Selected list of Federal Register items of interest to the Department of the Interior
August 13 - 17, 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 13-17, 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 13, 2007
1. 72 FR 45160, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS) United States Coast Guard (USCG), 33 CFR Part 165, [CGD09-07-108] RIN 1625-AA00, Safety Zone; Petoskey Fireworks Display, Lake Michigan, Petoskey, MI, ACTION: Temporary final rule.
2. 72 FR 45213, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), 43 CFR Part 10, Consultation and Dialogue On Regulations Regarding The Disposition Of Unclaimed Native American Human Remains, Funerary Objects, Sacred Objects, Or Objects Of Cultural Patrimony Excavated Or Discovered On Federal Or Tribal Lands After November 16, 1990, Pursuant To Provisions Of The Native American Graves Protection And Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), ACTION: Notice of consultation.
3. 72 FR 45260, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES); Amendments to Appendices I and II Adopted by the Conference of the Parties to CITES at Its Fourteenth Regular Meeting (CoP14), ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
4. 72 FR 45264, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection, Comment Request, ACTION: Notice of an extension of a currently approved information collection (OMB Control Number 1010-0122).
5. 72 FR 45268, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions.
6. 72 FR 45269, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI, ACTION: Notice.
AUGUST 14, 2007
7. 72 FR 45358, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (DOL) Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), 30 CFR Part 75, RIN 1219-AB52, Sealing of Abandoned Areas, ACTION: Extension of comment period.
8. 72 FR 45381, Rules and Regulations, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), 40 CFR Part 300, [EPA-HQ-SFUND-1986-0005; FRL-8454-1], National Oil and Hazardous Substance Pollution Contingency Plan; National Priorities List Update, ACTION: Direct final notice of deletion of the Bailey Waste Disposal Superfund Site from the National Priorities List.
9. 72 FR 45397, Proposed Rules, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), 40 CFR Part 49, [Docket No. EPA-R02-OAR-2004-TR-0001, FRL-8453-9], Approval and Promulgation of Saint Regis Mohawk's Tribal Implementation Plan, ACTION: Proposed rule.
10. 72 FR 45407, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, RIN 1018-AU80, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for Arenaria ursina (Bear Valley Sandwort), Castilleja cinerea (Ash-gray Indian Paintbrush), and Eriogonum kennedyi var. austromontanum (Southern Mountain Wild-buckwheat), ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of comment period, notice of availability of draft economic analysis, and amended Required Determinations.
11. 72 FR 45443, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Notice of Availability for the Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Finding of No Significant Impact for the Flattery Rocks, Quillayute Needles, and Copalis National Wildlife Refuges, Clallam, Jefferson, and Grays Harbor Counties, WA, ACTION: Notice of availability.
12. 72 FR 45444, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Washington Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Complex, Sequim, WA, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a comprehensive conservation plan and environmental assessment.
13. 72 FR 45445, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Proposed Safe Harbor Agreement for the Valley Elderberry Longhorn Beetle and the Giant Garter Snake for Landowners Restoring, Enhancing or Managing Native Riparian and Wetland Habitats in Yolo County, CA, ACTION: Notice of availability; receipt of application.
14. 72 FR 45446, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [OR-050-1020-MJ; HAG07-0169], Notice of Public Meetings--John Day/Snake Resource Advisory Council (RAC), ACTION: Notice of Public Meetings--John Day/Snake Resource Advisory Council (RAC).
15. 72 FR 45504, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [516 DM 11; WO-210-1610 24 1A], Notice of Final Action To Adopt Revisions to the Bureau of Land Management's Procedures for Managing the NEPA Process, Chapter 11 of the Department of the Interior's Manual Part 516, Part II, ACTION: Notice of final action.
16. 72 FR 45592, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSRME), 30 CFR Parts 740, 905, 910, 912, 921, 922, 933, 937, 939, 941, 942, and 947, RIN 1029-AC51, Permit Application Packages, Part IV, ACTION: Proposed rule.
AUGUST 15, 2007
17. 72 FR 45717, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 90-Day Finding on a Petition To List the Yellowstone National Park Bison Herd as Endangered, ACTION: Notice of 90-day petition finding.
18. 72 FR 45740, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XB57, Small Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Movement of Barges Through the Beaufort Sea Between West Dock and Cape Simpson or Point Lonely, Alaska, ACTION: Notice of issuance of an incidental harassment authorization.
19. 72 FR 45744, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), [I.D. 050107H], Incidental Takes of Marine Mammals During Specified Activities; Seismic Testing and Calibration in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, ACTION: Notice; issuance of incidental harassment authorization.
20. 72 FR 45825, 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.
21. 72 FR 45825, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Reclamation, Resource Management Plan, Newlands Project, Washoe, Lyon, and Churchill Counties, NV, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental document (environmental assessment or environmental impact statement) and notice of public meetings.
22. 72 FR 45829, 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.
23. 72 FR 45859, Notices, TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (TVA), Completion and Operation of Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Unit 2, Rhea County, TN, ACTION: Issuance of record of decision.
AUGUST 16, 2007
24. 72 FR 45879, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Consolidated Farm Service Agency (CFSA), 7 CFR Part 701, RIN 0560-AH71, Emergency Conservation Program, ACTION: Final rule.
25. 72 FR 45938, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 14, RIN 1018-AT69, Regulations To Implement the Captive Wildlife Safety Act, ACTION: Final rule.
26. 72 FR 45998, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, 36 CFR Part 220, RIN 0596-AC49, National Environmental Policy Act Procedures, ACTION: Notice of proposed rule; request for comment.
