Federal Register Items of Interest to the Department of the Interior
April 14-18, 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 April 14-18, 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.
APRIL 14, 2008
1. 73 FR 20008, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Part 300, [Docket No. 080310411-7566-01] RIN 0648-AU14, Pacific Halibut Fisheries; Subsistence Fishing, ACTION: Proposed rule; request for comments.
2. 73 FR 20028, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XG98, International Whaling Commission; 60th Annual Meeting; Announcement of Public Meeting, ACTION: Notice of meeting.
3. 73 FR 20059, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R4-R-2008-N0028; 40136-1265-0000-S3], Red River National Wildlife Refuge, Caddo, Bossier, Desoto, Red River, and Natchitoches Parishes, LA, ACTION: Notice of availability: draft comprehensive conservation plan and environmental assessment; request for comments.
4. 73 FR 20061, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [F-21964, AA-10702, AA-10703, AA-10704, AA-11791; AK-962-1410-HY-P], Alaska Native Claims Selection, ACTION: Notice of decision approving lands for conveyance.
5. 73 FR 20061, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [AA-6655-D, AA-6655-G, AA-6655-H, AA-6655-A2; AK-964-1410-KC-P], Alaska Native Claims Selection, ACTION: Notice of decision approving lands for conveyance.
6. 73 FR 20062, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [NM-940-08-1420-BJ], Notice of Filing of Plats of Survey; Oklahoma, ACTION: Notice.
7. 73 FR 20062, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [WY-921; WYW 172386], Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and Transfer of Jurisdiction; Wyoming, ACTION: Notice.
8. 73 FR 20063, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [WY-921; WYW 164606, WYW 164607], Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and Transfer of Jurisdiction; Wyoming, ACTION: Notice.
9. 73 FR 20065, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (DOJ), Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Park System Resource Protection Act,
10. 73 FR 20065, 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.
APRIL 15, 2008
11. 73 FR 20166, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), 30 CFR Part 250, [Docket ID: MMS-2007-OMM-0060] RIN 1010-AD48, Incorporate American Petroleum Institute Hurricane Bulletins, ACTION: Final rule.
12. 73 FR 20170, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), 30 CFR Parts 250, 270, 281, and 282, [Docket ID: MMS-2007-OMM-0070] RIN 1010-AD49, Outer Continental Shelf Regulations--Technical Corrections, ACTION: Final rule.
13. 73 FR 20237, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, [FWS-R8-ES-2008-0034; 92210-1117-0000-B4] RIN 1018-AV24, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for the Bay Checkerspot Butterfly (Euphydryas editha bayensis), ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of comment period, notice of availability of draft economic analysis, and amended required determinations.
14. 73 FR 20287, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), [Docket No. PF08-2-000], MarkWest Pioneer, LLC; Supplemental Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Arkoma Connector Pipeline Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues,
15. 73 FR 20324, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R8-ES-2008-N0051; 11120-0008-0221-F2], Amendment to the Incidental Take Permit for the San Bruno Mountain Habitat Conservation Plan in San Mateo County, CA, ACTION: Notice of availability and receipt of application.
16. 73 FR 20326, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Reclamation DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Marine Fisheries Service; Bay Delta Conservation Plan for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California, ACTION: Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an environmental impact statement/environmental impact report (EIS/EIR) and notice of public scoping meetings.
17. 73 FR 20329, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R3-R-2008-N0047; 30136-1265-0000-S3], Final Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Impact Statement for the Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge, Wisconsin, ACTION: Notice of availability.
18. 73 FR 20330, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [NV-952-08-1420-BJ, 14X1109], Filing of Plats of Survey; Nevada, ACTION: Notice.
19. 73 FR 20330, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [AK-963-1430-ET; F-22389], Public Land Order No. 7699; Extension of Public Land Order No. 6677, Alaska, ACTION: Public Land Order.
20. 73 FR 20331, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [UTU 0142168], Public Land Order No. 7701; Modification of Public Land Order No. 3758; Utah, ACTION: Public Land Order.
21. 73 FR 20332, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (DOL) Employment and Training Administration (ETA), Workforce Investment Act Native American Employment and Training Council, ACTION: Notice of meeting.
APRIL 16, 2008
22. 73 FR 20581, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, [FWS-R8-ES-2007-0008]; [92210-1117-0000 B4] RIN 1018-AV07, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Revised Designation of Critical Habitat for the San Bernardino Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys merriami parvus), Wednesday, April 16, 2008, ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of comment period, changes to the proposed critical habitat revision, notice of availability of draft economic analysis, and amended required determinations.
