[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 64 (Thursday, April 3, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16306-16307]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-8080]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[ES-020-01-1310-EI]


Notice of Intent to Prepare Planning Analyses/Environmental 
Assessments

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare Planning Analyses/Environmental 
Assessments.

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SUMMARY: This document provides notice that the Bureau of Land 
Management (BLM), Jackson Field Office, Eastern States intends to 
prepare Planning Analyses/Environmental Assessments (PA/EA) to consider 
leasing scattered tracts of Federal mineral estate for oil and gas 
exploration and development. The PA/EA will fulfill the needs and 
obligations set forth by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 
the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA), and BLM management 
policies. The BLM will work collaboratively with interested parties to 
identify the management decisions that are best suited to local, 
regional, and national needs and concerns.

DATES: This notice initiates the public scoping process. Comments on 
issues and planning criteria can be submitted in writing to the address 
listed below. Due to the limited scope of this PA/EA process, public 
meetings are not scheduled. BLM will, however, consider requests for 
one or more public meetings.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Reiss, Lead for PA/EA, Jackson 
Field Office, (601-977-5400).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM has responsibility to consider 
nominations to lease Federal mineral estate for oil and gas exploration 
and development. An interdisciplinary team will be used in the 
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. The number of separate analyses that will be prepared for 
the tracts will depend on their proximity to each other. Tract 
locations, along with acreage, are listed below.

Alabama, Fayette County, Huntsville Meridian

T16S, R9W,
    Sec. 20, NWNE;
    Sec. 23, SW;
    Sec. 25, E2SW, SWSW;
    Sec. 26, NESE, S2SW;
    Sec. 30, SWNW;
    Sec. 36, NENW, SESW.
T16S, R10W,
    Sec. 1, SWNW;
    Sec. 10, NESE;
    Sec. 13, SWNW;
    Sec. 24, NWNE.

Alabama, Lamar County, Huntsville Meridian

T 15S, R 15W,
    Sec. 13, SESE.

Alabama, Tuscaloosa County, Huntsville Meridian

T17S, R9W,
    Sec. 14, E2NW;
    Sec. 34, NESE.
T17S, R10W,
    Sec. 1, NENE;
    Sec. 8, SESW;
    Sec. 10, SENE.
T18S, R7W,
    Sec. 7, NWNW.
T18S, R9W,
    Sec. 3, NWNE, NESE.

Alabama, Walker County, Huntsville Meridian

T16S, R8W,
    Sec. 21, NESW.
T17S, R7W,
    Sec. 6, NWSW.

Arkansas, Franklin County, Fifth Principal Meridian

T10N, R26W,
    Sec. 2, SESE, SESW, NENW, NWNE.

Louisiana, Bienville Parish, Louisiana Meridian

T16N, R10W,
    Sec. 4, lots 5-8:
    Sec. 5, lot 1:
    Sec. 8, lots 1-6:
    Sec. 9, lots 8-10:

Louisiana, Bossier Parish, Louisiana Meridian

T 16N, R 11W,
    Sec. 14, W2NW, SENW, E2SW, NWSW.

MS Wayne Mississippi, Wayne County, St Stephens Meridian

T7N, R7W,
    Sec. 2, W2NWNW, N2SWNW;
    Sec. 3, E2NENE.
T8N, R9W,
    Sec. 4, NWSW;

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    Sec. 19, SWNE.

Bruce E. Dawson,
Field Manager, Jackson Field Office.
[FR Doc. 03-8080 Filed 4-2-03; 8:45 am]
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