Department of the Interior February 2025 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Silver Peak Lithium Mine Amendment to Plan of Operations Project, Esmeralda County, Nevada
Document Number: 2025-03299
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-02-28
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (NEPA), and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as amended (FLPMA), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Tonopah Field Office, Tonopah, Nevada, intends to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) to consider the potential effects of the Silver Peak Lithium Mine Amendment to Plan of Operations Project (Project), Esmeralda County, Nevada. This notice announces the beginning of the scoping period to solicit public comments and identify issues.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Application for Admission to Haskell Indian Nations University and to Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute
Document Number: 2025-03297
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-02-28
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE), are proposing to renew an information collection with revisions.
Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Dry Creek Trona Mine Project, Sweetwater County, Wyoming
Document Number: 2025-03224
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-02-28
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (NEPA), and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as amended (FLPMA), the Bureau of Land Management announces the availability of the final environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Dry Creek Trona Mine project in Sweetwater County, Wyoming.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget; Administrative Procedures for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Financial Assistance Programs
Document Number: 2025-03169
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-02-27
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are proposing to renew an information collection without change.
Indian Gaming; Extension of Tribal-State Class III Gaming Compacts in California
Document Number: 2025-02848
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-02-20
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs
This notice announces the extension of the class III gaming compacts between three Tribes in California and the State of California.
Public Land Order No. 7962; Extension of Public Land Order No. 7625 Gallinas Peak and West Turkey Cone Electronic Site Withdrawal; New Mexico
Document Number: 2025-02874
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-02-20
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
This order extends the duration of the withdrawal created by Public Land Order (PLO) No. 7625 for an additional 20-year period. On February 17, 2005, PLO No. 7625 withdrew 140 acres of National Forest System Lands in Lincoln County, New Mexico, from location and entry under the United States mining laws, subject to valid existing rights, to protect the Gallinas Peak and West Turkey Cone Electronic Sites for a period of 20 years. The land description in PLO No. 7625 was updated to align with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Cadastral Survey's current standards for land description specifications. The withdrawal's location, footprint, and acreage remain unchanged.
Visitor Experience Improvements Authority Contracts; Delay of Effective Date
Document Number: 2025-02868
Type: Rule
Date: 2025-02-20
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
In accordance with the memorandum of January 20, 2025, from President Donald J. Trump, titled "Regulatory Freeze Pending Review," this action temporarily delays the effective date of a rule published on January 17, 2025, until March 21, 2025.
Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Spring Valley Gold Mine Project, Pershing County, NV
Document Number: 2025-02670
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-02-18
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), as amended, and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as amended (FLPMA), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Solidus Resources, LLC's (Solidus) Spring Valley Gold Mine Project (Project) in Pershing County, Nevada.
Federal Acknowledgment of American Indian Tribes
Document Number: 2025-02558
Type: Rule
Date: 2025-02-13
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs
On January 15, 2025, the Department of Interior (Department) published in the Federal Register a final rule revising regulations governing the Federal acknowledgment process. The rule was set to take effect February 14, 2025; however, the department is delaying that date. The new effective date is March 21, 2025.
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area; Motor Vehicles; Delay of Effective Date
Document Number: 2025-02659
Type: Rule
Date: 2025-02-13
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
In accordance with the memorandum of January 20, 2025, from President Donald J. Trump, entitled "Regulatory Freeze Pending Review," this action temporarily delays the effective date of a rule published on January 13, 2025, until March 21, 2025.
Wyoming Regulatory Program and Montana Regulatory Program
Document Number: 2025-02592
Type: Rule
Date: 2025-02-13
Agency: Department of the Interior, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
In accordance with the Presidential Memorandum of January 20, 2025, titled "Regulatory Freeze Pending Review," this action temporarily delays the effective date of the Wyoming and Montana Regulatory Program amendments.
Presidential Memorandum; Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina
Document Number: 2025-02510
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-02-12
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs
This notice publishes the Presidential Memorandum titled "Federal Recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina."
Scoping Period Extension for the Notice of Intent To Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Columbia River System Operations
Document Number: 2025-02419
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-02-10
Agency: Department of Defense, Department of the Interior, Department of the Army, Bureau of Reclamation
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation (Co-Lead Agencies) are extending the scoping period and re-scheduling public meetings for the notice of intent entitled "Notice of Intent to Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Columbia River System Operations," published in the Federal Register on December 18, 2024. The scoping period is now scheduled to end May 9, 2025 and public meetings will now be held the week of April 7, 2025.
Practices Before the Department of the Interior; Delay of Effective Date
Document Number: 2025-02472
Type: Rule
Date: 2025-02-10
Agency: Department of the Interior, Office of the Secretary
In accordance with the memorandum of January 20, 2025, from President Donald J. Trump, entitled "Regulatory Freeze Pending Review," this action delays the effective date of the interim final rule published on January 10, 2025, until March 21, 2025.
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