Federal Register Items of Interest to the Department of the Interior
October 29-November 2, 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 29-November 2, 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 29, 2007
1. 72 FR 61070, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Part 679, [Docket No. 070322067-7501-01; I.D. 031407A] RIN 0648-AU03, Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Prohibited Species Bycatch Management, ACTION: Final rule.
2. 72 FR 61089, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Part 226, [Docket No. 070717354-7361-01] RIN 0648-AV73, Endangered and Threatened Species; Designation of Critical Habitat for the North Pacific Right Whale, ACTION: Proposed rule; request for comment.
3. 72 FR 61177, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Information Collection Sent to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Approval; OMB Control Number 1018-0078; Injurious Wildlife; Importation Certification for Live Fish and Fish Eggs, ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
4. 72 FR 61178, 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.
5. 72 FR 61179, 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.
6. 72 FR 61180, 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.
7. 72 FR 61180, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [WO-2602-1060-PF-24-1A], Submission to Office of Management and Budget--Information Collection, OMB Control Number 1004-0042, ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
8. 72 FR 61180, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [HE-952-9911-EK-24 1A], Submission to Office of Management and Budget--Information Collection, OMB Con-trol Number 1004-0179, ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
9. 72 FR 61180, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [NV-930-1430-ET; N-83588; 7-08807], Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and Opportunity for Public Meeting; Ne-vada, ACTION: Notice.
10. 72 FR 61182, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions.
11. 72 FR 61202, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Membership Availability in the National Parks Overflights Advisory Group Aviation Rulemaking Committee--Representatives of Environmental Concerns, ACTION: Notice.
OCTOBER 30, 2007
12. 72 FR 61326, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XD58, Endangered Species; File No. 1591, ACTION: Issuance of permit.
13. 72 FR 61329, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) Department of the Navy, Public Hearings for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement for the Shock Trial of the MESA VERDE (LPD 19), ACTION: Notice.
14. 72 FR 61363, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Proposed Information Collection; Africa Grant Program, ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
15. 72 FR 61365, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Trinity Adaptive Management Working Group, ACTION: Notice of meeting.
16. 72 FR 61365, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Proposed Information Collection Activities, Request for Comments, ACTION: Notice.
17. 72 FR 61366, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Certificate of Degree of Indian or Alaska Native Blood Information Collection, Comment Request, ACTION: Notice of Proposed Agency Information Collection.
18. 72 FR 61367, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [AZ-320-08-1330-NJ; AZA 033922], Arizona: Temporary Closure of Public Lands; Yuma Field Office, ACTION: Temporary closure of public lands in La Paz County, Arizona.
19. 72 FR 61367, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [ID-310-1430-EU; IDI-34916], Notice of Realty Action: (Non-Competitive) Direct Sale of Public Lands, Bonneville County, ID, ACTION: Notice of Realty Action.
20. 72 FR 61368, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), Gulf of Mexico (GOM), Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), Central Planning Area (CPA), Oil and Gas Lease Sale 206 (2008) Environmental Assessment (EA), ACTION: Notice of Availability of an Environmental Assessment.
21. 72 FR 61369, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), Eastern Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Planning Area, Proposed Oil and Gas Lease Sale 224, March 2008, ACTION: Notice of Availability (NOA) of the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS).
22. 72 FR 61370, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), Notice of Availability of the Proposed Notice of Sale for Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Lease Sale 206 in the Central Planning Area (CPA) in the Gulf of Mexico, ACTION: Notice of availability of the proposed Notice of Sale for proposed Sale 206.
23. 72 FR 61370, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), Notice of Availability of the Proposed Notice of Sale for Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Lease Sale 224 in the Eastern Planning Area (EPA) in the Gulf of Mexico, ACTION: Notice of availability of the proposed Notice of Sale for proposed sale 224.
