[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 209 (Monday, October 30, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 55279]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-26866]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[WY-920-1310]
Notice of Change to Competitive Oil and Gas Lease Sale Notice
Process
October 20, 1995.
Since passage of the Federal Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing Reform Act
of 1987, the BLM Wyoming State Office has always offered all eligible
and available lands for sale by competitive oral auction. Some of the
lands offered were formerly embraced in expired, terminated,
relinquished and canceled leases which were recycled and put back
through the competitive leasing process. In an effort to continue to
encourage the timely development of Federal onshore oil and gas
resources and to more quickly respond to the specific needs of the oil
and gas industry, this official will no longer automatically offer
lands from recycled leases for competitive sale. Rather, our leasing
efforts will concentrate on those lands which you, the oil and gas
industry, are specifically interested in leasing. Therefore, beginning
with the June 1996 competitive oil and gas lease sale, the only lands
that will be offered for sale at the oral auction will be those lands
requested by industry, lands selected by Bureau motion, and lands
selected by other government agencies. Nominations may be made either
by submitting an informal Expression of Interest or by filing a
noncompetitive offer prior to the posting of the sale notice (pre-sale
offer). The requirements for filing a noncompetitive pre-sale offer can
be found in the regulations codified at 43 CFR 3110. Informal
Expressions of Interest may be made either by letter or on the
nomination form available at the Wyoming State Office. Telephone
requests will not be accepted.
Informal Expressions of Interest and noncompetitive pre-sale offers
must describe the lands by specific legal land description (township,
range, section and aliquot part) and will be processed using the legal
land description provided. Therefore, please ensure that your request
accurately describes the lands requested. If an informal Expression of
Interest contains all of the lands in a former lease number, please
provide that number in addition to the legal land description. Whenever
possible, sale parcels will be configured as requested. However, BLM
reserves the right to adjust the parcel size as needed.
In general, if the lands requested are eligible and available for
oil and gas leasing, they will be listed on the competitive oil and gas
lease sale notice being worked at the time of receipt. However, we
cannot guarantee that the requested lands will always be included on a
particular sale notice. We begin processing lands for inclusion on a
sale notice 6 months in advance of the sale date. Therefore, it is
imperative that your requests reach us as far in advance as possible
for inclusion on the next available sale notice. For 1996, competitive
oil and gas lease sales by oral auction are scheduled for February 6,
April 2, June 4, August 6, October 15, and December 3.
If you have any questions, please contact Pamela J. Lewis at (307)
775-6176.
Pamela J. Lewis,
Chief, Leasable Minerals Section.
[FR Doc. 95-26866 Filed 10-27-95; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-22-M
