82 FR 28429 - Regulatory Reform

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of the Secretary

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 119 (June 22, 2017)

Page Range		28429-28431
FR Document		2017-13062
This document requests public input on how the Department of the Interior (Interior) can improve implementation of regulatory reform initiatives and policies and identify regulations for repeal, replacement, or modification. This document also provides an overview of Interior's approach for implementing the regulatory reform initiative to alleviate unnecessary burdens placed on the American people, which was established by President Trump in Executive Order (E.O.) 13777, ``Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda.''
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Regulatory Reform

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior.

ACTION: Request for comments.

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SUMMARY: This document requests public input on how the Department of 
the Interior (Interior) can improve implementation of regulatory reform 
initiatives and policies and identify regulations for repeal, 
replacement, or modification. This document also provides an overview 
of Interior's approach for implementing the regulatory reform 
initiative to alleviate unnecessary burdens placed on the American 
people, which was established by President Trump in Executive Order 
(E.O.) 13777, ``Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda.''

DATES: No deadline for the receipt of comments on this effort has been 
established at this time; Interior will review comments on an ongoing 
basis.

ADDRESSES: Electronically: Go to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: 
www.regulations.gov. In the Search box, enter the appropriate document 
number from the table below. Please comment on the document number that 
correlates to the agency most relevant to your comments:

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Office of the Assistant          DOI-2017-0003-0002.
 Secretary--Indian Affairs,
 Bureau of Indian Affairs,
 Bureau of Indian Education.
Bureau of Land Management......  DOI-2017-0003-0003.
Bureau of Ocean Energy           DOI-2017-0003-0004.
 Management.
Bureau of Reclamation..........  DOI-2017-0003-0005.
Bureau of Safety and             DOI-2017-0003-0006.
 Environmental Enforcement.
National Park Service..........  DOI-2017-0003-0007.
Office of Surface Mining         DOI-2017-0003-0008.
 Reclamation and Enforcement.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.  DOI-2017-0003-0009.
U.S. Geological Survey.........  DOI-2017-0003-00010.
Other Interior agencies and      DOI-2017-0003-00011.
 offices.
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    You may then submit information by clicking on ``Comment Now!'' If 
your information will fit in the provided comment box, please use this 
feature of www.regulations.gov, as it is most compatible with our 
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procedures. If you attach your information as a separate document, our 
preferred file format is Microsoft Word. If you attach multiple 
comments (such as form letters), our preferred format is a spreadsheet 
in Microsoft Excel.
    Alternatively, you may submit comments by mail to: Office of the 
Executive Secretariat--ATTN: Reg. Reform, U.S. Department of the 
Interior, 1859 C Street NW., Mail Stop 7328, Washington, DC 20240. 
Additional information on this effort can be found at www.doi.gov/regulatory-reform/implement.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Lawyer, Office of the Executive 
Secretariat, (202) 208-5257, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Goals of the Regulatory Reform Initiative

    E.O. 13777 establishes two main goals \1\ for Federal agencies in 
furtherance of alleviating unnecessary burdens placed on the American 
people:
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    \1\ See Sec. 3(g) of E.O. 13777.
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    (1) Improve implementation of the regulatory reform initiatives and 
policies specified in section 2 of E.O. 13771 [E.O. 13771 (Reducing 
Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs); E.O. 12866 (Regulatory 
Planning and Review), as amended; Section 6 of E.O. 13563 (Improving 
Regulation and Regulatory Review) regarding retrospective review; and 
termination, consistent with applicable law, of programs and activities 
that derive from or implement E.O.s, guidance documents, policy 
memoranda, rule interpretations, and similar documents, or relevant 
portions thereof, that have been rescinded]; and
    (2) Identify regulations for repeal, replacement, or modification 
considering, at a minimum, those regulations that:
     Eliminate jobs, or inhibit job creation;
     Are outdated, unnecessary, or ineffective;
     Impose costs that exceed benefits;
     Create a serious inconsistency or otherwise interfere with 
regulatory reform initiatives and policies;
     Rely, in part or in whole, on data or methods that are not 
publicly available or insufficiently transparent to meet the standard 
for reproducibility; or
     Derive from or implement E.O.s or other Presidential 
directives that have been subsequently rescinded or substantially 
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Interior's Progress and Plan for Regulatory Reform

