[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 9 (Friday, January 12, 2018)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 1886-1887]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-28216]



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Vol. 83

Friday,

No. 9

January 12, 2018

Part X





Department of the Interior





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 Semiannual Regulatory Agenda

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary

25 CFR Ch. I

30 CFR Chs. II and VII

36 CFR Ch. I

43 CFR Subtitle A, Chs. I and II

48 CFR Ch. 14

50 CFR Chs. I and IV

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Semiannual Regulatory Agenda

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior.

ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda.

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SUMMARY: This notice provides the semiannual agenda of rules scheduled 
for review or development between fall 2017 and fall 2018. The 
Regulatory Flexibility Act and Executive Order 12866 require 
publication of the agenda.

ADDRESSES: Unless otherwise indicated, all agency contacts are located 
at the Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street NW, Washington, DC 
20240.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You should direct all comments and 
inquiries about these rules to the appropriate agency contact. You 
should direct general comments relating to the agenda to the Office of 
Executive Secretariat and Regulatory Affairs, Department of the 
Interior, at the address above or at 202-208-3181.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: With this publication, the Department 
satisfies the requirement of Executive Order 12866 that the Department 
publish an agenda of rules that we have issued or expect to issue and 
of currently effective rules that we have scheduled for review.
    Simultaneously, the Department meets the requirement of the 
Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) to publish an agenda 
in April and October of each year identifying rules that will have 
significant economic effects on a substantial number of small entities. 
We have specifically identified in the agenda rules that will have such 
effects.
    This edition of the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and 
Deregulatory Actions includes The Regulatory Plan, which appears in 
both the online Unified Agenda and in part II of the Federal Register 
that includes the Unified Agenda. The Department's Statement of 
Regulatory Priorities is included in the Plan.

 Mark Lawyer,
Federal Register Liaison Officer.

   Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement--Proposed Rule Stage
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                                                           Regulation
       Sequence No.                    Title             Identifier No.
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286.......................  Revisions to the Blowout           1014-AA39
                             Preventer Systems and
                             Well Control Rule.
287.......................  Revisions to the                   1014-AA40
                             Requirements for
                             Exploratory Drilling on
                             the Arctic Outer
                             Continental Shelf.
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      United States Fish and Wildlife Service--Proposed Rule Stage
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                                                           Regulation
       Sequence No.                    Title             Identifier No.
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288.......................  Migratory Bird Hunting;            1018-BB73
                             2018-2019 Migratory Game
                             Bird Hunting Regulations.
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 Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement--Completed Actions
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                                                           Regulation
       Sequence No.                    Title             Identifier No.
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289.......................  Stream Protection Rule....         1029-AC63
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI)

Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE)

Proposed Rule Stage

286.  Revisions to the Blowout Preventer Systems and Well 
Control Rule

    E.O. 13771 Designation: Deregulatory.
    Legal Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1331 to 1356a
    Abstract: This rulemaking would revise specific provisions of the 
final well control rule, 81 FR 25888 (April 29, 2016), for drilling, 
workover, completion and decommissioning activities based on 
stakeholder input from the final rule implementation and in accordance 
with section 4 of Secretary's Order 3350, America-First Offshore Energy 
Strategy, Executive Order (E.O.) 13783, Promoting Energy Independence 
and Economic Growth, and section 7 of E.O. 13795, Implementing an 
America-First Offshore Energy Strategy.
    Timetable:

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               Action                    Date            FR Cite
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NPRM................................   10/00/18  .......................
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    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
    Agency Contact: Lakeisha Harrison, Chief, Regulations and Standards 
Branch, Department of the Interior, Bureau of Safety and Environmental 
Enforcement, 45600 Woodland Road, Sterling, VA 20166, Phone: 703 787-
1552, Fax: 703 787-1555, Email: [email protected].
    RIN: 1014-AA39

287.  Revisions to the Requirements for Exploratory Drilling on 
the Arctic Outer Continental Shelf

    E.O. 13771 Designation: Deregulatory.
    Legal Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1331 to 1356a
    Abstract: This proposed rule would revise specific provisions of 
the final Arctic Rule 81 FR 46478 (July 15, 2016) that established a 
regulatory framework for exploratory drilling and related operations on 
the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) of Alaska, focusing solely on the OCS 
within the Beaufort Sea and Chukchi Sea Planning Areas.
    Timetable:

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               Action                    Date            FR Cite
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NPRM................................   10/00/18  .......................
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    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
    Agency Contact: Bryce Barlan, Department of the Interior, Bureau of 
Safety and Environmental Enforcement, 45600 Woodland Road, Sterling, VA 
20166, Phone: 703 717-1126, Email: [email protected].
    RIN: 1014-AA40

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI)

United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)

Proposed Rule Stage

288. Migratory Bird Hunting; 2018-2019 Migratory Game Bird Hunting 
Regulations

    E.O. 13771 Designation: Fully or Partially Exempt.
    Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 703 to 711; 16 U.S.C. 742a-j
    Abstract: We propose to establish annual hunting regulations for 
certain migratory game birds for the 2018-2019 hunting season. We 
annually prescribe outside limits (frameworks), within which States may 
select hunting seasons. This proposed rule provides the regulatory 
schedule, describes the proposed regulatory alternatives for the 2018-
2019 duck hunting seasons, requests proposals from Indian tribes that 
wish to establish special migratory game bird hunting regulations on 
Federal Indian reservations and ceded lands, and requests proposals for 
the 2018 spring and summer migratory bird subsistence season in Alaska. 
Migratory game bird hunting seasons provide opportunities for 
recreation and sustenance; aid Federal, State, and tribal governments 
in the management of migratory game birds; and permit harvests at 
levels compatible with migratory game bird population status and 
habitat conditions.
    Timetable:

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               Action                    Date            FR Cite
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Notice of Public Meeting............   06/15/17  82 FR 27521
Public Meeting......................   06/21/17  82 FR 27521
NPRM................................   08/03/17  82 FR 36308
NPRM Comment Period End.............   09/05/17  .......................
NPRM Supplemental...................   10/03/17  82 FR 46011
NPRM Supplemental Comment Period End   01/15/18  .......................
NPRM; Proposed Frameworks...........   12/00/17  .......................
NPRM; Proposed Tribal Regulations...   01/00/18  .......................
Final Rule; Final Frameworks........   03/00/18  .......................
Final Rule; Final Tribal Regulations   05/00/18  .......................
Final Rule; Final Season Selections.   05/00/18  .......................
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    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
    Agency Contact: Ronald Kokel, Wildlife Biologist, Division of 
Migratory Bird Management, Department of the Interior, United States 
Fish and Wildlife Service, 5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: MB, Falls Church, VA 
22041-3808, Phone: 703 358-1714, Email: [email protected].
    RIN: 1018-BB73

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI)

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE)

Completed Actions

289. Stream Protection Rule

    E.O. 13771 Designation: Deregulatory.
    Legal Authority: 30 U.S.C. 1201 et seq.
    Abstract: The final rule published December 20, 2016 (81 FR 93066) 
and became effective January 19, 2017. The final rule was nullified by 
a joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act, 
signed by the President on February 16, 2017 (Pub. L. 115-5). This 
action conforms to Public Law 115-5 by changing the Code of Federal 
Regulations to reflect the regulations as they existed before the 
effective date of the final rule that was nullified under the 
Congressional Review Act.
    Timetable:

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               Action                    Date            FR Cite
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ANPRM...............................   11/30/09  74 FR 62664
ANPRM Comment Period End............   12/30/09  .......................
NPRM................................   07/27/15  80 FR 44436
NPRM Comment Period Extended........   09/10/15  80 FR 54590
NPRM Comment Period End.............   09/25/15  .......................
NPRM Comment Period Extended End....   10/26/15  .......................
Final Action........................   12/20/16  81 FR 93066
Final Action Effective..............   01/19/17  .......................
Final Rule; CRA Revocation..........   11/17/17  82 FR 54924
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    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
    Agency Contact: Dennis Rice, Regulatory Analyst, Department of the 
Interior, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, 1951 
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20240, Phone: 202 208-2829, 
Email: [email protected].
    RIN: 1029-AC63

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