Federal Register Items of Interest to the Department of the Interior
March 31-April 4, 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 March 31-April 4, 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.
MARCH 31, 2008
1. 73 FR 16862, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS) Indian Health Service, Office of Clinical and Preventive Services; Elder Care Initiative Long-Term Care Grant Program.
2. 73 FR 16874, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS) Indian Health Service, Tribal Self-Governance Program Planning Cooperative Agreement.
3. 73 FR 16899, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Geological Survey, Agency Information Collection Activities: Submitted for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review; Comment Request, ACTION: Notice of an extension of an information collection (1028-0078).
4. 73 FR 16900, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Geological Survey, Announcement of National Geospatial Advisory Committee Meeting, ACTION: Notice of meeting.
5. 73 FR 16900, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [UTU 85338], Public Land Order No. 7697; Transfer of Public Land for the Crescent Junction Uranium Mill Tailings Repository; Utah, ACTION: Public land order.
6. 73 FR 16900, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [UTU 42911 and UTU 42915], Public Land Order No. 7698; Modification of Secretarial Orders Dated July 6, 1925 and April 1, 1941; Utah, ACTION: Public land order.
7. 73 FR 16901, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: Amerind Foundation Museum, Amerind Foundation, Inc. Dragoon, AZ; Correction, ACTION: Notice; correction.
8. 73 FR 16902, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: Maryhill Museum of Art, Goldendale, WA, ACTION: Notice.
9. 73 FR 16903, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: Science Museum of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, ACTION: Notice.
10. 73 FR 16903, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: Oregon State University Department of Anthropology, Corvallis, OR, ACTION: Notice.
11. 73 FR 16904, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Defense, Army, Installation Management Agency-Army Reserve Office, Arlington, VA, and University of Utah, Utah Museum of Natural History, Salt Lake City, UT, ACTION: Notice.
12. 73 FR 16905, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: Paul H. Karshner Memorial Museum, Puyallup, WA; Correction, ACTION: Notice; correction.
13. 73 FR 16906, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and The University Museum, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, ACTION: Notice.
14. 73 FR 16907, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Stevens Point, WI, ACTION: Notice.
15. 73 FR 16907, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions.
16. 73 FR 16908, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSRME), Notice of Proposed Information Collection for 1029-0083, ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
17. 73 FR 16920, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF STATE (DOS), [Public Notice 6161], Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Notice of Floodplain and Wetland Involvement; Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership ("Alberta Clipper Project"), ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Notice of Floodplain and Wetland Involvement; Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership ("Alberta Clipper Project").
APRIL 1, 2008
18. 73 FR 17247, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSRME), 30 CFR Part 756, [SATS No. CR-1-FOR; Docket ID OSM-2007-0019], Crow Tribe Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Plan, ACTION: Final rule; approval of certification.
19. 73 FR 17268, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSRME), 30 CFR Part 938, [PA-150-FOR; OSM-2008-0002], Pennsylvania Regulatory Program, ACTION: Proposed rule; removal of required amendment.
20. 73 FR 17297, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Klamath National Forest, California, Eddy Gulch Late-Successional Reserve Fire/Habitat Protection Project, ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement.
21. 73 FR 17300, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, California, South Tahoe Greenway Shared-Use Trail Project, ACTION: Revised Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an environmental impact statement. This revised NOI expands upon the information provided in the previous NOI that was circulated by the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit for this project on November 29, 2006 (FR Vol. 71, No. 229, pages 69097-69099). New information includes a new alternative trail alignment developed in response to comments received during the November 2006 scoping period. Comments submitted to the Conservancy during the November 2006 scoping period will still be considered during the preparation of the environmental impact statement.
22. 73 FR 17303, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) Economics and Statistics Administration Bureau of the Census, [Docket Number 070619208-7209-01], American Indian Areas (AIAs) for the 2010 Census--Proposed Criteria and Guidelines, ACTION: Notice of proposed program revisions and request for comments.
23. 73 FR 17355, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS) Indian Health Service, Tribal Management Grant Program.
24. 73 FR 17372, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD) Office of Public and Indian Housing Office of Native American Programs, [Docket No. FR-5100-FA-22], Announcement of Funding Awards for the Indian Community Development Block Grant Program for Fiscal Year 2007, ACTION: Announcement of funding awards.
25. 73 FR 17373, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Tribal Consultation for Facilities Management Activities, ACTION: Notice of meetings.
26. 73 FR 17373, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [WO-320-08-1310-DT-OSHL], Notice of Reopening of the Public Comment Period for the Draft Oil Shale and Tar Sands Resource Management Plan Amendments To Address Land Use Allocations in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming and Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement, ACTION: Notice of reopening of public comment period.
27. 73 FR 17376, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Privacy Act of 1974; Amendments to Existing Systems of Records, ACTION: Proposed amendment of existing Privacy Act systems of records.
28. 73 FR 17377, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [CO-922-08-1310-FI; COC62074], Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease, ACTION: Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease.
29. 73 FR 17377, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [OR-027-1020-PI-020H; HAG-08-0065], Notice of Solicitation of Applications for the Steens Mountain Advisory Council, ACTION: Notice: Solicitation of Applications.
30. 73 FR 17378, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), Outer Continental Shelf Civil Penalties, ACTION: Notice summarizing Outer Continental Shelf Civil Penalties paid from January 1, 2007, through December 31, 2007.
31. 73 FR 17412, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Environmental Impact Statement: San Benito County and Santa Clara County, California, ACTION: Notice of Intent.