27. 72 FR 46023, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 90-Day Finding on a Petition To List Astragalus anserinus (Goose Creek milk-vetch) as Threatened or Endangered, ACTION: Notice of 90-day petition finding and initiation of status review.
28. 72 FR 46030, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Status of the Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout, ACTION: Status review; reopening of public comment period.
29. 72 FR 46094, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Proposed Low-Effect Habitat Conservation Plan for the City of Greeley Bellvue Filter Plant Raw Water Ponds Toe Drain Project, in Larimer County, CO, ACTION: Notice of availability and receipt of application.
30. 72 FR 46095, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Intent To Prepare a Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) and Environmental Assessment (EA) for Little Sandy National Wildlife Refuge, Located in Wood County, TX, ACTION: Notice of intent.
31. 72 FR 46097, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge, Stanislaus and San Joaquin Counties, CA, ACTION: Notice of availability: final comprehensive conservation plan and finding of no significant impact.
AUGUST 17, 2007
32. 72 FR 46165, Rules and Regulations, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), 40 CFR Part 271, [FRL-8455-6], New Mexico: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revision, ACTION: Immediate final rule.
33. 72 FR 46171, Rules and Regulations, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), 40 CFR Part 300, [FRL-8456-1], National Oil and Hazardous Substance Pollution Contingency Plan National Priorities List Update, ACTION: Direct final notice for partial deletion of the RSR Corporation Superfund Site, Operable Unit No. 4 and Subarea 1 of Operable Unit No. 5 from the National Priorities List.
34. 72 FR 46176, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Part 660, [Docket No. 070404078-0778-01] RIN 0648-XB00, Fisheries off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; End of the Pacific Whiting Primary Season for the Catcher-processor, Mothership and Shore-based Sectors, ACTION: Fishing restrictions; request for comments.
35. 72 FR 46189, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, RIN 1018-AU79, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for the Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow, ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of comment period, availability of draft economic analysis, announcement of public hearing, and amended required determinations.
36. 72 FR 46213, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), [I.D. 041107A], Marine Mammals; File No. 1121-1900, ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit.
37. 72 FR 46217, Notices, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), [ER-FRL-6689-9], Environmental Impacts Statements; Notice of Availability.
38. 72 FR 46236, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [CA-610-07-1220-PA], California Desert District; Notice of Solicitation for Nominations, ACTION: Call for nominations for the Bureau of Land Management's California Desert District Advisory Council.
39. 72 FR 46237, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [OR-027-1110-JM-H2KO; G-06-HAG-0139], Notice of Availability of a Final Environmental Impact Statement for the North Steens Ecosystem Restoration Project, ACTION: Notice of Availability.
40. 72 FR 46238, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [AZ-910-0777-XP-241A], State of Arizona Resource Advisory Council Meeting, ACTION: Notice of Arizona Resource Advisory Council Meeting.
41. 72 FR 46238, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [AZ-110-07-1430-EU; AZA-33756], Notice of Realty Action; Proposed Competitive Sale of Public Land; Mohave County, AZ, ACTION: Notice of Realty Action.
42. 72 FR 46239, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [CA-160-1430-ES; CALA 0170973], Notice of Realty Action; Recreation and Public Purposes (R and PP) Act Classification; CA, ACTION: Notice of Realty Action.
43. 72 FR 46240, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [CO-800-1430-EU; COC 71055], Notice of Realty Action; Proposed Non-Competitive (Direct) Sale of Public Land, CO, ACTION: Notice of Realty Action.
44. 72 FR 46241, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [MT-100-1430-ES; MTM 95880], Notice of Realty Action; Recreation and Public Purposes Act Classification; Granite County, MT, ACTION: Notice of Realty Action.
45. 72 FR 46242, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [NV-930-1430-ES; NVN-82346], Notice of Realty Action; Recreation and Public Purposes Act Classification, Washoe County, NV, ACTION: Notice of Realty Action.
46. 72 FR 46243, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [ES-020-06-1610-DP-028M], Notice of Availability of the Alabama and Mississippi Draft Resource Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement, ACTION: Notice of Availability.
47. 72 FR 46244, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [CO-140-1610-DT-009C], Notice To Reopen the Public Comment Period Regarding Supplemental Information for Proposed Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) With Associated Resource Use Limitations Identified in the Proposed Roan Plateau Resource Management Plan Amendment/Final Environmental Impact Statement (PRMPA/FEIS) for Public Lands in Garfield and Rio Blanco Counties, CO, ACTION: Notice to reopen the public comment period for 14 days following the publication of this notice in the Federal Register for four potential ACEC designations identified in the PRMPA/FEIS.
48. 72 FR 46244, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), General Management Plan, Environmental Impact Statement, Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for a General Management Plan amendment, Petrified Forest National Park.
49. 72 FR 46247, Notices, NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (NSF), Notice of Availability for Public Comment of the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for the United States Implementing Organization's Participation in the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, ACTION: Notice of availability (NOA).
50. 72 FR 46249, Notices, NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC), [Docket No. 030-36974], Notice of Availability of Final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for Proposed Pa'ina Hawaii, LLC Irradiator in Honolulu, HI, ACTION: Notice of Availability and Finding of No Significant Impact.
51. 72 FR 46260, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Environmental Impact Statement: Travis County, TX, ACTION: Notice of Intent.
52. 72 FR 46345, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (GSA) NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA), 48 CFR Parts 19, 52, and 53, [FAC 2005-19; FAR Case 2004-017; Item VII; Docket 2007-001; Sequence 6] RIN 9000-AK18, Federal Acquisition Regulation; FAR Case 2004-017, Small Business Credit for Alaska Native Corporations and Indian Tribes, Part III, ACTION: Final rule.