In response to President Trump’s order to review regulations
that unnecessarily impede energy development, the Bureau of Land Management
announced today that it will consider amending the Desert Renewable
Energy Conservation Plan (DRECP) to seek greater opportunities for renewable
energy generation.
The BLM will publish a Federal Register notice this week to
open a 45-day public comment period on the Desert Renewable Energy Plan
(DRECP), which covers about 10.8 million acres of BLM-managed public
land. On September 14, 2016, the BLM issued the Record of Decision for
the DRECP, which made only 7 percent of the area available for renewable energy
leasing.
