Federal Register Items of Interest to the Department of the Interior
December 3-7, 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 December 3-7, 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.
DECEMBER 3, 2007
1. 72 FR 67859, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Part 229, [Docket No. 071127755-7759-01] RIN 0648-XE20, Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Commercial Fishing Operations; Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan, ACTION: Temporary rule.
2. 72 FR 67882, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests and Thunder Basin National Grassland; Wyoming; Inyan Kara Analysis Area Vegetation Management Phase II, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement.
3. 72 FR 67914, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XE17, Marine Mammals; File No. 10040, ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit.
4. 72 FR 67947, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Central Utah Project Completion Act, ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environ-mental Assessment (EA) and Public Scoping Meeting on the Hobble Creek Habitat Restoration, Utah County, Utah, as part of the June Sucker Recovery Implementation Program.
5. 72 FR 67947, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Geological Survey, Climate Change Science Program; Meeting, ACTION: Notice of Meeting by Teleconference.
6. 72 FR 67948, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Proposed Finding Against Acknowledgment of the Juaneno Band of Mission Indians, Acjachemen (Petitioner #84A), ACTION: Notice of Proposed Finding.
7. 72 FR 67951, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Proposed Finding Against Acknowledgment of the Juaneno Band of Mission Indians (Petitioner #84B), ACTION: Notice of Proposed Finding.
8. 72 FR 67954, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [WY-060-1320-EL, WYW155132], Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the Eagle Butte West Coal Lease-by-Application, Wyoming, ACTION: Notice of Availability.
9. 72 FR 67954, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [AK-910-1310-DB-NSSI-241A], North Slope Science Initiative Science Technical Advisory Panel: Notice of Intent To Renew Charter and Call for Nominations, ACTION: Notice of intent to renew and call for nominations for the North Slope Science Initiative Science Technical Advisory Panel.
10. 72 FR 67955, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [WY-100-08-1610-DJ], Notice of Call for Nominations for the Pinedale Anticline Working Group (PAWG) as Part of the Adaptive Management Program for the Pinedale Anticline Project Area in Southwestern Wyoming, ACTION: Notice.
11. 72 FR 67956, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Privacy Act of 1974 as Amended; Notice of Proposed Addition of a New System of Records, ACTION: Notice.
12. 72 FR 67958, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), Environmental Assessment (EA), Liberty Development and Production Plan (DPP) Ultra Extended Reach Drilling From Endicott Satellite Drilling Island (SDI)--MMS 2007-054, ACTION: Notice of Availability of an Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact.
13. 72 FR 67958, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), Preparation of an Environmental Assessment (EA) for Proposed Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Lease Sale 207 in the Western Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Planning Area (2008), ACTION: Preparation of an Environmental Assessment (EA).
14. 72 FR 67959, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Na-tional Capital Region; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement to analyze the impacts associated with the exchange of lands owned by Georgetown University and the National Park Service and the impacts associated with the construction of a proposed boathouse for Georgetown University.
15. 72 FR 67970, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (DOL) Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Affirmative Decisions on Petitions for Modification, ACTION: Notice of Affirmative Decisions on Petitions for Modification Granted in Whole or in Part.
16. 72 FR 68000, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSRME), 30 CFR Parts 701, 773, 774, 778, 843, and 847, RIN 1029-AC52, Ownership and Control; Permit and Application Information; Transfer, Assignment, or Sale of Permit Rights, Part II, ACTION: Final Rule.
DECEMBER 4, 2007
17. 72 FR 68129, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XD82, Endangered and Threatened Species; 5-year Review, ACTION: Notice of availability of a 5-year review for Johnson's seagrass.
18. 72 FR 68138, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), [Docket No. CP07-208-000], Rockies Express Pipeline, LLC; Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed REX East Project, Tuesday, December 4, 2007.
19. 72 FR 68174, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge and UL Bend National Wildlife Refuge, Montana, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a comprehensive conservation plan and environmental impact statement; request for comments.
20. 72 FR 68176, 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.
21. 72 FR 68176, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Issuance of Permits, ACTION: Notice of issuance of permits for endangered species and/or marine mammals.