24. 72 FR 61371, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), 30-Day Notice of Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB); Opportunity for Public Comment, ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
OCTOBER 31, 2007
25. 72 FR 61606, Notices, ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION, Notice of Meeting
26. 72 FR 61663, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of the Secretary of the Interior, Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council; Notice of Meeting, ACTION: Notice of meeting.
27. 72 FR 61664, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [CA-930-1430-PN-252Z; CACA 42646], Notice of Realty Action: Application for Conveyance of Mineral Interests, Madera County, CA, ACTION: Notice of Realty Action.
28. 72 FR 61664, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), 30-Day Notice of Intention To Request Clearance of Collection of Information; Opportunity for Public Comment, ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
29. 72 FR 61666, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Wallowa--Whitman National Forest, Hells Canyon National Recreation Area, Baker City, OR and Thomas Burke Memorial State Museum of Wash-ington, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ACTION: Notice.
30. 72 FR 61667, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, Hells Canyon National Recreation Area, Baker City, OR; Correction, ACTION: Notice; correction.
31. 72 FR 61668, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Denver, CO, ACTION: Notice.
32. 72 FR 61669, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Intent to Repatriate a Cultural Item: Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Denver, CO, ACTION: Notice.
33. 72 FR 61669, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, WI, ACTION: Notice.
34. 72 FR 61670, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: Oregon State University Department of Anthropology, Corvallis, OR, ACTION: Notice.
35. 72 FR 61672, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains and Associated Funerary Objects in the Possession of The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg; Correction, ACTION: Notice; correction.
36. 72 FR 61672, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA, ACTION: Notice.
37. 72 FR 61673, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA, ACTION: Notice.
38. 72 FR 61674, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA, ACTION: Notice.
39. 72 FR 61674, 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, ACTION: Notice.
40. 72 FR 61675, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA and Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park, Honaunau, HI, ACTION: Notice.
41. 72 FR 61678, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (DOJ), Notice of Proposed Settlement Agreement Under the Park System Resource Protection Act.
42. 72 FR 61679, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (DOJ), Notice of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Park System Resource Protection Act.
43. 72 FR 61715, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY United States Mint, Notification of a Refund Offer for Certain 2004 United States Mint Lewis and Clark Coin and Pouch Sets That May Contain Pouches That Are Not Authentic American Indian Products.
44. 72 FR 61720, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS) Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), 44 CFR Parts 59, 61, 78, 79, 80, 201, and 206, [Docket ID FEMA-2006-0010] RIN 1660-AA36, Flood Mitigation Grants and Hazard Mitigation Planning, Part II, ACTION: Interim rule.
NOVEMBER 1, 2007
45. 72 FR 61815, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Part 600, [Docket No. 071023555-7555-01; I.D. 062906A] RIN 0648-AU46, Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; General Provisions for Domestic Fisheries; Observer Health and Safety, ACTION: Final rule.
46. 72 FR 61871, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) Department of the Army (DA) United States Army Corps of Engineers, Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for Great Salt Lake Minerals Corporation's Solar Evaporation Pond Expansion Project Within the Great Salt Lake, Box Elder County, UT, ACTION: Notice of intent.
47. 72 FR 61877, Notices, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), [FRL-8490-3], Reissuance of General NPDES Permits (GPs) for Aquaculture Facilities in Idaho Subject to Wasteload Allocations Under Selected Total Maximum Daily Loads (Permit Number IDG-13-0000), Cold Water Aquaculture Facilities in Idaho (Not Subject to Wasteload Allocations) (Permit Number IDG-13-1000), and Fish Processors Associated With Aquaculture Facilities in Idaho (Permit Number IDG-13-2000), ACTION: Final notice of issuance of three NPDES general permits.
48. 72 FR 61893, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI), Performance Review Board Appointments, ACTION: Notice of Performance Review Board Appointments.
49. 72 FR 61893, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Af-fairs Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Riverton Dome Coal Bed Natural Gas and Conventional Gas Development, Wind River Indian Reservation, Fremont County, WY, ACTION: Notice.
