Federal Register Items of Interest to the Department of the Interior
November 5-9, 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 November 5-9, 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.
NOVEMBER 5, 2007
1. 72 FR 62441, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XD57, Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS); Pelagic Longline Research, ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
2. 72 FR 62465, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), [Docket No. PF07-13-000], Palomar Gas Transmission, LLC; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Palomar Gas Transmission Project; Request for Comments on Environmental Issues and Notice of Public Meetings
3. 72 FR 62484, 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.
4. 72 FR 62485, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Oregon Parks and Recreation Department Habitat Conservation Plan for the Western Snowy Plover Along the Oregon Coast, ACTION: Notice of availability; receipt of application.
5. 72 FR 62486, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Bureau of Indian Education, Submission of Information Collection to OMB for Approval, ACTION: Notice.
6. 72 FR 62487, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [CA-670-1220-NU], Emergency Closure of Selected Public Lands in Eastern San Diego County, CA, ACTION: Notice of Emergency Closure of Selected Public Lands in Eastern San Diego County, California.
7. 72 FR 62487, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [AK-910-07-1739-NSSI], Notice of Minor Amendments to the Charter of the Technical Advisory Panel for the North Slope Science Initiative and Call for Nominations, ACTION: Notice of Minor Amendments to the Charter and Call for Nominations.
8. 72 FR 62488, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [UT050-1610-012J], Correction to Notice of Availability of the Draft Resource Management Plan (DRMP) and Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Richfield Field Office in Garfield, Piute, Sanpete, Sevier, and Wayne Counties, UT (Federal Register: October 26, 2007, Volume 72, Number 207, Page 60879-60881), ACTION: Correction.
9. 72 FR 62489, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [UT-020-5101-ER7-J217], Correction to Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement to Analyze PacifiCorp's Mona to Oquirrh Double-Circuit 50/345 Kilovolt (kV) Transmission Line, UT-82829, and Amend the Pony Express Resource Management Plan for the Salt Lake Field Office, Utah. (Federal Register; October 16, 2007, Volume 72, Number 199, Page 58681-58682), ACTION: Correction notice.
10. 72 FR 62489, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), 60-Day Notice of Intention To Request Clearance of Collection of Information; Opportunity for Public Comment, ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
11. 72 FR 62490, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), 30-Day Notice of Submission to the Office of Management and Budget; Opportunity for Public Comment, ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
12. 72 FR 62492, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), National Capital Region; Notice/Request for Comments--The Lighting of the National Christmas Tree Event
13. 72 FR 62492, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS) ORV Advisory Committee, First Meeting of the Big Cypress National Preserve Off-Road Vehicle (ORV) Advisory Committee, ACTION: Notice of meeting.
14. 72 FR 62492, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS) Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area Advisory Council; Notice of Public Meeting, ACTION: Notice of meeting.
NOVEMBER 6, 2007
15. 72 FR 62587, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra-tion (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Part 229, [Docket No. 071030629-7630-01] RIN 0648-XD72, Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Commercial Fishing Operations; Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan, ACTION: Temporary rule.
16. 72 FR 62633, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Notice; Preparation of a Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument Natural Resources Science Plan
17. 72 FR 62634, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) Department of the Army (DA) United States Army Corps of Engineers, Notice of Availability of a Supplement to the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) for the Proposed Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Phosphate Mine Continuation Near Aurora, in Beaufort County, NC, ACTION: Notice.
18. 72 FR 62641, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), [Docket Nos. CP07-8-000; CP07-8-001; CP07-8-002], Guardian Pipeline, L.L.C; Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact State-ment for the Guardian Expansion and Extension Project
19. 72 FR 62643, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), [Docket No. CP07-448-000], El Paso Natural Gas Company; Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Picacho Compressor Station Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues
20. 72 FR 62669, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [MT-922-08-1310-FI-P; MTM 93133], Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease MTM 93133, ACTION: Notice.
21. 72 FR 62669, 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.
22. 72 FR 62671, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [CACA 48668; CA-690-07-5101-ER-B240], Notice of Intent to Prepare a Joint Environmental Impact Statement and Final Staff Assessment, and Amend the California Desert Conservation Area Plan; California, ACTION: Notice of Intent.
23. 72 FR 62672, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), Alternative Energy and Alternate Use Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement, ACTION: Notice of Availability (NOA) of the Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).
24. 72 FR 62673, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), Request for Information and Nominations of Areas for Leases Authorizing Alternative Energy Resource Assessment and Technology Testing Activities Pursuant to Subsection 8(p) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, as Amended, ACTION: Request for information and nominations.
25. 72 FR 62736, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, RIN 1018-AV79, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Critical Habitat Revised Designation for the Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow, Part II, ACTION: Final rule.
NOVEMBER 7, 2007
26. 72 FR 62863, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [WO-260-09-1060-00-24 1A], Notice of Extension for the Call for Nominations for the Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board, ACTION: Notice of Extension.
