Feds Drop $1M Compound Requests For Burning Man

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has rescinded their million dollar demands for the annual Burning Man festival in Nevada.

The BLM operates over the land which Burning Man operates and is therefore responsible for the safety and well being of those in attendance. Their requests were in response to housing the personnel they felt were needed for the event, according to the Washington Post.

John Ruhs, acting director of BLM's state office, has since worked with the organizers of Burning Man to come up with a solution, namely sifting through and cutting costs.

BLM and Burning Man representatives say the new compromise is several hundred-thousand dollars less than before, USA Today reported.

Organizers of the event were previously expected to accommodate the bureau's request for a $1 million compound to house law enforcement in the middle of the Black Rock Desert, which included amenities such as flush toilets, washers, dryers, showers, air conditioning and refrigerators, according to Fox News.

The bureau has since granted the permit for the festival and dropped their more expensive requests.

The organizers initially refused the request from the bureau partly because the additional cost to create the compound would raise the event's permit fees to about $5 million.

The accommodations set aside for "VIP" visitors and a 24-hour access to ice cream were also under question, according to the Reno Gazette Journal.

Burning Man is now set to take place from Aug. 30 to Sept. 7.

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