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Federal Register Items of Interest to the Department of the Interior

Issue No.1442
December 15-19, 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 December 15-19, 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.

DECEMBER 15, 2008

1. 73 FR 75975, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Part 660, [Docket No. 070430095-7095-01] RIN 0648-XK59, Fisheries Off West Coast States; Modifications of the West Coast Commercial and Recreational Salmon Fisheries; Inseason Actions #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, and #12, ACTION: Modification of fishing seasons, gear restrictions, and landing and possession limits; request for comments.

2. 73 FR 75996, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest; Wisconsin, Northwest Sands Project, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement.

3. 73 FR 76024, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Western Area Power Administration, Wind Hydropower Integration Feasibility Study, ACTION: Notice of a Draft Wind Hydropower Feasibility Study Report.

4. 73 FR 76042, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [AA-14015; AK-964-1410-KC-P], Alaska Native Claims Selection, ACTION: Notice of decision approving lands for conveyance.

5. 73 FR 76042, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [WY-920-1320-EL, WYW177887], Coal Exploration License, WY, ACTION: Notice of Invitation for Coal Exploration License.

6. 73 FR 76042, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [CA-110], Meeting of the Central California Resource Advisory Council Off-Highway Vehicle Subcommittee, ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting.

7. 73 FR 76043, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [NM-920-1310-08; OKNM 113435], Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease OKNM 113435, ACTION: Notice of Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease.

8. 73 FR 76043, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [LLCA9300000.LVFL58740000. LXSS003B0000-CACA 50075], Notice of Realty Action: Competitive Sale of Public Lands in San Bernardino County, CA, ACTION: Notice of realty action.

9. 73 FR 76045, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [LLCA9300000.LVFL58740000.LXSS005B 0000; CACA 49821], Notice of Realty Action; Proposed Sale of Public Land, California, ACTION: Notice of realty action.

10. 73 FR 76046, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [LLCA9300000.LVFL58740000.LXSS007B 0000; CACA 49822, 49823, 49824, 49825], Notice of Realty Action; Proposed Sale of Public Land, California, ACTION: Notice of realty action.

11. 73 FR 76046, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [LLCA9300000.LVFL58740000.LXSS006B 0000; CACA 47958], Notice of Realty Action; Proposed Sale of Public Land, California, ACTION: Notice of realty action.

12. 73 FR 76047, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), [Docket No. MMS-2008-MRM-0010], Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection, Comment Request, ACTION: Notice of an extension of a currently approved information collection (OMB Control Number 1010-0119).

13. 73 FR 76051, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), Environmental Documents Prepared for Proposed Oil, Gas, and Mineral Operations by the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Region, ACTION: Notice of the Availability of Environmental Documents; Prepared for OCS Mineral Proposals by the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region.

14. 73 FR 76052, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Availability for the Draft Elk Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement for Theodore Roosevelt National Park, ND,

15. 73 FR 76054, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the General Management Plan (GMP) for Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park in Tennessee and Georgia.

16. 73 FR 76055, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Availability of Final General Management Plan/Wilderness Study/Environmental Impact Statement for Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, MI, ACTION: Notice of Availability of Final General Management Plan/Wilderness Study/Environmental Impact Statement for Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, MI.

17. 73 FR 76055, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Final Environmental Impact Statement for the White-tailed Deer Management Plan, Catoctin Mountain Park, MD, ACTION: Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the White-tailed Deer Management Plan, Catoctin Mountain Park, Maryland.

18. 73 FR 76056, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSRME), Notice of Proposed Information Collection for 1029-0035 and 1029-0038, ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

DECEMBER 16, 2008

19. 73 FR 76249, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, [FWS-R7-ES-2008-0027; MO-9221050083-B2] RIN 1018-AV79, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Special Rule for the Polar Bear, ACTION: Final rule.

20. 73 FR 76269, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Part 229, [Docket No. 0812101578-81580-01] RIN 0648-XM23, Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Commercial Fishing Operations; Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan, ACTION: Temporary rule.

21. 73 FR 76272, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 50 CFR Part 402, [1018-AT50] [0648-AX15], Interagency Cooperation Under the Endangered Species Act, ACTION: Final rule.

22. 73 FR 76331, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), Notice of Finding of No Significant Impact on the Final Programmatic Environmental Assessment for 2008 Farm Bill Provisions Regarding the Conservation Reserve Program, ACTION: Notice; Finding of No Significant Impact.

