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Filing of Plats of Survey; Nevada
Document Number: 2023-18227
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-24
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
The purpose of this notice is to inform the public and interested State and local government officials of the filing of Plats of Survey in Nevada.
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Nine Species Not Warranted for Listing as Endangered or Threatened Species
Document Number: 2023-18260
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2023-08-23
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce findings that nine species are not warranted for listing as endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). After a thorough review of the best available scientific and commercial information, we find that it is not warranted at this time to list the Alexander Archipelago wolf (Canis lupus ligoni), Chihuahua catfish (Ictalurus sp. 1), Cooper's cave amphipod (Stygobromus cooperi), Georgia blind salamander (Eurycea wallacei), minute cave amphipod (Stygobromus parvus), Morrison's cave amphipod (Stygobromus morrisoni), narrow-foot hygrotus diving beetle (Hygrotus diversipes), pristine crayfish (Cambarus pristinus), and Tennessee heelsplitter (Lasmigona holstonia). However, we ask the public to submit to us at any time any new information relevant to the status of any of the species mentioned above or their habitats.
Hunting and Wildlife Conservation Council Virtual Meeting
Document Number: 2023-18176
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-23
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) gives notice of a virtual meeting of the Hunting and Wildlife Conservation Council (HWCC), in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
Oil and Gas and Sulfur Operations in the Outer Continental Shelf-Blowout Preventer Systems and Well Control Revisions
Document Number: 2023-17847
Type: Rule
Date: 2023-08-23
Agency: Department of the Interior
The Department of the Interior (DOI or Department), through the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), is revising certain regulatory provisions published in the 2019 final well control rule for drilling, workover, completion, and decommissioning operations. BSEE is finalizing these revisions to clarify blowout preventer (BOP) system requirements and to modify certain specific BOP equipment capability requirements. This final rule will provide consistency and clarity to industry regarding the BOP equipment and associated operational requirements necessary for BSEE review and approval and will further ensure operations are conducted safely and in an environmentally responsible manner.
Notice of Inventory Completion: Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Document Number: 2023-18140
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-23
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Arizona State Museum (ASM), University of Arizona, has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains were removed from Santa Barbara County, CA.
Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA
Document Number: 2023-18139
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-23
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of California, Riverside has amended a Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register on May 2, 2003. This notice amends the number of associated funerary objects and the cultural affiliation in a collection removed from Riverside County, CA.
Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA
Document Number: 2023-18138
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-23
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of California, Riverside has amended a Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register on May 2, 2003. This notice amends the number of associated funerary objects in a collection removed from Riverside County, CA.
Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Department of Anthropology, Knoxville, TN
Document Number: 2023-18137
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-23
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Department of Anthropology (UTK) has amended a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register on December 21, 2018. This notice amends the number of associated funerary objects in a collection removed from Stewart County, TN.
Notice of Inventory Completion: The Fort Ticonderoga Association, Ticonderoga, NY
Document Number: 2023-18136
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-23
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), The Fort Ticonderoga Association has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Addison County, VT.
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Item: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Document Number: 2023-18135
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-23
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Michigan intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition of a sacred objects and that has a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes in this notice. The cultural item was removed from an unknown county within the Rio Grande Valley, TX, or NM.
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: San Francisco State University Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act Program, San Francisco, CA
Document Number: 2023-18134
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-23
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the San Francisco State University NAGPRA Program intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects and objects of cultural patrimony and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The cultural items were removed from Humboldt County, CA.
Notice of Inventory Completion: Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
Document Number: 2023-18133
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-23
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Vassar College has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and any Indian Tribe. The human remains were removed from unknown geographic locations.
Notice of Inventory Completion: Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO
Document Number: 2023-18132
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-23
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College (previously the Fine Arts Center Taylor Museum and the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center) has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and any Indian Tribe. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from an unknown geographic location.
Notice of Inventory Completion: Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
Document Number: 2023-18131
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-23
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Detroit Institute of Arts has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and any Indian Tribe. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from an unknown geographic location.
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Augusta Museum of History, Augusta, GA
Document Number: 2023-18142
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-23
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Augusta Museum of History intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of objects of cultural patrimony and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The cultural items were removed from Placer County, CA.
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Document Number: 2023-18141
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-23
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Arizona State Museum (ASM), University of Arizona, intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The cultural items were removed from Santa Barbara County, CA.
