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Office of the Secretary 

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Semiannual Regulatory Agenda 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior. 

ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda. 

SUMMARY: This notice provides the 

semiannual agenda of rules scheduled 

for review or development between Fall 

2020 and Fall 2021. 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. 

In some cases, the Department has 

withdrawn rules that were placed on 

previous agendas for which there has 

been no publication activity or for 

which a proposed or interim rule was 

published. There is no legal significance 

to the omission of an item from this 

agenda. Withdrawal of a rule does not 

necessarily mean that the Department 

will not proceed with the rulemaking. 

Withdrawal allows the Department to 

assess the action further and determine 

whether rulemaking is appropriate. 

Following such an assessment, the 

Department may determine that certain 

rules listed as withdrawn under this 

agenda are appropriate for 

promulgation. If that determination is 

made, such rules will comply with 

Executive Order 13771. 

Bivan R. Patnaik, 

Deputy Director of Regulatory Affairs, 

Executive Secretariat and Regulatory Affairs. 

BUREAU OF SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT—PROPOSED RULE STAGE

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

272 .................... Update of Regulations on Relief or Reduction in Royalty Rates .................................................................... 1014–AA50 

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR LAND AND MINERALS MANAGEMENT—PROPOSED RULE STAGE

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

273 .................... Revisions to the Requirements for Exploratory Drilling on the Arctic Outer Continental Shelf ...................... 1082–AA01 

274 .................... Risk Management, Financial Assurance and Loss Prevention ....................................................................... 1082–AA02 

UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE—PROPOSED RULE STAGE

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

275 .................... Migratory Bird Hunting; 2021–22 Migratory Game Bird Hunting Regulations ................................................ 1018–BE34 

276 .................... Migratory Bird Hunting; 2022–23 Migratory Game Bird Hunting Regulations ................................................ 1018–BF07 

277 .................... Importation, Exportation and Transportation of Wildlife; Updates to the Regulations .................................... 1018–BF16 

UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE—COMPLETED ACTIONS

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

278 .................... Migratory Bird Hunting; 2020–2021 Migratory Game Bird Hunting Regulations ............................................ 1018–BD89 


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) 

Bureau of Safety and Environmental 

Enforcement (BSEE) 

Proposed Rule Stage 

272. • Update of Regulations on Relief 

or Reduction in Royalty Rates 

E.O. 13771 Designation: Deregulatory. 

Legal Authority: 43 U.S.C. 

1337(a)(3)(A); 43 U.S.C. 1337(a)(3)(B) 

Abstract: BSEE has reviewed its 

current regulations pertaining to royalty 

relief and is considering modifications 

to streamline the current provisions 

related to royalty relief, in order to 

reduce certain unnecessary regulatory 

burdens imposed under the existing 

regulations. BSEE’s modifications to the 

existing regulations would increase 

transparency, efficiency, and clarity 

consistent with governing law. 

Appropriately awarded royalty relief 

helps to ensure America has a stable, 

long-term energy supply while 

protecting the American public (i.e., 

relief only provided when a lease/ 

project is uneconomic paying full 

royalty). In addition, BSEE is 

considering modifications for a 

streamlined approach during 

presidential declared emergencies. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 03/00/21 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Kirk Malstrom, 

Acting Chief, Regulations and Standards 

Branch, Department of the Interior, 

Bureau of Safety and Environmental 

Enforcement, 45600 Woodland Road, 

Sterling, VA 20166, Phone: 703 787– 

1751, Fax: 703 787–1555, Email: 

kirk.malstrom@bsee.gov. 

RIN: 1014–AA50 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) 

Assistant Secretary for Land and 

Minerals Management (ASLM) 

Proposed Rule Stage 

273. 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; 33 U.S.C. 2701 

Abstract: This proposed rule would 

revise specific provisions of the 

regulations published in the final Arctic 

Exploratory Drilling Rule, 81 FR 46478 

(July 15, 2016), which established a 

regulatory framework for exploratory 

drilling and related operations within 

the Beaufort Sea and Chukchi Sea 

Planning Areas on the Outer 

Continental Shelf of Alaska. The 

rulemaking for this RIN replaces the 

Bureau of Safety and Environmental 

Enforcement’s RIN 1014–AA40. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 11/00/20 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Justin Abernathy, 

Deputy Director for Policy, Office of the 

Executive Secretariat and Regulatory 

Affairs, Department of the Interior, 

Office of the Secretary, 1849 C Street 

NW, Washington, DC 20240, Phone: 202 

513–0357, Email: justin_abernathy@

ios.doi.gov. 

