BLM issues final oil, gas waste prevention rule with reforms

The US Bureau of Land Management issued a final waste prevention, or venting and flaring, rule for oil and gas operations on land that it oversees. “Sadly, the flawed 2016 rule was a radical assertion of legal authority that stood in stark contrast to the longstanding understanding of Interior’s own lawyers,” Deputy Interior Sec. David Bernhardt said on Sept 18.


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