Federal Register Items of Interest to the Department of the Interior
July 21-25, 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 July 21-25, 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.
JULY 21, 2008
1. 73 FR 42279, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 13, RIN 1018-AV63, Migratory Bird Permits; Addresses for Applications for Eagle and Migratory Bird Permit Applications, ACTION: Final rule.
2. 73 FR 42363, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R8-R-2008-N0099; 80230-1265-0000-S3], Sacramento, Delevan, Colusa, and Sutter National Wildlife Refuges, ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments: draft comprehensive conservation plan and environmental assessment.
3. 73 FR 42364, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions.
JULY 22, 2008
4. 73 FR 42542, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Information Collection; Extension of Timber Sales, ACTION: Notice; request for comment.
5. 73 FR 42543, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Natural Resources and Environment Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), The Secretary of Agriculture's Determination of the Primary Purpose of Pennsylvania's Upper Makefield Township Riparian Restoration and Preservation Grant Program, ACTION: Notice of Determination.
6. 73 FR 42562, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), [Docket No. CP08-13-000], Floridian Natural Gas Storage Company, LLC; Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Floridian Natural Gas Storage Project.
7. 73 FR 42592, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R9-IA-2008-N0178; 96300-1671-0000-P5], Issuance of Permits, ACTION: Notice of issuance of permits for endangered species.
8. 73 FR 42592, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R4-ES-2008-N00161; 40120-1112-0000-F2], Receipt of an Application for an Incidental Take Permit for Commercial Construction in Charlotte County, FL, ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
9. 73 FR 42592, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R9-IA-2008-N0179; 96300-1671-0000-P5], Receipt of Applications for Permit, ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications for permit.
10. 73 FR 42598, 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.
JULY 23, 2008
11. 73 FR 42822, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R4-R-2008-N0132; 40136-1265-0000-S3], Red River National Wildlife Refuge, Caddo, Bossier, DeSoto, Natchitoches, and Red River Parishes, LA, ACTION: Notice of availability; final comprehensive conservation plan and finding of no significant impact.
12. 73 FR 42824, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Geological Survey, Agency Information Collection Activities: Submitted for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review; Comment Request, ACTION: Notice of a revision of an information collection (1028-0062).
13. 73 FR 42824, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [F-14864-A, F-14864-A2; AK-965-1410-KC-P], Alaska Native Claims Selection, ACTION: Notice of decision approving lands for conveyance.
14. 73 FR 42825, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [F-14879-A, F-14879-A2; AK-965-1410-KC-P], Alaska Native Claims Selection, ACTION: Notice of decision approving lands for conveyance.
15. 73 FR 42825, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [MT-020-1010-PO], Notice of Public Meeting, Eastern Montana Resource Advisory Council Meeting, ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
16. 73 FR 42826, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Final Environmental Impact Statement/Mountain Lakes Fishery Management Plan; North Cascades National Park Service Complex; Chelan, Skagit and Whatcom Counties, WA; Notice of Availability.
17. 73 FR 42827, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Intermountain Region, Santa Fe, NM, ACTION: Notice.
18. 73 FR 42827, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions.
19. 73 FR 42926, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), 43 CFR Parts 3900, 3910, 3920, and 3930, [WO-320-1310-OSHL] RIN 1004-AD90, Oil Shale Management--General, Part II, ACTION: Proposed rule.
JULY 24, 2008
20. 73 FR 43084, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, 36 CFR Part 220, RIN 0596-AC49, National Environmental Policy Act Procedures, ACTION: Final rule.
21. 73 FR 43120, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 80, [FWS-R9-WSR-2008-0035; 91400-5110-0000-7B] RIN 1018-AV99, Financial Assistance: Wildlife Restoration, Sport Fish Restoration, Hunter Education and Safety, ACTION: Final rule.
22. 73 FR 43211, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XJ20, Endangered Species; File No. 13544, ACTION: Notice; receipt of application.
23. 73 FR 43218, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), [Docket No. PF08-20-000], Dominion Cove Point LNG, LP; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Pier Reinforcement Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues,
24. 73 FR 43254, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R9-MB-2008-N0176] [91200-1231-00AP-M4], Proposed Information Collection; OMB Control Number 1018-0010; Mourning Dove Call Count Survey, ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
25. 73 FR 43254, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R9-MB-2008-N0175] [91200-1231-00AP-M4], Proposed Information Collection; OMB Control Number 1018-0019; North American Woodcock Singing Ground Survey, ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
26. 73 FR 43255, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R6-ES-2008-N0125, 64411-9821-0031-W3], Notice of Availability, Draft Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment, ACTION: Notice of Availability, Draft Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment.
27. 73 FR 43256, 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.
28. 73 FR 43256, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [CO-922-08-1310-FI; COC66597], Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease, ACTION: Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease.
29. 73 FR 43256, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [CO-923-1430-ET; COC 0125423], Public Land Order No. 7714; Modification of Public Land Order No. 3982; Colorado, ACTION: Public Land Order.
30. 73 FR 43257, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [NV-056-5853-ES; N-84545; 8-08807; TAS:14X523], Notice of Realty Action: Lease/Conveyance for Recreation and Public Purposes of Public Lands in Clark County, NV, ACTION: Notice.