RIN: 1082–AA01 

274. Risk Management, Financial 

Assurance and Loss Prevention 

E.O. 13771 Designation: Deregulatory. 

Legal Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq. 

Abstract: As directed by Executive 

Order 13795, the Bureau of Ocean 

Energy Management (BOEM) has 

reconsidered its financial assurance 

policies, as reflected in Notice to 

Lessees No. 2016–N01 (September 12, 

2016). In consideration of that review, 

BOEM and the Bureau of Safety and 

Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) are 

now developing a joint rule that is 

intended to revise existing financial 

assurance policies for oil and gas 

operations on the Outer Continental 

Shelf in order to ensure operator 

compliance with financial and 

performance obligations while reducing 

unnecessary regulatory burdens. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 10/16/20 85 FR 65904 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

12/15/20 

Final Action ......... 02/00/21 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Justin Abernathy, 

Deputy Director for Policy, Office of the 

Executive Secretariat and Regulatory 

Affairs, Department of the Interior, 

Office of the Secretary, 1849 C Street 

NW, Washington, DC 20240, Phone: 202 

513–0357, Email: justin_abernathy@

ios.doi.gov. 

RIN: 1082–AA02 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) 

United States Fish and Wildlife Service 

(FWS) 

Proposed Rule Stage 

275. Migratory Bird Hunting; 2021–22 

Migratory Game Bird Hunting 

Regulations 

E.O. 13771 Designation: Fully or 

Partially Exempt. 

Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 703 to 712; 

16 U.S.C. 742a–j 

Abstract: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service proposes to establish annual 

hunting regulations for certain 

migratory game birds for the 2021–22 

hunting season. We annually prescribe 

outside limits (frameworks) within 

which States may select hunting 

seasons. This proposed rule provides 

the regulatory schedule, announces the 

Service Migratory Bird Regulations 

Committee and Flyway Council 

meetings, describes the proposed 

regulatory alternatives for the 2021–22 

duck hunting seasons, and requests 

proposals from Indian Tribes that wish 

to establish special migratory game bird 

hunting regulations on Federal Indian 

reservations and ceded lands. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 10/09/20 85 FR 64097 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

11/09/20 

NPRM—Supplemental.11/00/20 

NPRM—Proposed 

Frameworks.

01/00/21 

NPRM—Proposed 

Tribal Regulations.

01/00/21 

Final Action— 

Final Frameworks.

04/00/21 

Final Action— 

Final Tribal 

Regulations.

06/00/21 

Final Action— 

Season Selections.

06/00/21 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Jerome Ford, 

Assistant Director––Migratory Bird 

Program, Department of the Interior, 

United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 

5275 Leesburg Pike, MS–MB, Falls 

Church, VA 22041–3803, Phone: 703 

358–1050, Email: jerome_ford@fws.gov. 

RIN: 1018–BE34 

276. Migratory Bird Hunting; 2022–23 

Migratory Game Bird Hunting 

Regulations 

E.O. 13771 Designation: Fully or 

Partially Exempt. 


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Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 703 to 712; 

16 U.S.C. 742a–j 

Abstract: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service proposes to establish annual 

hunting regulations for certain 

migratory game birds for the 2022–23 

hunting season. We annually prescribe 

outside limits (frameworks) within 

which States may select hunting 

seasons. This proposed rule provides 

the regulatory schedule, announces the 

Service Migratory Bird Regulations 

Committee and Flyway Council 

meetings, describes the proposed 

regulatory alternatives for the 2022–23 

duck hunting seasons, and requests 

proposals from Indian Tribes that wish 

to establish special migratory game bird 

hunting regulations on Federal Indian 

reservations and ceded lands. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 06/00/21 

NPRM—Supplemental.09/00/21 

NPRM—Proposed 

Frameworks.

