Federal Register Items of Interest to the Department of the Interior
August 17-21, 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 August 17-21, 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.
AUGUST 17, 2009
1. 74 FR 41328, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), 25 CFR Parts 26 and 27, RIN 1076-AE88, Job Placement and Training, ACTION: Final Rule.
2. 74 FR 41351, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Parts 25 and 32, [Docket No. FWS-R3-NSR-2009-0007] [32579-1261-0000-4A] RIN 1018-AW48, 2009-2010 Hunting and Sport Fishing Regulations for the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge, ACTION: Final rule.
3. 74 FR 41366, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Plumas National Forest; California; Flea Project (Renamed Concow Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project), ACTION: Revised notice of intent to prepare a draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).
4. 74 FR 41373, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XQ96, Endangered and Threatened Species; Take of Anadromous Fish, ACTION: Receipt of an application for a scientific research permit; request for comments.
5. 74 FR 41382, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XO99, Incidental Takes of Marine Mammals During Specified Activities; Low-Energy Marine Seismic Survey in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean, August 2009, ACTION: Notice; issuance of an incidental take authorization.
6. 74 FR 41418, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), [Project No. 12680-003], Ocean Renewable Power Company, LLC; Notice of Intent To File Hydrokinetic Pilot Project License Application, Filing of Draft Application, Request for Waivers of Integrated Licensing Process Regulations Necessary for Expedited Processing of a Pilot Project License Application, and Soliciting Comments,
7. 74 FR 41452, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians, Notice of Proposed Renewal of Information Collection, ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
8. 74 FR 41453, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Reclamation, Proposed Water Service Contract, El Dorado County Water Agency, El Dorado County, CA, ACTION: Notice of availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR).
9. 74 FR 41454, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R9-IA-2009-N154; 96300-1671-0000-P5], Receipt of Applications for Permit, ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications for permit.
10. 74 FR 41458, Notices, NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC), [NRC-2009-0357; Docket No. 03037121], Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Amendment to Byproduct Materials License No. 47-19315-02, for Termination of the License and Unrestricted Release of the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine's Facility in Lewisburg, WV, ACTION: Issuance of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Amendment.
11. 74 FR 41459, Notices, NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC), [NRC-2009-0356; Docket No. 040-00341], Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Amendment to Source Materials License No. Stc-133, for Unrestricted Release of the Defense Logistics Agency's Curtis Bay Depot Facility In Baltimore, MD, ACTION: Issuance of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Amendment.
AUGUST 18, 2009
12. 74 FR 41649, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, [Docket No. FWS-R2-ES-2008-0131; MO 9221050083-B2], Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Partial 90-Day Finding on a Petition To List 206 Species in the Midwest and Western United States as Threatened or Endangered with Critical Habitat, ACTION: Notice of 90-day petition finding.
13. 74 FR 41662, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, [Docket No. FWS-R8-ES-2009-0044; 92210-1117-0000-FY09-B4] RIN 1018-AU23, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for the Sonoma County Distinct Population Segment of California Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma californiense), ACTION: Proposed rule; public hearing announcement.
14. 74 FR 41674, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Boundary Establishment for North Fork Smith and Upper Rogue National Wild and Scenic Rivers, Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, Jackson, Douglas, Klamath, and Josephine Counties, OR, ACTION: Notice of availability.
15. 74 FR 41675, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Natural Resources and Environment Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Notice of Proposed Change to Section IV of the Virginia State Technical Guide, ACTION: Notice of availability of proposed changes in the Virginia NRCS State Technical Guide for review and comment.
16. 74 FR 41677, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XQ97, Endangered and Threatened Species; Take of Anadromous Fish, ACTION: Issuance of an enhancement permit.
17. 74 FR 41684, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0638-XI68, Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Construction of the East Span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, ACTION: Notice of issuance of an incidental harassment authorization.
18. 74 FR 41737, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of the Secretary of the Interior National Business Center Federal Consulting Group, Proposed Renewal of Information Collection: 1090-0007 [formerly 1505-0191], American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) Government Customer Satisfaction Survey, ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
19. 74 FR 41739, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R9-MB-2009-N175; 91200-1231-WEBB-M3], Proposed Information Collection; National Mourning Dove Hunter Attitude Survey on Nontoxic Shot, ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
20. 74 FR 41739, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [LLORV00000-L10200000.DD0000; HAG 9-0320], Meeting Notice for the John Day/Snake Resource Advisory Council, ACTION: Meeting Notice for the John Day/Snake Resource Advisory Council.
