9516 Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 29 / Thursday, February 13, 2025 / Rules and Regulations 

For the reasons stated above, the final 

rule is now effective on March 21, 2025. 

Bryan Mercier, 

Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs Exercising 

the delegated authority of the Assistant 

Secretary—Indian Affairs. 

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BILLING CODE 4337–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation 

and Enforcement 

30 CFR Parts 926 and 950 

[SATS No. WY–049–FOR; Docket ID: OSM– 

2021–0003; SATS No. MT–042–FOR; Docket 

ID: OSM–2023–0007 S1D1S SS08011000 

SX064A000 256S180110; S2D2S 

SS08011000 SX064A000 25XS501520] 

Wyoming Regulatory Program and 

Montana Regulatory Program 

AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining 

Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior. 

ACTION: Final rule; delay of effective 

dates. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Presidential Memorandum of January 

20, 2025, titled ‘‘Regulatory Freeze 

Pending Review,’’ this action 

temporarily delays the effective date of 

the Wyoming and Montana Regulatory 

Program amendments. 

DATES: The effective date of the rule 

published on January 13, 2025, at 90 FR 

2614 (Wyoming Regulatory Program 

amendment) is delayed until March 21, 

2025, and the rule published on January 

15, 2025, at 90 FR 3673 (Montana 

Regulatory Program amendment) is 

delayed until March 21, 2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jeffrey Fleischman, Field Office 

Director, Office of Surface Mining 

Reclamation and Enforcement, 100 East 

B Street, Casper, Wyoming 82606, 

Telephone: (307) 261–6550, Email: 

jfleischman@osmre.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Wyoming Regulatory Program 

On January 13, 2025, OSMRE 

published a rule approving an 

amendment to the Wyoming Regulatory 

Program. The amendment proposed 

rules that would facilitate the disposal 

of inert decommission wind turbine 

blades and towers as backfill in end 

walls or the final pit voids in surface 

coal mining operations. The State also 

made changes to its regulations to 

provide consistency with the Wyoming 

Secretary of State’s Rules on Rules, as 

well as correct grammatical errors. 

Montana Regulatory Program 

On January 15, 2025, OSMRE 

published a rule partially approving and 

partially not approving an amendment 

to the Montana Regulatory Program. The 

amendment concerned changes to the 

definition of material damage and 

changes to permit requirements related 

to hydrologic information. 

On January 20, 2025, the White House 

issued a memorandum instructing 

Federal agencies to consider postponing 

the effective date of any regulations that 

have published in the Federal Register 

but not yet taken effect for 60 days from 

date of the memorandum ‘‘for the 

purpose of reviewing any questions of 

fact, law, and policy that the rules may 

arise.’’ After consideration, OSMRE is 

delaying the effective date of the 

Wyoming and Montana Regulatory 

Program amendments published on 

January 13, 2025 (90 FR 2614) and 

January 15, 2025 (90 FR 3673), 

respectively. 

OSMRE is taking this action to extend 

the effective date without opportunity 

for public comment and with an 

immediate effective date based on the 

good cause exemptions in 5 U.S.C. 

553(b)(4)(B). Seeking public comment 

on the effective date extension is 

impracticable, unnecessary, and 

contrary to the public interest. The 

temporary delay in effective date 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 original effective 

date of these two amendments, seeking 

prior public comment on this temporary 

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 OSMRE’s 

decision to make this action to extend 

the effective date effective immediately. 

David Berry, 

Regional Director, Unified Regions 5, 7–11. 

[FR Doc. 2025–02592 Filed 2–11–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Part 165 

[Docket Number USCG–2025–0128] 

RIN 1625–AA00 

Safety Zone; Potomac River, District of 

Columbia 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Temporary final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is 

establishing a temporary safety zone for 

waters between the 14th Street Bridge to 

the north and the Woodrow Wilson 

Bridge to the south. The safety zone is 

needed to protect the public and vessels 

from potential hazards created by an 

aircraft collision on the Potomac River. 

Additionally, the safety zone is needed 

to ensure a safe working environment 

for the first responders and dive teams 

from passing traffic. This rule will 

prohibit persons or vessels from 

entering this zone unless specifically 

authorized by the Captain of the Port 

(COTP) Sector Maryland-National 

Capital Region (NCR) or a designated 

representative. 

DATES: This rule is effective from 

February 7, 2025, to February 21, 2025. 

