Selected list of Federal Register items of interest to the Department of the Interior
August 6 - 10, 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 August 6-10, 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.
AUGUST 6, 2007
1. 72 FR 43560, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, RIN 1018-AU66, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Final Rule To Remove the Idaho Springsnail (Pyrgulopsis(=Fontelicella) idahoensis) From the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife, ACTION: Final rule.
2. 72 FR 43626, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XB72, Marine Mammals; File No. 10018, ACTION: Notice; receipt of application.
3. 72 FR 43627, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XB78, Endangered and Threatened Species; Take of Anadromous Fish, ACTION: Applications for two scientific research permits.
4. 72 FR 43658, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [WY-060-1320-EL, WYW154432 & WYW174407], Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the Environmental Impact Statement for the Maysdorf Coal Lease-by-Application, Wyoming, ACTION: Notice of availability of Record of Decision.
5. 72 FR 43659, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [NV-056-5853-EU; N-82856; 7-08807], Notice of Realty Action: Non-Competitive (Direct) Sale in the Las Vegas Valley, NV, ACTION: Notice of realty action.
6. 72 FR 43661, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [ES-030-1430-EU; WIES-054896], Notice of Realty Action: Competitive Sale of Public Land in Langlade County, WI, ACTION: Notice of realty action.
7. 72 FR 43662, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions,
AUGUST 7, 2007
8. 72 FR 44065, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, RIN 1018-AV40, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Notice of Scoping Meetings and Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Socio-Economic Assessment for the Proposed Amendment of the Rule Establishing a Nonessential Experimental Population of the Arizona and New Mexico Population of the Gray Wolf ("Mexican Gray Wolf"), ACTION: Advance notice of proposed rulemaking; notice of intent; and notice of public scoping meetings.
9. 72 FR 44069, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, RIN 1018-AU34, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for Piperia yadonii (Yadon's Piperia), ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of comment period, notice of availability of draft economic analysis, and amended Required Determinations.
10. 72 FR 44074, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and At-mospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Part 665, [Docket No. 0612242929-7038-01] RIN 0648-AT93, Fisheries in the Western Pacific; Precious Corals Fisheries, ACTION: Proposed rule; request for comments.
11. 72 FR 44133, Notices, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), [EPA-HQ-OW-2007-0697; FRL-8450-2], Office of Water; Notice of Availability and Comment Period for Draft Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Wetland Mapping Standard, ACTION: Notice of data availability and request for comment.
12. 72 FR 44170, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan for Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge Complex, Sheridan, Roosevelt, Daniels, Wibaux Counties, MT, ACTION: Notice of availability.
13. 72 FR 44171, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [F-19155-16; AK-964-1410-HY-P], Alaska Native Claims Selection, ACTION: Notice of decision approving lands for conveyance.
14. 72 FR 44171, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [OR-027-1020-PI-020H; HAG-07-0143], Notice of Call for Nominations for the Steens Mountain Advisory Council, ACTION: Notice: Solicitation of applications.
15. 72 FR 44172, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [CO-922-06-1310-FI; COC59157], Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease, ACTION: Notice of proposed reinstatement of terminated oil and gas lease.
16. 72 FR 44172, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [UT-062-07-1220-EB], Notice of Intent To Collect Fees on Public Land in Grand County, Utah, Moab Field Office Under the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (REA), ACTION: Notice of Intent.
17. 72 FR 44173, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [CA-660-07-1610-DO-097B], Notice of Intent To Prepare a Resource Management Plan Revision and Associated Environmental Impact Statement for the South Coast Planning Area, California, ACTION: Notice of Intent.
18. 72 FR 44174, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [MT-072-1430-ET; MTM-95280], Notice of Proposed Legislative Withdrawal and Opportunity for Public Meeting; Montana, ACTION: Notice.
19. 72 FR 44175, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [UT-020-1430-ET; UTU-79765], Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and Opportunity for Public Meeting; Utah, ACTION: Notice.
20. 72 FR 44176, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Boundary Amendment--Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, ACTION: Notice of boundary amendment--Harpers Ferry National Historical Park.