23. 73 FR 76348, 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 Arboretum Project, in Rancho Cordova, Sacramento County, CA, Permit Application Number SPK-2007-00133, ACTION: Notice of intent.

24. 73 FR 76372, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of the Secretary of the Interior, Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council; Notice of Meeting, ACTION: Notice of meeting.

25. 73 FR 76373, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of the Secretary of the Interior, Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council; Notice of Meeting, ACTION: Notice of meeting.

26. 73 FR 76373, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R5-ES-2008-N0312; 50120-1113-0000-D2], Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Initiation of 5-Year Reviews of 7 Listed Species, ACTION: Notice of review; request for information.

27. 73 FR 76375, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R8-ES-2008-N0338; 80221-1113-0000-F5], Endangered Species Recovery Permit Applications, ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit applications; request for comment.

28. 73 FR 76376, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R5-R-2008-N0258; 50133-1265-JAHP], John Hay National Wildlife Refuge, Merrimack County, NH, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a comprehensive conservation plan and environmental assessment; request for comments.

29. 73 FR 76377, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [LLNV050000-L51010000.ER0000.F8740000; NVN-084626; 09-08807; TAS: 14X5017], Proposed Wind Energy Project, Searchlight, NV, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS).

30. 73 FR 76378, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [LLID100000-L10200000-PH0000], Notice of Public Meeting, Idaho Falls District Resource Advisory Council Meeting, ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

31. 73 FR 76378, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [WY-923-1310-FI; WYW172444], Wyoming: Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease, ACTION: Notice of proposed reinstatement of terminated oil and gas lease.

32. 73 FR 76379, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [WY-923-1310-FI; WYW153111], Wyoming: Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease, ACTION: Notice of proposed reinstatement of terminated oil and gas lease.

33. 73 FR 76379, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [WY-923-1310-FI; WYW153112], Wyoming: Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease, ACTION: Notice of proposed reinstatement of terminated oil and gas lease.

34. 73 FR 76379, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [WY-923-1310-FI; WYW153114], Wyoming: Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease, ACTION: Notice of proposed reinstatement of terminated oil and gas lease.

35. 73 FR 76380, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [WY-923-1310-FI; WYW155731], Wyoming: Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease, ACTION: Notice of proposed reinstatement of terminated oil and gas lease.

36. 73 FR 76380, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [WY-923-1310-FI; WYW153113], Wyoming: Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease, ACTION: Notice of proposed reinstatement of terminated oil and gas lease.

37. 73 FR 76380, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions

38. 73 FR 76381, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), National Register of Historic Places; Weekly Listing of Historic Properties

39. 73 FR 76382, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSRME), Request for Determination of Valid Existing Rights Within the Daniel Boone National Forest, Kentucky, ACTION: Notice and request for comment.

40. 73 FR 76454, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, [FWS-R7-ES-2008-0105; 92210-1117-0000-FY08-B4] RIN 1018-AV92, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for the Southwest Alaska Distinct Population Segment of the Northern Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris kenyoni), Part II, ACTION: Proposed rule.

DECEMBER 17, 2008

41. 73 FR 76560, Rules and Regulations, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), 40 CFR Part 52, [EPA-R05-OAR-2006-0609; FRL-8748-9], Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Wisconsin; NSR Reform Regulations, Rule AM-06-04, ACTION: Final rule.

42. 73 FR 76577, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 20, [FWS-R9-MB-2008-N0303; 91200-1231-9BPP-L2], Service Regulations Committee Meeting, ACTION: Notice of meeting.

43. 73 FR 76578, Proposed Rules, 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, ACTION: Proposed rule; request for comments.

44. 73 FR 76618, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE), Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Northern New Mexico, ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

45. 73 FR 76634, Notices, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), [EPA-HQ-OW-2008-0719, FRL-8753-1], Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Program (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 0229.19; OMB Control No. 2040-0004, ACTION: Notice.

46. 73 FR 76677, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R3-R-2008-N0294; 30136-1265-0000-S3], Big Stone, Neal Smith, Crane Meadows, Gravel Island, Green Bay, Harbor Island, Huron, and Michigan Islands National Wildlife Refuges, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare comprehensive conservation plans and environmental assessments; request for comments.

47. 73 FR 76678, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R1-NWRS-2008-N0310; 1265-0000-10137-S3], Baker Island, Howland Island, and Jarvis Island National Wildlife Refuges, U.S. Territories, ACTION: Notice of availability of the final comprehensive conservation plans and findings of no significant impact.

