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DOI/BLM | RIN: 1004-AE60 | Publication ID: Fall 2023 |
Title: Update of the Communications Uses Program, Right-of-Way Cost Recovery Fee Schedules and Section 512 of FLPMA for Rights-of-Way | |
Abstract:
The BLM is proposing to amend its right-of-way regulations to improve access to broadband communications and update the cost recovery fee schedules for ROW work activities. Additionally, this rule will implement vegetation management requirements to address fire risk from and to power line ROWs on public lands and national forests. |
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Agency: Department of the Interior(DOI) | Priority: Other Significant |
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda | Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage |
Major: No | Unfunded Mandates: No |
CFR Citation: 43 CFR 2800 43 CFR 2860 43 CFR 2880 43 CFR 2920 | |
Legal Authority: 30 U.S.C. 185 and 189 43 U.S.C. 1733 43 U.S.C. 1740 43 U.S.C. 1763 |
Legal Deadline:
None |
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Statement of Need: This proposed rule would address issues relating to 1) Idle iron by adding a definition of this term to clarify that it applies to idle wells and structures on active leases; 2) abandonment in place of subsea infrastructure by adding regulations addressing when BSEE may approve decommissioning-in-place instead of removal of certain subsea equipment; and 3) other operational considerations. |
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Summary of the Legal Basis: 30 U.S.C. 185 and 189, 43 U.S.C. 1733, 43 U.S.C. 1740, and 43 U.S.C. 1763. |
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Timetable:
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No | Government Levels Affected: Federal |
Small Entities Affected: No | Federalism: No |
Included in the Regulatory Plan: Yes | |
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No | |
Related RINs: Merged with 1004-AE69 | |
Agency Contact: Dominica VanKoten Division Chief, Lands, HQ-35- (Lands, Realty, and Cadastral) Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management 301 Dinosaur Trail, Santa Fe, NM 87508 Phone:571 266-9585 Email: dvankote@blm.gov |