[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 14 (Friday, January 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 3543]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-1495]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[ES-020-1310-00]


Notice of Intent for Planning Analyses

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Interior.

SUMMARY: The Jackson Field Office, Eastern States, will prepare a 
Planning Analyses (PA) for consideration of leasing two scattered 
tracts of Federal mineral estate for oil and gas exploration and 
development. The PAs will be prepared in concert with Environmental 
Analyses (EA).
    The notice is issued pursuant to Title 40 Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) 1501.7 and Title 43 CFR 1610.2(c). The planning 
effort will follow the procedures set forth in 43 CFR Part 1600.
    The public is invited to participate in this planning process, 
beginning with the identification of planning issues and criteria.

DATES: Comments relating to the identification of planning issues and 
criteria will be accepted through February 17, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Bureau of Land Management, Jackson Field 
Office, 411 Briarwood Drive, Suite 404, Jackson, Mississippi 39206.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Quazi T. Islam, Physical Scientist, 
Jackson Field Office, (601) 977-5473.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM has responsibility to consider 
applications to lease Federal mineral estate for oil and gas 
exploration and development. An interdisciplinary team will be used in 
preparation of the PA/EAs. Preliminary issues, subject to change as a 
result of public input, are (1) potential impacts of oil and gas 
exploration and development on the surface resources and (2) 
consideration of restrictions on lease rights to protect surface 
resources.
    Due to the scattered nature of the two tracts proposed for leasing, 
a separate analysis will be prepared for each tract. Tract locations, 
along with acreages, are listed below.

Alabama, Conecuh County, St. Stephens Meridian,
    T 6 N, R 9 E, Section 33; 53 acres more or less.
Mississippi, Lowndes County, Huntsville Meridian,
    T 16 S, R 18 W, Sections 31 and 32; T 16 S, R 19 W, Section 36; 
and T 17 S, R 18 W, Section 5; all within the boundary of the 
Columbus Air Force Base containing 1381.5 acres more or less.

    Due to the limited scope of this PA/EA process, public meetings are 
not scheduled.
Bruce E. Dawson,
Field Manager, Jackson.
[FR Doc. 99-1495 Filed 1-21-99; 8:45 am]
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