48. 73 FR 76679, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R5-R-2008-N0190; 50133-1265-WPCP-S3], Wapack National Wildlife Refuge, Hillsborough County, NH, ACTION: Notice of availability: final comprehensive conservation plan and finding of no significant impact for environmental assessment.

49. 73 FR 76680, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R1-ES-2008-N0288; 10120-1112-0000-F2], Receipt of Application for an Enhancement of Survival Permit for the Northern Spotted Owl and the Marbled Murrelet, ACTION: Notice of availability and receipt of application.

50. 73 FR 76682, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [F-36732, F-36733, F-36735, F-36736, F-36737, F-36741, F-40200, F-40201; AK-964-1410-KC-P], Alaska Native Claims Selection, ACTION: Notice of decision approving lands for conveyance.

51. 73 FR 76682, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [F-21901-50, F-21901-51, F-21901-53, F-21901-76, F-21901-77, F-21901-79, F-21901-80, F-21901-81, F-21901-82, F-21901-83, F-21904-59, F-21904-60, F-21906-01, F-21906-04; AK-964-1410-KC-P], Alaska Native Claims Selection, ACTION: Notice of decision approving lands for conveyance.

52. 73 FR 76683, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [UTU 2679], Public Land Order No. 7720; Partial Revocation and Modification of Public Land Order No. 4291; Utah, ACTION: Public Land Order.

53. 73 FR 76683, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [COC 28313], Public Land Order No. 7718; Partial Revocation of Public Land Order No. 725; Colorado, ACTION: Public Land Order.

54. 73 FR 76693, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on Proposed Highway in Utah, ACTION: Notice of Limitation on Claims for Judicial Review of Actions by Army Corps of Engineers, (USACE), Department of Defense, (DOD).

55. 73 FR 76698, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Rural Utilities Service (RUS) DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Rural Housing Service (RHS) DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBS), 7 CFR Part 1779 7 CFR Part 3575 7 CFR Parts 4279 and 4280 7 CFR Part 5001, RIN 0570-AA65, Rural Development Guaranteed Loans, Part II Part II, ACTION: Interim rule with request for comments.

DECEMBER 18, 2008

56. 73 FR 76987, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), 36 CFR Part 4, RIN 1024-AD72, Vehicles and Traffic Safety, ACTION: Proposed Rule.

57. 73 FR 76990, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, [FWS-R6-ES-2008-0122; MO 9221050083-B2], Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 90-Day Finding on a Petition To Change the Listing Status of the Canada Lynx, ACTION: Notice of 90-day petition finding.

58. 73 FR 76994, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 92, [FWS-R7-MB-2008-0099; 91200-1231-9BPP L2] RIN 1018-AW29, Migratory Bird Subsistence Harvest in Alaska; Harvest Regulations for Migratory Birds in Alaska During the 2009 Season, ACTION: Proposed rule.

59. 73 FR 77009, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XM24, Endangered and Threatened Species; Take of Anadromous Fish, ACTION: Receipt of applications for scientific research permits; request for comments.

60. 73 FR 77011, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XM02, Small Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Seabird and Pinniped Research Activities in Central California, ACTION: Notice; issuance of an incidental harassment authorization.

61. 73 FR 77043, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS) United States Coast Guard (USCG), [Docket No. USCG-2006-24163], National Environmental Policy Act; Draft Environmental Impact Statement on U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area Operations, ACTION: Notice of availability; request for public comments.

62. 73 FR 77052, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R4-ES-2008-NO247; 40120-1113-0000-C2], Notice of Availability of the Florida Panther Recovery Plan, ACTION: Notice of document availability.

63. 73 FR 77053, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R2-ES-2008-N0311]; [20124-1113-0000-F2], Barton Creek Office Park Environmental Assessment and Habitat Conservation Plan, Travis County, TX, ACTION: Notice of Availability of an Environmental Assessment and Habitat Conservation Plan (EA/HCP).

64. 73 FR 77053, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [WO-260-09-1060-00-24 1A], Call for Nominations for the Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board, ACTION: Notice of Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board Call for Nominations.

65. 73 FR 77054, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [UTU-27917; UTU-47084; UTU-79134; UTU-79796; UTU-27918; UTU-79133; UTU-79795], Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Leases, Utah, ACTION: Notice.

66. 73 FR 77054, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [CA-320-1610-DR; CA-350-1610-DR; CA-370-1610-DR], Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for the Sage Steppe Ecosystem Restoration Strategy for the Alturas, Eagle Lake, and Surprise Field Offices, ACTION: Notice of availability.

