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🌊Proposed Vehicle Permit Changes for Assateague Island Seashore

The National Park Service (NPS) proposes to amend the special regulations for Assateague Island National Seashore to remove certain permit eligibility requirements for motor vehicles that drive on designated beaches and oversand routes. The rulemaking would eliminate requirements addressing vehicle weight, ground clearance, and dimensions. These requirements were established in 1976 and are no longer necessary. In addition, the NPS proposes to make several technical, non-substantive changes to the regulations.

🌊New Florida Keys Sanctuary Regulations

As part of its Restoration Blueprint initiative, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is issuing final regulations for the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS or sanctuary) that will expand the boundary of the sanctuary, update sanctuary-wide regulations, update the individual marine zones and their associated regulations, and revise the sanctuary's terms of designation. NOAA is also finalizing a revised management plan and final environmental impact statement (EIS) as part of this action. The final rule describes how NOAA will work to improve the condition of resources in FKNMS through a series of regulatory measures designed to reduce threats and, where appropriate, restore coral reefs, seagrasses, and other important habitats. The intended effect of this final rule is to manage and protect the living and heritage resources of FKNMS for the benefit of the public.

🏛️Notice of Intended Repatriation Under NAGPRA by U.S. Interior Department

In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that meet the definition of an object of cultural patrimony and that has a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

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⛺New Recreation Fees Impacting Campgrounds and Businesses in Colorado

Pursuant to the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (FLREA), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Grand Junction Field Office (GJFO), Upper Colorado River District, and the Uncompahgre Field Office (UFO), Southwest District, intend to establish recreation fee areas at existing developed campgrounds, future developed campgrounds and campsites, and for designated campsites within the Gunnison River Special Recreation Management Area (SRMA) in the Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area (D-E NCA) as managed by the field offices as one NCA unit in Delta, Mesa, and Montrose Counties.

🏛️Public Comment Opportunity on Historic Places Nominations

The National Park Service is soliciting electronic comments on the significance of properties nominated before January 4, 2025, for listing or related actions in the National Register of Historic Places.

🏞️Glen Canyon Recreation Area Motor Vehicle Regulations Update 2025

The National Park Service revises special regulations for Glen Canyon National Recreation Area to update rules about the use of motor vehicles on roads and off roads on designated routes and areas.

🏕️New Recreation Fees Impacting Businesses in Idaho's BLM Areas

Pursuant to the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (FLREA), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Coeur d'Alene Field Office will establish day-use fees at Mica Bay Boater Park and Killarney Lake Campground and Access, located in Kootenai County; and at the Huckleberry Campground in Shoshone County.

🌊NOAA Adds Cashes Ledge to Potential National Marine Sanctuaries

On June 13, 2014, NOAA published a final rule establishing the Sanctuary Nomination Process, allowing communities to submit nominations to NOAA for consideration as new national marine sanctuaries. The rule outlined the review process, national significance criteria, and management considerations that NOAA uses to evaluate nominations for inclusion in the inventory of areas that could eventually be considered for designation. The rule also states that NOAA will publish a Federal Register notice when areas have been added to the inventory of successful nominations. This notice announces that NOAA has added the Cashes Ledge area to the inventory; the agency is not moving forward with a designation at this time.

✈️New CNMI EVS-TAP Regulations

This document announces the implementation of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Economic Vitality & Security Travel Authorization Program (EVS-TAP). The CNMI EVS-TAP is a restricted sub-program of the Guam-CNMI Visa Waiver Program and allows prescreened nationals of the People's Republic of China to travel to the CNMI without a visa under specified conditions. In accordance with Department of Homeland Security regulations, DHS will begin implementation of the CNMI EVS-TAP requirements 45 days after publication of this notification of implementation in the Federal Register.