Sec. 4. Permitting on non-Federal surface estate
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The Mineral Leasing Act ( 30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 44 (as added by section 2(a)(2)) the following: The following activities conducted on non-Federal surface estate shall not require a permit from the Bureau of Land Management and shall not be considered a major Federal action under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.): Oil and gas operations for the exploration for, or development or production of, oil and gas in a lease or unit or communitization agreement in which the United States holds a mineral ownership interest of 50 percent or less.
Oil and gas operations that may have potential drainage impacts, as determined by the Bureau of Land Management, on oil and gas in which the United States holds a mineral ownership interest. The Secretary of the Interior shall provide to each State a map or list indicating Federal mineral ownership within that State. Each State with an approved permit to drill or drilling plan that would impact or extract oil and gas owned by the Federal Government shall notify the Secretary of the Interior of the approved permit to drill or drilling plan.
Nothing in this section affects the amount of royalties due to the United States under this Act from the production of oil and gas. .
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