32. 73 FR 17762, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, [FWS-R2-ES-2008-0002; 92210-1117-0000-B4] RIN 1018-AV02, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for Helianthus Paradoxus (Pecos Sunflower), Part III, ACTION: Final rule.
APRIL 2, 2008
33. 73 FR 17955, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XG83, Endangered Species; File No. 13330, ACTION: Notice; receipt of application.
34. 73 FR 17956, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XG82, Endangered Species; File Nos. 13306 and 13307, ACTION: Notice; receipt of applications.
35. 73 FR 17991, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R4-R-2008-N0004; 40136-1265-0000-S3], J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Lee County, FL, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a comprehensive conservation plan and environmental assessment; request for comments; re-opening of comment period.
36. 73 FR 17992, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R4-R-2008-N0016; 40136-1265-0000-S3], Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge, Ashley, Bradley, and Union Counties, AR; Overflow National Wildlife Refuge, Ashley County, AR, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a comprehensive conservation plan and environmental assessment; request for comments.
37. 73 FR 17993, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R4-R-2008-N0005; 40136-1265-0000-S3], Pine Island, Caloosahatchee, and Matlacha Pass National Wildlife Refuges, Lee County, FL; Island Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Charlotte County, FL, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a comprehensive conservation plan and environmental assessment; request for comments.
38. 73 FR 17994, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R4-R-2008-N0017; 40136-1265-0000-S3], Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge, Henry, Benton, Decatur, and Humphreys Counties, TN, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a comprehensive conservation plan and environmental assessment; request for comments.
39. 73 FR 17995, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Correction to the Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Absaloka Mine Crow Reservation South Extension Coal Lease Approval, Mine Development Plan and Related Federal and State Permitting Actions, Big Horn County, MT, ACTION: Notice.
40. 73 FR 17995, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [AZ-220-08-5101-ER-A235; AZA-34177], Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Initiate Public Scoping for a Proposed Road (Sonoran Valley Parkway Project), Maricopa County, AZ, ACTION: Notice.
41. 73 FR 17996, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [F-14840-B, F-14840-E2; AK-964-1410-HY-P], Alaska Native Claims Selection, ACTION: Notice of decision approving lands for conveyance.
42. 73 FR 17996, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [ID-400-1110-CB-241A], Notice of Public Meeting, Coeur d'Alene District Resource Advisory Council Meeting and Recreation Subcommittee Meeting; Idaho, ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
43. 73 FR 17997, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [CO-922-08-1310-FI; COC66236], Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease, ACTION: Notice of proposed reinstatement of terminated oil and gas lease.
APRIL 3, 2008
44. 73 FR 18262, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) Department of the Navy, Notice of Availability for Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Activities To Implement 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Actions at National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, ACTION: Notice.
45. 73 FR 18297, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Indian Gaming, ACTION: Notice of Approved Tribal--State Gaming Amendment.
46. 73 FR 18297, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Land Acquisitions; Skokomish Indian Tribe, Washington, ACTION: Notice of Final Agency Determination to take land into trust under 25 CFR part 151.
47. 73 FR 18298, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [ID-110-1610-DG-053D-DBG081008], Notice of Intent To Prepare a Resource Management Plan for the Four Rivers Field Office (Idaho) and Associated Environmental Impact Statement, ACTION: Notice of intent.
48. 73 FR 18299, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [WY-020-08-1220-DA], Notice of Intent To Name a Geographic Location the Craig Thomas Little Mountain Special Management Area, Big Horn County, WY, ACTION: Notice of intent.
49. 73 FR 18300, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [CA-310-0777-XG], Notice of Public Meeting: Northwest California Resource Advisory Council, ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
50. 73 FR 18323, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Surface Transportation Board, [STB Finance Docket No. 34658], Alaska Railroad Corporation--Petition for Exemption--To Construct and Operate a Rail Line Between North Pole, Alaska and Delta Junction in Alaska, ACTION: Notice of availability of final scope of study for the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).
APRIL 4, 2008
51. 73 FR 18473, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Parts 300 and 635, [Docket No. 080221247-8166-01] RIN 0648-AU88, International Fisheries; Atlantic Highly Migratory Species, ACTION: Proposed rule; request for comments; notice of public hearings.
52. 73 FR 18493, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Bend/Ft. Rock Ranger District; Deschutes National Forest; Oregon; Dead Log Vegetation Management Project EIS, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement.
53. 73 FR 18527, Notices, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), [ER-FRL-6697-5], Environmental Impacts Statements; Notice of Availability.
54. 73 FR 18536, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control; Special Emphasis Panel (SEP): Mining Occupational Safety and Health Research (R01), Request for Application (RFA) OH08-003.
55. 73 FR 18552, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R4-R-2008-N0029; 40136-1265-0000-S3], Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge, Jones and Jasper Counties, GA, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a comprehensive conservation plan and environmental assessment; request for comments.
56. 73 FR 18553, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Indian Entities Recognized and Eligible To Receive Services From the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs, ACTION: Notice.
57. 73 FR 18558, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [WO-320-1330-PE-24 1A], Extension of Approved Information Collection, OMB Approval Number 1004-0103; Correction, ACTION: Notice; correction.
58. 73 FR 18558, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Colorado: Filing of Plats of Survey March 31, 2008.
59. 73 FR 18558, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [WY-920-1430-ET; WYW 101899], Notice of Proposed Withdrawal Extension and Opportunity for Public Meeting; WY, ACTION: Notice.
60. 73 FR 18559, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions.
61. 73 FR 18612, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (DOJ) Antitrust Division, United States v. Monsanto Company and Delta and Pine Land Company; Public Comments and Response on Proposed Final Judgment, Part II.