Department of the Interior August 2009 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Certain lands located in northwestern Nevada partly within the Black Rock Desert-High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area (NCA) will be temporarily closed or restricted and certain activities will be temporarily prohibited in and around the Burning Man event site administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Winnemucca District. The specified closures, restrictions and prohibitions are made in the interest of public safety at and around the event. The 2006 Decision Record and associated Environmental Assessment (EA) authorized issuance of a five-year permit to Black Rock City LLC (BRC LLC) to conduct the event on public lands within the NCA. The authorization for 2009 represents year four of the permit.

The Secretary of the Interior is directed by the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies' Appropriations Act of 2006, Public Law (Pub. L.) 109-115, Section 180, to convey approximately 229 acres of public land in Clark County for the Southern Nevada Regional Heliport, a public facility. The land is under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).

As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that an appealable decision approving the conveyance of surface and subsurface estates for certain lands pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act will be issued to Calista Corporation for 30.48 acres located southeasterly of the Native village of Emmonak, Alaska. Notice of the decision will also be published four times in the Anchorage Daily News.

As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that an appealable decision approving the conveyance of surface and subsurface estates for certain lands pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act will be issued to Calista Corporation for 2.83 acres located northwesterly of the Native village of Goodnews Bay, Alaska. Notice of the decision will also be published four times in the Anchorage Daily News.

As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that an appealable decision approving the conveyance of surface estate only for certain lands pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act will be issued to The Aleut Corporation for 854.05 acres located on the Andreanof Islands west of Adak, Alaska. Notice of the decision will also be published four times in the Anchorage Daily News.

As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that an appealable decision approving the conveyance of surface estate only for certain lands pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act will be issued to Calista Corporation for 55.00 acres located northeasterly of the Native village of Emmonak, Alaska, and southwesterly of the Native village of Nightmute, Alaska. Notice of the decision will also be published four times in the Anchorage Daily News.

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's (BLM) Utah Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet as indicated below.

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the availability of a Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan/Environmental Assessment (CCP/EA) for the Klamath Marsh National Wildlife Refuge for public review and comment. The CCP/EA, prepared pursuant to the National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997, and in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, describes how the Service will manage the Refuge for the next 15 years. Draft compatibility determinations for several existing and proposed public uses are also available for review and public comment with the Draft CCP/EA.

To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), we are notifying the public that we have submitted to OMB an information collection request (ICR) to renew approval of the paperwork requirements in the regulations under 30 CFR 250, Subpart O, Well Control and Production Safety Training, and related documents. This notice also provides the public a second opportunity to comment on the paperwork burden of these regulatory requirements.