Apr 23, 2018 Western Energy Alliance and IPAA Joint Comments to the Bureau of Land Management on its 2018 Proposed Revision to the Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource Conservation Rule
Posted at 17:18h
in Letters and Comments
To Whom it May Concern: Western Energy Alliance (the Alliance) and the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) appreciate the opportunity to provide comments on the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) proposed revisions of certain provisions of the Methane and Waste Prevention rule, or 2016 rule. The 2016 rule as promulgated exceeded BLM’s authority under the Mineral Leasing Act (MLA), and that the decision to re-evaluate the rule is required. The proposed revision rule more accurately captures the scope of BLM’s waste minimization authority, and will better ensure federal mineral interests are adequately protected without excessively burdening federal lands development with overreaching regulations.
