[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 43, Volume 2]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 43CFR3131.2]



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                    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

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                      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, 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]