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The Bureau of Land Management plans to write new guidelines for using a provision that allows for speedier environmental reviews of oil and gas development on public land following a judge’s order to stop using its existing guidance.
This time, the public will have a chance to comment as the agency writes new rules for using “categorical exclusions” of certain land from extra environmental reviews, BLM deputy director Mike Pool said Friday at a House subcommittee hearing led by Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colo.
Kathleen Sgamma of the Western Energy Alliance said her trade group was pleased the BLM was addressing the matter through rulemaking rather than appealing the judge’s order.
