# 2025-00840: Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan for the North Dakota Resource Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement, North Dakota

2025-00840, Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan for the North Dakota Resource Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement, North Dakota, is a Federal Register notice from an unnamed agency published 2025-01-15, effective 2025-01-08 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-00840
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-00840
- Title: Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan for the North Dakota Resource Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement, North Dakota
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: unknown
- Citation: unknown
- Published: 2025-01-15
- Effective: 2025-01-08
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## Summary

The Bureau of Land Management just approved a new plan to manage public lands and minerals across North Dakota, covering over 4 million acres. This plan replaces the old one from 1988 and will guide how the land is used for the next 15 to 20 years, balancing things like energy, recreation, and conservation. Landowners, businesses, and communities will see changes in how these lands are cared for, starting immediately with no new costs announced.

## Abstract

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability of the Record of Decision (ROD) and Approved Resource Management Plan (RMP) for North Dakota. The Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management signed the ROD on January 8, 2025, which constitutes the decision of the BLM and makes the Approved RMP effective immediately.

## Effects PRIA read

- New North Dakota RMP Effective Immediately: mixed, high. You should know the Bureau of Land Management approved a new Resource Management Plan (RMP) for North Dakota that became effective on January 8, 2025. The RMP replaces the 1988 plan and will guide management of about 58,500 acres of BLM-administered surface and 4.1 million acres of BLM-administered…
- Mineral Leasing and Development Guidance Updated: mixed, high. The Approved RMP updates management decisions that cover mineral leasing and mineral development across the planning area. These updated decisions will guide how mineral resources on about 4.1 million acres of BLM-administered mineral estate in North Dakota are managed under the new plan.
- Area of Critical Environmental Concern Designated: benefit, low. The Approved RMP designates one Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) covering about 960 acres in the planning area. That ACEC designation is now part of the approved plan that will guide management in North Dakota.

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## Sources
- [2025-00840 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/15/2025-00840/record-of-decision-and-approved-resource-management-plan-for-the-north-dakota-resource-management)
- [2025-00840 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-15/pdf/2025-00840.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-00840 (as of 2026-06-08).