Based on the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in McGirt v. Oklahoma, OSM determined that the state of Oklahoma no longer has authority to implement SMCRA programs within the exterior boundaries of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation Reservation; the Act designates OSM as the regulatory authority instead because no tribe has obtained primacy in the jurisdiction.

NRC seeks input on its plan to amend regulations on categorical exclusions for licensing, regulatory, and administrative actions that individually or cumulatively do not have a significant effect on the environment.

The U.S. Forest Service revised the Community Forest and Open Space program to allow grant recipients to convey conservation easements to funding entities and, in some circumstances, convey community forest land to other eligible entities.

A proposed settlement agreement under CERCLA requires settling defendants that contributed to the release of hazardous substances at the Metal Bank Superfund site in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to pay $950,000 to resolve their liability at the site.

FWS proposed to revise and streamline its regulations for permitting of rights-of-way to reduce time and cost and to simplify the procedures that applicants must follow. 

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration amended the federal pipeline safety regulations to ease regulatory burdens on the construction, maintenance, and operation of gas transmission, distribution, and gathering pipeline systems.

The U.S. Forest Service announced and seeks comment on revised directives related to timber appraisal and renewable resources.

OSM proposed to approve revisions to Wyoming's abandoned mine land reclamation plan under SMCRA. 

OSM proposed to approve revisions to Montana's abandoned mine land reclamation plan under SMCRA.