Oil and Gas Activities Within the National Wildlife Refuge System and the Fish and Wildlife Service's Interest in Further Regulating Them

Oil and Gas Activities Within the National Wildlife Refuge System and the Fish and Wildlife Service's Interest in Further Regulating Them PDF

Author: Oceans and Insular Affairs of the Committee on Natural Resources U.S. House of Representatives, Wildlife Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs of the Committee on Natural Resources U.S. House of Representatives

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2015-05-09

Total Pages: 90

ISBN-13: 9781512118414

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There are about 1,670 active oil and gas wells within the Nation Wildlife Refuge System. Nearly 70 percent of those wells are located in the State of Louisiana. In the vast majority of cases, those wells existed before the refuge was established. The Fish and Wildlife Service did not acquire the non-Federal mineral rights, and the owners of this subsurface property have every legal right to develop their oil and gas resources. This does not mean that these oil and gas activities are unregulated. Both the Fish and Wildlife Service in 43 States have oil and gas regulations. In every State in which the Fish and Wildlife Service has identified active and inactive wells, regulations have been adopted which protect the environment and public safety through each stage of the extraction process.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Information on Oil and Gas Activities in the National Wildlife Refuge System

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Information on Oil and Gas Activities in the National Wildlife Refuge System PDF

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Published: 2001

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This report responds to a request for specific information on activities related to oil and gas development and production that occurs in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Wildlife Refuge System. The first national wildlife refuge was created in 1903 when President Theodore Roosevelt set aside a tiny island off the east coast of Florida for the protection of pelicans and other species of birds. Since then, the National Wildlife Refuge System has grown to encompass more than 93 million acres of land and more than 560 national wildlife refuges and wetland management districts. At least one of these units can be found in every state and U.S. territory.

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