Federal Register Items of Interest to the Department of the Interior
October 26-30, 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 October 26-30, 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.
OCTOBER 26, 2009
1. 74 FR 54947, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Part 648, [Docket No. 0907241164-91187-01] RIN 0648-AY09, Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States, ACTION: Proposed rule; request for comments.
2. 74 FR 54959, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XS54, Marine Mammals; File No. 14603, ACTION: Notice; receipt of application.
3. 74 FR 54962, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Ocean Service (NOS), U.S. Coral Reef Task Force Public Meeting and Public Comment, ACTION: Notice of public meeting; Notice of public comment.
4. 74 FR 54988, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), [Docket No. CP09-465-000], Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Cunningham Storage Boundary Expansion Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues.
5. 74 FR 55061, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), National Park Service Concessions Management Advisory Board Reestablishment, ACTION: Notice of Reestablishment of the National Park Service Concessions Management Advisory Board.
6. 74 FR 55062, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R9-IA-2009-N228 96300-1671-0000-P5], Receipt of Applications for Permit, ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications for permit.
7. 74 FR 55062, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Availability of Final Elk Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement for Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota, ACTION: Notice of Availability of Final Elk Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement for Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota.
8. 74 FR 55063, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R9-IA-2009-N227 96300-1671-0000-P5], Issuance of Permits, ACTION: Notice of issuance of permits.
9. 74 FR 55064, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [LLCAN00000.L18200000.ZX0000], Cancellation Notice, Public Meeting: Northwest California Resource Advisory Council, ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
10. 74 FR 55064, 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.
11. 74 FR 55064, 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.
12. 74 FR 55086, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), [Project Number GAI-0067-01 (004)], Environmental Impact Statement: Hancock and Pearl River Counties, MS, ACTION: Notice of intent.
OCTOBER 27, 2009
13. 74 FR 55136, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS) United States Coast Guard (USCG), 33 CFR Part 147, [Docket No. USCG-2008-1051] RIN 1625-AA00, Safety Zone; Perdido Regional Host Outer Continental Shelf Platform, Gulf of Mexico, ACTION: Final rule.
14. 74 FR 55177, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, [Docket No. FWS-R6-ES-2009-0064] [MO 922105 0083-B2], Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 90-day Finding on a Petition To List the American Dipper in the Black Hills of South Dakota as Threatened or Endangered, ACTION: Notice of 90-day petition finding.
15. 74 FR 55250, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD) Office of Public and Indian Housing Office of Native American Programs, [Docket No. FR-5317-FA-01], Announcement of Funding Awards for the Native American Housing Block Grant Recovery Act Competitive Program, ACTION: Announcement of funding awards.
16. 74 FR 55250, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of the Secretary of the Interior, Invasive Species Advisory Committee, ACTION: Notice of public meetings of the Invasive Species Advisory Committee.
17. 74 FR 55250, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI), Performance Review Board Appointments, ACTION: Notice of Performance Review Board appointments.
18. 74 FR 55250, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSRME), Notice of Proposed Information Collection for 1029-0120, ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
19. 74 FR 55256, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Big Cypress National Preserve Off-Road Vehicle Advisory Committee, ACTION: Notice of renewal.
20. 74 FR 55256, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Minor Boundary Revision of Lassen Volcanic National Park, ACTION: Announcement of boundary revision.
21. 74 FR 55257, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [LLNM920000 L13100000 FI0000; NMNM 117542], Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease NMNM 117542, ACTION: Notice of Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease.
22. 74 FR 55273, Notices, NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC), [NRC-2009-0469; Docket No. 030-04552], Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Amendment to Byproduct Materials License No. 19-10306-01 for Unrestricted Release of the Department of the Army's Rad Yard Facility Located in the Bush River Study Area, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, ACTION: Issuance of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for license amendment.
23. 74 FR 55279, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Transit Administration, Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Proposed Transit Improvements in the Corridor Between the Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC) and The Anaheim Resort(TM) in the City of Anaheim, Orange County, CA.
