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Federal Register · May 16, 2025
The title they went with Joint Policies of the Departments of the Interior and of the Army Relative to Reservoir Project Lands; Delay of Effective Date Noisy translates that to

New administration freezes rules on federal land use for reservoirs

What happened
The Biden administration's new rules for how federal land around reservoirs can be used will not take effect as planned. The Trump administration has delayed the effective date of these rules until June 16, 2025.
Why it matters
This is a standard move by a new administration to pause regulations from the previous one. It allows the new team to review the rules and decide whether to keep, modify, or withdraw them. For now, the old rules about reservoir project lands remain in place.
The signal
Watch for a new announcement from the Interior Department before June 16, 2025, either extending the delay, withdrawing the rule, or allowing it to take effect.
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