Federal Register Items of Interest to the Department of the Interior
October 27-31, 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 October 27-31, 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.
OCTOBER 27, 2008
1. 73 FR 63639, Rules and Regulations, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), 40 CFR Part 147, [EPA-R08-OW-2007-0153; FRL-8733-4], Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes in Montana; Underground Injection Control (UIC) Program; Primacy Approval and Minor Revisions, ACTION: Final rule.
2. 73 FR 63667, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE 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 402 50 CFR Part 402, [FWS-R9-ES-2008-0093] RIN 1018-AT50 [0808011023-81048-01] RIN 0618-AX15, Interagency Cooperation Under the Endangered Species Act, ACTION: Proposed rule; availability of Draft Environmental Assessment on proposed rule revising regulations implementing section 7 of the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
3. 73 FR 63707, Notices, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), [FRL-8734-6], Reissuance of NPDES General Permits (GPs) for Log Transfer Facilities in Alaska; One GP Covers Log Transfer Facilities in Alaska that Received a Section 404 Permit Prior to October 22, 1985 (Permit Number AK-G70-0000); and Another GP for Other Log Transfer Facilities in Alaska that Meet Eligibility Requirements (Permit Number AK-G70-1000), ACTION: Final Notice of Issuance of two general NPDES permits.
4. 73 FR 63721, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Central Utah Project Completion Act, ACTION: Notice of Availability, Record of Decision (ROD) on the Lower Duchesne River Wetlands Mitigation Project Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS 08-13) documenting the Department of the Interior's decision to adopt the Proposed Action and approval to proceed with implementation.
5. 73 FR 63721, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R2-R-2008-N0149; 20131-1265-2LPP], Texas Chenier Plain National Wildlife Refuge Complex, Chambers, Jefferson, and Galveston Counties, TX, ACTION: Notice of availability: Record of decision.
6. 73 FR 63723, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [F-14907-A2, F-14907-B2, F-14930-B2; AK-964-1410-KC-P], Alaska Native Claims Selection, ACTION: Notice of decision approving lands for conveyance.
7. 73 FR 63723, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [F-14943-B; AK-964-1410-KC-P], Alaska Native Claims Selection, ACTION: Notice of decision approving lands for conveyance.
8. 73 FR 63723, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), [Docket No. MMS-2008-MRM-0033], Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection, Comment Request, ACTION: Notice of an extension of a currently approved information collection (OMB Control Number 1010-0087).
9. 73 FR 63730, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions.
10. 73 FR 63763, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on Proposed Transportation Project in Washington State, ACTION: Notice of Limitation on Claims for Judicial Review of Actions by FHWA and Other Federal Agencies.
OCTOBER 28, 2008
11. 73 FR 63897, Rules and Regulations, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), 40 CFR Part 272, [EPA-R06-RCRA-2008-0753; FRL-8729-6], New Mexico: Incorporation by Reference of Approved State Hazardous Waste Management Program, ACTION: Immediate final rule.
12. 73 FR 63900, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Part 224, [Docket No. 080320453-8705-01] RIN 0648-XG60, Endangered and Threatened Species; Final Rule to Remove the Caribbean Monk Seal From the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife, ACTION: Final rule.
13. 73 FR 63919, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, [FWS-R8-ES-2008-0086; 92210-5008-3922-10-B2], Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 90-Day Finding on a Petition To List the Dusky Tree Vole (Arborimus longicaudus silvicola) as Threatened or Endangered, ACTION: Notice of 90-day petition finding and initiation of status review.
14. 73 FR 63926, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, [FWS-R6-ES-2008-008; 92220-1113-0000; ABC Code: C6] RIN 1018-AW37, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designating the Northern Rocky Mountain Population of Gray Wolf as a Distinct Population Segment and Removing This Distinct Population Segment From the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife, ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of comment period.
15. 73 FR 63942, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Superior National Forest, LaCroix and Kawishiwi Ranger Districts; Minnesota; Echo Trail Area Forest Management Project, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a supplement to the Final Environmental Impact Statement.