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for Tennessee Clubshell, Tennessee Pigtoe, and Cumberland Moccasinshell
Document Number: 2023-17844
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2023-08-22
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to list three Tennessee and Cumberland River basin mussel species, the Tennessee clubshell (Pleurobema oviforme), Tennessee pigtoe (Pleuronaia barnesiana), and Cumberland moccasinshell (Medionidus conradicus), as endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). This determination also serves as our 12-month finding on a petition to list the three species. After a review of the best available scientific and commercial information, we find that listing the Tennessee clubshell, Tennessee pigtoe, and Cumberland moccasinshell as endangered species is warranted. If we finalize this rule as proposed, it would extend the Act's protections to these species.
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened Species Status With Section 4(d) Rule for Sand Dune Phacelia and Designation of Critical Habitat
Document Number: 2023-17669
Type: Rule
Date: 2023-08-22
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), list the sand dune phacelia (Phacelia argentea), a plant species from coastal southern Oregon and northern California, as a threatened species with a rule issued under section 4(d) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). We also designate critical habitat for the species under the Act. In total, approximately 180.8 acres (73.2 hectares) within 13 units in Coos and Curry Counties in Oregon, and Del Norte County in California, fall within the boundaries of the critical habitat designation. This rule extends the protections of the Act to this species and its designated critical habitat.
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for Salamander Mussel and Designation of Critical Habitat
Document Number: 2023-17668
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2023-08-22
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to list the salamander mussel (Simpsonaias ambigua), a freshwater mussel species from the United States (Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Wisconsin) and Canada (Ontario), as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). This determination also serves as our 12-month finding on a petition to list the salamander mussel. After a review of the best available scientific and commercial information, we find that listing the species is warranted. Accordingly, we propose to list the salamander mussel as an endangered species under the Act. We also propose to designate critical habitat for the salamander mussel under the Act. In total, approximately 2,012 river miles (3,238 kilometers) in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Wisconsin fall within the boundaries of the proposed critical habitat designation. We announce the availability of a draft economic analysis (DEA) of the proposed designation of critical habitat for the salamander mussel. If we finalize this rule as proposed, it would extend the Act's protections to this species and its designated critical habitat.
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for Toothless Blindcat and Widemouth Blindcat
Document Number: 2023-17667
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2023-08-22
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to list the toothless blindcat (Trogloglanis pattersoni) and widemouth blindcat (Satan eurystomus), two cavefish species from the Edwards Aquifer in Bexar County, Texas, as endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). This determination also serves as our 12-month finding on a petition to list the toothless blindcat and widemouth blindcat. After a review of the best available scientific and commercial information, we find that listing both species is warranted. If we finalize this rule as proposed, it would extend the Act's protections to these species. We have determined that designation of critical habitat is not prudent.
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened Species Status With Section 4(d) Rule for Brawleys Fork Crayfish and Designation of Critical Habitat
Document Number: 2023-17666
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2023-08-22
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to list the Brawleys Fork crayfish (Cambarus williami), a freshwater crayfish species from Tennessee, as a threatened species and designate critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). This determination also serves as our 12-month finding on a petition to list the Brawleys Fork crayfish. After a review of the best available scientific and commercial information, we find that listing the species is warranted. Accordingly, we propose to list the Brawleys Fork crayfish as a threatened species with a rule issued under section 4(d) of the Act (``4(d) rule''). If we finalize this rule as proposed, it would add this species to the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and extend the Act's protections to the species. We also propose to designate critical habitat for the Brawleys Fork crayfish under the Act. In total, approximately 86.6 river miles (139.4 river kilometers) in Cannon, Rutherford, and Warren Counties, Tennessee, fall within the boundaries of the proposed critical habitat designation. We also announce the availability of a draft economic analysis of the proposed designation of critical habitat for Brawleys Fork crayfish.
Endangered Species; Receipt of Recovery Permit Applications
Document Number: 2023-17852
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-21
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, have received applications for permits to conduct activities intended to enhance the propagation or survival of endangered species under the Endangered Species Act. We invite the public and local, State, Tribal, and Federal agencies to comment on these applications. Before issuing the requested permits, we will take into consideration any information that we receive during the public comment period.
Migratory Bird Hunting; 2023-2024 Seasons for Certain Migratory Game Birds
Document Number: 2023-17684
Type: Rule
Date: 2023-08-18
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
This rule prescribes the seasons, hours, areas, and daily bag and possession limits for hunting migratory birds. Taking of migratory birds is prohibited unless specifically provided for by annual regulations. This rule permits the taking of designated species during the 2023-24 season.
