🏗️Open Meeting Notice for Idaho Environmental Management Board
This notice announces an in-person/virtual meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP). The Federal Advisory Committee Act requires that public notice of this meeting be announced in the Federal Register.
Learn More🥔Final Rule on Increased Potato Assessment Rates for 2024-2025
This final rule implements a recommendation from the Idaho- Eastern Oregon Potato Committee (Committee) to increase the assessment rate established for the 2024-2025 fiscal period and subsequent fiscal periods from $0.002 to $0.003 per hundredweight of potatoes handled under the marketing order. The assessment rate will remain in effect indefinitely unless modified, suspended, or terminated.
Learn More🐟Issuance of Permits for Anadromous Fish Hatchery Programs
This notice advises the public that two direct take permits 1454-2R and 1455-2R have been issued for operation, monitoring, and evaluation of a hatchery program rearing and releasing sockeye salmon in the Snake River basin of Idaho, and that the decision documents are available upon request. An Environmental Assessment (EA), and Finding of No Significant Impact were also completed for these actions.
Learn More🏕️Proposed Recreation Fee Sites at Payette National Forest
The Payette National Forest is proposing to establish several recreation fee sites. Proposed recreation fees collected at the proposed recreation fee sites would be used for operation, maintenance, and improvement of the sites. An analysis of nearby recreation fee sites with similar amenities shows that the proposed recreation fees are reasonable and typical of similar recreation fee sites in the area.
Learn More🌫️EPA Approves Idaho's Regional Haze Implementation Plan
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving the Idaho regional haze State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted on August 5, 2022, supplemented on September 27, 2024, and clarified on August 12, 2025, as satisfying applicable requirements under the Clean Air Act and the EPA's Regional Haze Rule (RHR) for the program's second implementation period. The Idaho SIP revision addressed the requirement to make reasonable progress toward the national goal of preventing any future, and remedying any existing, anthropogenic impairment of visibility in certain national parks and wilderness areas.
Learn More🏞️Business Implications of Official Land Surveys by BLM in Idaho
The plats and/or field notes of the following described surveys are scheduled to be officially filed in the Bureau of Land Management, Idaho State Office, Boise, Idaho. The surveys announced in this notice were conducted for the management of lands administered by the agencies indicated.
Learn More🌿Comment Opportunity on Greater Sage-Grouse Resource Management Plan
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is soliciting comments on significant changes to the Proposed Resource Management Plan Amendment (RMPA) for Greater Sage-grouse Rangewide Planning released in November 2024. The environmental consequences of the proposed changes have been analyzed as part of the RMPA/environmental impact statement (EIS) process. Following consideration of any comments on these changes, the BLM will issue Records of Decision (ROD) for the Approved RMPAs for Idaho, Montana/Dakotas, Nevada/California, Utah, and Wyoming.
Learn More📉Idaho Power Company Project Withdrawal Notice - Hells Canyon
The Department of Energy announces the effectiveness of the Idaho Power Company's withdrawal of as-built Exhibit F drawings for the Oxbow fish hatchery project associated with the Hells Canyon Project No. 1971. The notice indicates that no objections were filed and the proceeding has been terminated.
Learn More⚡Idaho Power's License Application for Lucky Peak Transmission Line
The Department of Energy announces Idaho Power Company's intent to file a license application for the Lucky Peak Transmission Line Project. The notice outlines the project's details, location, and regulatory processes, including necessary consultations with federal and state agencies regarding environmental and historical factors.
Learn More📅Notice of Public Meetings by Idaho Resource Advisory Council
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Idaho Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet as indicated below.
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