Federal Register Items of Interest to the Department of the Interior
June 15-19, 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 June 15-19, 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.
JUNE 15, 2009
1. 74 FR 28214, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Proposed Amendment of Rogue River, Umpqua and Winema National Forest (NF) Land and Resource Management Plans for the Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement for Land and Resource Management Plan amendments.
2. 74 FR 28250, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS) Indian Health Service, [Funding Opportunity Number: HHS-2009-IHS-UIHP-0003], Office of Urban Indian Health Programs.
3. 74 FR 28269, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R9-WSR-2009-N125] [[91400-5110-POLI-7B and 91400-9410-POLI-7B], Information Collection Sent to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Approval; OMB Control Number 1018-0109; Wildlife and Sport Fish Grants and Cooperative Agreements, ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
4. 74 FR 28270, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R1-R-2009-N0093]; [1265-0000-10137-S3], Oregon Islands, Three Arch Rocks, and Cape Meares National Wildlife Refuges, Lincoln County, OR, ACTION: Notice of availability: draft comprehensive conservation plan, draft wilderness stewardship plan, and environmental assessment; request for comments.
5. 74 FR 28271, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R8-R-2009-N0070; 80230-1265-0000-53], Modoc National Wildlife Refuge, Modoc County, CA, ACTION: Notice of availability: draft comprehensive conservation plan and environmental assessment; request for comments.
6. 74 FR 28273, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), General Management Plan; Devils Postpile National Monument; Mono County, CA; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement.
7. 74 FR 28321, Notices, TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (TVA), Environmental Impact Statement; Integrated Resource Plan, ACTION: Notice of intent.
8. 74 FR 28328, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Part 218, RIN 0648-AW78, Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; U.S. Navy Training in the Virginia Capes Range Complex, Part II, ACTION: Final rule.
9. 74 FR 28349, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Part 218, RIN 0648-AW79, Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; U.S. Navy Training in the Jacksonville Range Complex, Part II, ACTION: Final rule.
10. 74 FR 28370, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Part 218, RIN 0648-AX10, Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; U.S. Navy Training in the Cherry Point Range Complex, Part II, ACTION: Final rule.
JUNE 16, 2009
11. 74 FR 28510, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS) Indian Health Service, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Announcement Type: New Cooperative Agreement Funding Opportunity Number: HHS-2009-IHS-HPDP-0001 Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.443.
12. 74 FR 28520, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance, Proposed Renewal of Information Collection: OMB Control Number 1094-0001, Alternatives Process in Hydropower Licensing, ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
13. 74 FR 28521, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians, Notice of Tribal Consultation Meetings, ACTION: Notice of Tribal Consultation Meetings.
14. 74 FR 28522, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Geological Survey, Agency Information Collection Activities: Pompeys Pillar Visitor Survey, ACTION: Notice of a new information collection.
15. 74 FR 28523, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R9-IA-2009-N0119; 96300-1671-0000-P5], Receipt of Applications for Permit, ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications for permit.
16. 74 FR 28523, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R9-IA-2009-N0069; 96300-1671-0000-P5], Issuance of Permits, ACTION: Notice of issuance of permits.
JUNE 17, 2009
17. 74 FR 28595, Presidential Documents, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, Proclamation 8392 of June 12, 2009, Title 3-- The President National Oceans Month, 2009 By the President of the United States of America, A Proclamation.
18. 74 FR 28606, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (DOL) Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), 30 CFR Part 49, RIN 1219-AB66, Mine Rescue Teams, ACTION: Final rule.
19. 74 FR 28639, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), 30 CFR Part 250, RIN 1010-AD15 [Docket ID MMS-2008-OMM-0003], Safety and Environmental Management Systems for Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Operations, ACTION: Proposed rule.
20. 74 FR 28666, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XP81, Endangered and Threatened Species; Take of Anadromous Fish, ACTION: Notice of receipt of a permit application; request for comments.
21. 74 FR 28687, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), [Docket No. CP09-035-000], Palomar Gas Transmission, LLC; Supplemental Notice Requesting Comments on the Maupin Bridge and Warmspring Reservation Alternatives and on a Potential Amendment to the Land and Resource Management Plan for the Crooked River National Grassland for the Proposed Palomar Gas Transmission Project, and Notice of Public Scoping Meetings.
22. 74 FR 28717, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of the Secretary of the Interior Office of Budget, Proposed Renewal of Information Collection: OMB Control Number 1093-0005, Payments in Lieu of Taxes, ACTION: Notice and Request for Comments.
23. 74 FR 28718, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [LLWO320000 L13300000 PO0000], Extension of Approved Information Collection, OMB Control Number 1004-0121, ACTION: 60-day notice and request for comments.
24. 74 FR 28718, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), 60-Day Notice of Intention To Request Clearance of Collection of Information; Opportunity for Public Comment, ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
25. 74 FR 28720, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP) Allocations, Fiscal Years 2009-2010, ACTION: Notice of Availability of Recipient Allocation Amounts for Fiscal Years 2009 and 2010.
26. 74 FR 28720, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R8-ES-2009-N116; 81440-1112-0000-F2], Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Permits, Beacon Solar Energy Project, Kern County, CA, ACTION: Notice of intent to undertake scoping for an environmental document (Environmental Assessment or Environmental Impact Statement) related to a habitat conservation plan for the proposed Beacon Solar Energy Project.
27. 74 FR 28722, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R5-R-2009-N0102; BAC-4311-K9-S3], Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Rockingham County, NH, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a comprehensive conservation plan and environmental assessment; request for comments.
28. 74 FR 28723, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Indian Gaming, ACTION: Notice of Approved Tribal-State Compact.
