Department of the Interior November 18, 2008 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents
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Sporting Conservation Council
We announce a meeting of the Sporting Conservation Council (Council). The meeting agenda includes: (1) The status of the Final White Papers Document associated with the White House Conference on North American Wildlife Policy, (2) the 10-year Action Plan mandated by Executive Order 13443, and (3) a report on the comparative risk modeling being developed at Michigan State University. This Council meeting is open to the public, and will include a session for the public to comment.
New Mexico Regulatory Program
We are approving an amendment to the New Mexico regulatory program (the ``New Mexico program'') under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). New Mexico is proposing additions to and revisions of the New Mexico Administrative Code (NMAC) to improve and clarify the public notification process during permitting actions, to correct outdated citations, and to comply with formatting requirements for New Mexico administrative law. The revisions also include non-substantive editorial changes. New Mexico revised its program to provide additional safeguards, clarify ambiguities, and achieve stylistic consistency.
President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency, Executive Council on Integrity and Efficiency; Senior Executive Service: Performance Review Board Membership
The Office of Inspector General, Department of the Interior, published a document in the Federal Register of September 17, 2008, concerning the membership of the Senior Executive Service Performance Review Board for the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency. We are correcting this document to include references to the Executive Council on Integrity and Efficiency.
Eastern States: Filing of Plat of Survey
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will file the plat of survey of the lands described below in the BLM-Eastern States, Springfield, Virginia, 30 calender days from the date of publication in the Federal Register.
Oil Shale Management-General
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is finalizing regulations to set out the policies and procedures for the implementation of a commercial leasing program for the management of federally-owned oil shale and any associated minerals located on Federal lands. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EP Act) directs the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to: Make public lands available for conducting oil shale research and development activities; Complete a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for a commercial leasing program for both oil shale and tar sands resources on the BLM-administered lands in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming; and Issue regulations establishing a commercial oil shale leasing program. These final regulations incorporate specific provisions of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (MLA) and the EP Act relating to: Oil shale lease size; Acreage limitations; Rental; and Lease diligence. These regulations also address the diligent development requirements of the EP Act by establishing work requirements and milestones to ensure diligent development of leases. The rule also provides for other standard components of a BLM mineral leasing program, including lease administration and operations.
Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease, Mississippi
Under the provisions of Public Law 97-451, the Bureau of Land ManagementEastern States (BLM-ES) received a petition for reinstatement of oil and gas lease MSES 51187 from Denbury Onshore, LLC for lands in the DeSoto National Forest, in Perry County, Mississippi. The petition was filed on time and was accompanied by all the rentals due since the date the lease terminated under the law.
Royalty Relief-Ultra-Deep Gas Wells and Deep Gas Wells on Leases in the Gulf of Mexico; Extension of Royalty Relief Provisions to Leases Offshore of Alaska
This final rule amends existing deep gas royalty relief regulations to reflect statutory changes enacted in the Energy Policy Act of 2005. It provides additional royalty relief for certain ultra- deep wells on Outer Continental Shelf leases in shallow water in the Gulf of Mexico. It extends both the existing and the additional deep gas royalty relief to Outer Continental Shelf leases in deeper water than before. Finally, this final rule applies discretionary royalty relief procedures that have been used by deepwater leases in the Gulf of Mexico to leases offshore of Alaska.
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