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The U.S. Forest Service issued and seeks comment on certain interim directives on the use and storage of explosive materials on National Forest System lands as part of activities authorized under special use permits.
The U.S. Forest Service issued and seeks comment on certain interim directives on the use and storage of explosive materials on National Forest System lands as part of activities authorized under special use permits.
The National Park Service amended its regulations for sport hunting and trapping in national preserves in Alaska to remove regulatory provisions issued in 2015 that prohibited certain sport hunting practices otherwise permitted by the state.
The president issued Exec. Order No. 13927, Accelerating the Nation's Economic Recovery from the COVID-19 Emergency by Expediting Infrastructure Investments and Other Activities, on June 4, 2020; the order directs agencies to take all reasonable measures to speed infrastructure investments and other actions that will strengthen the economy and return Americans to work, while providing appropriate protection for public health and safety, natural resources, and the environment as required by law.
BLM proposed to revise its regulations for protests of forest management decisions and administration of the timber sale process to streamline the process for sale of forest products by BLM.
The U.S. Forest Service proposed to issue a directive to implement parts of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 and streamline its procedures for evaluating applications to locate or modify communications facilities on National Forest System lands.
The U.S. Forest Service issued proposed new directives on leasing Forest Service administrative sites.
USDA issued a final rule implementing the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program, which provides assistance to agricultural producers impacted by the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak.
The Rural Business-Cooperative Service, a rural development agency of USDA, amended the Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Program by incorporating statutory definition changes as required in the Agricultural Act of 2018 and, with one exception, adopting an interim rule published on June 24, 2015.
DOI announced the establishment of a categorical exclusion for BLM as directed by the amendment of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 by the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018; the categorical exclusion revises BLM policies and procedures for compliance with NEPA, Exec. Order No. 11514, Exec. Order No. 12114, and CEQ regulations.
The National Park Service proposed to revise its regulations to comply with the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in Sturgeon v. Frost, which held that Service regulations apply exclusively to public lands (meaning federally owned lands and waters) within the external boundaries of National Park System units in Alaska and not to lands that are not federally owned, including submerged lands under navigable waters.