Federal Register Items of Interest to the Department of the Interior
July 20-24, 2009
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 July 20-24, 2009. 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.
JULY 20, 2009
1. 74 FR 35126, Rules and Regulations, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), 40 CFR Part 300, [EPA-HQ-SFUND-2009-0466; FRL-8932-5], National Oil and Hazardous Substance Pollution Contingency Plan; National Priorities List, ACTION: Direct final notice of deletion of the Central Wood Preserving Company Superfund Site from the National Priorities List.
2. 74 FR 35136, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Part 217, [Docket No. 090206146-91055-02] RIN 0648-AX32, Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to the Port of Anchorage Marine Terminal Redevelopment Project, Anchorage, Alaska, ACTION: Final rule.
3. 74 FR 35146, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), 27 CFR Part 9, [Docket No. TTB-2009-0004; Notice No. 97] RIN 1513-AB64, Proposed Establishment of the Sierra Pelona Valley Viticultural Area (2008R-176P), ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.
4. 74 FR 35158, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Consolidated Farm Service Agency (CFSA), Information Collection Request: Highly Erodible Land Conservation and Wetland Conservation, ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
5. 74 FR 35166, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) Department of the Army (DA) United States Army Corps of Engineers, Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Sunridge Specific Plan Projects, in Rancho Cordova, Sacramento County, CA, ID SPK-2009-00511, ACTION: Notice of intent.
6. 74 FR 35168, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) Department of the Navy, Notice of Public Hearings for the U.S. Marine Corps Grow the Force at Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejeune, Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) New River, and MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina Draft Environmental Impact Statement, ACTION: Notice.
7. 74 FR 35204, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), Applications for Renewable Energy Leases and Grants and Alternate Use Grants on the Outer Continental Shelf, ACTION: Notice.
JULY 21, 2009
8. 74 FR 35864, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), [Docket No. PF09-12-000], East Cheyenne Gas Storage, LLC; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Planned East Cheyenne Gas Storage Project, and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues,
9. 74 FR 35882, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS) United States Coast Guard (USCG), [Docket No. USCG-2009-0652], Baton Rouge Waterways Action Plan Annex, ACTION: Notice of public meeting; request for comments.
10. 74 FR 35883, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R1-ES-2009-N129; 10120-1112-0000-F2], Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Permit Application, Northern Spotted Owl, Oregon, ACTION: Receipt of application for enhancement of survival permit; notice of availability of programmatic safe harbor agreement.
11. 74 FR 35885, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R8-ES-2009-N147; 80221-1113-0000-F5], Endangered Species Recovery Permit Applications, ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit applications; request for comment.
12. 74 FR 35886, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [ES-956-1420-BJ; Groups 32-37, Maine], Eastern States: Filing of Plats of Survey, ACTION: Notice of Filing of Plats of Survey; Maine,
13. 74 FR 35887, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and Opportunity for Public Meeting; Arizona, ACTION: Notice.
14. 74 FR 36058, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Part 229, [Docket No. 080721862-8864-01] RIN 0648-AW51, Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Commercial Fishing Operations; Harbor Porpoise Take Reduction Plan Regulations, Part V, ACTION: Proposed rule; request for comments.
JULY 22, 2009
15. 74 FR 36113, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSRME), 30 CFR Part 948, [WV-115-FOR; OSM-2009-0006], West Virginia Regulatory Program, ACTION: Interim rule with request for comments.
16. 74 FR 36131, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 36 CFR Part 242 50 CFR Part 100, RIN 1018-AU92, Subsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska; Kenai Peninsula Subsistence Resource Region, ACTION: Proposed rule; withdrawal.
17. 74 FR 36152, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, [Docket No. FWS-R2-ES-2009-0039; MO 922105 0082-B2], Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 90-Day Finding on a Petition To List the White-Sided Jackrabbit (Lepus callotis) as Threatened or Endangered, ACTION: Notice of 90-day petition finding and initiation of status and critical habitat review.
18. 74 FR 36158, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Parts 21 and 22, [FWS-R9-MB-2009-0002; 91200-1231-9BPP] RIN 1018-AW44, Migratory Bird Permits; Changes in the Regulations Governing Falconry, ACTION: Proposed rule.
