Chair Grijalva, Rep. Lowenthal Release GAO Report on Taxpayer Exposure From Inadequate BLM Oil and Gas Bonds, Look Ahead to Hearing on Reform Bill
September 18, 2019
September 18, 2019
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Arizona, issued the following news release:
Chair Raul M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Rep. Alan S. Lowenthal (D-Calif.), Chair of the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, today released a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report finding that oil and gas bonds held by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) are insufficient to clean up orphaned wells, putting U.S. taxpayers potentially on the hook for reclamation costs ranging from t . . .
Chair Raul M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Rep. Alan S. Lowenthal (D-Calif.), Chair of the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, today released a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report finding that oil and gas bonds held by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) are insufficient to clean up orphaned wells, putting U.S. taxpayers potentially on the hook for reclamation costs ranging from t . . .