22. 72 FR 68177, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Receipt of Application for Approval, ACTION: Notice of receipt of application for approval; request for comment.
23. 72 FR 68177, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [MTM 21943], Notice of Proposed Withdrawal Extension and Opportunity for Public Meeting; Montana, ACTION: Notice.
24. 72 FR 68178, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Extension of Concession Contracts, ACTION: Public notice.
25. 72 FR 68178, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Continuation of Visitor Services, ACTION: Public notice.
26. 72 FR 68179, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions, Tuesday, December 4, 2007.
27. 72 FR 68203, 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 Unrestricted Release of the Department of the Army, U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command, Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center, Building 611b Facility in Picatinny, NJ, ACTION: Issuance of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Amendment.
DECEMBER 5, 2007
28. 72 FR 68491, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Bureau of Indian Education, 25 CFR Part 36, RIN 1076-AE51, Homeliving Programs, ACTION: Final Rule.
29. 72 FR 68598, Notices, NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC), [Docket Nos. 50-387 and 50-388], PPL Susquehanna, LLC; Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2; Draft Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact Related to the Proposed License Amendment To Increase the Maximum Reactor Power Level, ACTION: Notice of Opportunity for Public Comment.
DECEMBER 6, 2007
30. 72 FR 68743, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Natural Resources and Environment Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), 7 CFR Part 613, Plant Materials Centers, ACTION: Final rule.
31. 72 FR 68892, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Banks Lake National Wildlife Refuge, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a comprehensive conservation plan and environmental assessment for Banks Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Lanier County, Georgia.
32. 72 FR 68893, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Receipt of Application for an Enhancement of Survival Permit Associated With the Reintroduction of Black-Footed Ferrets on the Northern Cheyenne Tribal Lands in Montana, ACTION: Notice of availability and receipt of application.
33. 72 FR 68893, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [OR-930-6350-DQ-047H], Notice of Extension of Comment Period for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Revision of Resource Management Plans of the Western Oregon Bureau of Land Management Districts, ACTION: Notice of extension.
34. 72 FR 68894, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [CA 680-07-5101-ER B241] [CACA 48254], Granite Mountain LLC Wind Farm, California Desert District, Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement/Notice of Preparation of an Environmental Impact Report and To Amend the California Desert Conservation Area Plan, ACTION: Notice of intent.
35. 72 FR 68895, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [NM-210-1430-ES; NMNM 115587], Notice of Realty Action--Recreation and Public Purpose Act Classification, New Mexico, ACTION: Notice of R and PP lease and or patent of public land in San Juan County; New Mexico.
36. 72 FR 68896, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Reclamation, California Bay-Delta Public Advisory Committee Public Meeting Cancellation; Federal Register: November 9, 2007 (Vol-ume 72, Number 217) [Notices] Page 63628-63629] [DOCID:fr09no07-94] [FR Doc. 07-5597 Filed 11-8-07; 8:45 am], ACTION: Notice of meeting cancellation.
37. 72 FR 69034, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Review of Native Species That Are Candidates for Listing as Endangered or Threatened; Annual Notice of Findings on Resubmitted Petitions; Annual Description of Progress on Listing Actions, Part III, ACTION: Notice of review.
DECEMBER 7, 2007
38. 72 FR 69215, Notices, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), [ER-FRL-6693-8], Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments.
39. 72 FR 69223, 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.
40. 72 FR 69224, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development, Submission of Paperwork Reduction Act Request to Office of Management and Budget, ACTION: Notice.
41. 72 FR 69225, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Emergency Closure Notice, ACTION: Emergency closure of public lands in Yuba County, California.
42. 72 FR 69225, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [AK-040-07-1610-DQ-087L], Notice of Availability of the Bay Proposed Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement, ACTION: Notice of Availability.
43. 72 FR 69226, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [CA-670-07-1610-DQ], Notice of Availability of Eastern San Diego County Proposed Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement, California, ACTION: Notice of availability.
44. 72 FR 69234, Notices, NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC), [Docket No.: 70-27], BWX Technologies, Inc.; Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact Related to Proposed Issuance of an Exemption From 10 CFR 70.24 Requirements, ACTION: Environmental assessment (EA) and finding of no significant impact (FONSI).