Federal Register Items of Interest to the Department of the Interior
October 15-19, 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 15-19, 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 15, 2007
1. 72 FR 58258, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Part 660, [Docket No. 0612243162-7541-02; I.D. 032607A] RIN 0648-AU77, Fisheries Off West Coast States; Highly Migratory Species Fisheries, ACTION: Final rule.
2. 72 FR 58259, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Part 665, [Docket No. 0612242929-7490-02] RIN 0648-AT93, Fisheries in the Western Pacific; Precious Corals Fisheries, ACTION: Final rule.
3. 72 FR 58274, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 92, RIN 1018-AV53, Migratory Bird Subsistence Harvest in Alaska; Harvest Regulations for Migratory Birds in Alaska During the 2008 Season, ACTION: Proposed rule.
4. 72 FR 58286, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) International Trade Administration (ITA), Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments.
5. 72 FR 58290, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), [I.D. 0648-XB13], Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal School Training Operations at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, ACTION: Notice; issuance of an incidental harassment authorization.
6. 72 FR 58320, 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.
7. 72 FR 58320, 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.
8. 72 FR 58321, 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.
9. 72 FR 58321, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [1018-AT72], Draft Mosquito and Mosquito-Borne Disease Management Policy Pursuant to the National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997, ACTION: Notice.
10. 72 FR 58333, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Indian Gaming, ACTION: Notice of approved amended Tribal-State Compact.
11. 72 FR 58333, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [ID 100 1220MA 241A: DBG081001], Notice of Public Meeting: Joint Recreation Resource Advisory Council Subcommittee to the Boise and Twin Falls Districts, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior, ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
12. 72 FR 58334, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions.
13. 72 FR 58335, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Reclamation, Meeting of the Yakima River Basin Conservation Advisory Group, Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Project, Yakima, WA, ACTION: Notice of meeting.
14. 72 FR 58365, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Transit Administration, Alternative Transportation in Parks and Public Lands Program, ACTION: Announcement of Project Selections.
15. 72 FR 58452, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 20, RIN 1018-AV12, Migratory Bird Hunting; Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations on Certain Federal Indian Reservations and Ceded Lands for the 2007-08 Early and Late Seasons, Part IV, ACTION: Final rule.
OCTOBER 16, 2007
16. 72 FR 58582, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of the Secretary of the Interior, 43 CFR Part 10, RIN 1024-AD68, Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act Regulations--Disposition of Culturally Unidentifiable Human Remains, ACTION: Proposed rule.
17. 72 FR 58618, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, RIN 1018-AU83, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for the Monterey Spineflower (Chorizanthe pungens var. pungens), ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of comment period, notice of availability of draft economic analysis, and amended Required Determinations.
18. 72 FR 58680, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Bureau of Indian Education, Proposed Information Collections Under the Paperwork Reduction Act; Comment Request, ACTION: Notice of Proposed Renewal Information Collection.
19. 72 FR 58681, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [UT-020-5101-ER-J217], Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement To Analyze Pacifi-Corp's Mona to Oquirrh Double-Circuit 500/345 Kilovolt (kV) Transmission Line, UT-82829, and Amend the Pony Express Resource Management Plan for the Salt Lake Field Office, Utah, ACTION: Notice of Intent.
20. 72 FR 58682, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [(NM-921-1301-FI-08); (OKNM 113435)], Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease OKNM 113435, ACTION: Notice of reinstatement of terminated oil and gas lease.
21. 72 FR 58682, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), (NV-056-5853-ES; N-80113-01; 7-08807), Notice of Realty Action: Lease/Conveyance for Recreation and Public Purposes in Clark County, NV, ACTION: Notice of Realty Action.
22. 72 FR 58683, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [NV-050-5853-ES; N-75562; 8-08807], Notice of Realty Action: Recreation and Public Purposes Act Classification of Public Lands in Clark County, Nevada, ACTION: Notice of Realty Action.
