Interior Department, Land Management Bureau
Due to the receipt of a substantive comment on the direct final rule (DFR) rescinding portions of the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) regulations that address the Leasing of Solid Minerals Other Than Coal and Oil Shale, the Department of the Interior, through the BLM, is issuing a new final rule that responds to the comment.
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management 43 CFR Part 3500 [Docket No. BLM-2025-0004; A2407-014-004-065516, #O2509-014-004-125222] RIN 1004-AF18 AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Direct final rule; response to comments. SUMMARY: Due to the receipt of a substantive comment on the direct final rule (DFR) rescinding portions of the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) regulations that address the Leasing of Solid Minerals Other Than Coal and Oil Shale, the Department of the Interior, through the BLM, is issuing a new final rule that responds to the comment. DATES: The effective date of September 15, 2025, for the direct final rule published on July 17, 2025 ( 90 FR 33310 ) is confirmed. This final rule is effective on March 23, 2026. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Indra Dahal, Deputy Division Chief, Division of Solid Minerals, telephone: 202-742-0601; email: idahal@blm.gov . For technical or regulatory questions, contact Sabry Hanna, Solid Leasable Other Than Coal Program Lead, telephone: 571-458-6644; email: shanna@blm.gov . Individuals in the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services. Individuals outside the United States should use the relay services offered within their country to make international calls to the point-of-contact in the United States. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 17, 2025, the BLM published a DFR amen…
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Citation: 91 FR 7855
