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Review oil shale proposals

As part of an ongoing commitment to encourage industry to develop technologies that could lead to economic and commercial viability for oil shale development, the Bureau of Land Management has released for public review a preliminary environmental assessment for two proposed oil shale research development and demonstration leases in Rio Blanco County, Colo., about 35 miles southwest of Meeker.
ExxonMobil Exploration Company and Natural Soda Holdings Inc. have submitted plans of operations for the in-situ…