US House Natural Resources Democrats seek BLM enforcement information

Oil & Gas Journal: US House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Raul M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Energy and Minerals Subcommittee Chairman Alan Lowenthal asked acting US Interior Sec. David Bernhardt for information about the US Bureau of Land Management’s safety and environmental regulation enforcement efforts.

Their Mar. 11 letter came as the two federal lawmakers released a new Government Accountability Office report that found that the DOI agency has not completed internal control reviews at more than 80% of BLM’s field offices that manage oil and gas activities on public lands.

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