For purposes of enforcement, actual 

notice will be used. 

ADDRESSES: To view documents 

mentioned in this preamble as being 

available in the docket, go to https://

www.regulations.gov, type USCG–2025– 

0128 in the search box and click 

‘‘Search.’’ Next, in the Document Type 

column, select ‘‘Supporting & Related 

Material.’’ 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions on this rule, call or 

email LCDR Kate Newkirk, Sector 

Maryland-NCR, Waterways Management 

Branch, U.S. Coast Guard; 410–365– 

8141, MDNCRWaterways@uscg.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Table of Abbreviations 

CFR Code of Federal Regulations 

COTP Captain of the Port 

DHS Department of Homeland Security 

FR Federal Register 

NPRM Notice of proposed rulemaking 

§ Section 

U.S.C. United States Code 

II. Background Information and 

Regulatory History 

On January 29, 2025, at approximately 

9:00 p.m., a regional jet collided midair 

with a Black Hawk helicopter and 

landed in the Potomac River near 


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Reagan Washington National Airport. 

Search and rescue and salvage 

operations involving first responders 

began shortly following the accident. 

The Coast Guard is issuing this 

temporary rule under authority in 5 

U.S.C. 553(b)(B). This statutory 

provision authorizes an agency to issue 

a rule without prior notice and 

opportunity to comment when the 

agency for good cause finds that those 

procedures are ‘‘impracticable, 

unnecessary, or contrary to the public 

interest.’’ The Coast Guard finds that 

good cause exists for not publishing a 

notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) 

with respect to this rule because 

immediate action is necessary due to the 

urgency of the emergency situation and 

the need to protect personnel, vessels, 

and the marine environment from 

potential hazards associated with 

salvage operations including debris, jet 

fuel, cold temperatures, and response 

equipment and vessels. It is 

impracticable to publish an NPRM 

because we must establish this safety 

zone immediately on February 7, 2025. 

Also, under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3), the 

Coast Guard finds that good cause exists 

for making this rule effective less than 

30 days after publication in the Federal 

Register. Delaying the effective date of 

this rule would be impracticable and 

contrary to the public interest because 

immediate action is necessary to ensure 

the safety of vessels and persons on 

these navigable waters during the 

emergency salvage operation. 

III. Legal Authority and Need for Rule 

The Coast Guard is issuing this rule 

under the authority in 46 U.S.C. 70034. 

The COTP Sector Maryland-NCR has 

determined that potential hazards 

associated with this rescue and salvage 

operation starting on February 7, 2025, 

will be a safety concern for anyone 

between the 14th Street Bridge and the 

Woodrow Wilson Bridge. This rule is 

needed to protect personnel, vessels, 

and the marine environment in the 

navigable waters within the safety zone 

from potential hazards while the vessel 

salvage operations are being conducted. 

IV. Discussion of the Rule 

This rule establishes a safety zone 

from February 7, 2025, through 

February 21, 2025. The safety zone will 

cover all navigable waters between the 

14th Street Bridge, 38°52.45′ N, 

077°02.6′ W to 38°52.62′ N, 077°02.28′ 

W and the Woodrow Wilson Bridge, 

from 38°51.5′ N, 077°01.53′ W to 

38°48.55′ N, 077°01.59′ W, on the 

Potomac River. This rule is necessary to 

protect personnel, vessels, and the 

marine environment in these navigable 

waters during salvage operation. This 

rule will prohibit persons or vessels 

from entering this zone unless 

specifically authorized by the COTP or 

a designated representative. 

The COTP or a designated 

representative may forbid and control 

the movement of all vessels in the zone. 

When hailed or signaled by an official 

patrol vessel, a vessel shall come to an 

immediate stop and comply with the 

directions given. Failure to do so may 

result in expulsion from the zone, 

citation for failure to comply, or both. 

V. Regulatory Analyses 

We developed this rule after 

considering numerous statutes and 

Executive orders related to rulemaking. 

Below we summarize our analyses 

based on a number of these statutes and 

Executive orders, and we discuss First 

Amendment rights of protestors. 

A. Regulatory Planning and Review 

Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 

direct agencies to assess the costs and 

benefits of available regulatory 

alternatives and, if regulation is 

necessary, to select regulatory 

approaches that maximize net benefits. 

This rule has not been designated a 

‘‘significant regulatory action,’’ under 

section 3(f) of Executive Order 12866. 

