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DOI/BLM RIN: 1004-AE69 Publication ID: Fall 2019 
Title: ●Right-of-Way Maintenance Regarding Power Lines and Wildfire Risk  
Abstract:

This rule will comply with legislated requirements (codified at 43 U.S.C. 1772) introduced under the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2018 to address fire risk from and to powerline rights-of-way (ROWs) on public lands and national forests. The rule will codify the legislated agency requirements regarding review and approval of a utilities maintenance plans, liability limitations, and definitions of hazard trees and emergency conditions.

 
Agency: Department of the Interior(DOI)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
EO 13771 Designation: Not subject to, not significant 
CFR Citation: 43 CFR 2800   
Legal Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1772   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
Final  Statutory    03/23/2020 
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Interim Final Rule  03/00/2020 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Kathy Lawson
Acting Division Chief, Lands, Realty, and Cadastral Survey
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Land Management
20 M Street SE,
Washington, DC 20003
Phone:202 912-7333
Email: klawson@blm.gov