The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced that it will open and publicly announce bids received for blocks offered in the Cook Inlet Planning Area Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sale 258 as required by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced the availability of the record of decision for the Cook Inlet Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sale 258, identifying the alternative for Lease Sale 258 that excludes the 17 outer continental shelf blocks wholly or partially overlapping beluga whale and northern sea otter critical habitats.

FERC proposed revisions to its regulations for engineering and design materials for liquefied natural gas facilities related to potential impacts caused by natural hazards.

The Department of Labor is updating its Environmental Justice Strategy and seeks feedback on how it could improve services and better serve environmental justice communities under Exec. Order No. 14008.

SIP Proposal: Georgia (revisions to the 1997 eight-hour ozone NAAQS limited maintenance plan for the Atlanta, Georgia area).

SIP Proposal: Georgia (disapproval of revisions related to excess emissions during startup, shutdown, and malfunction events).

EPA finalized updates to the list of North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes subject to reporting under the Toxics Release Inventory to reflect the Office of Management and Budget 2022 NAICS code revision.

EPA announced the availability of and seeks comment on an initial regulatory flexibility analysis and updated economic analysis following the completion of a small business advocacy review panel for the TSCA proposed rule for reporting and recordkeeping requirements for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

SIP Proposal: California (approval, limited approval, and limited disapproval of revisions concerning the new source review permitting program for new and modified sources in the Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District).

FWS determined threatened species status for both the northern distinct population segment (DPS) and the southern DPS of lesser prairie-chicken under the ESA, and finalized a rule under §4(d) of the Act that provides measures that are necessary and advisable to provide for the conservation of the northern DPS.