United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2016_register executive 2016-02-06 article Part II Proposed Rules D09002ee1c7f695ef D09002ee1c7f696c9 United States Department of the Interior originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Bureau of Land Management originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is proposing new regulations to reduce waste of natural gas from venting, flaring, and leaks during oil and natural gas production activities on onshore Federal and Indian leases. The regulations would also clarify when produced gas lost through venting, flaring, or leaks is subject to royalties, and when oil and gas production used on site would be royalty-free. These proposed regulations would be codified at new 43 CFR subparts 3178 and 3179. They would replace the existing provisions related to venting, flaring, and royalty-free use of gas contained in the 1979 Notice to Lessees and Operators of Onshore Federal and Indian Oil and Gas Leases, Royalty or Compensation for Oil and Gas Lost (NTL- 4A), which are over 3 decades old. 81 FR 6616 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-02-08/2016-01865 2016-01865 fr08fe16-26 RIN 1004-AE14 4310-84-P 15X.LLWO300000.L13100000.NB0000 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-02-08/2016-01865 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-02-08/html/2016-01865.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-02-08/pdf/2016-01865.pdf Government Contracts Mineral Royalties Oil and Gas Reserves Public Lands-Mineral Resources Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Surety Bonds Administrative Practice and Procedure Indians-Lands Oil and Gas Exploration Penalties Flaring Incorporation by Reference Immediate Assessments Oil and Gas Measurement Royalty-Free Use Venting 71 p. 6616 6686 81 FR 6616 Title 43 Part 3100 43 CFR Part 3100 Title 43 Part 3160 43 CFR Part 3160 Title 43 Part 3170 43 CFR Part 3170 RIN 1004-AE14 Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource Conservation; Federal Register Vol. 81, Issue PRORULE 2016-01865 II DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management 2016-04-08 15X.LLWO300000.L13100000.NB0000 4310-84-P 2016-01865 Proposed rule.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is proposing new regulations to reduce waste of natural gas from venting, flaring, and leaks during oil and natural gas production activities on onshore Federal and Indian leases. The regulations would also clarify when produced gas lost through venting, flaring, or leaks is subject to royalties, and when oil and gas production used on site would be royalty-free. These proposed regulations would be codified at new 43 CFR subparts 3178 and 3179. They would replace the existing provisions related to venting, flaring, and royalty-free use of gas contained in the 1979 Notice to Lessees and Operators of Onshore Federal and Indian Oil and Gas Leases, Royalty or Compensation for Oil and Gas Lost (NTL- 4A), which are over 3 decades old.

Send your comments on this proposed rule to the BLM on or before April 8, 2016. The BLM is not obligated to consider any comments received after this date in making its decision on the final rule. Eric Jones at the BLM Moab Field Office, 82 East Dogwood Ave., Moab, UT 84532, or by telephone at 435- 259-2117; or Timothy Spisak at the BLM Washington Office, 20 M Street SE., Room 2134LM, Washington, DC 20003, or by telephone at 202-912- 7311. For questions relating to regulatory process issues, contact Faith Bremner at 202-912-7441. Government Contracts Mineral Royalties Oil and Gas Reserves Public Lands-Mineral Resources Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Surety Bonds Administrative Practice and Procedure Indians-Lands Oil and Gas Exploration Penalties Flaring Incorporation by Reference Immediate Assessments Oil and Gas Measurement Royalty-Free Use Venting Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource Conservation , OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov tspisak@blm.gov http://arpa-e.energy.gov/?q=arpa-e-programs/monitor http://cogcc.state.co.us/gov.html#/federal http://doa.alaska.gov/ogc/Regulations/RegIndex.html http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2013JD021272/pdf http://pipelineandgasjournal.com/billions-needed-meet-long-term-natural-gas-infrastructure-supply-demands?page=4 http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es5040156 http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es5052809 http://soswy.state.wy.us/Rules/RULES/9584.pdf http://soswy.state.wy.us/Rules/RULES/9868.pdf http://statistics.onrr.gov/ReportTool.aspx http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/energy/oil_and_gas/onshore_oil_and_gas.html http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/energy/public_events_on_oil http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/energy/public_events_on_oil.html http://www.catf.us/resources/publications/files/Flaring_Report.pdf http://www.eia.gov/pub/oil_gas/natural_gas/feature_articles/2010/ngtrendsresidcon/ngtrendsresidcon.pdf http://www.eia.gov/pub/oil_gas/petrosystem/us_table.html http://www.elibrary.dep.state.pa.us/dsweb/Get/Document-96215/275-2101-003.pdf http://www.energy.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/files/serve?File_id=d174971c-4682-4d96-b194-a85fa2b86774 http://www.gastechnology.org/CH4/Documents/Fiji-George-CH4-presentation-Sep2014.pdf http://www.ibtimes.com/six-major-oil-gas-firms-agree-cut-potent-methane-emissions-ahead-un-climate-change-summit-1693517 http://www.nasa.gov/press/2014/october/satellite-data-shows-us-methane-hot-spot-bigger-than-expected/#.VLbQ0PnF9sE http://www.pnas.org/content/110/44/17768.full.pdf http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain http://www.regulations.gov http://www.rules.utah.gov/publicat/code/r649/r649-003.htm#T20 http://www.sciencemag.org/content/343/6172/733.full http://www3.epa.gov/airquality/nitrogenoxides/health.html http://www3.epa.gov/airquality/oilandgas/pdfs/20120417fs.pdf http://www3.epa.gov/airquality/oilandgas/pdfs/20140415liquids.pdf http://www3.epa.gov/airtoxics/hlthef/benzene.html http://www3.epa.gov/gasstar/accomplishments/index.html http://www3.epa.gov/gasstar/documents/ll_options.pdf http://www3.epa.gov/gasstar/documents/ll_plungerlift.pdf http://www3.epa.gov/gasstar/documents/reduced_emissions_completions.pdf http://www3.epa.gov/gasstar/documents/workshops/fortworth-2006/gremillion.pdf http://www3.epa.gov/gasstar/methanechallenge/index.html http://www3.epa.gov/pm/health.html https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/sites/default/files/5-CCR-1001-9_0.pdf https://www.dmr.nd.gov/oilgas/GuidancePolicyNorthDakotaIndustrialCommissionorder24665.pdf https://www.dmr.nd.gov/oilgas/or24665.pdf https://www.doioig.gov/sites/doioig.gov/files/2010-I-00171.pdf https://www.edf.org/sites/default/files/methane_cost_curve_report.pdf https://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment-report/ar5/wg1/WG1AR5_Chapter08_FINAL.pdf https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars_a094/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/image/president27sclimateactionplan.pdf www.regulations.gov Vol. 81, no. 25 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2016-02-08 continuing daily deposited born digital 342 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-02-08 P0b002ee18e732138 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr08fe16 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-02-08 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-02-08/pdf/FR-2016-02-08.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-02-08/xml/FR-2016-02-08.xml fdlp 6411 6743 DGPO 2016-02-06 2024-06-02 FR-2016-02-08 machine generated eng FR FR-2016-02-08 81 25