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Bishop on Methane Rule: Regulation In Search of Legacy – at the Expense of People

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Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement on the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) methane venting rule: “For close to a decade, we’ve witnessed unprecedented energy growth alongside steady reductions in emissions driven by innovation – not federal intervention. Emissions nose-dived as people thrived producing their own energy-rich…

Bishop: President Obama Begins Moratorium on Affordable Energy

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Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement on the Obama Administration’s coal lease moratorium on Federal lands.   “Yep, there they go again. Americans now know the ‘all-of-the-above’ energy agenda the President repeatedly claimed to support was an election year lie. This unprecedented action will completely shut down coal leasing on…

Bishop Letter to U.S. Bureau of Land Management Director Neil Kornze

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TO: The Honorable Neil Kornze FROM: Rob Bishop, Chairman Dear Director Kornze:  I am writing to express concerns regarding the Bureau of Land Management's ("BLM") proposed updates to Onshore Orders 3, 4, and 5. Collectively, these orders address the measurement, collection and securing of information relating to produced oil and natural gas on federal lands. I understand the BLM…

Bishop: Onshore Orders Regulation Needs Stakeholder Input to Protect Future Federal Land Development

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Today, Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) sent a letter to Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director Neil Kornze, outlining concerns with the BLM’s proposed revisions to how the federal government measures and verifies oil and gas production rates on federal lands (Onshore Orders 3,4, and 5). “I am deeply concerned that the BLM did not regularly engage industry stakeholders to ensure that any…

Bishop Responds to Federal District Court of Wyoming Decision to Halt BLM Hydraulic Fracturing Rule

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Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) responded to the Federal District Court of Wyoming decision to uphold the preliminary injunction on the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) hydraulic fracturing rule, which stated that, “Congress has not authorized or delegated to the BLM authority to regulate hydraulic fracturing and, under our constitutional structure, it is only through Congressional action…

Bishop: President Obama’s Energy Agenda is Powering Dependency

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House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) today issued the following statement in response to President Obama’s remarks at the Eighth Annual National Clean Energy Summit in Las Vegas, Nevada. “Once again, the President is deceptively touting his Administration’s agenda as necessary to expand affordable energy to more Americans. This could not be further from the…

Bishop: Methane Plan Flies in Face of Technological Reality

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Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its proposal for limiting methane from the oil and natural gas industry.  Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement in response: “The EPA’s plan to limit emissions flies in the face of technological reality. The truth is that while the oil and natural gas industry has greatly increased production on state and…

46 Members Criticize Obama Admin. for Sidelining States on Stream Rule, Request 120 Day Public Comment Extension

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Today, forty-six Members of Congress sent a letter to Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) Director Joseph Pizarchik requesting an extension of the public comment period and more time for public review of OSM documents related to the Stream Protection Rule (SPR) and the draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) published on July 16, 2015.  Upon release of the…