31. 73 FR 43258, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [AK-930-08-1310-DR-NESP], Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the Northeast National Petroleum Reserve--Alaska (NPR-A) Supplemental Integrated Activity Plan (IAP), ACTION: Notice of Availability of Record of Decision (ROD).
32. 73 FR 43258, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Avalanche Hazard Reduction by Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway in Glacier National Park and Flathead Naional Forest, Montana Final Environmental Impact Statement, Glacier National Park, MT, ACTION: Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Avalanche Hazard Reduction by Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway in Glacier National Park and Flathead National Forest, Montana.
33. 73 FR 43278, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Transit Administration, Preparation of a Tier 1 Environmental Impact Statement for Transit Improvements in the BeltLine Corridor in the City of Atlanta, GA, ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and 4(f) Evaluation.
34. 73 FR 43290, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 20, [FWS-R9-MB-2008-0032; 91200-1231-9BPP-L2] RIN 1018-AV62, Migratory Bird Hunting; Proposed Frameworks for Early-Season Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations; Notice of Meetings, Part II, ACTION: Proposed rule; supplemental.
JULY 25, 2008
35. 73 FR 43400, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Genesis Inc. 2009 Exploration Drilling Project; Kootenai National Forest, Lincoln County, MT, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement.
36. 73 FR 43402, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Forest Service Manual 2360 for Heritage Program Management, ACTION: Notice of availability of final directive.
37. 73 FR 43434, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) Department of the Army (DA) United States Army Corps of Engineers, Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for Nebraska; Department of Roads Nebraska Highway 12 Niobrara East and West Project, ACTION: Notice of intent.
38. 73 FR 43435, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) Department of the Army (DA) United States Army Corps of Engineers, Notice of Availability of the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (DSEIS) for the Nourishment of 25,000 Feet of Beach in Topsail Beach, Pender County, NC, ACTION: Notice of availability.
39. 73 FR 43444, Notices, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), [ER-FRL-8583-9], Environmental Impacts Statements; Notice of Availability.
40. 73 FR 43468, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R3-R-2008-N0118; 30136-1265-0000-S3], Leopold and St. Croix Wetland Management Districts in Wisconsin, ACTION: Notice of availability: Draft comprehensive conservation plan and environmental assessment; request for comments.
41. 73 FR 43469, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [WY-030-5101-ER-K103; WYW-167155], Notice of Intent To Announce a Proposed Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Chokecherry and Sierra Madre Wind Energy Project, Announce a Proposed EIS To Amend Rawlins Resource Management Plan, and Announce a Public Comment Period and Public Meetings for Obtaining Comments, ACTION: Notice of Intent (NOI) to (1) announce a proposed Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Chokecherry and Sierra Madre Wind Energy Project; (2) announce a proposed EIS to amend Rawlins Resource Management Plan; and (3) announce a public comment period and public meetings for obtaining comments.
42. 73 FR 43470, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [ID-957-1420-BJ], Idaho: Filing of Plats of Survey, ACTION: Notice of Filing of Plats of Surveys.
43. 73 FR 43471, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [WY-920-1430-FR; WYW-74694], Notice of Realty Action: Recreation and Public Purposes Act Classification of Public Lands in Sweetwater County, WY, ACTION: Notice.
44. 73 FR 43471, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [ID-300-2824-DS-PJ04], Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the Fire, Fuels and Related Vegetation Management Direction Plan Amendment, ACTION: Notice of Availability.
45. 73 FR 43472, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [UT-910-08-1120-PH-24-1A], Call for Nominations for Utah's Resource Advisory Council, ACTION: Call for Nominations for Utah's Resource Advisory Council.
46. 73 FR 43472, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Reclamation, Cachuma Lake Resource Management Plan (RMP), Santa Barbara County, CA, ACTION: Notice of availability of the draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and notice of public hearing.
47. 73 FR 43473, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Reclamation, Millerton Lake Resource Management Plan/General Plan (RMP/GP), Madera and Fresno Counties, CA, ACTION: Notice of availability of the draft Environmental Impact. Statement/Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) and notice of public hearing.
48. 73 FR 43478, Notices, NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC), [Docket No. 030-11209], Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for Amendment of Byproduct Materials License No. 21-16544-01, for Unrestricted Release of a Facility in Ann Arbor, MI, ACTION: Issuance of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Amendment.
49. 73 FR 43484, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on NYS Route 17, Access Control Project, Elmira to Chemung, City of Elmira, Towns of Ashland, Chemung and Elmira, Chemung County, NY, ACTION: Notice of Limitation on Claims for Judicial Review of Actions by FHWA and Other Federal Agencies.
50. 73 FR 43492, Proposed Rules, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), 40 CFR Parts 144 and 146, [EPA-HQ-OW-2008-0390 FRL-8695-3] RIN 2040-AE98, Federal Requirements Under the Underground Injection Control (UIC) Program for Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Geologic Sequestration (GS) Wells, Part II, ACTION: Proposed rule.
51. 73 FR 43544, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, 36 CFR Part 294, RIN 0596-AC74, Special Areas; Roadless Area Conservation; Applicability to the National Forests in Colorado, Part III, ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; request for comment.