Productive Public Lands Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Productive Public Lands Act targets nine Bureau of Land Management resource-management decisions. Within 60 days, the Interior Secretary, through BLM, must reissue records of decision or plan amendments for the Buffalo, Grand Junction, Colorado River Valley, Miles City, Rock Springs, Royal Gorge, Big Game Habitat Conservation for Oil and Gas Management in Colorado, Lakeview, and Gunnison Sage-Grouse planning documents, using specified preferred alternatives such as alternatives A, B, or C depending on the field office. The bill then deems those reissued documents and selected alternatives to satisfy the National Environmental Policy Act, the Federal Land Policy and Management Act, and the Administrative Procedure Act and says no additional environmental analysis is required.
Who Benefits and How
Oil and gas leaseholders benefit because several affected BLM plans would move forward without additional NEPA analysis. Public-land grazing and resource users benefit if the specified preferred alternatives allow more productive use of covered BLM lands. Western county governments benefit from faster certainty around field-office resource-management plans. BLM field offices benefit from congressional direction on which alternatives to reissue.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The Bureau of Land Management must reissue nine records of decision or plan amendments within 60 days. Environmental advocacy organizations lose procedural leverage because the bill deems NEPA, FLPMA, and APA compliance satisfied. Wildlife habitat advocates bear risk from reduced environmental analysis for big-game and Gunnison sage-grouse planning decisions. Interior Department attorneys must defend the statutory deeming provision if challenged.
Key Provisions
- Requires BLM reissuance of named resource-management decisions within 60 days.
- Directs specific preferred alternatives for Buffalo, Grand Junction, Colorado River Valley, Miles City, Rock Springs, Royal Gorge, Lakeview, and Gunnison sage-grouse documents.
- Deems the reissued documents compliant with NEPA, FLPMA, and APA.
- Blocks additional environmental analysis for the covered decisions.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Requires BLM to reissue specific resource-management records of decision with listed preferred alternatives and deems those reissued documents compliant with NEPA, FLPMA, and APA requirements without additional environmental analysis.
Key Policy Areas
Public Lands, Energy, Environmental Review
Primary Purpose
Requires BLM to reissue specific resource-management records of decision with listed preferred alternatives and deems those reissued documents compliant with NEPA, FLPMA, and APA requirements without additional environmental analysis.
Policy Domains
Resolution provisions
Identified Gains
- Oil and gas leaseholders
- Public-land grazing users
- Western county governments
- BLM field offices
Identified Costs
- Bureau of Land Management
- Environmental advocacy organizations
- Wildlife habitat advocates
- Interior Department attorneys
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Hurd of Colorado (for himself, Mr. LaMalfa, Ms. Hageman, …
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
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Environmental advocacy organizations, Wildlife habitat advocates
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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