DOE announced the availability of final guidance setting forth the nonbinding process that the agency plans to generally follow to designate National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors pursuant to the Federal Power Act.

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.

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. 

DOE proposed to amend its implementing procedures governing compliance with NEPA, by adding a categorical exclusion for certain energy storage systems and revising categorical exclusions for upgrading and rebuilding transmission lines and for solar photovoltaic systems, as well as making conforming changes to related sections of the Department’s NEPA regulations.

The Federal Highway Administration seeks information on the status of the electric vehicle charger industry. 

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 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) adopted DOE’s electric vehicle charging stations categorical exclusion pursuant to §109 of NEPA to use for proposed DHS actions.

FERC amended the Uniform System of Accounts for public utilities and licensees to create new accounts for wind, solar, and other renewable generating assets; create a new functional class for energy storage accounts; codify the accounting treatment of environmental credits; and create new accounts within existing functions for computer hardware, software, and communication equipment.

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.