Land Use Planning and Oil and Gas Leasing on Onshore Federal Lands (1989) / Chapter Skim
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These lands include Indian reservations, military reservations, national parks, and national wildlife refuges. The lands that remain open for various uses include lands in the first permanent federal land reservation system the National Forests under the jurisdiction of the 17
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Idday, the Forest Service manages 191 million acres of National Forest System land, 163 million acres reserved from the public domain and 28 million acres of acquired land. The Forest Service administers most of these lands under statutory multiple-use management and planning mandates, although some of them are specifically designated for special management as units of the wilderness, wild and scenic river, national trails, or other conservation systems.
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The significance of these varied economic and noneconomic resources to the nation and to the states in which they are located makes planning of their use a formidable task for the land management agencies. The Forest Service and the BLM will play a major role in shaping the future not only of the federal lands, and Me industries that rely on their resources, but also of many of the states in which the federal lands are located.
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(converting over 100 million acres of federal land in Alaska administered by the BLM and Forest Service into National Parks, wildlife refuges, and wilderness areas) , ongoing implementation of the Alaska Statehood Act (48 USC note preceding Section 21)
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Dakota Con~etitive Leases Non Conpetitive Leases Produc i ng Leases Tennessee Co~npet~tive Leases Non Compet i t ive Leases Produc t ng Leases Compet ~ t 1 ve Leases Non Colipetit ive Leases Produc ~ ng Leases Conpetitive Leases Non Con~et i t ive Leases Produc 1 ng Leases Virginia Con~etitive Leases Non Co~pet i t i ve Leases Produc i r~ Leases Hashington Conpetitive Leases Non Competi tive Leases Produc i ng Leases It. Virginia Con~etitive Leases Non Calpet it ive Leases Producing Leases Wiscons i n Competi tive Leases Non Conpet i t ive Leases Produc i ng Leases Hyomi ng Conpet i t i ve Leases Non Con~etitive Leases Produc ~ ng Leases TOTALS Competitive Leases Non Conpetitive Leases Produc i ng Leases FIGURE 2.1 Continued.
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During fiscal year 1988 production from federal lands outside of Alaska totaled 138.2 million barrels of oil and 873 billion cubic feet of natural gas (see Figure 2.2~. Oil production has declined steadily since 1985.
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with the post-Reform Act leasing statistics from the latter part of fiscal year 1988 (FY 1988~. The percentages of noncompetitive leases decreased from 92 percent during pre-Reform Act FY 1987/1988 to 42 percent during post-Reform Act FY 1988 (BLM, 1989c)
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SOURCE: Bureau of Island Management (1986-1989~. TABLE 2.1 Revenues from Oil and Natural Gas Production from Federal Leases, Onshore Continental*
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Furthermore, in the case of Indian lands, the federal government's trust responsibility for Indian affairs can also significantly affect the development of Indian resources. Impact on States As a land manager, a state is concerned with prudent management of all lands, including BLM and Forest Service lands, and related resources within the state.
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Although this revenue sharing gives the states a powerful fiscal incentive to support oil and gas leasing and development on federal lands, states may also sometimes favor restrictions on such activity in order to protect other values and resources (e.g., wildlife that is generally subject to state authority)
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Where problems have developed In the process of balancing these varied interests, they appear to be the result of insufficient or inaccurate data bases, mechanisms that are not mandatory and are poorly coordinated for factoring specific resource management information during planning and leasing, and federal resource priorities that differ from state, county, or citizen priorities for federal and adjacent nonfederal lands. Impacts on Indian Lands Native Americans are also affected by oil and gas activities on federal lands.
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Although no expert pretends that onshore federal lands outside Alaska may be the answer to the country's increased dependence on foreign oil, they remain an attractive area for further exploration and may contribute significantly to domestic production. ~day, federal onshore lands outside of Alaska provide 4.6 percent of the nation's oil production and 5.0 percent of the its gas production.
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Increased natural gas production may result from legislative efforts to improve air quality by reducing sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions and the resultant need of fixed site energy consumption for cleaner fuels, as well as the natural gas shortage apparently developing in California. Any substantial shift toward greater natural gas consumption likely will entail some increase in the price of domestic natural gas, an expansion in exploration for new gas fields in the United States, and a greater dependence upon foreign (mainly Canadian)
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In general, much of the land base of the Rocly Mountain states, and most of the relatively unexplored lands are federally owned, making gas exploration a significant future use of the federal lands. The likelihood that new exploration and development on federal lands will favor gas over oil is of significance to future onshore oil and gas leasing and the environmental impacts of leasehold activities.
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and need special equipment for processing that is costly and requires added time for installation. The committee saw one such natural gas processing facility for the Riley Ridge gas field located mainly on federal lands in Wyoming, which was being developed in a joint venture involving one of the major companies.
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1989. Mineral Revenues, Implementation of the Federal Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing Reform Act of 1987.
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