Accordingly, this rule has not been 

reviewed by the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB). 

This regulatory action determination 

is based on size, location, and duration 

of the temporary safety zone. This safety 

zone would take place on a relatively 

small area of the Potomac River lasting 

from February 7, 2025, through 

February 21, 2025. Additionally, the 

Coast Guard would issue Broadcast 

Notices to Mariners via VHF–FM marine 

channel 16 announcing the safety zone 

so that waterway users may plan 

accordingly for transits during this 

restriction, and the rule will allow 

vessels to seek permission from the 

COTP Maryland-NCR or a designated 

representative to enter the zone. 

B. Impact on Small Entities 

The Regulatory Flexibility Act of 

1980, 5 U.S.C. 601–612, as amended, 

requires Federal agencies to consider 

the potential impact of regulations on 

small entities during rulemaking. The 

term ‘‘small entities’’ comprises small 

businesses, not-for-profit organizations 

that are independently owned and 

operated and are not dominant in their 

fields, and governmental jurisdictions 

with populations of less than 50,000. 

The Coast Guard certifies under 5 U.S.C. 

605(b) that this rule will not have a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

While some owners or operators of 

vessels intending to transit the safety 

zone may be small entities, for the 

reasons stated in section V.A above, this 

rule will not have a significant 

economic impact on any vessel owner 

or operator. 

Under section 213(a) of the Small 

Business Regulatory Enforcement 

Fairness Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104–121), 

we want to assist small entities in 

understanding this rule. If the rule 

would affect your small business, 

organization, or governmental 

jurisdiction and you have questions 

concerning its provisions or options for 

compliance, please call or email the 

person listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

Small businesses may send comments 

on the actions of Federal employees 

who enforce, or otherwise determine 

compliance with, Federal regulations to 

the Small Business and Agriculture 

Regulatory Enforcement Ombudsman 

and the Regional Small Business 

Regulatory Fairness Boards. The 

Ombudsman evaluates these actions 

annually and rates each agency′ s 

responsiveness to small business. If you 

wish to comment on actions by 

employees of the Coast Guard, call 1– 

888–REG–FAIR (1–888–734–3247). The 

Coast Guard will not retaliate against 

small entities that question or complain 

about this rule or any policy or action 

of the Coast Guard. 

C. Collection of Information 

This rule will not call for a new 

collection of information under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501–3520). 

D. Federalism and Indian Tribal 

Governments 

A rule has implications for federalism 

under Executive Order 13132, 

Federalism, if it has a substantial direct 

effect on the States, on the relationship 

between the National Government and 

the States, or on the distribution of 

power and responsibilities among the 

various levels of government. We have 

analyzed this rule under that Order and 

have determined that it is consistent 

with the fundamental federalism 

principles and preemption requirements 

described in Executive Order 13132. 

Also, this rule does not have Tribal 

implications under Executive Order 

13175, Consultation and Coordination 

with Indian Tribal Governments, 

because it does not have a substantial 

direct effect on one or more Indian 

tribes, on the relationship between the 

Federal Government and Indian tribes, 


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or on the distribution of power and 

responsibilities between the Federal 

Government and Indian tribes. 

E. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1531–1538) requires 

Federal agencies to assess the effects of 

their discretionary regulatory actions. In 

particular, the Act addresses actions 

that may result in the expenditure by a 

State, local, or Tribal government, in the 

aggregate, or by the private sector of 

$100,000,000 (adjusted for inflation) or 

more in any one year. Though this rule 

will not result in such an expenditure, 

we do discuss the effects of this rule 

elsewhere in this preamble. 

F. Environment 

We have analyzed this rule under 

Department of Homeland Security 

Directive 023–01, Rev. 1, associated 

implementing instructions, and 

Environmental Planning COMDTINST 

5090.1 (series), which guide the Coast 

Guard in complying with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321–4370f), and have 

determined that this action is one of a 

category of actions that do not 

individually or cumulatively have a 

significant effect on the human 

environment. This rule involves a 

temporary safety zone on the Potomac 

River lasting less than 7 days that will 

prohibit entry into a portion of the 

Potomac River near Washington, DC. 

This is necessary to respond to the 

potential safety hazards associated with 

the salvage of an aircraft collision. It is 

categorically excluded from further 

review under paragraph L60(c) of 

Appendix A, Table 1 of DHS Instruction 

Manual 023–01–001–01, Rev. 1. 

