Interior Department Proposed Rule

2023-00620: Update of the Communications Uses Program, Cost Recovery Fee Schedules and Section 512 of FLPMA for Rights-of-Way: Reopening of Comment Period

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Summary

On November 7, 2022, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) published in the Federal Register a proposed rule to enhance the communications uses program, update its cost recovery fee schedules, and add provisions governing the development and approval of operations, maintenance, and fire prevention plans and agreements for rights-of-way (ROW) for electric transmission and distribution facilities (powerlines). The BLM has determined that it is appropriate to reopen the docket until January 23, 2023, to allow for additional public comment.

The agency’s own summary, as published.

What this changes

Amends 4 parts of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.

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