A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program under which the Director of the Bureau of Land Management shall enter into memoranda of understanding with States providing for State oversight of oil and gas productions activities.

Bill: 114-s-1230
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2015-05-06
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Intergovernmental relations

Land use and conservation

Oil and gas

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-05-06
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill requires the Department of the Interior, upon state request, to establish a program under which the Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with a state to create consistent rules and processes for measurement of oil and gas production activities, inspection of meters or other measurement methodologies, and other operational activities. </p> <p> To be eligible for this program, a state must administer oil and gas programs sufficient to fulfill BLM oversight and enforcement responsibilities.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1230 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 6, 2015 Ms. Murkowski introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program under which the Director of the Bureau of Land Management shall enter into memoranda of understanding with States providing for State oversight of oil and gas production activities.

1. State oversight of oil and gas programs (a) In general On request of the Governor of a State, the Secretary of the Interior shall establish a program under which the Director of the Bureau of Land Management shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the State to create consistent rules and processes for the measurement of oil and gas production activities, inspection of meters or other measurement methodologies, and other operational activities, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior. (b) Eligibility To be eligible for the program described in subsection (a), a State shall administer oil and gas programs in the State sufficient to fulfill the oversight and enforcement responsibilities of the Bureau of Land Management, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior.