BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – The U.S. Bureau of Land Management announced a 30-day public comment period opening Monday concerning changes to current federal protections to allow new oil and gas leasing and development on public lands including within the California Coastal National Monument and the Carrizo Plain National Monument.
On June 23, the federal agency’s Bakersfield Field Office will publish a Federal Register Notice of Intent which will start a 30-day public comment period where statements from the public will be collected about additional oil and gas development on public lands in Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Tulare, and Ventura counties.
Public comments on the proposed changes must be submitted through the Bureau of Land Management’s project website here…