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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 

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 

2014 and fall 2015. 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, 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. 

John Strylowski, 

Alternate Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

BUREAU OF SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT—PROPOSED RULE STAGE

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

347 .................... Blowout Prevention Systems and Well Control ............................................................................................... 1014–AA11 

BUREAU OF SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT—FINAL RULE STAGE

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

348 .................... Production Safety Systems and Lifecycle Analysis ......................................................................................... 1014–AA10 

UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE—PROPOSED RULE STAGE

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

349 .................... National Wildlife Refuge System; Oil and Gas Regulations ............................................................................ 1018–AX36 

UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE—FINAL RULE STAGE

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

350 .................... Injurious Wildlife Evaluation; Constrictor Species From Python, Boa, and Eunectes Genera ....................... 1018–AV68 

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE—PROPOSED RULE STAGE

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

351 .................... Non-Federal Oil and Gas Rights ..................................................................................................................... 1024–AD78 

OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT—PROPOSED RULE STAGE

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

352 .................... Stream Protection Rule .................................................................................................................................... 1029–AC63 


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) 

Bureau of Safety and Environmental 

Enforcement (BSEE) 

Proposed Rule Stage 

347. Blowout Prevention Systems and 

Well Control 

Legal Authority: 30 U.S.C. 1751; 31 

U.S.C. 9701; 43 U.S.C. 1334 

Abstract: This proposed rule would 

upgrade regulations related to the 

design, manufacture, and repair of 

blowout preventers (BOPs) in response 

to numerous recommendations. In 

addition to BOPs, the proposed rule will 

address well design, well control, safe 

drilling margins, casing, cementing, 

real-time monitoring, and subsea 

containment. The proposed rule will 

address many of the issues raised 

following the Deepwater Horizon 

incident and from experts through a 

public forum held May 22, 2012. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 02/00/15 

Final Action ......... 07/00/15 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Amy White, Chief, 

Regulations and Standards Branch, 

Department of the Interior, 381 Elden 

Street, Herndon, VA 20170, Phone: 703 

787–1665, Fax: 703 787–1555, Email: 

amy.white@bsee.gov. 

RIN: 1014–AA11 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) 

Bureau of Safety and Environmental 

Enforcement (BSEE) 

Final Rule Stage 

348. Production Safety Systems and 

Lifecycle Analysis 

Legal Authority: 31 U.S.C. 9701; 43 

U.S.C. 1334 

Abstract: This proposed rule would 

amend and update the regulations 

regarding oil and natural gas 

production. This rewrite of subpart H 

regulations would address issues such 

as production safety systems, subsurface 

safety devices, and safety device testing. 

The rule has been expanded to 

differentiate the requirements for 

operating dry tree and wet tree 

production systems on the Outer 

Continental Shelf (OCS). This rule 

would also propose an expanded use of 

lifecycle analysis of critical equipment. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 08/22/13 78 FR 52240 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

12/05/13 

Final Action ......... 11/00/14 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Amy White, Chief, 

Regulations and Standards Branch, 

Department of the Interior, 381 Elden 

Street, Herndon, VA 20170, Phone: 703 

787–1665, Fax: 703 787–1555, Email: 

amy.white@bsee.gov. 

RIN: 1014–AA10 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) 

United States Fish and Wildlife Service 

(FWS) 

Proposed Rule Stage 

349. National Wildlife Refuge System; 

Oil and Gas Regulations 

Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 668dd to 

ee; 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.; 16 U.S.C. 

1131 to 1136; 40 CFR 51.300 to 51.309 

Abstract: We propose regulations that 

ensure that all operators conducting oil 

or gas operations within a National 

Wildlife Refuge System unit do so in a 

manner as to prevent or minimize 

damage to National Wildlife Refuge 

System resources, visitor values, and 

management objectives. FWS does not 

intend these regulations to result in a 

taking of a property interest, but rather 

to impose reasonable controls on 

operations that affect Federally-owned 

or controlled lands, and/or waters. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

ANPRM ............... 02/24/14 79 FR 10080 

ANPRM Comment 

Period End.

04/25/14 

ANPRM Comment 

Period Reopened.

06/09/14 79 FR 32903 

ANPRM Comment 

Period Reopening End.

