EPA adopted DOE’s electric vehicle charging stations categorical exclusion under NEPA.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency adopted the Department of the Navy’s categorical exclusion under NEPA for the installation and operation of passive scientific measurement devices. 

OSM approved, with two deferrals, an amendment to the Virginia regulatory program under SMCRA.

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement proposed to incorporate certain documents by reference—Production Measurement Industry Standards and Safety Industry Standards, including one International Organization for Standardization/International Electrotechnical Commission standard—into the regulations governing oil, gas, and sulfur operations on the outer continental shelf.

The Forest Service proposed to establish a new Forest Service Manual chapter and new direction for all types of monitoring activities across the National Forest System to track conditions and inform evidence-based decisionmaking and adaptive management.

EPA adopted a Bureau of Indian Affairs’ categorical exclusion for waste management activities involving remediation of hazardous waste sites under NEPA for use by EPA’s Contaminated Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act Lands Assistance Program. 

The Forest Service proposed to amend its special use regulations, which prohibit authorizing exclusive and perpetual use and occupancy of National Forest System lands, to provide an exemption for carbon capture and storage. 

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) identified categorical exclusions established by DOE under NEPA that cover categories of actions that NIST proposes to take.

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.