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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. 

SUMMARY: This notice provides the 

semiannual agenda of Department of the 

Interior (Department) rules scheduled 

for review or development between Fall 

2023 and Fall 2024. 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: 

Please direct all comments and inquiries 

about these rules to the appropriate 

agency contact. Please 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withdrawn rules that were placed on 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. 

Bivan R. Patnaik, 

Deputy Director of Policy and Regulatory 

Affairs, Executive Secretariat and Regulatory 

Affairs. 

BUREAU OF SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT—PROPOSED RULE STAGE

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

369 .................... Outer Continental Shelf Civil Penalties, Surety Bond Requirements When Filing an Appeal ........................ 1014–AA57 

BUREAU OF SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT—LONG-TERM ACTIONS

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

370 .................... Revisions to Decommissioning Requirements on the OCS ............................................................................ 1014–AA53 

BUREAU OF SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT—COMPLETED ACTIONS

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

371 .................... Oil and Gas and Sulfur Operations in the Outer Continental Shelf-Blowout Preventer Systems and Well 

Control Revisions.

1014–AA52 

UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE—PROPOSED RULE STAGE

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

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

373 .................... Migratory Bird Hunting; 2024–25 Migratory Game Bird Hunting Regulations ................................................ 1018–BG63 

374 .................... Migratory Bird Hunting; 2025–26 Migratory Game Bird Hunting Regulations ................................................ 1018–BH65 

UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE—COMPLETED ACTIONS

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

375 .................... Migratory Bird Hunting; 2023–24 Migratory Game Bird Hunting Regulations ................................................ 1018–BF64 


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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE—FINAL RULE STAGE

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

376 .................... Commercial Visitor Services; Concession Contracts ...................................................................................... 1024–AE57 

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT—PROPOSED RULE STAGE

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

377 .................... Management and Protection of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (Section 610 Review) (Reg 

Plan Seq No. 145).

1004–AE95 

References in boldface appear in The Regulatory Plan in part II of this issue of the Federal Register. 

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT—FINAL RULE STAGE

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

378 .................... Conservation and Landscape Health (Section 610 Review) (Reg Plan Seq No. 150) ................................ 1004–AE92 

379 .................... Helium Contracts (Section 610 Review) ........................................................................................................ 1004–AE93 

380 .................... Onshore Oil and Gas Operations-Annual Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustments (Section 610 Review) ........ 1004–AE94 

References in boldface appear in The Regulatory Plan in part II of this issue of the Federal Register. 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) 

Bureau of Safety and Environmental 

Enforcement (BSEE) 

Proposed Rule Stage 

369. Outer Continental Shelf Civil 

Penalties, Surety Bond Requirements 

When Filing an Appeal [1014–AA57] 

Legal Authority: Outer Continental 

Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA), 43 U.S.C. 

1331 to 1356a 

Abstract: This proposed rulemaking 

would clarify BSEE’s existing regulatory 

authority under 30 CFR 250.1409, 

which establishes criteria that must be 

met before a party may proceed with an 

appeal of a civil penalty pursuant to 30 

CFR part 290. Before filing an appeal to 

the Interior Board of Land Appeals 

(IBLA), an operator must either submit 

a surety bond to BSEE’s sister agency, 

BOEM, in the amount of the penalty, or 

notify BOEM that they want their lease 

bond to be used as the bond for the 

penalty amount. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 11/00/23 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

01/00/24 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Kirk Malstrom, 

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–AA57 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) 

Bureau of Safety and Environmental 

Enforcement (BSEE) 

Long-Term Actions 

370. Revisions to Decommissioning 

Requirements on the OCS [1014–AA53] 

Legal Authority: Outer Continental 

Shelf Lands Act, 43 U.S.C. 1331 to 

1356a 

Abstract: This proposed rule would 

address issues relating to (1) idle iron by 

adding a definition of this term to 

clarify that it applies to idle wells and 

structures on active leases; (2) 

abandonment in place of subsea 

infrastructure by adding regulations 

addressing when BSEE may approve 

decommissioning-in-place instead of 

removal of certain subsea equipment; 

and (3) other operational considerations. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 12/00/24 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