19. 74 FR 36169, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) Department of the Army (DA) United States Army Corps of Engineers, Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for a Proposed: Supercritical Pulverized Coal/Biomass Steam Power Electric Generation Facility in Non-Tidal Wetlands in Surry County, VA, ACTION: Notice of intent.
20. 74 FR 36200, Notices, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), [EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0481; FRL-8429-8], Proposed Stipulated Injunction Involving Pesticides and Eleven Species Listed as Threatened or Endangered Under the Endangered Species Act; Notice of Availability; Reopening of Comment Period, ACTION: Notice; reopening of comment period.
21. 74 FR 36208, Notices, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), [EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0135; FRL-8424-5], Notice of Receipt of Requests to Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide Registrations, ACTION: Notice.
22. 74 FR 36247, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R3-MB-2009-N149] [30120-1113-0000-D3], Information Collection Sent to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Approval; Bald Eagle Post-delisting Monitoring, ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
23. 74 FR 36248, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Geological Survey, Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request, ACTION: Notice of an extension of an information collection (1028-0082).
24. 74 FR 36249, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R1-R-2009-N110]; [1265-0000-10137-S3], Guam National Wildlife Refuge, Yigo, Guam, ACTION: Notice of availability: draft comprehensive conservation plan and environmental assessment; notification of open house meetings; request for comments.
25. 74 FR 36251, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), General Management Plan, Environmental Impact Statement, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, Virginia, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a General Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park.
26. 74 FR 36251, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Final General Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement, Governors Island National Monument, New York, NY, ACTION: Notice of availability of a Record of Decision on the Final General Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement for Governors Island National Monument.
27. 74 FR 36253, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [Docket Number FWS-R9-MB-2009-N0097; 91200-1231-9BPP], Migratory Birds; Take of Peregrine Falcons for Use in Falconry, ACTION: Notice.
28. 74 FR 36268, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (DOL) Employment and Training Administration (ETA), Notice of Renewal of the Native American Employment and Training Council (NAETC) Charter, ACTION: Notice of Renewal of the Native American Employment and Training Council (NAETC) Charter.
JULY 23, 2009
29. 74 FR 36459, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XQ33, Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act Provisions; Application for Exempted Fishing Permit; Horseshoe Crabs, ACTION: Notification of a proposal to conduct exempted fishing; request for comments.
30. 74 FR 36460, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XQ24, Endangered and Threatened Species; Recovery Plans, ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments and notice of public meetings.
31. 74 FR 36462, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-ZP93, Marine Mammals; File No. 14341, ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit.
32. 74 FR 36463, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XQ29, Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Boom Exercise Drills at Point Mugu, California, ACTION: Notice; proposed incidental harassment authorization; request for comments.
33. 74 FR 36499, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of the Secretary National Invasive Species Council, Invasive Species Advisory Committee, ACTION: Notice of public meeting of the Invasive Species Advisory Committee.
34. 74 FR 36499, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Reclamation, Agency Information Collection; Activities Under OMB Review; Comment Request, ACTION: Notice of renewal of a currently approved collection (OMB No. 1006-0002).
35. 74 FR 36500, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R5-R-2008-N0189; BAC-4311-K9-S3], Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Caroline, Essex, King George, Lancaster, Middlesex, Richmond, and Westmoreland Counties, VA, ACTION: Notice of availability of draft comprehensive conservation plan and environmental assessment; request for comments.
36. 74 FR 36502, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R1-ES-2009-N123; 14420-1115-1SGR-A2], Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Permit Application; Greater Sage-Grouse; Washington, Adams, Gem, and Payette Counties, Idaho, ACTION: Receipt of application for enhancement of survival permit; notice of availability of programmatic candidate conservation agreement with assurances and draft environmental assessment.
37. 74 FR 36503, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [CACA 49561, LLCAD08000L5101 ER0000LVRWB09B3220], Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Amendment to the California Desert Conservation Area Plan for the Lucerne Valley Solar Project; San Bernardino County, CA, ACTION: Notice of intent.
38. 74 FR 36505, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Reclamation, Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Work Group (AMWG), ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
39. 74 FR 36505, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [LLCO07000.L16100000.DQ0000.CO-03], Meeting Notice: Southwest Resource Advisory Council; Canyons of the Ancients National Monument Subgroup, ACTION: Notice.
