Federal land manager pulls plug on Utah tar sand lease because of conflict of interest
Bureau of Land Management contractor has been buying mineral leases for years.
(Courtesy photo by Taylor McKinnon, Center for Biological Diversity/EcoFlight) The Bureau of Land Management proposed leasing 2,100 acres on Asphalt Ridge, pictured here in Utah’s Uinta Basin southwest of Vernal, for tar sands extraction. On Dec. 11, however, the agency suspended its approval process after learning that the project’s applicant is a BLM contract employee. | Updated: Dec. 15, 2020, 6:18 a.m.
Vern Jones is a Utah landman, a professional who secures rights to federal minerals on behalf of himself and others in the oil and gas business.
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