23. 73 FR 20600, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, [FWS-R8-ES-2007-0010]; [92210-1117-0000-B4] RIN 1018-AV04, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for Poa atropurpurea (San Bernardino bluegrass) and Taraxacum californicum (California taraxacum), Wednesday, April 16, 2008, ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of comment period, notice of availability of draft economic analysis, and amended required determinations.
24. 73 FR 20702, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS--R4-ES-2008-N0043; 40120-1113-0000; ABC Code: C4], Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 5-Year Status Review of 18 Southeastern Species, Wednesday, April 16, 2008, ACTION: Notice.
25. 73 FR 20704, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R4-R-2008-N0009; 40136-1265-0000-S3], Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Jackson County, MS, and Mobile County, AL, Wednesday, April 16, 2008, ACTION: Notice of availability: draft comprehensive conservation plan and environmental assessment; request for comments.
26. 73 FR 20706, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Geological Survey, Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request, Wednesday, April 16, 2008, ACTION: Notice of an extension of an information collection (1028-0053).
27. 73 FR 20708, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [AK-9 10-08-1 739-NSSI], Notice of Public Meeting, North Slope Science Initiative, Science Technical Advisory Panel, Wednesday, April 16, 2008, ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
28. 73 FR 20708, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [OR-010-1020-DF; HAG 08-0090], Southeast Oregon Resource Advisory Council: Meeting, Wednesday, April 16, 2008,
29. 73 FR 20708, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [AK-963-1430-ET; F-84742], Public Land Order No. 7703; Extension of Public Land Order No. 6705, Alaska, Wednesday, April 16, 2008, ACTION: Public Land Order.
30. 73 FR 20709, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), (WY-030-1430-ES; WYW-16661 1) Notice of Realty Action; Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act Classification, Wednesday, April 16, 2008, ACTION: Notice.
31. 73 FR 20710, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Elk and Vegetation Management Plan, Final Environmental Impact Statement, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO, Wednesday, April 16, 2008, ACTION: Notice of Availability of a Record of Decision on the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Elk and Vegetation Management Plan, Rocky Mountain National Park,
32. 73 FR 20711, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), General Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement, Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, NM, Wednesday, April 16, 2008, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement for the general management plan for Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument.
33. 73 FR 20711, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Availability of Draft General Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement/Wilderness Study for Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Wednesday, April 16, 2008, ACTION: Notice of Availability of Draft General Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement/Wilderness Study for Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.
34. 73 FR 20712, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Final Management Action Plan/Environmental Impact Statement; Record of Decision; National Coal Heritage Area, West Virginia, Wednesday, April 16, 2008, ACTION: Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the Final Management Action Plan/Environmental Impact Statement, National Coal Heritage Area.
35. 73 FR 20713, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions, Wednesday, April 16, 2008,
36. 73 FR 20732, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Membership in the National Parks Overflights Advisory Group Aviation Rulemaking Committee, Wednesday, April 16, 2008, ACTION: Notice.
37. 73 FR 20741, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Transit Administration, Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Lake Oswego to Portland Transit Project in the Portland, OR Metropolitan Area, Wednesday, April 16, 2008, ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare an environmental impact statement.
APRIL 17, 2008
38. 73 FR 20884, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 36 CFR Part 242 50 CFR Part 100, [FWS-R7-SM-2008-0020; 70101-1261-0000L6] RIN 1018-AV69, Subsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska--2008-09 and 2009-10 Subsistence Taking of Wildlife Regulations, ACTION: Proposed rule.
39. 73 FR 20887, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 36 CFR Part 242 50 CFR Part 100, [FWS-R7-EA-2007-0025; 70101-1335-0064L6] RIN 1018-AV72, Subsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska--2009-2010 and 2010-2011 Subsistence Taking of Fish and Shellfish Regulations, ACTION: Proposed rule.
40. 73 FR 20931, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R7-R-2008-N0083; 70135-8422-YKFX-U4], Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, ACTION: Notice of reopening of the public comment period for the draft Environmental Impact Statement for a Proposed Land Exchange in Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska.
41. 73 FR 20931, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R9-FHC-2008-N0084; 13410-1124-0000-K2], Marine Mammal Protection Act; Stock Assessment Report, ACTION: Notice of availability of draft revised marine mammal stock assessment report for the northern sea otter stock in Washington State; request for comments.
42. 73 FR 20933, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [MT-912-08-0777-XX], Notice of Public Meetings; Western Montana, Central Montana, Eastern Montana, and Dakotas Resource Advisory Council Meetings, ACTION: Notice of Public Meetings.
43. 73 FR 20933, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [CO-922-08-1310-FI; COC67886], Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease, ACTION: Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease.
