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DOI meeting on energy rights-of-way on tribal lands
Monday, February 13, 2006
The Interior Department and the Energy Department have scheduled a meeting next month to take comments on issues regarding energy rights-of-way on tribal land.
Section 1813 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 requires the two departments to conduct a study on rights-of-way and submit a report to Congress by August 7, 2006. As part of the process, a two-day meeting will be held March 7-8 in Denver, Colorado.
According to a notice published in the Federal Register today, the study will focus on four subjects:
- An analysis of historical rates of compensation;
- Recommendations for appropriate standards to determine fair and
appropriate compensation;
- An assessment of tribal self-determination and sovereignty
interests implicated by applications for energy rights-of-way on tribal
land; and
- An analysis of relevant national energy transportation policies.
At the meetings, several working groups will be created to study the subjects. Tribes are invited to make proposals.
Get the Notice:
Public Scoping Meeting on Congressionally Mandated Study of Energy Rights-of-Way on Tribal Lands
(Federal Register 2/13)
Get the Bill:
Energy
Policy Act of 2005 (H.R.6)
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