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 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 compliance, bureau of land management, government contracts, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, business operations, surety bonds, mineral royalties, public lands-mineral resources, mines, sulfur, leasing regulations, solid minerals, hydrocarbons, sodium, phosphate

⚒️Rescission of Solid Minerals Leasing Regulations

This direct final rule rescinds portions of the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) regulations that address the Leasing of Solid Minerals Other Than Coal and Oil Shale--Areas Available for Leasing and Hardrock Mineral Development Contracts; Processing and Milling Arrangements.

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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, mining, regulations, bureau of land management, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, financial implications, mineral royalties, public lands-mineral resources, mines

⛏️Rescission of Mining Claim Regulations

This direct final rule rescinds a portion of the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) regulations that authorize declining balance accounts with the BLM concerning mining claims.

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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 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 compliance, mining, bureau of land management, regulation, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, financial management, mineral royalties, public lands-mineral resources, mines

⚒️Analysis of Regulatory Rescission on Mining Claim Payments

This direct final rule rescinds a portion of the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) regulations that authorize declining balance accounts with the BLM concerning mining claims.

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Rule 6 Jun 2025 compliance, energy, environmental protection, regulation, government contracts, securities, administrative practice and procedure, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, mineral resources, natural resources, intergovernmental relations, air pollution control, penalties, investigations, environmental impact statements, research, oil pollution, freedom of information, surety bonds, gulf of mexico, interior department, renewable energy, marine safety, mineral royalties, oil and gas exploration, pipelines, rights-of-way, sulfur, continental shelf, electric power, marine resources, coastal zone, energy management, gulf of america, ocean energy

🌊Amendments to Rename Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is amending its regulations that implement the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) to revise language reading "Gulf of Mexico" or the associated acronym "GOM" to read "Gulf of America" or the associated acronym "GOA." Executive Order 14172 directs agencies to make this change. This final rule ensures that these regulations comply with this order.

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Regulatory Compliance, Financial Impact 17 Jan 2025 compliance, bureau of land management, government contracts, administrative practice and procedure, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, inflation adjustment, penalties, oil and gas, civil penalties, public lands, indians-lands, mineral royalties, public lands-mineral resources, oil and gas exploration, coal trespass

⚖️Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustments for Oil and Gas Operations

This final rule adjusts the amounts of civil monetary penalties contained in the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) regulations governing onshore oil and gas operations and coal trespass. This final rule is required by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 and is consistent with applicable Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance. The adjustments made by this final rule constitute the 2025 annual inflation adjustments and account for one year of inflation spanning the period from October 2023 through October 2024.

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