23. 72 FR 58684, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [NV-050-5853-ES; N-82353; 8-08807], Notice of Realty Action: Lease/Conveyance for Recreation and Public Purposes of Public Lands in Clark County, NV, ACTION: Notice of Realty Action.
24. 72 FR 58685, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [NV-952-08-1420-BJ], Filing of Plats of Survey; Nevada, ACTION: Notice.
OCTOBER 17, 2007
25. 72 FR 58793, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, RIN 1018-AU84, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for Berberis nevinii (Nevin's barberry), ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of comment period, revisions to proposed critical habitat, notice of availability of draft economic analysis, and amended Required Determinations.
26. 72 FR 58833, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) Department of the Army (DA) United States Army Corps of Engineers, Guidance Memoranda for the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, ACTION: Notice of availability.
27. 72 FR 58834, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE), Office of Environmental Management; Advance Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for Area IV of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory and Public Involvement Activities, ACTION: Advance Notice of Intent.
28. 72 FR 58865, 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.
29. 72 FR 58866, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge, Pike and Gibson Counties, IN, ACTION: Notice of availability: Draft comprehensive conservation plan and environmental assessment; request for comments.
30. 72 FR 58867, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [AA-6678-L; AK-962-1410-HY-P], Alaska Native Claims Selection, ACTION: Notice of decision approving lands for conveyance.
31. 72 FR 58868, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [Docket No. CO-200-0777-XZ-241A], Notice of Meeting, Front Range Resource Advisory Council (Colorado), ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
32. 72 FR 58868, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [NV-910-08-0777XX], Notice of Public Meeting: Sierra Front-Northwestern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council, Northeastern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council, and Mojave-Southern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council, ACTION: Combined Resource Advisory Council Meeting.
33. 72 FR 58869, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [ES-960-1430-ET; WIES-051517, WIES-011233, WIES-050198], Public Land Order No. 7681; Revocation of the Withdrawal Established by Executive Orders Dated December 11, 1848 and May 28, 1858; Withdrawal and Transfer of Jurisdiction; Wisconsin, ACTION: Public Land Order.
34. 72 FR 58869, 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 a revision of a currently approved information collection (OMB Control Number 1010-0120).
35. 72 FR 58887, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (DOJ), Notice of Lodging of the "AEP" Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act.
36. 72 FR 58888, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (DOJ), Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act.
37. 72 FR 58890, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (DOJ), Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) and Clean Water Act (CWA).
38. 72 FR 58908, Notices, NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC), [Docket No. 030-33266], Notice of Environmental Assessment Related to the Issuance of a License Amendment to Byproduct Material License No. 21-26519-01, for Unrestricted Release of Former Facilities for Aastrom Biosciences, Ann Arbor, MI, ACTION: Issuance of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Amendment.
39. 72 FR 58982, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 26, RIN 1018-AV43, Public Access, Use, and Recreation Regulations for the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge, Part V, ACTION: Proposed rule.
OCTOBER 18, 2007
40. 72 FR 59003, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing (OASPIH), 24 CFR Part 1000, [Docket No. FR-4999-F-02] RIN 2577-AC61, Use of Indian Housing Block Grant Funds for Rental Assistance in Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Projects, ACTION: Final rule.
41. 72 FR 59005, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSRME), 30 CFR Part 914, [Docket No. IN-156-FOR, Administrative Cause No. 06-046R], Indiana Regulatory Program, ACTION: Final rule; approval of amendment.
42. 72 FR 59009, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSRME), 30 CFR Part 946, [VA-125-FOR], Virginia Regulatory Program, ACTION: Final rule; approval of amendment.
43. 72 FR 59019, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 16, RIN 1018-AG70, Injurious Wildlife Species; Black Carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus), ACTION: Final rule.
44. 72 FR 59035, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Part 229, [Docket No. 071011590-7591-01] RIN 0648-XD38, Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Commercial Fish-ing Operations; Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan, ACTION: Temporary rule.
45. 72 FR 59044, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Indian Gaming Commission, 25 CFR Parts 502, 522, 559 and 573, RIN 3141-AA23, Facility License Standards, ACTION: Proposed rules.
