WASHINGTON, April 28 -- 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 28 by Stephen G. Tryon, Director, Director, Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance.
Summary: This notice announces a 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 revision adds a new categorical exclusion (CE) for geothermal resource explor...