Department of the Interior April 18, 2023 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Risk Management, Financial Assurance, and Loss Prevention-Decommissioning Activities and Obligations
Document Number: 2023-08051
Type: Rule
Date: 2023-04-18
Agency: Department of the Interior
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) issues this final rule to clarify and formalize its regulations related to decommissioning responsibilities of Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) oil, gas, and sulfur lessees and grant holders to ensure compliance with lease, grant, and regulatory obligations. This rule implements provisions of the proposed rule intended to clarify decommissioning responsibilities of right-of-use and easement (RUE) grant holders and to formalize BSEE's policies regarding performance by predecessors ordered to decommission OCS facilities. This rule withdraws the proposal to amend BSEE's regulations to require BSEE to proceed in reverse chronological order against predecessor lessees, owners of operating rights, and grant holders when requiring such entities to perform their accrued decommissioning obligations if the current lessees, owners, or holders have failed to perform.
Land Acquisitions; the Samish Indian Nation, Washington
Document Number: 2023-08139
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-04-18
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs
The Assistant SecretaryIndian Affairs has made a final determination to acquire 0.52 acres, more or less, into trust for the Samish Indian Nation, Washington.
National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions
Document Number: 2023-08174
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-04-18
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
The National Park Service is soliciting electronic comments on the significance of properties nominated before April 8, 2023, for listing or related actions in the National Register of Historic Places.
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