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John Hoeven: “Do you realize that if you were a mineral owner in North Dakota and you owned the surface acres, but that if you share…”

On the recordApril 26, 2021
Do you realize that if you were a mineral owner in North Dakota and you owned the surface acres, but that if you share some of that mineral ownership with federal--with Interior, and Interior has no surface acreage, that your moratorium would prevent that private landowner from developing his mineral interests?
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John Hoeven
Republican · North Dakota

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Hoeven highlights the negative effects of the moratorium on private mineral owners.

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