Federal Register Items of Interest to the Department of the Interior
April 28-May 2, 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 28-May 2, 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 28, 2008
1. 73 FR 22828, Rules and Regulations, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), 40 CFR Part 300, [EPA-HQ-SFUND-1990-0011; FRL-8558-5], National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan National Priorities List, ACTION: Notice of partial deletion of the Seneca Army Depot Activity Superfund Site from the National Priorities List.
2. 73 FR 22887, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSRME), 30 CFR Part 916, [Docket No. OSM-2008-0001; SATS No. KS-024-FOR], Kansas Regulatory Program, ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening and extension of public comment period on proposed amendment.
3. 73 FR 22890, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), 36 CFR Part 13, RIN 1024-AD69, National Park System Units in Alaska, ACTION: Proposed rule.
4. 73 FR 22922, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XG96, Incidental Takes of Marine Mammals During Specified Activities; Shallow Hazard and Site Clearance Surveys in the Chukchi Sea in 2008, ACTION: Notice; proposed incidental take authorization; request for comments.
5. 73 FR 22970, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), Notice of Intent To Establish an Indian Oil Valuation Negotiated Rulemaking Committee, ACTION: Notice of intent to establish an Indian Oil Valuation Negotiated Rulemaking Committee; request for nominees and comments.
6. 73 FR 22972, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions.
7. 73 FR 22972, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Reclamation, Environmental Water Account, ACTION: Notice of availability of the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report to the Final Environmental Impact Statement/ Environmental Impact Report (Final Supplemental EIS/EIR).
8. 73 FR 22973, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Reclamation, Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Work Group (AMWG), ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting.
9. 73 FR 22991, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF STATE (DOS), [Public Notice 6199], Notice of Intent To Conduct Supplemental Scoping Meeting; Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership's Proposed Alberta Clipper Project, ACTION: Notice of Intent to Conduct Supplemental Scoping Meeting; Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership's Proposed Alberta Clipper Project.
APRIL 29, 2008
10. 73 FR 23086, Rules and Regulations, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), 40 CFR Part 52, [EPA-R05-OAR-2004-WI-0002; FRL-8557-6], Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Wisconsin; Redesignation of the Forest County Potawatomi Community Reservation to a PSD Class I Area, ACTION: Final rule.
11. 73 FR 23114, Rules and Regulations, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), 40 CFR Part 55, [OAR-2004-0091; FRL-8542-3], Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulations Consistency Update for California, ACTION: Final rule--consistency update.
12. 73 FR 23170, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, [FWS-R1-ES-2008-0050; 1111 FY07 MO-B2], Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 90-Day Finding on a Petition to List the Western Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus phaios) as Threatened or Endangered, ACTION: Notice of 90-day petition finding and initiation of status review.
13. 73 FR 23172, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, [FWS-R6-ES-2008-0022; 1111 FY07 MO-B2], Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Initiation of Status Review for the Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) as Threatened or Endangered, ACTION: Notice; initiation of status review and solicitation of new information; extension of period for submitting information.
14. 73 FR 23173, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, [FWS-R8-ES-2008-0043; 1111 FY07 MO-B2], Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 90-Day Finding on Petitions To List the Mono Basin Area Population of the Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) as Threatened or Endangered, ACTION: Notice of petition finding and initiation of status review.
15. 73 FR 23180, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Pike and San Isabel National Forests and the Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands, Land Management Planning Adjustment of Previously Initiated Land Management Plan Revisions for the Pike and San Isabel National Forests and the Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands, in Colorado and Kansas.
16. 73 FR 23195, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XH44, Endangered Species; File No. 10022, ACTION: Issuance of permit.
17. 73 FR 23214, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy, Record of Decision and Floodplain Statement of Findings: Western Greenbrier Co-Production Demonstration Project, Rainelle, Greenbrier County, WV, ACTION: Record of Decision (ROD) and Floodplain Statement of Findings.
18. 73 FR 23241, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), [Docket No. PF08-8-000], Northwest Pipeline GP; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Colorado Hub Connection Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues.
19. 73 FR 23244, Notices, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (GSA) DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration, [PBS-N04], Finding of No Significant Impact; Modernization of Facilities and Infrastructure for the Non-Nuclear Production Activities Conducted at the National Nuclear Security Administration's Kansas City Plant Environmental Assessment (DOE/EA-1592), ACTION: Finding of No Significant Impact.