44. 73 FR 20934, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [UTU 016431], Public Land Order No. 7704; Partial Revocation of Public Land Order No. 1483; Utah, ACTION: Public Land Order.
45. 73 FR 20934, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), 30-Day Notice of Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB); Opportunity for Public Comment, ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
46. 73 FR 20936, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, ACTION: Notice.
47. 73 FR 20937, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: California Department of Parks and Recreation, Sacramento, CA, ACTION: Notice.
48. 73 FR 20939, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Denver, CO, ACTION: Notice.
49. 73 FR 20941, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: Kingman Museum, Incorporated, Battle Creek, MI, ACTION: Notice.
50. 73 FR 20942, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: Michigan Technological University Department Of Social Sciences Archaeology Laboratory, Houghton, MI, ACTION: Notice.
51. 73 FR 20947, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: Oregon State University Department of Anthropology, Corvallis, OR, ACTION: Notice.
52. 73 FR 20948, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Colorado State Office, Denver, CO, and Museum of Western Colorado, Grand Junction, CO, ACTION: Notice.
53. 73 FR 20948, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Cibola National Forest, Albuquerque, NM, ACTION: Notice.
54. 73 FR 20949, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, 13th Coast Guard District, Seattle, WA, and Oregon State University Department of Anthropology, Corvallis, OR, ACTION: Notice.
55. 73 FR 20949, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Reclamation, Privacy Act of 1974; as Amended; Amendments to Existing Systems of Records, ACTION: Proposed amendment of existing systems of records.
APRIL 18, 2008
56. 73 FR 21087, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSRME), 30 CFR Part 930, [SATS No. ND-050-FOR; Docket ID OSM-2008-0004; North Dakota Amendment No. XXXVIII], North Dakota Regulatory Program, ACTION: Proposed rule; public comment period and opportunity for public hearing on proposed amendment.
57. 73 FR 21098, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Notice of Revised Proposed Policy for Outfitting and Guiding Land Use Fees in the Alaska Region, ACTION: Notice of revised proposed policy; request for comment.
58. 73 FR 21111, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XA34, Marine Mammal Stock Assessment Reports, ACTION: Notice; response to comments.
59. 73 FR 21124, Notices, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), [ER-FRL-6698-1], Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments.
60. 73 FR 21124, Notices, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), [ER-FRL-6697-9], Environmental Impacts Statements; Notice of Availability.
61. 73 FR 21137, 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): A Retrospective Evaluation of Patterns of Care for American Indian and Alaska Native Men With Elevated Prostate Specific Antigen, Potential Extramural Project (PEP) 2008-R-15.
62. 73 FR 21150, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Ione Band of Miwok Indians' Proposed 228.04-Acre Fee-To-Trust Land Transfer and Casino Project, Amador County, CA, ACTION: Notice.
63. 73 FR 21151, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [NM-030-1220-NLCS], Emergency Closure to Unpermitted Collection of Petrified Wood and Plant Fossils in the Robledo Mountains on Federal Land, Dona Ana County, NM. ACTION: Notice.
64. 73 FR 21151, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [MT-924-1430-FQ; SDM 034316], Public Land Order No. 7702; Partial Revocation of Public Land Order No. 1446; South Dakota, ACTION: Public Land Order.
65. 73 FR 21151, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [SDM 94312], Public Land Order No. 7705; Withdrawal of National Forest System Land To Preserve Cave Resources Adjacent to Jewel Cave National Monument; South Dakota, ACTION: Public Land Order.
66. 73 FR 21152, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [CO-923-1430-ET; COC-69155], Public Land Order No. 7700; Transfer of Public Land for the Maybell West Uranium Repository; Colorado, ACTION: Public Land Order.
67. 73 FR 21152, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), [Docket No. MMS-2008-OMM-0020], Notice of Nominations Received and Proposed Limited Alternative Energy Leases on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) and Initiation of Coordination and Consultation, ACTION: Announcement of nominations and processing priorities, inquiry on competing nominations for proposed limited alternative energy leases, and request for comments from interested and affected parties.
68. 73 FR 21155, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Reclamation, South Valley Facilities Expansion Project--Clark County, NV, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) and notice of scoping meetings.
69. 73 FR 21156, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Reclamation, Meeting of the Yakima River Basin Conservation Advisory Group, Yakima River; Basin Water Enhancement Project, Yakima, WA, ACTION: Notice of meeting.
70. 73 FR 21182, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (DOL) Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), 30 CFR Part 75, RIN 1219-AB52, Sealing of Abandoned Areas, Part III, ACTION: Final rule.