H.R. 6107 · 115th Congress
Ending Duplicative Permitting Act
- Stage
- Reported from committee
- Sponsor
- Steve Pearce
- Introduced
- 2018-06-14
- Latest action
- 2018-11-02 · Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-1004.
Summary
Ending Duplicative Permitting Act
This bill prohibits the Department of the Interior from requiring an operator to obtain a federal drilling permit for oil and gas activities on non-federal surface estate if: (1) less than 50% of the subsurface mineral estate to be accessed by the proposed action is federally owned, and (2) the operator submits a state permit for such activities on the non-federal surface estate.