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Semiannual Regulatory Agenda

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July 30, 2021

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This notice provides the semiannual agenda of Department of the Interior (Department) rules scheduled for review or development between Spring 2021 and Spring 2022. The Regulatory Flexibility Act and Executive Order 12866 require publication of the agenda.

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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 144 (Friday, July 30, 2021)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-14872]

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Vol. 86

Friday,

No. 144

July 30, 2021

Part X

Department of the Interior

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Semiannual Regulatory Agenda

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary

25 CFR Ch. I

30 CFR Chs. II and VII

36 CFR Ch. I

43 CFR Subtitle A, Chs. I and II

48 CFR Ch. 14

50 CFR Chs. I and IV

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Semiannual Regulatory Agenda

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior.

ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda.

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SUMMARY: This notice provides the semiannual agenda of Department of
the Interior (Department) rules scheduled for review or development
between Spring 2021 and Spring 2022. 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: Please direct all comments and
inquiries about these rules to the appropriate agency contact. Please
direct general comments relating to the agenda to the Office of
Executive Secretariat and Regulatory Affairs, Department of the
Interior, at the address above or at (202) 208-5257.

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. The complete Unified Agenda will be published at
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a>, in a format that offers users enhanced ability to
obtain information from the Agenda database. Agenda information is also
available at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>, the government-wide website for
submission of comments on proposed regulations.
In some cases, the Department has withdrawn rules that were placed
on previous agendas for which there has been no publication activity or
for which a proposed or interim rule was published. There is no legal
significance to the omission of an item from this agenda. Withdrawal of
a rule does not necessarily mean that the Department will not proceed
with the rulemaking. Withdrawal allows the Department to assess the
action further and determine whether rulemaking is appropriate.
Following such an assessment, the Department may determine that certain
rules listed as withdrawn under this agenda are appropriate for
promulgation.

Bivan Patnaik,
Deputy Director, Executive Secretariat and Regulatory Affairs.

Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement--Proposed Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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142....................... Oil and Gas and Sulfur 1014-AA52
Operations in the Outer
Continental Shelf-Blowout
Preventer Systems and
Well Control Revisions.
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Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement--Completed Actions
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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143....................... Update of Regulations on 1014-AA50
Relief or Reduction in
Royalty Rates.
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Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management--Final Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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144....................... Risk Management, Financial 1082-AA02
Assurance and Loss
Prevention.
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Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management--Completed Actions
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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145....................... Revisions to the 1082-AA01
Requirements for
Exploratory Drilling on
the Arctic Outer
Continental Shelf.
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United States Fish and Wildlife Service--Proposed Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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146....................... Migratory Bird Hunting; 1018-BE34
2021-22 Migratory Game
Bird Hunting Regulations.
147....................... Migratory Bird Hunting; 1018-BF07
2022-23 Migratory Game
Bird Hunting Regulations.
148....................... Migratory Bird Hunting; 1018-BF64
2023-24 Migratory Game
Bird Hunting Regulations.
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United States Fish and Wildlife Service--Long-Term Actions
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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149....................... Importation, Exportation 1018-BF16
and Transportation of
Wildlife; Updates to the
Regulations.
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Bureau of Ocean Energy Management--Long-Term Actions
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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150....................... Air Quality Rule (Section 1010-AE09
610 Review).
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI)

Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE)

Proposed Rule Stage

142. <bullet> Oil and Gas and Sulfur Operations in the Outer
Continental Shelf-Blowout Preventer Systems and Well Control Revisions

Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined
Abstract: The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE)
is revising existing regulations for well control and blowout preventer
systems.
Timetable:

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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 09/00/21
NPRM Comment Period End............. 11/00/21
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Kirk Malstrom, Chief, Regulations and Standards
Branch, Department of the Interior, Bureau of Safety and Environmental
Enforcement, 45600 Woodland Road, Sterling, VA 20166, Phone: 703 787-
1751, Fax: 703 787-1555, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#701b19021b5e1d111c0304021f1d30120315155e171f06">[email&#160;protected]</a>.
RIN: 1014-AA52

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI)

Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE)

Completed Actions

143. Update of Regulations on Relief or Reduction in Royalty Rates

Legal Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1337(a)(3)(A); 43 U.S.C. 1337(a)(3)(B)
Abstract: BSEE reviewed its current regulations pertaining to
royalty relief and is no longer considering the previously proposed
modifications.
Timetable:

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Action Date FR Cite
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Withdrawn........................... 03/19/21
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Kirk Malstrom, Chief, Regulations and Standards
Branch, Department of the Interior, Bureau of Safety and Environmental
Enforcement, 45600 Woodland Road, Sterling, VA 20166, Phone: 703 787-
1751 Fax: 703 787-1555, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1f74766d7431727e736c6b6d70725f7d6c7a7a31787069">[email&#160;protected]</a>.
RIN: 1014-AA50

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI)

Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management (ASLM)

Final Rule Stage

144. Risk Management, Financial Assurance and Loss Prevention

Legal Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1334(a)
Abstract: This joint rulemaking, between the Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management (BOEM) and Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
(BSEE), will revise policies for oil and gas operations on the Outer
Continental Shelf (OCS) concerning operator compliance with financial
and performance obligations.
Timetable:

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Steven Mullen, Management Analyst, Department of
the Interior, U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of the Secretary,
1849 C Street NW, Room 7321, Washington, DC 20240, Phone: 202 213-6400,
Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cab9beafbcafa495a7bfa6a6afa48aa3a5b9e4aea5a3e4ada5bc">[email&#160;protected]</a>.
RIN: 1082-AA02

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI)

Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management (ASLM)

Completed Actions

145. Revisions to the Requirement for Exploratory Drilling on the Artic
Outer Continental Shelf

Legal Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1334(a); 33 U.S.C. 2701 ch. 40
Abstract: This joint rulemaking, between the Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management (BOEM) and Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
(BSEE), is withdrawn. BSEE and BOEM reviewed the Arctic-specific
regulations for exploratory drilling and are no longer considering the
previously proposed modifications.
Timetable:

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Steven Mullen, Management Analyst, Department of
the Interior, U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of the Secretary,
1849 C Street NW, Room 7321, Washington, DC 20240, Phone: 202 213-6400,
Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c3b0b7a6b5a6ad9caeb6afafa6ad83aaacb0eda7acaaeda4acb5">[email&#160;protected]</a>.
RIN: 1082-AA01

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI)

United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)

Proposed Rule Stage

146. Migratory Bird Hunting; 2021-22 Migratory Game Bird Hunting
Regulations

Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 703 to 712; 16 U.S.C. 742a-j
Abstract: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposes to establish
annual hunting regulations for certain migratory game birds for the
2021-22 hunting season. We annually prescribe outside limits
(frameworks) within which States may select hunting seasons. This
proposed rule provides the regulatory schedule, announces the Service
Migratory Bird Regulations Committee and Flyway Council meetings,
describes the proposed regulatory alternatives for the 2021-22 duck
hunting seasons, and requests proposals from Indian Tribes that wish to
establish special migratory game bird hunting regulations on Federal
Indian reservations and ceded lands.
Timetable:

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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 10/09/20 85 FR 64097
NPRM Comment Period End............. 11/09/20 .......................
NPRM--Proposed Frameworks........... 02/22/21 86 FR 10622
NPRM Comment Period End............. 03/24/21 .......................
NPRM--Proposed Tribal Regulations... 05/04/21 86 FR 23641
Final Action--Final Frameworks...... 05/00/21 .......................
NPRM Comment Period End............. 06/03/21 .......................
Final Action--Final Tribal 06/00/21 .......................
Regulations.
Final Action--Season Selections..... 06/00/21 .......................
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Jerome Ford, Assistant Director--Migratory Bird
Program, Department of the Interior, United States Fish and Wildlife
Service, 5275 Leesburg Pike, MS-MB, Falls Church, VA 22041-3803, Phone:
703 358-1050, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#345e51465b59516b525b4650745243471a535b42">[email&#160;protected]</a>.
RIN: 1018-BE34

147. Migratory Bird Hunting; 2022-23 Migratory Game Bird Hunting
Regulations

Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 703 to 712; 16 U.S.C. 742a-j
Abstract: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposes to establish
annual hunting regulations for certain migratory game birds for the
2022-23 hunting season. We annually prescribe outside limits
(frameworks) within which States may select hunting seasons. This
proposed rule provides the regulatory schedule, announces the Service
Migratory Bird Regulations Committee and Flyway Council meetings,
describes the proposed regulatory alternatives for the 2022-23 duck
hunting seasons, and requests proposals from Indian Tribes that wish to
establish special migratory game bird hunting regulations on Federal
Indian reservations and ceded lands.
Timetable:

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Action Date FR Cite
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Notice of Meeting................... 03/25/21 86 FR 15957
Meeting............................. 04/06/21 .......................
NPRM................................ 06/00/21 .......................
NPRM--Supplemental.................. 07/00/21 .......................
NPRM--Proposed Frameworks........... 12/00/21 .......................
NPRM--Proposed Tribal Regulations... 01/00/22 .......................
Final Action--Final Frameworks...... 02/00/22 .......................
Final Action--Final Tribal 04/00/22 .......................
Regulations.
Final Action--Season Selections..... 06/00/22 .......................
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Jerome Ford, Assistant Director--Migratory Bird
Program, Department of the Interior, United States Fish and Wildlife
Service, 5275 Leesburg Pike, MS-MB, Falls Church, VA 22041-3803, Phone:
703 358-1050, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#365c5344595b5369505944527650414518515940">[email&#160;protected]</a>.
RIN: 1018-BF07

148. <bullet> Migratory Bird Hunting; 2023-24 Migratory Game Bird
Hunting Regulations

Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 703 et seq.; 16 U.S.C. 742a-j
Abstract: This rule would establish annual hunting regulations for
certain migratory game birds. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
annually prescribes the frameworks, or outside limits, for season
lengths, bag limits, and areas for migratory game bird hunting. After
these frameworks are established, States may select season dates, bag
limits, and other regulatory options for their hunting seasons.
Timetable:

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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 06/00/21 .......................
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Dr. Eric L. Kershner, Chief, Branch of
Conservation, Permits, and Regulations, Department of the Interior,
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: MB,
Falls Church, VA 22041, Phone: 703 358-2376, Fax: 703 358-2217, Email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#fd988f949ea296988f8e9593988fbd9b8a8ed39a928b">[email&#160;protected]</a>.
RIN: 1018-BF64

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI)

United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)

Long-Term Actions

149. Importation, Exportation and Transportation of Wildlife; Updates
to the Regulations

Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 668; 16 U.S.C. 704; 16 U.S.C. 712; 16
U.S.C. 1382; 16 U.S.C. 1538(d)-(f),; 16 U.S.C. 1540(f); 16 U.S.C. 33
8(d)-(f); 16 U.S.C. 3371 to 3378; 16 U.S.C. 4223 to 4244; 16 U.S.C.
4901 to 4916; 18 U.S.C. 42; 31 U.S.C. 42; 31 U.S.C. 9701
Abstract: We propose to rewrite our regulations governing the
importation and exportation of wildlife to make these regulations
easier to understand. In addition, we propose to revise the inspection
fees associated with the importation and exportation of wildlife and to
update the list of species that qualify as domesticated species, for
which U.S. Fish and Wildlife inspection and clearance is not required.
The current inspection fees have been in effect since 2012. The
establishment of these fees is consistent with the Independent Offices
Appropriations Act of 1952 and OMB Circular No. A-25, which provide
that services provided by Federal agencies are to be self-sustaining to
the extent possible and that fees assessed should be sufficient to
recover the full cost to the Federal Government of providing the
service and are based on market prices.
Timetable:

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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ To Be Determined
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.

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Agency Contact: Edward Grace, Assistant Director, Office of Law
Enforcement, Department of the Interior, United States Fish and
Wildlife Service, 5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: LEO, Falls Church, VA 22041-
3803, Phone: 703 358-1949, Fax: 703 358-1947, Email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ed88899a8c9f89b28a9f8c8e88ad8b9a9ec38a829b">[email&#160;protected]</a>.
RIN: 1018-BF16

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI)

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)

Long-Term Actions

150. <bullet> Air Quality Rule (Section 610 Review)

Legal Authority: OCSLA sec. 5(a)(8)
Abstract: The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) identified
opportunities for clarifying air quality regulations.
Timetable:

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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ To Be Determined
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Deanna Meyer-Pietruszka, Chief, OPRA, Department of
the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 1849 C Street NW,
Washington, DC 20240, Phone: 202 208-6352, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ceaaabafa0a0afe0a3abb7abbce3bea7abbabcbbbdb4a5af8eaca1aba3e0a9a1b8">[email&#160;protected]</a>.
RIN: 1010-AE09

[FR Doc. 2021-14872 Filed 7-29-21; 8:45 am]
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