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Page 8 Golden Valley News April 7, 2016
BLM extends comment
natural
In response to requests from the
public, the Bureau of Land Man-
agement (BLM) has extended the
public comment period until April
22, 2016, for the recently proposed
Methane and Waste Prevention
Rule.
The rule would update 30-year-
old regulations to reduce the re-
lease of natural gas into the
atmosphere from oil and gas oper-
ations on public and American In-
dian lands.
The BLM released the proposed
rule on Jan. 22, and provided the
public 60 days to comment on the
proposal from the date it appeared
in the Federal Register on Feb. 8.
The BLM conducted public meet-
ings in 2014 during development
of the proposed rule in Denver,
Colo.; Albuquerque, N.M4 Dick-
inson, and Washington D.C.
After receiving multiple com-
munications from the public re-
questing an extension of the
comment period or opposing such
an extension, the BLM decided to
extend the comment period from
the original April 8 deadline. The
public wilt now have an additional
14 days, until to April 22, to re-
view and comment on the draft
rule.
The proposed rule would re-
quire oil and gas producers to
adopt currently available technolo-
gies, processes and equipment that
would limit the rate of flaring at oil
wells on public and tribal lands,
and would require operators to pe-
riodically inspect their operations
for leaks, and to replace outdated
equipment that vents large quanti-
ties of gas into the air. Operators
would also be required to limit
venting from storage tanks and use
best practices to limit gas losses
when removing liquids fi'om wells.
The new measures would also
clarify when operators owe royal-
ties on flared gas, and ensure that
BLM's regulations provide con-
gressionally authoNzed flexibility
to set royalty rates at or above 12.5
percent of the value of production,
according to the BLM.
U.S. oil production is at its
highest level in nearly 30 years
and the nation is now the largest
natural gas producer in the world,
providing an abundant sburee of
clean-burning fuel to power and
After receiving
multiple communi-
cations from the
public requesting
an extension of the
comment period or
opposing such an
extension, the BLM
decided to extend
the comment period
from the original
April 8 deadline.
heat American homes and busi-
nesses. At the same time, venting
and leaks during oil and gas oper-
ations are major sources of harm-
ful methane emissions, a powerful
greenhouse gas about 25 times
more potent than carbon dioxide,
the BLM says. U.S. methane emis-
sions are projected to increase sub-
stantially without additional steps
to lower them. The proposal is
consistent with the Obama admin-
istration's goal to cut methane
emissions from the oil and gas sec-
tor by 40-45 percent from 2012
levels by 2025, according to the
BLM.
Currently, vast amounts of nat-
ural gas from public and Indian
lands are lost through venting, flar-
ing and leaks from oil and gas op-
erations. Between 2009 and 2014,
enough natural gas was lost
through venting, flaring and leaks
to power more than five million
homes for a year, the BLM says.
States, tribes and federal taxpayers
also lose royalty revenues when
natural gas is wasted - as much as
$23 million annually in royalty
revenue for the federal government
and the states that share it, accord-
ing to a 2010 Government Ac-
countability Office report.
More information about the
proposed rule, including its text, a
fact sheet, the regulatory impact
analysis, the environmental analy-
sis, and other information can be
found oll the Web page Public
Events on Oii and Gas at
BLM.gov.
I received a thank you from one of with Judy Ridenhower and Marlene Reading With Sharon Dietz o1 Gary
our local soldiers after he received his Muruato as our hair ladies beginning Riederer in the Dining Room. Ron
Easter package. It was greatly appre- at 8 a.m. Pastor Maxted led Devo- and Connie Chaffee came and had a
ciated. Thank you to those who do- - tions at 7 p.m in the Chapel with his nice visit with Phyllis Bailey. Kathy
nate things to add to their boxes. Our wife, Bev. Gwen Lorenz was pianist Finneman and her mother came to
next mailing will be for the 4th of for Devotions. Kyleigh and Kathy see Florence Finneman.
