Federal Register Items of Interest to the Department of the Interior
January 7 - 11, 2008
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 January 7-11, 2008. 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.
JANUARY 7, 2008
1. 73 FR 1135, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, 36 CFR Part 294, RIN 0596-AC62, Special Areas; Roadless Area Conservation; Applicability to the National Forests in Idaho, ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; request for comment.
2. 73 FR 1198, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), [Docket No. APHIS-2007-0044], Environmental Impact Statement; Determination of Regulated Status of Alfalfa Genetically Engineered for Tolerance to the Herbicide Glyphosate, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement and proposed scope of study.
3. 73 FR 1227, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Catahoula National Wildlife Refuge, ACTION: Notice of availability of the Final Comprehensive Conservation Plan for Catahoula National Wildlife Refuge in LaSalle and Catahoula Parishes, Louisiana.
4. 73 FR 1228, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Vieques National Wildlife Refuge, Vieques, PR, ACTION: Notice of availability: Record of decision.
5. 73 FR 1229, 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.
JANUARY 8, 2008
6. 73 FR 1312, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, [FWS-R8-ES-2007-0022; 1111 FY07 MO; ABC Code: B2], Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 90-Day Finding on a Petition To List the Pygmy Rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis) as Threatened or Endangered, ACTION: Notice of petition finding and initiation of status review.
7. 73 FR 1317, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, OR; Westside Rangeland Analysis, ACTION: Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement.
8. 73 FR 1334, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), [Docket No. CP07-207-000], Colorado Interstate Gas Company; Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed High Plains Expansion Project.
9. 73 FR 1340, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), [Project No. 10854-080], Upper Peninsula Power Company; Notice of Application and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests.
10. 73 FR 1364, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [WO-320-1330-PB-24 1A], Extension of Approved Information Collection, OMB Control Number 1004-0103, ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
11. 73 FR 1365, 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.
12. 73 FR 1365, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [MT-079-08-1010-PH], Notice of Public Meeting, Western Montana Resource Advisory Council Meeting, ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting.
13. 73 FR 1365, Notices, UNITED STATES SECTION=UNITED STATES-MEXICO INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION-UNITED STATES SECTION, Notice of Availability of Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement, Improvements to the USIBWC Rio Grande Flood Control Projects along the Texas-Mexico Border, ACTION: Notice of Availability of Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement.
14. 73 FR 1367, Notices, NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC), [Docket No. 40-8964], Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for the Addition of the SR-2 Satellite Facility To Power Resources, Inc's Smith Ranch-Highlands Uranium Project, Converse County, WY, ACTION: Notice of availability.
15. 73 FR 1397, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Transit Administration, Preparation of an Alternatives Analysis/Environmental Impact Statement for High-Capacity Transit Improvements in the Tempe South Corridor, ACTION: Notice of Intent To Prepare an Alternatives Analysis/Environmental Impact Statement.
JANUARY 9, 2008
16. 73 FR 1525, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, [FWS-R8-ES-2007-0026; 92210-1117-0000; ABC Code: B4] RIN 1018-AU83, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for the Monterey Spineflower (Chorizanthe pungens var. pungens), ACTION: Final rule.
17. 73 FR 1554, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Part 679, [Docket No. 070213032-7032-01] RIN 0648-XE80, Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; In-season Adjustment to the 2008 Gulf of Alaska Pacific Cod Total Allowable Catch Amount, ACTION: Temporary rule; inseason adjustment; request for comments.
18. 73 FR 1578, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) International Trade Administration (ITA) Import Administration, [C-533-821], Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from India: Notice of Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review
19. 73 FR 1602, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) Department of the Navy, Record of Decision for Kilo Wharf Extension (MILCON P-502) at Apra Harbor Naval Complex, Guam, Mariana Islands, ACTION: Notice of Record of Decision.
20. 73 FR 1642, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [OR-027-1020-PI-020H; G-08-0039], Notice of Public Meetings for the Steens Mountain Advisory Council, ACTION: Notice of Public Meetings.
21. 73 FR 1643, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Anacostia Park Wetlands Management Plan With Goose Management Strategies, ACTION: Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Anacostia Park Wetlands Management Plan With Goose Management Strategies.
