<searchTitle>National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Procedures for the Bureau of Land Management; Federal Register Vol. 89, Issue </searchTitle>
<granuleClass>NOTICE</granuleClass>
<accessId>2024-24358</accessId>
<agency order="1">DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR</agency>
<agency order="2">Office of the Secretary</agency>
<commentDate>2024-11-21</commentDate>
<departmentDoc>BLM_HQ_FRN_MO4500181945</departmentDoc>
<billingCode>4331-84-P</billingCode>
<frDocNumber>2024-24358</frDocNumber>
<action>Notice.</action>
<summary>This notice announces the Department of the Interior's (Department) proposal to revise the National Environmental Policy Act implementing procedures for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) at Chapter 11 of Part 516 of the Departmental Manual (DM) to add a new categorical exclusion for geothermal resource confirmation activities on Federal geothermal resource leases.</summary>
<dates>Comments must be postmarked (for mailed comments), delivered (for personal or messenger delivery comments), or filed (for electronic comments) no later than November 21, 2024.</dates>
<contact>Heather Bernier, Division Chief, Decision Support, Planning, and NEPA, at (303) 239-3635, or hbernier@blm.gov. Individuals in the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services. Individuals outside the United States should use the relay services offered within their country to make international calls to the point- of-contact in the United States.</contact>
<tocDoc>National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Procedures for the Bureau of Land Management, </tocDoc>
<emailRef>hbernier@blm.gov</emailRef>
<urlRef>https://ceq.doe.gov/docs/ceq-regulations-and-guidance/NEPA_CE_Guidance_Nov232010.pdf</urlRef>
<urlRef>https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2034686/510</urlRef>
<urlRef>https://www.doi.gov/sites/doi.gov/files/elips/documents/516-dm-11_0.pdf</urlRef>