You are employed in the environmental, health & safety department of an energy c

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You are employed in the environmental, health & safety department of an energy company involved in hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) of shale oil & gas formations. During the administration of President Obama, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) – a federal agency charged with managing much of the land owned by the United States – issued a final rule regulating fracking on federal lands. At a recent industry conference, your boss heard about a new proposed BLM rule that would rescind the existing BLM rule regulating fracking on federal lands. Supposedly the rule was proposed by BLM earlier this summer. Depending on what the proposed rule says, your employer may want to submit comments on the proposed rule, assuming it is not too late to do so.

b.      When the comment period ends on the proposed rule.

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In general BLM accepts Comments for two months of period from the date of Publishing the proposed regulations. The comments may include comments , supporting regulatory impact analysis or environmental assesment .

Example Proposed regulation Published date : 7/25/2017

Comments Close date :9/25/2017

Special case : With two proposed rules on hydraulic fracking of oil and gas ,Comments for received form state and central official along with tribalal consilation meetings more than 210 days . Comment period might change depending on the issue and imapct of the rule on envirment and society.

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