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BLM begins review of oil sands, tar sands plans

04/25/2011
Nick SnowWashington EditorThe US Bureau of Land Management began its review of commercial oil sands and tar sands plans issued during President George W. Bush's administration by publishing a notice of intent to prepare a programmatic environmental impact statement (PEIS) governing allocation of such resources in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming.The process also will cover possible land use plan amendments for the 2 million acres of public land, which BLM made available under a 2008 PEIS, the Federal Register notice added. That PEIS also expanded the amount of land available for leasing, BLM said.The planning area involves 1.9 million acres of public land with oil shale resources in Colorado's...
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