[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 97 (Friday, May 18, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 27678]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-12513]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AK-930-1310-EI]


Notice of Intent To Hold Oil and Gas Lease Sale 2002; National 
Petroleum Reserve--Alaska

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A); Notice of Intent to 
Hold Oil and Gas Lease Sale 2002 in the NPR-A. This Notice of Intent is 
published as a matter of information to the public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob Merrill or Gene Terland, BLM 
Alaska State Office, 907-271-3833.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The lands proposed for leasing in this sale 
will be limited to a reoffering of those lands which were made 
available but not leased in Sale 991 on May 5, 1999, so we are not 
issuing a new call for Nominations and Comments on tracts for this 
sale. The tracts will be renumbered. Some modifications may be made 
regarding tract potential and tract delineations. Therefore, the 
minimum bids, rentals, royalties, and tract sizes for those lands may 
be increased or decreased. Despite such changes, all of the unleased 
lands will be reoffered.
    A Proposed Notice of Sale will be published in the Federal Register 
at least 60 days prior to the date of bid opening. That publication 
will also announce the availability of the Detailed Statement of Sale 
and where copies may be obtained. Compliance with all applicable 
environmental laws and regulations will be ensured before the sale is 
held. The Secretary of the Interior will also provide the State of 
Alaska and the North Slope Borough the opportunity to review the 2002 
Detailed Statement of Sale in regard to, among other things, Coastal 
Zone Management review.
    The Final Notice of Sale will be published in the Federal Register 
at least 30 days prior to the date of bid opening. Bid opening is 
tentatively scheduled for June 2002.

Francis R. Cherry, Jr.,
State Director, Alaska.
[FR Doc. 01-12513 Filed 5-17-01; 8:45 am]
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