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The BLM's oversight includes ensuring that the festival participants leave the site clean, adhering to a strict rule that requires no more than one square foot of trash to remain per acre following the event. However, in 2023, the festival barely succeeded in passing this stringent inspection, with 11 out of 120 monitored areas deemed insufficiently clean. With a thin buffer for failures, this created a precarious situation for securing future permits.