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for Magnificent Ramshorn and Designation of Critical Habitat
Document Number: 2023-17670
Type: Rule
Date: 2023-08-18
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), determine endangered species status under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Act), as amended, for the magnificent ramshorn (Planorbella magnifica), a freshwater snail species from southeastern North Carolina. We also designate critical habitat for the species. In total, approximately 739 acres (299 hectares) in two ponds in Brunswick County, North Carolina, fall within the boundaries of the critical habitat designation. This rule applies the protections of the Act to this species and its designated critical habitat.
Extension of Segregation for the Proposed Lava Ridge Wind Project in Jerome, Lincoln, and Minidoka Counties, ID
Document Number: 2023-17845
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-18
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Shoshone Field Office announces the extension of the segregation of 106,555.88 acres of public lands for the Lava Ridge Wind Project (project) for an additional two years, subject to valid existing rights. The public land involved will be segregated from appropriation under the public land laws, including the Mining Law of 1872, but not the mineral leasing or material sale laws. This segregation extension is necessary to allow for the orderly administration of the public lands and to facilitate the completion of the BLM's review and decision regarding the project.
Notice of Inventory Completion: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, CA
Document Number: 2023-17785
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-18
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains were removed from Marin County, CA.
Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Bald Mountain Mine Plan of Operations Amendment, Juniper Project, White Pine County, Nevada
Document Number: 2023-17783
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-18
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (NEPA), and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as amended (FLPMA), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Bald Mountain Mine Plan of Operations Amendment.
Notice of Inventory Completion: Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA
Document Number: 2023-17782
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-18
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Carnegie Museum of Natural History (CMNH) has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains were removed from Richmond County, Staten Island, NY.
Notice of Inventory Completion: Mercyhurst University, Erie, PA
Document Number: 2023-17781
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-18
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Mercyhurst University has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Crawford, Fayette, and Mercer Counties, PA.
Notice of Inventory Completion: Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA
Document Number: 2023-17780
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-18
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Berkshire Museum has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Hampden County, MA.
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Robertson Mine Project, Lander County, Nevada
Document Number: 2023-17779
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-18
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (NEPA), and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as amended (FLPMA), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Mount Lewis Field Office, Battle Mountain, Nevada intends to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to consider the effects of Nevada Gold Mines LLC's (NGM's) Robertson Mine Project (Project) in Lander County, Nevada. This notice announces the beginning of the scoping process to solicit public comments and identify issues and alternatives; it also serves to initiate public consultation, as required, under the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA).
Notice of Inventory Completion: Arkansas Archeological Survey, Fayetteville, AR
Document Number: 2023-17792
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-18
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Arkansas Archeological Survey (ARAS) has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains were removed from Searcy County, AR.
Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC
Document Number: 2023-17790
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-18
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) has amended a Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register on October 8, 2003. This notice amends the number of associated funerary objects in a collection removed from Riverside County, CA.
Notice of Inventory Completion: Texas Department of Transportation, Austin, TX
Document Number: 2023-17789
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-18
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Anderson County, TX.
Notice of Availability of the Draft Resource Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement for the Rock Springs RMP Revision, Wyoming
Document Number: 2023-17787
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-18
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (NEPA), and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as amended (FLMPA), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has prepared a Draft Resource Management Plan (RMP) and Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Rock Springs Field Office and by this notice is providing information announcing the opening of the comment period on the Draft RMP/EIS and on BLM's proposed Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACECs).
Agency Information Collection Activities; Native Youth Climate Adaptation Leadership Congress
Document Number: 2023-17768
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-18
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, on March 10, 2023, we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, published a notice announcing that we are proposing to revise a currently approved information collection (IC). The notice opened a public comment period, which closed on May 9, 2023. We subsequently identified additional proposed changes to the IC that were not included in the original notice; therefore, we are now republishing the notice in full, including the original and newly identified proposed changes, and reopening the comment period.
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Southwest Region, Albuquerque, NM
Document Number: 2023-17796
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-18
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition of a sacred object and that has a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The cultural item was removed from Gardnerville in Douglas County, NV.
National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions
Document Number: 2023-17702
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-17
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
The National Park Service is soliciting electronic comments on the significance of properties nominated before August 5, 2023, for listing or related actions in the National Register of Historic Places.
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Initiation of 5-Year Status Reviews of 47 Species in California, Nevada, and Oregon
Document Number: 2023-17728
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-17
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, are initiating 5-year status reviews of 47 species in California, Nevada, and Oregon under the Endangered Species Act. A 5-year review is based on the best scientific and commercial data available at the time of the review; therefore, we are requesting submission of any new information on these species that has become available since the last reviews.
