EPA announced the availability of final updates to the 1992 Manual of Protective Action Guides and Protective Actions for Nuclear Incidents to help federal, state, local, and tribal emergency response officials make radiation protection decisions during emergencies.

BLM promulgated new regulations to reduce waste of natural gas from venting, flaring, and leaks during oil and natural gas production activities on onshore federal and Indian (other than Osage Tribe) leases; the regulations also clarify when produced gas lost through venting, flaring, or leaks is subject to royalties, and when oil and gas production may be used royalty-free on-site.

NRC revised its enforcement policy, originally published on October 7, 1980, to incorporate changes approved by the Commission, including a risk-informed approach for assessing the significance of information security violations, implementation of the Construction Reactor Oversight Process, and other revisions.

The President issued Proclamation No. 9511 on September 30, 2016, proclaiming October 2016 as National Energy Action Month to address our shared energy challenges and to encourage diverse, clean, and efficient energy production.

DOE announced proposed rulemaking implementing the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 that would establish energy conservation standards for manufactured housing based upon recommendations of a working group and current HUD construction and safety standards.

CEQ announced availability of its guidance document, "Guidance for Federal Agency Implementation of Workplace Charging Pursuant to the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act: Level 1 Charging Receptacles."

DOE seeks comment on its existing regulations to determine whether any of them should be modified, streamlined, expanded, or repealed as part of its implementation of Executive Order No. 13563, "Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review,"' issued by the president on January 18, 2011.

DOI's Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement finalized new regulations that consolidate equipment and operational requirements pertaining to offshore oil and gas drilling, completions, workovers, and decommissioning, with particular emphasis on blowout preventer and well-control requirements, to address and implement recommendations resulting from investigations into the Deepwater Horizon incident.

The U.S. Coast Guard finalized an interim rule that requires vessels carrying oil in bulk as cargo to carry discharge removal equipment, to install spill prevention coamings, to install emergency towing arrangements, and to have prearranged capability to calculate damage stability in the event of a casualty.

DOI’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management made extensive updates to regulations related to oil, gas, and sulfur leasing requirements in the Outer Continental Shelf that were interrupted by the 2010 Gulf oil spill.