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Jerry Moran: It seems to me that is what the taxpayers would expect, that when resources are extracted from public land that there be…

On the recordMarch 2, 2009
It seems to me that is what the taxpayers would expect, that when resources are extracted from public land that there be market-based compensation plus the cost of restoring the land as much as possible to its original condition.
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Jerry Moran
Republican · Kansas

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Moran discusses expectations for market-based compensation for resource extraction on public land.

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