Federal Register Items of Interest to the Department of the Interior
November 12-16, 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 12-16, 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 12, 2007
Federal Holiday
NOVEMBER 13, 2007
1. 72 FR 63824, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Part 229, [Docket No. 071018614-7665-02] RIN 0648-XD56, Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Commercial Fishing Operations; Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan, ACTION: Temporary rule; extension of temporary area and gear restrictions.
2. 72 FR 63889, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XD78, Endangered and Threatened Species; Take of Anadromous Fish, ACTION: Applications for three scientific research permits and three permit renewals.
3. 72 FR 63921, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Take of Migrant Peregrine Falcons in the United States for Use in Falconry, ACTION: Notice of availability.
4. 72 FR 63922, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Final Recirculated Environmental Impact Report/Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Coachella Valley Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan and Natural Community Conservation Plan, Riverside County, CA, ACTION: Notice of availability; final recirculated environmental impact report/supplemental environmental impact statement and multiple species habitat conservation plan.
5. 72 FR 63924, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Proclaiming Certain Lands as Reservation for the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Indians of Michigan, ACTION: Notice of Reservation Proclamation.
6. 72 FR 63924, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [OR-116-5882-PA; HAG-07-0130], Emergency Closures and Restrictions on Public Land in Oregon, ACTION: Emergency Closures and Restrictions.
7. 72 FR 63926, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [CO-140-08-1610-DP], Notice of Public Meeting, Northwest Colorado Resource Advisory Council Subcommittees for the Kremmling Resource Management Plan Revision, ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting.
8. 72 FR 63926, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions.
9. 72 FR 63934, Notices, NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC), [Docket No. 40-8905], Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for Cell 2 Expansion Reclamation Plan License Amendment; Rio Algom Mining LLC, Ambrosia Lake, NM, ACTION: Notice of availability.
NOVEMBER 14, 2007
10. 72 FR 64084, 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; National Wildlife Refuge System Evaluation: Surveys of State Agencies, Indian Tribes, and Local Partners, ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
11. 72 FR 64086, 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.
12. 72 FR 64086, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), Environmental Assessment (EA), Beaufort Sea Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Deep-Penetration Seismic Survey--2007, ACTION: Notice of Availability of an Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact.
13. 72 FR 64086, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), Environmental Documents Prepared for Proposed Oil and Gas Operations on the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), ACTION: Notice of the Availability of Environmental Documents. Prepared for OCS Mineral Proposals on the Gulf of Mexico OCS.
14. 72 FR 64087, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), Notice on Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sales, ACTION: List of restricted joint bidders.
NOVEMBER 15, 2007
15. 72 FR 64196, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), [Docket No.: 071107681-7682-01], Extension of the Award Period for Certain Native American Business Enterprise Centers, ACTION: Notice.
16. 72 FR 64208, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), [Docket No. CP07-447-000], Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Ogden Compressor Replacement Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues.
17. 72 FR 64236, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge, ACTION: Notice of availability of the Final Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Finding of No Significant Impact.
18. 72 FR 64236, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [WO-250-1220-PM-24 1A], 60-Day Notice of Intention To Request Clearance of Collection of Information; Opportunity for Public Comment, ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
19. 72 FR 64238, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), [Docket No. MMS-2007-OMM-0063], MMS Information Collection Activity: 1010-0151 (30 CFR 250, Subpart B) Plans and Information, Extension of a Collection; Comment Request, ACTION: Notice of extension of an information collection (1010-0151).
20. 72 FR 64240, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Committee for the Preservation of the White House; Notice of Public Meeting, ACTION: Notice of meeting.
21. 72 FR 64286, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, RIN 1018-AU87, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for Five Endangered and Two Threatened Mussels in Four Northeast Gulf of Mexico Drainages, Part II, ACTION: Final rule.
NOVEMBER 16, 2007
22. 72 FR 64545, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Indian Gaming Commission, 25 CFR Parts 502, 542, 543, 546, and 547, Notice of Extension of Comment Period
23. 72 FR 64563, Proposed Rules, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), 40 CFR Part 55, [OAR-2004-0091; FRL-8496-1], Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulations Consistency Update for California, ACTION: Proposed rule--Consistency Update.
24. 72 FR 64584, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XD91, Endangered Species; File No. 10027, ACTION: Notice; receipt of application.
25. 72 FR 64585, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), [Docket No. 071017603-7604-01] RIN 0648-XD12, Listing Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Designating Critical Habitat; 90-day Finding for a Petition to Reclassify the Loggerhead Turtle in the North Pacific Ocean as a Distinct Population Segment with Endangered Status and to Designate Critical Habitat, ACTION: Notice of petition finding; request for information and comments.
26. 72 FR 64587, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) Department of the Army (DA) United States Army Corps of Engineers, Availability of the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Rueter-Hess Reservoir Expansion Project, Parker, CO, ACTION: Notice of availability.
27. 72 FR 64591, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Notice of Availability of the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for the Designation of Energy Corridors in Eleven Western States and Notice of Public Hearings, ACTION: Notice of Availability of the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for the Designation of Energy Corridors in Eleven Western States and Notice of Public Hearings.
28. 72 FR 64617, Notices, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), [ER-FRL-6693-1], Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments.
29. 72 FR 64618, Notices, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), [ER-FRL-6692-9], Environmental Impacts Statements; Notice of Availability.
30. 72 FR 64663, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS) Border and Transportation Security Directorate Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, Notice of Availability and Public Open House Announcement for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Construction, Maintenance, and Operation of Tactical Infrastructure, U.S. Border Patrol, Rio Grande Valley Sector, Texas, ACTION: Notice of Availability.
31. 72 FR 64665, 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.
32. 72 FR 64665, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [AZ-330-08-1232-EA, AZ-SRP-330-07-01 and AZ-SRP-330-07-02], Temporary Closure of Selected Public Lands in La Paz County, AZ, ACTION: Temporary Closure of Selected Public Lands in La Paz County, Arizona, during the operation of the 2008 Parker 250 and Parker 425 Desert Races.
33. 72 FR 64666, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Notice of Availability (NOA) of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Bald Mountain Ski Resort Master Development Plan EIS, ACTION: Notice of availability.
34. 72 FR 64667, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, [ID 320 7122 EO 7979], Notice of Extension for the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Smoky Canyon Mine, Panels F and G, ACTION: Notice of Extension for the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Smoky Canyon Mine, Panels F and G Mine Expansion Project.
35. 72 FR 64668, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [AZ-910-0777-XP-241A], State of Arizona Resource Advisory Council Meeting, ACTION: Notice of Arizona Resource Advisory Council Meeting.
36. 72 FR 64668, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [NM220-1430 EU; NM-114188 and NM-117236], Direct Sale of Public Land in San Miguel County, NM, ACTION: Notice of realty action.
37. 72 FR 64669, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Reclamation, Change in Discount Rate for Water Resources Planning, ACTION: Notice of Change.
38. 72 FR 64669, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (DOJ), Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act.