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Committee adopts oil and gas rule updates; conservation commission docket passes after roll call
Summary
The committee approved two related Department of Lands rule dockets on oil and gas leasing and conservation. One docket passed by voice vote; a second, broader conservation rules docket passed after a roll‑call vote (11–4–3) following questions about public notice and comment periods.
The Resources and Conservation Committee approved two sets of oil and gas‑related rule changes offered by the Idaho Department of Lands. Staff told the committee the edits were primarily clarifying updates and to better align rule language with statute and current industry practices.
Mike Murphy, minerals leasing program manager, presented pending rule docket 20-0316-2401 describing changes to the department’s oil and gas leasing rules on state endowment and other agency lands. Murphy said the department removed definitions duplicated in statute and clarified language on pooled or unitized acreage. He told the committee the proposed rule was…
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