[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 241 (Tuesday, December 15, 2020)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 81141-81142]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-27054]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

43 CFR Part 1820

[LLES9120000 L14400000.PN0000]
RIN 1004-AE76


Application Procedures, Execution and Filing of Forms: Correction 
of State Office Address for Filings and Recordings, Including Proper 
Offices for Recording of Mining Claims; Eastern States

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This final rule amends the regulations pertaining to execution 
and filing of forms in order to reflect the new address of the BLM-
Eastern States Office of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). All 
filings and other documents relating to public lands in the 31 States 
east of and bordering the Mississippi River must be filed at the new 
address of the BLM-Eastern States Office beginning on January 14, 2021.

DATES: This rule is effective on January 14, 2021.

ADDRESSES: You may send inquiries or suggestions to the Deputy State 
Director for Communications, BLM-Eastern States Office, 5275 Leesburg 
Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Francis Piccoli, (202) 912-7700. 
Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call 
the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339, 24 
hours a day, 7 days a week.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background
II. Procedural Matters

I. Background

    This final rule reflects the administrative action of changing the 
street address of the Eastern States Office of the BLM. This rule 
changes the postal and street address for the personal filing of 
documents relating to public lands in the Eastern States but makes no 
other changes in filing requirements. The BLM has determined that the 
rule has no substantive impact on the public, imposes no costs, and 
merely updates a list of addresses included in the Code of Federal 
Regulations for the convenience of the public. The Department of the 
Interior, therefore, for good cause finds that under 5 U.S.C. 
553(b)(B), notice and public comment procedures are unnecessary.

II. Procedural Matters

Regulatory Planning and Review (Executive Order 12866)

    This final rule is an administrative action to change the address 
for one BLM State Office. This rule was not subject to review by the 
Office of Management and Budget under Executive Order 12866. The rule 
imposes no costs, and merely updates a list of addresses included in 
the Code of Federal Regulations for the convenience of the public.

National Environmental Policy Act

    The BLM has found that the final rule is of a procedural nature and 
thus is categorically excluded from environmental review under section 
102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), 42 
U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), pursuant to 43 CFR 46.210(i). In addition, the final 
rule does not present any of the 12 extraordinary circumstances listed 
at 43 CFR 46.215. Pursuant to the Council on Environmental Quality 
regulations (40 CFR 1508.4) and the environmental regulations, 
policies, and procedures of the Department of the Interior, the term 
``categorical exclusions'' means a category of actions which do not 
individually or cumulatively have a significant effect on the human 
environment, have been found to have no such effect in procedures 
adopted by a Federal agency, and for which neither an environmental 
assessment nor an environmental impact statement is required.

Regulatory Flexibility Act

    Congress enacted the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (5 U.S.C. 
601, et seq.) to ensure that Government regulations do not 
unnecessarily or

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disproportionately burden small entities. This final rule is a purely 
administrative regulatory action having no effect upon the public or 
the environment and it has been determined that the rule will not have 
a significant effect on the economy or small entities.

Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act

    This final rule is a purely administrative regulatory action having 
no effects upon the public or the economy. This is not a major rule 
under the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (5 U.S.C. 
804(2)). The rule will not have an annual effect on the economy of $100 
million or more. The rule will not cause a major increase in costs of 
prices for consumers, individual industries, Federal, State, or local 
government agencies, or geographic regions. The rule will not have 
significant adverse effects on competition, employment, investment, 
productivity, innovation, or the ability of United States-based 
enterprises to complete with foreign-based enterprises.

Unfunded Mandate Reform Act

    The BLM has determined that this final rule is not significant 
under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 because the rule will 
not result in the expenditure by State, local, and tribal governments, 
in the aggregate, or by the private sector, of $100 million or more in 
any one year. Further, the administrative final rule will not 
significantly or uniquely affect small governments. It does not require 
action by any non-Federal government entity. Therefore, the information 
required by the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (2 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), 
is not required.

Executive Order 12630, Government Action and Interference With 
Constitutionally Protected Property Rights (Takings)

    As required by Executive Order 12630, the Department of the 
Interior has determined that the rule would not cause a taking of 
private property. No private property rights would be affected by a 
rule that merely reports an address change for the Eastern States 
Office. The Department therefore certifies that this final rule does 
not represent a governmental action capable of interference with 
constitutionally protected property rights.

Executive Order 13132, Federalism

    In accordance with Executive Order 13132, the BLM finds that the 
rule does not have sufficient federalism implications to warrant the 
preparation of a federalism summary impact statement.
    The final rule does not have substantial direct effects on the 
States, on the relationship between the national governments and the 
States, or the distribution of power and the responsibilities among the 
various levels of government. This administrative final rule does not 
preempt State law.

Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice Reform

    This final rule is a purely administrative regulatory action having 
no effects upon the public and will not unduly burden the judicial 
system. This final rule meets the requirements of sections 3(a) and 
3(b)(2) of the Executive Order.

Executive Order 13175, Consultation and Coordination With Indian Tribal 
Governments

    In accordance with the Executive Order 13175, the BLM finds that 
the rule does not include policies that have tribal implications. This 
final rule is purely an administrative action having no effects upon 
the public or the environment, imposing no costs, and merely updates 
the Eastern States Office address included in the Code of Federal 
Regulations.

Executive Order 13211, Actions Concerning Regulations That 
Significantly Affect Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use

    In accordance with Executive Order 13211, the BLM has determined 
that the final rule will not have substantial direct effects on the 
energy supply, distribution or use, including a shortfall in supply or 
price increase. This final rule is a purely administrative action and 
has no implications under Executive Order 13211.

Paperwork Reduction Act

    The Paperwork Reduction Act does not apply because the rule does 
not contain any information collection requirements that require the 
approval of the Office of Management and Budget under 44 U.S.C. 3501, 
et seq.

List of Subjects in 43 CFR Part 1820

    Administrative practice and procedure, Archives and records, Public 
lands.

    For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Bureau of Land 
Management amends 43 CFR part 1820 as follows:

PART 1820--APPLICATION PROCEDURES

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1. The authority citation for part 1820 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  5 U.S.C. 552, 43 U.S.C. 2, 1201, 1733, and 1740.

Subpart 1821--General Information

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2. Amend Sec.  1821.10 in paragraph (a) by revising the entry for 
``Eastern States Office'' to read as follows:


Sec.  1821.10   Where are BLM offices located?

    (a) * * *

State Offices and Areas of Jurisdiction

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    Eastern States Office, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041-
Arkansas, Iowa, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, and all States east of 
the Mississippi River.
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Casey Hammond,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management.
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