Notices & Rules

The Federal Register is the official daily publication for notices, proposed rules and final rules of Federal agencies. The BLM uses the Federal Register to announce and explain our plans to solve problems and accomplish goals, and to give the public an opportunity to comment on the actions we propose. We encourage citizens to make their voices heard on the issues that are important to them.
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National Office

Update of the Communications Uses Program, Cost Recovery Fee Schedules, and Rights-of-Way; Corrections

The Bureau of Land Management is correcting a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register on April 12, 2024.
Wyoming

Public Meeting for the Wyoming Resource Advisory Council

Wyoming Resource Advisory Council meeting in Lander, Wyoming, June 2024.
National Office

Conservation and Landscape Health

To support ecosystem health and resilience, the Conservation and Landscape Health rule (Public Lands Rule) provides that the BLM will protect intact landscapes, restore degraded habitat, and make informed management decisions based on science and data.
California

New Recreation Fees: Public Lands in Humboldt, Trinity, and Shasta Counties, CA

Pursuant to the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act, the Northern California District Office of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is providing notice that the Arcata Field Office, King Range National Conservation Area (NCA) is implementing a new Individual Special Recreation Permit (ISRP) fee for overnight use in the King Range Wilderness, and the Redding Field Office is implementing a new fee for overnight camping at Steiner Flat Campground and Ohl Olsen Campground.
Alaska

Management and Protection of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska

This rule governs the management of surface resources and Special Areas in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.
Alaska

Notice of Availability: Central Yukon Proposed Resource Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement, Alaska

The Bureau of Land Management has prepared a Proposed Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Central Yukon Planning Area and is announcing the start of a 30-day protest period.
Alaska

Notice: Alaska Native Claims Selection

The BLM provides constructive notice that it will issue an appealable decision approving conveyance of the surface and subsurface estates in certain lands to Alaska Native regional corporation Cook Inlet Region, Inc.
New Mexico

Notice of Protest Acceptance; Oklahoma

The stay of filing published in the Federal Register on September 14, 2021, will not be lifted because the protest was accepted, and the acceptance of the plats was cancelled. 
Wyoming, Worland FO

Notice of Realty Action: Proposed Non-Competitive Direct Sale of Public Land in Washakie County, Wyoming

The BLM intends to prepare a Resource Management Plan amendment with an associated Environmental Assessment for the 1-acre sale. This notice announces the beginning of the 45-day public scoping period.
National Office

Rights-of-Way, Leasing, and Operations for Renewable Energy

This final rule updates procedures governing the BLM's renewable energy and right-of-way programs, focusing on two main topics.
Eastern States, Southeastern States DO

BLM files notice of intent to prepare Environmental Impact Statement for proposed Warrior Met Coal Mine expansions in Alabama

In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the Bureau of Land Management intends to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to consider the effects of offering two Federal coal leases.