Reflections on the BLM’s Proposed Methane and Waste Reduction Rule
On January 22, 2016, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell unveiled a proposed rule to reduce the waste of natural gas that results from venting, flaring and leaks by oil and gas production on public and tribal lands, reports Van Ness Feldman LLP.
“The ‘Methane and Waste Reduction Rule’ — which was published in the Federal Register on February 8, 2016, setting off a 60-day comment period — would update existing provisions of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM’s) onshore oil and gas leasing and operations regulations and introduce new requirements aimed at curbing waste and minimizing royalty-free use of production,” according to the article written by Kyle Danish, Jonathan Simon, R. Scott Nuzum, and Avi Zevin.
Their article examines key legal and policy changes in the proposed methane and waste reduction rule.
