Resource Development & Rights of Way Practice
Issue Alerts
Federal Agencies Propose Environmental Rules for Energy Projects on Indian Reservations
Dan Press, Sheri SpangVan Ness Feldman Issue Alert
September 7, 2006
Federal agencies recently issued two Notices of Proposed Rulemaking for regulations describing proposed new requirements and procedures for environmental approvals of projects on Indian reservations. These regulations have the potential to cause significant and largely favorable changes in how companies, and particularly energy companies, conduct business on Indian reservations.
BLM Publishes Final Rule Governing Rights-of-Way Public and Federal Lands
Kay Henry, Steve Richardson, Brendan ShaneMay 6, 2005
The final rule revises the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management's cost recovery policies for both processing and monitoring of right-of-way grants; revises procedures for issuing right-of-way grants; and significantly increases fees that had been unchanged since August 1987.