JANUARY 10, 2008
22. 73 FR 1855, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, [FWS-R8-ES-2007-0023; 1111 FY07 MO; ABC Code B2], Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 90-Day Finding on Petition To List the Amargosa River Population of the Mojave Fringe-Toed Lizard (Uma scoparia) as Threatened or Endangered With Critical Habitat, ACTION: Notice of 90-day petition finding and initiation of status review.
23. 73 FR 1869, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), [Docket No. CP08-29-000], Vector Pipeline L.P.; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Athens Compressor Expansion Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues.
24. 73 FR 1893, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R1-ES-2007-N0005], Proposed Safe Harbor Agreement for the Guam Rail on Cocos Island, Guam, ACTION: Receipt of application; notice of availability.
25. 73 FR 1894, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), Record of Decision for the Final "Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Alternative Energy Development and Production and Alternate Use of Facilities on the Outer Continental Shelf", ACTION: Notice of Availability of a Record of Decision (ROD).
JANUARY 11, 2008
26. 73 FR 1983, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSRME), 30 CFR Part 931, [Docket ID: OSM-2007-0021; SATS No. NM-047-FOR], New Mexico Regulatory Program, ACTION: Proposed rule; public comment period and opportunity for public hearing on proposed amendment.
27. 73 FR 1986, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Part 224, [Docket No. 071128765-7769-01] RIN 0648-AW32, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Proposed Endangered Status for Black Abalone, ACTION: Proposed rule; request for comments.
28. 73 FR 2002, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Nebraska Travel Management Rule Implementation Project; Nebraska National Forest, Nebraska and South Dakota, ACTION: Notice; Intent to Prepare Environmental Impact Statement.
29. 73 FR 2011, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) Department of the Army (DA) United States Army Corps of Engineers, Notice of Availability for the Final Environmental Impact Statement for Widening of the Freeport Ship Channel in Freeport, Brazoria County, TX, ACTION: Notice of availability.
30. 73 FR 2013, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) Department of the Army (DA) United States Army Corps of Engineers, Intent To Prepare a Draft Feasibility Study and Environmental Impact Statement for Modification of the Coos Bay Navigational Channel, Coos County, OR, ACTION: Notice.
31. 73 FR 2014, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) Department of the Army (DA) United States Army Corps of Engineers, Estuary Habitat Restoration Council; Open Meeting, ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
32. 73 FR 2045, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS) Office of Human Development Services Administration for Native Americans, Public Comment on the Proposed Adoption of ANA Program Policies and Procedures, ACTION: Notice of Public Comment on the Proposed Adoption of ANA Program Policies and Procedures.
33. 73 FR 2060, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of the Secretary of the Interior, Establishment of National Geospatial Advisory Committee, ACTION: Notice of Establishment of National Geospatial Advisory Committee.
34. 73 FR 2060, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [F-14857-B, F-14857-C2; AK-964-1410-HY-P], Alaska Native Claims Selection, ACTION: Notice of decision approving lands for conveyance.
35. 73 FR 2061, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [WY-010-07-5440], Notice of Availability of Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Westside Irrigation District Land Conveyance Project, Big Horn and Washakie Counties, WY, ACTION: Notice of Availability (NOA) of Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS).
36. 73 FR 2062, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [CACA-47658, CA-670-5101-ER-B204], Notice of Availability of Draft Environmental Impact; Statement/Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) and Draft Land Use Plan Amendments/for the Proposed Sunrise Powerlink Project, ACTION: Notice of Availability.
37. 73 FR 2063, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [NV-912-1640-PH; 08-08807; TAS: 14X1109], Notice Public Meetings: Sierra Front Northwestern Basin Resource Advisory Council, Nevada, ACTION: Announcement of meetings.
38. 73 FR 2063, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [ID-210-1220-MA], Notice of Emergency Closure of Certain Public Lands to Motorized Vehicles in Twin Falls and Owyhee Counties, ID and Elko County, NV, Under Murphy Complex Emergency Stabilization and Rehabilitation Plan, ACTION: Notice of Closure-Emergency/Safety.
39. 73 FR 2064, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Minor Boundary Revision at Mesa Verde National Park, ACTION: Announcement of Park Boundary Revision.
40. 73 FR 2065, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions.
41. 73 FR 2066, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSRME), Notice of Proposed Information Collection, ACTION: Notice and request for comments.