20. 73 FR 23254, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS) Indian Health Service, Request for Public Comment: 60-Day Proposed Information Collection: Behavioral Health Preventive Care Assessment Focus Group Guide, ACTION: Notice.
21. 73 FR 23264, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R1-ES-2008-N0047; 10120-1113-0000-C4], Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants: Initiation of 5-Year Status Reviews for 70 Species in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and the Pacific Islands, ACTION: Notice of review.
22. 73 FR 23266, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R9-IA-2008-N0096; 96300-1671-0000-P5], Receipt of Applications for Permit, ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications for permit.
23. 73 FR 23268, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Geological Survey, Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request, ACTION: Notice of a new information collection.
24. 73 FR 23268, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [MT-924-1430-FQ; 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; Correction, ACTION: Correction.
25. 73 FR 23269, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), [Docket No. MMS-2008-MRM-0019], Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection, Comment Request, ACTION: Notice of an extension of a currently approved information collection (OMB Control Number 1010-0162).
26. 73 FR 23270, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), [Docket No. MMS-2008-MRM-0018], Major Portion Prices and Due Date for Additional Royalty Payments on Indian Gas Production in Designated Areas Not Associated With an Index Zone, ACTION: Notice of major portion prices for calendar year 2006.
27. 73 FR 23271, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: Paul H. Karshner Memorial Museum, Puyallup, WA, ACTION: Notice.
28. 73 FR 23271, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Reclamation, Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Advisory Council, ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting.
APRIL 30, 2008
29. 73 FR 23388, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), 36 CFR Part 2 50 CFR Part 27, RIN 1024-AD70, General Regulations for Areas Administered by the National Park Service and the Fish and Wildlife Service, ACTION: Proposed rule.
30. 73 FR 23404, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Office of the Secretary of Agriculture, [Docket No. APHIS-2006-0018], Privacy Act Systems of Records; Wildlife Services Management Information System, ACTION: Notice of a proposed new system of records; request for comment.
31. 73 FR 23437, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) Department of the Army (DA) United States Army Corps of Engineers, Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Northern Integrated Supply Project, Larimer and Weld Counties, CO, ACTION: Notice of Availability.
32. 73 FR 23486, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Information Collection Sent to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Approval; OMB Control Number 1018-0101; Monitoring Recovered Species After Delisting-American Peregrine Falcon, ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
33. 73 FR 23487, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R5-ES-2008-N0075; 50120-1113-0000-F5], Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Permits, ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit renewal application; request for comment.
34. 73 FR 23488, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R2-ES-2008-N0063; 20124-1112-0000-F2], Salt River Project; Horseshoe-Bartlett Habitat Conservation Plan, Maricopa and Yavapai Counties, AZ, ACTION: Notice of availability: final environmental impact statement, final habitat conservation plan, and proposed implementing agreement for incidental take.
35. 73 FR 23489, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Submission of Paperwork Reduction Act Request to Office of Management and Budget, ACTION: Notice.
36. 73 FR 23490, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [F-14922-A, F-14922-A2; AK-964-1410-HY-P], Alaska Native Claims Selection, ACTION: Notice of decision approving lands for conveyance.
37. 73 FR 23490, 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; Correction, ACTION: Notice; Correction.
38. 73 FR 23500, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (DOL) Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Notice of Affirmative Decisions on Petitions for Modification Granted in Whole or in Part, ACTION: Notice of Affirmative Decisions on Petitions for Modification Granted in Whole or in Part.
MAY 1, 2008
39. 73 FR 23966, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, [FWS--R2--ES--2008--0044; 40120--1113--0000-B3] RIN 1018--AW12, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Listing the Potential Sonoran Desert Bald Eagle Distinct Population Segment as Threatened Under the Endangered Species Act, ACTION: Final rule.
40. 73 FR 23971, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Part 660, [Docket No. 080428611-8612-01] RIN 0648-AW60, Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; West Coast Salmon Fisheries; 2008 Management Measures and a Temporary Rule, ACTION: Final rule; and a temporary rule for emergency action; request for comments.
41. 73 FR 24080, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Submission of Agency Information Collection the Office of Management and Budget, ACTION: Notice.
42. 73 FR 24081, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Information Collection Activities, Submission to the Office of Management and Budget, ACTION: Notice.
43. 73 FR 24082, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Grant Program to Build Tribal Energy Development Capacity, ACTION: Solicitation of Proposals.
