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With a new rule made effective on Monday, BLM seeks to end such land disputes and clear the path for renewable energy development. The rule will exempt land considered for renewable development from competing mining claims, many of which cannot be inspected to ensure that an actual “discovery” has been made. The move will simplify an already complex application process and aid the ongoing federal effort to generate 10,000 megawatts of non-hydropower renewable energy on public land by 2015.
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