21. 72 FR 44176, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Cape Cod National Seashore Hunting Program, Final Environmental Impact Statement, Cape Cod National Seashore, MA, ACTION: Notice of availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Cape Cod National Seashore Hunting Program, Cape Cod National Seashore.
22. 72 FR 44178, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for an Off-Road Vehicle Management Plan (ORV Management Plan) for Cape Lookout National Seashore (Seashore), NC.
23. 72 FR 44179, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), General Management Plan, Environmental Impact Statement, Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site, Colorado, ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare a general management plan and environmental impact statement for the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site.
24. 72 FR 44180, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Final Environmental Impact Statement; Reconstruction of the Furnace Creek Water Collection System; Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, CA; Notice of Approval of Record of Decision.
25. 72 FR 44180, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Final Environmental Impact Statement, Systems Conveyance and Operations Program, Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Clark County, NV; Notice of Approval of Record of Decision.
26. 72 FR 44181, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), National Park Service Subsistence Resource Commission; Meeting, ACTION: Notice of meetings for the National Park Service (NPS) Subsistence Resource Commission (SRC) program within the Alaska Region.
27. 72 FR 44181, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee: Meeting, ACTION: Notice.
28. 72 FR 44217, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Notice of Limitation on Claims For the Big Bear Bridge Replacement Project, San Bernardino National Forest, California.
29. 72 FR 44232, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, RIN 1018-AV04, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for Poa atropurpurea (San Bernardino bluegrass) and Taraxacum californicum (California taraxacum), Part II, ACTION: Proposed rule.
AUGUST 8, 2007
30. 72 FR 44498, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, ACTION: Notice of intent to conduct a natural resource damage assessment at the Diamond Alkali Superfund Site in New Jersey.
31. 72 FR 44499, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Ocean Service (NOS) Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (OCRM) Estuarine Reserves Division, National Estuarine Research Reserve System, ACTION: Notice of Public Comment Period for the Revised Management Plan for the Great Bay (New Hampshire) National Estuarine Research Reserve.
32. 72 FR 44569, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Issuance of Permits, ACTION: Notice of issuance of permits for marine mammals.
33. 72 FR 44569, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [ID-330-1430-DSG-07-0002; IDI-34902], Notice of Realty Action; Noncompetitive Lease of Public Land, Custer and Lemhi Counties, ID, ACTION: Notice of realty action.
34. 72 FR 44570, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request, ACTION: Notice of a reinstatement of an information collection (1010-0081).
AUGUST 9, 2007
35. 72 FR 44833, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XB83, Marine Mammals; Pinniped Removal Authority, ACTION: Notice.
36. 72 FR 44835, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) Department of the Army (DA) United States Army Corps of Engineers, Intent To Modify a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Water Conservation Area 3 Decompartmentalization and Sheet-flow Enhancement in Broward County, FL, ACTION: Notice of intent; modification.
37. 72 FR 44850, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of the Secretary of the Interior, Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Commission; Notice of Meeting.
38. 72 FR 44850, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Modoc National Wildlife Refuge, Modoc County, CA, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a comprehensive conservation plan and environmental assessment.
39. 72 FR 44851, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [UT-920-07-5101-ER-J108; UTU-79766, NVN-82385], Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for a Proposed Liquid Petroleum Products Pipeline From Woods Cross, UT, to Northeast Las Vegas, NV, ACTION: Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and initiate public scoping for UNEV, LLC's proposal to construct and operate a liquid petroleum products pipeline from Woods Cross, Utah, to northeast Las Vegas, Nevada.
40. 72 FR 44852, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [UTU79263, UTU79265, UTU79266], Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Leases, Utah, ACTION: Notice.
41. 72 FR 44853, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [OR-957-00-6334-bj: GP07-0152], Filing of Plats of Survey: Oregon/Washington, ACTION: Notice.
42. 72 FR 44853, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection, Comment Request, ACTION: Notice of a revision of a currently approved information collection (OMB Control Number 1010-0107).
43. 72 FR 44856, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Ecological Restoration Plan, Final Environmental Impact Statement, Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico, ACTION: Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Ecological Restoration Plan, Bandelier National Monument.
