Land Use Planning and Oil and Gas Leasing on Onshore Federal Lands

Land Use Planning and Oil and Gas Leasing on Onshore Federal Lands -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- CORE RECOMMENDATIONS -- SUPPLEMENTARY RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCE -- 1 Introduction -- ORIGIN OF THIS REPORT -- THE PROBLEM -- ORGANIZATION OF THIS REPORT -- REFERENCES -- 2 Setting -- FEDERAL LANDS -- OIL AND GAS RESOURCES ON THE FEDERAL LANDS -- RELATIONSHIP OF FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT TO STATES AND INDIAN LANDS -- Impact on States -- Impacts on Indian Lands -- THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY AND ITS FUTURE ON THE FEDERAL LANDS -- REFERENCES -- 3 Origins of Leasing and Planning -- THE MINERAL LEASING ACT OF 1920 AND THE ACQUIRED LANDS MINERAL LEASING ACT OF 1947 -- THE ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS -- The Wilderness Act -- The National Environmental Policy Act -- The Endangered Species Act -- CONGRESSIONAL CODIFICATION AND STRENGTHENING OF THE FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES' LAND AND RESOURCE PLANNING PROCESSES -- REFERENCES -- 4 Difficulties in Relating Leasing and Planning -- THE ENERGY SECURITY ACT -- OIL AND GAS LEASING AND WILDERNESS -- THE COURT DECISIONS-NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT -- THE COURT DECISIONS-ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT -- THE COURT DECISIONS-INDUSTRY SUITS -- THE REFORM ACT -- AGENCY REFORM EFFORTS -- REFERENCES -- 5 Land Use Planning for Oil and Gas -- BACKGROUND -- CURRENT PLANNING DIRECTION -- Bureau of Land Management Planning -- Forest Service Planning -- STATUS OF LAND USE PLANS -- Evaluation of Oil and Gas Resources for Planning -- Case 1: Fort Chaffee, Arkansas -- Case 2: Riley Ridge -- Case 3: Mid-Continent Rift -- Evaluation of Land Use Plans with Respect to Oil and Gas Leasing -- Headwaters Resource Management Plan (Bureau of Land Management) -- West HiLine Resource Management Plan (Bureau of Land Management) -- Lewis and Clark Forest Plan (Forest Service) -- Bridger-Teton Forest Plan (Forest Service).