    To lead regulatory reform efforts at Interior, the Acting Chief of 
Staff established Interior's Regulatory Reform Task Force on March 15, 
2017, pursuant to E.O. 13777. The Task Force is closely examining all 
regulatory actions that are currently in process and identifying 
potential deregulatory actions to ensure compliance with regulatory 
reform goals. Interior and the Task Force welcome public input on 
regulatory and deregulatory actions that could quantifiably lessen the 
burden on the American public.
    A cornerstone of the Task Force's review of Interior's regulatory 
burden on the American public has been its thoughtful approach to 
Interior's regulatory portfolio. The regulatory portfolio includes 
significant regulations subject to retrospective review under Section 6 
of E.O. 13563, meaning that they are periodically reviewed to determine 
whether they may be outmoded, ineffective, insufficient, or excessively 
burdensome. The Task Force is rolling these efforts into the larger 
regulatory reform effort to change or repeal unduly burdensome rules, 
as appropriate. The Task Force is also taking a holistic approach to 
ensure that each individual regulatory action it pursues and Interior's 
future regulatory portfolio as a whole advance the goal of alleviating 
unnecessary regulatory burdens placed on the American people, 
consistent with the law. The Task Force is accomplishing this by 
examining each regulatory action for alignment with the priorities of 
the Administration, the goals and requirements of applicable Executive 
Orders issued by the President, and Secretary's Orders issued by the 
Secretary of the Interior. This deliberate approach ensures that each 
semi-annual regulatory agenda published under E.O. 12866 will list only 
those regulations that the Department has a relatively high degree of 
confidence will move forward within the coming 12 months. With the 
publication of each semi-annual regulatory agenda, the public will have 
the opportunity to provide feedback, which the Task Force will consider 
as part of the regulatory reform effort. For individual regulations, 
the Task Force also intends to make greater use of advance notices of 
proposed rulemaking (ANPRMs), where possible, to solicit input on the 
front end as to how any given regulatory action could be tailored to 
reduce or eliminate burden.
    Part of the regulatory reform effort underway in Interior includes 
implementing the requirement known colloquially as the ``two-for-one'' 
requirement. This requirement was established by President Trump in 
E.O. 13771, and detailed in Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
Interim Guidance issued February 2, 2017, and OMB Guidance of April 5, 
2017. These documents require Federal agencies to: (1) Issue two 
``deregulatory'' actions for each new significant regulatory action 
that imposes costs; and (2) fully offset the total incremental cost of 
such new significant regulatory action. Interior is in the process of 
reviewing existing regulations (significant and non-significant) to 
identify actions that can be repealed. The cost savings associated with 
to-be-repealed actions will offset the costs of any new significant 
regulations that are necessary for promulgation; to account for these 
offsets, bureaus are working to quantify undue burden, where possible.
    The Task Force has also taken initial steps toward deregulatory 
actions, using specific rule rescissions already identified through 
various means as a starting point for a more widespread reduction in 
regulatory actions. For example, the Task Force's review will encompass 
actions that were initiated by the previous Administration and subject 
to repeal under the Congressional Review Act (CRA). The President 
approved a joint resolution of disapproval for the following 
regulations under the CRA:
     The Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Resource Management 
Planning; 43 CFR part 1600;
     The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services' Non-Subsistence Take 
of Wildlife, and Public Participation and Closure Procedures, on 
National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska; 50 CFR parts 32 and 36; and
     The Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and 
Enforcement's (OSMRE) Stream Protection Rule; 30 CFR parts 700, 701, 
773, 774, 777, 779, 780, 783, 784, 785, 800, 816, 817, 824, and 827.
    Through Secretary's Order No. 3349, American Energy Independence 
(Mar. 29, 2017), Interior announced its intention to review all 
existing actions that potentially burden the development or utilization 
of domestically produced energy resources and suspend, revise, or 
rescind such agency actions as soon as practicable. Interior's review 
will also give particular attention to the four Interior rules related 
to United States oil and gas development that are identified in section 
7 of E.O. 13783 (Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth). 
Specifically, Secretary's Order 3349 provides that:

