Federal Register Items of Interest to the Department of the Interior
September 3 - 7, 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 September 3-7, 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.
SEPTEMBER 3, 2007
Federal Holiday
SEPTEMBER 4, 2007
1. 72 FR 50676, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Western Area Power Administration, Boulder Canyon Project, ACTION: Notice of base charge and rates.
2. 72 FR 50692, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Issuance of Permits, ACTION: Notice of issuance of permits for endangered species and/or marine mammals.
3. 72 FR 50693, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Receipt of Applications for Permit, ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications for permit.
4. 72 FR 50694, 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.
5. 72 FR 50695, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (GSENM), [UT-030-07-1610-PH-24-1A], Notice of Resource Advisory Committee Meeting, ACTION: Notice of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Advisory Committee (GSENMAC) meeting.
6. 72 FR 50696, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [ID-410-1610-DR-006D], Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the Coeur d'Alene Resource Management Plan (RMP) / Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), ACTION: Notice of Availability of Record of Decision (ROD).
SEPTEMBER 5, 2007
7. 72 FR 50882, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), 43 CFR Parts 3000, 3100, 3150, 3200, 3500, 3580, 3600, 3730, 3810, and 3830, [WO-610-4111-02-24 1A] RIN 1004-AD95, Minerals Management: Adjustment of Cost Recovery Fees, ACTION: Final rule.
8. 72 FR 50906, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Part 660, [Docket No. 070323069-7117-02; I.D. 031907A] RIN 0648-AV46, Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery, ACTION: Final rule.
9. 72 FR 50918, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, RIN 1018-AU68, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Estab-lishment of a Nonessential Experimental Population of Rio Grande Silvery Minnow in the Big Bend Reach of the Rio Grande in Texas, ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of availability of draft environmental assessment; notice of public hearing.
10. 72 FR 50929, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, RIN 1018-AU37; RIN 1018-AU91, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for the Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus, Designation of Critical Habitat for the Northern Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis caurina), Draft Recovery Plan for the Northern Spotted Owl, ACTION: Reopening of comment periods for two proposed revised critical habitat rules and a draft recovery plan.
11. 72 FR 50939, 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 Approval and Availability of the Revised Management Plan for the Wells (Maine) National Estuarine Research Reserve.
12. 72 FR 50974, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Receipt of Applications for Permit, ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications for permit.
13. 72 FR 50975, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Notice: Receipt of Application for an Incidental Take Permit; Request for Comments, ACTION: Notice of availability.
14. 72 FR 50976, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Proposed Safe Harbor Agreement for the Oregon Chub, Lane County, OR, ACTION: Notice of availability; receipt of application.
15. 72 FR 50977, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Issuance of Permits, ACTION: Notice of issuance of permit for marine mammals.
16. 72 FR 51102, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, RIN 1018-AU74, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for the Hine's Emerald Dragonfly, Part III, ACTION: Final rule.
SEPTEMBER 6, 2007
17. 72 FR 51241, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Construction of a Residential Community in Lake County, FL, ACTION: Notice: Receipt of application for an incidental take permit; request for comments.
18. 72 FR 51242, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Copperbelly Water Snake (Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta) Draft Recovery Plan, ACTION: Notice of document availability for review and comment.
19. 72 FR 51243, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Proposed Low Effect Habitat Conservation Plan for the Bellota Landslide Repair and Shorecliffs Mobile Home Neighborhood Expansion, City of San Clemente, County of Orange, CA, ACTION: Notice of availability.
20. 72 FR 51244, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Restoration of Habitat for Utah Prairie Dogs on Private Land in Utah, ACTION: Notice of availability: Safe harbor agreement and receipt of application for an enhancement of survival permit.
21. 72 FR 51245, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Tidal Restoration of the Cullinan Ranch Unit of San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement; request for public comment.
22. 72 FR 51247, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Habitat Conservation Plan for the Santa Clara Valley, Santa Clara County, CA, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) and notice of public meeting.
23. 72 FR 51248, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [NV-910-07-1990-EX, 7-08808], Notice of Availability of Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Newmont Mining Corporation's Leeville Project, Nevada, ACTION: Notice of Availability.
