Federal Register Items of Interest to the Department of the Interior
September 10 - 14, 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 10-14, 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 10, 2007
1. 72 FR 51583, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Opal Creek Scenic Recreation Area (SRA) Advisory Council, ACTION: Notice of meeting.
2. 72 FR 51619, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), [Docket No. 070727423-7424-01] RIN 0648-XB75, Endangered and Threatened Species; Notice of Finding on a Petition to List the Lynn Canal Stock of Pacific Herring as a Threatened or Endangered Species, ACTION: Notice of petition finding; request for information; and initiation of status review.
3. 72 FR 51621, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XC38, Marine Mammals; File No. 1034-1854, ACTION: Notice; receipt of application for amendment.
4. 72 FR 51622, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XC27, Small Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Low-Energy Marine Seismic Survey in the Northeastern Pacific Ocean, September 2007, ACTION: Notice; issuance of incidental harassment authorization.
5. 72 FR 51654, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), Western and Central Gulf of Mexico (GOM), Oil and Gas Lease Sales for Years 2009-2012, ACTION: Call for Information and Nominations/Notice of Intent (Call/NOI) to Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS).
6. 72 FR 51657, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), 30-Day Notice of Submission of Study Package to the Office of Management and Budget; Opportunity for Public Comment (OMB #1024-xxxx, "2007 National Park Service Comprehensive Survey of the American Public"), ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
7. 72 FR 51657, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Availability of a Record of Decision (ROD) on the Final General Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement (FGMP/EIS), Castillo de San Marcos National Monument,
8. 72 FR 51658, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions
9. 72 FR 51658, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Availability of a Plan of Operations and Environmental Assessment (EA), Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, TN. ACTION: Notice of Availability of a Plan of Operations and Environmental Assessment (EA), Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, Tennessee.
SEPTEMBER 11, 2007
10. 72 FR 51766, 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 Kenk's Amphipod, Virginia Well Amphipod, and the Copepod Acanthocyclops columbiensis as Endangered, ACTION: Notice of 90-day petition finding.
11. 72 FR 51770, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, RIN 1018-AV39, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Proposed Revision of Special Regulation for the Central Idaho and Yellowstone Area Nonessential Experimental Populations of Gray Wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains, ACTION: Notice of availability of draft environmental assessment; reopening of comment period on proposed revision.
12. 72 FR 51772, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Black Hills National Forest Travel Management Plan, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement.
13. 72 FR 51775, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Sierra National Forest, California, Sierra National Forest Motorized Travel Management EIS, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement.
14. 72 FR 51780, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) Economics and Statistics Administration Bureau of the Census, [Docket Number: 070404074-7460-02], American Indian and Alaska Native Policy Statement, ACTION: Notice of reopening of a public comment period.
15. 72 FR 51802, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XC44, Endangered Species; File No. 1557-03, ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit modification.
16. 72 FR 51803, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XC41, Endangered Species; File No. 10037, ACTION: Notice; receipt of application.
17. 72 FR 51803, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XC42, Marine Mammals; File No. 10040, ACTION: Notice; receipt of application.
18. 72 FR 51834, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [CO 931 1220 PA], Proposed Supplementary Rule To Establish Application Fees for Commercial, Competitive, and Organized Group Activity and Event Special Recreation Permits, ACTION: Proposed Supplementary rule to establish application fees for Special Recreation Permits (SRP) for commercial use, competitive use, and organized group activies and events.
19. 72 FR 51837, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Reclamation, Rio Grande and Low Flow Conveyance Channel Between San Acacia Diversion Dam, New Mexico, and the Narrows of Elephant Butte Reservoir, New Mexico, ACTION: Notice of cancellation.
20. 72 FR 51849, Notices, NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC), Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for Amendment To Exempt Distribution License No. 20-23904-01E for GE Homeland Protection, Inc. and Request for Exemption From 10 CFC 32.26 Requirements.
SEPTEMBER 12, 2007
21. 72 FR 51988, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Consolidated Farm Service Agency (CFSA), 7 CFR Part 770, RIN 0560-AG87, Indian Tribal Land Acquisition Program Loan Writedowns, ACTION: Final rule.
22. 72 FR 52085, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XC45, Endangered and Threatened Species; Take of Anadromous Fish, ACTION: Notice of availability and request for comment.
23. 72 FR 52104, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), [Docket No. AD07-14-000], Hydrokinetic Pilot Project Workshop; Supplemental Notice of Technical Conference With Agenda and Soliciting Comments.