29. 74 FR 28723, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R4-ES-2008-NOXXX; 40120-1113-0000-C2], Notice of Availability of the Puerto Rican Parrot Recovery Plan, ACTION: Notice of document availability.
30. 74 FR 28776, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, [Docket No. FWS-R8-ES-2008-0006; 92210-1117-0000-B4] RIN 1018-AV23, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Revised Designation of Critical Habitat for the Quino Checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas editha quino), Part II, ACTION: Final rule.
JUNE 18, 2009
31. 74 FR 28875, Rules and Regulations, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), 40 CFR Part 55, [OAR-2004-0091; FRL-8912-7], Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulations Consistency Update for California, ACTION: Final rule--consistency update.
32. 74 FR 28881, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Office of the Secretary of Agriculture, Black Hills National Forest Advisory Board, ACTION: Notice of intent to renew the charter of the Black Hills National Forest Advisory Board.
33. 74 FR 28890, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XO99, Incidental Takes of Marine Mammals During Specified Activities; Low-Energy Marine Seismic Survey in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean, August 2009, ACTION: Notice; proposed incidental take authorization; request for comments.
34. 74 FR 28942, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), 30-Day Notice of Intention To Request Clearance of Collection of Information; Opportunity for Public Comment, ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
35. 74 FR 28942, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: Horner Collection, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, ACTION: Notice.
36. 74 FR 28944, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, Sacramento, CA; U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, Three Rivers, CA; and Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, ACTION: Notice.
37. 74 FR 28945, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: Binghamton University, State University of New York, Binghamton, NY, ACTION: Notice.
38. 74 FR 28946, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R9-FHC-2009-N0092; 71490-1351-0000-M2-FY09], Marine Mammal Protection Act; Stock Assessment Report, ACTION: Notice of availability of draft revised marine mammal stock assessment reports for the Pacific walrus stock and two stocks of polar bears; request for comments.
39. 74 FR 28952, Notices, UNITED STATES-MEXICO INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION-UNITED STATES SECTION, United States Section; Notice of Availability of a Final Environmental Assessment and Final Finding of No Significant Impact for Flood Control Improvements to the Arroyo Colorado Floodway, Hidalgo and Cameron Counties, TX, ACTION: Notice of Availability of Final Environmental Assessment (EA) and Final Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI).
40. 74 FR 29017, Notices, TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (TVA), Environmental Impact Statement for Muscle Shoals Reservation Redevelopment, ACTION: Notice of intent.
JUNE 19, 2009
41. 74 FR 29204, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), [Docket No. CP09-36-000; Docket No. CP09-40-000], Southern Natural Gas Company, Southeast Supply Header, LLC; Notice of Availability of the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed South System Expansion III Project and Joint Pipeline Expansion Phase II Project.
42. 74 FR 29208, Notices, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), [ER-FRL-8594-6], Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments.
43. 74 FR 29229, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Tribal Colleges and Universities Grants and Annual Reports, ACTION: Notice of Submission to the Office of Management and Budget.
44. 74 FR 29230, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [F-14944-B; AK-964-1410-KC-P], Alaska Native Claims Selection, ACTION: Notice of decision approving lands for conveyance.
45. 74 FR 29230, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [AA-8103-10, AA-8103-61, AA-8103-62, AA-8103-68, AA-8103-69, AA-8103-71, AA-8103-72, AA-8103-73, AA-8103-94, AA-8103-96, AA-8103-97, F-19155-17, F-21902-19, F-21906-60, F-21906-75; AK-964-1410-KC-P], Alaska Native Claims Selection, ACTION: Notice of decision approving lands for conveyance.
46. 74 FR 29232, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [AA-6648-E, AA-6648-G, AA-6648-K, AA-6648-O; AK-964-1410-KC-P], Alaska Native Claims Selection, ACTION: Notice of decision approving lands for conveyance.
47. 74 FR 29233, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [AA-6673-A, AA-6673-B, AA-6673-C, AA-6673-F, AA-6673-H, AA-6673-M; AK-964-1410-KC-P], Alaska Native Claims Selection, ACTION: Notice of decision approving lands for conveyance.
48. 74 FR 29235, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [AA-12466, AA-70148, AA-70149, AA-70150, AA-74549, AA-84417; AK-964-1410-KC-P], Alaska Native Claims Selection, ACTION: Notice of decision approving lands for conveyance.
49. 74 FR 29236, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [LLUT-92000-09-L13200000-EL0000-24-1A00, UTU-85539], Adequacy of the Environmental Assessment and Fair Market Value Public Meeting for the Dry Canyon Coal Tract, Carbon County, UT, ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting and Call for Public Written Comment on the Proposed Sale, Adequacy of the Environmental Assessment, Fair Market Value determination and Maximum Economic Recovery consideration for Coal Lease Application UTU-85539. Note all comments must be submitted in written form to be considered.
50. 74 FR 29263, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on Proposed Highway in California, ACTION: Notice of Limitation on Claims for Judicial Review of Actions by FHWA and other Federal agencies: Shasta-Trinity National Forest (Forest Service), and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Region (Bureau of Reclamation).
51. 74 FR 29300, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Part 226, [Docket No. 0808061060-9710-02] RIN 0648-AW77, Endangered and Threatened Species; Designation of Critical Habitat for Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) Gulf of Maine Distinct Population Segment, Part II, ACTION: Final rule.
52. 74 FR 29344, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR (DOI) Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Part 17 50 CFR Part 224, [Docket No. 0808191116-9709-02] RIN 0648-XJ93, Endangered and Threatened Species; Determination of Endangered Status for the Gulf of Maine Distinct Population Segment of Atlantic Salmon, Part III Part III, ACTION: Final rule.
