Urge the Bureau of Land Management to reject the proposed rescission of the 2024 Waste Prevention Rule and maintain protections against oil and gas waste and pollution on public lands.

Jeff Merkley · Oregon · Democratic

oversight impact 0.55 specificity 0.82 extraction confidence 90%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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Evidence

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Merkley's office reported that Senators Wyden and Merkley and Oregon House members opposed BLM oil-and-gas rule rescissions. It says Merkley signed the second letter opposing BLM's proposal to overturn the 2024 Waste Prevention Rule and that the lawmakers wrote: "strongly urge BLM to reject this proposed rescission."

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Delivered: Merkley took the promised oversight action by joining a congressional letter urging BLM to reject the proposed Waste Prevention Rule rescission and maintain the 2024 rule.

delivered same_term A for effort

Wyden, Merkley, Bonamici, Hoyle, Dexter, Colleagues Oppose Rescission of Key Energy Leasing and Public Lands Protections
primary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 96%

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BLM published a proposed rule, RIN 1004-AF33, stating it would modify existing rules for royalties on oil and gas lost on Federal and Indian leases. The notice says comments were due August 24, 2026, and describes proposed changes that would replace parts of the 2024 Waste Prevention Rule.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official rulemaking context: as of the searched September 10-12, 2026 lookback, I found no final BLM action accepting or rejecting the congressional request; the rulemaking evidence remains at the proposed-rule/comment-stage record.

unresolved same_term

Royalty for Oil and Gas Lost From Onshore Federal and Indian Leases
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 85%

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Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): delivered. same_term

Merkley fulfilled the oversight promise by joining a congressional letter that explicitly urged BLM to reject the proposed rescission of the 2024 Waste Prevention Rule and preserve protections against oil and gas waste and pollution on public lands. Because the promise was to urge BLM, not necessarily to secure a final agency rejection, the action itself satisfies the claim during his current Senate term.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 96%