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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
Bureau of Land Management
[OR–930–6310–PN–LITU; HAG 07–0141]
[WY–923–1310–FI; WYW157243]
Wyoming: Notice of Proposed
Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and
Gas Lease
AGENCY:
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
Notice of proposed
reinstatement of terminated oil and gas
lease.
ACTION:
SUMMARY: Under the provisions of 30
U.S.C. 188(d) and (e), and 43 CFR
3108.2–3(a) and (b)(1), the Bureau of
Land Management (BLM) received a
petition for reinstatement from Rocky
Mountain Land & Leasing LLC for
competitive oil and gas lease
WYW157243 for land in Lincoln
County, Wyoming. The petition was
filed on time and was accompanied by
all the rentals due since the date the
lease terminated under the law.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bureau of Land Management, Pamela J.
Lewis, Chief, Branch of Fluid Minerals
Adjudication, at (307) 775–6176.
The lessee
has agreed to the amended lease terms
for rentals and royalties at rates of
$10.00 per acre or fraction thereof, per
year and 162⁄3 percent, respectively. The
lessee has paid the required $500
administrative fee and $163.00 to
reimburse the Department for the cost of
this Federal Register notice. The lessee
has met all the requirements for
reinstatement of the lease as set out in
Sections 31(d) and (e) of the Mineral
Lands Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C.
188), and the Bureau of Land
Management is proposing to reinstate
lease WYW157243 effective February 1,
2007, under the original terms and
conditions of the lease and the
increased rental and royalty rates cited
above. BLM has not issued a valid lease
affecting the lands.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Pamela J. Lewis,
Chief, Branch of Fluid Minerals Adjudication.
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Notice of Availability of the Record of
Decision To Amend Resource
Management Plans To Remove the
Survey and Manage Mitigation
Measure Standards and Guidelines
Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Land Management.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act (FLPMA, 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
announces the availability of the Record
of Decision (ROD) to amend selected
portions of the 1994 Record of Decision
for the Northwest Forest Plan by
removing the Survey and Manage
Mitigation Measure Standards and
Guidelines. The ROD amends Resource
Management Plans for the BLM Districts
in western Oregon and northwestern
California. The U.S. Forest Service is
expected to concurrently announce a
similar decision amending their
respective Land and Resource
Management Plans.
Under the Northwest Forest Plan,
Survey and Manage added conservation
measures for rare and little known
species to BLM and U.S. Forest Service
requirements for providing for late
successional and old growth forestrelated species. These Survey and
Manage Standards and Guidelines had
made it difficult for the BLM and the
U.S. Forest Service to meet the other
resource management goals set forth in
the Northwest Forest Plan (i.e. timber
harvest, hazardous fuels treatment, and
ecosystem restoration). Although the
Survey and Manage Standards and
Guidelines are removed with this
decision, conservation of rare and little
known species will continue to be
accomplished through the other
elements of the Northwest Forest Plan
and the BLM and U.S. Forest Service’s
Special Status Species Programs.
ADDRESSES: The Requests to receive
copies of the ROD should be sent to
Carol Hughes, P.O. Box 3623, Portland,
OR 97208–3623, or submit e-mail to
ORSMSEIS@blm.gov. Alternatively, the
ROD is available on the Internet at
https://www.reo.gov/s-m2006. Copies
will be available for inspection after
August 3, 2007 at BLM offices in
western Oregon and northwestern
California. Copies of the Draft,
Supplement to the Draft, and Final
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Supplement to the 2004 Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement are
also available at the above address and
on the Internet.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Haske, Chief, Branch of Forest
Resources and Special Status Species,
Bureau of Land Management, P.O. Box
2965, Portland, OR 97208, telephone
(503) 808–6066.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In June
2007, the BLM and U.S. Forest Service
released a Final Supplement to the 2004
Final Supplemental Environmental
Impact Statement (FSEIS) to Remove or
Modify the Survey and Manage
Mitigation Measure Standards and
Guidelines. The Final Supplement
presented the entire 2004 analysis,
updated for new information and
supplemented to include:
—Responses to three deficiencies
identified in August 2005 by the U.S.
District Court for the Western District
of Washington, and;
—An additional alternative to respond
to implications of a November 2006
decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals
for the Ninth Circuit relative to the
red tree vole on the BLM’s Cow
Catcher and Cottonsnake Timber
Sales in Oregon.
The analysis covered 337 species of
fungi, bryophytes, lichens, mollusks,
vascular plants, and 7 species of
vertebrates. The analysis showed that,
compared to the No Action Alternatives,
53 species would have insufficient
habitat in all or a portion of their
Northwest Forest Plan range to support
stable populations. However, the
analysis points out that these species are
generally either secure in other areas of
their range or that State Heritage
programs do not rate them imperiled
enough to qualify for the BLM and U.S.
Forest Service’s Special Status Species
Programs. The analysis also shows the
selected alternative improves the BLM
and U.S. Forest Service’s ability to
achieve other Northwest Forest Plan
objectives.
Based on the Final Supplement, a
similar and nearly simultaneous
decision is expected from the
Department of Agriculture affecting 19
National Forest Land and Resource
Management Plans, but the Department
of the Interior decision is not dependent
upon it.
Four alternatives were considered in
detail in the Final Supplement. In
addition to two action alternatives, two
no-action alternatives were included to
examine Survey and Manage both with
and without changes made by the
prescribed 2001, 2002, and 2003 Annual
Species Reviews. These reviews were
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[WY-923-1310-FI; WYW157243]
Wyoming: Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and
Gas Lease
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of proposed reinstatement of terminated oil and gas
lease.
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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of 30 U.S.C. 188(d) and (e), and 43 CFR
3108.2-3(a) and (b)(1), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a
petition for reinstatement from Rocky Mountain Land & Leasing LLC for
competitive oil and gas lease WYW157243 for land in Lincoln County,
Wyoming. The petition was filed on time and was accompanied by all the
rentals due since the date the lease terminated under the law.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bureau of Land Management, Pamela J.
Lewis, Chief, Branch of Fluid Minerals Adjudication, at (307) 775-6176.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The lessee has agreed to the amended lease
terms for rentals and royalties at rates of $10.00 per acre or fraction
thereof, per year and 16\2/3\ percent, respectively. The lessee has
paid the required $500 administrative fee and $163.00 to reimburse the
Department for the cost of this Federal Register notice. The lessee has
met all the requirements for reinstatement of the lease as set out in
Sections 31(d) and (e) of the Mineral Lands Leasing Act of 1920 (30
U.S.C. 188), and the Bureau of Land Management is proposing to
reinstate lease WYW157243 effective February 1, 2007, under the
original terms and conditions of the lease and the increased rental and
royalty rates cited above. BLM has not issued a valid lease affecting
the lands.
Pamela J. Lewis,
Chief, Branch of Fluid Minerals Adjudication.
[FR Doc. E7-14558 Filed 7-26-07; 8:45 am]
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