[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 43, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 43CFR3131.2]

[Page 375-376]
 
                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 3130_OIL AND GAS LEASING: NATIONAL PETROLEUM RESERVE, ALASKA--Table 
of Contents
 
                      Subpart 3131_Leasing Program
 
Sec. 3131.2  Tentative tract selection.

    (a) The State Director Alaska, Bureau of Land Management, shall 
issue calls for Nominations and Comments on tracts for leasing for oil 
and gas in specified areas. The call for Nominations and Comments shall 
be published in the Federal Register and may be published in other 
publications as desired by the State Director. Nominations and Comments 
on tracts shall be addressed to the State Director Alaska,

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Bureau of Land Management. The State Director shall also request 
comments on tracts which should receive special concern and analysis.
    (b) The State Director, after completion of the required 
environmental analysis (see 40 CFR 1500-1508), shall select tracts to be 
offered for sale. In making the selection, the State Director shall 
consider available environmental information, multiple-use conflicts, 
resource potential, industry interest, information from appropriate 
Federal agencies and other available information. The State Director 
shall develop measures to mitigate adverse impacts, including lease 
stipulations and information to lessees. These mitigating measures shall 
be made public in the notice of sale.

[46 FR 55497, Nov. 9, 1981, as amended at 53 FR 17358, May 16, 1988]