Federal Register Items of Interest to the Department of the Interior
December 10-14, 2007
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 December 10-14, 2007. 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.
DECEMBER 10, 2007
1. 72 FR 69618, Rules and Regulations, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), 40 CFR Part 49, [EPA-R02-OAR-2004-TR-0001; FRL-8488-9], Approval and Promulgation of Saint Regis Mohawk's Tribal Implementation Plan, ACTION: Final rule.
2. 72 FR 69643, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Information Collection; Locatable Minerals, ACTION: Notice; Request for Comment.
3. 72 FR 69645, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Bridger-Teton National Forest, Wyoming, Supplemental Analysis To Consider Potential Field Development (Master Development Plan) Subsequent to Proposed Exploratory Drilling by Plains Exploration and Production Company (PXP) Within the South Rim Unit on the Big Piney Ranger District, ACTION: Supplemental notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement.
4. 72 FR 69696, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS) Indian Health Service, Request for Public Comment: 60-Day Proposed Information Collection: Indian Health Service Customer Satisfaction Survey, ACTION: Notice.
5. 72 FR 69703, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Final Comprehensive Conservation Plan for Souris River Basin National Wildlife Refuges, North Dakota, ACTION: Notice of availability.
6. 72 FR 69704, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Receipt of an Application for an Incidental Take Permit for Residential Construction in Charlotte County, FL, ACTION: Notice.
7. 72 FR 69705, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Final Permit Conditions for Abatement Activities Using Raptors, ACTION: Notice.
8. 72 FR 69706, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Indian Gaming, ACTION: Notice of approved Tribal--State Class III gaming compact.
9. 72 FR 69706, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Indian Gaming, ACTION: Notice of amendment to approved Tribal--State Class III gaming compact.
10. 72 FR 69706, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [WY-060-08-1610-DR], Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the Casper Resource Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement, Wyoming, ACTION: Notice of Availability.
11. 72 FR 69707, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [CO-840-08-1610-DQ-241A], Southwest Resource Advisory Council; Canyons of the Ancients National Monument Subgroup Meeting, ACTION: Notice of meeting.
12. 72 FR 69707, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), States' Decisions on Participating in Accounting and Auditing Relief for Federal Oil and Gas Marginal Properties, ACTION: Notice of states' decisions to participate or not participate in accounting and auditing relief for Federal oil and gas marginal properties located in their state for calendar year 2008.
13. 72 FR 69708, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions.
14. 72 FR 69716, Notices, NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC), [Docket No. 030-19921], Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Amendment To Byproduct Materials License No. 52-13508-03 for Termination of the License and Unrestricted Release of the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico Facility in Ponce, Puerto Rico, ACTION: Issuance of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Amendment.
DECEMBER 11, 2007
15. 72 FR 70269, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, RIN 1018-AV02, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Proposed Designation of Critical Habitat for the Pecos Sunflower (Helianthus paradoxus), ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of comment period and revisions to proposal.
16. 72 FR 70284, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, RIN 1018-AV07; 1018-AV04, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designations of Critical Habitat for the San Bernardino Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys merriami parvus), Poa atropurpurea (San Bernardino bluegrass), and Taraxacum californicum (California taraxacum), ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of reopening of public comment periods, and notice of public hearings.
17. 72 FR 70293, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Sheppard Creek Post-Fire Project, Flathead National Forest, Flathead and Lincoln Counties, MT, ACTION: Notice; intent to prepare environmental impact statement.
18. 72 FR 70310, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XD79, Incidental Takes of Marine Mammals During Specified Activities; Black Abalone Research Surveys at San Nicolas Island, Ventura County, CA, ACTION: Notice; proposed incidental take authorization; request for comments.
19. 72 FR 70339, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Receipt of Applications for Permit, ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications for permit.
20. 72 FR 70340, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Issuance of Permits, ACTION: Notice of issuance of permits for endangered species and/or marine mammals.
21. 72 FR 70341, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Final Environmental Impact Statement for the General Management Plan, Great Falls, Park, VA. ACTION: Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the General Management Plan, Great Falls Park, Virginia.
22. 72 FR 70342, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Elk and Vegetation Management Plan, Final Environmental Impact Statement, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO, ACTION: Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Elk and Vegetation Management Plan, Rocky Mountain National Park.
23. 72 FR 70342, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Intent To Prepare a General Management Plan, Environmental Impact Statement, for the Martin Van Buren National Historic Site, in Kinderhook, NY in the County of Columbia, and To Conduct Public Scoping Meetings, ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the General Management Plan for Martin Van Buren National Historic Site and to hold public scoping meetings.
