Natural Resource Damages for Hazardous Substances

Document 2026-14052 is a Final Rule published by the Department of Interior in the Federal Register on July 13, 2026, with an effective date of August 12, 2026. This final rule revises the simplified Type A procedures in the regulations for conducting natural resource damage assessments for hazardous substance releases. Additionally, this final rule includes several conforming changes and corrections intended to fix citations, provide for consistent use of terminology, and remove outdated or duplicative rule provisions and definitions. The Department of the Interior (Interior) is removing provisions that it believes are no longer applicable, clarifying other provisions by incorporating language that would implement existing Interior regulatory interpretations, and making other changes and corrections. These revisions also allow for the regulations to meet information collection requirements mandated by the Office of Management and Budget. View the original at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/13/2026-14052/natural-resource-damages-for-hazardous-substances.

No. Document 2026-14052 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.