24. 72 FR 51249, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [NV-910-07-1990-EX, 7-08808], Notice of Availability of Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Newmont Mining Corporation's South Operations Area Project Amendment, Nevada, ACTION: Notice of Availability.
25. 72 FR 51249, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Meeting of the California Desert Advisory Council, ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
26. 72 FR 51250, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [CA-190-07-1610], Notice of Intent To Prepare a Resource Management Plan for the Clear Creek Management Area, California, and Associated Environmental Impact Statement, ACTION: Notice of intent.
27. 72 FR 51251, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the General Management Plan, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, West Virginia, Maryland and Virginia, ACTION: Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the General Management Plan, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park.
28. 72 FR 51252, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the General Management Plan, Monocacy National Battlefield, Maryland, ACTION: Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the General Management Plan, Monocacy National Battlefield, Maryland.
29. 72 FR 51253, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), National Mall & Memorial Parks; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Plan for the National Mall, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Plan for the National Mall.
30. 72 FR 51320, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (DOL) Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), 30 CFR Parts 49 and 75, RIN 1219-AB53, Mine Rescue Teams, Part IV, ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of public hearings; close of comment period.
SEPTEMBER 7, 2007
31. 72 FR 51404, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Angeles National Forest, CA, Tehachapi Renewable Transmission Project, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a joint environ-mental impact statement/report.
32. 72 FR 51419, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) Department of the Army (DA) United States Army Corps of Engineers, Intergovernmental Agreement Between the United States Department of the Army and the State of Florida Establishing Interim Targets for the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, ACTION: Notice of availability.
33. 72 FR 51419, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) Department of the Army (DA) United States Army Corps of Engineers, Intergovernmental Agreement Among the United States Department of the Army, the United States Department of the Interior, and the State of Florida Establishing Interim Restoration Goals for the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, ACTION: Notice of availability.
34. 72 FR 51420, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) Department of the Army (DA) United States Army Corps of Engineers, Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Pee Dee Electrical Generating Station in Florence County, SC, ACTION: Notice of Intent.
35. 72 FR 51421, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) Department of the Army (DA) United States Army Corps of Engineers, Notice of Intent To Hold a Public Meeting To Take Public Comments on the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on Rock Mining in Wetlands in the Lake Belt Region of Miami-Dade County, FL, ACTION: Notice of meeting.
36. 72 FR 51431, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), [Docket No. PF07-12-000], Dominion Transmission, Inc.; Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Storage Factory Project, Request for Comments on Environmental Issues, and Notice of Public Scoping Meetings and Site Visit.
37. 72 FR 51433, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), [Docket No. CP07-430-000], Kinder Morgan Interstate Gas Transmission LLC; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Colorado Lateral Expansion Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues.
38. 72 FR 51441, Notices, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), [ER-FRL-6690-8], Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments.
39. 72 FR 51441, Notices, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), [ER-FRL-6690-7], Environmental Impacts Statements; Notice of Availability.
40. 72 FR 51461, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Draft Recovery Plan for Columbia Basin Distinct Population Segment of the Pygmy Rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis), ACTION: Notice of document availability for review and comment.
41. 72 FR 51462, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Desert Rock Energy Project and the Navajo Mine Extension Project, San Juan County, NM: Reopening of Comment Period, ACTION: Notice.
42. 72 FR 51463, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [NM-110-1610-DR], Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for the Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument Resource Management Plan (RMP), ACTION: Notice of Availability.
43. 72 FR 51464, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [ID 100 1220MA 241A: DBG071010], Notice of Public Meeting: Resource Advisory Council to the Boise District, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior, ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting.
44. 72 FR 51464, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [AK-050-1610-DR-085L], Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the East Alaska Resource Management Plan (RMP)/Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), ACTION: Notice of availability of Record of Decision (ROD)
45. 72 FR 51465, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [CA-190-07-1610], Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for the Hollister Resource Management Plan for the Southern Diablo Mountain Range and Central Coast of California, ACTION: Notice of Availability of Record of Decision (ROD).
46. 72 FR 51487, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Environmental Impact Statement: El Paso County, TX, ACTION: Notice of Intent.
47. 72 FR 51534, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 32, RIN 1018-AV36, 2007-2008 Hunting and Sport Fishing Regulations for the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge, Part III, ACTION: Final rule.