New BLM headquarters share a building with a Chevron corporate office
Source: Washington Post
New BLM headquarters share a building with a Chevron corporate office
By Juliet Eilperin and Steven Mufson
September 20, 2019 at 8:09 p.m. EDT
The Bureau of Land Management has selected a site for its new headquarters in Grand Junction, Colo. — and it’s in a building that also serves as the home to a Chevron corporate office, a state oil and gas association, and an independent natural gas exploration company.
Trump officials decided in July to move the BLM — which oversees energy leasing, grazing and other activities on federal land — out of the District of Columbia. The move is to be completed by the end of next year.
While the Interior Department is dispersing the employees to several states, the bureau’s top leadership will move to Grand Junction.
“Standing up the headquarters is another step in providing better service to the American people and our neighbors in the West,” said Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, who grew up in the town of Rifle, an hour’s drive away from Grand Junction.
In a statement, the department said the lease at 760 Horizon Drive “will provide BLM with office space for national senior leadership and support staff,” including 19 vacant staff positions that are now being advertised. “The lease terms will provide the bureau with significant cost savings compared to the current arrangement in D.C.,” the statement said.
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