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            <NAME>Forest Service</NAME>
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            <NAME>Department of Agriculture</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>USDA</ACRONYM>
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        <RULE_TITLE>Performance Bonding for Locatable Minerals</RULE_TITLE>
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        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Substantive, Nonsignificant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>First Time Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Final Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>No</MAJOR>
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            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
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            <CFR>36 CFR 228.13</CFR>
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            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>Organic Administration Act of June 4, 1897</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>30 Stat. 34, 36 (16 U.S.C. 478, 482, 551)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>General Mining Act of 1872, as amended</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>17 Stat. 91 (30 U.S.C. 22-54)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>Surface Resources Act, Pub. L. 167, July 23, 1955, 69 stat. 368. (30 U.S.C. 601, 603, 611-15)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>Interim Final Rule</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>08/00/2023</TTBL_DATE>
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        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <ENERGY_AFFECTED>No</ENERGY_AFFECTED>
        <PRINT_PAPER>Yes</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
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                <FIRST_NAME>Nathan</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Morris</LAST_NAME>
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                    <CODE>0596</CODE>
                    <NAME>Forest Service</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>FS</ACRONYM>
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                <PHONE>202 205-0833</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>nathan.morris@usda.gov</EMAIL>
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                    <STREET_ADDRESS>201 14th Street SW,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20024</ZIP>
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