Rule 17 Jul 2025 compliance, bureau of land management, environmental protection, regulation, government contracts, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, surety bonds, geothermal energy, mineral royalties, public lands-mineral resources, leasing

🌍Rescission of Geothermal Lease Regulations by the Department of the Interior

This direct final rule rescinds a portion of the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) regulations that address geothermal resource leasing.

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Rule 17 Jul 2025 compliance, energy, regulations, bureau of land management, environmental protection, government contracts, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, surety bonds, geothermal energy, mineral royalties, public lands-mineral resources, geothermal

🔥Rescission of Geothermal Regulations and Its Business Impact

This direct final rule rescinds a portion of the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) regulations that address amending a geothermal operations plan or drilling permit.

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Rule 17 Jul 2025 bureau of land management, environmental protection, regulation, government contracts, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, business compliance, surety bonds, public lands, geothermal energy, mineral royalties, public lands-mineral resources

🌍Rescission of Geothermal Lease Regulations and Business Implications

This direct final rule rescinds a portion of the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) regulations that address geothermal resource leasing.

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Rule 17 Jul 2025 regulatory compliance, regulations, bureau of land management, environmental protection, government contracts, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, surety bonds, public lands, geothermal energy, mineral royalties, public lands-mineral resources

🌍Rescission of Geothermal Production Incentives

This direct final rule rescinds Bureau of Land Management (BLM) regulations that address production incentives for geothermal leases.

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Rule 17 Jul 2025 compliance, regulations, bureau of land management, environmental protection, government contracts, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, surety bonds, geothermal energy, mineral royalties, royalties

🔥Rescission of Geothermal Lease Royalty Rate Regulations Impact

This direct final rule rescinds a portion of the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) regulations addressing geothermal lease royalty rate terms.

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Rule 5 Jun 2025 compliance, business regulation, business and industry, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, elementary and secondary education, mineral resources, penalties, fishing, credit, indians, civil penalties, surety bonds, tribal lands, grant programs-indians, indians-lands, geothermal energy, oil and gas exploration, mines, livestock, schools, indians-education, monetary adjustments, indians-business and finance

💼Annual Civil Penalty Adjustments Impacting Tribal Businesses

This rule provides for annual adjustments to the level of civil monetary penalties contained in Bureau of Indian Affairs (Bureau) regulations to account for inflation under the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance.

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

🌱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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