Land use planning and oil and gas leasing on onshore federal lands / Committee on Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Resources, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oil and gas leases--United States.

Oil and gas leases.

Public lands--United States.

Public lands.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (179 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1989.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book reviews the consideration of oil and gas leasing in the land use planning processes of the Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service. This volume was required by the Federal Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing Reform Act of 1987. It identifies problems in land use planning that are caused by current leasing practices and the availability and reliability of information at the planning stage, and makes recommendations that address the interrelation between oil and gas leasing decisions and the land use planning process for federal lands.

Contents:

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

Implementing the Committee's Recommendation

RECOMMENDATION FIVE

RECOMMENDATION SIX.

RECOMMENDATION SEVEN

RECOMMENDATION EIGHT

RECOMMENDATION NINE

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….

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

Contains:

Oil and gas leasing on onshore federal lands.

ISBN:

9786610212750

9781280212758

1280212756

9780309582261

0309582261

9780585142661

0585142661

OCLC:

70772465