Federal Register Items of Interest to the Department of the Interior, Issue #2220

Below is the weekly list of Federal Register Items of Interest to the Department of the Interior. This list includes items appearing in the Federal Register during the week of November 20-24, 2023. If you have any questions or wish to receive full-text copies of any of the items on this list, please contact Interior Library by phone at (202) 208-5815.  
 

NOVEMBER 20, 2023  

1. 88 FR 80750-02 Bureau of Ocean Energy Management  
NOTICES Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sale 261 2023 WL 8004499  

2. 88 FR 80760-01 
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management  
NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Geological and Geophysical Explorations of the Outer Continental Shelf 2023 WL 8004500  

3. 88 FR 80750-01 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR  
NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Individual Indian Money (IIM) Instructions for Disbursement of Funds and Change of Address 2023 WL 8004498  

4. 88 FR 80742-02 
Fish and Wildlife Service  
NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget; North American Woodcock Singing Ground Survey 2023 WL 8004495  

5. 88 FR 80641-01 
Rural Housing Service  
PROPOSED RULES Streamlining and Improvement of Single Family Housing Direct Programs 2023 WL 8004552 

6. 88 FR 80745-01 
Fish and Wildlife Service  
NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Establishment of Annual Migratory Bird Hunting Seasons 2023 WL 8004496  

7. 88 FR 80655-01 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY  
PROPOSED RULES Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; New Hampshire; Regional Haze State Implementation Plan for the Second Implementation Period 2023 WL 8004557  

8. 88 FR 80717-01 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY  
NOTICES Request for Information Regarding Products and Categories of Products Used in Water Infrastructure Programs 2023 WL 8004469  

9. 88 FR 80706-02 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission  
NOTICES Cameron Interstate Pipeline, LLC; Notice of Scoping Period Requesting Comments on Environmental Issues for the Proposed Holbrook Expansion Project 2023 WL 8004457  

10. 88 FR 80818-01 
Administration for Children and Families  
PROPOSED RULES Supporting the Head Start Workforce and Consistent Quality Programming 2023 WL 8004561  

11. 88 FR 80584-02 
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY  
RULES and REGULATIONS Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds 2023 WL 8004544  

12. 88 FR 80712-01 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission  
NOTICES Idaho Power Company; Notice of Tribal Consultation Meeting 2023 WL 8004462  
13. 88 FR 80747-01 
Office of the Secretary  
NOTICES Request for Public Nominations for Authors and Scientific/Technical Inputs for the First National Nature Assessment 2023 WL 8004497  

14. 88 FR 80777-01 
LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION  
NOTICES Pro Bono Innovation Fund Process for Submitting Pre-Applications for 2024 Grants 2023 WL 8004510
 

NOVEMBER 21, 2023  

15. 88 FR 81028-01 
Fish and Wildlife Service  
PROPOSED RULES Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened Species Status With Section 4(d) Rule for the Kern Canyon Slender Salamander and Endangered Species Status for the Relictual Slender Salamander; Designation of Critical Habitat 2023 WL 8019686  

16. 88 FR 81097-01 
Fish and Wildlife Service  
NOTICES Receipt of Incidental Take Permit Application and Proposed Habitat Conservation Plan for the Sand Skink and Blue-Tailed Mole Skink; Polk County, FL; Categorical Exclusion 2023 WL 8019628  

17. 88 FR 80987-01 
Bureau of Reclamation  
RULES and REGULATIONS Public Conduct on Bureau of Reclamation Facilities, Lands, and Waterbodies 2023 WL 8019676  

18. 88 FR 81022-01 
PROPOSED RULES Temporary Closure and Restriction Orders 2023 WL 8019685  

19. 88 FR 81068-01 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission  
NOTICES Rio Bravo Pipeline Company, LLC; Notice of Availability of the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Rio Bravo Pipeline Route Amendment 2023 WL 8019600  

20. 88 FR 81062-01 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration  
NOTICES Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Alaska Groundfish and Halibut Seabird Working Group; Public Meeting 2023 WL 8019591  

21. 88 FR 81071-01 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission  
NOTICES Tower Kleber Limited Partnership; Notice of Tribal Consultation Meeting and Environmental Site Review 2023 WL 8019604  

21. 88 FR 81074-01 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission  
NOTICES White Pine Waterpower, LLC; Notice of Revised Schedule for White Pine Pumped Storage Project 2023 WL 8019606  

22. 88 FR 81058-01 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration  
NOTICES Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to a Geophysical Survey in the Ross Sea, Antarctica 2023 WL 8019589  