July. If you have anything at all you'd Strub visited with Mert and Louie On Tuesday, March, 29, we
like to donate to our 10 soldiers Schlautmann. started our day with exercises in the
please drop it off at the front desk at On Saturday, March 26, exercis- Activity Room with Debt Lauf at 10
the Manor with a note that says, "For ers made their way down to the Ac- a.m. We played bingo at 2 p.m. in the
the soldiers" and I'll save it for next tivity Room to exercise with Loretta Activity Room with Gary Riederer
time. Wyckoffat 10 a.m. calling and Jessica Savini handing
Thursday, March 24, began with Sunday, March 27, was Easter out prizes. Jessica Savini volunteered
reconciliation in the Chapel of Angels Sunday.Adoration began at 8:30 a.m, at the library in the afternoon.
at 9 a.m. Shoppers went downtown in the Chapel with Word & Com-Wednesday, March 30. was Flo-
shopping on the bus and exercisers munion following at 9:30. At 2:30 renceFinneman's 92nd birthday! She
went to the Activity Room to exercise p.m. it was CardS and Games Time in had a party in the afternoon with
with Deb Lauf at 10 a.m. At 2 p.m. the Dining Room for those wanting many in attendance. Alicia Heick
most of the Manor residents were in to exercise their brains! Carol and came for Florence's birthday. Mar-
the Activity Room playing bingo and Paul Weyer, daughter and grandson lene gave massages in the Activity
collecting prizes with Gary Riederer of Gwen Lorenz, came to enjoy Room at 2 p.m. and worked on new
calling and Jessica Savini handing out Easter dinner with her and to see Dining Room table decorations with
prizes. Ron andConnie Chaffee came Toby. Dennis and Melanie Nunberg Jessica Savini helping out. Jessica
to visit Phyllis Bailey. Lois and came to have dinner with Jowayne went to Youth Group. Pastor Ben
Chuck Miske visited Florence Miske. Nunberg. Baker and his family came and had
Friday, March 25, was Hair Day Monday, March 28, at 2 p.m. was dinner with her.
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tion, and up to 200 could be em-
ployed at the facility once it's operat-
ing, according to Meridian. The
prospect of relatively stable jobs, and
an increased property tax base in a
county which has seen enormous
benefits from the oil industry, will no
doubt appeal to county officials, and
to many residents of the region.
Still, there are eyes on the possible
effects on the national park, which
supports tourism, one of the region's
other major industries.
Valerie Naylor, former superin-
tendent of Theodore Roosevelt Na-
tional Park, and now a private
consultant for the National Parks
Conservation Association, compli-
mented Meridian for the extent of its
of county zoning application.
While the application seems to
show a minimal or no impact in terms
of how the refinerywould be seen
from within the park, Naylor argues
that only a couple points of view from
the park were shown by Meridian.
The other issue is that a refinery
can draw a great deal of other types
of industrial projects. "So I have a
great concern about that," said Nay-
lot.
Naylor didn't disagree that there
could be a need for a refinery, but said
it should be built somewhere else.
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A rural schoolhouse known as Emily Tescher recently,joined the
Valley View School has been moved American Sheep Industry Associa-
into Sentinel Butte and located on tion as a communications manager.
the school grounds east of the pres- Over 200 of the state's best and
ent Sentinel Butte School Hall. This brightest high school and college
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Listings )br high school
sporting events, plus public
events that am fi ee to anyone
and aren't fired-raisers or
aren't family or business invi-
tations, can be published fi'ee
of charge in this column.
• Belfield School Board reg-
ular meeting, 7 p.m., Monday,
April 11, Belfield School Li-
brary
• Beach School Board meet-
ing, 6 p.m., Wednesday, April
13, at Beach High School
• Belfield School Board
community meeting, 7 p.m.,
Thursday, April 14, in high
school gymnasium, regarding
proposed purchase of land for
a new school
• Medora Chamber of Com,
merce meeting, 4:15
p.m., Thursday, April
14, Medora Community Center
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