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Federal government issues new regulations governing natural gas waste
The US Bureau of Land Management(BLM) enacted [final rule, PDF] new regulations on Tuesday requiring a reduction in the amount of natural gas wasted through release to the atmosphere through venting, flaring and leaks during oil and natural gas production on federal and Indian lands.
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Feds to Auction Off Ohio’s Only National Forest to Fracking
Following its final Environmental Assessment and a “Finding of No Significant Impact,” the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has decided to offer 40,000 acres of Wayne National Forest—Ohio’s only national forest—up for fracking.
http://www.ecowatch.com/ohio-fracking-wayne-national-forest-2072891135.html
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Air impacts from Utah projects hit Bureau of Land Management radar screen
The Bureau of Land Management is working to address regional air-pollution impacts related to Utah oil and gas projects that could result in more than 9,000 new wells in coming decades. The agency is taking “very seriously” the air-quality and other concerns raised by the Environmental Protection Agency in […]
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Federal judge blocks new fracking on Central Coast BLM lands
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) was preparing to file supplemental court papers later this month, after a federal judge this week blocked any new fracking on BLM land in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and other Central California counties.
http://kcbx.org/post/federal-judge-blocks-new-fracking-central-coast-blm-lands
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Judge Strikes Down Plan to Open One Million Acres of California Public Lands to Drilling
U.S. District Judge Michael Fitzgerald ruled that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) had failed to analyze the risks of fracking and other extreme oil and gas extraction techniques when preparing a resource management plan that would have allowed drilling on more than one million acres of land in California’s […]
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US judge halts fracking plan for federal lands in California
A U.S. judge on Wednesday halted a plan to allow fracking on public lands in central California, saying a federal agency’s environmental plan should have taken a “hard look” at the potential impact of the process.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-california-fracking-idUSKCN11D2N6
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BLM has begun work on state variances from requirements of federal fracking rule
By the time new federal regulations on hydraulic fracturing go into effect June 24, the Bureau of Land Management intends to have identified the regulatory variances that will be allowed in some states, BLM Director Neil Kornze said March 24. Bloomberg BNA. 25 March 2015.
http://www.bna.com/blm-begun-work-n17179924381/
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Obama’s controversial new fracking rules, explained
Over the past four years, the Bureau of Land Management, which governs US federal lands, has been lobbied hard by both sides of the issue as it has been crafting rules on fracking. Those rules have now been released. Vox. 23 March 2015.
http://www.vox.com/2015/3/20/8265507/federal-fracking-standards