[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 94 (Friday, May 16, 2025)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 20808-20809]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-08760]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary

43 CFR Part 8

[Docket No. DOI-2024-0017; 256D0102DM, DS6CS00000, DLSN00000.000000, 
DX6CS25]
RIN 1093-AA29


Joint Policies of the Departments of the Interior and of the Army 
Relative to Reservoir Project Lands; Delay of Effective Date

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior.

ACTION: Direct final rule; delay of effective date.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the memorandum of January 20, 2025, from 
President Donald J. Trump, entitled ``Regulatory Freeze Pending 
Review,'' this action delays the effective date of the direct final 
rule published on January 16, 2025, to June 16, 2025.

DATES: As of May 16, 2025, the effective date of the rule published on 
January 16, 2025 (90 FR 4669), delayed until May 16, 2025 (90 FR 
15935), is further delayed until June 16, 2025.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roland Springer, Acting Regional 
Director--Bureau of Reclamation, Interior Region 9--Columbia-Pacific 
Northwest, [email protected]; telephone at (208) 378-5006. Individuals 
who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability 
may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications 
relay services. Individuals outside the United States should use the 
relay services offered within their country to make international calls 
to the point-of-contact in the United States.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The direct final rule, ``Joint Policies of 
the Departments of the Interior and of the Army Relative to Reservoir 
Project Lands,'' published on January 16, 2025, at 90 FR 4669, included 
a 60-day public comment period that ended on March 17, 2025. The 
effective date of the direct final rule was April 16, 2025. A notice to 
delay the effective date of the direct final rule was published in the 
Federal Register on April 16, 2025, at 90 FR 15935 delaying the 
effective date to May 16, 2025. This notice further delays the 
effective date to June 16, 2025. The Department of the Interior is 
taking this action in response to Memorandum M-25-10 of January 20, 
2025, from the Executive Office of the President, Office of Management 
and Budget, Implementation of Regulatory Freeze, regarding the 
postponement of effective dates of certain published regulations. The 
memorandum directed the heads of Executive Departments and Agencies to 
consider postponing for 60 days from the date of the memorandum the 
effective date for any rules that have been published in the Federal 
Register, or any rules that have been issued in any manner but have not 
taken effect, for the purpose of reviewing any questions of fact, law, 
and policy that the rule may raise. The Department of the Interior is 
delaying the effective date of the direct final rule published at 90 FR 
4669 to June 16, 2025.
    The Department of the Interior is delaying the effective date of 
the direct final rule without opportunity for public comment and making 
the delay effective immediately, based on the good cause exemptions in 
5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) and 553(d)(3), in that seeking public comment on the 
delay is impracticable, unnecessary, and contrary to the public 
interest. The delay in effective date until June 16, 2025, is necessary 
to give Department officials the opportunity for further review and 
consideration of new regulations, consistent with the memorandum of the 
President, dated January 20, 2025. Given the imminence of the effective 
date of the direct final rule, seeking prior public comment on this 
delay is impractical, and contrary to the public interest in the 
orderly promulgation and implementation of regulations. For the 
foregoing reasons, the good cause exception in 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3) also 
applies to the Department of the Interior's decision to make this 
action effective immediately.

Tyler Hassen,
Acting Assistant Secretary--Policy, Management, and Budget.
[FR Doc. 2025-08760 Filed 5-15-25; 8:45 am]
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