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Executive Summary
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... and the National Research Council (NRC; the operating arm of the National Academy of Sciences) agreed that separate reports would be published embodying the study tasks assigned to each institution.
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... By law, Congress has established land use planning as the process by which the two federal land management agencies are to seek resolution of such resource conflicts. As the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management planning processes have developed, they have proven adequate to deal with issues related to oil and gas exploration and development on most of the federal lands.
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... Such stipulations must be employed effectively to meet sitespecific conditions. · In areas where available information indicates the potential for highvalue oil and gas resources, but where surface values are especially high and potential land use conflicts cannot be resolved during planning, lands should be made available for leasing with a right only to drill exploratory wells in defined locations Information gained by that exploration should be used to make a subsequent analysis and agency decision on proceeding with development if discovery of petroleum makes development possible.
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... (Page 136) Where the potential impacts of oil and gas activity would extend beyond the borders of the planning area, the federal land management agency should coorcl~inate its planning analysis with planning efforts by the same agency in adjacent planning areas, and with other agencies that have jurisdiction over nearby lands and other surface values.
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... In addition, they would add marginally to the already substantial costs to bidders and lessees of evaluating federal land areas for possible exploration and development. ~ he ~;~h~A ~ ~:~+ 4~ A _ ~ ~ · ~ ~ __,= ~ 1~ ~`; w~l~n`;u agalnsl me aaaltlona1 governmental and industry planning costs are the costs to the public of continued stalemates in oil and gas leasing on some federal lands.
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