Federal Register Items of Interest to the Department of the Interior, Issue #2213

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 2-6, 2023. If you have any questions or wish to receive full-text copies of any of the items on this list, please contact Interior Library by phone at (202) 208-5815.
 

OCTOBER 2, 2023

1. 88 FR 67806-01 
Bureau of Reclamation 
NOTICES Public Meeting of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Advisory Council 2023 WL 6374061 

2. 88 FR 67870-01 
Federal Emergency Management Agency 
PROPOSED RULES Updates to Floodplain Management and Protection of Wetlands Regulations To Implement the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard 2023 WL 6374133 

3. 88 FR 67803-01 
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 
NOTICES Notice of Intent To Prepare a Gulf of Mexico Regional Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement 2023 WL 6374060

4. 88 FR 67800-01 
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 
NOTICES Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sale 261 2023 WL 6374058 

5. 88 FR 67798-01 
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 
NOTICES Notice of Availability of the 2024-2029 National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program and Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement 2023 WL 6374057 

6. 88 FR 67801-01 
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 
NOTICES Call for Information and Nominations for Western, Central, and Eastern Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sales for 2024-2029 2023 WL 6374059 

7. 88 FR 67796-02 
National Park Service 
NOTICES Request for Nominations for the Preservation Technology and Training Board 2023 WL 6374055 

8. 88 FR 67795-01 
Bureau of Land Management 
NOTICES Call for Nominations for the National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board 2023 WL 6374053 

9. 88 FR 67796-01 
National Park Service 
NOTICES Notice of Cancellation and Rescheduling of the Public Meeting of the Gateway National Recreation Area Fort Hancock 21st Century Advisory Committee 2023 WL 6374054 

10. 88 FR 67792-02 
Fish and Wildlife Service 
NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Programmatic Clearance for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Social Science Research 2023 WL 6374052 

11. 88 FR 67797-01 
National Park Service 
NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Land and Water Conservation Fund State Assistance Program 2023 WL 6374056 

12. 88 FR 67748-02 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 
NOTICES Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee; Notice of Public Meeting 2023 WL 6373992 

13. 88 FR 67697-02 
Administration for Children and Families 
PROPOSED RULES Strengthening Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) as a Safety Net and Work Program 2023 WL 6374130 

14. 88 FR 67667-01 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
RULES and REGULATIONS Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act Provisions; American Lobster Fishery 2023 WL 6374122 

15. 88 FR 67629-01 
Federal Aviation Administration 
RULES and REGULATIONS Airworthiness Directives; Viking Air Limited (Type Certificate Previously Held by Bombardier Inc. and de Havilland Inc.) Airplanes 2023 WL 6374113 
 

OCTOBER 3, 2023 

16. 88 FR 68370-01 
Fish and Wildlife Service  
PROPOSED RULES Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened Species Status With Section 4(d) Rule for the Northwestern Pond Turtle and Southwestern Pond Turtle 2023 WL 6390410 

17. 88 FR 68070-01 
Fish and Wildlife Service  
PROPOSED RULES Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened Species Status With Section 4(d) Rule for Short-Tailed Snake 2023 WL 6390408 

18. 88 FR 68142-01 
Bureau of Land Management  
NOTICES Notice of Filing of Plats of Survey; New Mexico; Texas 2023 WL 6390315 

19. 88 FR 68145-01 
National Park Service  
NOTICES Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee; Notice of Public Meetings 2023 WL 6390318 

20. 88 FR 68146-01 
National Park Service  
NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; National Park Service Background Investigation/Clearance Initiation Request 2023 WL 6390319 

21. 88 FR 68140-01 
Bureau of Land Management  
NOTICES Notice of Public Meeting: Northern California District Resource Advisory Council 2023 WL 6390313 

22. 88 FR 67964-01 
Bureau of Land Management  
RULES and REGULATIONS Helium Contracts 2023 WL 6390390 

23. 88 FR 68290-01 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration  
PROPOSED RULES Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to the U.S. Navy Training and Testing Activities in the Hawaii-Southern California Training and Testing Study Area 2023 WL 6390409 

24. 88 FR 68140-02 
Bureau of Land Management  
NOTICES Notice of Temporary Seasonal Wildlife Closures on Public Lands in Deschutes and Jefferson Counties, OR 2023 WL 6390314 

25. 88 FR 68143-01 
Bureau of Land Management  
NOTICES Notice of Segregation of Public Land for the Stagecoach Wind Project, White Pine County, Nevada 2023 WL 6390316 

26. 88 FR 68271-01 
Federal Aviation Administration  
NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; Clearance of a Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Commercial Air Tour Operator Reports 2023 WL 6390359 

27. 88 FR 67950-01 
Coast Guard  
RULES and REGULATIONS Safety Zone; Wilmington River, Savannah, GA 2023 WL 6390385 

28. 88 FR 68035-01 
Forest Service  
PROPOSED RULES Law Enforcement; Criminal Prohibitions 2023 WL 6390404 
 

OCTOBER 4, 2023 

29. 88 FR 68649-01 
Fish and Wildlife Service   
NOTICES Endangered and Threatened Species; Issuance of Enhancement of Survival and Incidental Take Permits for Safe Harbor Agreements, Candidate Conservation Agreements, Conservation Plans, and Recovery Activities; January 1, 2022, Through December 31, 2022 2023 WL 6443660 

30. 88 FR 68667-01 
Bureau of Reclamation   
NOTICES Notice of Intent To Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the December 2016 Record of Decision Entitled Glen Canyon Dam Long-Term Experimental and Management Plan 2023 WL 6443666 

