[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 92 (Friday, May 11, 2001)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 24073]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-11877]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

43 CFR Part 3160

[WO-310-1310-PB-01-24 1A]
RIN 1004-AC54


Oil and Gas Leasing; Onshore Oil and Gas Operations

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management.

ACTION: Correcting amendment.

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SUMMARY: The document contains corrections to the amendatory 
instructions of the final regulations on protecting Federal and Indian 
oil and gas resources from drainage published in the Federal Register 
on January 10, 2001, (66 FR 1883) and delayed on February 8, 2001, (66 
FR 9527).

DATES: Effective April 10, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donnie Shaw, Fluids Minerals Group, 
Bureau of Land Management, Mail Stop 401LS, 1849 ``C'' Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20240; telephone (202) 452-0382 (Commercial or FTS). 
Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call 
the Federal Information Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339, between 8 a.m. 
and 4 p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Friday, excluding Federal 
holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We are clarifying the amendatory 
instructions for the current regulations under Sections 3162.2 and 
3165.3. The amendment for Section 3162.2, paragraph (c), indicates that 
more than one entity may hold interest in a lease or own operating 
rights.

List of Subjects

43 CFR Part 3160

    Government contracts, Hydrocarbons, Land Management Bureau, Mineral 
royalties, Oil and gas exploration, Public lands-mineral resources, 
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

    Dated: May 1, 2001.
Piet deWitt,
Acting Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management.

    Accordingly, the Federal Register issue of January 10, 2001 is 
corrected as follows:
    1. On page 1892, in the third column, correct the amendatory 
instruction 12.b for Sec. 3162.2 to read as follows:
    b. Removing in paragraph (c) the phrase ``the operating rights 
owner'' and adding in its place the phrase ``the lessee(s) and 
operating rights owner(s)''; (Note: Sec. 3162.2(c) was redesignated as 
Sec. 3162.2-1(b))

    2. On page 1894, in the second column, renumber instructions 13. 
and 14. as 15. and 16. respectively.

[FR Doc. 01-11877 Filed 5-10-01; 8:45 am]
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