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By Prianka Sharma, Assistant Chief Counsel On January 25, 2021, President Joe Biden issued Executive Order 13985, which directs the heads of federal agencies to evaluate whether existing agency practices create barriers for public…

On November 22, 2021 the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) published a Request for Information on Reducing or Avoiding Impacts of Offshore Wind Energy on Fisheries. The Office of Advocacy of the…

The Office of Advocacy will host a roundtable to discuss the United States Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) request for information to update its guidance on mitigating the impacts of offshore wind…

On November 22, 2021, the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) published a request for information to guide its development of agency guidance for mitigating the impacts of offshore wind development on…

On October 27, 2021 the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) along with the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Marine Fisheries Service (jointly “Services”), published a proposed rule rescinding the 2020…

The Office of Advocacy (Advocacy) of the U.S. Small Business Administration respectfully submitted the following comments on the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI)’s request for comments regarding implementation of Executive Order 13985…

On October 19, 2021, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) published a notice of listening sessions and request for public comment to obtain information on the barriers that underserved communities face in recreating on DOI managed…

On June 11, 2021, the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Natural Resource Revenue (ONRR) issued a proposal to withdraw the 2020 final rule that amended procedures by which the agency values coal and gas produced from federal…

On June 1, 2021, the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) published a proposed rule to list the lesser prairie chicken northern distinct population segment as threatened and southern distinct population segment…

On March 1, 2021, the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) published a notice delaying the effective date and reopening the comment period on a final rule to revise the critical habitat designation for the…