SEC. 305. GREATER THOMPSON DIVIDE FUGITIVE COAL 
MINE METHANE USE PILOT PROGRAM. 
(a) FUGITIVE COAL MINE METHANE USE PILOT 
PROGRAM.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 
the Bureau of Land Management a pilot program, 
to be known as the ‘‘Greater Thompson Divide Fu-
gitive Coal Mine Methane Use Pilot Program’’. 
(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the pilot pro-
gram is to promote the capture, beneficial use, miti-
gation, and sequestration of fugitive methane emis-
sions— 
(A) to reduce methane emissions; 
(B) to promote economic development; 
(C) to improve air quality; and 
(D) to improve public safety. 
(3) PLAN.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall develop a plan— 
(i) to complete an inventory of fugitive 
methane emissions in accordance with sub-
section (b); 
(ii) to provide for the leasing of fugi-
tive methane emissions in accordance with 
subsection (c); and 
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(iii) to provide for the capping or de-
struction of fugitive methane emissions in 
accordance with subsection (d). 
(B) COORDINATION.—In developing the 
plan under this paragraph, the Secretary shall 
coordinate with— 
(i) the State; 
(ii) Garfield, Gunnison, Delta, and 
Pitkin Counties in the State; 
(iii) lessees of Federal coal within the 
counties referred to in clause (ii); 
(iv) interested institutions of higher 
education in the State; and 
(v) interested members of the public. 
(b) FUGITIVE METHANE EMISSIONS INVENTORY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall complete an inventory of fugitive methane 
emissions. 
(2) CONDUCT.— 
(A) COLLABORATION.—The Secretary may 
conduct the inventory under paragraph (1) 
through, or in collaboration with— 
(i) the Bureau of Land Management; 
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(ii) the United States Geological Sur-
vey; 
(iii) the Environmental Protection 
Agency; 
(iv) the United States Forest Service; 
(v) State departments or agencies; 
(vi) Garfield, Gunnison, Delta, or 
Pitkin County in the State; 
(vii) the Garfield County Federal Min-
eral Lease District; 
(viii) institutions of higher education 
in the State; 
(ix) lessees of Federal coal within a 
county referred to in subparagraph (F); 
(x) the National Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric Administration; 
(xi) the National Center for Atmos-
pheric Research; or 
(xii) other interested entities, includ-
ing members of the public. 
(B) FEDERAL SPLIT ESTATE.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—In conducting the 
inventory under paragraph (1) for Federal 
minerals on split estate land, the Secretary 
shall rely on available data. 
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(ii) LIMITATION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion requires or authorizes the Secretary to 
enter or access private land to conduct the 
inventory under paragraph (1). 
(3) 
CONTENTS.—The 
inventory 
conducted 
under paragraph (1) shall include— 
(A) the general location and geographic co-
ordinates of vents, seeps, or other sources pro-
ducing significant fugitive methane emissions; 
(B) an estimate of the volume and con-
centration of fugitive methane emissions from 
each source of significant fugitive methane 
emissions, including details of measurements 
taken and the basis for that emissions estimate; 
(C) relevant data and other information 
available from— 
(i) 
the 
Environmental 
Protection 
Agency; 
(ii) the Mine Safety and Health Ad-
ministration; 
(iii) the Colorado Department of Nat-
ural Resources; 
(iv) the Colorado Public Utility Com-
mission; 
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(v) the Colorado Department of 
Health and Environment; and 
(vi) the Office of Surface Mining Rec-
lamation and Enforcement; and 
(D) such other information as may be use-
ful in advancing the purposes of the pilot pro-
gram. 
(4) PUBLIC PARTICIPATION; DISCLOSURE.— 
(A) PUBLIC
PARTICIPATION.—The Sec-
retary shall, as appropriate, provide opportuni-
ties for public participation in the conduct of 
the inventory under paragraph (1). 
(B) AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary shall 
make the inventory conducted under paragraph 
(1) publicly available. 
(C) DISCLOSURE.—Nothing in this sub-
section requires the Secretary to publicly re-
lease information that— 
(i) poses a threat to public safety; 
(ii) is confidential business informa-
tion; or 
(iii) is otherwise protected from public 
disclosure. 
(5) IMPACT
ON
COAL
MINES
SUBJECT
TO 
LEASE.— 
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(A) IN
GENERAL.—For the purposes of 
conducting the inventory under paragraph (1), 
for land subject to a Federal coal lease, the 
Secretary shall use readily available methane 
emissions data. 
(B) EFFECT.—Nothing in this section re-
quires the holder of a Federal coal lease to re-
port additional data or information to the Sec-
retary. 
(6) USE.—The Secretary shall use the inven-
tory conducted under paragraph (1) in carrying 
out— 
(A) the leasing program under subsection 
(c); and 
(B) the capping or destruction of fugitive 
methane emissions under subsection (d). 
(c) FUGITIVE METHANE EMISSIONS LEASING PRO-
GRAM AND SEQUESTRATION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing 
rights and in accordance with this section, not later 
than 1 year after the date of completion of the in-
ventory required under subsection (b), the Secretary 
shall carry out a program to encourage the use and 
destruction of fugitive methane emissions. 
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