[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 193 (Thursday, October 6, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 58469]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-20087]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WO-300-1330-EO]


Notice of a 120-Day Public Comment Period To Affirm the Policy 
for the Standards To Establish the Potash Enclave as Used To Administer 
the Secretarial Order of 1986 Entitled ``Oil and Gas and Potash Leasing 
and Development Within the Designated Potash Area of Eddy and Lea 
Counties, New Mexico''

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) originally published this 
notice on Tuesday, August 30, 2005 [70 FR 51364] and solicited public 
comments on the report which affirms the existing policy on the 
criteria used to establish the potash enclave. The BLM gave the public 
30 days to comment on these Policy Standards. The public comment period 
ended on Thursday, September 29, 2005. The BLM received numerous 
requests to lengthen the comment period. The BLM will re-issue a 
comment period for 120 days.

DATES: Comments should be submitted to the address below no later than 
February 3, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to Group Manager, Solid 
Minerals, 1620 L, Street, NW., Mail Stop 501 LS, Washington, DC 20036.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charlie Beecham, Mining Engineer, 1620 
L, St., NW., Mail Stop 501 LS, Washington, DC 20036, telephone (202) 
785-6570.

Thomas Lonnie,
Assistant Director, Minerals, Realty and Resource Protection.
[FR Doc. 05-20087 Filed 10-5-05; 8:45 am]
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