This bill requires the Department of the Interior, upon state request, to establish a program under which the Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with a state to create consistent rules and processes for measurement of oil and gas production activities, inspection of meters or other measurement methodologies, and other operational activities.
To be eligible for this program, a state must administer oil and gas programs sufficient to fulfill BLM oversight and enforcement responsibilities.
[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1230 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
114th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1230
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program under
which the Director of the Bureau of Land Management shall enter into
memoranda of understanding with States providing for State oversight of
oil and gas production activities.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 6, 2015
Ms. Murkowski introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
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A BILL
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program under
which the Director of the Bureau of Land Management shall enter into
memoranda of understanding with States providing for State oversight of
oil and gas production activities.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. STATE OVERSIGHT OF OIL AND GAS PROGRAMS.
(a) In General.--On request of the Governor of a State, the
Secretary of the Interior shall establish a program under which the
Director of the Bureau of Land Management shall enter into a memorandum
of understanding with the State to create consistent rules and
processes for the measurement of oil and gas production activities,
inspection of meters or other measurement methodologies, and other
operational activities, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior.
(b) Eligibility.--To be eligible for the program described in
subsection (a), a State shall administer oil and gas programs in the
State sufficient to fulfill the oversight and enforcement
responsibilities of the Bureau of Land Management, as determined by the
Secretary of the Interior.
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Introduced in Senate
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-344.
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