27. 72 FR 62880, Notices, NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC), [Docket No. 70-143], Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc. Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact Related to Proposed License Amendment Authorizing Increased Possession Limit, ACTION: Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact.
28. 72 FR 62992, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, RIN 1018-AV64, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Revised Proposed Rule To Amend the Listing for the Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse (Zapus hudsonius preblei) To Specify Over What Portion of Its Range the Subspecies Is Threatened, Part III, ACTION: Revised proposed rule.
NOVEMBER 8, 2007
29. 72 FR 63123, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Response to Court on Significant Portion of the Range, and Evaluation of Distinct Population Segments, for the Queen Charlotte Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis laingi), ACTION: Response to court on significant portion of the range, and evaluation of distinct population segments.
30. 72 FR 63155, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), 30 CFR Part 250, Notice of Public Workshop To Discuss the Possible Need for Suspension of Operations Specifically Related to High Pressure or High Temperature Equipment, ACTION: Notice of Public Workshop.
31. 72 FR 63169, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE), Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Mesaba Energy Project, ACTION: Notice of Availability and public hearings.
32. 72 FR 63183, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [OR-030-1020-PG; HAG 08-0004], Meeting Notice for the John Day/Snake Resource Advisory Council, ACTION: Meeting Notice for the John Day/Snake Resource Advisory Council.
33. 72 FR 63184, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Reclamation, List of Programs Eligible for Inclu-sion in Fiscal Year 2008 Funding Agreements to be Negotiated with Self-Governance Tribes, ACTION: Notice.
34. 72 FR 63203, Notices, NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC), [Docket No.: 050-00312], Notice of Availability of Final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact Related to the License Termination Plan for the Rancho Seco Nuclear Generating Station, ACTION: Notice of Availability and Finding of No Significant Impact.
NOVEMBER 9, 2007
35. 72 FR 63529, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (DOL) Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), 30 CFR Part 49, RIN 1219-AB56, Mine Rescue Team Equipment, ACTION: Extension of comment period.
36. 72 FR 63530, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (DOL) Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), 30 CFR Parts 49 and 75, RIN 1219-AB53, Mine Rescue Teams, ACTION: Extension of comment period.
37. 72 FR 63537, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Part 223, [Docket No. 071030628-7631-01] RIN 0648-AV84, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife; Sea Turtle Conservation, ACTION: Proposed rule; request for comments.
38. 72 FR 63548, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Roosevelt/Duchesne and Flaming Gorge Ranger Districts Travel Management Plan, Ashley National Forest; Duchesne, Daggett, and Summit Counties, UT, and Sweetwater County, WY, ACTION: Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement.
39. 72 FR 63551, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Vernal Ranger District Travel Management Plan, Ashley National Forest; Uintah, Duchesne, and Daggett Counties, UT, ACTION: Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement.
40. 72 FR 63561, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) Department of the Army (DA) United States Army Corps of Engineers, Intent To Prepare Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Revised Water Control Manuals for the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin, ACTION: Notice of intent.
41. 72 FR 63566, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), [Docket Nos. CP07-398-001 and CP07-401-000], Gulf Crossing Pipeline Company, LLC and Gulf South Pipeline Company, L.P.; Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Gulf Crossing Project.
42. 72 FR 63567, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), [Docket No. CP08-2-000], El Paso Natural Gas Company; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Eunice Replacement Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues.
43. 72 FR 63569, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), [Docket No. CP08-4-000], Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc.; Notice of Intent To Prepare An Environmental Assessment for the Proposed South Welda Storage Field Expansion Project and Request for Comments On Environmental Issues,
44. 72 FR 63579, Notices, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), [ER-FRL-6692-7], Environmental Impacts Statements; Notice of Availability,
45. 72 FR 63623, 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.
46. 72 FR 63624, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Sporting Conservation Council, ACTION: Notice of meeting.
47. 72 FR 63624, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [F-14831-A, F-14831-A2; AK-964-1410-HY-P], Alaska Native Claims Selection, ACTION: Notice of decision approving lands for conveyance.
48. 72 FR 63624, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [UTU 85338], Notice of Proposed Land Transfer; Utah, ACTION: Notice of Realty Action.
49. 72 FR 63625, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [NV-025-1220-PC; 8-08807], Notice of Proposed Supplementary Rules on Public Land in Nevada, ACTION: Proposed supplementary rules for certain public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management, Black Rock Desert-High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area, associated congressionally-designated wilderness and other contiguous lands, in Humboldt, Pershing and Washoe counties, Nevada.
50. 72 FR 63628, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Reclamation, California Bay-Delta Public Advisory Committee Public Meeting, ACTION: Notice of meeting.
51. 72 FR 63642, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Environmental Impact Statement: Worcester County, MD, ACTION: Notice of intent.