# 2025-10058: Interior Moves to Undo Alaska Petroleum Reserve Rules Made Last Year

2025-10058, Rescission of the Management and Protection of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Regulations, is a Federal Register proposed rule from Interior Department, Land Management Bureau published 2025-06-03, effective Comments must be received by August 4, 2025. OMB must receive comments on information-collection requirements by July 3, 2025.; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-27).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-10058
- As of: 2026-10-27
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-10058
- Title: Rescission of the Management and Protection of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Regulations
- Type: Proposed Rule
- Agencies: Interior Department; Land Management Bureau
- Citation: 90 FR 23507
- Published: 2025-06-03
- Effective: Comments must be received by August 4, 2025. OMB must receive comments on information-collection requirements by July 3, 2025.
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: 1004-AF02
- Last updated: 2026-10-27

## In one line

Interior Moves to Undo Alaska Petroleum Reserve Rules Made Last Year

## Summary

The Bureau of Land Management wants to cancel the rules made last year about managing the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska. This change affects companies and communities involved with the reserve, and the public can share their thoughts until August 4, 2025. No immediate money changes are expected, but the government is reviewing paperwork rules too, with a July 3 deadline for those comments.

## Abstract

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is proposing to rescind the "Management and Protection of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska" final rule, issued on May 7, 2024. We solicit comment on all aspects of this proposed rule.

## Effects PRIA read

- Repeal Restores Pre-2024 Rules: benefit, high. If you are a company or community that works in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposes to fully rescind the May 7, 2024 Rule (effective June 6, 2024) and revert to the prior 1977 regulations (published June 3, 1977). The BLM says this repeal i…
- Paperwork Burden Reduced for SA Submissions: benefit, medium. If you participate in oil and gas exploration and might recommend lands as Special Areas (SAs) in the NPR-A, the proposed rescission revises the information-collection requirements. BLM plans to reduce the estimated annual number of SA recommendation responses from 100 to 10, lowering annual burden…

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- [2026-18261](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-18261): National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Production Site Development, 2026-09-08
- [2026-12734](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-12734): Oil and Gas Leasing, 2026-06-24
- [2026-12738](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-12738): Royalty for Oil and Gas Lost From Onshore Federal and Indian Leases, 2026-06-24
- [2026-09386](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-09386): Rescission of Conservation and Landscape Health Rule, 2026-05-12
- [2026-09387](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-09387): Revision of Regulations for Grazing Administration, Exclusive of Alaska, 2026-05-12
- [2026-21645](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-21645): Termination of the Environmental Impact Statement and Associated Resource Management Plan Amendment for the Section 368 Energy Corridor Rev…, 2026-10-23

## Sources
- [2025-10058 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/03/2025-10058/rescission-of-the-management-and-protection-of-the-national-petroleum-reserve-in-alaska-regulations)
- [2025-10058 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-03/pdf/2025-10058.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-10058 (as of 2026-10-27).