Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 29 / Thursday, February 13, 2025 / Rules and Regulations 9515 

1Presidential Memorandum on Regulatory Freeze 

Pending Review (Jan. 20, 2025), https://

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/ 

regulatory-freeze-pending-review/. 

2 Id. 

3See, e.g., Muwekma Ohlone Tribe v. Salazar, 

708 F.3d 209, 211 (D.C. Cir. 2013); James v. United 

States Dep’t of Health & Human Servs., 824 F.2d 

1132, 1137 (D.C. Cir. 1987). 

TABLE 2 TO PARAGRAPH (g)(1)—COMPLIANCE TIMES—Continued 

Category type Compliance time 

Category IV Airplanes: All airplanes not in Category I, II, or III that do not have a rudder post mounted 

beacon light and have an engine of 100 hp or below installed.

Within 10 years after the effective 

date of this AD. 

(2) As of the effective date of this AD, do 

not install any rudder that is equipped with 

a rudder post made from 1025 carbon steel 

on any airplane. 

(h) Alternative Methods of Compliance 

(AMOCs) 

(1) The Manager, West Certification 

Branch, FAA, has the authority to approve 

AMOCs for this AD, if requested using the 

procedures found in 14 CFR 39.19. In 

accordance with 14 CFR 39.19, send your 

request to your principal inspector or local 

Flight Standards District Office, as 

appropriate. If sending information directly 

to the manager of the West Certification 

Branch, send it to the attention of the person 

identified in paragraph (i)(1) of this AD. 

Information may be emailed to: AMOC@

faa.gov. 

(2) Before using any approved AMOC, 

notify your appropriate principal inspector, 

or lacking a principal inspector, the manager 

of the local flight standards district office/ 

certificate holding district office. 

(i) Additional Information 

(1) For more information about this AD, 

contact Joseph Zuklic, Aviation Safety 

Engineer, FAA, 2200 South 216th Street, Des 

Moines, WA 98198; phone: (206) 231–3858; 

email: joseph.r.zuklic@faa.gov. 

(2) For material identified in this AD that 

is not incorporated by reference, contact 

Piper Aircraft, Inc., 2926 Piper Drive, Vero 

Beach, FL 32960; phone: (772) 299–2141; 

website: piper.com. You may view this 

material at the FAA, Airworthiness Products 

Section, Operational Safety Branch, 901 

Locust, Kansas City, MO 64106. For 

information on the availability of this 

material at the FAA, call (817) 222–5110. 

(j) Material Incorporated by Reference 

None. 

Issued on January 31, 2025. 

Steven W. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Compliance & 

Airworthiness Division, Airplane Certification 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2025–02528 Filed 2–12–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

25 CFR Part 83 

[BIA–2022–0001; 256A2100DD AAKP300000 

A0A501010.000000] 

RIN 1076–AF67 

Federal Acknowledgment of American 

Indian Tribes 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Final rule; delay of effective 

date. 

SUMMARY: On January 15, 2025, the 

Department of Interior (Department) 

published in the Federal Register a final 

rule revising regulations governing the 

Federal acknowledgment process. The 

rule was set to take effect February 14, 

2025; however, the department is 

delaying that date. The new effective 

date is March 21, 2025. 

DATES: The effective date for the final 

rule published on January 15, 2025, at 

90 FR 3627, is delayed to March 21, 

2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Oliver Whaley, Director, Office of 

Regulatory Affairs and Collaborative 

Action, Office of the Assistant 

Secretary—Indian Affairs (AS–IA), (202) 

738–6065. 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. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

January 15, 2025, the Department of the 

Interior published a final rule creating a 

conditional, time-limited opportunity 

for petitioners denied Federal 

acknowledgment to re-petition, through 

implementation of a re-petition 

authorization process. The final rule 

appends a new subpart titled ‘‘Subpart 

D—Re-Petition Authorization Process’’ 

to the end of the current part 83 

regulations. The new subpart applies to 

‘‘unsuccessful petitioner[s],’’ which is a 

new term defined in § 83.1. The final 

rule also inserts new definitions for ‘‘repetition authorization process’’ and ‘‘repetitioning’’ in § 83.1. Additionally, the 

final rule revises 25 CFR 83.4(d), the 

provision that previously prohibited repetitioning. The provision as revised 

notes a limited exception to the repetition ban for unsuccessful petitioners 

that meet the conditions of §§ 83.47 

through 83.49, as determined by AS–IA 

in the re-petition authorization process. 

On January 20, 2025, after publication 

of the final rule, the President of the 

United States issued a Presidential 

Memorandum (PM) titled ‘‘Regulatory 

Freeze Pending Review.’’ 1 The PM 

orders all executive departments and 

agencies to consider postponing for 60 

days from the date of the PM the 

effective date for any rules published in 

the Federal Register that have not taken 

effect, ‘‘for the purpose of reviewing any 

questions of fact, law, and policy that 

the rules may raise.’’ 2

Here, good cause exists for postponing 

the effective date of the final rule for 60 

days from the date of the PM, without 

subjecting the postponement to noticeand-comment procedure. As a 

preliminary matter, notice-andcomment procedure would be 

impracticable. The time frame for the 

receipt and review of comments would 

necessarily extend past the original, 

February 14 effective date and likely 

past the new, March 21 effective date as 

well. 

Additionally, a 35-day postponement 

is reasonable. Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 2, 

the Secretary of the Interior has ‘‘the 

management of all Indian affairs and of 

all matters arising out of Indian 

relations,’’ including the administration 

of the Department’s Federal 

acknowledgment process.3 Whether to 

allow re-petitioning is a policy 

determination that falls within the 

scope of ‘‘the management of all Indian 

affairs,’’ and the new administration 

needs time to review the policy 

determination, consistent with the 

direction set forth in the PM. 


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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. 

[FR Doc. 2025–02558 Filed 2–12–25; 8:45 am] 

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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