AGENCY:
Office of the Secretary, Interior.
ACTION:
Semiannual regulatory agenda.
SUMMARY:
This notice provides the semiannual agenda of rules scheduled for review or development between fall 2014 and fall 2015. The Regulatory Flexibility Act and Executive Order 12866 require publication of the agenda.
ADDRESSES:
Unless otherwise indicated, all agency contacts are located at the Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street NW., Washington, DC 20240.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
You should direct all comments and inquiries about these rules to the appropriate agency contact. You should direct general comments relating to the agenda to the Office of Executive Secretariat, Department of the Interior, at the address above or at 202-208-3181.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
With this publication, the Department satisfies the requirement of Executive Order 12866 that the Department publish an agenda of rules that we have issued or expect to issue and of currently effective rules that we have scheduled for review.
Simultaneously, the Department meets the requirement of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) to publish an agenda in April and October of each year identifying rules that will have significant economic effects on a substantial number of small entities. We have specifically identified in the agenda rules that will have such effects.
This edition of the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions includes The Regulatory Plan, which appears in both the online Unified Agenda and in part II of the Federal Register that includes the Unified Agenda. The Department's Statement of Regulatory Priorities is included in the Plan.
John Strylowski,
Alternate Federal Register Liaison Officer.
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement—Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence No. | Title | Regulation Identifier No. |
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347 | Blowout Prevention Systems and Well Control | 1014-AA11 |
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement—Final Rule Stage
Sequence No. | Title | Regulation Identifier No. |
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348 | Production Safety Systems and Lifecycle Analysis | 1014-AA10 |
United States Fish and Wildlife Service—Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence No. | Title | Regulation Identifier No. |
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349 | National Wildlife Refuge System; Oil and Gas Regulations | 1018-AX36 |
United States Fish and Wildlife Service—Final Rule Stage
Sequence No. | Title | Regulation Identifier No. |
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350 | Injurious Wildlife Evaluation; Constrictor Species From Python, Boa, and Eunectes Genera | 1018-AV68 |
National Park Service—Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence No. | Title | Regulation Identifier No. |
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351 | Non-Federal Oil and Gas Rights | 1024-AD78 |
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement—Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence No. | Title | Regulation Identifier No. |
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352 | Stream Protection Rule | 1029-AC63 |
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI)
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE)
Proposed Rule Stage
347. Blowout Prevention Systems and Well Control
Legal Authority: 30 U.S.C. 1751; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 43 U.S.C. 1334
Abstract: This proposed rule would upgrade regulations related to the design, manufacture, and repair of blowout preventers (BOPs) in response to numerous recommendations. In addition to BOPs, the proposed rule will address well design, well control, safe drilling margins, casing, cementing, real-time monitoring, and subsea containment. The proposed rule will address many of the issues raised following the Deepwater Horizon incident and from experts through a public forum held May 22, 2012.
Timetable:
Action | Date | FR Cite |
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NPRM | 02/00/15 | |
Final Action | 07/00/15 |
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Amy White, Chief, Regulations and Standards Branch, Department of the Interior, 381 Elden Street, Herndon, VA 20170, Phone: 703 787-1665, Fax: 703 787-1555, Email: amy.white@bsee.gov.
RIN: 1014-AA11
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI)
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE)
Final Rule Stage
348. Production Safety Systems and Lifecycle Analysis
Legal Authority: 31 U.S.C. 9701; 43 U.S.C. 1334
Abstract: This proposed rule would amend and update the regulations regarding oil and natural gas production. This rewrite of subpart H regulations would address issues such as production safety systems, subsurface safety devices, and safety device testing. The rule has been expanded to differentiate the requirements for operating dry tree and wet tree production systems on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). This rule would also propose an expanded use of lifecycle analysis of critical equipment.
Timetable:
Action | Date | FR Cite |
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NPRM | 08/22/13 | 78 FR 52240 |
NPRM Comment Period End | 12/05/13 | |
Final Action | 11/00/14 |
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Amy White, Chief, Regulations and Standards Branch, Department of the Interior, 381 Elden Street, Herndon, VA 20170, Phone: 703 787-1665, Fax: 703 787-1555, Email: amy.white@bsee.gov.
