Federal Register Items of Interest to the Department of the Interior
October 1-5, 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 October 1-5, 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.
OCTOBER 1, 2007
1. 72 FR 55706, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Part 660, [Docket No. 070430095-7095-01] RIN 0648-XB09, Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Modifications of the West Coast Commercial Salmon Fishery; Inseason Action #3 and #4, ACTION: Modification of fishing seasons, landing and possession limits; request for comments.
2. 72 FR 55707, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Part 660, [Docket No. 070430095-7095-01] RIN 0648-XC69, Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Modifications of the West Coast Commercial Salmon Fishery; Inseason Action #5, #6 and #7, ACTION: Modification of fishing seasons, landing and possession limits; request for comments.
3. 72 FR 55708, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Part 660, [Docket No. 070430095-7095-01] RIN 0648-XC71, Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Modifications of the West Coast Commercial Salmon Fishery; Inseason Action #8 and #9, ACTION: Modification of fishing seasons, landing and possession limits; request for comments.
4. 72 FR 55709, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Part 660, [Docket No. 070430095-7095-01] RIN 0648-XC77, Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Modifications of the West Coast Commercial Salmon Fishery; Inseason Action #10 and #11 . ACTION: Modification of fishing seasons, landing and possession limits; request for comments.
5. 72 FR 55736, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Information Collection; Arctic National Refuge Recreation Visitor Study, ACTION: Notice; request for comment.
6. 72 FR 55738, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Inyo National Forest, California, Inyo National Forest Motorized Travel Management EIS, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement.
7. 72 FR 55803, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [ES-966-1420-BJ-TRST; Group No. 178, Wisconsin], Eastern States: Filing of Plat of Survey, ACTION: Notice of Filing of Plat of Survey; Wisconsin.
8. 72 FR 55804, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions, Monday, October 1, 2007.
9. 72 FR 55804, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSRME), Notice of Proposed Information Collection for 1029-0024 and 1029-0113, ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
OCTOBER 2, 2007
10. 72 FR 56053, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XB73, Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Open Water Seismic Operations in Cook Inlet, Alaska, ACTION: Notice of issuance of two incidental harassment authorizations.
11. 72 FR 56079, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Endangered Species Recovery Permit Applications, ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit applications; request for comment.
12. 72 FR 56082, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Receipt of an Application for Extension of an Incidental Take Permit for the Red-Cockaded Woodpecker by the Woodlands Group, LLC, in Livingston Parish, LA, ACTION: Notice.
13. 72 FR 56083, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [MT-040-5101-ER-EO42], Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the GCC Dacotah Cement Dewey Conveyor Project, ACTION: Notice of Intent (NOI) to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Initiate Public Scoping for the GCC Dacotah Cement Dewey Conveyor Project.
14. 72 FR 56084, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), Agency Information Collection Activities: Submitted for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review; Comment Request, ACTION: Notice of extension of an information collection (1010-0067).
15. 72 FR 56090, 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 1010-0073).
16. 72 FR 56093, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Availability of Final Environmental Impact Statement for the North Shore Road in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
17. 72 FR 56094, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Reclamation, Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Advisory Council, ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
18. 72 FR 56123, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Transit Administration, Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement on the Restoration of Rail Service in the Northern Branch Corridor, Bergen and Hudson Counties, NJ, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).
19. 72 FR 56126, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Transit Administration, Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for Proposed Transit Improvements in the Crenshaw-Prairie Transit Corridor, Los Angeles, CA, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement.
20. 72 FR 56128, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Transit Administration, Preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement and Section 4(f) Evaluation for High-Capacity Transit Improvements in the I-10 West Corridor, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an Alternatives Analysis/Environmental Impact Statement and Section 4(f) Evaluation.
OCTOBER 3, 2007
21. 72 FR 56331, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Black River Land Exchange; Apache National Forest; Apache and Greenlee Counties, AZ, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement.
22. 72 FR 56371, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge, Tok, AK, ACTION: Notice of Availability of the Draft Revised Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment for Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge; request for comments.
23. 72 FR 56372, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Bureau of Indian Education, Bureau of Indian Affairs, ACTION: Notice of proposed renewal of information collection.
24. 72 FR 56373, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Bureau of Indian Education, Submission of Information Collection Under the Paperwork Reduction Act; Reinstatement [The No Child Left Behind Act], ACTION: Notice.
25. 72 FR 56374, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Pueblo of Picuris Liquor Code, ACTION: Notice.
26. 72 FR 56380, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [OR-930-07-5870-EU; OR-63956; HAG-07-0135], Notice of Realty Action; Non-Competitive (Direct) Sale of Public Land; Harney County, OR, ACTION: Notice of Realty Action.