40. 74 FR 36505, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians, Notice of Additional Tribal Consultation Meetings, ACTION: Notice of Tribal Consultation Meetings.
41. 74 FR 36506, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [LLNM920000 L13100000 FI0000; NMNM-119267], Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease NMNM 119267, ACTION: Notice of reinstatement of terminated oil and gas lease.
42. 74 FR 36506, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Bureau of Land Management [LLCON03000-L12200000-PA0000], Notice of Proposed Supplementary Rules for Public Lands in Colorado: Bangs Canyon Special Recreation Management Area, ACTION: Proposed supplementary rules.
43. 74 FR 36509, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [LLNML003100 L14300000.ES0000; NMNM 117441], Notice of Realty Action; Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act Classification; New Mexico, ACTION: Notice of realty action.
44. 74 FR 36528, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (DOL) Employment and Training Administration (ETA), [SGA/DFA-PY-08-21], Solicitation for Grant Applications (SGA); Amendment One; Green Capacity Building Grants, ACTION: Notice: Amendment to SGA/DFA-PY-08-21.
JULY 24, 2009
45. 74 FR 36640, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), 36 CFR Part 7, RIN 1024-AD73, Special Regulations; Areas of the National Park System, ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of comment period.
46. 74 FR 36668, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XP58, Endangered Species; File No. 10027-02, ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit modification.
47. 74 FR 36671, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN: 0648-XQ43, Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting, ACTION: Notice of a public meeting of the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council's (Council) Habitat and Environmental Protection (Habitat) Advisory Panel (AP).
48. 74 FR 36689, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Western Area Power Administration, Interconnection of the Grapevine Canyon Wind Project, Coconino County, AZ, ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report and Conduct Scoping Meetings; Notice of Floodplain and Wetlands Involvement.
49. 74 FR 36691, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration, Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Continued Operation of the Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration Nevada Test Site and Off-Site Locations in the State of Nevada, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement and conduct public scoping meetings.
50. 74 FR 36736, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Boundary Revision, ACTION: Notification of Boundary Revision.
51. 74 FR 36736, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [LLCAD06000-L16100000], Notice of Availability of Draft South Coast Resource Management Plan Amendment and Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Santa Ana River Wash Land Exchange, California, ACTION: Notice of Availability.
52. 74 FR 36737, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Reclamation, Walker River Basin Acquisition Program, ACTION: Notice of Availability and Notice of Public Meetings for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (Draft EIS).
53. 74 FR 36738, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [LLIDI01000-L71220000-PH0000-LVTF80230000; DDG-07-0010], Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Three Rivers Stone Quarry Expansion, ACTION: Notice of availability.
54. 74 FR 36739, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Modification/Removal of the Canal Diversion Dam in Cuyahoga Valley National Park, OH, ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Modification/Removal of the Canal Diversion Dam in Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio.
55. 74 FR 36740, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Department of Defense, Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District, Walla Walla, WA and Museum of Anthropology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, ACTION: Notice.
56. 74 FR 36741, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, ACTION: Notice.
57. 74 FR 36742, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Reclamation, Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Work Group (AMWG), ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
58. 74 FR 36742, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS) Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Advisory Commission; Notice of Public Meeting, ACTION: Notice of meeting.
59. 74 FR 36743, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Public Meetings for the National Park Service Alaska Region's Subsistence Resource Commission (SRC) Program, ACTION: Notice of public meetings for the National Park Service Alaska Region's Subsistence Resource Commission (SRC) program.
60. 74 FR 36744, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Oregon, Oregon State Museum of Anthropology, Eugene, OR; Correction, ACTION: Notice; correction.
61. 74 FR 36870, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 20, [FWS-R9-MB-2008-0124; 91200-1231-9BPP-L2] RIN 1018-AW31, Migratory Bird Hunting; Proposed Frameworks for Early-Season Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations; Notice of Meetings, Part III, ACTION: Proposed rule; supplemental.
62. 74 FR 36892, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Parts 229, 600, and 635, [Docket No. 080519678-8685-01] RIN 0648-AW65, Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Shark Management Measures; Amendment 3, Part IV, ACTION: Proposed rule; availability of a Fishery Management Plan (FMP) amendment; request for comments; public hearings.
