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US BLM Sets Aside 1.9M Acres of Public Lands for Potential Oil Shale Development

Posted on September 05, 2008

The US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) finalized a plan to guide the use of public lands containing oil shale and tar sands. In a Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) published in the Federal Register, the BLM amends 12 land-use plans in Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming to set aside approximately 1.9 million acres of public lands for potential commercial oil shale development.Oil shale deposits in the three-state area. Click to enlarge. Source: BLMThe Final PEIS is one in a number of steps required before commercial leasing would begin. This document summarizes information on oi...

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