16. 73 FR 63961, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), [Docket No. CP08-465-000], ANR Pipeline Company; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Wisconsin 2009 Expansion Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues,
17. 73 FR 63964, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), [Docket No. CP08-476-000], Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Mobile Bay South Expansion Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues,
18. 73 FR 63978, Notices, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), [EPA-HQ-OEI-2008-0225; FRL-8735-1], Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Tribal Capacity: Determining the Capability To Participate in the National Environmental Information Exchange Network; EPA ICR No. 2299.01, OMB Control No. 2025--New, ACTION: Notice.
19. 73 FR 63990, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [LLORV00000-L10200000.DD0000; HAG 9-0009], Meeting Notice for the John Day/Snake Resource Advisory Council, ACTION: Meeting Notice for the John Day/Snake Resource Advisory Council.
20. 73 FR 63990, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [WY-923-1310-FI; WYW160085], Wyoming: Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease, ACTION: Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease.
21. 73 FR 63991, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [WY-923-1310-FI; WYW157568], Wyoming: Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease, ACTION: Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease.
22. 73 FR 63991, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [WY-923-1310-FI; WYW152696], Wyoming: Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease, ACTION: Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease.
23. 73 FR 63991, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, St. Paul and Bemidji, MN, ACTION: Notice.
24. 73 FR 63992, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Privacy Act of 1974; Amendments to Existing Systems of Records, ACTION: Proposed amendment of existing Privacy Act systems of records.
25. 73 FR 63993, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (DOJ), Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
26. 73 FR 63997, Notices, INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE CULTURE AND ARTS DEVELOPMENT, National Industrial Security Program Policy Advisory Committee (NISPPAC), ACTION: Notice of meeting.
27. 73 FR 64068, Rules and Regulations, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), 40 CFR Part 63, [EPA-HQ-OAR-2004-0022; FRL-8733-1] RIN 2050-AG35, NESHAP: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Standards for Hazardous Waste Combustors: Reconsideration, Part III, ACTION: Final rule; reconsideration.
OCTOBER 29, 2008
28. 73 FR 64205, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), 30 CFR Parts 203 and 260, RIN 1010-AD29, Royalty Relief for Deepwater Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leases--Conforming Regulations to Court Decision, ACTION: Final rule; delay of effective date.
29. 73 FR 64264, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Part 223, [Docket No. 070801431-81370-02] RIN 0648-AU92, Endangered and Threatened Species; Conservation of Threatened Elkhorn and Staghorn Corals, ACTION: Final rule.
30. 73 FR 64288, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, 36 CFR Part 223, RIN 0596-AC80, Sale and Disposal of National Forest System Timber; Downpayment and Periodic Payments, ACTION: Proposed rule; request for comments.
31. 73 FR 64359, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT Office of the Chief Information Officer, [Docket No. FR-5187-N-59], Loan Guarantees for Indian Housing, ACTION: Notice.
32. 73 FR 64359, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R8-ES-2008-N0286; 80221-1113-0000-F5], Endangered Species Recovery Permit Applications, ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit applications; request for comment.
33. 73 FR 64361, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R4-R-2008-N0195; 40136-1265-0000-S3], Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge, Georgetown, Horry, and Marion Counties, SC, ACTION: Notice of availability: final comprehensive conservation plan and finding of no significant impact.
34. 73 FR 64363, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R4-R-2008-N0217; 40136-1265-0000-S3], Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge, Anson and Richmond Counties, NC, ACTION: Notice of availability: Final comprehensive conservation plan and finding of no significant impact.
35. 73 FR 64363, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [UT-LLUT02000-08-14300000-FR0000-241A.00; UTU-66588-02], Recreation & Public Purposes Act Classification; Utah, ACTION: Notice of Realty Action.
36. 73 FR 64364, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [UT-LLUT11000-08-L14300000-FR0000-241A.00; UTU-76680], Recreation and Public Purposes Act Classification; Utah, ACTION: Notice of Realty Action.
37. 73 FR 64366, 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; Correction, ACTION: Notice; correction.
38. 73 FR 64367, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and New York State Museum, Albany, NY, ACTION: Notice.
