Federal Register Items of Interest to the Department of the Interior
February 18 - 22, 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 February 18-22, 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.
FEBRUARY 18, 2008
Federal Holiday
FEBRUARY 19, 2008
1. 73 FR 9078, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, [FWS-R1-ES-2008-0016; 1111 FY07 MO-B2] RIN 1018-AV00, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Listing Phyllostegia hispida (No Common Name) as Endangered Throughout Its Range, ACTION: Proposed rule; request for public comments.
2. 73 FR 9092, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XA81, Small Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Construction and Operation of a Liquefied Natural Gas Facility off Massachusetts, ACTION: Notice; proposed incidental harassment authorization; receipt of application for letter of authorization; request for comments and information.
3. 73 FR 9103, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) Department of the Army (DA) United States Army Corps of Engineers, Notice of Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement on Rock Mining in Wetlands in Levy County, FL, ACTION: Notice of intent.
4. 73 FR 9139, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), Agency Information Collection Activities: Submitted for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review; Comment Request, ACTION: Notice of extension of an information collection (1010-0150).
5. 73 FR 9140, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions
FEBRUARY 20, 2008
6. 73 FR 9296, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Northeast Fisheries Science Center Program Office (NEFSC), [Docket No. 080211154-8161-01] RIN 0648-XF53, 2008 Sea Scallop Research Set-Aside Program, ACTION: Notice of funding availability.
7. 73 FR 9315, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), [Docket No. CP07-53-001], Downeast Pipeline, LLC.; Supplemental Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Downeast LNG Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues Related to the Modification of the Proposed Pipeline Route,
8. 73 FR 9351, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Availability of Final Comprehensive Conservation Plan for Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge Complex, Medicine Lake, MT, ACTION: Notice of availability.
9. 73 FR 9352, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R9-EA-2008-N0025], Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council, ACTION: Notice of meeting.
10. 73 FR 9353, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Geological Survey, National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (NCGMP) Advisory Committee, ACTION: Notice of meeting.
11. 73 FR 9353, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [ID 100 1220MA 241A: DBG081006], Notice of Public Meeting: Resource Advisory Council to the Boise District, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior, ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
12. 73 FR 9354, 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.
13. 73 FR 9355, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Availability of Draft Environmental Impact Statement and General Management Plan for Minuteman Missile National Historic Site, South Dakota
14. 73 FR 9356, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Meeting of Concessions Management Advisory Board
15. 73 FR 9408, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, [FWS-R2-ES-2008-0025; 92220-1113-0000-C6] RIN 1018-AV28, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 12-Month Petition Finding and Proposed Rule To Remove the Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) From the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife, Part II, ACTION: Proposed rule and notice of petition finding.
FEBRUARY 21, 2008
16. 73 FR 9506, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), 30 CFR Parts 250, 253, 254, 256, [Docket ID MMS-2007-OMM-0059] RIN 1010-AD11, Oil and Gas and Sulphur Operations in the Outer Continental Shelf-Pipelines and Pipeline Rights-of-Way; Reopening Public Comment Period, ACTION: Reopening of Comment Period for Proposed Rulemaking.
17. 73 FR 9517, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Dixie National Forest, UT; Tropic to Hatch 138kV Transmission Line Project, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement.
18. 73 FR 9525, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XF59, Endangered Species; File No. 10115, ACTION: Notice; receipt of application.
19. 73 FR 9559, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE), [Docket No. PP-305], Notice of Availability of Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Public Hearings for the Proposed Montana Alberta Tie Ltd. International Transmission Line, ACTION: Notice of availability and public hearings.
20. 73 FR 9582, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R9-MB-2008-N0031], Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program, ACTION: Notice of receipt of priority list.
21. 73 FR 9585, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [WY-100-07-1610-DP], Supplement to Notice of Availability (NOA) of the Draft Resource Management Plan and Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Pinedale Field Office To List Proposed Areas of Critical Environmental Concern and Specific Associated Resource Use Limitations for Public Lands in Sublette and Lincoln Counties, WY, ACTION: Notice of availability.
22. 73 FR 9586, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Policy Committee; Notice and Agenda for Meeting, ACTION: Notice of meeting.
23. 73 FR 9598, Notices, NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC), [Docket No. 03033359], Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Amendment to By-product Materials License No. 37-30095-01, for Termination of the License and Unrestricted Release of MPI Research Incorporated's Facility in State College, PA, ACTION: Issuance of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Amendment.
24. 73 FR 9600, Notices, NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC), [Docket No. 030-36603], Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Amendment to Byproduct Materials License No. 37-30924-01, for the Unrestricted Release of the Tetralogic Pharmaceutical Facility in Malvern, PA, ACTION: Issuance of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Amendment.
FEBRUARY 22, 2008
25. 73 FR 9755, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, [FWS-R2-ES-2008-0031; 92220-1113-0000-C3] RIN 1018-AU68, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Establishment of a Nonessential Experimental Population of Rio Grande Silvery Minnow in the Big Bend Reach of the Rio Grande in Texas, ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of availability of draft environmental assessment; reopening of public comment period.
26. 73 FR 9757, Notices, ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION, Notice of Meeting, ACTION: Notice of meeting.
27. 73 FR 9760, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Information Collection; Understanding Value Trade-offs Regarding Fire Hazard Reduction Programs in the Wildland-Urban Interface, ACTION: Notice; request for comment.
28. 73 FR 9760, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Rangeland Allotment Management Planning on the Fall River West and Oglala Geographic Areas, Fall River and Pine Ridge Ranger Districts, Nebraska National Forest, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement.
29. 73 FR 9763, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Natural Resources and Environment Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Notice of Availability of a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Kaycee Flood Protection Project, Middle Fork Powder River Watershed, Johnson County, Wyoming, ACTION: Notice of availability of a Finding of No Significant Impact for the Kaycee Flood Protection Project, Middle Fork Powder River Watershed, Johnson County, Wyoming.
30. 73 FR 9776, 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-XE42, Notice of Public Scoping and Intent to Prepare a Joint Environmental Impact Statement for Fruit Growers Supply Company's Multispecies Habitat Conservation Plan, Siskiyou County, California, ACTION: Notice of Intent.
31. 73 FR 9780, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) Department of the Army (DA) United States Army Corps of Engineers, Intent To Prepare Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Updated Water Control Manuals for the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin, ACTION: Notice of intent.
32. 73 FR 9788, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), [Docket No. CP08-52-000], Caledonia Energy Partners, L.L.C.; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Caledonia Expansion Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues.
33. 73 FR 9798, Notices, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), [ER-FRL-6696-3], Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability OF EPA Comments.
34. 73 FR 9811, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), [CMS-3186-FN], Medicare Program: Approval of Application by the Indian Health Service (IHS) for Continued Recognition as a National Accreditation Organization That Accredits American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) Entities To Furnish Outpatient Diabetes Self-Management Training, ACTION: Final notice.
35. 73 FR 9823, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Notice of Availability of Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Transfer From Fee to Trust of Parcels Owned by the Oneida Indian Nation of New York in Oneida and Madison Counties, New York, ACTION: Notice.
36. 73 FR 9824, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [AA-6671-G, AA-6671-H, AA-6671-C2; AK 964-1410-HY-P], Alaska Native Claims Selection, ACTION: Correction to notice of decision approving lands for conveyance.
37. 73 FR 9824, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [UT-920-08-1320-EL, UTU-85867], Notice of Invitation to Participate in Coal Exploration License, Utah, ACTION: Notice of Invitation to Participate in Coal Exploration License.
38. 73 FR 9825, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (DOJ), Notice of Lodging of Settlement Agreement Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act.