96-496. Notice of Extension of Public Comment Period for the Draft Texas Resource Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement (TX RMP/EIS)

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 13 (Friday, January 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 1397]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-496]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[NM-040-1610-00]


Notice of Extension of Public Comment Period for the Draft Texas 
Resource Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement (TX RMP/EIS)

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Tulsa District, announces 
that the public comment period for the Draft Texas RMP/EIS will be 
extended from January 6, 1996 to January 30, 1996 due to the effects of 
the recent Federal government shutdown. This document analyzes land use 
planning options for BLM managed Federal lands and minerals throughout 
the state of Texas.

DATES: Comments on the Draft RMP/EIS will be accepted if they are 
submitted or post-marked no later than January 30, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Comments can be sent to: Paul Tanner, Assistant District 
Manager, Bureau of Land Management, 221 North Service Road, Moore, 
Oklahoma 73160.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For further information or copies of the Draft RMP/EIS contact the 
Bureau of Land Management, 221 North Service Road, Moore, Oklahoma 
73160 Telephone: [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Draft Texas Resource Management Plan 
(RMP) and Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) identifies and analyzes 
the future options for managing the Federal mineral estate situated 
within Texas administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Tulsa 
District.
    The Texas RMP is being prepared using the BLM planning regulations 
issued under the authority of the Federal Land Policy and Management 
Act of 1976. When completed, the RMP will provide a comprehensive 
framework for managing the Federal minerals within Texas over the next 
20 years. The contents of this Draft RMP/EIS focus on resolving on 
resource management issue, the leasing and development of Federal oil 
and gas resources in Texas. Three RMP alternatives have been developed 
to describe the different management options available to the BLM for 
administering Federal oil and gas in Texas. These alternatives were 
specifically developed to respond to that issue. Each alternative 
presents a different level of oil and gas leasing stipulation 
application.

Alternative A. No Action

    This alternative represents a continuation of present resource 
allocation levels and management practices. This alternative provides a 
baseline for comparison of other alternatives, and may not adequately 
resolve the issues identified in the RMP/EIS.

Alternative B. Intensive Surface Protection (Agency Preferred 
Alternative)

    This represents an alternative which would place primary emphasis 
on protecting important environmental values through the use of 
additional leasing stipulations. The goal of this alternative is to 
change present management direction so that identified surface resource 
values are considered in the leasing process in a manner that provides 
additional protection for valuable surface resources.

Alternative C. No Leasing

    This represents an alternative which would remove Federal oil and 
gas from availability for leasing and development. It would change 
management direction so that the issue is resolved in a manner that 
places highest priority on the preservation of the oil and gas resource 
and protection of the associated surface resources.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information or copies of 
the Draft RMP/EIS contact the Bureau of Land Management, 221 North 
Service Road, Moore, Oklahoma 73160 Telephone: [phone].

    Dated: January 8, 1996.
Jim Sims,
District Manager.
[FR Doc. 96-496 Filed 1-18-96; 8:45 am]
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