24. 72 FR 70343, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Termination of Preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement for the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route Resource Study, ACTION: Termination of preparation of an environmental impact statement.
25. 72 FR 70348, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (DOL) Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Proposed Information Collection Request Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations; Mine Accident, Injury, and Illness Report and Quarterly Mine Employment and Coal Production Report (MSHA Forms 7000-1 and 7000-2), ACTION: Notice.
26. 72 FR 70349, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (DOL) Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Proposed Information Collection Request; Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations; Qualification/Certification Program and Man Hoist Operators Physical Fitness, ACTION: Notice.
27. 72 FR 70350, 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.
28. 72 FR 70376, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), 43 CFR Parts 2800, 2880, and 2920, RIN 1004-AD87 [WO-350-07-1430-PN], Update of Linear Right-of-Way Rent Schedule, Part II, ACTION: Proposed Rule.
DECEMBER 12, 2007
29. 72 FR 70602, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Endangered Species Recovery Permit Application, ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit application, request for comment.
30. 72 FR 70602, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Recovery Plan for Hackelia venusta (Showy Stickseed), ACTION: Notice of document availability.
31. 72 FR 70603, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [AA-6676-F, AA-6676-J, AA-6676-L, AA-6676-A2; AK-964-1410-HY-P], Alaska Native Claims Selection, ACTION: Notice of decision approving lands for conveyance.
32. 72 FR 70603, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), MMS Information Collection Activities: 1010-0082 (30 CFR 282), Submitted for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review; Comment Request, ACTION: Notice of a reinstatement of an information collection (1010-0081).
33. 72 FR 70606, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Boundary Revision, ACTION: Notification of Boundary Revision.
34. 72 FR 70607, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Boundary Revision, ACTION: Notification of Boundary Revision.
35. 72 FR 70607, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Citizen Advisory Commission Meeting, ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
36. 72 FR 70607, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee: Meeting, ACTION: Notice of Meeting via Teleconference.
37. 72 FR 70648, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, RIN 1018-AV37, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for the San Diego Fairy Shrimp (Branchinecta sandiegonensis), Part II, ACTION: Final rule.
38. 72 FR 70716, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, RIN 1018-AT79, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for the Salt Creek Tiger Beetle (Cicindela nevadica lincolniana), Part III, ACTION: Proposed rule; availability of draft economic analysis and draft environmental assessment.
DECEMBER 13, 2007
39. 72 FR 70763, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), 7 CFR Part 301, [Docket No. APHIS-2006-0075] RIN 0579-AC46, Gypsy Moth Regulations; Updates and Clarifications, ACTION: Final rule.
40. 72 FR 70781, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), 36 CFR Part 7, RIN 1024-AD55, Special Regulations; Areas of the National Park System, ACTION: Final rule.
41. 72 FR 70825, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) Department of the Army (DA), Conservation Measures for Transfer of Federal Land at Parks Reserve Forces Training Area, Dublin, CA, ACTION: Notice of requirement.
42. 72 FR 70825, 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 Expansion of Lake Worth Inlet (Palm Beach Harbor), FL, ACTION: Notice of intent.
43. 72 FR 70885, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Permits, ACTION: Notice of Issuance of Enhancement of Survival and Incidental Take Permits.
44. 72 FR 70887, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), California Aqueduct Operation and Maintenance Project in Kings and Kern County, San Joaquin Valley, CA, ACTION: Notice of availability and receipt of application.
45. 72 FR 70888, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Notice of Intent To Conduct a Public Scoping Meeting and Perform an Environmental Review for the Kauai Island Utility Cooperative Habitat Conservation Plan, Kauai Island, HI, ACTION: Notice of intent; scoping meeting.
46. 72 FR 70890, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [CO-140-08-1610-DP], Notice of Public Meeting, Northwest Colorado Resource Advisory Council Subcommittees for the Glenwood Springs Resource Management Plan Revision, ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting.
47. 72 FR 70890, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [CO-150-08-1110-AL], Notice of Public Meetings, Southwest Colorado Resource Advisory Council Meetings, ACTION: Notice of Public Meetings.
48. 72 FR 70891, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [OR-130-1020-AL; GP8-0034], Notice of Public Meeting, Eastern Washington Resource Advisory Council Meeting, ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
49. 72 FR 70891, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [NV-050-5853-ES; N-83051; 8-08807; TAS:14X5232], Notice of Realty Action: Lease/Conveyance for Recreation and Public Purposes, Clark County, NV, ACTION: Notice of Realty Action.