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     BLM will proceed expeditiously with a proposed rule to 
rescind the final rule entitled ``Oil and Gas; Hydraulic Fracturing on 
Federal and Indian Lands,'' 80 FR 16128 (March 26, 2015).
     The National Park Service will review the final rule 
entitled ``General Provisions and Non-Federal Oil and Gas Rights,'' 81 
FR 77972 (November 4, 2016);
     The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will review the final 
rule entitled ``Management of Non Federal Oil and Gas Rights,'' 81 FR 
79948 (November 14, 2016); and
     The BLM will review the final rule entitled ``Waste 
Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource 
Conservation,'' 81 FR 83008 (November 18, 2016).
    The Office of Natural Resources Revenue has already taken the 
following actions in accordance with this objective:
     Published a proposed rule to repeal the ``Consolidated 
Federal Oil & Gas and Federal & Indian Coal Valuation Rule'' published 
on July 1, 2016 (81 FR 43338). See 82 FR 16323 (April 4, 2017).
     Published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) 
on April 4, 2017 (82 FR 16325) seeking comments on whether revisions 
are needed to the regulations governing valuation, for royalty 
purposes, of oil and gas produced from Federal onshore and offshore 
leases and coal produced from Federal and Indian lands, and if 
revisions are appropriate, what specific revisions merit consideration.
    Interior is also reviewing regulations to determine whether any 
require revision or rescission based on the mitigation policy review, 
climate change policy review, and review of other actions affecting 
energy development required by E.O. 13783.
    Interior's review also gives particular attention to the three 
Interior rules related to offshore energy that are identified in 
sections 7, 8, and 11 of E.O. 13795 (Implementing an America-First 
Offshore Energy Strategy). To implement E.O. 13795, Interior issued 
Secretary's Order 3350, America-First Offshore Energy, which provides 
deadlines for review of the rules identified in the E.O. Specifically, 
the Secretary's Order directs the Bureau of Safety and Environmental 
Enforcement and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to review:
     The proposed rule ``Offshore Air Quality Control, 
Reporting, and Compliance'' published on April 5, 2016. See 81 FR 
19717;
     The final rule ``Oil and Gas and Sulfur Operations in the 
Outer Continental Shelf--Blowout Preventer Systems and Well Control,'' 
published on April 29, 2016. See 81 FR 25887.
     The final rule ``Oil and Gas and Sulfur Operations on the 
Outer Continental Shelf--Requirements for Exploratory Drilling on the 
Arctic Outer Continental Shelf,'' published on July 15, 2016. See 81 FR 
46478.
    Secretary's Order 3350 also requires identifying other rules that 
have been adopted or are in the process of being developed that relate 
to the above rules.
    As it identifies any other potential deregulatory actions and their 
cost savings, the Task Force will consider input from the public as 
guidance for prioritizing its efforts. In the coming months, the Task 
Force will be working with the affected bureaus to calculate the cost 
savings from any repeal, replacement, or modification.

Request for Public Input

    Interior is seeking public input on how it can best meet the above 
goals and, specifically, where redundancies and inefficient processes 
can be eliminated, while ensuring that Interior continues to fulfill 
our legal obligations, resource stewardship, and Tribal trust 
responsibilities and minimizes the risk of lengthy and costly appeals 
and litigation. E.O. 13777 requires the Regulatory Reform Task Force, 
in performing the evaluation of regulations to seek input and other 
assistance, as permitted by law, from entities significantly affected 
by Federal regulations, including State, local, and Tribal governments, 
small businesses, consumers, non-governmental organizations, and trade 
associations. See Sec.  3(e), E.O. 13777. To comply with this 
requirement and promote transparency in regulatory reform efforts, 
Interior has established a Regulations.gov docket to provide the public 
with the ability to provide comments on regulatory reform on an ongoing 
basis. Interior encourages the public, and particularly anyone 
significantly affected by regulations, to provide input and assistance 
in identifying regulations for repeal, replacement, or modification 
that:
     Eliminate jobs, or inhibit job creation;
     Are outdated, unnecessary, or ineffective;
     Impose costs that exceed benefits;
     Create a serious inconsistency or otherwise interfere with 
regulatory reform initiatives and policies;
     Rely, in part or in whole, on data or methods that are not 
publicly available or insufficiently transparent to meet the standard 
for reproducibility; or
     Derive from or implement E.O.s or other Presidential 
directives that have been subsequently rescinded or substantially 
modified.
    Periodically, Interior will review the written input to determine 
whether additional regulations should be targeted for review and 
considered for suspension, revision, or rescission.

Measuring Future Progress

    To measure future progress, Interior will incorporate performance 
indicators for the regulatory reform initiative into Interior's annual 
performance plan under the Government Performance and Results Act. OMB 
has issued guidance regarding the appropriate performance indicators 
and established deadlines for setting targets for each of those 
indicators in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 and FY 2019 annual performance 
plans.

