Federal · Title 42 — Public Health and Welfare
42 U.S.C. § 15922: Consultation regarding oil and gas leasing on public land
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public land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior; and National Forest System land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture. oil and gas lease applications; surface use plans of operation, including steps for processing surface use plans; and applications for permits to drill consistent with applicable timelines; eliminate duplication of effort by providing for coordination of planning and environmental compliance efforts; applied consistently; coordinated between agencies; and only as restrictive as necessary to protect the resource for which the stipulations are applied; tracking applications and formal requests made in accordance with procedures of the Federal onshore oil and gas leasing program; and providing information regarding the status of the applications and requests within the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture; and tracking surface resource values to aid in resource management; and processing surface use plans of operation and applications for permits to drill.
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