24. 74 FR 55292, Proposed Rules, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), 40 CFR Parts 51, 52, 70, and 71, [EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0517; FRL-8966-7] RIN 2060-AP86, Prevention of Significant Deterioration and Title V Greenhouse Gas Tailoring Rule, Part II, ACTION: Proposed rule.
25. 74 FR 55368, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XP00, Small Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Open-water Marine Survey Program in the Chukchi Sea, Alaska, During 2009-2010, Part III, ACTION: Notice; issuance of an incidental take authorization.
OCTOBER 28, 2009
26. 74 FR 55437, Presidential Documents, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, Proclamation 8442 of October 23, 2009, Title 3-- The President National Forest Products Week, 2009 By the President of the United States of America, A Proclamation.
27. 74 FR 55467, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 20, [FWS-R9-MB-2009-0124] [91200-1231-9BPP-L2] RIN 1018-AW31, Migratory Bird Hunting; Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations on Certain Federal Indian Reservations and Ceded Lands for the 2009-10 Late Season, ACTION: Final rule; correcting amendments.
28. 74 FR 55524, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, [FWS-R6-ES-2009-0065] [MO 9221050083-B2], Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Status Review of Arctic Grayling (Thymallus arcticus) in the Upper Missouri River System, ACTION: Notice of intent to conduct status review.
29. 74 FR 55525, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, [FWS-R2-ES-2009-0030] [92210-1111-FY08-B2], Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 90-Day Finding on a Petition to List the Northern Leopard Frog (Lithobates [=Rana] pipiens) in the Western United States as Threatened, ACTION: Notice of a 90-day petition finding; reopening of the information solicitation period.
30. 74 FR 55526, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 50 CFR Part 635, [Docket No. 0906221072-91133-01] RIN 0648-AX95, Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Commercial Shark Management Measures, ACTION: Proposed rule; request for comments.
31. 74 FR 55536, 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.
32. 74 FR 55537, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Solicitation of Input From Stakeholders on the Tribal Colleges Research Grants Program, Tribal Colleges Education Equity Grants Program and Tribal Colleges Extension Services Program, ACTION: Request for written stakeholder input.
33. 74 FR 55538, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XR73, Endangered Species; File No. 14249, ACTION: Issuance of permit.
34. 74 FR 55539, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RIN 0648-XR77, Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement; Seismic Surveys in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas, Alaska, ACTION: Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (DPEIS); Notice of Withdrawal.
35. 74 FR 55546, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Panel Member List for Hydropower Licensing Study Dispute Resolution; Notice Requesting Applications for Panel Member List for Hydropower Licensing Study Dispute Resolution.
36. 74 FR 55575, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [LLWO35000.L14300000.FR0000.24-1A; OMB Control Number 1004-0012], Notice of Information Collection; Application for Land for Recreation or Public Purposes, ACTION: 30-day notice and request for comments.
37. 74 FR 55576, 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.
38. 74 FR 55577, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Intent to Repatriate a Cultural Item: San Diego Museum of Man, San Diego, CA, ACTION: Notice.
39. 74 FR 55577, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: South Dakota State Historical Society-Archaeological Research Center, Rapid City, SD, ACTION: Notice.
40. 74 FR 55578, 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.
41. 74 FR 55579, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, ACTION: Notice.
42. 74 FR 55580, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), Notice of Inventory Completion: Warren Anatomical Museum, Harvard University, Boston, MA, ACTION: Notice.
43. 74 FR 55580, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Geological Survey, National Earthquake Prediction Evaluation Council, ACTION: Notice of meeting.
44. 74 FR 55581, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R9-MB-2009-N214] [91100-3740-GRNT 7C], Meeting Announcement: North American Wetlands Conservation Council, ACTION: Notice of meeting.
45. 74 FR 55726, Rules and Regulations, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS) DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (DOJ) Executive Office for Immigration Review, 8 CFR Parts 1, 208, 209, 212, 214, 217, 235, 245, 274a, 286, and 299 8 CFR Parts 1001, 1208, 1209, 1212, 1235, and 1245 and 1274a, [CIS No. 2460-08; DHS Docket No. USCIS-2008-0039] RIN 1615-AB77 [EOIR Docket No. 169 AG Order No. 3120-2009] RIN 1125-AA67, Application of Immigration Regulations to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Part V, ACTION: Interim final rule.
