[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] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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