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On the recordApril 13, 2016
It seems if BLM does not take steps, it is truly opening itself up to the charge that this rule is not a waste prevention rule, but a waste promotion rule.
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John Barrasso
Republican · Wyoming

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Barrasso criticizes the BLM's proposed rule as potentially harmful to local tribes.

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