Federal Register Items of Interest to the Department of the Interior
January 21 - 25, 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 21-25, 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 21, 2008
Federal HolidayJANUARY 22, 2008
1. 73 FR 3626, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), 18 CFR Part 11, [RM08-6-000], Update of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Fees Schedule for Annual Charges for the Use of Government Lands, ACTION: Final rule; update of Federal land use fees.
2. 73 FR 3689, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Umpqua National Forest, Douglas County, Oregon; D-Bug Hazard Reduction Timber Sale Project, ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement.
3. 73 FR 3702, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad-ministration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XF08, International Whaling Commission; Intersessional Meeting on the Future of the International Whaling Commission; Nominations, ACTION: Notice; request for nominations.
4. 73 FR 3714, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), [Docket No. CP08-5-000], Southern Natural Gas Company Magnolia Enterprise Holdings, Inc.; Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed AGL-Brunswick Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues.
5. 73 FR 3716, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), [Docket No. CP08-27-000], Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Carthage Expansion Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues.
6. 73 FR 3718, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), [Docket No. PF07-16-000], UGI LNG, Inc.; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Temple LNG Plant Expansion Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues.
7. 73 FR 3746, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Proposed Information Collection; Alaska Guide Service Evaluation, ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
8. 73 FR 3753, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Lake Champlain Sea Lamprey Control Alternatives Workgroup, ACTION: Notice of meeting.
9. 73 FR 3753, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [C0-100-07-0777-XX], Notice of Public Meetings, Northwest Colorado Resource Advisory Council Meetings, ACTION: Notice of Public Meetings.
10. 73 FR 3754, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [MT-060-1430-ET; MTM 68761], Notice of Proposed Withdrawal Extension and Opportunity for Public Meeting; Montana, ACTION: Notice.
11. 73 FR 3754, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI), National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions.
12. 73 FR 3757, Notices, NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC), [Docket No. 50-133], Environ-mental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact Related to Issuance of Exemption for the Humboldt Bay Power Plant Unit 3 License DPR-007, Humboldt, CA, ACTION: Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact.
JANUARY 23, 2008
13. 73 FR 3894, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of Surface Mining Rec-lamation and Enforcement (OSRME), 30 CFR Part 916, [Docket No. OSM-2008-0001; Sats No. KS-024-FOR], Kansas Regulatory Program, ACTION: Proposed rule; public comment period and opportunity for public hearing on proposed amendment.
14. 73 FR 3991, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of the Secretary of the Interior, Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Commission; Notice of Meeting.
15. 73 FR 3991, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Initiation of 5-Year Reviews of 10 Listed Species, ACTION: Notice of Review; Request for Information.
16. 73 FR 3993, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Sears Point Wetland and Watershed Restoration Project, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement.
17. 73 FR 3994, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [CA-169-1220-PG], Notice of Public Meeting, Carrizo Plain National Monument Advisory Committee.
18. 73 FR 3995, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL and Southwest Florida Water Management District, Brooksville, FL, ACTION: Notice.
19. 73 FR 3996, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Gila National Forest, Silver City, NM and Southwest Museum of the American Indian, Autry National Center, Los Angeles, CA; Correction, ACTION: Notice; correction.
20. 73 FR 4040, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Finding of No Significant Impact, ACTION: Environmental Finding Document: Finding of No Significant Impact; Notice.
JANUARY 24, 2008
21. 73 FR 4118, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Part 229, Docket No. 080117051-8053-01 RIN 0648-XF17, Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Commercial Fishing Operations; Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan, ACTION: Temporary rule.
22. 73 FR 4175, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Wasatch-Cache National Forest, UT; West Bear Landscape Management Project, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a supplemental environmental impact statement to the West Bear Vegetation Management Project.
23. 73 FR 4176, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XE29, Endangered and Threatened Species; Recovery Plans; Final Recovery Plan for Southern Resident Killer Whales, ACTION: Notice of availability.
24. 73 FR 4178, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), RIN 0648-XE30, Notice of Intent to Conduct Public Scoping and Prepare an Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/EIS) Regarding the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California, ACTION: Notice of intent.
25. 73 FR 4235, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS) Indian Health Service, Native American Research Centers for Health (NARCH) Grants.
