Department of the Interior October 25, 2024 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents
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Notice of Intent To Extend and Continue Concession Contracts and Award Temporary Concession Contracts
Under the terms of the concession contracts identified in the tables below and its regulations, the National Park Service gives public notice that it intends to: extend each concession contract listed in table 1 below until the date shown in the "Extension Expiration Date" column or until the effective date of a new contract, whichever comes first; continue each concession contract listed in table 2 below until the date shown in the "Continuation Expiration Date" column or until the effective date of a new contract, whichever comes first; and award the temporary concession contracts listed in table 3 below.
Notice of Availability of a Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Expected Wind Energy Development in the New York Bight
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announces the availability of the final programmatic environmental impact statement (PEIS) to analyze the potential impacts of wind energy development in six lease areas of the New York (NY) Bight. The Proposed Action for the final PEIS is the identification of specific measures at the programmatic stage that could avoid, minimize, mitigate, or monitor potential impacts. The final PEIS will inform BOEM's decision about whether to identify certain avoidance, minimization, mitigation, and monitoring (AMMM) measures at this stage that could potentially be required as conditions of approval for activities proposed by NY Bight lessees in their construction and operations plans (COPs) or defer the identification of such measures to each project-specific environmental review.
Endangered and Threatened Species; Receipt of Recovery Permit Applications
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, have received applications for permits, permit renewals, and/or permit amendments to conduct scientific research to promote conservation or other activities intended to enhance the propagation or survival of endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. We invite the public and local, State, Tribal, and Federal agencies to comment on these applications. Before issuing any of the requested permits, we will take into consideration any information that we receive during the public comment period.
Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony
The Department of the Interior (Department) proposes new regulations that provide a framework to prevent the export for sale in foreign countries of Native American cultural items that are held in violation of current Federal laws; to repatriate such items from individuals and organizations having such items; and to improve coordination among Federal agencies, Indian Tribes, and Native Hawaiian organizations seeking to prevent the export and sale, and support the repatriation, of such items. The proposed rule would establish an export certification system, set forth procedures for detention and repatriation of items subject to the rule, establish a framework for voluntary return of items subject to the rule, and establish interagency and Native working groups.
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Reclassification of the Red-Cockaded Woodpecker From Endangered to Threatened With a Section 4(d) Rule
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service or USFWS), are reclassifying the red-cockaded woodpecker (Dryobates (= Picoides) borealis) from endangered to threatened (i.e., downlisting it) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). This action is based on our evaluation of the best available scientific and commercial information, which indicates that the species' status has improved such that it is not currently in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range, but that it is still likely to become so in the foreseeable future. We also finalize protective regulations under the authority of section 4(d) of the Act that are necessary and advisable to provide for the conservation of the red-cockaded woodpecker. In addition, we correct the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife to reflect that Picoides is not the current scientifically accepted generic name for this species.
Oil and Gas and Sulfur Operations in the Outer Continental Shelf-High Pressure High Temperature Updates; Correction
BSEE is correcting a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register on August 30, 2024. BSEE is publishing a correction to fix an erroneous statement in the preamble of the final rule. BSEE inadvertently stated it did not receive public comments to an identified section of the rule. However, BSEE had received a comment associated with that section of the rule. BSEE evaluated and addressed that comment in other discussions in the preamble of the final rule.
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