Federal Register Items of Interest to the Department of the Interior
June 2-6, 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 June 2-6, 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.
JUNE 2, 2008
1. 73 FR 31380, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Parts 300 and 635, [Docket No. 080221247-8524-02] RIN 0648-AU88, International Fisheries; Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; International Trade Permit Program; Bluefin Tuna Catch Documentation Program, ACTION: Final rule.
2. 73 FR 31392, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSRME), 30 CFR Part 950, [SATS No. WY-036-FOR; Docket ID OSM-2008-0008], Wyoming Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Plan, ACTION: Proposed rule; opening of public comment period and opportunity for public hearing on proposed amendment.
3. 73 FR 31418, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, [FWS-R2-ES-2008-0070; 1111 FY07 MO-B2], Endangered and Threat-ened Wildlife and Plants; 90-Day Finding on a Petition To List the Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium ridgwayi cactorum) as Threatened or Endangered With Critical Habitat, ACTION: Notice of 90-day petition finding and initiation of status review.
4. 73 FR 31429, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Revision of Land Management Plan, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, Located in California and Nevada, ACTION: Notice of adjustment to resume the land management plan revision process. Adjustment of Federal Register Notice of Vol. 72, No. 23, p. 5264, Feb. 5, 2007, and transition to the 2008 Planning Rule at 36 CFR 219 [Federal Register Vol. 73, No. 77/April 21, 2008, p. 21468-21511].
5. 73 FR 31454, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), [Docket No. PF07-12-000], Dominion Transmission, Inc.; Amended Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Storage Factory Project, Request for Comments on Environmental Issues, and Notice of Public Scoping Meetings and Site Visit.
6. 73 FR 31477, Notices, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), [EPA-HQ-OW-2008-0356; FRL-8574-3], Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Water Quality Standards Regulation (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 988.10, OMB Control Number 2040-0049, ACTION: Notice.
7. 73 FR 31501, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Sporting Conservation Council, ACTION: Notice of meeting.
8. 73 FR 31502, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), Notice of the Annual Price Threshold Determination, ACTION: Notice of annual price threshold determination and annual average oil and gas market price calculations, along with their effects for the Gulf of Mexico royalty relief programs.
9. 73 FR 31535, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement: Travis County, TX, ACTION: Notice of Intent.
JUNE 3, 2008
10. 73 FR 31609, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Transit Administration, 23 CFR Part 774, RIN 2125-AF14 RIN 2132-AA83, Parks, Recreation Areas, Wildlife and Waterfowl Refuges, and Historic Sites; Correction, ACTION: Correcting amendment.
11. 73 FR 31634, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), 49 CFR Part 195, [Docket ID PHMSA-RSPA-2003-15864] RIN 2137-AD98, Pipeline Safety: Protecting Unusually Sensitive Areas From Rural Onshore Hazardous Liquid Gathering Lines and Low-Stress Lines, ACTION: Final rule.
12. 73 FR 31665, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, [FWS-R6-ES-2007-0014; 92210-1117-0000-FY08-B4] RIN 1018-AT79, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for the Salt Creek Tiger Beetle (Cicindela nevadica lincolniana), ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of comment period and announcement of a public hearing.
13. 73 FR 31666, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Part 216, [Docket No. 080310408-8416-01] RIN 0648-AW55, Marine Mammals; Subsistence Taking of Northern Fur Seals; Harvest Estimates, ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.
14. 73 FR 31673, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Information Collection; Qualified Products List for Foam Fire Suppressants, ACTION: Notice; request for comment.
15. 73 FR 31708, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R9-IA-2008-N0128; 96300-1671-0000-P5], Issuance of Permits, ACTION: Notice of issuance of permits for marine mammals.
16. 73 FR 31708, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Lake Champlain Sea Lamprey Control Alternatives Workgroup, ACTION: Notice of meeting.
17. 73 FR 31708, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R9-IA-2008-N0138; 96300-1671-0000-P5], Receipt of Applications for Permit, ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications for permit.
18. 73 FR 31708, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Geological Survey, USGS-CCSP Committee for Synthesis and Assessment Product 3.4: Abrupt Climate Change, ACTION: Notice of Meeting.
19. 73 FR 31710, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions.
JUNE 4, 2008
20. 73 FR 31816, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XI02, Endangered Species and Marine Mammals; File No. 10014-01, ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit amendment.
21. 73 FR 31816, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XD74, Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Offshore Exploratory Drilling in the Beaufort Sea off Alaska, ACTION: Notice of receipt of application and proposed incidental take authorization; request for comments.
22. 73 FR 31875, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R1-R-2008-N0104; 10120-1113-0000-F5], Endangered Wildlife and Plants; Permits, ACTION: Notice of availability of application to amend permit; request for comments.
23. 73 FR 31875, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R2-ES-2008-N0081; 20124-1113-0000-F5], Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications, ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications.
