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.

The U.S. Forest Service proposed regulations for hunting and trapping seasons, harvest limits, and methods and means related to taking of wildlife for subsistence uses on public lands in Alaska during the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 regulatory years.

The Commodity Credit Corporation adopted an interim rule that updates the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program to conform with the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018.

The president issued Exec. Order No. 13976, Establishing the Wildland Fire Management Policy Committee, to ensure that agencies effectively work together in coordinating federal wildland fire management policy.

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. 

FWS and NMFS proposed to amend their regulations for interagency cooperation under the ESA to clarify that reinitiation of consultation would not be required for the approved land management plans of the U.S. Forest Service or BLM when new information reveals a plan may affect listed species or critical habitat in a manner or to an extent not previously considered, provided that any authorized actions for which the new information is relevant will be addressed through a separate action-specific consultation.

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 Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration amended its hazardous materials regulations to revise certain requirements applicable to the manufacture, use, and requalification of DOT-specification cylinders.

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