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* Sec. 26, All;

* Sec. 27, N1⁄2, N1⁄2N1⁄2SW1⁄4, and SE1⁄4;

* Sec. 28, N1⁄2N1⁄2;

* Sec. 29, NE1⁄4, S1⁄2NW1⁄4, W1⁄2SW1⁄4, and

N1⁄2SE1⁄4;

* Sec. 30, All;

* Sec. 31, N1⁄2NE1⁄4, W1⁄2;

* Sec. 32, NW1⁄4NW1⁄4;

* Sec. 35, N1⁄2N1⁄2;

* Sec. 36, Lots 1 and 2.

T. 6 S., R. 29 E.,

Sec. 6, NW1⁄4, and W1⁄2SW1⁄4;

Sec. 7, NW1⁄4NW1⁄4

T. 5 S., R. 30 E.,

Sec. 6, Lots 3–6, 8, 9, 12–17, 19, 20, 23 and

24, and Mineral Survey 1654 B;

Sec. 7, Lots 1–4, and NE1⁄4NW1⁄4;

Sec. 30, Lots 2–4, SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, and

E1⁄2SW1⁄4;

Sec. 31, Lot 1, NW1⁄4NE1⁄4, S1⁄2NE1⁄4,

E1⁄2W1⁄2, and SE1⁄4;

Sec. 32, S1⁄2NW1⁄4, and SW1⁄4;

Sec. 33, SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, and S1⁄2;

Sec. 34, SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, and W1⁄2SW1⁄4;

T. 6 S., R. 30 E.,

Sec. 1, Lots 5–12;

Sec. 2, Lots 1–12;

Sec. 3, Lots 1–7;

Sec. 4, Lots 1–6, N 9.44 acres of Lot 7,

SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, and the Gila River between

the meander line of said lots of secs. 1,

2, 3, and 4.

* Land descriptions following the asterisk

are located wholly or partially within the

boundaries of the Gila Box Riparian National

Conservation Area.

The areas described, include both public

and non-public lands in the application and

aggregate 13,232.43 acres, more or less, in

Graham and Greenlee Counties.

Under Title II of Public Law 101–628,

(Arizona Desert Wilderness Act), a

portion of the subject land was afforded

continued protection by virtue of

designation as the Gila Box Riparian

National Conservation Area (NCA). This

action withdrew all Federal lands

within the NCA from all forms of entry,

appropriation, or disposal under the

public land laws; from location, entry,

and patent under the United States

mining laws; and from disposition

under all laws pertaining to mineral and

geothermal leasing, and all amendments

thereto. This action negates any need to

further withdraw the land.

As a result of designation as the Gila

Box Riparian NCA and deauthorization

of the Camelsback Dam project, the

Corps of Engineers requested

withdrawal application AR–030451 be

rescinded. All public land located

outside the boundaries of the NCA are

open to filings under the public land

laws and the mining laws. It was

opened to mineral leasing on February

28, 1982, (FR Vol. 47, No. 17, page 3623,

January 26, 1982). Subsequent actions

are subject to valid existing rights, and

on lands along the Gila and San

Francisco Rivers, decisions are pending

concerning the wild and scenic rivers

designation as recommended in the

Final Arizona Statewide Wild and

Scenic Rivers Legislative Environmental

Impact Statement, approved December

1994. Upon publication in the Federal

Register, application AR–030451 will be

cancelled and the records of the Bureau

of Land Management appropriately

noted. Casefile AR–030451 will be

closed.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John

Mezes, BLM Arizona State Office, P.O.

Box 16563, Phoenix, Arizona 85011,

(602) 640–0518.

Herman L. Kast,

Deputy State Director, Resource Planning, Use

& Protection.

[FR Doc. 95–8526 Filed 4–6–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–32–P

Minerals Management Service

Outer Continental Shelf, Central Gulf of

Mexico, Oil and Gas Lease Sale 152—

Final

1. Authority. This Notice is published

pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf

(OCS) Lands Act as amended (43 U.S.C.

1331–1356), and the regulations issued

thereunder (30 CFR part 256).