24. 73 FR 31876, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R8-ES-2008-N0109; 80221-1112-0000-F2], Tehachapi Uplands Multi-Species Habitat Conservation Plan, ACTION: Notice of intent.
25. 73 FR 31877, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R9-IRTM-2008-N0095; 90250-1660-6050-9Z], Privacy Act of 1974; Amendments to Existing Systems of Records, ACTION: Proposed amendment of existing Privacy Act systems of records.
26. 73 FR 31878, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R6-ES-2008-N0097; 60120-1113-0000-D2], Receipt of Application of Endangered Species Recovery Permits, ACTION: Notice of availability and receipt of applications.
27. 73 FR 31879, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Western Shoshone Application Form, Submission to Office of Management and Budget, ACTION: Notice of Submission of Information Collection.
28. 73 FR 31880, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [NM-910-08-0777-XX], Notice of Public Meeting, New Mexico Resource Advisory Council Meeting, ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
29. 73 FR 31880, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [UTU 6443, UTU 012532, and UTU 0146037], Public Land Order No. 7708; Partial Revocation of Public Land Order Nos. 1391, 4060, 4567, and Revocation of Public Land Order No. 4664; Utah, ACTION: Public Land Order.
30. 73 FR 31881, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [NMNM 46830 and NMNM 46837], Public Land Order No. 7709; Revocation of Two Secretarial Orders Dated January 30, 1907 and December 17, 1907; New Mexico, ACTION: Public Land Order.
31. 73 FR 31881, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [UTU 42912 and UTU 42923], Public Land Order No. 7707; Revocation of Two Withdrawal Orders for Provo River Reclamation Project; Utah, ACTION: Public Land Order.
32. 73 FR 31882, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice To Terminate the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Process for the Special Resource Study (SRS) for Virginia Key Beach Park (VKBP), Biscayne Bay, FL.
33. 73 FR 31923, Presidential Documents, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, Proclamation 8265 of May 30, 2008, Title 3-- The President Great Outdoors Month, 2008 By the President of the United States of America, Part II, A Proclamation.
JUNE 5, 2008
34. 73 FR 32043, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Policy Committee--Notice of Renewal, ACTION: Notice of Renewal of the Outer Continental Shelf Policy Committee.
35. 73 FR 32043, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Rate Adjustments for Indian Irrigation Projects, ACTION: Notice of rate adjustments.
36. 73 FR 32048, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [WY-050-1310-DB], Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the GMI Natural Gas Development Project, Fremont and Natrona Counties, WY, ACTION: Notice of Intent (NOI).
37. 73 FR 32051, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (DOL) Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Petitions for Modification, ACTION: Correction Notice.
38. 73 FR 32051, Notices, MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION, Availability of Grant Funds for Fiscal Year 2008, ACTION: Notice.
39. 73 FR 32233, Presidential Documents, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, Proclamation 8268 of June 2, 2008, Title 3-- The President National Oceans Month, 2008 By the President of the United States of America, Part IV, A Proclamation.
JUNE 6, 2008
40. 73 FR 32318, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), [Docket No. CP08-6-000], Midcontinent Express Pipeline, LLC; Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Midcontinent Express Pipeline Project.
41. 73 FR 32328, Notices, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), [ER-FRL-6699-6], Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments.
42. 73 FR 32348, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Central Utah Project Completion Act, ACTION: Notice of Availability, Draft Environmental Assessment (DEA), Hobble Creek Stream Restoration, Utah County, UT.
43. 73 FR 32349, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R4-R-2008-N0015; 40136-1265-0000-S3], Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge, Barbour and Russell Counties, AL, and Stewart and Quitman Counties, GA, ACTION: Notice of availability: draft comprehensive conservation plan and environmental assessment; request for comments.
44. 73 FR 32353, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R6-ES-2008-N0112; 60132-1261-60RC-P4], Keystone Oil Pipeline Project, Right-of-Way Permit Application To Cross Six Wetland Management Districts in North Dakota and South Dakota, ACTION: Notice of availability; right-of-way permit application.
45. 73 FR 32353, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Geological Survey, Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request, ACTION: Notice of a new information collection.
46. 73 FR 32354, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Renewed Application for the Proposed Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians Fee-to-Trust Transfer and Casino-Hotel Project, San Bernardino County, California, ACTION: Notice.
47. 73 FR 32355, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas Petition for Tribal Reassumption of Jurisdiction over Child Custody Proceedings, ACTION: Notice.
48. 73 FR 32355, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [AA-6689-A, AA-6689-B, AA-6689-A2; AK-964-1410-KC-P], Alaska Native Claims Selection, ACTION: Notice of decision approving lands for conveyance.
49. 73 FR 32356, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [MT-079-08-1010-PH], Notice of Public Meeting, Western Montana Resource Advisory Council Meeting, ACTION: Notice of public meeting.