[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 104 (Monday, June 2, 2025)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 23290-23291]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-09937]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of the Secretary
43 CFR Part 4
[Docket No. DOI-2022-0010; 256D0102DM; D6CS00000; DLSN00000.000000;
DX6CS25]
RIN 1094-AA57
Practices Before the Department of the Interior; Correction
AGENCY: Office of Hearings and Appeals, Interior.
ACTION: Interim final rule; correction.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) is issuing this
document to correct the interim final rule published on January 10,
2025. These corrections address comments provided by the Office of the
Federal Register regarding amendatory language and grammatical and
technical errors that OHA identified in the published interim final
rule.
DATES: Effective June 4, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rachel R. Lukens, telephone: 703-235-
3810, email: [email protected]. Individuals in the United
States who are deaf, blind, 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: On January 10, 2025, OHA published an
interim final rule, entitled ``Practices Before the Department of the
Interior,'' with an effective date of February 10, 2025 (90 FR 2332).
OHA invited the public to submit additional suggestions for
improvements by February 10, 2025, and stated that it would consider
future revisions, if appropriate.
On January 20, 2025, the President issued a memorandum, entitled
``Regulatory Freeze Pending Review.'' The President's memorandum
directed executive departments 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 rules may
raise.''
In compliance with the President's memorandum, OHA postponed the
effective date of the interim final rule to March 21, 2025 (90 FR
9222), again to May 5, 2025 (90 FR 12461), and again to June 4, 2025
(90 FR 18927). During this time, and pursuant to the President's
memorandum, the Department of the Interior has reviewed the interim
final rule and identified certain grammatical and technical errors in
the interim final rule that require correction.
Accordingly, in FR Doc. 2024-30358 (i.e., OHA's interim final rule)
appearing on page 2332 in the Federal Register of Friday, January 10,
2025, the following corrections are made:
1. On page 2335, in the third column, remove the second full
paragraph: ``The
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interim final rule will update nomenclature by providing gender-neutral
language, consistent with Executive Order 13988 on Preventing and
Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual
Orientation, signed by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. on January 20,
2021.''
2. On page 2338, in the first column, the last sentence of the
first full paragraph is corrected to read ``Please reference: `OMB
Control Number 1094-New/1094-AA57' in the subject line of your
comments.''
3. On page 2385, in the first column, in the first sentence under
the subheading ``Subpart I--Specific Rules Applicable to Proceedings
Under Part 17--Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs'',
remove the language ``by providing gender-neutral language, consistent
with Executive Order 13988 on Preventing and Combating Discrimination
on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation, signed by
President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., on January 20, 2021.''
Sec. 4.1 [Corrected]
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4. On page 2390, in the second column, on the second line of Sec.
4.1(b)(2)(i), the parenthetical abbreviation ``(Ph.D.)'' is corrected
to ``(PHD)''.
Sec. 4.26 [Corrected]
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5. On page 2393, in the second column, on the third line of Sec.
4.26(a), the term ``Ph.D.'' is corrected to ``PHD''.
Sec. 4.27 [Corrected]
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6. On page 2394, in the first column, on the third line of Sec.
4.27(a)(2)(iii), the term ``Ph.D.'' is corrected to ``PHD''.
Sec. 4.845 [Corrected]
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7. On page 2427, in the second column, in amendment 55, the instruction
``Amend Sec. 4.845, the first sentence, to remove the words `upon him'
'' is corrected to read: ``Amend Sec. 4.845 by removing the words
`upon him' ''.
Sec. 4.1301 [Corrected]
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8. On page 2430, in the third column, in amendment 93, the instruction
``In Sec. 4.1301, amend paragraph (a) by removing the words `the
Hearings Division, Office of Hearings and Appeals, U.S. Department of
the Interior' and adding in their place the word `DCHD' '' is corrected
to read: ``Amend Sec. 4.1301 by removing the words `the Hearings
Division, Office of Hearings and Appeals, U.S. Department of the
Interior' and adding in their place the acronym `DCHD' ''.
Tyler Hassen,
Acting Assistant Secretary--Policy, Management and Budget.
[FR Doc. 2025-09937 Filed 5-30-25; 8:45 am]
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