Public Lands Access
Ensuring access to federal lands for natural gas and oil exploration & development is a major focus of IPAMS advocacy. Major initiatives for 2009 include continuing involvement in BLM’s land use management planning process, and ensuring industry is engaged with all BLM lease sales in the six state producing region.
Advocacy
Onshore Policy Changes
1) Leasing Instruction Memorandum No. 2010-117
2) Leasing Changes Presentation
3) Categorical Exclusions Instruction Memorandum
4) Categorical Exclusions Presentation
5) BLM Energy Reforms Q and A
6) Policy Change Comparison
- 04/09/2010 – IPAMS Comments to CEQ on Categorical Exclusions
- 03/02/2010 – Petition to Secretary Salazar from County Commissioners and Mayors Across the West
- 01/08/2010 – Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal letter to Secretary Salazar on DOI Oil and Gas Reforms
- Feb. 2010 – Draft Internal DOI Memo on Monument Designation
- Senators Hatch and Bennett’s Bill to Require Congressional Action on Monument Designations
- Historic Presevation Act Referenced in the Bennett/Hatch Bill
- 2.18.2010 – Senator Bennett’s (R-UT) Letter to Salazar on Monument Designations
- 2.18.2010 – Letter from Rep’s Hastings (R-WA) and Bishop (R-UT) on Monument Designations
- 1.28.2010 Secretary Salazar’s Response to House Natural Resource Committee Members
- 1.27.2010 – Letter to Secretary Salazar on DOI Changes from 22 Members of Congress
- 1.18.2010 – IPAMS Letter to DOI Assistant Secretary Lewis on DOI Changes
- 1.18.2010 – IPAMS Letter to BLM Director Abbey on DOI Changes
- IPAMS Position Paper – DOI Onshore Oil and Gas Reforms
- IPAMS Position Paper – Categorical Exclusions
- 01/08/2010 – Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal letter to Secretary Salazar on DOI Oil and Gas Reforms
Sample Letters to Politicians on DOI Changes
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- 1.28.2010 – IPAMS Thank you Letter to Sen. Brownback (R-KS) for his letter on DOI Oil and Gas Reforms
- 1.25.2010 – IPAMS Letter to Governor Ritter on DOI Oil and Gas Reforms
- 1.18.2010 – IPAMS Thank you Letter to Rep. Dan Boren (D-OK) for his Letter on DOI Oil and Gas Reforms
- 1.18.2010 -IPAMS Thank You to Sen. Bennett (R-UT) on DOI Changes for his letter on DOI Oil and Gas Reforms
- 1.14.2010 – IPAMS Thank you Letter to Wyoming Governor Freudenthal for his Letter on DOI Oil and Gas Reforms
- 1.15.2010 – IPAMS Thank you Letter to Rep. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) for her Letter on DOI Oil and Gas Reforms
- 1.15.2010 – IPAMS Thank you Letter to Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT) for his Letter on DOI Oil and Gas Reforms
- 1.15.2010 – IPAMS Thank you Letter to Rep. Doc Hastings (R-WA) for his Letter on DOI Oil and Gas Reforms
- 1.15.2010 – IPAMS Thank you Letter to Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO) for his Letter on DOI Oil and Gas Reforms
- 1.13.2010 – IPAMS Letter to Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) on DOI Oil and Gas Reforms
- IPAMS GAO CX Report Position Paper
- GAO Report on Categorical Exclusions (September 2009)
- 12.30.2009 Industrial Energy Consumers of America Letter of Support for CXs to Secretary Salazar
- 12.23.2009 Senate Letter of Support for CXs to Secretary Salazar
- 12.15.2009 Uintah County Letter of Support for CXs to Secretary Salazar
- IPAMS GAO CX Report Position Paper
- GAO Report on Categorical Exclusions (September 2009)
- IPAMS Position Paper – DOI’s Mismanagement of the Federal Onshore Natural Gas and Oil Program
- IPAMS Letter to the BLM Director on the Wyoming Range Lease Withdrawal
- IPAMS Letter to Interior Secretary on Unissued Leases in Utah
- IPAMS Letter to Interior Secretary on Use It or Lose It
- IPAMS Letter to Interior Secretary on the Utah RMPs
- IPAMS Position Paper – Development on Public Lands
- IPAMS Position Paper – Leasing
- IPAMS Federal Onshore Leasing Time Line