27. 72 FR 56442, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), 30 CFR Parts 250, 253, 254, 256, RIN 1010-AD11, Oil and Gas and Sulphur Operations in the Outer Continental Shelf--Pipelines and Pipeline Rights-of-Way, Part II, ACTION: Proposed rule.
OCTOBER 4, 2007
28. 72 FR 56619, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSRME), 30 CFR Part 938, [PA-149-FOR], Pennsylvania Regulatory Program, ACTION: Final rule; approval of amendment.
29. 72 FR 56664, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Part 660, [Docket No. 060824226-6322-02] RIN 0648-AW07, Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries Off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Biennial Specifications and Management Measures; Inseason Adjustments, ACTION: Final rule; inseason adjustments to groundfish management measures; request for comments.
30. 72 FR 56785, 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.
31. 72 FR 56785, 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.
32. 72 FR 56786, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications, ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications.
33. 72 FR 56787, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Initiation of 5-Year Reviews of Two Plant Species and Two Wildlife Species in the Midwest Region, ACTION: Notice of review; request for information.
34. 72 FR 56788, 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.
35. 72 FR 56789, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [CO-03-840-1610-241A], Southwest Resource Advisory Council; Canyons of the Ancients National Monument Subgroup Meeting, ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
36. 72 FR 56789, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [NV-050-5853-ES; N-80468; 7-08807], Notice of Realty Action Recreation and Public Purposes Act Classification of Public Lands in Clark County, NV, ACTION: Notice of Realty Action.
37. 72 FR 56791, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (DOJ), Notice of Proposed Settlement Agreement Under the Park System Resource Protection Act, Thursday, October 4, 2007.
OCTOBER 5, 2007
38. 72 FR 56926, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 21, RIN 1018-AV10, Migratory Bird Permits; Removal of Migratory Birds From Buildings, ACTION: Final rule.
39. 72 FR 56979, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, RIN 1018-AV19, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 12-Month Petition Finding and Proposed Rule To List the Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) as Threatened Throughout Its Range, ACTION: Extension of comment period; notice of availability of new information.
40. 72 FR 56986, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Docket No. 070924535-7536-01 RIN 0648-XC78, Listing Endangered and Threatened Species and Designating Critical Habitat: Petition to List Five Rockfish Species in Puget Sound (Washington) as Endangered or Threatened Species under the Endangered Species Act, ACTION: Notice of finding.
41. 72 FR 57029, Notices, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), ER-FRL-6691-7 , Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments.
42. 72 FR 57057, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of the Secretary of the Interior, Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Commission; Notice of Meeting.
43. 72 FR 57057, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Pueblo of Tesuque Liquor Control Ordinance, ACTION: Notice.
44. 72 FR 57062, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), NV-060-1990 , Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for a Proposed Expansion of Existing Gold Mining/Processing Operations in Lander and Eureka Counties, NV Cooperating Agency: Nevada Department of Wildlife. ACTION: Notice of Availability.
45. 72 FR 57063, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), UT-070-1610-DP-010J , Notice of Availability of the Supplement to the Vernal Field Office Draft Resource Management Plan (RMP) and Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Non-Wilderness Study Area (WSA) Lands With Wilderness Characteristics, ACTION: Notice of Availability.
46. 72 FR 57064, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), UTU-080-2007-9141-EJ , Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and To Conduct Public Scoping for the Natural Buttes Area Gas Development Project, Uintah County, UT, ACTION: Notice of Intent (NOI).
47. 72 FR 57065, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), WO-220-05-1020-JA-VEIS , Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Vegetation Treatments Using Herbicides on Bureau of Land Management Lands in 17 Western States, ACTION: Notice of Availability.
48. 72 FR 57065, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), NV-057-1630-NU; 7-08807 , Shooting Closure on Certain Lands Managed by the Bureau of Land Management, Las Vegas Field Office, ACTION: Notice of final decision for establishment of a permanent shooting closure on selected public lands in Nye County, Nevada.
49. 72 FR 57067, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), UT-090-07-1220-MV, Notice of Closure of Public Lands to Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Use, ACTION: Notice of closure of 1,871 acres of public land to OHV use.
50. 72 FR 57067, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Colorado: Filing of Plats of Survey.
51. 72 FR 57104, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Parts 229, 635, and 648, Docket No. 0612242977-7216-01; I.D. 120304D RIN 0648-AS01, Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Commercial Fishing Operations; Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan Regulations, Part II, ACTION: Final rule.