07/09/14 

NPRM .................. 05/00/15 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Brian Salem, 

Conservation Policy Analyst, 

Department of the Interior, United 

States Fish and Wildlife Service, 5275 

Leesburg Pike, MS: NWRS, Falls 

Church, VA 22041–3808, Phone: 703 

358–2397, Email: brian_salem@fws.gov. 

Scott Covington, Refuge Energy 

Program Coordinator, Department of the 

Interior, United States Fish and Wildlife 

Service, National Wildlife Refuge 

System, 5275 Leesburg Pike., MS: 

NWRS, Falls Church, VA 22041–3808, 

Phone: 703 358–2427, Email: 

scott_covington@fws.gov. 

RIN: 1018–AX36 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) 

United States Fish and Wildlife Service 

(FWS) 

Final Rule Stage 

350. Injurious Wildlife Evaluation; 

Constrictor Species From Python, Boa, 

and Eunectes Genera 

Legal Authority: 18 U.S.C. 42 

Abstract: We are making a final 

determination on the listing of five 

species of large constrictor snakes as 

injurious wildlife under the Lacey Act: 

Reticulated python, DeSchauensee’s 

anaconda, green anaconda, Beni 

anaconda, and boa constrictor. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

ANPRM ............... 01/31/08 73 FR 5784 

ANPRM Comment 

Period End.

04/30/08 

NPRM .................. 03/12/10 75 FR 11808 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

05/11/10 

NPRM Comment 

Period Reopened.

07/01/10 75 FR 38069 

NPRM Comment 

Period Reopened End.

08/02/10 

Final Action ......... 01/23/12 77 FR 3330 

Final Action Effective.03/23/12 

NPRM Comment 

Period Reopening.

06/24/14 79 FR 35719 

NPRM Comment 

Period Reopening End.

07/24/14 

Final Action ......... 12/00/14 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Susan Jewell, Fish 

and Wildlife Biologist, Department of 

the Interior, United States Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Fish and Aquatic 

Conservation, 5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: 

FAC, Falls Church, VA 22041–3808, 

Phone: 703 358–2416, Fax: 703 358– 

2044, Email: susan_jewell@fws.gov. 

RIN: 1018–AV68 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) 

National Park Service (NPS) 

Proposed Rule Stage 

351. Non-Federal Oil and Gas Rights 

Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.; 16 

U.S.C. 1901 et seq. 

Abstract: This rule would 

accommodate new technology and 

industry practices, eliminate regulatory 

exemptions, update requirements, 

remove caps on bond amounts, and 

allow NPS to recover administrative 

costs. The changes make the regulations 

more effective and efficient and 

maintain the highest level of protection 

compatible with park resources and 

values. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

ANPRM ............... 11/25/09 74 FR 61596 

ANPRM Comment 

Period End.

01/25/10 

NPRM .................. 03/00/15 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Ed Kassman, 

Regulatory Specialist, Department of the 

Interior, National Park Service, 12795 

West Alameda Parkway, Lakewood, CA 

80225, Phone: 303 969–2146, Email: 

edward_kassman@nps.gov. 

RIN: 1024–AD78 

BILLING CODE 4310–70–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI) 

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation 

and Enforcement (OSMRE) 

Proposed Rule Stage 

352. Stream Protection Rule 

Legal Authority: 30 U.S.C. 1201 et seq. 

Abstract: On August 12, 2009, the 

U.S. District Court for the District of 

Columbia denied the Government’s 

request that the court vacate and 

remand the Excess Spoil/Stream Buffer 

Zone rule published on December 12, 

2008. Therefore, the Department intends 

to initiate notice and comment 

rulemaking to address issues arising 

from previous rulemakings. The Agency 

also intends to prepare a new 

environmental impact statement. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

ANPRM ............... 11/30/09 74 FR 62664 

ANPRM Comment 

Period End.

12/30/09 

NPRM .................. 04/00/15 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Dennis Rice, 

Regulatory Analyst, Department of the 

Interior, Office of Surface Mining 

Reclamation and Enforcement, 1951 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20240, Phone: 202 208–2829, Email: 

drice@osmre.gov. 

RIN: 1029–AC63 

[FR Doc. 2014–28968 Filed 12–19–14; 8:45 am] 

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