G. Protest Activities 

The Coast Guard respects the First 

Amendment rights of protesters. 

Protesters are asked to call or email the 

person listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section to 

coordinate protest activities so that your 

message can be received without 

jeopardizing the safety or security of 

people, places, or vessels. 

List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 165 

Harbors, Marine safety, Navigation 

(water), Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Security measures, 

Waterways. 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Coast Guard amends 33 

CFR part 165 as follows: 

PART 165—REGULATED NAVIGATION 

AREAS AND LIMITED ACCESS AREAS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 165 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 70034, 70051; 33 CFR 

1.05–1; 6.04–1, 6.04–6, and 160.5; 

Department of Homeland Security Delegation 

No. 0170.1, Revision No. 01.3. 

■ 2. Add § 165.T05–0128 to read as 

follows: 

§ 165.T05–0128 Safety Zone Potomac 

River, District of Columbia. 

(a) Location. The following area is a 

safety zone: all navigable waters 

between the 14th Street Bridge, from 

38°52.45′ N, 077°02.6′ W to 38°52.62′ N, 

077°02.28′ W to the Woodrow Wilson 

Bridge, from 38°51.5′ N, 077°01.53′ W to 

38°48.55′ N, 077°01.59′ W, on the 

Potomac River. 

(b) Enforcement period. This section 

is effective from February 7, 2025, 

through February 21, 2025. 

(c) Regulations. (1) In accordance with 

the general regulations in § 165.23, entry 

into, transiting through, or exiting from 

this area is prohibited unless authorized 

by the COTP Maryland-NCR or a 

designated representative. 

(2) Vessels desiring to transit the 

regulated area may do so only with prior 

approval of the COTP Maryland-NCR or 

a designated representative and when so 

directed will be operated at a minimum 

safe navigation speed in a manner that 

will not endanger salvage operations in 

the zone or any other vessels. 

(3) The COTP Maryland-NCR or a 

designated representative may forbid 

and control the movement of all vessels 

in the regulated area. When hailed or 

signaled by an official patrol vessel, a 

vessel shall come to an immediate stop 

and comply with the directions given. 

Failure to do so may result in expulsion 

from the area, citation for failure to 

comply, or both. 

(4) Entry into this zone is prohibited 

unless authorized by the COTP 

Maryland-NCR or a designated 

representative. 

(5) Persons or vessels seeking to enter 

or transit through the zone must request 

permission from the COTP MarylandNCR or a designated representative. 

They may be contacted on VHF–FM 

channel 16 or by telephone at 410–576– 

2693. 

(6) If permission is granted, all 

persons and vessels must comply with 

the instructions of the COTP MarylandNCR or designated representative. 

(d) Informational broadcasts. The 

COTP Maryland-NCR or a designated 

representative will inform the public 

through Broadcast Notices to Mariners 

of the enforcement period for the 

temporary safety zone as well as any 

changes in the planned schedule. 

Dated: February 6, 2025. 

Patrick C. Burkett, 

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the 

Port, Sector Maryland-National Capital 

Region. 

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BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

36 CFR Part 7 

[NPS–GLCA–NPS39540; NPS–2024–0005; 

PPIMGLCAA0.PPMPSAS1Z.Y00000– 

255P10361] 

RIN 1024–AE91 

Glen Canyon National Recreation Area; 

Motor Vehicles; Delay of Effective Date 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Final rule; delay of effective 

date. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

memorandum of January 20, 2025, from 

President Donald J. Trump, entitled 

‘‘Regulatory Freeze Pending Review,’’ 

this action temporarily delays the 

effective date of a rule published on 

January 13, 2025, until March 21, 2025. 

DATES: As of February 11, 2025, the 

effective date of the final rule amending 

36 CFR part 7 published at 90 FR 2621, 

January 13, 2025, is delayed to March 

21, 2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michelle Kerns, Superintendent, Glen 

Canyon National Recreation Area, P.O. 

Box 1507, Page, Arizona 86040, by 

phone at 928–608–6210, or by email at 

GLCA_Superintendent@nps.gov. 

Individuals in the United States 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-ofcontact in the United States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Park Service (NPS) is taking 

this action in response to the 

memorandum of January 20, 2025, from 

the President, entitled ‘‘Regulatory 

Freeze Pending Review.’’ 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 


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