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Rio Blanco County approves letter to BLM on supplemental environmental assessment for oil-and-gas leasing
Summary
The board approved a letter to the Bureau of Land Management regarding the adequacy of a supplemental environmental assessment on greenhouse gas emissions and air quality for oil-and-gas leasing in Colorado.
The Rio Blanco County Board of Commissioners voted Sept. 30 to send a letter to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) concerning the adequacy of a supplemental environmental assessment that addresses greenhouse gas emissions and air quality related to federal oil-and-gas leasing in Colorado.
Commissioners reviewed the letter included in the meeting packet and discussed its general purpose. County staff said the letter supports BLM taking a particular regulatory approach that may be more permissive than alternatives that would arise from some court-directed stricter analyses; discussion in the meeting characterized the issue as federal versus state policy approaches to leasing and emission standards.
A commissioner moved to approve the letter and the motion passed on a roll call with all three commissioners recorded as voting in favor. The record shows no further amendments to the draft letter during the meeting.
The signed letter will be transmitted to BLM; county staff did not specify a timeline for transmittal during the meeting.
