This notice advises the public that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) intends to gather information necessary to prepare Comprehensive Conservation Plans (CCP) for Monomoy and Nomans Land Island National Wildlife Refuges (NWR) and an associated Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The CCPs/EIS will present management alternatives and

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (we) announces the availability of the Draft Postdelisting Monitoring Plan for the Tinian Monarch (Monarcha takatsukasae) (Monitoring Plan). We propose to monitor the status of the Tinian monarch over a 5year period from 2005 to 2010 through regular field surveys of the distribution and abundance of the Tinian

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

The Rocky Boy's/North Central Montana Regional Water System Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107331) authorized construction of the Rocky Boy's/North Central Montana Regional Water System in northcentral Montana. To meet the requirements of the Act, the Chippewa Cree Tribe and the North Central Montana Regional Water Authority developed and submitted a water

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Reclamation Bureau

Notice is hereby given, in accordance with Public Laws 92-463 and 94579, that the California Desert District Advisory Council to the Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior, will participate in a field tour of the BLMadministered public lands on Friday, January 7, 2005, from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and meet in formal session on

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Land Management Bureau

In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (1976) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (1972), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Pinedale Anticline Working Group (PAWG) Reclamation Task Group (subcommittee) will meet in Pinedale, Wyoming, for a business meeting. Task Group meetings are open

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Land Management Bureau

In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Canyons of the Ancients National Monument (Monument) Advisory Committee (Committee), will meet as directed below.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Land Management Bureau

In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (1976) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (1972), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Pinedale Anticline Working Group (PAWG) will meet in Pinedale, Wyoming, for a business meeting. Group meetings are open to the public.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Land Management Bureau

In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (1976) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (1972), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Pinedale Anticline Working Group (PAWG) Wildlife Task Group (subcommittee) will meet in Pinedale, Wyoming, for a business meeting. Task Group meetings are open to

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Land Management Bureau

In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (1976) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (1972), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Pinedale Anticline Working Group (PAWG) SocioEconomic Task Group (subcommittee) will meet in Pinedale, Wyoming, for a business meeting. Task Group meetings are open

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Land Management Bureau

In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (1976) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (1972), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Pinedale Anticline Working Group (PAWG) Water Resources Task Group
(subcommittee) will meet in Pinedale, Wyoming, for a business meeting. Task Group meetings are

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Land Management Bureau

In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (1976) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (1972), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Pinedale Anticline Working Group (PAWG) Transportation Task Group (subcommittee) will meet in Pinedale, Wyoming, for a business meeting. Task Group meetings are

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Land Management Bureau

To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), MMS is inviting comments on a collection of information that we will submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The information collection request (ICR) concerns the paperwork requirements in the regulations under 30 CFR 250, Subpart M, Unitization.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Minerals Management Service

This rule describes circumstances in which the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service may revoke incidental take permits issued under section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended. On December 11, 2003, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in Spirit of the Sage Council v. Norton, Civil Action No. 98 1873 (D. D.C.),

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

The Fish and Wildlife Service (hereinafter Service) will conduct an open meeting on January 27, 2005, to identify and discuss preliminary issues concerning the 200506 migratory bird hunting regulations.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

The Water Resources Planning Act of 1965 and the Water Resources Development Act of 1974 require an annual determination of a discount rate for Federal water resources planning. The discount rate for Federal water resources planning for fiscal year 2005 is 5.375 percent. Discounting is to be used to convert future monetary values to present

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Reclamation Bureau

This is a notice of decision and availability of the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge Final Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (Final CCP/EIS). The Refuge is located in Thurston and Pierce Counties, Washington. A thorough analysis of the environmental, social, and economic

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

Shaw Mira Loma LLC (Applicant) has applied to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) for a 1year incidental take permit for one covered species pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). The application addresses the potential for ``take'' of the endangered Delhi Sands flowerloving fly

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

We are superseding portions of Pennsylvania's Bituminous Mine Subsidence and Land Conservation Act (BMSLCA) to the extent that they are inconsistent with the requirements of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act).

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Treasury Department

We are approving a proposed amendment to the Pennsylvania regulatory program (the ``Pennsylvania program'') under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). Pennsylvania proposed to revise its program at 25 Pa. Code Chapters 86 and 89 regarding bonding and repair or compensation for damage to certain structures

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Treasury Department

Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (as amended) and the California Environmental Quality Act, the Bureau of Reclamation has made available for public review and comment a Draft EIS for the renewal of longterm water service contracts for the San Luis Unit of the Central Valley Project (CVP). The Draft EIS describes and

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Reclamation Bureau

The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), has prepared a final EIS, pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), to evaluate the proposed annual water exchange agreements of up to 25,000 acrefeet of water per year for up to a 10year period with the Mendota Pool Group.

The purpose of the proposed project

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Reclamation Bureau

This notice is published in accordance with Section 9(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, Public Law 92463. Notice is hereby given that the Secretary of the Interior has renewed the Bureau of Land Management's Canyons of the Ancients National Monument Advisory Committee.

The purpose of the Committee is to provide advice and

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Interior Department

This notice provides the names of individuals who have been appointed to serve as members of the Department of the Interior Performance Review Board. The Departmental Performance Review Board considers the initial rating and award recommendations for all Senior Executive Service members for the Department of the Interior.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Interior Department

In accordance with section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and regulations at 40 CFR Parts 1500 1508, the Bureau of Land Management, Elko Field Office, will be preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on the effects of three multiple use decisions on sensitive bird species in three grazing allotments in Elko

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Land Management Bureau

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the availability of a draft economic analysis for the proposed designation of critical habitat for Astragalus jaegerianus (Lane Mountain milk vetch) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). We are also reopening the public comment period for the proposal to designate

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service