44. 72 FR 44856, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Jackson Hole Airport Use Agreement Extension, Environmental Impact Statement, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Jackson Hole Airport Use Agreement Extension, Grand Teton National Park.
45. 72 FR 44858, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (DOJ), Notice of Lodging of Settlement Agreement Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act.
46. 72 FR 44908, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF STATE (DOS), Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed TransCanada Keystone Pipeline Project, ACTION: Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Proposed TransCanada Keystone Pipeline Project.
AUGUST 10, 2007
47. 72 FR 44956, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (DOL) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), 29 CFR Part 24, [Docket Number: OSHA-2007-0028] RIN 1218-AC25, Procedures for the Handling of Retaliation Complaints Under the Employee Protection Provisions of Six Federal Environmental Statutes and Section 211 of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, as Amended, ACTION: Interim final rule; request for comments.
48. 72 FR 45006, Notices, ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION, Notice of Meeting.
49. 72 FR 45007, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Natural Resources and Environment Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Rehabilitation of Floodwater Retarding Structure No. 7 of the West Fork Point Remove Creek Watershed; Conway County, AR, ACTION: Notice of a Finding of No Significant Impact.
50. 72 FR 45013, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XB85, Marine Mammals; File No. 1120-1898, ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit.
51. 72 FR 45014, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XB11, Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Open Water Seismic Operations in Cook Inlet, Alaska, ACTION: Notice; proposed authorizations for two incidental take authorizations; request for comments.
52. 72 FR 45034, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), [Docket Nos. CP06-470-000; CP06-471-000; CP06-472-000; CP06-473-000; CP06-474-000], Southern Lng Inc.; Elba Express Company, LLC; Southern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Elba III Project.
53. 72 FR 45036, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), [Docket No. CP07-32-000], Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP; Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Southeast Expansion Project.
54. 72 FR 45040, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Western Area Power Administration, Granby Pumping Plant-Windy Gap Transmission Line Rebuild Project, Grand County, CO, ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Conduct Scoping; Notice of Floodplain and Wetlands Involvement.
55. 72 FR 45059, 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.
56. 72 FR 45059, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Notice of Intent To Prepare a Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment; Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge, Located in Liberty County, TX.
57. 72 FR 45060, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [NV-025-5105-NX-SF13; Special Recreation Permit #NV-025-06-01], Notice to the Public of Temporary Public Lands Closures and Prohibitions of Certain Activities on Public Lands Administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Winnemucca Field Office, NV, ACTION: Notice of temporary closure.
58. 72 FR 45062, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [OR-930-6350-DP-047H; HAG-07-0140], Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Revision of Resource Management Plans of the Western Oregon Bureau of Land Management Districts, ACTION: Notice of Availability.
59. 72 FR 45064, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [ID-400-1110-CB-241A], Notice of Public Meeting, Coeur d'Alene District Resource Advisory Council Meeting and Recreation Subcommittee Meeting; ID, ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
60. 72 FR 45064, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [OR-100 5882 RD 50; HAG 07-0155], Roseburg District Resource Advisory Committee: Meeting.
61. 72 FR 45064, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [CACA 14340], Public Land Order No. 7679; Extension of Public Land Order No. 6652; California, ACTION: Public Land Order.
62. 72 FR 45064, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [CA680-1220-FU], Notice of Intent To Collect Fees on Public Land in San Bernardino County, CA Under the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (REA), ACTION: Notice of Intent to Collect Fees on Public Land in the El Mirage Cooperative Management Area, in San Bernardino County, California.
63. 72 FR 45066, 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.
64. 72 FR 45067, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Reclamation, Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Work Group (AMWG), ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
65. 72 FR 45067, Notices, INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, UNITED STATES AND MEXICO-UNITED STATES SECTION, United States Section; Notice of Availability of Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement, Improvements to the USIBWC Rio Grande Flood Control Projects Along the Texas-Mexico Border, ACTION: Notice of availability of Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement.
66. 72 FR 45085, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Environmental Impact Statement: Madison and Hinds Counties, MS, ACTION: Notice of Intent.