Federal Lands Access Inventories Conducted Under the Energy Policy andConservation Act (EPCA) Amendments of 2000

摘要

The availability of onshore Federal lands for oil and gasexploration and production is the subject of a polarized debate.Industry interests claim that an excessive amount of Federalland is locked up; environmental interests assert that almost allthe public lands are available for oil and gas leasing with fewrestrictions. The EPCA inventory represents an effort tosupply a quantitative assessment of the situation.