Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 15 / Monday, January 24, 2000 / Notices 3733

No valid lease has been issued

affecting the lands. The lessee has

agreed to new lease terms for rentals

and royalties at rates of $10.00 per acre

or fraction thereof and 162⁄3 percent,

respectively. The lessee has paid the

required $500 administrative fee and

has reimbursed the Bureau of Land

Management 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 Leasing Act of 1920

(30 U.S.C. 188), and the Bureau of Land

Management is proposing to reinstate

the lease effective September 1, 1999,

subject to the original terms and

conditions of the lease and the

increased rental and royalty rates cited

above.

For further information contact:

Lourdes B. Ortiz, BLM, New Mexico

State Office, (505) 438–7586.

Dated: December 29, 1999.

Lourdes B. Ortiz,

Land Law Examiner.

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BILLING CODE 4310–FB–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[ES–020–1310–00]

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management

(BLM), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Intent for Planning

Analyses.

SUMMARY: The Jackson Field Office,

Eastern States, will prepare Planning

Analyses (PA) for consideration of

leasing six scattered tracts of Federal

mineral estate for oil and gas

exploration and development. The PAs

will be prepared in concert with

Environmental Analyses (EA).

This notice is issued pursuant to Title

40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)

1501.7 and Title 43 CFR 1610.2(c). The

planning effort will follow the

procedures set forth in 43 CFR Part

1600.

The public is invited to participate in

this planning process, beginning with

the identification of planning issues and

criteria.

DATES: Comments relating to the

identification of planning issues and

criteria will be accepted for thirty days

from the date of this publication.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Bureau

of Land Management, Jackson Field

Office, 411 Briarwood Drive, Suite 404,

Jackson, Mississippi 39206.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Quazi T. Islam, Physical Scientist,

Jackson Field Office, (601) 977–5400.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM

has responsibility to consider

applications to lease Federal mineral

estate for oil and gas exploration and

development. An interdisciplinary team

will be used in the preparation of the

PA/EAs. Preliminary issues, subject to

change as a result of public input, are

(1) potential impacts of oil and gas

exploration and development on the

surface resources and (2) consideration

of restrictions on lease rights to protect

surface resources.

Due to the scattered nature of the six

tracts proposed for leasing, a separate

analysis will be prepared for each tract.

Tract locations, along with acreages,

are listed below.

Alabama, Tuscaloosa County, Huntsville

Meridian

T 18 S, R 8 W, Section 7; T 18 S, R 9 W,

Sections 11 and 12; 200.94 acres.

Louisiana, Concordia Parish, 5th Principal

Meridian

T 5 N, R 9 E, Sections 66 and 67; 112.80

acres.

Mississippi, Lamar County, St. Stephens

Meridian

T 2 N, R 16 W, Sections 11, 12, 13, and

14; 1,470.0 acres.

Mississippi, Covington County, St. Stephens

Meridian

T 8 N, R 14 W, Section 4; 40.0 acres.

Mississippi, Covington County, St. Stephens

Meridian

T 6 N, R 54 W, Sections 8 and 17; 70.0

acres.

Virginia, Dickenson County

Tract No. 550G, Parcel A–3. 200.61 acres.

Due to the limited scope of this PA/

EA process, public meetings are not

scheduled.

Bruce E. Dawson,

Field Manager, Jackson Field Office.

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BILLING CODE 4310–GS–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

(CO–930–1430–ET; COC–28531, COC–

17321)

Public Land Order No. 7428;

Revocation and Partial Revocation of

Two Executive Orders Which Created

Public Water Reserves; Colorado

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

SUMMARY: This order revokes one

Executive order in its entirety and

partially revokes another Executive

order insofar as they affect 491 acres of

public lands withdrawn for the Bureau

of Land Management’s Public Water

Reserve No. 139 and Public Water

Reserve No. 107. This action will open

these lands to surface entry under the

public land laws and to

nonmetalliferous location and entry

under the United States mining laws.

This action is consistent with the

Northeast Resource Area Management

Plan. The lands have been and will

remain open to mineral leasing and to

metalliferous mining.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 23, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Doris E. Chelius, BLM Colorado State

Office, 2850 Youngfield Street,

Lakewood, Colorado 80215, 303–239–

3706.

By virtue of the authority vested in

the Secretary of the Interior by Section

204 of the Federal Land Policy and

Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C.

(1994), it is ordered as follows:

1. Executive Order No. 5593, dated

April 4, 1931, which established Public

Water Reserve No. 139, is hereby

revoked in its entirety:

Sixth Principal Meridian

T. 4 N., R. 61 W.,

Sec. 5, S1⁄2NW1⁄4.

The area described contains 80 acres in

Weld County.

2. The Executive Order dated April 17,

1926, which established Public Water

Reserve No. 107, is hereby revoked insofar as

it affects the following described lands:

Sixth Principal Meridian

T. 5 N., R. 60 W.,

Sec. 27, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4

T. 4 N., R. 62 W.,

Sec. 12, SE1⁄4SE1⁄4.

T. 3 N., R. 71 W.,

Sec. 10, lot 4.

T. 1 N., R. 72 W.,

Sec. 6, lot 112, and lots 117 to 122,

inclusive.

T. 7 S., R. 70 W.,

Sec. 20, SW1⁄4SE1⁄4.

T. 3 S., R. 72 W.,

Sec. 17, lots 52, 53, and 54.

T. 3 S., R. 73 W.,

Sec. 1, NW1⁄4NE1⁄4, NW1⁄4SW1⁄4, and

E1⁄2SW1⁄4;

Sec. 2, E1⁄2NE1⁄4;

Sec. 11, NE1⁄4NW1⁄4 and SW1⁄4SW1⁄4.

The areas described aggregate 411 acres in

Boulder, Weld, Gilpin, and Jefferson

Counties.

2. At 9:00 a.m. on February 23, 2000,

the lands described in Paragraphs 1 and

2 will be opened to operation of the

public land laws generally, subject to

valid existing rights, the provisions of