Agency: Interior Department
Years: 20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013[FR Doc 2012-31359] 1.Rural Determination Process
Federal subsistence regulations require that the rural or nonrural status of communities or areas be reviewed every 10 years. In 2009, the Secretary of the Interior initiated a review of the Federal Subsistence Management Program. An ensuing directive was for the Federal Subsistence Board (Board) to review its process for determining the rural and
Published: 2012-12-31 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
[FR Doc 2012-31117] 2.Freedom of Information Act Regulations
This rule revises the regulations that the Department of the Interior (the ``Department'') follows in processing records under the Freedom of Information Act (``FOIA''). The revisions clarify and update procedures for requesting information from the Department and procedures that the Department follows in responding to requests from the public.
Published: 2012-12-31 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
[FR Doc 2012-31180] 3.Indian Gaming
This notice publishes the Approval of the Amended Tribal-State Compact between the SissetonWahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation and State of South Dakota
Published: 2012-12-28 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
[FR Doc 2012-31176] 4.Indian Gaming
This notice publishes the Approval of the Tribal-State Compact between the State of Montana and the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation.
Published: 2012-12-28 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
[FR Doc 2012-31177] 5.Indian Gaming
This notice publishes the Approval of the Amendment to the Amended and Restated TribalState Compact for Regulation of Class III Gaming between the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon and the State of Oregon, Amendment I.
Published: 2012-12-28 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
[FR Doc 2012-31181] 6.Indian Gaming
This notice publishes the Deemed Approved Amendment to the TribalState Compact between the State of California and the Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians.
Published: 2012-12-28 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
[FR Doc 2012-31307] 7.Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Acting Assistant SecretaryIndian Affairs is submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for renewal of the collection of information for Electrical Service Application, 25 CFR 175, authorized by OMB Control Number 10760021. This information collection expires
Published: 2012-12-28 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
[FR Doc 2012-31365] 8.Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the availability for review of our final comprehensive conservation plan (CCP) and environmental impact statement (EIS) for Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge (NWR). The CCP/EIS describes how we propose to manage the refuge for the next 15 years.
Published: 2012-12-28 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
[FR Doc 2012-31329] 9.Meetings:
In accordance with the requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. Appendix 2, the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Osage Negotiated Rulemaking Committee will meet as indicated below.
Published: 2012-12-28 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
[FR Doc 2012-31011] 10.Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants:
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announces the availability of a draft revised recovery plan for the Kendall Warm Springs dace (Rhinichthys osculus thermalis). This species is federally listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA). The Service solicits review and comment from the public on this draft
Published: 2012-12-26 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
[FR Doc 2012-30731] 11.Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants:
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service or USFWS), propose to reclassify the continental United States (U.S.) breeding population of wood stork from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). We find that the best available scientific and commercial data indicate that the endangered designation no
Published: 2012-12-26 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
[FR Doc 2012-30852] 12.Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the availability of the final comprehensive conservation plan and environmental impact statement (CCP/EIS) for the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge (Refuge). In the final CCP/EIS, we describe alternatives, including our preferred alternative, for managing the Refuge for the next 15 years.
Published: 2012-12-21 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
[FR Doc 2012-30622] 13.Back Program for Tribal Nations
The Cobell Class Action Settlement Agreement established a Trust Land Consolidation Fund to be used for acquiring fractional interests in trust and restricted fee lands. Based on tribal consultation in the spring and summer of 2011, the Department issued a draft plan dated January 2012. The Department has developed this Initial Implementation Plan
Published: 2012-12-20 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
[FR Doc 2012-30486] 14.Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants:
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are removing the regulations that govern the southern sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis) translocation program, including the establishment of an experimental population of southern sea otters, and all associated management actions. Removal of the regulations terminates the program. We analyzed the
Published: 2012-12-19 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
[FR Doc 2012-30470] 15.Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants:
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, have received an application from the Blackfooted Ferret Recovery Implementation Coordinator for an enhancement of survival permit under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA). The application includes a draft programmatic Safe Harbor Agreement (Agreement) to reintroduce the federally
Published: 2012-12-19 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
[FR Doc 2012-30554] 16.Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants:
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a 90day finding on a petition to delist the southern Selkirk Mountains population of woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants as determined under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). Based on our
Published: 2012-12-19 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
[FR Doc 2012-30384] 17.Meetings:
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, announce a public meeting of the Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council (Council).
Published: 2012-12-18 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
[FR Doc 2012-30348] 18.Final Recovery Plan, First Revision:
We, the Fish and Wildlife Service, announce the availability of our final recovery plan, first revision, for the Mexican Spotted Owl, which is listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). This species occurs in the States of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, and Utah, and south through the Sierra Madre
Published: 2012-12-17 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
[FR Doc 2012-29972] 19.Land Acquisitions:
The Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs made a final agency determination to acquire approximately 127.65 acres of land in trust for the Tonkawa Tribe of Oklahoma on December 6, 2012.
Published: 2012-12-17 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
[FR Doc 2012-30181] 20.Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and
We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) have sent an Information Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for review and approval. We summarize the ICR below and describe the nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost. This information collection is scheduled to expire on January 31, 2013. We may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not
Published: 2012-12-14 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
[FR Doc 2012-30182] 21.Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), intend to prepare a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) under the National Environmental Policy Act for the proposed Habitat Conservation Plan/ Natural Community Conservation Plan for Western Butte County, hereafter referred to as the Butte Regional Conservation Plan (BRCP). This document is
Published: 2012-12-14 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
[FR Doc 2012-30186] 22.Low-Effect Habitat Conservation Plans:
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), have received an application from the City of Tulare, Tulare County, California (applicant), for a 5year incidental take permit for two species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). The application addresses the potential for ``take'' of two listed animals, the vernal pool
Published: 2012-12-14 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
[FR Doc 2012-30214] 23.Permit Applications:
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities with endangered species. With some exceptions, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) prohibits activities with listed species unless Federal authorization is acquired that allows such activities.
Published: 2012-12-14 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
[FR Doc 2012-30212] 24.Permits:
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), have issued the following permits to conduct certain activities with endangered species, marine mammals, or both. We issue these permits under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA).
Published: 2012-12-14 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
[FR Doc 2012-30079] 25.Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants:
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to comment on the following application to conduct certain activities with endangered or threatened species. The Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), prohibits activities with endangered and threatened species unless a Federal permit allows such activity. The Act also requires
Published: 2012-12-13 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
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