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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 

Spring 2022 and Spring 2023. 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) 

208–5257. 

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. 

The complete Unified Agenda will be 

published at www.reginfo.gov, in a 

format that offers users enhanced ability 

to obtain information from the Agenda 

database. Agenda information is also 

available at www.regulations.gov, the 

government-wide website for 

submission of comments on proposed 

regulations. 

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withdrawn rules that were placed on 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 Patnaik, 

Deputy Director, Executive Secretariat and 

Regulatory Affairs. 

BUREAU OF SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT—PROPOSED RULE STAGE

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

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

Control Revisions.

1014–AA52 

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

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR LAND AND MINERALS MANAGEMENT—FINAL RULE STAGE

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

135 .................... Risk Management, Financial Assurance and Loss Prevention—Decommissioning Activities and Obligations.1082–AA02 

UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE—PROPOSED RULE STAGE

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

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

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

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

UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE—LONG-TERM ACTIONS

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

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


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BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT—LONG-TERM ACTIONS

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

140 .................... Air Quality Rule ................................................................................................................................................ 1010–AE09 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) 

Bureau of Safety and Environmental 

Enforcement (BSEE) 

Proposed Rule Stage 

133. Oil and Gas and Sulfur Operations 

in the Outer Continental Shelf-Blowout 

Preventer Systems and Well Control 

Revisions [1014–AA52] 

Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined. 

Abstract: This rulemaking would 

revise 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 plans to propose 

updates to Subpart G of 30 CFR part 250 

to ensure operations are conducted 

safely and in an environmentally 

responsible manner. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 06/00/22 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

08/00/22 

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 

134. 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 .................. 04/00/23 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

06/00/23 

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–AA53 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) 

Assistant Secretary for Land and 

Minerals Management (ASLM) 

Final Rule Stage 

135. Risk Management, Financial 

Assurance and Loss Prevention— 

Decommissioning Activities and 

Obligations [1082–AA02] 

Legal Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1334(a) 

Abstract: On October 12, 2020, the 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

(BOEM) and Bureau of Safety and 

Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) 

published the joint proposed rule in the 

Federal Register (85 FR 65904). BSEE 

will continue to pursue this rulemaking 

as a BSEE-only final rule to revise 

policies and procedures concerning 

compliance with decommissioning 

obligations for Outer Continental Shelf 

(OCS) oil and gas. The final rule will 

clarify and streamline specific 

regulatory requirements associated with 

the operational and procedural aspects 

of applicable decommissioning 

responsibilities of OCS lessees and grant 

holders. BOEM will continue to 

evaluate and develop a comprehensive 

set of regulations to manage the risks 

and financial obligations associated 

with industry activities on the OCS and 

pursue these actions in a separate 

rulemaking under RIN 1010–AE14. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

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

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

12/15/20 

Final Action ......... 06/00/22 

Final Action Effective.07/00/22 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Bivan Patnaik, 

Deputy Director of Regulatory Affairs, 

Department of the Interior, Washington, 

DC 20240, Phone: 202 208–4582, Email: 

bivan_patnaik@ios.doi.gov. 

RIN: 1082–AA02 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) 

United States Fish and Wildlife Service 

(FWS) 

Proposed Rule Stage 

136. Migratory Bird Hunting; 2022–23 

Migratory Game Bird Hunting 

Regulations [1018–BF07] 

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

16 U.S.C. 742a–j 

Abstract: This rulemaking action will 

establish annual hunting regulations for 

certain migratory game birds for the 

2022–23 hunting season. The FWS 

annually prescribes outside limits 

(frameworks) within which States may 

select hunting seasons. This rulemaking 

action is conducted under the direction 

of the Service Migratory Bird 

Regulations Committee and the Flyway 

Councils. It describes 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 

Notice of Meeting 03/25/21 86 FR 15957 

Meeting ............... 04/06/21 

NPRM .................. 08/31/21 86 FR 48649 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

09/30/21 

NPRM—Proposed 

Frameworks.

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Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM Comment 

Period End— 

Proposed 

Frameworks.

03/04/22 

NPRM—Proposed 

Tribal Regulations.

06/00/22 

Final Action— 

Final Frameworks.

06/00/22 

Final Action— 

Final Tribal 

Regulations.

08/00/22 

Final Action— 

Season Selections.

08/00/22 

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 

137. 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 proposed rule would 

establish annual hunting regulations for 

certain migratory game birds. The U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service 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 may select season 

dates, bag limits, and other regulatory 

options for their hunting seasons. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 06/00/22 

Proposed Frameworks.12/00/22 

Proposed Tribal 

Regulations.

01/00/23 

Final Frameworks 02/00/23 

Final Tribal Regulations.04/00/23 

Seasons and Bag 

Limits.

06/00/23 

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–BF64 

138. • 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 

may select season dates, bag limits, and 

other regulatory options for their 

hunting seasons. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 08/00/22 

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–BG63 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) 

United States Fish and Wildlife Service 

(FWS) 

Long-Term Actions 

139. Importation, Exportation and 

Transportation of Wildlife; Updates to 

the Regulations [1018–BF16] 

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: This proposed rule would 

rewrite FWS’s regulations governing the 

importation and exportation of wildlife 

to make these regulations easier to 

understand. In addition, FWS proposes 

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 FWS 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 self-sustaining 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 .................. To Be Determined 

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) 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

(BOEM) 

Long-Term Actions 

140. Air Quality Rule [1010–AE09] 

Legal Authority: OCSLA sec. 5(a)(8) 

Abstract: This proposed rule would 

identify opportunities for clarifying air 

quality regulations. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Peter Meffert, 

Regulatory Specialist, Department of the 

Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, 45600 Woodland Road, 

Sterling, VA 20166, Phone: 703 787– 

1610, Email: peter.meffert@boem.gov. 

RIN: 1010–AE09 

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