Federal Register Items of Interest to the Department of the Interior

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 8-12, 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 8, 2007

OCTOBER 9, 2007

1. 72 FR 57241, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS) Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), 44 CFR Part 65, [Docket No. FEMA-B-7738], Changes in Flood Elevation Determinations, ACTION: Interim rule.

2. 72 FR 57273, 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 Giant Palouse Earthworm as Threatened or Endangered, ACTION: Notice of 90-day petition finding.

3. 72 FR 57276, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, RIN 1018-AV05, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for the Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep and Proposed Taxonomic Revision, ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of comment period and notice of public hearing.

4. 72 FR 57278, 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 Black-Footed Albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) as Threatened or Endangered, ACTION: Notice of petition finding and initiation of status review.

5. 72 FR 57303, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XD02, Endangered and Threatened Species; Recovery Plans, ACTION: Notice of Availability.

6. 72 FR 57322, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), [Docket No. PF07-14-000], CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Tontitown Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues.

7. 72 FR 57343, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Koyukuk, Nowitna and the Northern Unit (Kaiyuh Flats) of Innoko National Wildlife Refuges, AK, ACTION: Notice of intent to revise the comprehensive conservation plan and prepare an environmental assessment; request for comments.

8. 72 FR 57344, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge, ACTION: Notice of Availability of the Final Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI).

9. 72 FR 57345, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Proposed Florida Scrub-Jay Safe Harbor Agreement, Volusia County, FL, ACTION: Notice: receipt of application for an enhancement of survival permit; safe harbor agreement.

10. 72 FR 57346, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants: Draft Post-Delisting Monitoring Plan for the Virginia Northern Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus fuscus), ACTION: Notice of Availability of Draft Post-delisting Monitoring Plan; Request for Comments.

11. 72 FR 57347, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Temporary Closure of Public Lands: Broadwater County, MT, ACTION: Temporary closure of public land to motorized vehicles in Broadwater County.

12. 72 FR 57347, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Citizen Advisory Commission Meeting, ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

13. 72 FR 57348, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions.

OCTOBER 10, 2007

14. 72 FR 57504, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSRME), 30 CFR Parts 780, 784, 816, and 817, [Docket Number OSM-2007-0007] RIN 1029-AC04, Excess Spoil, Coal Mine Waste, and Buffers for Waters of the United States, ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of public hearings and extension of comment period.

15. 72 FR 57511, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants: Eastern New York Chapter of the Nature Conservancy, Enhancement of Survival Permit, ACTION: Notice of Availability and Receipt of Application; Request for Comments.

16. 72 FR 57514, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, Apache, Greenlee and Navajo Counties, AZ; Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests Public Motorized Travel Management Plan, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement.

17. 72 FR 57523, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XD09, Marine Mammals; File Nos. 10045, 532-1822, ACTION: Notice; receipt of application and amendment request.

18. 72 FR 57568, Notices, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), [EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0409; FRL-8150-3], The Association of American Pesticide Control Officials (AAPCO)/State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group (SFIREG) Working Committee on Water Quality/Pesticide Disposal (WC/WQPD); Notice of Public Meeting, ACTION: Notice.

19. 72 FR 57596, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Proposed Candidate Conservation Agreement With Assurances for Fisher for the Stirling Management Area, Sierra Pacific Industries, Butte, Plumas, and Tehama Counties, CA, ACTION: Notice of availability; receipt of application.

20. 72 FR 57598, 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 57598, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [ID-957-1420-BJ], Idaho: Filing of Plats of Survey, ACTION: Notice of filing of plats of surveys.

22. 72 FR 57602, Notices, NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC), [Docket No. 040-06377], Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Amendment to Source Materials License No. Sub-348, for the Unrestricted Release of the Department of the Army, U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command, Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center, Building 318 Facility in Picatinny, NJ, ACTION: Issuance of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Amendment.

23. 72 FR 57604, Notices, NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC), [Docket No. 030-35986], Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Amendment to Byproduct Materials License No. 07-30728-01, for Unrestricted Release of Incyte Corporation's Facility in Newark, DE, ACTION: Issuance of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Amendment.

24. 72 FR 57740, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, RIN 1018-AV09, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for the Peninsular Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni) and Proposed Taxonomic Revision, Part III, ACTION: Proposed rule.

25. 72 FR 57822, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSRME), 30 CFR Part 926, [MT-025-FOR], Montana Regulatory Program, Part V, ACTION: Final rule; approval of amendment with certain exceptions and an additional requirement.

OCTOBER 11, 2007

26. 72 FR 57889, Proposed Rules, SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (SBA), 13 CFR Part 124, 8(a) Business Development Program Regulation Changes; Tribal Consultation, ACTION: Notice of tribal consultation meeting.

