[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 163 (Wednesday, August 23, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49471-49472]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-13925]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AK940-1310EI-002L-241A; AK940-1310EI-002L-241A]


National Petroleum Reserve--Alaska Oil and Gas Lease Sale 2006

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of National Petroleum Reserve--Alaska Oil and Gas Lease 
Sale 2006.

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SUMMARY: National Petroleum Reserve--Alaska; Notice of Sale and Notice 
of Availability of the Detailed Statement of Sale for Oil and Gas Lease 
Sale 2006.
    The Bureau of Land Management, Alaska State Office, will hold an 
oil and gas lease sale bid opening for the Northeast and Northwest 
Planning Areas of the National Petroleum Reserve--Alaska.
    Tracts offered for competitive bid in the Northeast Planning Area 
cover land not previously offered for sale, as identified in the 
January 11, 2006, Record of Decision on the Amended Integrated Activity 
Plan/Environmental Impact Statement; land previously offered in Sale 
Numbers 991 (1999) and 2002, but for which no bid was received; and 
land from leases issued after the 2002 Sale that have been relinquished 
by lessees. All the tracts in the Northwest Planning Area cover land 
offered in the 2004 Sale but that did not receive any bid.

DATES: The oil and gas lease sale bid opening will be held at 8 a.m. on 
September 27, 2006, at the Wilda Marston Theatre in the Z. J. Loussac 
Public Library, 3600 Denali Street, Anchorage, Alaska.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob Fisk at (907) 271-4407.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All bids must be submitted by sealed bid in 
accordance with the provisions identified in the Detailed Statement of 
Sale and received at the Bureau of Land Management, Alaska State 
Office, 222 W. 7th Ave., 13, Anchorage, Alaska 99513-7599 no 
later than 3:45 p.m., September 22, 2006.
    The Detailed Statement of Sale for Sale 2006 may be obtained by 
written request to the Public Information Center, Bureau of Land 
Management, Alaska State Office, 222 W. 7th Ave., 13, 
Anchorage, Alaska 99513-7599, or by telephone at (907) 271-5960. It 
will include, among other things, a description of the land to be 
offered for lease, the lease terms, conditions, special stipulations, 
required operating

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procedures, and how and where to submit bids. It will be available to 
the public immediately after publication of this Notice.

    Dated: June 1, 2006.
Julia Dougan,
State Director, Alaska State Office, Bureau of Land Management.
 [FR Doc. E6-13925 Filed 8-22-06; 8:45 am]
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