83_FR_1895 83 FR 1886 - Semiannual Regulatory Agenda

83 FR 1886 - Semiannual Regulatory Agenda

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 9 (January 12, 2018)

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FR Document2017-28216

This notice provides the semiannual agenda of rules scheduled for review or development between fall 2017 and fall 2018. The Regulatory Flexibility Act and Executive Order 12866 require publication of the agenda.

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 Semiannual Regulatory Agenda

Federal Register / Vol. 83 , No. 9 / Friday, January 12, 2018 / 
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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.

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SUMMARY: This notice provides the semiannual agenda of rules scheduled 
for review or development between fall 2017 and fall 2018. 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 and Regulatory Affairs, 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.

 Mark Lawyer,
Federal Register Liaison Officer.

   Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement--Proposed Rule Stage
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                                                           Regulation
       Sequence No.                    Title             Identifier No.
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286.......................  Revisions to the Blowout           1014-AA39
                             Preventer Systems and
                             Well Control Rule.
287.......................  Revisions to the                   1014-AA40
                             Requirements for
                             Exploratory Drilling on
                             the Arctic Outer
                             Continental Shelf.
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      United States Fish and Wildlife Service--Proposed Rule Stage
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                                                           Regulation
       Sequence No.                    Title             Identifier No.
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288.......................  Migratory Bird Hunting;            1018-BB73
                             2018-2019 Migratory Game
                             Bird Hunting Regulations.
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 Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement--Completed Actions
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                                                           Regulation
       Sequence No.                    Title             Identifier No.
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289.......................  Stream Protection Rule....         1029-AC63
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI)

Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE)

Proposed Rule Stage

286.  Revisions to the Blowout Preventer Systems and Well 
Control Rule

    E.O. 13771 Designation: Deregulatory.
    Legal Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1331 to 1356a
    Abstract: This rulemaking would revise specific provisions of the 
final well control rule, 81 FR 25888 (April 29, 2016), for drilling, 
workover, completion and decommissioning activities based on 
stakeholder input from the final rule implementation and in accordance 
with section 4 of Secretary's Order 3350, America-First Offshore Energy 
Strategy, Executive Order (E.O.) 13783, Promoting Energy Independence 
and Economic Growth, and section 7 of E.O. 13795, Implementing an 
America-First Offshore Energy Strategy.
    Timetable:

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               Action                    Date            FR Cite
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NPRM................................   10/00/18  .......................
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    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
    Agency Contact: Lakeisha Harrison, Chief, Regulations and Standards 
Branch, Department of the Interior, Bureau of Safety and Environmental 
Enforcement, 45600 Woodland Road, Sterling, VA 20166, Phone: 703 787-
1552, Fax: 703 787-1555, Email: [email protected].gov.
    RIN: 1014-AA39

287.  Revisions to the Requirements for Exploratory Drilling on 
the Arctic Outer Continental Shelf

    E.O. 13771 Designation: Deregulatory.
    Legal Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1331 to 1356a
    Abstract: This proposed rule would revise specific provisions of 
the final Arctic Rule 81 FR 46478 (July 15, 2016) that established a 
regulatory framework for exploratory drilling and related operations on 
the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) of Alaska, focusing solely on the OCS 
within the Beaufort Sea and Chukchi Sea Planning Areas.
    Timetable:

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               Action                    Date            FR Cite
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NPRM................................   10/00/18  .......................
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    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
    Agency Contact: Bryce Barlan, Department of the Interior, Bureau of 
Safety and Environmental Enforcement, 45600 Woodland Road, Sterling, VA 
20166, Phone: 703 717-1126, Email: [email protected].
    RIN: 1014-AA40

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI)

United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)

Proposed Rule Stage

288. Migratory Bird Hunting; 2018-2019 Migratory Game Bird Hunting 
Regulations

    E.O. 13771 Designation: Fully or Partially Exempt.
    Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 703 to 711; 16 U.S.C. 742a-j
    Abstract: We propose to establish annual hunting regulations for 
certain migratory game birds for the 2018-2019 hunting season. We 
annually prescribe outside limits (frameworks), within which States may 
select hunting seasons. This proposed rule provides the regulatory 
schedule, describes the proposed regulatory alternatives for the 2018-
2019 duck hunting seasons, requests proposals from Indian tribes that 
wish to establish special migratory game bird hunting regulations on 
Federal Indian reservations and ceded lands, and requests proposals for 
the 2018 spring and summer migratory bird subsistence season in Alaska. 
Migratory game bird hunting seasons provide opportunities for 
recreation and sustenance; aid Federal, State, and tribal governments 
in the management of migratory game birds; and permit harvests at 
levels compatible with migratory game bird population status and 
habitat conditions.
    Timetable:

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               Action                    Date            FR Cite
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Notice of Public Meeting............   06/15/17  82 FR 27521
Public Meeting......................   06/21/17  82 FR 27521
NPRM................................   08/03/17  82 FR 36308
NPRM Comment Period End.............   09/05/17  .......................
NPRM Supplemental...................   10/03/17  82 FR 46011
NPRM Supplemental Comment Period End   01/15/18  .......................
NPRM; Proposed Frameworks...........   12/00/17  .......................
NPRM; Proposed Tribal Regulations...   01/00/18  .......................
Final Rule; Final Frameworks........   03/00/18  .......................
Final Rule; Final Tribal Regulations   05/00/18  .......................
Final Rule; Final Season Selections.   05/00/18  .......................
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    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
    Agency Contact: Ronald Kokel, Wildlife Biologist, Division of 
Migratory Bird Management, Department of the Interior, United States 
Fish and Wildlife Service, 5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: MB, Falls Church, VA 
22041-3808, Phone: 703 358-1714, Email: [email protected].
    RIN: 1018-BB73

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI)

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE)

Completed Actions

289. Stream Protection Rule

    E.O. 13771 Designation: Deregulatory.
    Legal Authority: 30 U.S.C. 1201 et seq.
    Abstract: The final rule published December 20, 2016 (81 FR 93066) 
and became effective January 19, 2017. The final rule was nullified by 
a joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act, 
signed by the President on February 16, 2017 (Pub. L. 115-5). This 
action conforms to Public Law 115-5 by changing the Code of Federal 
Regulations to reflect the regulations as they existed before the 
effective date of the final rule that was nullified under the 
Congressional Review Act.
    Timetable:

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               Action                    Date            FR Cite
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ANPRM...............................   11/30/09  74 FR 62664
ANPRM Comment Period End............   12/30/09  .......................
NPRM................................   07/27/15  80 FR 44436
NPRM Comment Period Extended........   09/10/15  80 FR 54590
NPRM Comment Period End.............   09/25/15  .......................
NPRM Comment Period Extended End....   10/26/15  .......................
Final Action........................   12/20/16  81 FR 93066
Final Action Effective..............   01/19/17  .......................
Final Rule; CRA Revocation..........   11/17/17  82 FR 54924
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    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: [email protected].
    RIN: 1029-AC63

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                                                  1886                            Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 9 / Friday, January 12, 2018 / Unified Agenda

                                                  DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR                                            SUMMARY:   This notice provides the                                     of rules that we have issued or expect
                                                                                                                        semiannual agenda of rules scheduled                                    to issue and of currently effective rules
                                                  Office of the Secretary                                               for review or development between fall                                  that we have scheduled for review.
                                                                                                                        2017 and fall 2018. The Regulatory                                        Simultaneously, the Department
                                                  25 CFR Ch. I                                                          Flexibility Act and Executive Order                                     meets the requirement of the Regulatory
                                                                                                                        12866 require publication of the agenda.                                Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) to
                                                  30 CFR Chs. II and VII                                                ADDRESSES: Unless otherwise indicated,                                  publish an agenda in April and October
                                                                                                                        all agency contacts are located at the                                  of each year identifying rules that will
                                                  36 CFR Ch. I                                                          Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street                               have significant economic effects on a
                                                                                                                        NW, Washington, DC 20240.                                               substantial number of small entities. We
                                                  43 CFR Subtitle A, Chs. I and II                                                                                                              have specifically identified in the
                                                                                                                        FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You
                                                                                                                        should direct all comments and                                          agenda rules that will have such effects.
                                                  48 CFR Ch. 14                                                                                                                                   This edition of the Unified Agenda of
                                                                                                                        inquiries about these rules to the
                                                                                                                        appropriate agency contact. You should                                  Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory
                                                  50 CFR Chs. I and IV                                                                                                                          Actions includes The Regulatory Plan,
                                                                                                                        direct general comments relating to the
                                                                                                                        agenda to the Office of Executive                                       which appears in both the online
                                                  [167D0102DM; DS6CS00000;                                              Secretariat and Regulatory Affairs,                                     Unified Agenda and in part II of the
                                                  DLSN00000.00000; DX6CS25]                                             Department of the Interior, at the                                      Federal Register that includes the
                                                                                                                        address above or at 202–208–3181.                                       Unified Agenda. The Department’s
                                                  Semiannual Regulatory Agenda                                                                                                                  Statement of Regulatory Priorities is
                                                                                                                        SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: With this
                                                                                                                                                                                                included in the Plan.
                                                  AGENCY:      Office of the Secretary, Interior.                       publication, the Department satisfies the
                                                                                                                        requirement of Executive Order 12866                                    Mark Lawyer,
                                                  ACTION:     Semiannual regulatory agenda.
                                                                                                                        that the Department publish an agenda                                   Federal Register Liaison Officer.

                                                                                 BUREAU OF SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT—PROPOSED RULE STAGE
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Regulation
                                                    Sequence No.                                                                                       Title                                                                               Identifier No.

                                                  286 ....................   Revisions to the Blowout Preventer Systems and Well Control Rule .............................................................                                   1014–AA39
                                                  287 ....................   Revisions to the Requirements for Exploratory Drilling on the Arctic Outer Continental Shelf ......................                                              1014–AA40


                                                                                            UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE—PROPOSED RULE STAGE
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Regulation
                                                    Sequence No.                                                                                       Title                                                                               Identifier No.

                                                  288 ....................   Migratory Bird Hunting; 2018–2019 Migratory Game Bird Hunting Regulations ............................................                                           1018–BB73


                                                                              OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT—COMPLETED ACTIONS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Regulation
                                                    Sequence No.                                                                                       Title                                                                               Identifier No.

                                                  289 ....................   Stream Protection Rule ....................................................................................................................................      1029–AC63



                                                  DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI)                                      Offshore Energy Strategy, Executive                                     1552, Fax: 703 787–1555, Email:
                                                                                                                        Order (E.O.) 13783, Promoting Energy                                    lakeisha.harrison@bsee.gov.
                                                  Bureau of Safety and Environmental
                                                  Enforcement (BSEE)                                                    Independence and Economic Growth,                                         RIN: 1014–AA39
                                                                                                                        and section 7 of E.O. 13795,
                                                  Proposed Rule Stage                                                   Implementing an America-First Offshore                                  287. • Revisions to the Requirements for
                                                                                                                                                                                                Exploratory Drilling on the Arctic
                                                  286. • Revisions to the Blowout                                       Energy Strategy.
                                                                                                                                                                                                Outer Continental Shelf
                                                  Preventer Systems and Well Control                                      Timetable:
                                                  Rule                                                                                                                                            E.O. 13771 Designation: Deregulatory.
                                                                                                                                 Action                   Date               FR Cite              Legal Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1331 to
                                                     E.O. 13771 Designation: Deregulatory.
                                                     Legal Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1331 to                                                                                                         1356a
                                                                                                                        NPRM ..................          10/00/18
                                                  1356a                                                                                                                                           Abstract: This proposed rule would
                                                     Abstract: This rulemaking would                                                                                                            revise specific provisions of the final
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                                                                                                                          Regulatory Flexibility Analysis                                       Arctic Rule 81 FR 46478 (July 15, 2016)
                                                  revise specific provisions of the final
                                                                                                                        Required: Yes.                                                          that established a regulatory framework
                                                  well control rule, 81 FR 25888 (April 29,
                                                  2016), for drilling, workover,                                          Agency Contact: Lakeisha Harrison,                                    for exploratory drilling and related
                                                  completion and decommissioning                                        Chief, Regulations and Standards                                        operations on the Outer Continental
                                                  activities based on stakeholder input                                 Branch, Department of the Interior,                                     Shelf (OCS) of Alaska, focusing solely
                                                  from the final rule implementation and                                Bureau of Safety and Environmental                                      on the OCS within the Beaufort Sea and
                                                  in accordance with section 4 of                                       Enforcement, 45600 Woodland Road,                                       Chukchi Sea Planning Areas.
                                                  Secretary’s Order 3350, America-First                                 Sterling, VA 20166, Phone: 703 787–                                       Timetable:


