Land Use Planning and Oil and Gas Leasing on Onshore Federal Lands.

Land Use Planning and Oil and Gas Leasing on Onshore Federal Lands -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- CORE RECOMMENDATIONS -- SUPPLEMENTARY RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCE -- 1 Introduction -- ORIGIN OF THIS REPORT -- THE PROBLEM -- ORGANIZATION OF THIS REPORT -- REFERENCES -- 2 Setting -- FEDERAL LANDS -- OIL AND GAS RESOURCES ON THE FEDERAL LANDS -- RELATIONSHIP OF FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT TO STATES AND INDIAN LANDS -- Impact on States -- Impacts on Indian Lands -- THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY AND ITS FUTURE ON THE FEDERAL LANDS -- REFERENCES -- 3 Origins of Leasing and Planning -- THE MINERAL LEASING ACT OF 1920 AND THE ACQUIRED LANDS MINERAL LEASING ACT OF 1947 -- THE ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS -- The Wilderness Act -- The National Environmental Policy Act -- The Endangered Species Act -- CONGRESSIONAL CODIFICATION AND STRENGTHENING OF THE FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES' LAND AND RESOURCE PLANNING PROCESSES -- REFERENCES -- 4 Difficulties in Relating Leasing and Planning -- THE ENERGY SECURITY ACT -- OIL AND GAS LEASING AND WILDERNESS -- THE COURT DECISIONS-NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT -- THE COURT DECISIONS-ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT -- THE COURT DECISIONS-INDUSTRY SUITS -- THE REFORM ACT -- AGENCY REFORM EFFORTS -- REFERENCES -- 5 Land Use Planning for Oil and Gas -- BACKGROUND -- CURRENT PLANNING DIRECTION -- Bureau of Land Management Planning -- Forest Service Planning -- STATUS OF LAND USE PLANS -- Evaluation of Oil and Gas Resources for Planning -- Case 1: Fort Chaffee, Arkansas -- Case 2: Riley Ridge -- Case 3: Mid-Continent Rift -- Evaluation of Land Use Plans with Respect to Oil and Gas Leasing -- Headwaters Resource Management Plan (Bureau of Land Management) -- West HiLine Resource Management Plan (Bureau of Land Management) -- Lewis and Clark Forest Plan (Forest Service) -- Bridger-Teton Forest Plan (Forest Service).

UNSUITABILITY -- EVALUATING THE IMPACTS OF OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT ON WILDLIFE -- LIMITATIONS OF PLANNING FOR OIL AND GAS -- Economic Analysis in the Planning Process -- Role of Values in Planning for Oil and Gas Development -- Information and Planning -- Land Use Plans and Environmental Reviews -- REFERENCES -- 6 Oil and Gas Leasing and Management Procedures -- OVERVIEW -- OIL AND GAS LEASE ISSUANCE -- Current Oil and Gas Leasing Procedures for BLM and Forest Service Lands -- Proposed Forest Service Oil and Gas Leasing Procedures -- LEASE STIPULATIONS -- Standard Stipulations or Terms of the Lease -- Timing Limitation (Seasonal) Stipulation -- Controlled Surface Use Stipulation -- No-Surface-Occupancy Stipulations -- Contingent Right Stipulation -- Forest Service Proposed Stipulation -- General Concerns Regarding Stipulations -- ANTICIPATING EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT -- EXPLORATION DRILLING AND FULL FIELD DEVELOPMENT -- REFERENCES -- 7 Areas of the Greatest Conflict in Values -- THE WILDERNESS REVIEW AND DESIGNATION PROCESS -- Congressional "Release" of Lands Not Designated Wilderness -- "Release" and the Planning Process -- WILDLIFE HABITAT PROTECTION -- ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT -- IMPLICATIONS FOR THIS REPORT -- 8 Discussion and Recommendations -- INTRODUCTION -- SUMMARY OF CORE RECOMMENDATIONS -- RECOMMENDATION ONE -- RECOMMENDATION TWO -- The Outer Continental Shelf Model -- An Alternative Considered and Rejected -- RECOMMENDATION THREE -- RECOMMENDATION FOUR -- The Outer Continental Shelf Model -- The Strength of the Outer Continental Shelf Analogy -- Cash Versus Other Forms of Compensation -- Comparing the Committee's Recommendation to the Forest Service's Proposed Regulations -- An Alternative Considered and Rejected -- Implementing the Committee's Recommendation -- RECOMMENDATION FIVE -- RECOMMENDATION SIX.

RECOMMENDATION SEVEN -- RECOMMENDATION EIGHT -- RECOMMENDATION NINE -- REFERENCE -- Minority Statement -- Appendixes -- Appendix A Statement of Tasks Agreed on by the Bureau of Land Management, the Forest Service, the National Academy of Science -- Appendix B Letter from Chairmen Clarifying Task -- Appendix C U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Offer to Lease and Lease for Oil and Gas -- Appendix D Detailed Description of Notice of Staking, Application for Permit to Drill, and Approved Drilling Plan Procedures….