[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 20 (Monday, January 31, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-2060]


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[Federal Register: January 31, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service

 

Outer Continental Shelf, Western Gulf of Mexico, Gas and Oil 
Lease Sales

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service, Interior.

ACTION: Request for comments.

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    The Minerals Management Service is cooperating with the U.S. Navy 
in identifying areas in the Western Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental 
Shelf Planning Area suitable for exclusive use by the Navy for 
activities which are incompatible with oil and gas operations. The 
following blocks, located off Corpus Christi, Texas, have been 
identified as suitable for the Navy's needs.
    Mustang Island Area 793, 799, and 816, Mustang Island Area, East 
Addition 732, 733, and 734.
    Comments are sought from all interested parties concerning the 
possible deferral of the above listed blocks from proposed Sales 150 
(August 1994) and 155 (August 1995), and from future sales in the 
Western Gulf Planning Area. Of interest are comments concerning the 
effects of the deferral on gas and oil leasing on or in the vicinity of 
the blocks. Comments must be received no later than 45 days following 
publication of this document in the Federal Register. Comments must be 
submitted to; Minerals Management Service, Office of Program 
Development and Coordination, 381 Elden Street, MS-4400, Herndon, 
Virginia 22070.
Thomas A. Readings,
Acting Associate Director, Offshore Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 94-2060 Filed 1-28-94; 8:45 am]
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