Rescission of Regulations Regarding Leasing of Solid Minerals Other Than Coal and Oil Shale
other · US Department of the Interior · Published 2026-02-19 · Effective 2025-09-15 · 91 FR 7855
Document
Document number
2026-03283
Federal Register citation
91 FR 7855
CFR reference
43 CFR 3500
Type
Rule
Action
Direct final rule; response to comments.
Category
other
Sub-agency
US Department of the Interior
Publication date
2026-02-19
Effective date
2025-09-15
Interior docket
Docket No. BLM-2025-0004
Abstract
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.