Rule2025-06480

Joint Policies of the Departments of the Interior and of the Army Relative to Reservoir Project Lands; Delay of Effective Date

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Published
April 16, 2025
Effective
May 16, 2025

Issuing agencies

Interior Department

Abstract

In accordance with the memorandum of January 20, 2025, from President Donald J. Trump, entitled "Regulatory Freeze Pending Review," this action delays the effective date of the direct final rule published on January 16, 2025, to May 16, 2025.

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 72 (Wednesday, April 16, 2025)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 15935]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-06480]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary

43 CFR Part 8

[Docket No. DOI-2024-0017; 256D0102DM, DS6CS00000, DLSN00000.000000, 
DX6CS25]
RIN 1093-AA29


Joint Policies of the Departments of the Interior and of the Army 
Relative to Reservoir Project Lands; Delay of Effective Date

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior.

ACTION: Direct final rule; delay of effective date.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the memorandum of January 20, 2025, from 
President Donald J. Trump, entitled ``Regulatory Freeze Pending 
Review,'' this action delays the effective date of the direct final 
rule published on January 16, 2025, to May 16, 2025.

DATES: As of April 16, 2025 the effective date of the rule published at 
90 FR 4669 on January 16, 2025, is delayed to a new effective date of 
May 16, 2025.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeremiah Williamson, Senior Attorney, 
telephone: (208) 334-1915, email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#751f100710181c141d5b021c19191c1418061a1b35061a195b111a1c5b121a03"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="640e011601090d050c4a130d08080d0509170b0a24170b084a000b0d4a030b12">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>. 
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The direct final rule, ``Joint Policies of 
the Departments of the Interior and of the Army Relative to Reservoir 
Project Lands,'' published on January 16, 2025, at 90 FR 4669, included 
a 60-day public comment period that ended on March 17, 2025. The 
effective date of the direct final rule is April 16, 2025. The 
Department of the Interior is taking this action in response to 
Memorandum M-25-10, ``Implementation of Regulatory Freeze,'' of January 
20, 2025, from the Executive Office of the President, Office of 
Management and Budget, regarding the postponement of effective dates of 
certain published regulations. The memorandum directed the heads of 
executive departments and agencies to consider postponing for 60 days 
from the date of the memorandum the effective date for any rules that 
have been published in the Federal Register, or any rules that have 
been issued in any manner but have not taken effect, for the purpose of 
reviewing any questions of fact, law, and policy that the rule may 
raise. The Department of the Interior is delaying the effective date of 
the direct final rule published at 90 FR 4669 to May 16, 2025.
    The Department is delaying the effective date of the direct final 
rule without opportunity for public comment and making the delay 
effective immediately, based on the good cause exemptions in 5 U.S.C. 
553(b)(B) and 553(d)(3). The Department concluded that seeking public 
comment on the delay is impracticable, unnecessary, and contrary to the 
public interest. The delay in effective date until May 16, 2025, is 
necessary to give Department officials the opportunity for further 
review and consideration of new regulations, consistent with the 
memorandum of the President, dated January 20, 2025. Given the 
imminence of the effective date of the direct final rule, seeking prior 
public comment on this delay is impractical, and contrary to the public 
interest in the orderly promulgation and implementation of regulations. 
For the foregoing reasons, the good cause exception in 5 U.S.C. 
553(d)(3) also applies to the Department's decision to make this action 
effective immediately.

Tyler Hassen,
Senior Advisor to the Secretary, Exercising the Delegated Authority of 
the Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget
[FR Doc. 2025-06480 Filed 4-15-25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4334-CC-P


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