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 90-Day Findings for Five Species
Document Number: 2023-17726
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2023-08-17
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce 90- day findings on petitions to add five species to the Lists of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). Based on our review, we find that the petitions to list the bleached sandhill skipper (Polites sabuleti sinemaculata), blue tree monitor lizard (Varanus macraei), Bornean earless monitor lizard (Lanthanotus borneensis), and pinyon jay (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus) present substantial scientific or commercial information indicating that the petitioned actions may be warranted. Therefore, with the publication of this document, we announce that we are initiating status reviews of these species to determine whether the petitioned actions are warranted. To ensure that the status reviews are comprehensive, we request scientific and commercial data and other information regarding these species and factors that may affect their status. Based on the status reviews, we will issue 12-month petition findings, which will address whether or not the petitioned actions are warranted, in accordance with the Act. We further find that the petition to list the least chub (Iotichthys phlegethontis) does not present substantial information indicating the petitioned action may be warranted. Therefore, we are not initiating a status review of the least chub.
Agency Information Collection Activities; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Law Enforcement Training System
Document Number: 2023-17716
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-17
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are proposing to revise a currently approved information collection.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Yukon River Watershed Ecosystem Action Plan
Document Number: 2023-17715
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-17
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are proposing a new information collection.
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for Texas Kangaroo Rat and Designation of Critical Habitat
Document Number: 2023-17671
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2023-08-17
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to list the Texas kangaroo rat (Dipodomys elator), a rodent from north- central Texas, as an endangered species and designate critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). This determination also serves as our 12-month finding on a petition to list the Texas kangaroo rat. After a review of the best available scientific and commercial information, we find that listing the species is warranted. Accordingly, we propose to list the Texas kangaroo rat as an endangered species under the Act. If we finalize this rule as proposed, it would add this species to the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and extend the Act's protections to this species and its critical habitat. We also propose to designate critical habitat for the Texas kangaroo rat under the Act. In total, approximately 597,069 acres (241,625 hectares) in Childress, Cottle, Hardeman, Wichita, and Wilbarger Counties, Texas, fall within the boundaries of the proposed critical habitat designation. We also announce the availability of a draft economic analysis (DEA) of the proposed designation of critical habitat for Texas kangaroo rat.
Committee for the Preservation of the White House; Notice of Public Meeting
Document Number: 2023-17663
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-17
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the National Park Service (NPS) is hereby giving notice that the Committee for the Preservation of the White House (Committee) will meet as indicated below.
Filing of Plats of Survey: Idaho
Document Number: 2023-17661
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-17
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
The plats of survey of the following described lands are scheduled to be officially filed in the Bureau of Land Management, Idaho State Office, Boise, Idaho, 30 days from the date of this publication. The plats were prepared to meet certain administrative needs of the Bureau of Land Management.
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
Document Number: 2023-17577
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-16
Agency: Geological Survey, Department of the Interior
Pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, the Department of the Interior (DOI) is issuing a public notice of its intent to create the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Privacy Act system of records, INTERIOR/USGS-28, USGS Store Customer Records. This system of records is being established to manage customer records for earth science and information products available through the USGS Store. This newly established system will be included in DOI's inventory of record systems.
Electronic Provision of Records During an Audit; Correction
Document Number: 2023-17568
Type: Rule
Date: 2023-08-16
Agency: Department of the Interior, Office of Natural Resources Revenue
On August 9, 2023, ONRR published a final rule amending its regulations to allow ONRR and other authorized Department of the Interior (``Department'') representatives the option to require that an auditee use electronic means to provide records requested during an audit of an auditee's royalty reporting and payment. The final rule used a subpart that was designated reserved. This document corrects the final regulations by adding the subpart.
John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System; Availability of Final Revised Maps for Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Ohio, South Carolina, Texas, and Wisconsin
Document Number: 2023-17552
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-16
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
The Coastal Barrier Resources Act requires the Secretary of the Interior to review the maps of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System (CBRS) at least once every 5 years and make any minor and technical modifications to the boundaries of the CBRS as are necessary to reflect changes that have occurred in the size or location of any unit as a result of natural forces. We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, have conducted this review for all of the CBRS units in Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, and Wisconsin, and 10 units in South Carolina. This notice announces the findings of our review and the availability of final revised maps for 116 CBRS units in the project area, except for the North Carolina units. We did not prepare final revised maps for the North Carolina units because sufficient data was not available in some areas.
Notice of Public Meeting: Sierra Front-Northern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council
Document Number: 2023-17580
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-16
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Sierra Front-Northern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet as indicated below.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Youth Conservation Corps Application and Medical History
Document Number: 2023-17562
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-08-16
Agency: Department of the Interior
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, the Department of the Interior (Interior) are proposing to renew an information collection
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