Central ND News

Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued a statement following a U.S. District Court's decision to temporarily block the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) from enforcing its natural gas venting and flaring rule. The ruling is the result of a lawsuit filed by North Dakota, Montana, Texas, Wyoming, and Utah. Hoeven has criticized the rule for imposing what he describes as burdensome and duplicative methane emission regulations on federal oil and gas resource development.

"North Dakota is a leader in energy production, so it only makes sense that our state would lead the court challenge of the Biden administration’s unnecessary and duplicative methane rule, and this ruling is welcome progress in stopping the overregulation that is handcuffing our domestic energy producers," said Hoeven. "At the same time, we continue to fight back against the Biden administration’s regulatory onslaught and Green New Deal policies that are driving up consumer costs and harming our nation’s energy security."

Hoeven has been advocating for increased U.S. domestic energy production and is sponsoring legislation aimed at providing regulatory relief in the federal permitting process. This includes a bill designed to streamline and set deadlines for multi-agency National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) reviews of natural gas pipeline and liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects.