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87 FR 5424

USDA proposed amendments to the National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances section of the agency's organic regulations under the Organic Foods Production Act. 

87 FR 4498

OSM approved an amendment to Missouri's coal mining regulations that reduced the volume of the regulations without reducing the program's requirements under SMCRA.

87 FR 2746

The Natural Resources Conservation Service announced its intention to issue a series of revised conservation practice standards in the National Handbook of Conservation Practices (NHCP) and seeks comment on specified conservation practice standards in the NHCP. 

87 FR 1372

OSM announced the receipt of and seeks comment on a proposed amendment to the Montana regulatory program pertaining to ownership and control under SMCRA. 

86 FR 72214

FWS and NOAA announced their intent to draft and seek input on a monument management plan for the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument. 

Mining Our Future Critical Minerals: Does Darkness Await Us?

We are told the transition to a zero-carbon economy will depend upon the United States’ ability to assure a sufficient supply of rare earths and minerals such as cobalt, nickel, or lithium. The Biden Administration is intent on promoting some new form of a critical mineral policy, and calls for reforming the 1872 Mining Law have persisted for well over one hundred years. This Article is designed to provoke a meaningful conversation about a critical minerals policy informed by our past.

86 FR 59019

OSM approved an amendment to the Wyoming abandoned mine land reclamation plan under SMCRA.

86 FR 59674

OSM announced a proposed regulatory and statutory amendment to the Wyoming coal program under SMCRA. 

86 FR 55757

CEQ proposed to modify aspects of its regulations for implementing the procedural provisions of NEPA to generally restore regulatory provisions that were in effect before modifications in 2020.  

86 FR 54149

The Commodity Credit Corporation seeks comment on the priorities and program design of the Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry Partnership program that would facilitate the expansion of markets for climate-smart agriculture commodities.