Notice of a 30-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”, 51364 [05-17176]
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the EIS process, the Tribes’ current
proposal for the new gaming facility, on
acquired trust land, would have a
90,000-square-foot gaming floor
connected to retail shops, dining
venues, and a 250-room hotel and spa.
The facility would provide parking for
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[WO–300–1330–EO]
Notice of a 30-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’’
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice solicits public
comments on the report which affirms
the existing policy on the criteria used
to establish the potash enclave.
DATES: Comments should be submitted
to the address below no later than
September 29, 2005.
Written comments should
be addressed to Group Manager, Solid
Minerals, 1620 L. St. NW., Mail Stop
501 LS, Washington DC 20036.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David Stewart, Mining Engineer, 1620 L.
St. NW., Mail Stop 501 LS, Washington,
DC 20036, telephone (202) 452–0310.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ADDRESSES:
I. Background
The Department of the Interior (DOI)
has a long history of administering the
concurrent development of the oil and
gas and potash deposits owned by the
United States in Eddy and Lea counties,
New Mexico. The BLM is the agency
within the DOI responsible for these
activities. There is an interest in
exploring for oil and gas in parts of the
area containing the potash reserves
(potash enclave). The Secretarial Order
(SO), published in the Federal Register
dated October 28, 1986 entitled, ‘‘Oil
and Gas and Potash Development
within the Designated Potash Area of
Eddy and Lea Counties,’’ was developed
to administer the development of these
resources.
The order, in Yates Petroleum Corp., et al.,
IBLA No. 92–612, was issued pursuant to an
appeal filed by Yates Petroleum Corp., et al.
concerning decisions to deny the approval to
drill certain oil and gas wells by the BLM
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pursuant to the SO. In her opinion, the
Administrative Law Judge stated, ‘‘The
record does not support a conclusion that the
standards of four (4) feet of 10 percent K2O
as sylvite and four (4) feet of 4 percent K2O
as langbeinite, or a combination of the two,
as defined by Van Sickle in 1974, continue
to identify the thickness and quality of
potash which is mineable under existing
technology and economics’’ as required by
the SO. The BLM has the same concerns and
prepared the report referenced in this notice.
II. Report, Entitled ‘‘Potash Enclave
Mineral Report’’
The report may be viewed at the
following site on the Internet, https://
www.blm.gov/nhp/300/wo320/
potash.pdf. A hard copy may be
requested from the contact for further
information above.
Thomas Lonnie,
Assistant Director, Minerals, Realty and
Resource Protection.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[WO-300-1330-EO]
Notice of a 30-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: This notice solicits public comments on the report which
affirms the existing policy on the criteria used to establish the
potash enclave.
DATES: Comments should be submitted to the address below no later than
September 29, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to Group Manager, Solid
Minerals, 1620 L. St. NW., Mail Stop 501 LS, Washington DC 20036.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Stewart, Mining Engineer, 1620
L. St. NW., Mail Stop 501 LS, Washington, DC 20036, telephone (202)
452-0310.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Department of the Interior (DOI) has a long history of
administering the concurrent development of the oil and gas and potash
deposits owned by the United States in Eddy and Lea counties, New
Mexico. The BLM is the agency within the DOI responsible for these
activities. There is an interest in exploring for oil and gas in parts
of the area containing the potash reserves (potash enclave). The
Secretarial Order (SO), published in the Federal Register dated October
28, 1986 entitled, ``Oil and Gas and Potash Development within the
Designated Potash Area of Eddy and Lea Counties,'' was developed to
administer the development of these resources.
The order, in Yates Petroleum Corp., et al., IBLA No. 92-612,
was issued pursuant to an appeal filed by Yates Petroleum Corp., et
al. concerning decisions to deny the approval to drill certain oil
and gas wells by the BLM pursuant to the SO. In her opinion, the
Administrative Law Judge stated, ``The record does not support a
conclusion that the standards of four (4) feet of 10 percent
K2O as sylvite and four (4) feet of 4 percent
K2O as langbeinite, or a combination of the two, as
defined by Van Sickle in 1974, continue to identify the thickness
and quality of potash which is mineable under existing technology
and economics'' as required by the SO. The BLM has the same concerns
and prepared the report referenced in this notice.
II. Report, Entitled ``Potash Enclave Mineral Report''
The report may be viewed at the following site on the Internet,
https://www.blm.gov/nhp/300/wo320/potash.pdf. A hard copy may be
requested from the contact for further information above.
Thomas Lonnie,
Assistant Director, Minerals, Realty and Resource Protection.
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