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The regulations in 25 CFR part 226 need to be revised because they are outdated; do not reflect current oil and gas operations within the Osage Mineral Estate or the industry at large; and are inconsistent with Departmental regulations governing oil and gas exploration and development throughout the rest of Indian country. The last substantive revision to the regulations in 25 CFR part 226 occurred in 1974, with many provisions remaining unchanged since well before then. A separate attempt to update this CFR part occurred in 2011-2015 under the RIN 1076-AF17. That RIN was previously withdrawn from the agenda and current efforts to revise 25 CFR part 226 are occurring under RIN 1076-AF59.