Department of the Interior July 12, 2024 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), list the Pearl River map turtle (Graptemys pearlensis), a freshwater turtle species from the Pearl River drainage in Mississippi and Louisiana as a threatened species with 4(d) protective regulations under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Act), as amended. Due to similarity of appearance, we also list the Alabama map turtle (Graptemys pulchra), Barbour's map turtle (Graptemys barbouri), Escambia map turtle (Graptemys ernsti), and Pascagoula map turtle (Graptemys gibbonsi) as threatened species with 4(d) protective regulations under the Act. This rule adds these species to the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposes to offer seven (7) parcels of public land totaling 571.53 acres in Lincoln County and White Pine County by modified competitive sale at no less than each parcel's Fair Market Value (FMV) pursuant to the Lincoln County Conservation, Recreation, and Development Act of 2004 (LCCRDA) and the White Pine County Conservation, Recreation, and Development Act of 2006 (WPCCRDA). The sale will be processed in conformance with applicable provisions of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA) and BLM regulations.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) are terminating the preparation of an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Farmington Mancos-Gallup Resource Management Plan (RMP) Amendment.

The plats of survey of the following described lands are scheduled to be officially filed in the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Colorado State Office, Lakewood, Colorado, 30 calendar days from the date of this publication. The surveys, which were executed at the request of the U.S. Forest Service, the National Park Service, and the BLM, are necessary for the management of these lands.