DOT adopted DOE’s Electric Vehicle Charging Stations categorical exclusion under NEPA to use in DOT programs and funding opportunities administered by the Department.

BLM proposed a new rule to govern the management of surface resources and Special Areas in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A); the rule would revise the framework for designating and assuring maximum protection of Special Areas’ significant resource values, and would protect and enhance access for subsistence activities throughout the NPR-A.

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement revised certain regulatory provisions concerning blowout preventer systems and well control for oil and gas and sulfur operations in the outer continental shelf.

The president issued Proclamation No. 10606 of August 8, 2023, establishing the Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni-Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument.

CEQ proposed the “Bipartisan Permitting Reform Implementation Rule” to revise its regulations for implementing the procedural provisions of NEPA, including to implement the Fiscal Responsibility Act’s amendments to NEPA.

BLM proposed to revise its oil and gas leasing regulations to reflect provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act pertaining to royalty rates, rentals, and minimum bids; update the bonding requirements for leasing, development, and production; improve its leasing process to ensure proper stewardship of public lands and resources; and modify operating requirements.

FWS revised its proposed rule to streamline the Service's process for the permitting of rights-of-way across National Wildlife Refuge System lands and other Service-administered lands; the revisions include new permit terms and conditions as well as other regulatory changes.

USDA, on behalf of the Administration’s Greenhouse Gas Monitoring and Measurement Interagency Working Group (GHG IWG), seeks comment on the draft interagency report entitled, Federal Strategy to Advance Greenhouse Gas Measurement and Monitoring for the Agriculture and Forest Sectors (Strategy), to inform the GHG IWG, and agencies' planning and implementation of an agriculture and forestry monitoring, measurement, reporting, and verification framework and near-term activities.

The Natural Resources Conservation Service proposed and seeks comment on changes to certain conservation practice standards in the National Handbook of Conservation Practices.

BLM proposed to amend its existing right-of-way regulations to facilitate responsible solar and wind energy development on public lands managed by BLM.