📜Semiannual Regulatory Agenda
This notice provides the semiannual agenda of the Department of the Interior (Department) rules scheduled for review or development between Spring 2025 and Spring 2026. The Regulatory Flexibility Act and Executive Order 12866 require publication of the agenda.
Learn More📜Notice on Withdrawal of Tribal Funds from Trust Status
The Bureau of Trust Funds Administration (BTFA) is proposing to renew an information collection in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Learn More⚒️BSEE Removes Outdated Sulphur Operations Regulations
The Department of the Interior (DOI or Department), through the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), is rescinding the majority of the provisions in its sulphur operations subpart and revising the subpart by applying other available regulatory requirements for similar operations to sulphur operations in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). The existing regulations are outdated, duplicative of, or inconsistent with, other Department regulations. This direct final rule provides consistency and clarity to industry regarding regulatory requirements for sulphur operations by aligning the requirements with the Department's other BSEE-administered regulations.
Learn More⛏️Bond and Insurance Requirements for Surface Coal Mining Operations
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) is proposing to renew an information collection.
Learn More🌱Update on NEPA Regulations and Compliance Requirements
The Department of the Interior (Department or DOI) is partially rescinding and making necessary targeted updates to its remaining regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), which were promulgated to "supplement" now-rescinded Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) NEPA implementing regulations. Mindful that the Supreme Court recently clarified NEPA is a "purely procedural statute," DOI will henceforth maintain the remainder of its NEPA procedures--which apply only to DOI's internal processes--in a Handbook separate from the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). This interim final rule requests comments on this action and related matters to inform DOI's decision-making.
Learn More⚖️Guidance on Criminal Enforcement Regulations by Department of the Interior
This notice describes the Department of the Interior's ("Department" or "DOI") plans to address criminally liable regulatory offenses under the Executive Order 14294, "Fighting Overcriminalization in Federal Regulations."
Learn More📜DOI Extends Comment Period for Regulatory Reform Input
The Department of the Interior (DOI) is extending the comment period for its request for information (RFI) on regulatory reform, allowing additional time for the public to identify existing regulations that may be modified or repealed.
Learn More⏳Delay of Interim Final Rule by Department of the Interior
In accordance with the memorandum of January 20, 2025, from President Donald J. Trump, entitled "Regulatory Freeze Pending Review," this action provides a fourth notification to delay the effective date of the interim final rule published on January 10, 2025, until July 21, 2025.
Learn More📜Regulatory Corrections by the Department of the Interior
The Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) is issuing this document to correct the interim final rule published on January 10, 2025. These corrections address comments provided by the Office of the Federal Register regarding amendatory language and grammatical and technical errors that OHA identified in the published interim final rule.
Learn More🦖Agency Notice on Paleontological Permits Information Collection
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, the U.S. Department of the Interior (Interior, we), are proposing to revise an information collection.
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