Federal Register - January 25, 2021
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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 14 / Monday, January 25, 2021 / Presidential Documents
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d The Attorney General may, as appropriate and consistent with applicable law, provide notice of this order and any actions taken pursuant to section 2a of this order to any court with jurisdiction over pending litigation related to those agency actions identified pursuant to section 2a of this order, and may, in his discretion, request that the court stay or otherwise dispose of litigation, or seek other appropriate relief consistent with this order, until the completion of the processes described in this order.
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e In carrying out the actions directed in this section, heads of agencies shall seek input from the public and stakeholders, including State local, Tribal, and territorial officials, scientists, labor unions, environmental advocates, and environmental justice organizations.
Sec. 3. Restoring National Monuments. a The Secretary of the Interior, as appropriate and consistent with applicable law, including the Antiquities Act, 54 U.S.C. 320301 et seq., shall, in consultation with the Attorney General, the Secretaries of Agriculture and Commerce, the Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality, and Tribal governments, conduct a review of the monument boundaries and conditions that were established by Proclamation 9681 of December 4, 2017 Modifying the Bears Ears National Monument; Proclamation 9682 of December 4, 2017 Modifying the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument; and Proclamation 10049 of June 5, 2020
Modifying the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, to determine whether restoration of the monument boundaries and conditions that existed as of January 20, 2017, would be appropriate.
b Within 60 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit a report to the President summarizing the findings of the review conducted pursuant to subsection a, which shall include recommendations for such Presidential actions or other actions consistent with law as the Secretary may consider appropriate to carry out the policy set forth in section 1 of this order.
c The Attorney General may, as appropriate and consistent with applicable law, provide notice of this order to any court with jurisdiction over pending litigation related to the Grand Staircase-Escalante, Bears Ears, and Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monuments, and may, in his discretion, request that the court stay the litigation or otherwise delay further litigation, or seek other appropriate relief consistent with this order, pending the completion of the actions described in subsection a of this section.
Sec. 4. Arctic Refuge. a In light of the alleged legal deficiencies underlying the program, including the inadequacy of the environmental review required by the National Environmental Policy Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall, as appropriate and consistent with applicable law, place a temporary moratorium on all activities of the Federal Government relating to the implementation of the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program, as established by the Record of Decision signed August 17, 2020, in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The Secretary shall review the program and, as appropriate and consistent with applicable law, conduct a new, comprehensive analysis of the potential environmental impacts of the oil and gas program.
b In Executive Order 13754 of December 9, 2016 Northern Bering Sea Climate Resilience, and in the Presidential Memorandum of December 20, 2016 Withdrawal of Certain Portions of the United States Arctic Outer Continental Shelf From Mineral Leasing, President Obama withdrew areas in Arctic waters and the Bering Sea from oil and gas drilling and established the Northern Bering Sea Climate Resilience Area. Subsequently, the order was revoked and the memorandum was amended in Executive Order 13795
of April 28, 2017 Implementing an America-First Offshore Energy Strategy.
Pursuant to section 12a of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, 43
U.S.C. 1341a, Executive Order 13754 and the Presidential Memorandum of December 20, 2016, are hereby reinstated in their original form, thereby restoring the original withdrawal of certain offshore areas in Arctic waters and the Bering Sea from oil and gas drilling.
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