Department of the Interior March 15, 2013 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Announcement of National Geospatial Advisory Committee Meeting
Document Number: 2013-06067
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-15
Agency: Geological Survey, Department of the Interior
The National Geospatial Advisory Committee (NGAC) will meet on April 3, 2013, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST. The meeting will be held via Web conference and teleconference. The NGAC, which is composed of representatives from governmental, private sector, non-profit, and academic organizations, has been established to advise the Chair of the Federal Geographic Data Committee on management of Federal geospatial programs, the development of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure, and the implementation of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-16. Topics to be addressed at the meeting include:
Notice of Determination of No Competitive Interest, Offshore Virginia
Document Number: 2013-06051
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-15
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
This notice provides BOEM's determination that there is no competitive interest in the area requested by the Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy (DMME) to acquire an OCS research lease as described in the Request for Competitive Interest (RFCI): Research Lease for Renewable Energy on the Outer Continental Shelf Offshore Virginia, that BOEM published on December 21, 2012, (77 FR 75656-75658). The RFCI described the proposal submitted to BOEM by the DMME to acquire an OCS lease for wind energy research activities on the OCS off the coast of Virginia, and provided an opportunity for the public to submit comments about the proposal.
Notice of Public Meeting: Concessions Management Advisory Board
Document Number: 2013-06041
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-15
Agency: Department of the Interior
On February 14, 2013, the National Park Service announced that a public meeting of the Concessions Management Advisory Board would be held March 20, 2013 in Washington, DC. This meeting has been cancelled. A future meeting date for this Board may be scheduled and would be announced in the Federal Register.
Notice of Intent To Prepare a Cultural Resources Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement for Isle Royale National Park, Michigan
Document Number: 2013-06001
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-15
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
The National Park Service (NPS) announces its intent to prepare a Cultural Resources Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement (CRMP/EIS) for Isle Royale National Park (ISRO), Michigan.
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Draft Revised Recovery Plan for Pallid Sturgeon
Document Number: 2013-05997
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-15
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announces the availability of a draft revised recovery plan for the pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus). This species is federally listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). The Service solicits review and comment from the public on this draft revised plan.
Public Availability of Department of the Interior FY 2012 Service Contract Inventory and FY 2011 Service Contract Inventory Report
Document Number: 2013-05964
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-15
Agency: Department of the Interior, Office of the Secretary
The Department of the Interior is publishing this notice to advise the public of the availability of the fiscal year (FY) 2012 Service Contract Inventory and the FY 2011 Service Contract Inventory Report, in accordance with Section 743 of Division C of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-117). The inventory provides information on service contract actions over $25,000 that the Department made in FY 2012. The information is organized by function to show how contracted resources are distributed throughout the Department. The Department's analysis of its FY 2011 Service Contract inventory is summarized in the FY 2011 Service Contract Inventory report. The 2012 inventory and 2011 report were developed in accordance with guidance issued on December 19, 2011 and November 5, 2010, by the Office of Management and Budget's Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP). OFPP's guidance is available at https:// www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/procurement/memo/s ervice- contract-inventories-guidance-11052010.pdf. The Department of the Interior has posted its FY 2012 Service Contract Inventory and a summary of the 2011 inventory on the Department of the Interior homepage at the following link: https://www.doi.gov/pam/service- contract-inventory-report.cfm.
Alaska Native Claims Selection
Document Number: 2013-05937
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-15
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will issue an appealable decision to Chugach Alaska Corporation. The decision will approve conveyance of the surface and subsurface estates in certain lands pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601, et seq). The lands are located southwest of Eyak, AK, and contain 169.55 acres. Notice of the decision will also be published four times for four consecutive weeks in the Anchorage Daily News.
Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge, Canyon, Payette, Owyhee, and Washington Counties, ID, and Malheur County, OR; Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Impact Statement
Document Number: 2013-05902
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-15
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the availability of a draft comprehensive conservation plan and environmental impact statement (Draft CCP/EIS) for the Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge (Refuge, NWR) for public review and comment. In these documents, we describe alternatives, including our preferred alternative, for managing the Refuge for 15 years following approval of the final CCP.
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