WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Office of the Secretary has issued a notice called: National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Procedures for the Bureau of Land Management.

The notice was published in the Federal Register on April 6 by Stephen G. Tryon, Director, Director, Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance.

Summary: This notice announces a proposed revision to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) implementing procedures for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) at DOI Handbook of NEPA Implementing Procedures (DOI NEPA Handbook) that supplements Chapter 1 of Part 516 of the Department of the Interior's (Department or DOI) Departmental Manual (516 DM 1). The proposed revision would add a new categorical exclusion (CE) for fores...