To prohibit the implementation of the Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment for the Buffalo, Wyoming Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management.
Sponsored By: Representative Hageman
Introduced
Summary
Would block the Bureau of Land Management from implementing its 2024 Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment that removed acreage from future coal leasing in the Buffalo Field Office. The Buffalo Field Office manages 780,291 acres of public lands and 4,731,140 acres of mineral estates across Campbell, Johnson, and Sheridan Counties, Wyoming. The 2024 amendment made no acres available for future coal leasing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while allowing existing coal leases to be developed.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
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Ban Buffalo, Wyoming land-use plan
This bill would block the Interior Department and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) from using a new land‑use plan for the Buffalo Field Office in Wyoming. The plan is the Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment announced in the Federal Register (89 Fed. Reg. 93650) on November 27, 2024. If enacted, BLM would not be able to implement, run, or enforce permit rules, rights‑of‑way decisions, or other actions from that plan. The ban would start upon enactment.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Hageman
WY • R
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
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