Biden-Era Public Lands Rule Gets Thrown On Pyre
The Trump administration is scrapping a Biden-era public lands rule in a bid to ramp up American energy production. The Interior Department is canceling the 2024 Bureau of Land Management (BLM) rule, which allowed…
The Trump administration is scrapping a Biden-era public lands rule in a bid to ramp up American Energy production.
The Interior Department is canceling the 2024 Bureau of Land Management (BLM) rule, which allowed public land to be leased for restoration. In a final rule published in the Federal Register, BLM said the 2024 rule “inappropriately elevated conservation as a discrete ‘use’ of the public lands” and created leasing mechanisms that “threatened to restrict productive use” of public lands, according to the Federal Register.
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum highlighted that the rule could limit access to land used by Energy producers, timber companies and ranchers, in September.
The Department of the Interior did not respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.
“This action provides greater clarity and predictability for independent oil and natural gas producers—many of whom rely on consistent permitting and leasing processes to operate efficiently and invest in domestic