He decided to segregate 1 million acres of federal lands in Arizona while the Department evaluates whether new mining claims should be allowed on these lands.
The Department of the Interior announced a plan to provide more relief and flexibility to ranchers whose livestock grazes on public lands, while the Department of the Transportation is working with state governments to provide emergency waivers of federal truck weight regulations and hours of service requirements to drought-stricken communities.
Mr. BABBITT: Well, I put together a task force in the Interior Department looking at possible public lands for monuments.
Bush said he would instruct the Energy Department to identify other federal lands that could be opened to exploration, support construction of new pipelines, expand refining capacity by tearing down "regulatory hurdles, " and commit billions to clean coal technology and hydroelectric power.
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The helicopter lands in a remote camp at Gardez, where State Department aid worker Rick Carbone says the road will bring economic development.
The Department of Interior which controls permits for drilling on federal onshore lands and the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) is also exerting a big influence upon fracking operations.
The Department of the Interior has provided additional grazing flexibility on federal lands and the Small Business Administration is working to help with access to investment capital and credit in affected communities.
Today the Department of Interior released its proposed rules governing oil and gas fracking on federal lands.
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In mid-July, the department's Mineral Management Services, which controls the mineral rights on federal lands, asserted its jurisdiction over renewable energy projects--wind, wave, solar and tidal energy--on federal waters in the Outer Continental Shelf.
The Republican program would require the Interior Department to move forward in order to free up leasing and development of drilling on public lands onshore.
As part of that response, the U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced that it will provide millions of dollars in assistance to restore livestock lands affected by the drought.
As just one example, permitting by the Department of the Interior would slow down, creating delays for the development of oil and gas on Federal lands.
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