23. 88 FR 81077-01 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
NOTICES Northern Border Pipeline Company; Notice of Schedule for the Preparation of an Environmental Assessment for the Bison Xpress Project 2023 WL 8019609  
 

NOVEMBER 22, 2023  

24. 88 FR 81511-01 
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD  
NOTICES Desertxpress Enterprises, LLC, and Desertxpress HSR Corporation—Construction and Operation Exemption—In Victorville, Cal., and Las Vegas, Nev. 2023 WL 8187692  

25. 88 FR 81427-01 
Bureau of Land Management  
NOTICES Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Caldwell Canyon Revised Mine and Reclamation Plan, Caribou County, Idaho 2023 WL 8187660  

26. 88 FR 81430-01 
National Park Service  
NOTICES National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions 2023 WL 8187662  

27. 88 FR 81431-01 
National Park Service  
NOTICES National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions 2023 WL 8187663  

28. 88 FR 81429-01 
National Park Service  
NOTICES National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions 2023 WL 8187661  

29. 88 FR 81351-01 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration  
RULES and REGULATIONS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Technical Correction for the Giant Manta Ray 2023 WL 8187707  

30. 88 FR 81369-01 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration  
NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Papah[amacr]naumoku[amacr]kea Marine National Monument Permit Application and Reports for Permits 2023 WL 8187617  

31. 88 FR 81432-01 
Office of Natural Resources Revenue  
NOTICES States’ Decisions on Participating in Accounting and Auditing Relief for Federal Oil and Gas Marginal Properties 2023 WL 8187664  

32. 88 FR 81381-01 
ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION  
NOTICES Help America Vote College Program 2023 WL 8187632  

33. 88 FR 81377-01 
ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION  
NOTICES Help America Vote College Program Service Day Mini-Grant Program 2023 WL 8187631  

34. 88 FR 81519-01 
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD  
NOTICES Desertxpress Enterprises, LLC—Authority To Construct and Operate—Petition for Exemption From 49 U.S.C. 10901—Passenger Rail Line Between the Victor Valley, Cal. and Rancho Cucamonga, Cal. 2023 WL 8187693  
 

NOVEMBER 23, 2023  

Federal Holiday  
 

NOVEMBER 24, 2023  

35. 88 FR 82394-01 
Fish and Wildlife Service  
NOTICES Receipt of Incidental Take Permit Application and Proposed Habitat Conservation Plan for the Sand Skink and Blue-Tailed Mole Skink; Polk County, FL; Categorical Exclusion 2023 WL 8190611 

36. 88 FR 82393-01 
Fish and Wildlife Service  
NOTICES Receipt of Incidental Take Permit Application and Proposed Habitat Conservation Plan for the Sand Skink; Orange County, FL; Categorical Exclusion 2023 WL 8190610  

37. 88 FR 82326-01 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
NOTICES Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Unalaska (Dutch Harbor) Channel Deepening Project 2023 WL 8190568  

38. 88 FR 82395-01 
Geological Survey  
NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; The William T. Pecora Award Application and Nomination Process 2023 WL 8190612  

39. 88 FR 82396-01 
Geological Survey 
NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; USA National Phenology Network—The Nature’s Notebook Plant and Animal Observing Program 2023 WL 8190613  

40. 88 FR 82324-01 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
NOTICES Endangered and Threatened Species; Take of Anadromous Fish 2023 WL 8190565  
41. 88 FR 82324-02 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
NOTICES Endangered Species; File No. 21516 2023 WL 8190566  

42. 88 FR 82500-01 
Federal Railroad Administration  
NOTICES Safety Advisory 2023-07; Review and Implement New Predictive Weather Modeling and Proactive Safety Processes Across the National Rail Network To Prevent Weather-Related Accidents and Incidents 2023 WL 8190654  

43. 88 FR 82340-01 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration  
NOTICES Marine Mammals; File No. 26593 2023 WL 8190572  

44. 88 FR 82339-01 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration  
NOTICES 2024 Annual Determination To Implement the Sea Turtle Observer Requirement 2023 WL 8190571  

45. 88 FR 82740-01 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration  
RULES and REGULATIONS Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Halibut Abundance-Based Management of Amendment 80 Prohibited Species Catch Limit 2023 WL 8190676  

46. 88 FR 82510-01 
Office of the Secretary  
PROPOSED RULES Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2025; Updating Section 1332 Waiver Public Notice Procedures; Medicaid; Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan (CO-OP) Program; and Basic Health Program 2023 WL 8190684  

47. 88 FR 82406-01 
Veterans’ Employment and Training Service  
NOTICES Honoring Investments in Recruiting and Employing (HIRE) Vets Medallion Program—Announcement of HIRE Vets Medallion Award Recipients 2023 WL 8190626