OCTOBER 29, 2009
46. 74 FR 55833, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), [Docket No. PF09-13-000], East Tennessee Natural Gas, LLC; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Northeastern Tennessee Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues.
47. 74 FR 55837, Notices, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), [EPA-HQ-OW-2009-0819; FRL-8974-8], Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Proposed Information Collection Request for the Steam Electric Power Generating Effluent Guidelines; EPA ICR No. 2368.01, OMB Control No. 2040-NEW, ACTION: Notice.
48. 74 FR 55851, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R4-R-2009-N150; 40136-1265-0000-S3], Cross Creeks National Wildlife Refuge, Stewart County, TN, ACTION: Notice of availability: Final comprehensive conservation plan and finding of no significant impact.
49. 74 FR 55853, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [LLOR-936000-L14300000-ET0000; HAG-09-0200; WAOR-7964], Notice of Proposed Withdrawal Extension and Opportunity for Public Meeting; Washington, ACTION: Notice.
50. 74 FR 55854, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Office of the Secretary; Renewal of the Wind Turbine Guidelines Advisory Committee, ACTION: Notice of renewal.
51. 74 FR 55869, Notices, NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC), [NRC-2009-0475; Docket No. 030-31714], Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Amendment to Byproduct Materials License No. 19-09760-02, for Termination of the License and Unrestricted Release of the Department of Health & Human Service's Facility Located in Baltimore, MD, ACTION: Issuance of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Amendment.
52. 74 FR 55884, Notices, SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN COMMISSION, Notice of Projects Approved for Consumptive Uses of Water, ACTION: Notice of Approved Projects.
53. 74 FR 55886, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Environmental Impact Statement for the Altamont Corridor Rail Project From Stockton to San Jose, CA, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS).
54. 74 FR 55890, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the Final Environmental Impact Statement and the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act Section 810 Analysis of Impacts to Subsistence Resources for Proposed Improvement Activities at the Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport, Sitka, AK, ACTION: Notice of availability.
55. 74 FR 56058, Proposed Rules, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 50 CFR Part 17, [FWS-R7-ES-2009-0042] [92210-1117-0000-FY09-B4] RIN 1018-AW56, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for the Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) in the United States, Part V, ACTION: Proposed rule.
OCTOBER 30, 2009
56. 74 FR 56208, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Renewal of Agency Information Collection for Appointed Counsel in Involuntary Indian Child Custody Proceedings in State Courts, ACTION: Notice of request for comments.
57. 74 FR 56209, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians, Notice and Request for Comments; Correction, ACTION: Notice and request for comments; correction.
58. 74 FR 56209, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [ID-957-1420-BJ], Idaho: Filing of Plats of Survey, ACTION: Notice of filing of plats of surveys.
59. 74 FR 56210, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [LLCOS05000 L1010 PH], Notice of Public Meeting, BLM Colorado Southwest Resource Advisory Council, Correction, Cancellation of Meeting, ACTION: Notice of public meeting; cancellation.
60. 74 FR 56210, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), [LLMTC 00900.L16100000.DP0000], Notice of Public Meeting, Eastern Montana Resource Advisory Council Meeting, ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
61. 74 FR 56210, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) National Park Service (NPS), National Capital Region; Notice/Request for Public Meeting and Public Comments--the Lighting of the National Christmas Tree and the Subsequent 29 Day Event.
62. 74 FR 56211, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), [FWS-R9-IA-2009-N235] [96300-1671-0000-P5], Receipt of Applications for Permit, ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications for permit.
63. 74 FR 56211, Notices, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Tax Credit Bonds for Bureau of Indian Affairs-Funded Schools, ACTION: Solicitation of proposals.
64. 74 FR 56260, Rules and Regulations, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), 40 CFR Parts 86, 87, 89, 90, 94, 98, 1033, 1039, 1042, 1045, 1048, 1051, 1054, 1065, [EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0508; FRL-8963-5] RIN 2060-A079, Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases, Part II, ACTION: Final rule.
