Federal Register Items of Interest to the Department of the Interior
September 28-October 2, 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 September 28-October 2, 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.
SEPTEMBER 28, 2009
1. 74 FR 49330, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), 43 CFR Parts 3000 and 3200, [L13100000 PP0000 LLWO310000; L1990000 PO0000 LLWO320000] RIN 1004-AE01, Minerals Management: Adjustment of Cost Recovery Fees, ACTION: Final rule.
2. 74 FR 49367, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), [Project No. 13272-001], Alaska Village Electric Cooperative; Notice of Intent To File License Application, Filing of Pre-Application Document, Commencement of Licensing Proceeding, and Scoping; Request for Comments on the PAD and Scoping Document, and Identification of Issues and Associated Study Requests.
3. 74 FR 49374, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), [Docket No. CP09-17-000], Florida Gas Transmission Company, LLC; Notice of Availability of the Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Phase VIII Expansion Project,
4. 74 FR 49396, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS), Environmental Documents Prepared for Proposed Oil, Gas, and Mineral Operations by the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Region, ACTION: Notice of the Availability of Environmental Documents Prepared for OCS Mineral Proposals by the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region.
5. 74 FR 49396, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R1-2009-N146; 1265-0000-10137-S3], Kaua i National Wildlife Refuge Complex, Kauai County, HI, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a comprehensive conservation plan and environmental assessment and announcement of public open house meetings; request for comments.
6. 74 FR 49401, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (DOL) Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Proposed Information Collection Request Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations; Explosive Materials and Blasting Units, ACTION: Notice.
SEPTEMBER 29, 2009
7. 74 FR 49808, Rules and Regulations, SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN COMMISSION, 18 CFR Parts 806 and 808, Review and Approval of Projects, ACTION: Final rule.
8. 74 FR 49835, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, [Docket No. FWS-R6-ES-2009-0037] [92210-1117-0000-B4], Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 12-month Finding on a Petition To Revise Critical Habitat for Eriogonum pelinophilum (Clay-Loving Wild Buckwheat), ACTION: Notice of 12-month petition finding.
9. 74 FR 49842, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, [Docket No. FWS-R4-ES-2009-0066] [92210-1117-0000-B4], Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 90-Day Finding on a Petition to Revise Critical Habitat for the Florida Manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris), ACTION: Notice of 90-day petition finding and initiation of critical habitat review.
10. 74 FR 49850, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Natural Resources and Environment Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), The Secretary of Agriculture's Determination of the Primary Purpose of the State of Florida's Agricultural Best Management Practices Program, ACTION: Notice of Determination.
11. 74 FR 49851, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XR88, Endangered Species; File No. 14655, ACTION: Notice; receipt of application.
12. 74 FR 49852, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XE28, Incidental Takes of Marine Mammals During Specified Activities; St. George Reef Light Station Restoration and Maintenance at Northwest Seal Rock, Del Norte County, California, ACTION: Notice; proposed incidental take authorization; request for comments.
13. 74 FR 49887, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Reclamation, Grassland Bypass Project, Merced and Fresno Counties, CA, ACTION: Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement and Environmental Impact Report (Final EIS/EIR).
14. 74 FR 49888, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [LLMT926000-09-L19100000-BJ0000-LRCM08RS3472], Filing of Plat of Survey--Montana, ACTION: Notice of filing of plat of survey.
15. 74 FR 49894, Notices, NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (NSF), Notice of Permit Applications Received Under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-541), ACTION: Notice of Permit Applications Received under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978, Public Law 95-541.
16. 74 FR 49899, Notices, NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC), [NRC-2009-0429; Docket No. 030-05249], Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Amendment to Byproduct Materials License No. 29-01035-01, for Unrestricted Release of the FMC Corporation Facility Located In Princeton, NJ, ACTION: Issuance of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for license amendment.
17. 74 FR 49901, Notices, NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC), [NRC-2009-0428; Docket No. 030-29879], Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Amendment to Byproduct Materials License No. 29-28005-01 Partial Unrestricted Release of the Sarnoff Corporation's Facility in Princeton, NJ, ACTION: Issuance of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for license amendment.
18. 74 FR 49902, Notices, NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC), [NRC-2009-0431; Docket No. 030-05210], Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Amendment to Byproduct Materials License No. 29-00018-02, Unrestricted Release of Building 43 at the Hoffman-La Roche Inc. Facility in Nutley, NJ, ACTION: Issuance of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for license amendment.
SEPTEMBER 30, 2009
19. 74 FR 50165, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XR62, Endangered and Threatened Species; Recovery Plans, ACTION: Notice of Availability.
20. 74 FR 50172, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XR72, Endangered Species; File No. 10022, ACTION: Notice; receipt of application for modification.
