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B-330410 1 (2018-10-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadvep0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20548 B-330410 October 16, 2018 The Honorable Lisa Murkowski Chairman The Honorable Maria Cantwell Ranking Member Committee on Energy and Natural Resources United States Senate The Honorable Rob Bishop Chairman The Honorable Rail Grijalva Ranking Member Committee on Natural Resources House of Representatives Subject: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management: Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource Conservation; Rescission or Revision of Certain Requirements Pursuant to section 801 (a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a major rule promulgated by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) entitled Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource Conservation; Rescission or Revision of Certain Requirements (RIN: 1004-AE53). The Senate received the rule on September 28, 2018. We found no record of receipt for the House of Representatives. It was published in the Federal Register as a final rule on September 28, 2018. 83 Fed. Reg. 49,184. The effective date of the final rule is November 27, 2018. The final rule revises BLM's regulations, as amended by the November 18, 2016, rule entitled, Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource Conservation, in a manner that, according to BLM, reduces unnecessary compliance burdens, is consistent with BLM's existing statutory authorities, and re-establishes longstanding requirements that had been replaced. BLM states that it is rescinding requirements pertaining to waste-minimizing plans, gas-capture percentages, well drilling, well completion and related operations, pneumatic controllers, pneumatic diaphragm pumps, storage vessels, and leak detection and repair. BLM is also revising other provisions related to venting and flaring and is adding provisions regarding deference to appropriate state or tribal regulation in determining when flaring of associated gas from oil wells will be royalty-free. Enclosed is our assessment of BLM's compliance with the procedural steps required by section 801(a)(1)(B)(i) through (iv) of title 5 with respect to the rule. If you have any questions about

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