02/00/25 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Kirk Malstrom, 

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–AA53 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) 

Bureau of Safety and Environmental 

Enforcement (BSEE) 

Completed Actions 

371. Oil and Gas and Sulfur Operations 

in the Outer Continental Shelf-Blowout 

Preventer Systems and Well Control 

Revisions [1014–AA52] 

Legal Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1331 to 

1356a 

Abstract: This rulemaking revises the 

Bureau of Safety and Environmental 

Enforcement (BSEE) regulations 

published in the 2019 final rule entitled 

‘‘Oil and Gas and Sulfur Operations in 

the Outer Continental Shelf-Blowout 

Preventer Systems and Well Control 

Revisions,’’ 84 FR 21908 (May 15, 2019), 

for drilling, workover, completion and 

decommissioning operations. In 

accordance with Executive Order (E.O.) 

13990 (Protecting Public Health and the 

Environment and Restoring Science to 

Tackle the Climate Crisis) and the E.O.’s 

accompanying ‘‘President’s Fact Sheet: 

List of Agency Actions for Review,’’ 

BSEE reviewed the 2019 final rule and 

is updating to subpart G of 30 CFR part 

250 to ensure operations are conducted 

safely and in an environmentally 

responsible manner. 


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Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 09/14/22 87 FR 56354 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

11/14/22 

Final Action ......... 08/23/23 88 FR 57334 

Final Action Effective.10/23/23 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Kirk Malstrom, 

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–AA52 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) 

United States Fish and Wildlife Service 

(FWS) 

Proposed Rule Stage 

372. Importation, Exportation and 

Transportation of Wildlife; Updates to 

the Regulations [1018–BF16] 

Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 33 8(d)–(f); 

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. 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: This proposed rule would 

revise FWS’s regulations governing the 

importation and exportation of wildlife. 

In this rulemaking, FWS would review 

all sections of 50 CFR part 14 and 

provide necessary revisions. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 03/00/24 

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 

373. Migratory Bird Hunting; 2024–25 

Migratory Game Bird Hunting 

Regulations [1018–BG63] 

Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 703 et seq.; 

16 U.S.C. 742a–j 

Abstract: This rulemaking action 

would establish annual hunting 

regulations for certain migratory game 

birds. FWS annually prescribes the 

frameworks, or outside limits, for season 

lengths, bag limits, and areas for 

migratory game bird hunting. After 

these frameworks are established, States 

and Tribes may select season dates, bag 

limits, and other regulatory options for 

their hunting seasons. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 11/00/23 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Dr. Eric L. Kershner, 

Chief, Division 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–BG63 

374. • Migratory Bird Hunting; 2025–26 

Migratory Game Bird Hunting 

Regulations [1018–BH65] 

Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 703 et seq.; 

16 U.S.C. 742a–j 

Abstract: This rulemaking action 

would establish annual hunting 

regulations for certain migratory game 

birds. FWS annually prescribes the 

frameworks, or outside limits, for season 

lengths, bag limits, and areas for 

migratory game bird hunting. After 

these frameworks are established, States 

and Tribes may select season dates, bag 

limits, and other regulatory options for 

their hunting seasons. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 06/00/24 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Dr. Eric L. Kershner, 

Chief, Division 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–BH65 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) 

United States Fish and Wildlife Service 

(FWS) 

Completed Actions 

375. Migratory Bird Hunting; 2023–24 

Migratory Game Bird Hunting 

Regulations [1018–BF64] 

Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 703 et seq.; 

16 U.S.C. 742a–j 

Abstract: This rulemaking action 

established annual hunting regulations 

for certain migratory game birds. FWS 

annually prescribes the frameworks, or 

outside limits, for season lengths, bag 

limits, and areas for migratory game bird 

hunting. After these frameworks are 

established, States and Tribes may 

select season dates, bag limits, and other 

regulatory options for their hunting 

seasons. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 11/03/22 87 FR 66247 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

12/05/22 

Proposed Frameworks.01/30/23 88 FR 6054 

Proposed Frameworks; Comment Period 

End.