21. 74 FR 50222, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS) Indian Health Service, Indian Health Service [System Number 09-17-0002], Privacy Act of 1974; Report of Modified or Altered System; Indian Health Service Scholarship and Loan Repayment Programs, ACTION: Notice of a Modification or Alteration to a System of Records (SOR).
22. 74 FR 50233, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Cherokee Nation Limited Mixed Beverage Sales Act, ACTION: Notice.
23. 74 FR 50235, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R6-R-2009-N181;60138-1265-6CCP-S3], Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge, Stevensville, MT, ACTION: Notice of intent.
24. 74 FR 50236, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R8-ES-2009-N163; 80221-1113-0000-D3], Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Draft Post-Delisting Monitoring Plan for the Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), ACTION: Notice of document availability for review and comment.
25. 74 FR 50237, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R4-R-2009-N0117; 40136-1265-0000-S3], Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Ouachita Parish, LA, ACTION: Notice of availability: draft comprehensive conservation plan and environmental assessment; request for comments.
26. 74 FR 50239, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R8-ES-2009-N141; 80221-1112-0000-F2], Amendment of the Clark County Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan and Issuance of an Amended Incidental Take Permit, Clark County, NV, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS); and notice of public scoping meetings.
27. 74 FR 50241, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Environmental Impact Statements; Comprehensive Trail Management Plan for Cuyahoga Valley National Park, OH, ACTION: Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for Comprehensive Trail Management Plan for Cuyahoga Valley National Park, OH.
28. 74 FR 50241, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Public Meeting, ACTION: Notice of public meeting for the National Park Service Alaska Region's Subsistence Resource Commission (SRC) program.
29. 74 FR 50260, Notices, EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Submission for Review: Questionnaire for National Security Positions, SF 86, ACTION: 30-Day Notice and request for comments.
OCTOBER 1, 2009
30. 74 FR 50736, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 32, [Docket No. FWS-R9-NSR-2008-0042; 93270-1265-0000-4A] RIN 1018-AV80, 2008-2009 Refuge-Specific Hunting and Sport Fishing Regulations--Modifications; Corrections, ACTION: Final rule; correcting amendments.
31. 74 FR 50740, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Ocean Service (NOS) Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, 15 CFR Part 922, [Docket No. 0907301210-91239-01] RIN 0648-AX83, Gulf of the Farallones and Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuaries Regulations on Introduced Species, ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; request for public comments.
32. 74 FR 50763, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Forest Service, Request for Proposals for Hazardous Fuels Woody Biomass Utilization Grant--Forest Restoration Activities on All Priority Forestlands, ACTION: Request for proposals.
33. 74 FR 50816, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Rock Creek Park; Notice of extension of public comment period for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement and White-tailed Deer Management Plan for Rock Creek Park, ACTION: Notice of Extension of Public Comment Period for Draft Environmental Impact Statement and White-tailed Deer Management Plan for Rock Creek Park, Washington, DC.
34. 74 FR 50866, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Environmental Impact Statement for the California High Speed Train Project From Fresno to Bakersfield, CA, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement.
35. 74 FR 50868, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Environmental Impact Statement for the California High-Speed Train Project from Merced to Fresno, CA, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement.
36. 74 FR 50909, Presidential Documents, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, Executive Order 13511 of September 29, 2009, Title 3-- The President Continuance of Certain Federal Advisory Committees, Part IV.
OCTOBER 2, 2009
37. 74 FR 50958, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) Department of the Army (DA) United States Army Corps of Engineers, Intent To Prepare a Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for the Puget Sound Nearshore Marine Habitat Restoration Project, WA, ACTION: Notice of intent.
38. 74 FR 50963, Notices, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), [ER-FRL-8597-9], Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments.
39. 74 FR 50985, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R8-ES-2009-N158; 1112-0000-81420-F2], Amendment to the Incidental Take Permit for the San Bruno Mountain Habitat Conservation Plan in San Mateo County, CA, ACTION: Notice of finding of no significant impact (FONSI) and issuance of amended incidental take permit.
40. 74 FR 50986, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [LLOR932000-L16100000-DF0000-LXSS062H0000; HAG 9-0209], Notice of Availability of Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Vegetation Treatments Using Herbicides on Bureau of Land Management Lands, Oregon, ACTION: Notice of availability.
41. 74 FR 50987, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), National Mall and Memorial Parks, Washington, DC; Notice of Availability of a Finding of No Significant Impact for the Proposed West Potomac Park Levee Project, ACTION: Notice of Availability of a Finding of No Significant Impact.
42. 74 FR 50988, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [LLCAN00000.L18200000.ZX0000], Notice of Public Meeting: Northwest California Resource Advisory Council, ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
