Federal Register - March 2015

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NOAA - The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced the lease sale of western Gulf of Mexico planning area, outer continental shelf oil and gas lease 246 [Tuesday February March 3, 2015 (Volume 80, Issue 41)]

NOAA - The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced the lease sale of Gulf of Mexico western planning area oil and gas lease sale 248 [Friday March 6, 2015 (Volume 80, Issue 44)]

NOAA - The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management provided notice of additional public scoping meetings for their Environmental Impact Statement for the 2017-2022 Oil and Gas Leasing Program leasing program occurring on March 16, 18, and 24. [Friday March 6, 2015 (Volume 90, Issue 44)]

NSF - The National Science Foundation announced their upcoming open Advisory Committee for Geosciences meeting occurring on April 8 & 9 in Arlington, VA [Friday March 6, 2015 (Volume 80, Issue 44)]

NOAA - The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced expansion of two marine sanctuaries, the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary, which reside off the coast of California. [Thursday March 12, 2015 (Volume 80, Issue 48)]

DOI - The U.S. Geological Survey announced a revision to their currently approved information collection regarding data preservation, including inventory of current collection and data preservation needs, building a national catalog, and other projects. Comments may be submitted until March 26, 2015. [Tuesday March 24, 2015 (Volume 80, Issue 56)]

DOI - The U.S. Geological Survey announced their request for Office of Management and Budget approval for information collection for the national cooperative geologic mapping programs EDMAP and STATEMAP. Comments may be submitted until May 26, 2015. [Wednesday March 25, 2015 (Volume 80, Issue 57)]

DOI - The Bureau of Land Management introduced new hydraulic fracturing regulations for federal and Indian lands. The rule will be in effect as of June 24, 2015 [Thursday March 26, 2015 (Volume 80, Issue 58)]

DOI - The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement provided a 60 day notice of information collection regarding outer continental shelf operations for minerals not related to oil and gas, and not including sulfur information collection. Comments may be submitted until May 26, 2015. [Thursday March 26, 2015 (Volume 80, Issue 58)]

DOI - The U.S. Geological Survey is accepting nominations for new members of their Advisory Committee on Climate Change and Natural Resource Science. Written nominations must be submitted by June 1, 2015 [Friday March 27, 2015 (Volume 80, Issue 59)]