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DOI/BIA RIN: 1076-AF17 Publication ID: Spring 2016 
Title: Management and Administration of Osage Mineral Estate  
Abstract:

This rule revises regulations governing leasing Osage reservation lands for oil and gas mining. In 2011, the United States and the Osage Nation signed a settlement agreement covering management of the Osage Nation's oil and gas mineral estate. As a result of settlement negotiations, the parties agreed to a negotiated rulemaking to revise the relevant regulations.  The final rule published in May 2015; the effective date has been delayed.   

 
Agency: Department of the Interior(DOI)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 25 CFR 226   
Legal Authority: sec 3, 34 Stat 543    secs 1, 2, 45 Stat 1478    sec 3, 52 Stat 1034    sec 2(a), 92 Stat 1660   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  08/28/2013  78 FR 53083   
NPRM Comment Period End  10/28/2013 
Final Action  05/11/2015  80 FR 26994   
Final Action Effective  07/10/2015 
Final Rule--Correction to CFR  05/00/2016 
NPRM  07/00/2016 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: Tribal 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Robert Impson
Eastern Oklahoma Area Director
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Suite 700, 545 Marriott Drive,
Nashville, TN 37214
Phone:918 781-4600
Email: robert.impson@bia.gov