Authority

    This notice is published pursuant to E.O. 13777, 82 FR 12285 
(February 24, 2017).

    Dated: June 15, 2017.
James Cason,
Associate Deputy Secretary and Regulatory Reform Officer.
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procedures. If you attach your Interior’s Progress and Plan for colloquially as the ‘‘two-for-one’’
information as a separate document, our Regulatory Reform requirement. This requirement was
preferred file format is Microsoft Word. To lead regulatory reform efforts at established by President Trump in E.O.
If you attach multiple comments (such Interior, the Acting Chief of Staff 13771, and detailed in Office of
as form letters), our preferred format is established Interior’s Regulatory Reform Management and Budget (OMB) Interim
a spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel. Task Force on March 15, 2017, pursuant Guidance issued February 2, 2017, and
Alternatively, you may submit to E.O. 13777. The Task Force is closely OMB Guidance of April 5, 2017. These
comments by mail to: Office of the examining all regulatory actions that are documents require Federal agencies to:
Executive Secretariat—ATTN: Reg. currently in process and identifying (1) Issue two ‘‘deregulatory’’ actions for
Reform, U.S. Department of the Interior, potential deregulatory actions to ensure each new significant regulatory action
1859 C Street NW., Mail Stop 7328, compliance with regulatory reform that imposes costs; and (2) fully offset
Washington, DC 20240. Additional goals. Interior and the Task Force the total incremental cost of such new
information on this effort can be found welcome public input on regulatory and significant regulatory action. Interior is
at www.doi.gov/regulatory-reform/ deregulatory actions that could in the process of reviewing existing
implement. quantifiably lessen the burden on the regulations (significant and non-
American public. significant) to identify actions that can
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
A cornerstone of the Task Force’s be repealed. The cost savings associated
Mark Lawyer, Office of the Executive
review of Interior’s regulatory burden on with to-be-repealed actions will offset
Secretariat, (202) 208–5257, email:
the American public has been its the costs of any new significant
regulatoryreform@ios.doi.gov.
thoughtful approach to Interior’s regulations that are necessary for
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: promulgation; to account for these
regulatory portfolio. The regulatory
Goals of the Regulatory Reform portfolio includes significant offsets, bureaus are working to quantify
Initiative regulations subject to retrospective undue burden, where possible.
review under Section 6 of E.O. 13563, The Task Force has also taken initial
E.O. 13777 establishes two main steps toward deregulatory actions, using
meaning that they are periodically
goals 1 for Federal agencies in specific rule rescissions already
reviewed to determine whether they
furtherance of alleviating unnecessary identified through various means as a
may be outmoded, ineffective,
burdens placed on the American people: starting point for a more widespread
insufficient, or excessively burdensome.
(1) Improve implementation of the reduction in regulatory actions. For
The Task Force is rolling these efforts
regulatory reform initiatives and example, the Task Force’s review will
into the larger regulatory reform effort to
policies specified in section 2 of E.O. encompass actions that were initiated
change or repeal unduly burdensome
13771 [E.O. 13771 (Reducing Regulation by the previous Administration and
rules, as appropriate. The Task Force is
and Controlling Regulatory Costs); E.O. subject to repeal under the
also taking a holistic approach to ensure
12866 (Regulatory Planning and Congressional Review Act (CRA). The
that each individual regulatory action it
Review), as amended; Section 6 of E.O. President approved a joint resolution of
pursues and Interior’s future regulatory
13563 (Improving Regulation and disapproval for the following
portfolio as a whole advance the goal of
Regulatory Review) regarding regulations under the CRA:
alleviating unnecessary regulatory
retrospective review; and termination, • The Bureau of Land Management’s
burdens placed on the American people,
consistent with applicable law, of (BLM) Resource Management Planning;
consistent with the law. The Task Force
programs and activities that derive from 43 CFR part 1600;
is accomplishing this by examining each
or implement E.O.s, guidance • The U.S. Fish and Wildlife
regulatory action for alignment with the
documents, policy memoranda, rule Services’ Non-Subsistence Take of
priorities of the Administration, the
interpretations, and similar documents, Wildlife, and Public Participation and
goals and requirements of applicable
or relevant portions thereof, that have Closure Procedures, on National
Executive Orders issued by the
been rescinded]; and Wildlife Refuges in Alaska; 50 CFR parts
President, and Secretary’s Orders issued
(2) Identify regulations for repeal, by the Secretary of the Interior. This 32 and 36; and
replacement, or modification deliberate approach ensures that each • The Office of Surface Mining,
considering, at a minimum, those semi-annual regulatory agenda Reclamation and Enforcement’s
regulations that: published under E.O. 12866 will list (OSMRE) Stream Protection Rule; 30
• Eliminate jobs, or inhibit job only those regulations that the CFR parts 700, 701, 773, 774, 777, 779,
creation; Department has a relatively high degree 780, 783, 784, 785, 800, 816, 817, 824,
• Are outdated, unnecessary, or of confidence will move forward within and 827.
ineffective; the coming 12 months. With the Through Secretary’s Order No. 3349,
• Impose costs that exceed benefits; publication of each semi-annual American Energy Independence (Mar.
• Create a serious inconsistency or regulatory agenda, the public will have 29, 2017), Interior announced its
otherwise interfere with regulatory the opportunity to provide feedback, intention to review all existing actions
reform initiatives and policies; which the Task Force will consider as that potentially burden the development
• Rely, in part or in whole, on data part of the regulatory reform effort. For or utilization of domestically produced
or methods that are not publicly individual regulations, the Task Force energy resources and suspend, revise, or
available or insufficiently transparent to also intends to make greater use of rescind such agency actions as soon as
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meet the standard for reproducibility; or advance notices of proposed rulemaking practicable. Interior’s review will also
• Derive from or implement E.O.s or (ANPRMs), where possible, to solicit give particular attention to the four
other Presidential directives that have input on the front end as to how any Interior rules related to United States oil
been subsequently rescinded or given regulatory action could be tailored and gas development that are identified
substantially modified.2 to reduce or eliminate burden. in section 7 of E.O. 13783 (Promoting
Part of the regulatory reform effort Energy Independence and Economic
1 See Sec. 3(g) of E.O. 13777. underway in Interior includes Growth). Specifically, Secretary’s Order
2 See Sec. 3(d) of E.O. 13777. implementing the requirement known 3349 provides that:

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• BLM will proceed expeditiously Systems and Well Control,’’ published been subsequently rescinded or
with a proposed rule to rescind the final on April 29, 2016. See 81 FR 25887. substantially modified.
rule entitled ‘‘Oil and Gas; Hydraulic • The final rule ‘‘Oil and Gas and Periodically, Interior will review the
Fracturing on Federal and Indian Sulfur Operations on the Outer written input to determine whether
Lands,’’ 80 FR 16128 (March 26, 2015). Continental Shelf—Requirements for additional regulations should be
• The National Park Service will Exploratory Drilling on the Arctic Outer targeted for review and considered for
review the final rule entitled ‘‘General Continental Shelf,’’ published on July suspension, revision, or rescission.
Provisions and Non-Federal Oil and Gas 15, 2016. See 81 FR 46478. Measuring Future Progress
Rights,’’ 81 FR 77972 (November 4, Secretary’s Order 3350 also requires
2016); identifying other rules that have been To measure future progress, Interior
• The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service adopted or are in the process of being will incorporate performance indicators
will review the final rule entitled developed that relate to the above rules. for the regulatory reform initiative into
‘‘Management of Non Federal Oil and As it identifies any other potential Interior’s annual performance plan
Gas Rights,’’ 81 FR 79948 (November 14, deregulatory actions and their cost under the Government Performance and
2016); and savings, the Task Force will consider Results Act. OMB has issued guidance
• The BLM will review the final rule input from the public as guidance for regarding the appropriate performance
entitled ‘‘Waste Prevention, Production prioritizing its efforts. In the coming indicators and established deadlines for
Subject to Royalties, and Resource months, the Task Force will be working setting targets for each of those
Conservation,’’ 81 FR 83008 (November with the affected bureaus to calculate indicators in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018
18, 2016). the cost savings from any repeal, and FY 2019 annual performance plans.
The Office of Natural Resources replacement, or modification. Authority
Revenue has already taken the following
actions in accordance with this Request for Public Input This notice is published pursuant to
objective: Interior is seeking public input on E.O. 13777, 82 FR 12285 (February 24,
• Published a proposed rule to repeal how it can best meet the above goals 2017).
the ‘‘Consolidated Federal Oil & Gas and and, specifically, where redundancies Dated: June 15, 2017.
Federal & Indian Coal Valuation Rule’’ and inefficient processes can be James Cason,
published on July 1, 2016 (81 FR eliminated, while ensuring that Interior Associate Deputy Secretary and Regulatory
43338). See 82 FR 16323 (April 4, 2017). continues to fulfill our legal obligations, Reform Officer.
• Published an Advance Notice of resource stewardship, and Tribal trust [FR Doc. 2017–13062 Filed 6–21–17; 8:45 am]
Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) on responsibilities and minimizes the risk BILLING CODE 4334–64–P
April 4, 2017 (82 FR 16325) seeking of lengthy and costly appeals and
comments on whether revisions are litigation. E.O. 13777 requires the
needed to the regulations governing Regulatory Reform Task Force, in DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
valuation, for royalty purposes, of oil performing the evaluation of regulations
and gas produced from Federal onshore to seek input and other assistance, as 34 CFR Subtitles A and B
and offshore leases and coal produced permitted by law, from entities
from Federal and Indian lands, and if [Docket ID: ED–2017–OS–0074]
significantly affected by Federal