03/01/23 

Proposed Tribal 

Regulations.

03/23/23 88 FR 17511 

Proposed Tribal 

Regulations; 

Comment Period Ends.

05/08/23 

Final Frameworks 08/11/23 88 FR 54830 

Final Frameworks 

Effective.

08/11/23 

Seasons and Bag 

Limits.

08/18/23 88 FR 56489 

Seasons and Bag 

Limits Effective.

08/18/23 

Final Tribal Regulations.09/01/23 88 FR 60375 

Final Tribal Regulations Effective.09/01/23 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Dr. Eric L. Kershner, 

Chief, Division 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–BF64 


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) 

National Park Service (NPS) 

Final Rule Stage 

376. Commercial Visitor Services; 

Concession Contracts [1024–AE57] 

Legal Authority: 54 U.S.C. 101926 

Abstract: This final rule revises 

regulations that govern the solicitation, 

award, and administration of 

concessions contracts to provide 

commercial visitor services at National 

Park System units under the authority 

granted to the Secretary of the Interior 

by the Concessions Management 

Improvement Act of 1998 and the 

National Park Service Centennial Act. 

The revisions reduce administrative 

burdens and expand opportunities for 

sustainable, high quality, and 

contemporary concessioner-provided 

visitor services in park areas. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 07/20/20 85 FR 43775 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

09/18/20 

Final Rule ............ 11/00/23 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Kurt M. Rausch, 

Chief, Contract Management, 

Department of the Interior, National 

Park Service, 1849 C Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20240, Phone: 202 513– 

7207. Email: kurt_rausch@nps.gov. 

RIN: 1024–AE57 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 

Proposed Rule Stage 

377. Management and Protection of the 

National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska 

(Section 610 Review) [1004–AE95] 

Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. 

No. 145 in part II of this issue of the 

Federal Register. 

RIN: 1004–AE95 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 

Final Rule Stage 

378. Conservation and Landscape 

Health (Section 610 Review) [1004– 

AE92] 

Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. 

No. 150 in part II of this issue of the 

Federal Register. 

RIN: 1004–AE92 

379. Helium Contracts (Section 610 

Review) [1004–AE93] 

Legal Authority: 50 U.S.C. 167d (d)(1) 

Abstract: The Department of the 

Interior, Bureau of Land Management is 

implementing the Helium Stewardship 

Act of 2013, which requires the disposal 

of the Federal Helium System and 

cessation of the In-Kind Program. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

Final Action ......... 11/00/23 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: No. 

Agency Contact: Amy Hay, Division 

Chief, Division of Business Resources, 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management, Denver Federal 

Center, Building 50, Denver, CO 80225– 

0047, Phone: 703 870–8844, Email: 

ahay@blm.gov. 

RIN: 1004–AE93 

380. Onshore Oil and Gas Operations— 

Annual Civil Penalties Inflation 

Adjustments (Section 610 Review) 

[1004–AE94] 

Legal Authority: Federal Land Policy 

and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA), 

43 U.S.C. 1734 

Abstract: This annual rule adjusts the 

level of civil monetary penalties 

contained in the Bureau of Land 

Management’s (BLM) regulations 

governing onshore oil and gas 

operations and coal trespass as required 

by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation 

Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 

2015. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

Final Action ......... 01/00/24 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: No. 

Agency Contact: Kyle W. Moorman, 

Division Chief for Regulatory Affairs 

and Directives, Department of the 

Interior, Bureau of Land Management, 

1849 C Street NW, Washington, DC 

20240, Phone: 202 527–2433, Email: 

kmoorman@blm.gov. 

RIN: 1004–AE94 

[FR Doc. 2024–00448 Filed 2–8–24; 8:45 am] 

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