26. 73 FR 4264, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), ES-956-07-1910-4482; Group No. 29, Illinois, Eastern States: Filing of Plat of Survey, ACTION: Notice of filing of plat of survey; Minnesota.
27. 73 FR 4264, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), ID-200-1120-DD-241A , Notice of Public Meeting, Twin Falls District Resource Advisory Council Meeting, Idaho, ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
28. 73 FR 4265, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), CO-922-08-1310-FI; COC65947, Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease, ACTION: Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease.
29. 73 FR 4265, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), ID-110-1430-EU 241A; DBG-08-1005, Notice of Realty Action; Direct and Competitive Sales of Public Land, Idaho and Proposed Plan Amendment, ACTION: Notice of Realty Action and Proposed Plan Amendment.
30. 73 FR 4302, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Environmental Impact Statement: Mariposa County, CA, ACTION: Notice of Intent.
31. 73 FR 4380, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wild-life Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, FWS-R8-ES-2008-0002; 1111 FY07 MO;ABC Code: B2, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 12-Month Finding on a Petition To List the Siskiyou Mountains Salamander (Plethodon stormi) and Scott Bar Salamander (Plethodon asupak) as Threatened or Endangered, Part III, ACTION: Notice of 12-month petition finding.
JANUARY 25, 2008
32. 73 FR 4540, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XE98, Endangered Species; File No. 10101, ACTION: Notice; receipt of application.
33. 73 FR 4540, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XE56, Marine Mammals and Endangered Species; National Marine Fisheries Service File No. 10074; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service File No. PRT-165304, ACTION: Notice; receipt of application.
34. 73 FR 4544, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education; Overview Information: Alaska Native Education Program; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2008.
35. 73 FR 4559, Notices, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), [ER--FRL-6695-4], Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments.
36. 73 FR 4561, Notices, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), [ER-FRL-6695-3], Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability.
37. 73 FR 4592, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS) Indian Health Service, Loan Repayment Program for Repayment of Health Professions Educational Loans.
38. 73 FR 4614, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI), Truckee River Operating Agreement, California and Nevada, ACTION: Notice of Availability for a Final Environmental Impact Statement/ Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR).
39. 73 FR 4615, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R4-R-2008-N0019; 40136-1265-0000-S3], Logan Cave National Wildlife Refuge, ACTION: Notice of availability of the Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment.
40. 73 FR 4616, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Rice Lake and Mille Lacs National Wildlife Refuges (NWRs); Aitkin, Pine, and Mille Lacs Counties, MN, ACTION: Notice of availability; final comprehensive conservation plan and finding of no significant impact for environmental assessment.
41. 73 FR 4617, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, ACTION: Notice of availability of the draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a Proposed Land Exchange in Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, and announcement of Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act subsistence hearings.
42. 73 FR 4619, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Michigan DNR: Application for an Incidental Take Permit, ACTION: Notice of Availability of a Draft Habitat Conservation Plan and Draft Environmental Assessment for the Karner blue butterfly; receipt of application for an incidental take permit; request for comments.
43. 73 FR 4620, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Geological Survey, Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request, ACTION: Proposed extension of an information collection (1028-0078).
44. 73 FR 4621, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [WO-320-1330-PB-24 1A], Extension of Approval Information Collection, OMB Control Number 1004-0169, ACTION: Extension of Approved Information Collection, OMB Control Number 1004-0169.
45. 73 FR 4622, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (GSENM), [UT-030-08-1610-PH-24-1A], Notice of Resource Advisory Committee Meeting, ACTION: Notice of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Advisory Committee (GSENMAC) Meeting.
46. 73 FR 4622, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [NM-910-08-0777-XX], Notice of Public Meeting, New Mexico Resource Advisory Council Meeting, ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
47. 73 FR 4623, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [WO-260-08-1060-XO-24 1A], Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board; Meeting, ACTION: Announcement of meeting.
48. 73 FR 4624, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [WY-030-1430-FR; WYW-160261], Notice of Realty Action; Modified Competitive Sale of Public Lands in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, ACTION: Notice of realty action.
49. 73 FR 4626, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [CO-922-08-1310-FI; COC65790], Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease, ACTION: Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease.
50. 73 FR 4638, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (DOL) Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Petitions for Modification, ACTION: Notice of petitions for modification of existing mandatory safety standards.