2014-28968. 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

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: [phone], Fax: [phone], Email: [e-mail].

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: [phone], Fax: [phone], Email: [e-mail].

RIN: 1014-AA10

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: [phone], Email: [e-mail].

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: [phone], Email: [e-mail].

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: [phone], Fax: [phone], Email: [e-mail].

RIN: 1018-AV68

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: [phone], Email: [e-mail].

RIN: 1024-AD78

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: [phone], Email: [e-mail].

RIN: 1029-AC63