FY24 Bureau of Land Management New Mexico (NM) Cooperative Inspection Agreements with States and Tribes. Employment of Native Americans which will stimulate the Nations
economy.Satisfying the BLM requirement for Oil & Gas Inspection and Enforcement
requirements per FOGRMA.Training of Native American Inspectors per the National
Certification Program for Oil & Gas I & E Personn. The BLM manages approximately 40,000 Federal onshore leases and well inventory of more
than 94,000 across 32 States. These leases have generated in excess of $2 billion annually in
bonus bids, royalties and rents in recent years of which nearly half is distributed to States in
accordance with revenue sharing provisions of the Mineral Leasing Act and FOGRMA. In
addition, the BLM manages operations on roughly 4,500 oil and gas leases on behalf of Native
Tribes and individual Native mineral owners.
The BLM seeks to ensure that the public’s oil and gas resources are developed in an
environmentally responsible manner that maximizes recovery, while minimizing waste and
providing a fair return for the taxpayer through accurate revenue collection. . This is
accomplished through expediting leasing, streamlining well permitting, reservoir management,
and the administration of operations, which includes prioritizing inspections based on risk and
providing oversight of ongoing operations, as well as monitoring reclamation and abandonment
activities. Another important component is the BLM’s Fiduciary Trust Responsibility to Indian
Tribes, which is an obligation on the part of the United States to protect tribal treaty rights, lands,
assets, and resources, as well as a duty to carry out the mandates of Federal law with respect to
American Indian and Alaska Native tribes and villages.