revisions are appropriate, what specific regulations, including State, local, and Evaluation of Existing Regulations
revisions merit consideration. Tribal governments, small businesses,
Interior is also reviewing regulations consumers, non-governmental AGENCY: Office of the Secretary,
to determine whether any require organizations, and trade associations. Department of Education.
revision or rescission based on the See § 3(e), E.O. 13777. To comply with ACTION: Request for comments.
mitigation policy review, climate this requirement and promote
change policy review, and review of transparency in regulatory reform SUMMARY: In accordance with Executive
other actions affecting energy efforts, Interior has established a Order 13777, ‘‘Enforcing the Regulatory
development required by E.O. 13783. Regulations.gov docket to provide the Reform Agenda,’’ the Department of
Interior’s review also gives particular public with the ability to provide Education (Department) is seeking input
attention to the three Interior rules on regulations that may be appropriate
comments on regulatory reform on an
related to offshore energy that are for repeal, replacement, or modification.
ongoing basis. Interior encourages the
identified in sections 7, 8, and 11 of public, and particularly anyone DATES: We must receive your comments
E.O. 13795 (Implementing an America- significantly affected by regulations, to no later than August 21, 2017.
First Offshore Energy Strategy). To provide input and assistance in ADDRESSES: Submit your comments
implement E.O. 13795, Interior issued identifying regulations for repeal, through the Federal eRulemaking Portal
Secretary’s Order 3350, America-First replacement, or modification that: or via postal mail, commercial delivery,
Offshore Energy, which provides • Eliminate jobs, or inhibit job or hand delivery. We will not accept
deadlines for review of the rules creation; comments by fax or email. To ensure
identified in the E.O. Specifically, the • Are outdated, unnecessary, or that we do not receive duplicate copies,
Secretary’s Order directs the Bureau of ineffective; please submit your comments only
Safety and Environmental Enforcement • Impose costs that exceed benefits; once. In addition, please include the
and the Bureau of Ocean Energy • Create a serious inconsistency or Docket ID at the top of your comments.
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Management to review: otherwise interfere with regulatory Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
• The proposed rule ‘‘Offshore Air reform initiatives and policies; www.regulations.gov to submit your
Quality Control, Reporting, and • Rely, in part or in whole, on data comments electronically. Information
Compliance’’ published on April 5, or methods that are not publicly on using Regulations.gov, including
2016. See 81 FR 19717; available or insufficiently transparent to instructions for accessing agency
• The final rule ‘‘Oil and Gas and meet the standard for reproducibility; or documents, submitting comments, and
Sulfur Operations in the Outer • Derive from or implement E.O.s or viewing the docket is available on the
Continental Shelf—Blowout Preventer other Presidential directives that have site under the ‘‘Help’’ tab.

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Section		Proposed Rules
Action		Request for comments.
Dates		No deadline for the receipt of comments on this effort has been established at this time; Interior will review comments on an ongoing basis.
Contact		Mark Lawyer, Office of the Executive Secretariat, (202) 208-5257, email: [email protected]
FR Citation		82 FR 28429
CFR Citation		25 Title 25 CFR Chapter I 30 Title 30 CFR Chapter II 36 Title 36 CFR Chapter I 50 Title 50 CFR Chapter I
82 FR 28429 - Regulatory Reform

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