50. 72 FR 70892, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Winter Use Plans, Final Environmental Impact Statement, Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks and the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway, Wyoming, ACTION: Notice of Availability of a Record of Decision on the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Winter Use Plans, Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks and the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway.
51. 72 FR 70899, Notices, NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC), [Docket No.: 70-27], BWX Technologies, Inc. Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact Related to Proposed Issuance of an Exemption From 10 CFR 70.24 Requirements, ACTION: Environmental assessment (EA) and finding of no significant impact (FONSI).
52. 72 FR 70929, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Transit Administration, Alternative Transportation in Parks and Public Lands Program, ACTION: Notice of Funding Availability: Alternative Transportation in Parks and Public Lands Program.
53. 72 FR 71040, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 12-Month Finding on a Petition To List the Jollyville Plateau salamander (Eurycea tonkawae) as Endangered With Critical Habitat, Part VI, ACTION: Notice of 12-month petition finding.
DECEMBER 14, 2007
54. 72 FR 71102, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Part 223, [Docket No. 071120724-7618-01] RIN 0648-AU92, Endangered and Threatened Species; Conservation of Threatened Elkhorn and Staghorn Corals, ACTION: Proposed rule; request for comments; notice of availability of a draft environmental assessment.
55. 72 FR 71121, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XE27, Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Central California Seabird Research Operations, ACTION: Notice of issuance of an incidental harassment authorization.
56. 72 FR 71125, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) Department of the Army (DA) United States Army Corps of Engineers, The Release of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement and the Announcement of a Public Hearing for the North Topsail Beach Shoreline Protection Project, in North Topsail Beach, Onslow County, NC, ACTION: Notice.
57. 72 FR 71128, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) Department of the Navy (USN), Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the U.S. Marine Corps Grow the Force Initiative (or GTF) at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, Marine Corps Air Station New River, and Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, NC, ACTION: Notice.
58. 72 FR 71136, Notices, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), [ER-FRL-6694-1], Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments.
59. 72 FR 71143, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of the Secretary of the Interior, Statement of Findings: Gila River Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act of 2004, ACTION: Notice of Statement of Findings in accordance with Title II of Public Law 108-451.
60. 72 FR 71145, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of the Secretary of the Interior, Statement of Findings: Southern Arizona Water Rights Settlement Amendments Act of 2004, ACTION: Notice of Statement of Findings in accordance with Title III of Public Law 108-451.
61. 72 FR 71145, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Endangered Species Recovery Permit Applications, ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit applications; request for comment.
62. 72 FR 71146, 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 Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians' Proposed Trust Acquisition and Casino/Hotel Project, City of San Jacinto, Riverside County, CA, ACTION: Notice.
63. 72 FR 71147, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [AK-010-08-1410-PN], Notice of Closure of Aviation Areas at Campbell Tract Facility Administrative Site, ACTION: Notice of Closure.
64. 72 FR 71148, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [MT-020-07-1310-DT], Notice of Availability of the Supplemental Air Quality Analyses for the Draft Supplement to the Montana Statewide Final Oil and Gas Environmental Impact Statement and Amendment of the Powder River and Billings RMPs (Draft SEIS), Miles City, MT, ACTION: Notice of Availability.
65. 72 FR 71148, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, [CO-800-1610-DP 016C], Notice of Availability of Draft San Juan Land Management Plan and Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Colorado, ACTION: Notice of Availability.
66. 72 FR 71150, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [ID-310-7122-PH-8023; DDG-07-0010], Notice of Availability, Three Rivers Stone Quarry Expansion Draft Environmental Impact Statement, ACTION: Notice of Availability.
67. 72 FR 71151, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), NV-050-5853-ES; N-81544; 8-08807; TAS:14X5232], Notice of Realty Action: Lease/Conveyance for Recreation and Public Purposes of Public Lands in Clark County, NV, ACTION: Notice of Realty Action.
68. 72 FR 71152, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), [Docket No. MMS-2007-OMM-0072], MMS Information Collection Activity: NEW Information Collection; Lease of Submerged Lands for Alternative Energy Activities on the OCS; Comment Request, ACTION: Notice of a new information collection (1010-NEW) and request for comments.
69. 72 FR 71157, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), 30-Day Notice of Submission to the Office of Management and Budget; Opportunity for Public Comment, ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
70. 72 FR 71158, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Meeting, ACTION: Notice of meeting for the Denali National Park and Preserve Aircraft Overflights Advisory Council within the Alaska Region.
71. 72 FR 71158, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Reclamation, Proposed Lower Yuba River Accord, Yuba County, CA, ACTION: Notice of Availability for the Final Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement/ (EIR/EIS).