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SUMMARY:Deadline to comment on - Mandatory Regulatory Reviews to Unleash American Energy and Improve Government Efficiency -Rulemaking
DESCRIPTION:8/4/25 is Deadline for Mandatory Regulatory Reviews to Unleash American Energy and Improve Government Efficiency \n-Link to rulemaking docket: \nhttps://www.regulations.gov/document/PHMSA-2025-0050-0001 \n  \nThis is an opportunity for advocates of less regulation of pipelines in America to submit suggestions for less regulation of pipelines.  We suggest advocates more regulation write in and ask for more regulations. \nQuote from public notice: \n“PHMSA is publishing this advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) to solicit stakeholder feedback on whether to repeal or amend any requirements in the Pipeline Safety Regulations (PSR; 49 CFR parts 190 through 199)—as well as any letters of interpretation\, guidance documents\, or other materials implementing those regulations—to eliminate undue burdens on the identification\, development\, and use of domestic energy resources and to improve government efficiency. (1) PHMSA also solicits stakeholder feedback on whether to amend the PSR to require PHMSA conduct periodic\, mandatory regulatory reviews. \nBackground\nPHMSA’s pipeline safety program plays an essential role in the energy supply chain\, ensuring the safe\, reliable\, and affordable transportation of energy products to millions of ordinary Americans. The PSR apply to more than 3.3 million miles of pipelines that are used to transport natural gas\, crude oil\, refined petroleum products\, carbon dioxide\, and other gases and hazardous liquids to end users. The PSR also ensure the safety of nearly 400 underground natural gas storage (UNGS) facilities and 177 liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities—from peak shaving facilities operated by local distribution companies to large-scale export terminals supplying natural gas to U.S. allies and trading partners around the world. (2) \nMore than 3\,000 operators of transportation-related pipelines\, UNGS facilities\, and LNG facilities are responsible for complying with the PSR\, each of whom must invest scarce resources to satisfy PHMSA’s design\, construction\, testing\, operation\, maintenance\, and reporting requirements. The costs of these investments are passed along to other entities in the energy supply chain (including downstream shippers and pipeline systems\, oil and gas companies\, and electric and gas utilities)\, to the industrial manufacturing and commercial goods sectors\, and\, ultimately\, to the American consumer. PHMSA has an obligation to ensure that the burdens imposed by its regulations on all potential stakeholders are necessary for the PSR to serve the public interest.”
URL:https://phas-wsd.org/event/deadline-to-comment-on-mandatory-regulatory-reviews-to-unleash-american-energy-and-improve-government-efficiency-rulemaking/
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SUMMARY:Deadline to Comment on agencies such as  Dept of Agriculture or Dept of Interior  rewrite of NEPA Rules
DESCRIPTION:Trump started revising CEQ rules earlier in the year –  saying CEQ rules don’t apply anymore and each agency needs to write their own new versions\nhttps://ceq.doe.gov/docs/laws-regulations/CEQ-Interim-Final-Rule-Pre-publication-Version.pdf\n\nSo the agencies have been doing that and Federal Register has recently published them\nThese rules are effective July 3rd\, but comments are due August 4th . We assume the deadline is midnight EST.\nThere are seven agencies revising rules also (scroll down).\, with 30 day comment period.  We suggest folks object to the comment period for 7 agencies all at once. \nSIGN-ON LETTERs\nThere is an Earth Justice group sign-on comment letter – for groups to sign on to. The deadline to sign on was July 31st COB. The Southern Environmental Law Center has a  group sign-on comment letter for Department of Agriculture as does Western Environmental Law Center\, who also has a letter for Department of Agriculture and for  Interior. SELC sign-on deadline is 8 am MT Monday August 4th and WELC sign-on deadline is 11 am MT Monday August 4th.  Contact Nancy at 605-787-6466 or phas.wsd@rapidnet.com to get a copy of those\nINDIVIDUAL ACTION\nPETITION:\n\n PDF a Wild Earth Guardians has  a petition on this issue for individuals to sign\,\nhttps://action.wildearthguardians.org/page/85776/petition/1?ea.url.id=3797347&forwarded=true\nINDIVIDUAL PRE-FAB ON-Line Letters\nThe Wilderness Societys’s alert that allows folks to send an email to DOI and USDA. https://act.wilderness.org/a/trumpnepachanges-alert\nNancy can send folks the multi-group sign-on letter drafts\, if individuals want to cut and paste or paraphrase from them.\n\n=================\nForest Service changes deadline _ \nLink to Federal Register (was due July 30th\, but deadline was extended to August 4th)\nhttps://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/03/2025-12326/national-environmental-policy-act\n\n“This interim final rule modifies the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and removes various USDA agency regulations for implementing NEPA. USDA is taking this action in response to the Council on Environmental Quality’s rescission of its NEPA implementing regulations (which USDA’s NEPA regulations were designed to supplement)\, statutory changes to NEPA\, executive orders\, and case law. Comments are voluntarily requested on this action to inform USDA’s decision-making.”