27. 72 FR 57953, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), NiSource Inc. Application for an Incidental Take Permit, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement, announcement of public scoping meetings, and request for comments.

28. 72 FR 57956, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [F-14830-A and F-14830-A2, AK-962-1410-KC-P], Alaska Native Claims Selection, ACTION: Notice of decision approving lands for conveyance.

29. 72 FR 57957, 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 (1010-0086).

30. 72 FR 57960, 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 (1010-0106).

31. 72 FR 57967, Notices, NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC), [Docket No. 030-05154], Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Amendment to Byproduct Materials License No. 24-13365-01, for Unrestricted Release of the ABC Laboratories Facilities in Columbia, MO, ACTION: Issuance of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Amendment.

32. 72 FR 57969, Notices, NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC), [Docket No. 030-04794], Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Amendment To Byproduct Materials License No. 21-01443-06, for Unrestricted Release of the Parke-Davis Warner-Lambert Facility in Plymouth, MI, ACTION: Issuance of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Amendment.

OCTOBER 12, 2007

33. 72 FR 58030, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), 36 CFR Chapter I, Negotiated Rulemaking Advisory Committee for Dog Management at Golden Gate National Recreation Area, ACTION: Notice of meeting.

34. 72 FR 58048, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Sierra National Forest, Bass Lake Ranger District, California, Sugar Pine Adaptive Management Project, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement.

35. 72 FR 58050, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Opal Creek Scenic Recreation Area (SRA) Advisory Council, ACTION: Notice of Meeting.

36. 72 FR 58060, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Native American Tribal Insignia Database, ACTION: Proposed collection; comment request.

37. 72 FR 58074, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Western Area Power Administration, San Luis Rio Colorado Project (DOE/EIS-0395), ACTION: Notice of Record of Decision and Floodplain Statement of Findings.

38. 72 FR 58080, Notices, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), [ER-FRL-6691-9], Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments.

39. 72 FR 58111, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Recovery Plan for Silene spaldingii (Spalding's Catchfly), ACTION: Notice of document availability.

40. 72 FR 58112, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Notice of Availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Receipt of an Application for an Incidental Take Permit for the Agua Caliente Tribal Habitat Conservation Plan, Riverside County, California, ACTION: Notice of availability and receipt of application.

41. 72 FR 58113, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [WY-090-07-1310-DB], Notice of availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Moxa Arch Area Infill Gas Development Project, WY, ACTION: Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Moxa Arch Area Infill Gas Development Project, Kemmerer, Wyoming.

42. 72 FR 58114, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [AK-930-08-1310-DQ], Notice of Extension of Comment Period for the Northeast National Petroleum Reserve--Alaska Draft Supplemental Integrated Activity Plan/Environmental Impact Statement, ACTION: Notice of extension of comment period for the Northeast National Petroleum Reserve--Alaska Draft Supplemental Integrated Activity Plan/Environmental Impact Statement.

43. 72 FR 58115, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [NV-040-07-5101-ER-F336; (N-77484)], Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a Proposed Coal-fired Electric Power Generating Plant in Southeastern Lincoln County and Notice of Public Meetings; Nevada, ACTION: Notice of availability.

44. 72 FR 58115, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [AK-910-1310PP-ARAC], Notice of Public Meeting, Alaska Resource Advisory Council, ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

45. 72 FR 58116, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [WO-260-09-1060-00-24 1A], Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board; Meeting, ACTION: Announcement of meeting.

46. 72 FR 58117, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [CO-922-08-1310-FI; COC67185], Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease, ACTION: Notice of proposed reinstatement of terminated oil and gas lease.

47. 72 FR 58117, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [CO-922-08-1310-FI; COC67178], Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease, ACTION: Notice of proposed reinstatement of terminated oil and gas lease.

48. 72 FR 58117, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [UT0110-1610-029J], Notice of Availability of the Draft Resource Management Plan and Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Kanab Field Office in Kane and Garfield Counties, UT, ACTION: Notice of availability.

49. 72 FR 58122, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Denali National Park and Preserve Aircraft Overflights Advisory Council, ACTION: Notice of Intent of Establish an Aircraft Overflights Advisory Council.

50. 72 FR 58122, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Cape Cod National Seashore Hunting Program, Final Environmental Impact Statement, Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts, ACTION: Notice of availability of a Record of Decision on the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Cape Cod National Seashore Hunting Program, Cape Cod National Seashore.

51. 72 FR 58122, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (DOJ), Notice of Lodging Of Consent Decree Under The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act.

52. 72 FR 58124, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (DOJ), Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act.

53. 72 FR 58148, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Environmental Impact Statement: High Desert Corridor, State Route 18, ACTION: Notice of Intent.

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