With storage pressure and pandemic-reduced demand driving oil prices into freefall, lessees of federal and Indian lands may consider turning to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) procedures...more
4/24/2020
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The FCC has proposed to exclude so-called “Twilight Towers” from routine historic preservation review under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (“NHPA”) and its regulations. ...more
1/23/2018
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Cell Towers ,
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FCC ,
Historical Landmarks ,
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Native American Issues ,
NHPA ,
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Regulatory Oversight ,
Telecommunications ,
Tribal Lands ,
Wireless Industry
Historical development on new tribal energy legislation in Congress that will empower tribes to approve rights-of-way, leases, and business agreements with private industry for mineral development on tribal lands.
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12/19/2017
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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Office of Energy Projects, recently issued its Guidelines for Reporting on Cultural Resources Investigations for Natural Gas Projects (Guidelines)....more
8/29/2017
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Energy Projects ,
Energy Sector ,
FERC ,
Historic Preservation ,
Liquid Natural Gas ,
Native American Issues ,
Natural Gas ,
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NHPA ,
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