Practices Before the Department of the Interior

Document 2026-10160 is a Final Rule published by the Department of Interior in the Federal Register on May 21, 2026, with an effective date of May 21, 2026. The Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) is issuing this final rule to adopt the interim final rule (IFR) published on January 10, 2025, with a few changes made to respond to public comments, to clarify procedures, and to correct typographical errors. The IFR was originally set to go into effect February 10, 2025, but the effective date was delayed several times until July 21, 2025, to provide time for review pursuant to the memorandum of January 20, 2025, from President Donald J. Trump, entitled Regulatory Freeze Pending Review. The IFR became effective on July 21, 2025. View the original at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/21/2026-10160/practices-before-the-department-of-the-interior.

No. Document 2026-10160 is not classified as economically significant under Executive Order 12866. Economically significant rules require OIRA review and are estimated to have impacts of $100 million or more per year.