21. 74 FR 41740, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [LLCAN00000.L18200000.XZ0000], Notice of Public Meeting: Northeast California Resource Advisory Council, ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting.
22. 74 FR 41740, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Proclaiming Certain Lands as Reservation for the Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan, aka, Gun Lake Tribe, ACTION: Notice of Reservation Proclamation.
AUGUST 19, 2009
23. 74 FR 41832, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, [FWS-R8-ES-2008-0049;1111 FY08 MO-B2], Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 12-Month Finding on a Petition To List the Ashy Storm-Petrel as Threatened or Endangered, ACTION: Notice of 12-month petition finding.
24. 74 FR 41917, Notices, ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION, Program Comment Issued for the U.S. General Services Administration on Select Envelope and Infrastructure Repairs and Upgrades to Historic Public Buildings, ACTION: Program Comment Issued for the U.S. General Services Administration on Select Envelope and Infrastructure Repairs and Upgrades to Historic Public Buildings.
25. 74 FR 41925, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [F-14950-A; F-14950-A2; AK-965-1410-KC-P], Alaska Native Claims Selection, ACTION: Notice of decision approving lands for conveyance.
26. 74 FR 41926, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [AA-6705-E, AA-6705-H, AA-6705-L; AK-964 1410-HY-P], Alaska Native Claims Selection, ACTION: Notice of decision approving lands for conveyance.
27. 74 FR 41926, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [F-14835-A, F-14835-A2; LLAK965000-L14100000-KC0000-P], Alaska Native Claims Selection, ACTION: Notice of decision approving lands for conveyance.
28. 74 FR 41927, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [AA-9635, AA-9938, AA-9964, AA-11303, AA-11304, AA-11317, AA-11318, AA-10279; LLAK-962000-L14100000-HY0000-P], Alaska Native Claims Selection, ACTION: Notice of decision approving lands for conveyance.
29. 74 FR 41927, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R2-ES-2009-N157; 20124-1113-0000-F5], Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications, ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications; request for public comment.
30. 74 FR 41928, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Environmental Impact Statement for the Spokane Tribe's 2719(b)(1)(A) Application and for the Proposed West Plains Mixed-Use Development Project, Spokane County, WA, ACTION: Notice of intent.
31. 74 FR 41928, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R8-R-2008-N0322; 80230-1265-0000-S3], Desert National Wildlife Refuge Complex, Clark, Lincoln, and Nye Counties, NV, ACTION: Notice of availability: Final comprehensive conservation plan/environmental impact statement.
32. 74 FR 41930, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Indian Gaming, ACTION: Notice of Approved Tribal--State Compact Amendment.
33. 74 FR 41931, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Indian Gaming, ACTION: Notice of Approved Tribal--State Class III Gaming Compact.
34. 74 FR 41931, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS) Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area Advisory Council; Notice of Public Meeting, ACTION: Notice of meeting.
35. 74 FR 41943, Notices, NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC), [NRC-2008-0213; Docket No. 040-06394], Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Amendment to Source Materials License No. SMB-141, for Unrestricted Release of a Portion of the Department of the Army, U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command, Army Research Laboratory Facility at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland, ACTION: Issuance of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Amendment.
AUGUST 20, 2009
36. 74 FR 42089, 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. 1006-0015).
37. 74 FR 42090, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [LLWO270000-L63500000.PPN0000], Extension of Approved Information Collection, OMB Control Number 1004-0058, ACTION: 60-day notice and request for comments.
38. 74 FR 42091, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R9-WSFR-2009-N171] [91405-5110000-241A-7H and 91405-9410000-241A-7H], Proposed Information Collection; OMB Control Number 1018-0007; Annual Certification of Hunting and Sport Fishing Licenses Issued, ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
39. 74 FR 42092, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [LLWYP00000-L13200000-EL0000, LLWYP00000-L51100000-GA0000-LVEMK09CK330, LLWYP00000-L51100000-GA0000-LVEMK09CK360, LLWYP00000-L51100000-GA0000-LVEMK09CK350; WYW161248, WYW172585, WYW172657, WYW173360], Notice of Availability for the South Gillette Area Coal Final Environmental Impact Statement That Includes Four Federal Coal Lease by Applications, Wyoming, ACTION: Notice of availability.
40. 74 FR 42094, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ACTION: Notice.