12/00/21 

NPRM—Proposed 

Tribal Regulations.

01/00/22 

Final Action— 

Final Frameworks.

02/00/22 

Final Action— 

Final Tribal 

Regulations.

04/00/22 

Final Action— 

Season Selections.

06/00/22 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Jerome Ford, 

Assistant Director––Migratory Bird 

Program, Department of the Interior, 

United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 

5275 Leesburg Pike, MS–MB, Falls 

Church, VA 22041–3803, Phone: 703 

358–1050, Email: jerome_ford@fws.gov. 

RIN: 1018–BF07 

277. Importation, Exportation and 

Transportation of Wildlife; Updates to 

the Regulations 

E.O. 13771 Designation: Other. 

Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 668; 16 

U.S.C. 704; 16 U.S.C. 712; 16 U.S.C. 

1382; 16 U.S.C. 1538(d)–(f),; 16 U.S.C. 

1540(f); 16 U.S.C. 33 8(d)–(f); 16 U.S.C. 

3371 to 3378; 16 U.S.C. 4223 to 4244; 

16 U.S.C. 4901 to 4916; 18 U.S.C. 42; 31 

U.S.C. 42; 31 U.S.C. 9701 

Abstract: We propose to rewrite our 

regulations governing the importation 

and exportation of wildlife to make 

these regulations easier to understand. 

In addition, we propose to revise the 

inspection fees associated with the 

importation and exportation of wildlife 

and to update the list of species that 

qualify as domesticated species, for 

which U.S. Fish and Wildlife inspection 

and clearance is not required. The 

current inspection fees have been in 

effect since 2012. The establishment of 

these fees is consistent with the 

Independent Offices Appropriations Act 

of 1952 and OMB Circular No. A–25, 

which provide that services provided by 

Federal agencies are to be selfsustaining to the extent possible and 

that fees assessed should be sufficient to 

recover the full cost to the Federal 

Government of providing the service 

and are based on market prices. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 07/00/21 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Edward Grace, 

Assistant Director, Office of Law 

Enforcement, Department of the Interior, 

United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 

5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: LEO, Falls 

Church, VA 22041–3803, Phone: 703 

358–1949, Fax: 703 358–1947, Email: 

edward_grace@fws.gov. 

RIN: 1018–BF16 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) 

United States Fish and Wildlife Service 

(FWS) 

Completed Actions 

278. Migratory Bird Hunting; 2020– 

2021 Migratory Game Bird Hunting 

Regulations 

E.O. 13771 Designation: Fully or 

Partially Exempt. 

Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 703 to 712; 

16 U.S.C. 742a–j 

Abstract: This rule establishes 

hunting regulations for certain 

migratory game birds for the 2020–2021 

hunting season. 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. We annually prescribe 

outside limits (frameworks) within 

which States may select hunting 

seasons. We also work with Indian 

tribes that wish to establish special 

migratory game bird hunting regulations 

on Federal Indian reservations and 

ceded lands. For this rule, we used a 

regulatory impact analysis developed in 

2013 and incorporated the most recent 

available data to quantify the costs and 

benefits of different regulatory 

alternatives. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 10/15/19 84 FR 55120 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

11/15/19 

NPRM—Proposed 

Frameworks.

03/19/20 85 FR 15870 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

04/20/20 

NPRM—Proposed 

Tribal Regulations.

04/02/20 85 FR 18532 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

05/04/20 

Final Frameworks 08/21/20 85 FR 51854 

Final Tribal Regulations.08/28/20 85 FR 53247 

Season Selections.08/28/20 85 FR 53260 

Final Action Effective.08/21/20 

Final Action Effective.08/28/20 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Dr. Eric L. Kershner, 

Chief, Branch of Conservation, Permits, 

and Regulations, Department of the 

Interior, United States Fish and Wildlife 

Service, 5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: MB, 

Falls Church, VA 22041, Phone: 703 

358–2376, Fax: 703 358–2217, Email: 

eric_kershner@fws.gov. 

RIN: 1018–BD89 

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