On the recordSeptember 7, 2017
Mr. Speaker, I thank Mr. Pearce for his leadership on this issue. Mr. Chairman, this rule by the BLM is a classic example of agency overregulation at its finest. Should the new regulations take effect, lessees and operators will be forced to maintain original gas charts, measurement tickets, calibrations, verifications, prover and configuration reports, pumper and gauger field logs, volume statements, event logs, seal records, and gas analysis. Most of these documents have nothing to do with determining the amount of production at a lease and will force businesses to hire more staff just to keep records. This will also likely result in more Federal employees to oversee the bureaucracy. This makes zero sense and is simply creating work and overregulation for no reason. I urge a ``yes'' vote.