67. 73 FR 77055, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), [Docket No. MMS-2008-OMM-0030], MMS Information Collection Activity: 1010-0059, Oil and Gas Production Safety Systems, Extension of a Collection; Submitted for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review; Comment Request, ACTION: Notice of extension of an information collection (1010-0059).

68. 73 FR 77058, 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 2009.

69. 73 FR 77062, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (DOJ), Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, RCRA, and EPCRA.

70. 73 FR 77069, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (DOL) Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Wireless Communications and Electronic Tracking Systems Guidance, ACTION: Notice of availability of Program Policy Letter; request for comments.

71. 73 FR 77078, Notices, NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC), [Docket No. 030-29462], Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of no Significant Impact for License Amendment to Materials License No. 45-23645-01na, to Incorporate the Decommissioning Plan for the Naval Surface Warfare Center at Dahlgren, Virginia, ACTION: Issuance of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Amendment.

72. 73 FR 77102, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Membership Availability in the National Parks Overflights Advisory Group Aviation Rulemaking Committee--Representative of Native American Tribes, ACTION: Notice.

73. 73 FR 77103, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on State Highway 99 (Segment F-1) in Texas, ACTION: Notice of Limitation on Claims for Judicial Review of Actions by FHWA and Other Federal Agencies.

74. 73 FR 77264, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, [FWS-R9-IA-2008-0069; 96000-1671-0000-B6] RIN 1018-AV73, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 12-Month Finding on a Petition To List Four Penguin Species as Threatened or Endangered Under the Endangered Species Act and Proposed Rule To List the Southern Rockhopper Penguin in the Campbell Plateau Portion of Its Range, Part III, ACTION: Proposed rule and notice of 12-month petition finding.

75. 73 FR 77303, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, [FWS-R9-IA-2008-0118; 96000-1671-0000-B6] RIN 1018-AW40, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 12-Month Finding on a Petition to List Five Penguin Species Under the Endangered Species Act, and Proposed Rule To List the Five Penguin Species, Part III, ACTION: Proposed rule and notice of 12-month petition finding.

76. 73 FR 77332, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, [FWS-R9-IA-2008-0068; 96000-1671-0000-B6] RIN 1018-AV60, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 12-Month Finding on a Petition To List the African Penguin (Spheniscus demersus) Under the Endangered Species Act, and Proposed Rule To List the African Penguin as Endangered Throughout Its Range, Part III, ACTION: Proposed rule and notice of 12-month petition finding.

DECEMBER 19, 2008

77. 73 FR 77557, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Ocean Service (NOS) Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, 15 CFR Part 922, [Docket No. 0810241396-81397-01] RIN 0648-AX34, Changes to the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Regulations; Technical Corrections and Minor Substantive Changes, ACTION: Proposed rule; request for public comments.

78. 73 FR 77568, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, [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), ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of comment period, notice of availability of draft economic analysis, and amended required determinations.

79. 73 FR 77577, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Part 216, [Docket No. 0808041027-81574-01] RIN 0648-AX08, Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Space Vehicle and Test Flight Activities from Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB), California, ACTION: Proposed rule; request for comments.

80. 73 FR 77595, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Klamath National Forest, California, Hi-Grouse Project, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement.

81. 73 FR 77599, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Shasta-Trinity National Forest, California; Pettijohn LSR Habitat Improvement and Fuels Reduction Project, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement.

82. 73 FR 77601, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Six Rivers National Forest, California, Lower Trinity and Mad River Travel Management EIS, ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement.

83. 73 FR 77605, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Superior National Forest Federal Hardrock Mineral Prospecting Permits Project. ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS).

84. 73 FR 77623, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XL67, Incidental Takes of Marine Mammals During Specified Activities; On-ice Marine Geophysical and Seismic Operations in State/OCS Waters of the U.S. Beaufort Sea off Alaska, ACTION: Notice of a proposed marine mammal incidental take authorization; request for comments.

85. 73 FR 77630, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XM26, Marine Mammals; File No. 14186, ACTION: Notice; receipt of application.

86. 73 FR 77644, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration, Record of Decision for the Complex Transformation Supplemental Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement--Operations Involving Plutonium, Uranium, and the Assembly and Disassembly of Nuclear Weapons, ACTION: Record of decision.

87. 73 FR 77687, Notices, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), [ER-FRL-8588-6], Environmental Impacts Statements; Notice of Availability.

