Dear Secretary Salazar:
It is our understanding that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is currently drafting regulations governing the production of oil and natural gas on Federal lands, including lands managed for the benefit of Indian tribes and their members. We further understand that as part of this regulatory process, the BLM is currently undergoing formal tribal consultations on… Read more »
Dear Mr. Secretary:
With the release of the Proposed Outer Continental Shelf Plan for 2012-2017, we write to express strong bipartisan support in the House for the consideration of new and expanded access to the OCS for the production of oil and natural gas.
Opening up new areas of the OCS will bring new jobs, new energy, and new revenues to the Treasury all at a time where each of… Read more »
Dear Mr. Chairman:
The Department of the Interior ("Department") is in receipt of your letter dated January 25, 2012, regarding the Department's ongoing response to the Committee's April 25,2011, letter. In that letter, the Committee seeks information regarding the Department's Office ofInspector General 20 10 Report of Investigation into the description of the peer review in the… Read more »
Dear Mr. Chairman:
The Department of the Interior ("Department") is in receipt of your January 25, 2012, letter regarding the Office of Surface Mining's (OSM) ongoing process to develop a Stream Protection Rule. The Department has begun processing the several new requests for additional documents contained in that letter, and we look forward to working with you on these requests. This… Read more »
Dear Mr. Secretary:
This letter is a follow up to our January 25, 2012 letter providing the Department of the Interior ("Department") a final opportunity to comply with our April 25, 2011 request for documents about White House edits to the Executive Summary of the final report entitled "Increased Safety Measures for Energy Development on the Outer Continental Shelf" ("ISM Report") and… Read more »
Dear Mr. Secretary:
For nearly one year, we've patiently and persistently sought the Department of the Interior's ("Department") compliance with our requests for documents, communications, and information related to the rewrite of the 2008 Stream Buffer Zone Rule ("Rule") by the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement ("OSM"). This is a serious matter that impacts the… Read more »
Dear Mr. Secretary:
It is with disappointment and deep frustration that we must again write regarding the Department of the Interior's failure to comply in a meaningful way to our April 25, 2011 request seeking 5 categories of documents related to White House edits that led to the inclusion of the 6-month Gulf of Mexico drilling moratorium in the Executive Summary ofthe final May 27,… Read more »
Dear Secretary Chu,
We write today regarding the December 7, 2011 order issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in the matter of the Bonneville Power Administration's environmental redispatch policy.
As you know, the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) is a Power Marketing Administration (PMA), one of four PMAs that market and deliver power in 32 states nationwide.… Read more »
TO: Members, Committee on Natural Resources
FROM: Doc Hastings, Chairman
RE: Camera Installation in 1334 Hearing Room
After many months of planning, camera installation for the Committee's 1334 Hearing Room has begun today, November 30th. This is the culmination of an effort undertaken at the outset of this Congress to ensure that everyone of our Committee and Subcommittee hearings is… Read more »
Dear Mr. Amodei:
By this letter, I am appointing you to serve on the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands (ranking after Ms. Noem) and the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources (ranking after Mr. Johnson of Ohio). These appointments are effective immediately.
Read the entire letter HERE. Read more »
