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Information Collection Sent to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Approval; OMB Control Number 1018-0115,

Fri, Jun 27 2008 11:00:00 GMT

We (Fish and Wildlife Service) have sent an Information Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for review and approval. The ICR, which is summarized below, describes the nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost. This IC is scheduled to expire on June 30, 2008. We may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. However, under OMB regulations, we may continue to conduct or sponsor this information collection while it is pending at OMB.

Information Collection Sent to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Approval; OMB Control Number 1018-0103;

Fri, Jun 27 2008 11:00:00 GMT

We (Fish and Wildlife Service) have sent an Information Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for review and approval. The ICR, which is summarized below, describes the nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost. This ICR is scheduled to expire on June 30, 2008. We may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. However, under OMB regulations, we may continue to conduct or sponsor this information collection while it is pending at OMB.

Endangered Species Recovery Permit Applications

Fri, Jun 27 2008 11:00:00 GMT

We invite the public to comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities with endangered species.

Notice of Availability of a Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Pinedale Anticline Oil and Gas

Fri, Jun 27 2008 11:00:00 GMT

In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has prepared a Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (FSEIS) that analyzes additional oil and gas development in the Pinedale Anticline Project Area (PAPA).

Notice of Invitation for Coal Exploration License Application, Peabody Coal Company, COC-73016; Colorado

Fri, Jun 27 2008 11:00:00 GMT

Pursuant to the Mineral Leasing Act of February 25, 1920, as amended, and to Title 43, Code of Federal Regulations, Subpart 3410, members of the public are hereby invited to participate with Peabody Coal Company, in a program for the exploration of unleased coal deposits owned by the United States of America containing approximately 3,980.0 acres in Morgan & Routt County, Colorado.

Environmental Documents Prepared for Proposed Oil and Gas Operations on the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf

Fri, Jun 27 2008 11:00:00 GMT

Minerals Management Service (MMS), in accordance with Federal Regulations that implement the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), announces the availability of NEPArelated SiteSpecific Environmental Assessments (SEA) and Findings of No Significant Impact (FONSI), prepared by MMS for the following oil and gas activities proposed on the Gulf of Mexico OCS.

Notice on Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sales

Fri, Jun 27 2008 11:00:00 GMT

On April 22, 2008, pursuant to the authority vested in the Director of the Minerals Management Service by the joint bidding provisions of 30 CFR 256.41, as a matter of information to the public, the MMS published in the Federal Register the current List of Restricted Bidders. Under this authority, MMS determined that each entity within one of the following groups is restricted from bidding with any entity in any other of the following groups at Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas lease sales to be held during the bidding period May 1, 2008 through October 31, 2008. We inadvertently omitted a new group, ``Group IX.,'' that shall be restricted from bidding with any entity in any other group of restricted bidders during this bidding period. The corrected List of Restricted Joint Bidders is provided below and is effective as of the date of the previous Federal Register publication, April 22, 2008.
Group I.

Exxon Mobil Corporation

ExxonMobil Exploration Company

Group II.

Shell Oil Company