31. 88 FR 68661-01 
Fish and Wildlife Service   
NOTICES Foreign Endangered Species; Receipt of Permit Applications 2023 WL 6443661 

32. 88 FR 68460-01 
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management   
RULES and REGULATIONS Conformity With the Inflation Reduction Act for Renewable Energy on the Outer Continental Shelf 2023 WL 6443755 

33. 88 FR 68663-03 
Bureau of Land Management   
NOTICES Notice of Wyoming Resource Advisory Council Meeting 2023 WL 6443664 

34. 88 FR 68663-01 
Bureau of Indian Affairs   
NOTICES Indian Gaming; Approval of Tribal-State Class III Gaming Compact Amendment Between Prairie Island Indian Community and the State of Minnesota 2023 WL 6443662 

35. 88 FR 68663-02 
Bureau of Indian Affairs   
NOTICES Indian Gaming; Approval of Tribal-State Class III Gaming Compact Amendment Between Lower Sioux Indian Community and the State of Minnesota 2023 WL 6443663 

36. 88 FR 68664-01 
National Park Service   
NOTICES Notice of Intent To Extend and Continue Concession Contracts and Award Temporary Concession Contracts 2023 WL 6443665 

37. 88 FR 68630-01 
Indian Health Service   
NOTICES Special Diabetes Program for Indians 2023 WL 6443649 

38. 88 FR 68642-01 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration   
NOTICES Tribal Opioid Response (TOR) Consultation 2023 WL 6443656 

39. 88 FR 68572-01 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration   
NOTICES Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for Issuance of an Incidental Take Statement Under the Endangered Species Act for Salmon Fisheries in Southeast Alaska Subject to the Pacific Salmon Treaty 2023 WL 6443607

40. 88 FR 68575-01 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration   
NOTICES Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to U.S. Navy Mole Pier South Berth Floating Dry Dock Project 2023 WL 6443608 
 

OCTOBER 5, 2023 

41. 88 FR 69045-01 
Fish and Wildlife Service  
RULES and REGULATIONS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Revision of a Nonessential Experimental Population of Black-Footed Ferrets (Mustela nigripes) in the Southwest 2023 WL 6462233 

42. 88 FR 69074-01 
Fish and Wildlife Service  
RULES and REGULATIONS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for Lassics Lupine and Designation of Critical Habitat 2023 WL 6462234 

43. 88 FR 69219-02 
Fish and Wildlife Service  
NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget; Declaration for Importation or Exportation of Fish or Wildlife 2023 WL 6462167 

44. 88 FR 69214-01 
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY  
NOTICES Determination Pursuant to Section 102 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, as Amended 2023 WL 6462160 

45. 88 FR 69224-01 
Bureau of Indian Affairs  
NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Acquisition of Trust Land 2023 WL 6462169 

46. 88 FR 69159-01 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration  
NOTICES Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Marine Site Characterization Surveys in the Area of Commercial Lease of Submerged Lands for Renewable Energy Development on the Outer Continental Shelf Lease Areas OCS-A 0486, 0487, and 0500 2023 WL 6462111 

47. 88 FR 69145-01 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration  
NOTICES Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to City of Cordova Harbor Rebuild Project, Cordova, Alaska 2023 WL 6462109 

48. 88 FR 69225-01 
Bureau of Land Management  
NOTICES Notice of Temporary Closure and Temporary Restrictions of Selected Public Lands in La Paz County, AZ—Legacy Racing 2023 WL 6462170 

49. 88 FR 69227-01 
Bureau of Land Management  
NOTICES Notice of Temporary Closure and Temporary Restrictions of Selected Public Lands in La Paz County, AZ—AZ Race Corp., the Parker 400 2023 WL 6462171 

50. 88 FR 69143-02 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration  
NOTICES Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act; General Provisions for Domestic Fisheries; Applications for Exempted Fishing Permits 2023 WL 6462108 

51. 88 FR 69390-01 
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET  
PROPOSED RULES Guidance for Grants and Agreements 2023 WL 6462376 

52. 88 FR 69211-02 
National Institutes of Health  
NOTICES Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings 2023 WL 6462153 
 

OCTOBER 6, 2023 

53. 88 FR 69658-02 
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management  
NOTICES Notice of Availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for US Wind Inc’s Proposed Wind Energy Facility Offshore Maryland 2023 WL 6497697 

54. 88 FR 69660-01 
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management  
NOTICES Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sale 261 2023 WL 6497698 

55. 88 FR 69649-01 
Fish and Wildlife Service  
NOTICES Endangered and Threatened Species; Receipt of Recovery Permit Applications 2023 WL 6497691 

56. 88 FR 69658-01 
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management  
NOTICES Notice on Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sales 2023 WL 6497696 

57. 88 FR 69654-01 
Geological Survey  
NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Cooperative Research Units (CRU) 2023 WL 6497692 

58. 88 FR 69657-01 
National Park Service  
NOTICES National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions 2023 WL 6497695 

59. 88 FR 69654-02 
Geological Survey  
NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; USGS Water Use Data and Research Program Announcement; Water Use Data and Research Program Feasibility Study 2023 WL 6497693 

60. 88 FR 69656-01 
National Park Service  
NOTICES National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions 2023 WL 6497694 

61. 88 FR 70573 
October 6, 2023 Proclamation 10649 Indigenous Peoples’ Day, 2023 Pres. Proc. No. 10649 

62. 88 FR 69826-01 
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY  
PROPOSED RULES Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Furnace Fans 2023 WL 6497745 

63. 88 FR 69622-02 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration  
NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NOAA Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee Survey on Marine Mammal Deterrents 2023 WL 6497665