Oversight Hearing on "Bureau of Land Management’s Hydraulic Fracturing Rule’s Impacts on Indian Tribal Energy Development"
Thursday, April 19, 2012 11:00 AM Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs
1324 Longworth House Office Building
SUBCOMMITTEE ON INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE AFFAIRS
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Thursday, April 19, 2012
11:00 a.m.
Press Release - Indian Tribal Leaders Raise Concerns About Lack of BLM Consultation with Tribes During Hydraulic Fracturing Rulemaking (4/19/2012)
The Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs will hold an oversight hearing to hear testimony on Bureau of Land Management’s Hydraulic Fracturing Rule’s Impacts on Indian Tribal Energy Development. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has drafted a proposed rule to create additional red tape for oil and gas operators using hydraulic fracturing on “public lands,” a term which the Department of the Interior deems to include lands the United States holds in trust for the exclusive use and benefit of Indians. The proposed rule could drive oil and gas operators from Indian lands and deprive historically impoverished tribes of a needed source of private investment, tribal royalty revenues, and high-wage jobs.
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