44. 73 FR 24085, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [CA-350-1610-DR], Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for the Alturas Resource Management Plan, ACTION: Notice of availability.
45. 73 FR 24086, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [CA-350-1610-DR], Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for the Eagle Lake Resource Management Plan, ACTION: Notice of availability.
46. 73 FR 24086, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [CA-190-07-1610], Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for the Surprise Resource Management Plan, ACTION: Notice of Availability.
47. 73 FR 24087, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [CA-190-08-1220-PN], Notice of Closure of BLM Public Lands Within the Clear Creek Management Area, ACTION: Notice of closure to all forms of entry and public use of approximately 31,000 acres of public lands within the Clear Creek Management Area (CCMA), referred to as the Serpentine Area of Environmental Concern (ACEC) and portions of adjacent BLM-administered lands, located in southern San Benito County and western Fresno County, California.
48. 73 FR 24088, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [WY-920-1320-EL, WYW176446], Coal Exploration License, WY, ACTION: Notice of Invitation for Coal Exploration License.
49. 73 FR 24093, Notices, NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC), [Docket Nos. 50-387 and 50-388], PPL Susquehanna, LLC; Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2; Notice of Availability of the Draft Supplement 35 to the Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants and Public Meeting for the License Renewal of Susquehanna.
50. 73 FR 24120, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSRME), 30 CFR Parts 732, 785, 870 and 872, [Docket ID: OSM-2007-0016] RIN 1029-AC57, Remining Incentives, Part II, ACTION: Proposed rule.
MAY 2, 2008
51. 73 FR 24215, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Crooked Creek Reservoir Repair; White River National Forest, Eagle County, CO, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement.
52. 73 FR 24223, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XH14, Incidental Takes of Marine Mammals During Specified Activities; Marine Geophysical Surveys in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean in 2008, ACTION: Notice; issuance of an incidental take authorization.
53. 73 FR 24236, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XH53, Small Takes of Maine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Ocean Bottom Cable Seismic Survey in the Liberty Prospect, Beaufort Sea, Alaska in 2008, ACTION: Notice; proposed incidental take authorization; request for comments.
54. 73 FR 24258, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) Department of the Army (DA) United States Army Corps of Engineers, Intent To Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (SEIS/EIR) for the Seven Oaks Dam To Implement Measures To Sustain Federally-Listed Species as Identified in the 2002 Biological Opinion Within the Woolly Star Preserve Area in San Bernardino County, CA, ACTION: Notice of Intent.
55. 73 FR 24276, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), [Docket Nos. CP07-62-000; CP07-63-000; CP07-64-000; CP07-65-000], AES Sparrows Point LNG, LLC; Mid-Atlantic Express, L.L.C; COE Application No. CENAB-OP-RMN (2007-01644-M16); Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Sparrows Point LNG Terminal and Pipeline Project.
56. 73 FR 24290, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS) Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), [ATSDR-244], Availability of the Draft Report "Selected Information on Chemical Releases Within Great Lakes Counties Containing Areas of Concern (AOC) (Public Comment Draft 2008)", ACTION: Request for comment.
57. 73 FR 24302, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Cullinan Ranch Unit Restoration Project, San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Solano County, CA, ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments: Draft environmental impact statement and environmental impact report.
58. 73 FR 24303, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R8-ES-2008-N0100; 80221-1113-0000-F5], Endangered Species Recovery Permit Applications, ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit applications; request for comment.
59. 73 FR 24304, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Extension of the Comment Period for 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.
60. 73 FR 24305, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [CO-500-1430-EU], Notice of Realty Action: Proposed Modified Competitive Sale of Public Land, Conejos County and Competitive Sale of Public Land, Rio Grande County, CO, ACTION: Notice of realty action.
61. 73 FR 24306, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [NM-510-1610-DT], Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for the Special Status Species Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment, ACTION: Notice of Availability.
62. 73 FR 24307, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [NV-030-08-1232-EA-NV15; 8-08807; TAS: 14X5413], Temporary Closure of Public Lands During Competitive Special Recreation Permitted Events on Public Lands Managed by the Carson City Field Office, Nevada, ACTION: Notice.
63. 73 FR 24308, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), [Docket No. MMS-2008-OMM-0026], MMS Information Collection Activity: 1010-0057, 30 CFR Part 250, Subpart C, Pollution Prevention and Control, Extension of a Collection; Submitted for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review; Comment Request, ACTION: Notice of an information collection (1010-0057) extension.