RIN: 1014-AA10
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI)
United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)
Proposed Rule Stage
349. National Wildlife Refuge System; Oil and Gas Regulations
Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 668dd to ee; 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.; 16 U.S.C. 1131 to 1136; 40 CFR 51.300 to 51.309
Abstract: We propose regulations that ensure that all operators conducting oil or gas operations within a National Wildlife Refuge System unit do so in a manner as to prevent or minimize damage to National Wildlife Refuge System resources, visitor values, and management objectives. FWS does not intend these regulations to result in a taking of a property interest, but rather to impose reasonable controls on operations that affect Federally-owned or controlled lands, and/or waters.
Timetable:
Action | Date | FR Cite |
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ANPRM | 02/24/14 | |
ANPRM Comment Period End | 04/25/14 | |
ANPRM Comment Period Reopened | 06/09/14 | |
ANPRM Comment Period Reopening End | 07/09/14 | |
NPRM | 05/00/15 |
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Brian Salem, Conservation Policy Analyst, Department of the Interior, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: NWRS, Falls Church, VA 22041-3808, Phone: 703 358-2397, Email: brian_salem@fws.gov.
Scott Covington, Refuge Energy Program Coordinator, Department of the Interior, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, National Wildlife Refuge System, 5275 Leesburg Pike., MS: NWRS, Falls Church, VA 22041-3808, Phone: 703 358-2427, Email: scott_covington@fws.gov.
RIN: 1018-AX36
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI)
United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)
Final Rule Stage
350. Injurious Wildlife Evaluation; Constrictor Species From Python, Boa, and Eunectes Genera
Legal Authority: 18 U.S.C. 42
Abstract: We are making a final determination on the listing of five species of large constrictor snakes as injurious wildlife under the Lacey Act: Reticulated python, DeSchauensee's anaconda, green anaconda, Beni anaconda, and boa constrictor.
Timetable:
Action | Date | FR Cite |
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ANPRM | 01/31/08 | 73 FR 5784 |
ANPRM Comment Period End | 04/30/08 | |
NPRM | 03/12/10 | |
NPRM Comment Period End | 05/11/10 | |
NPRM Comment Period Reopened | 07/01/10 | |
NPRM Comment Period Reopened End | 08/02/10 | |
Final Action | 01/23/12 | 77 FR 3330 |
Final Action Effective | 03/23/12 | |
NPRM Comment Period Reopening | 06/24/14 | |
NPRM Comment Period Reopening End | 07/24/14 | |
Final Action | 12/00/14 |
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Susan Jewell, Fish and Wildlife Biologist, Department of the Interior, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Fish and Aquatic Conservation, 5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: FAC, Falls Church, VA 22041-3808, Phone: 703 358-2416, Fax: 703 358-2044, Email: susan_jewell@fws.gov.
RIN: 1018-AV68
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI)
National Park Service (NPS)
Proposed Rule Stage
351. Non-Federal Oil and Gas Rights
Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.; 16 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.
Abstract: This rule would accommodate new technology and industry practices, eliminate regulatory exemptions, update requirements, remove caps on bond amounts, and allow NPS to recover administrative costs. The changes make the regulations more effective and efficient and maintain the highest level of protection compatible with park resources and values.
Timetable:
Action | Date | FR Cite |
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ANPRM | 11/25/09 | 74 FR 61596 |
ANPRM Comment Period End | 01/25/10 | |
NPRM | 03/00/15 |
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Ed Kassman, Regulatory Specialist, Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 12795 West Alameda Parkway, Lakewood, CA 80225, Phone: 303 969-2146, Email: edward_kassman@nps.gov.
RIN: 1024-AD78
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI)
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE)
Proposed Rule Stage
352. Stream Protection Rule
Legal Authority: 30 U.S.C. 1201 et seq.
Abstract: On August 12, 2009, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia denied the Government's request that the court vacate and remand the Excess Spoil/Stream Buffer Zone rule published on December 12, 2008. Therefore, the Department intends to initiate notice and comment rulemaking to address issues arising from previous rulemakings. The Agency also intends to prepare a new environmental impact statement.
Timetable:
Action | Date | FR Cite |
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ANPRM | 11/30/09 | 74 FR 62664 |
ANPRM Comment Period End | 12/30/09 | |
NPRM | 04/00/15 |
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Dennis Rice, Regulatory Analyst, Department of the Interior, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, 1951 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20240, Phone: 202 208-2829, Email: drice@osmre.gov.
RIN: 1029-AC63
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