Information Collection, OMB Control Number 1004-0189, ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
42. 73 FR 72075, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [NV030-08-1430-ER; 09-08807; TAS: 14X1109], Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the New Comstock Wind Energy Project, Nevada, ACTION: Notice of intent.
43. 73 FR 72077, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Draft General Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement, Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park, VA, ACTION: Notice of availability.
44. 73 FR 72078, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Intent To Prepare a General Management Plan/ Environmental Impact Statement for Mount Rushmore National Memorial, SD, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a General Management Plan/ Environmental Impact Statement for Mount Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota.
45. 73 FR 72079, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), National Register of Historic Places; Weekly Listing of Historic Properties.
46. 73 FR 72084, Notices, NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC), [Docket No. 030-03289], Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Amendment to Byproduct Materials License No. 44-10187-03, for Unrestricted Release of Fletcher Allen Health Care's Degoesbriand Laboratory in Burlington, VT, ACTION: Issuance of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Amendment.
47. 73 FR 72210, 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. 070801431-81370-02] RIN 0648-AV35, Endangered and Threatened Species; Critical Habitat for Threatened Elkhorn and Staghorn Corals, Part V, ACTION: Final rule.
NOVEMBER 27, 2008
Federal Holiday
NOVEMBER 28, 2008
48. 73 FR 72346, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSRME), 30 CFR Part 916, [SATS No. KS-024-FOR; Docket No. OSM-2008-0001], Kansas Regulatory Program, ACTION: Final rule; approval of amendment.
49. 73 FR 72443, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Information Collection; Health Screening Questionnaire, ACTION: Notice; request for comment.
50. 73 FR 72455, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) Department of the Army (DA) United States Army Corps of Engineers, Intent To Prepare a Joint Feasibility Study/Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report for the Los Angeles River Ecosystem Restoration Feasibility Study, Los Angeles County, CA, ACTION: Amendment to notice of intent/notice of preparation.
51. 73 FR 72458, 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 Preserve at Sunridge, in Rancho Cordova, Sacramento County, CA, Permit Application Number SPK-2004-00707, ACTION: Notice of intent.
52. 73 FR 72470, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), [Docket No. CP08-409-000], Orbit Gas Storage, Inc.; Notice of Availability of the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Kentucky Energy Hub Project.
53. 73 FR 72471, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), [Docket Nos. CP04-47-001; CP05-396-001], Sabine Pass LNG, L.P.; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Sabine Pass LNG Export Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues.
54. 73 FR 72474, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), [Project No. 2305-020], Sabine River Authority of Texas; Sabine River Authority, State of Louisiana; 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.
55. 73 FR 72476, Notices, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), [ER-FRL-8588-1], Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments.
56. 73 FR 72477, Notices, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), [ER-FRL-8587-9], Environmental Impacts Statements; Notice of Availability.
57. 73 FR 72518, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of the Secretary of the Interior Office of Civil Rights, Proposed Renewal of Information Collection: OMB Control Number 1091-0001, Applicant Background Survey, ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
58. 73 FR 72519, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R1-R-2008-N0298; 1265-0000-10137-S3], Hanford Reach National Monument; Adams, Benton, Franklin and Grant Counties, WA, ACTION: Notice of decision and availability of the record of decision.
59. 73 FR 72519, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [WO-320-1310-DT-OSHL], Notice of Availability of Approved Resource Management Plan Amendments/Record of Decision (ROD) for Oil Shale and Tar Sands Resources To Address Land Use Allocations in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming and Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement, ACTION: Notice of Availability (NOA).
60. 73 FR 72520, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [AK-910-09-1739-NSSI], Call for Nominations: North Slope Science Initiative, Science Technical Advisory Panel, Alaska, ACTION: Call for Nominations for the North Slope Science Initiative, Science Technical Advisory Panel.
61. 73 FR 72521, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Notice of Availability of the Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for the Designation of Energy Corridors on Federal Land in the 11 Western States, Including Proposed Amendments to Selected Land Use Plans LLW0350000.L14300000.PN0000, ACTION: Notice of availability.
62. 73 FR 72525, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Reclamation, Central Valley Project Improvement Act, Water Management Plans, ACTION: Notice of availability.
63. 73 FR 72558, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on Proposed Highways in Texas, ACTION: Notice of Limitation on Claims for Judicial Review of Actions by FHWA and Other Federal Agencies.
64. 73 FR 72562, Proposed Rules, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), 40 CFR Part 450, [EPA-HQ-OW-2008-0465; FRL-8744-1] RIN 2040-AE91, Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Construction and Development Point Source Category, Part II, ACTION: Proposed rule.
