[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 15 (Friday, January 23, 1998)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 3531-3532]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1597]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

43 CFR Part 2360

RIN 1004-AC79
[WO-130-1820-00 24 1A]


National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Proposed rule; withdrawal.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is withdrawing a rule that 
proposed removing sections of 43 CFR part 2360. The proposal was 
published in the Federal Register on October 23, 1996, and would have 
removed all of part 2360 except for provisions dealing with use 
authorizations. BLM had proposed to remove the regulations because we 
thought they were repetitive of statutory language or obsolete.


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frank Bruno, Regulatory Affairs Group 
(WO-630), Bureau of Land Management, Mail Stop 401LS, 1849 ``C'' 
Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20240; telephone (202) 452-0352 
(Commercial or FTS).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: BLM published the proposed rule on October 
23, 1996, at 61 FR 54977-54978. The comment period closed on November 
22, 1996, and we received only one public comment letter. Because of 
the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska Environmental Impact Statement 
planning project that is currently underway, BLM decided to withdraw 
the proposed rule, and will take no further action on the proposal.

    Dated: January 15, 1998.
Sylvia V. Baca,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management
[FR Doc. 98-1597 Filed 1-22-98; 8:45 am]
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