\n \n================\n \nLinks to Federal Register on NEPA rewrite\n \nDept of Interior  (comments due August 4th)\nhttps://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/03/2025-12433/national-environmental-policy-act-implementing-regulations\n\nDept of Agriculture – was due July 30th but extended to August 4th\nhttps://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/03/2025-12326/national-environmental-policy-act\n\nDept of Energy – due August 4th\nhttps://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/03/2025-12383/revision-of-national-environmental-policy-act-implementing-procedures\n\nTransportation Dept – due August 4th\nhttps://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/03/2025-12365/procedures-for-considering-environmental-impacts#h-13\n\nArmy Corp of Engineers –  due August 4th\nhttps://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/03/2025-12360/procedures-for-implementing-nepa-processing-of-department-of-the-army-permits#summary\n\n============\nThird party review\n=+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++\n\n\n\nWe anticipate group sign-on letters becoming available for groups\n=====\n\nHere is a law review by Vinso & Elkins Law\n\nhttps://www.velaw.com/insights/the-new-nepa-federal-agencies-overhaul-procedures-for-environmental-reviews/\n\n\nThe New NEPA: Federal Agencies Overhaul Procedures for Environmental Reviews\n\n\nQUOTE FROM THIS ARTICLE:\n\n“On July 3\, 2025\, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission(“FERC” or the “Commission”)\, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (“Army Corps”)\, and the Departments of Energy (“DOE”)\, Interior(“DOI”)\, Transportation (“DOT”)\, Agriculture (“USDA”)\, and Defense (“DOD”) released sweeping updates to their regulations and procedures implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”). These changes come on the heels of the Council on Environmental Quality’s (“CEQ”) interim final rule in February 2025 rescinding its agency-wide NEPA regulations. These changes also follow the Supreme Court’s decision in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition vs. Eagle County\, Colorado(“Seven County”) on May 29\, 2025\, which reinforced the ability of agencies to establish reasonable limits on the scope of their environmental reviews. The procedures as a whole are more concise than the regulations they replace and hew closely to the first Trump administration’s 2020 NEPA reforms and reflect a government-wide preference for a guidance-based approach to implementing NEPA……..\n \nComments to DOI\, DOE\, DOT\, and the Army Corps are due on August 4\, 2025\, while USDA is accepting comments until July 30\, 2025. With the exception of FERC\, whose rule changes go into effect on August 18\, 2025\, and DOD\, whose guidance became effective on June 30\, 2025\, changes from all other agencies were effective on July 3\, 2025.” \n 
URL:https://phas-wsd.org/event/deadline-to-comment-on-agencies-such-as-dept-of-agriculture-or-dept-of-interior-rewrite-of-nepa-rules/
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SUMMARY:Deadline to comment on adverse rule-making about  Alaska wild areas 8/4/25
DESCRIPTION:Deadline to comment on adverse rule-making about Alaska wild areas – BLM proposes to rescind the- “Management and Protection of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska” final rule. Comments must be received by August 4th\, 2025 \nEarthJustice has a pre-fab online comment letter on drilling in arctic: https://earthjustice.org/action/the-western-arctic-is-under-threat-protect-one-of-the-most-important-ecosystems-on-earth?ms=web \nFederal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. In the Searchbox\, enter “BLM-2025-0002” and click the “Search” button. Follow the instructions at this website.  We have not checked but assume the deadline is 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time on August 4th\, 2025 \nFederal Register notice: \nhttps://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/03/2025-10058/rescission-of-the-management-and-protection-of-the-national-petroleum-reserve-in-alaska-regulations \nTake action to protect Teshekpuk Lake and other special areas within the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska. \nWe urge the federal government to not move forward with this proposed rule. Below are quotes from a National Audubon Society letter on this issue: \n“The NPR-A is a vast approximately 23-million-acre area (similar in size to the state of Indiana) on Alaska’s North Slope. The NPR-A is world famous for its ecological value\, providing critical wildlife habitat for millions of migratory birds that come from six continents\, including threatened species like Spectacled Eider and Steller Eider. It is home to several caribou herds\, including the famous Teshekpuk Lake Caribou Herd\, which are vital for ecosystem balance and provide subsistence to five Indigenous communities. Its coastal areas provide denning habitat for polar bears and land areas for walruses and seals\, which are critical for reproduction and rest. Moreover\, the rivers and lakes in the NPR-A support diverse fish populations\, including Arctic char and whitefish\, critical to food webs and human diets….. \nRecission of the rule will have an outsized impact on North Slope communities\, especially those closest to industrialization. The rule explicitly incorporates government-to-government consultation\, mandates inclusion of Indigenous Knowledge\, and promotes tribal co-stewardship in land management decisions. Removing protections jeopardizes species and landscapes fundamental to subsistence resources and traditions. \nMore than 90% of public commenters supported the rule during both draft and final stages\, underscoring the broad support that exists for this rule. \nFinally\, the impact of rescinding this rule could be devastating to a vast number of birds and other wildlife. Bird populations are in decline\, with a loss of 3 billion birds in North America since 1970\, and numerous species of birds are now listed under the Endangered Species Act\, primarily due to habitat loss. Rescission could lead to additional habitat loss for some of our most vulnerable species\, and discourage proactive measures\, which will only make it harder for species to recover.”
URL:https://phas-wsd.org/event/deadline-to-comment-on-adverse-rule-making-about-alaska-wild-areas-8-4-25/
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