39. 73 FR 64367, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 7, Anchorage, AK, ACTION: Notice.
40. 73 FR 64368, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, Spokane, WA, ACTION: Notice.
OCTOBER 30, 2008
41. 73 FR 64541, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), 30 CFR Part 250, [Docket ID MMS-2008-OMM-0001] RIN 1010-AD18, Revisions to Subpart A--General; Subpart I--Platforms and Structures; and Subpart J--Pipelines and Pipeline Rights-of-Way, ACTION: Final rule.
42. 73 FR 64597, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) Economics and Statistics Administration Bureau of the Census, [Docket Number 070404074-8894-03], American Indian and Alaska Native Policy Statement, ACTION: Notice of final policy statement.
43. 73 FR 64627, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R4-ES-2008-N0291; 40120-1112-0000-F5], Receipt of Applications for Endangered Species Permits, ACTION: Notice.
44. 73 FR 64628, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R9-IA-2008-N0290; 96300-1671-0000-P5], Receipt of Applications for Permit, ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications for permit.
45. 73 FR 64629, 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 proposed rate adjustments.
46. 73 FR 64635, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [F-14875-A, F-14875-A2; AK-965-1410-KC-P], Alaska Native Claims Selection, ACTION: Notice of decision approving lands for conveyance.
47. 73 FR 64668, Rules and Regulations, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), 40 CFR Parts 260, 261, and 270, [EPA-HQ-RCRA-2002-0031; FRL-8728-9] RIN 2050-AG31, Revisions to the Definition of Solid Waste, Part II, ACTION: Final rule.
OCTOBER 31, 2008
48. 73 FR 64926, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) Department of the Army (DA) United States Army Corps of Engineers, Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement To Permit Construction of Dam and Reservoir along Murder Creek, Conecuh County, AL, ACTION: Notice of intent.
49. 73 FR 64927, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) Department of the Army (DA) United States Army Corps of Engineers, Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report for the Proposed South Coast Rail Project, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Department of the Army Permit Application Number NAE-2007-00698, ACTION: Notice of intent.
50. 73 FR 64980, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [OR-050-08-1610-DP; HAG 08-0051], Notice of Availability of Draft John Day Basin Resource Management Plan and Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Oregon, ACTION: Notice of availability.
51. 73 FR 64981, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [CO-921-07-1320-EL; COC-72980], Notice of Federal Competitive Coal Lease Sale Offer, Colorado, ACTION: Notice of Competitive Coal Lease Sale, Lease Application COC-72980.,
52. 73 FR 64981, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [ES-956-1420-BJ-TRST; Group No. 192, Minnesota], Eastern States: Filing of Plat of Survey, ACTION: Notice of Filing of Plat Of Survey; Minnesota.
53. 73 FR 64981, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [CO200-2920-EQ], Notice of Realty Action; Land Use Authorization for Public Lands in Fremont and Chaffee Counties, CO, ACTION: Notice of realty action.
54. 73 FR 64983, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [UT-110-1610-029J, UT-060-1610-016J, UT-070-1610-011J, UT-050-1610-012J, UT-080-1610-010J], Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for the Kanab, Moab, Price, Richfield, and Vernal Approved Resource Management Plans, ACTION: Notice of availability.
55. 73 FR 64984, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Reclamation, Windy Gap Firming Project; Colorado--Big Thompson Project, Grand and Larimer Counties, CO, ACTION: Notice for Extension of the Public Comment Period for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (Draft EIS).
56. 73 FR 64985, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (DOL) Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Proposed Information Collection Request Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations; Requirements for the Preparation and Maintenance of Accurate and Up-to-Date Mine Maps (Pertains to Underground and Surface Coal Mines), ACTION: Notice.
57. 73 FR 65029, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Transit Administration, National Technical Assistance Center for Parks and Public Lands, ACTION: Notice: Request for Proposals.
58. 73 FR 65040, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), 43 CFR Parts 2800, 2880, and 2920, [WO-350-07-1430-PN] RIN 1004-AD87, Update of Linear Right-of-Way Rent Schedule, Part II, ACTION: Final rule.