88. 73 FR 77823, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of the Secretary of the Interior Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians (OST), Office of the Secretary, Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians; Privacy Act of 1974, as Amended; Addition of a New System of Records, ACTION: Proposed addition of a new System of Records.

89. 73 FR 77824, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of the Secretary of the Interior, Privacy Act of 1974; Amendment of Existing System of Records, ACTION: Proposed amendment of existing Privacy Act system of records.

90. 73 FR 77827, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R4-R-2008-N0284; 40136-1265-0000-S3], Culebra National Wildlife Refuge, Puerto Rico, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a comprehensive conservation plan and environmental assessment; request for comments.

91. 73 FR 77828, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R4-2008-N0285; 40136-1265-0000-S3], Desecheo National Wildlife Refuge, Puerto Rico, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a comprehensive conservation plan and environmental assessment; request for comments.

92. 73 FR 77829, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R4-R-2008-N0269; 40136-1265-0000-S3], Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge, Hyde County, NC, ACTION: Notice of availability: Final comprehensive conservation plan and finding of no significant impact.

93. 73 FR 77829, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R9-IA-2008-N0326; 96300-1671-0000-P5], Issuance of Permits, ACTION: Notice of issuance of permits for endangered species.

94. 73 FR 77830, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R9-IA-2008-N0327; 96300-1671-0000-P5], Receipt of Applications for Permit, ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications for permit.

95. 73 FR 77831, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [NV-040-07-5110-CF05; N-82888; 8-08807; TAS: 14X5017], Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Bald Mountain Mine North Operations Area Project in White Pine County, Nevada, ACTION: Notice of availability.

96. 73 FR 77831, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [MT-070-1990-EX], Notice of Availability of Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Graymont Western U.S. Inc. Proposed Mine Expansion, Broadwater County, MT, ACTION: Notice of availability.

97. 73 FR 77832, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [UT-920-08-5101-ER-J108; UTU-79766, NVN-82385], Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for a Proposed Liquid Petroleum Products Pipeline from Woods Cross, UT, to Northeast Las Vegas, NV, and Draft Amendment of the Pony Express Resource Management Plan, ACTION: Notice of Availability.

98. 73 FR 77834, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [UTU 6443, UTU 012532, and UTU 0146037], Opening of National Forest System Lands; Utah, ACTION: Notice of Realty Action.

99. 73 FR 77834, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [UTU 42838], Opening of National Forest System Lands; Utah, ACTION: Notice of Realty Action.

100. 73 FR 77835, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), Beaufort Sea and Chukchi Sea Planning Areas Oil and Gas Lease Sales 209, 212, 217, and 221, ACTION: Notice of Availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) and announcement of Public Hearings.

101. 73 FR 77836, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), [Docket No. MMS-2008-MRM-0027], Notice of Establishment of the Indian Oil Valuation Negotiated Rulemaking Committee, ACTION: Establishment of Advisory Committee.

102. 73 FR 77837, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Draft Legislative Environmental Impact Statement on the Harvest of Glaucous-Winged Gull Eggs by the Huna Tlingit in Glacier Bay National Park, ACTION: Notice of Availability of the Draft Legislative Environmental Impact Statement on the Harvest of Glaucous-Winged Gull Eggs by the Huna Tlingit in Glacier Bay National Park.

103. 73 FR 77838, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Draft General Management Plan Amendment/Environmental Impact Statement, Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, ACTION: Notice of Termination of Environmental Impact Statement for the General Management Plan, Petrified Forest National Park, in favor of an Environmental Assessment.

104. 73 FR 77838, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Reclamation, Southern Delivery System, Colorado, ACTION: Notice of Availability of Southern Delivery System Final Environmental Impact Statement, Colorado.

105. 73 FR 77871, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Transit Administration, Public Transportation on Indian Reservations Program; Tribal Transit Program, ACTION: Notice of award.

106. 73 FR 77882, Rules and Regulations, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), 40 CFR Parts 51 and 52, [EPA-HQ-OAR-2004-0014, FRL-8752-4] RIN 2060-AM91, Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) and Nonattainment New Source Review (NSR): Reconsideration of Inclusion of Fugitive Emissions, Part II, ACTION: Final rule.

107. 73 FR 77954, Rules and Regulations, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), 40 CFR Part 261, [EPA-HQ-RCRA-2005-0017; FRL-8753-4] RIN 2050-AG24, Expansion of RCRA Comparable Fuel Exclusion, Part IV, ACTION: Final rule.

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