50. 72 FR 61897, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [ID 100 1220MA 241A: DBG081002], Notice of Public Meeting: Joint Meeting of the Boise and Twin Falls Resource Advisory Councils to the Boise and Twin Falls Districts, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior, ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
51. 72 FR 61898, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [ID-400-1110-CB-241A], Notice of Public Meeting, Coeur d'Alene District Resource Advisory Council Meeting and Recreation Subcommittee Meeting; Idaho, ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting.
52. 72 FR 61898, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [NV-930-1430-ET; NVN-83979; 7-08807], Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and Opportunity for Public Meeting; Nevada, ACTION: Notice.
53. 72 FR 61948, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, Funding Opportunity Title: Revised Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) inviting applications for the FY 2008 Funding Round of the Native American CDFI Assistance (NACA) Program.
NOVEMBER 2, 2007
54. 72 FR 62253, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of the Secretary of the Interior, Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Commission Meeting, ACTION: Notice of meeting.
55. 72 FR 62253, 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.
56. 72 FR 62254, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Coyote Springs Investment Multi-Species Habitat Conservation Plan, Clark County and Lincoln County, NV, ACTION: Notice of availability and receipt of application.
57. 72 FR 62256, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Interagency Florida Panther Response Plan, ACTION: Notice of availability: plan and environmental assessment (EA); request for public comment.
58. 72 FR 62257, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Lake Champlain Sea Lamprey Control Alternatives Workgroup, ACTION: Notice of meeting.
59. 72 FR 62258, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Notice of Availability for Draft Recovery Crediting Guidance, ACTION: Notice of availability.
60. 72 FR 62264, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Indian Gaming, ACTION: Notice of Deemed Approved Tribal-State Class III Gaming Compact.
61. 72 FR 62264, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [CO-840-07-1610-DQ-241A], Southwest Resource Advisory Council; Canyons of the Ancients National Monument Subgroup Meeting, ACTION: Notice of meeting.
62. 72 FR 62264, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [UT-921-08-1430-FR-241E; UTU-85820], Filing of State Indemnity Selection Application and Termination of Exchange Segregation; Utah, ACTION: Notice of realty action.
63. 72 FR 62265, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [NM-510-1610-DQ], Notice of Availability of Special Status Species Proposed Resource Management Plan Amendment and Final Environmental Impact Statement, New Mexico, ACTION: Notice of Availability.
64. 72 FR 62266, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [UT090-1610-012J], Notice of Availability of the Draft Resource Management Plan and Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Monticello Field Office in San Juan County, Utah, ACTION: Notice of availability.
65. 72 FR 62269, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), Scientific Committee (SC), ACTION: Notice of Vacancies and Request for Nominations.
66. 72 FR 62270, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Final General Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement, Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, Oyster Bay, NY, ACTION: Notice of availability of the Final General Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement, Sagamore Hill National Historic Site.
67. 72 FR 62271, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Final Environmental Impact Statement; Giacomini Wetlands Restoration; Point Reyes National Seashore; Marin County, CA; Notice of Approval of Record of Decision.
68. 72 FR 62271, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), General Management Plan, Final Environmental Impact Statement, Walnut Canyon National Monument, AZ, ACTION: Notice of Availability of a Record of Decision on the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the General Management Plan, Walnut Canyon National Monument.
69. 72 FR 62272, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions.
70. 72 FR 62272, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Reclamation, [FES-07-37], Colorado River Interim Guidelines for Lower Basin Shortages and Coordinated Operations for Lake Powell and Lake Mead, ACTION: Notice of Availability of a Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Colorado River Interim Guidelines for Lower Basin Shortages and Coordinated Operations for Lake Powell and Lake Mead.
71. 72 FR 62397, Presidential Documents, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, Proclamation 8196 of October 31, 2007, Title 3-- The President National American Indian Heritage Month, 2007 By the President of the United States of America, Part V, A Proclamation.