[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 97 (Friday, May 19, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 26899]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-12345]



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Minerals Management Service


Outer Continental Shelf, Central and Western Gulf of Mexico Oil 
and Gas Lease Sales 157 and 161

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service, Interior.

ACTION: Availability of the proposed notices of sale.

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    Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf (OCS); Notice of 
Availability of the Proposed Notice of Sale for proposed Oil and Gas 
Lease Sales 157 in the Central Gulf of Mexico, and proposed Oil and Gas 
Lease Sale 161 in the Western Gulf of Mexico. This Notice of 
Availability is published pursuant to 30 CFR 256.29(c), as a matter of 
information to the public.
    With regard to oil and gas leasing on the OCS, the Secretary of the 
Interior, pursuant to section 19 of the OCS Lands Act, as amended, 
provides the affected States the opportunity to review the proposed 
Notice of Sale.
    The proposed Notices of Sale of proposed Sales 157 and 161 may be 
obtained by written request to the Public Information Unit, Gulf of 
Mexico Region, Minerals Management Service, 1201 Elmwood Park 
Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 70123-2394, or by telephone at (504) 
736-2519.
    The final Notices of Sale will be published in the Federal Register 
at least 30 days prior to the date of the bid opening.
    Bid opening is scheduled for early 1996 for proposed Sale 157, and 
mid-1996 for proposed Sale 161.

    Dated: May 2, 1995.
Cynthia Quarterman,
Director, Minerals Management Service.
[FR Doc. 95-12345 Filed 5-18-95; 8:45 am]
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