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<& Cut IF[|) Copy * V Format Painter Times New Roma * 12 * A A B I U* HJ* ^ * Clipboard n Font ty' jj Wrap Text General = 1= da Merge & Center ' '% ' o^oo -.0.o0 Conditional Format as Alignment Number Styles Insert Delete Format Cells Q X AutoSum ' A<w 0 Fill' . Clear Sort & Find & Filter' Select' Editing 12 Expected Finalization (XX/20XX) B 1 2 Sub Agency 3 agency BLM RESVAgency Identifier (if applicable) D Referenced Recommendation Number Agency Action Title Type of Agency Action Preliminary Summary H I Timeframe Expected Expected Start Date Finalization (XX/20XX)! (XX/20XX) J Energy Industry Affected Permanent Instruction Policy This Permanent IM transmits the CEQ guidance on consideration of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and the 07/2017 TBD Multiple Industries No Memorandum (Permanent IM) effects of climate change in NEPA reviews. This Memorandum also provides general guidelines for calculating 2017-003 (Jan. 12,2017) - The reasonably foreseeable direct and indirect GHG emissions of proposed actions. As the CEQ guidance was Council on Environmental withdrawn pursuant to Section 3 of Executive Order 13"S3, the BLM Permanent IM will be rescinded. A re-issued Quality Guidance on IM would clarify that downstream or indirect effects may be difficult to quantify-, especially when production or Consideration of Greenhouse modeling information is not available (such as with a lease sale in an exploratory area). Clarified guidance would Gas Emissions and the Effects of reduce or eliminate speculative NEPA analysis in such situations. It would also relieve BLM offices of attempting Climate Change in National to quantify' downstream emissions that are completely outside of the BLM's jurisdictional authority (e.g., refineries Environmental Policy Act that process gas from a wide mix of sources, including non-Federal sources). Reviews BLM Mitigation Manual Section (MS- Policy 1794) and Handbook (H-1794-1) The Mitigation Manual Section and Handbook provide direction on the use of mitigation, including compensatory 07/2017 mitigation, to support the BLM's multiple use and sustained yield mandates. The 2016 Manual and Handbook replaced several IMs (IM Numbers 2005-069,200S-204, and 2013-14) issued by BLM for the same purpose. The 2016 Manual and Handbook encourage identification of mitigation standards that seek to achieve "no net loss" or "net benefit" for resources that BLM has determined are important, scarce, sensitive, or that have a protective legal mandate. A "net benefit" standard may burden development or use of domestically produced energy resources and may be appropriate only in limited circumstances, for example where it is voluntary or will clearly benefit BLMmanaged resources, the states, local communities, industry, and other primary stakeholders. This potential burden would be reduced or eliminated through revision of the Mitigation Manual and Handbook, specifically through identifying a mitigation standard that is generally not more protective than "no net loss." Other revisions, such as clarifying what resources require compensatory mitigation, and how to calculate the appropriate kind and amount of compensatory- mitigation, may further reduce this potential burden. TBD Multiple Industries No BLM Ready Sheetl BLM Manual 6220 -- National Policy Monuments, National Conservation Areas, and Similar Designations Manual 6220 provides guidance for managing BLM National Conservation Lands designated by Congress or the President as National Monuments, National Conservation .Areas, and similar designations (NM NCA) in order to comply with the designating Acts of Congress and Presidential Proclamations, Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA), and the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. ~202). Manual 6220 requires that when processing a new ROW application, to the greatest extent possible, through the NEPA orocess the BLM will determine the consistency of the ROW with the Monument or NCA's obiects and HI 07/201' Dependent Multiple Industries No upon mitigation guidance completion m - * !* Ill ..ill 90% 6:54 PM 7/20/2017