Four more area-wide lease sales are required within ten years
What the document says“the Secretary shall conduct not fewer than 4 lease sales area-wide under the oil and gas program by not later than 10 years after the date of enactment of this Act.”
The section requires at least four area-wide lease sales under the oil and gas program within ten years of enactment, on top of the sales already required by section 20001(c)(1)(A) of Public Law 115-97, offering the same terms and conditions as the record of decision described in the Bureau of Land Management notice at 85 Fed. Reg. 51754. Existing rules on rights-of-way and surface development under that law apply to the new leases.
What the document actually says“the Secretary shall conduct not fewer than 4 lease sales area-wide under the oil and gas program by not later than 10 years after the date of enactment of this Act.”
The Secretary must hold at least four lease sales. Each covers the whole area. All four must happen within ten years of this law.
They come on top of sales an older law already required. The terms come from a 2020 decision record. That record is not indexed here.
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