Compliance, Economic Development, Renewable Energy 16 Jan 2025 renewable energy, blm, compliance, geothermal energy, environmental policy, nepa

🌱New NEPA Procedures for Geothermal Resource Development Announced

This notice announces a revision to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) implementing procedures for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) at Chapter 11 of part 516 of the Department of the Interior's Departmental Manual (516 DM 11). The revision adds a new categorical exclusion (CX) for geothermal resource confirmation activities on Federal geothermal resource leases.

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Regulatory Compliance, Financial Impact 10 Jan 2025 federal regulations, administrative practice and procedure, business compliance, natural gas, civil monetary penalties, penalties, oil and gas, inflation adjustments, indians-lands, geothermal energy, mineral royalties, public lands-mineral resources, oil and gas exploration, coal

💵2025 CMP Inflation Adjustments

Pursuant to the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (referred to herein as the "Inflation Adjustment Acts"), and Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") guidance, ONRR is adjusting for inflation the civil monetary penalty ("CMP") amounts it assesses under the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 ("FOGRMA").

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