24. 72 FR 52163, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [NV-055-5853-EU], Submission to Office of Management and Budget--Information Collection, OMB Control Number 1004-XXXX, ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
SEPTEMBER 13, 2007
25. 72 FR 52339, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Part 216, [Docket No. 070809454-7459-01] RIN 0648-AV82, Marine Mammals; Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, ACTION: Advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR); request for comments.
26. 72 FR 52385, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of the Secretary of the Interior, Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Commission Meeting, ACTION: Notice of meeting.
27. 72 FR 52386, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Recovery Plan for the Carson Wandering Skipper (Pseudocopaeodes eunus obscurus), ACTION: Notice of document availability.
28. 72 FR 52386, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [WYW 0118976], Public Land Order No. 7680; Revocation of Public Land Order No. 2695; Wyoming, ACTION: Public land order.
29. 72 FR 52386, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [WY-957-07-1420-BJ-TRST], Notice of Filing of Plats of Survey, Wyoming, Thursday, September 13, 2007.
30. 72 FR 52387, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological Repository, Kodiak, AK, ACTION: Notice.
31. 72 FR 52388, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: Cincinnati Museum Center, Cincinnati, OH, ACTION: Notice.
32. 72 FR 52388, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: Fowler Museum of Cultural History, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.
33. 72 FR 52389, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: School for Advanced Research, Santa Fe, NM, ACTION: Notice.
34. 72 FR 52390, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: Southwest Museum of the American Indian, Autry National Center, Los Angeles, CA.
35. 72 FR 52391, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: Central Washington University, Department of Anthropology, Ellensburg, WA, and Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ACTION: Notice.
36. 72 FR 52392, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ACTION: Notice.
37. 72 FR 52434, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, RIN 1018-AU01, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Establishment of Nonessential Experimental Population Status for 15 Freshwater Mussels, 1 Freshwater Snail, and 5 Fishes in the Lower French Broad River and in the Lower Holston River, Tennessee, Part II, ACTION: Final rule.
SEPTEMBER 14, 2007
38. 72 FR 52540, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Intermountain Region, Boise, Payette, and Sawtooth National Forests; Amendment to the 2003 Land and Resource Management Plans, ACTION: Notice of intent (NOI) to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS).
39. 72 FR 52574, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge Complex, ACTION: Notice of availability of the Final Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Finding of No Significant Impact.
40. 72 FR 52575, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Proposed Low Effect Habitat Conservation Plan for Washington Department of Natural Resources' Commercial Geoduck Fishery, ACTION: Notice of availability; receipt of application.
41. 72 FR 52576, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 2007 Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp (Federal Duck Stamp) Contest, ACTION: Notice.
42. 72 FR 52577, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [WY-920-1320-EL, WYW154432], Notice of Competitive Coal Lease Sale, Wyoming, ACTION: Notice of Competitive Coal Lease Sale.
43. 72 FR 52578, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [AZ-110-1492 ES; AZA-30975], Notice of Realty Action; Recreation and Public Purposes Act Classification; Arizona, ACTION: Notice of realty action.
44. 72 FR 52579, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [UT-070-1610-DP-011J], Notice of Availability of the Price Field Office Supplemental Draft Resource Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement for Non-Wilderness Study Area (WSA) Lands with Wilderness Characteristics, ACTION: Notice of Availability.
45. 72 FR 52580, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSRME), Notice of Proposed Information Collection for 1029-0114, ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
46. 72 FR 52580, Notices, UNITED STATES SECTION=UNITED STATES-MEXICO INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION-UNITED STATES SECTION, United States Section; Notice of Availability of a Final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for Improvements to the Donna-Brownsville Levee System, in the Lower Rio Grande Flood Control Project, Hidalgo and Cameron Counties, TX, ACTION: Notice of Availability of Final Environmental Assessment (EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI).
47. 72 FR 52596, Notices, TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (TVA), Bear Creek Dam Leakage Resolution Project, Franklin County, AL, ACTION: Issuance of Record of Decision.
48. 72 FR 52607, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Maritime Administration (MA), [USCG-2007-26844], Woodside Natural Gas, Inc. OceanWay Secure Energy Liquefied Natural Gas Deepwater Port License Application; Preparation of Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report, ACTION: Notice of intent; notice of public meeting; request for comments.
49. 72 FR 52668, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 15 CFR Part 902 50 CFR Part 679, [Docket No. 0612242886-7464-03; I.D. 041307D] RIN 0648-AU68, Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Allocating Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands Fishery Resources; American Fisheries Act Sideboards, Part III, ACTION: Final rule.