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On the recordJune 14, 2023
What is interesting to me is that, if you read the rule and the analysis the BLM has put out on the rule, it is that they have done no economic evaluation.
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Kristi Noem
Republican · South Dakota
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Noem criticizes the lack of economic evaluation in the BLM's rule.

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