The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration proposed to incorporate by reference more than 20 consensus standards into the federal pipeline safety regulations. 

EPA proposed to extend certain compliance dates under the Renewable Fuel Standard for compliance years 2019 and 2020. 

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.

DOE established procedures for the issuance of its guidance documents in accordance with Executive Order No. 13891, "Promoting the Rule of Law Through Improved Agency Guidance Documents."

DOE announced the availability of a presidential policy directive memorandum concerning implementation of the national strategy for space nuclear power and propulsion.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement proposed to revise their existing regulations for exploratory drilling and related operations on the Arctic outer continental shelf to reduce unnecessary burdens on stakeholders.

BLM announced an oil and gas lease sale bid opening for tracts in the Coastal Plain of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

DOE updated its NEPA implementation procedures for authorizations issued under the Natural Gas Act.

The president issued a memorandum on October 31, 2020, declaring it the policy of the federal government to support innovation in hydraulic fracturing and other technologies, and calling for a report on the domestic, economic, and national security impacts of prohibiting or restricting the use of hydraulic fracturing and other technologies.

FERC proposed to issue a policy statement to encourage efforts to incorporate a state-determined carbon price in organized wholesale electricity markets.