46. 72 FR 59109, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Notice of Availability of an Environmental Assessment/Habitat Conservation Plan for Golden-Cheeked Warbler and Receipt of Application for Development and Construction Activities on the 153-Acre Property on City Park Road, Travis County, TX (K and K Webb Family Partnership, LTD.), ACTION: Notice of availability.
47. 72 FR 59110, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Meeting, ACTION: Notice of meeting.
48. 72 FR 59110, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [CA-930-1430-PN-252Z; CACA 42646], Notice of Realty Action: Conveyance of Mineral Interests in California; Correction, ACTION: Correction.
49. 72 FR 59110, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [AZ-210-5320-AL-DUMP-241A], Notice of Temporary One-Day Recreational Shooting Closure, ACTION: No-tice.
50. 72 FR 59111, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Record of Decision on the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the General Management Plan, Rock Creek Park and the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway, Washington, DC, ACTION: Notice of availability of a Record of Decision on the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the General Management Plan, Rock Creek Park and the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway, Washington, DC.
OCTOBER 19, 2007
51. 72 FR 59187, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, 36 CFR Part 223, RIN 0596-AB70, Sale and Disposal of National Forest System Timber; Modification of Timber Sale Contracts in Extraordinary Conditions; Noncompetitive Sale of Timber, ACTION: Final rule.
52. 72 FR 59242, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Consolidated Farm Service Agency (CFSA), Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) to Invite Applications for the American Indian Credit Outreach Initiative, ACTION: Notice.
53. 72 FR 59246, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Ochoco National Forest, Lookout Mountain Ranger District; Oregon; East Maurys Fuels and Vegetation Management Project, ACTION: Revised notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement.
54. 72 FR 59286, Notices, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), [ER-FRL-6692-2], Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments.
55. 72 FR 59301, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Recovery Plan for Nosa Luta or Rota Bridled White-eye (Zosterops rotensis), ACTION: Notice of document availability.
56. 72 FR 59302, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Draft Environmental Assessment and Receipt of Application for an Enhancement of Survival Permit Associated With the Reintroduction of Black-Footed Ferrets on Private Land in Logan County, KS, ACTION: Notice of availability and receipt of application.
57. 72 FR 59303, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Coeur d'Alene Tribal Integrated Resource Management Plan, Coeur d'Alene Reservation, Idaho, ACTION: Notice.
58. 72 FR 59303, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [NM220-1430 ES; NM-109924], Recreation and Public Purposes (R and PP) Act Classification; New Mexico, ACTION: Notice of realty action.
59. 72 FR 59304, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [AZ-956-07-1420-BJ], Notice of Filing of Plats of Survey; Arizona, ACTION: Notice.
60. 72 FR 59307, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [ID-130-1430-EU; DB-G08-1003; IDI-8665, IDI-20345, IDI-20495], Termination of Desert Land Entry and Carey Act Classifications, ACTION: Notice.
61. 72 FR 59307, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program Advisory Council Renewal, ACTION: Notice of committee renewal.
62. 72 FR 59308, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Plan of Operations, Environmental Assessment, and Draft Floodplain and Wetland Statements of Findings for BNP Petroleum Corporation's Plan of Operations To Drill and Produce the State Tract 991 #1, Dunn-McCampbell 12A, and Dunn-McCampbell 11A Wells, Padre Island National Seashore, TX, ACTION: Notice of availability of a Plan of Operations, Environmental Assessment, and draft Floodplain and Wetland Statements of Findings for a Plan of Operations to drill and produce the State Tract 991 #1, Dunn-McCampbell 12A, and Dunn-McCampbell 11A Wells in Padre Island National Seashore.
63. 72 FR 59308, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Meeting for the National Park Service (NPS) Subsistence Resource Commission (SRC) Program Within the Alaska Region, ACTION: Notice of meeting for the National Park Service (NPS) Subsistence Resource Commission (SRC) program within the Alaska Region.
64. 72 FR 59309, 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.