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                                                         Action               Date           FR Cite               Action                Date          FR Cite      Law 115–5 by changing the Code of
                                                                                                                                                                    Federal Regulations to reflect the
                                                  NPRM ..................    10/00/18                       Notice of Public          06/15/17       82 FR 27521    regulations as they existed before the
                                                                                                              Meeting.                                              effective date of the final rule that was
                                                    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis                         Public Meeting ....       06/21/17       82 FR 27521
                                                                                                                                                                    nullified under the Congressional
                                                                                                            NPRM ..................   08/03/17       82 FR 36308
                                                  Required: Yes.                                                                                                    Review Act.
                                                                                                            NPRM Comment              09/05/17
                                                    Agency Contact: Bryce Barlan,                             Period End.                                              Timetable:
                                                  Department of the Interior, Bureau of                     NPRM Supple-              10/03/17       82 FR 46011
                                                  Safety and Environmental Enforcement,                       mental.                                                        Action            Date        FR Cite
                                                  45600 Woodland Road, Sterling, VA                         NPRM Supple-              01/15/18
                                                  20166, Phone: 703 717–1126, Email:                          mental Com-                                           ANPRM ...............     11/30/09   74 FR 62664
                                                  bryce.barlan@bsee.gov.                                      ment Period                                           ANPRM Comment             12/30/09
                                                                                                              End.                                                    Period End.
                                                    RIN: 1014–AA40                                          NPRM; Proposed            12/00/17
                                                                                                                                                                    NPRM ..................   07/27/15   80 FR 44436
                                                                                                              Frameworks.
                                                                                                            NPRM; Proposed            01/00/18                      NPRM Comment              09/10/15   80 FR 54590
                                                                                                              Tribal Regula-                                          Period Ex-
                                                  DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI)                            tions.                                                  tended.
                                                                                                            Final Rule; Final         03/00/18                      NPRM Comment              09/25/15
                                                  United States Fish and Wildlife Service                                                                             Period End.
                                                  (FWS)                                                       Frameworks.
                                                                                                            Final Rule; Final         05/00/18                      NPRM Comment              10/26/15
                                                  Proposed Rule Stage                                         Tribal Regula-                                          Period Ex-
                                                                                                              tions.                                                  tended End.
                                                  288. Migratory Bird Hunting; 2018–                        Final Rule; Final         05/00/18                      Final Action .........    12/20/16   81 FR 93066
                                                  2019 Migratory Game Bird Hunting                            Season Selec-                                         Final Action Effec-       01/19/17
                                                  Regulations                                                 tions.                                                  tive.
                                                                                                                                                                    Final Rule; CRA           11/17/17   82 FR 54924
                                                    E.O. 13771 Designation: Fully or                          Regulatory Flexibility Analysis                         Revocation.
                                                  Partially Exempt.                                         Required: Yes.
                                                    Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 703 to 711;                    Agency Contact: Ronald Kokel,                           Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
                                                  16 U.S.C. 742a–j                                          Wildlife Biologist, Division of Migratory               Required: Yes.
                                                    Abstract: We propose to establish                       Bird Management, Department of the
                                                  annual hunting regulations for certain                    Interior, United States Fish and Wildlife                 Agency Contact: Dennis Rice,
                                                  migratory game birds for the 2018–2019                    Service, 5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: MB,                    Regulatory Analyst, Department of the
                                                  hunting season. We annually prescribe                     Falls Church, VA 22041–3808, Phone:                     Interior, Office of Surface Mining
                                                  outside limits (frameworks), within                       703 358–1714, Email: ronald_kokel@                      Reclamation and Enforcement, 1951
                                                  which States may select hunting                           fws.gov.                                                Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
                                                  seasons. This proposed rule provides                        RIN: 1018–BB73                                        DC 20240, Phone: 202 208–2829, Email:
                                                  the regulatory schedule, describes the                                                                            drice@osmre.gov.
                                                  proposed regulatory alternatives for the                                                                            RIN: 1029–AC63
                                                  2018–2019 duck hunting seasons,
                                                                                                            DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI)                        [FR Doc. 2017–28216 Filed 1–11–18; 8:45 am]
                                                  requests proposals from Indian tribes
                                                                                                                                                                    BILLING CODE 4334–63–P
                                                  that wish to establish special migratory                  Office of Surface Mining Reclamation
                                                  game bird hunting regulations on                          and Enforcement (OSMRE)
                                                  Federal Indian reservations and ceded
                                                                                                            Completed Actions
                                                  lands, and requests proposals for the
                                                  2018 spring and summer migratory bird                     289. Stream Protection Rule
                                                  subsistence season in Alaska. Migratory                      E.O. 13771 Designation: Deregulatory.
                                                  game bird hunting seasons provide                            Legal Authority: 30 U.S.C. 1201 et seq.
                                                  opportunities for recreation and                             Abstract: The final rule published
                                                  sustenance; aid Federal, State, and tribal                December 20, 2016 (81 FR 93066) and
                                                  governments in the management of                          became effective January 19, 2017. The
                                                  migratory game birds; and permit                          final rule was nullified by a joint
                                                  harvests at levels compatible with                        resolution of disapproval under the
                                                  migratory game bird population status                     Congressional Review Act, signed by the
                                                  and habitat conditions.                                   President on February 16, 2017 (Pub. L.
                                                    Timetable:                                              115–5). This action conforms to Public
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Title 25 CFR Chapter I
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Title 36 CFR Chapter I
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