[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