41. 74 FR 42095, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Daniel Boone National Forest, Winchester, KY, ACTION: Notice.
42. 74 FR 42096, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: The Public Museum, Grand Rapids, MI, ACTION: Notice.
43. 74 FR 42096, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: State of Alaska, Alaska State Office of History and Archaeology, Anchorage, AK and Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological Repository, Kodiak, AK, ACTION: Notice.
44. 74 FR 42097, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: Chemung Valley History Museum, Elmira, NY, ACTION: Notice.
45. 74 FR 42098, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: Fernbank Museum of Natural History, Atlanta, GA, ACTION: Notice.
46. 74 FR 42100, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: 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.
47. 74 FR 42102, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: Alaska State Office, Bureau of Land Management, Anchorage, AK; Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological Repository, Kodiak, AK; and University of Wisconsin Anthropology Department Curation Facility, Madison, WI, ACTION: Notice.
48. 74 FR 42103, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: The Public Museum, Grand Rapids, MI, ACTION: Notice.
49. 74 FR 42104, 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 New York University College of Dentistry, New York, NY, ACTION: Notice.
50. 74 FR 42105, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: New York University College of Dentistry, New York, NY, ACTION: Notice.
51. 74 FR 42105, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: The Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO; Correction, ACTION: Notice.
52. 74 FR 42106, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: New York University College of Dentistry, New York, NY, ACTION: Notice.
53. 74 FR 42107, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: The Public Museum, Grand Rapids, MI, ACTION: Notice.
54. 74 FR 42107, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: Department of Anthropology Museum at the University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, ACTION: Notice.
55. 74 FR 42109, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [LLUT920-09-L13200000-EL000, UTU-87084], Notice of Invitation to Participate in Coal Exploration License, Utah, ACTION: Notice of invitation to participate in coal exploration license.
56. 74 FR 42109, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [LLAZ9120000 L12200000 AL0000 6100.241A0], State of Arizona Resource Advisory Council Meeting, ACTION: Notice of Arizona Resource Advisory Council Meeting.
57. 74 FR 42110, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [MT-060-01-1020-PG], Notice of Public Meeting; Central Montana Resource Advisory Council, ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
58. 74 FR 42110, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R8-ES-2009-N153; 1112-0000-80221-F2], Proposed Low Effect Habitat Conservation Plan for the Pahrump Valley General Store Shopping Center, Nye County, NV, ACTION: Notice of availability; receipt of application.
AUGUST 21, 2009
59. 74 FR 42170, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), 7 CFR Part 1415, RIN 0578-AA53, Grassland Reserve Program; Amendment, ACTION: Interim final rule; amendment with reopening of comment period.
60. 74 FR 42225, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [Docket No. APHIS-2008-0096], National Aquatic Animal Health Plan for the United States; Notice of Availability, ACTION: Notice of availability and request for comments.
61. 74 FR 42288, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) Department of the Army (DA) United States Army Corps of Engineers, Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Conveyance of Federal Lands at Lake Texoma to the State of Oklahoma, Marshall County, OK, ACTION: Notice of Intent.
62. 74 FR 42288, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) Department of the Army (DA) United States Army Corps of Engineers, Corps of Engineers: Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Proposed Lake on Yellow Creek in Lamar County, AL (Department of Army Permit Number SAM-2005-4302-MNS), ACTION: Notice of Intent.
63. 74 FR 42295, Notices, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), [ER-FRL-8596-5], Environmental Impacts Statements; Notice of Availability,
64. 74 FR 42317, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), [Docket Number NIOSH-174], Recent Coal Dust Particle Size Surveys and the Implications for Mine Explosions, ACTION: Notice of draft publication available for public comment.
65. 74 FR 42320, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [LLOROR957000-L62510000-PM000: HAG09-0319], Filing of Plats of Survey: Oregon/Washington, ACTION: Notice.
66. 74 FR 42320, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: Saint Martin's Waynick Museum, Lacey, WA, ACTION: Notice.
67. 74 FR 42321, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: The Public Museum, Grand Rapids, MI, ACTION: Notice.
68. 74 FR 42322, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: Saint Martin's Waynick Museum, Lacey, WA, ACTION: Notice.
69. 74 FR 42332, Notices, NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC), [Docket No. 40-9073; NRC-2009-0364], Uranium One Incorporated; Moore Ranch In-Situ Recovery Project; New Source Material License Application; Notice of Intent To Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement, ACTION: Notice of Intent (NOI).