2. Filing of Bids. Sealed bids will be

received by the Regional Director (RD),

Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, Minerals

Management Service (MMS), 1201

Elmwood Park Boulevard, New Orleans,

Louisiana 70123–2394. Bids may be

delivered in person to that address

during normal business hours (8 a.m. to

4 p.m., Central Standard Time (c.s.t.))

until the Bid Submission Deadline at 10

a.m. Tuesday, May 9, 1995. Hereinafter,

all times cited in this Notice refer to

c.s.t. unless otherwise stated. Bids will

not be accepted the day of Bid Opening,

Wednesday, May 10, 1995. Bids

received by the RD later than the time

and date specified above will be

returned unopened to the bidders. Bids

may not be modified or withdrawn

unless written modification or written

withdrawal request is received by the

RD prior to 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 9,

1995. Bid Opening Time will be 9 a.m.,

Wednesday, May 10, 1995, at the

Radisson Hotel (formerly the Clarion

Hotel), 1500 Canal Street, New Orleans,

Louisiana. All bids must be submitted

and will be considered in accordance

with applicable regulations, including

30 CFR Part 256. The list of restricted

joint bidders which applies to this sale

appeared in the Federal Register at 60

FR 14777, published on March 20, 1995.

3. Method of Bidding.

(a) Submission of Bids.

A separate signed bid in a sealed

envelope labeled ‘‘Sealed Bid for Oil

and Gas Lease Sale 152, not to be

opened until 9 a.m., c.s.t., Wednesday,

May 10, 1995’’ must be submitted for

each block bid upon. The sealed

envelope and the bid should contain the

following information: the company

name, qualification number, area

number and/or name (abbreviations

acceptable), and the block number of the

block bid upon. In addition, the total

amount bid must be in whole dollar

amounts.

Bidders must submit with each bid

one-fifth of the cash bonus, in cash or

by cashier’s check, bank draft, or

certified check, payable to the order of

the U.S. Department of the Interior—

Minerals Management Service. For

identification purposes, the company

name and company qualification

number should also appear on the check

or draft together with the bid block

identification (abbreviation acceptable).

No bid for less than all of the unleased

portions of a block will be considered.

All documents must be executed in

conformance with signatory

authorizations on file in the Gulf of

Mexico regional office. Partnerships also

need to submit or have on file a list of

signatories authorized to bind the

partnership. Bidders submitting joint

bids must state on the bid form the

proportionate interest of each

participating bidder, in percent to a

maximum of five decimal places, e.g.,

33.33333 percent. Other documents may

be required of bidders under 30 CFR

256.46. Bidders are warned against

violation of 18 U.S.C. 1860 prohibiting

unlawful combination or intimidation of

bidders.

(b) Submission of Statement

Regarding Certain Geophysical Data.

Each company submitting a bid, or

participating as a joint bidder in such a

bid, shall submit, prior to the Bid

Submission Deadline specified in

Paragraph 2 of this Notice, a statement

or statements identifying any processed

or reprocessed pre and post stack depth

migrated geophysical data in their

possession or control pertaining to each

and every block on which they are

participating as a bidder. The existence,

extent, and type of such data must be

clearly identified. In addition, the

statement shall certify that no such data

is in their possession for any other

blocks on which they participate as a

bidder. The statement shall be

submitted in an envelope separate from

those containing bids and shall be

clearly marked; an example of a

preferred format for the statement and

the envelope is included in the

document titled ‘‘Trial Procedures for

Access to Certain Geophysical Data in

the Gulf of Mexico’’. Only one statement
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per bidder is required for each sale, but

more than one may be submitted if

desired, provided that all tracts bid on

by that company are covered in the one

or more statements.

Paragraph 14(l), Information to

Lessees, contains additional information

pertaining to this requirement.

4. Bidding, Yearly Rental, and Royalty

Systems. The following bidding, yearly

rental, and royalty systems apply to this

sale:

(a) Bidding Systems. All bids

submitted at this sale must provide for

a cash bonus in the amount of $25.00 or

more per acre or fraction thereof.

(b) Yearly Rental. All leases awarded

will provide for a yearly rental payment

of $5 per acre or fraction thereof.

(c) Royalty Systems. All leases will

provide for a minimum royalty of $5 per

acre or fraction thereof. The following

royalty systems will be used in this sale.

(1) Leases with a 121⁄2-Percent

Royalty. This royalty rate applies to

blocks in water depths of 400 meters or

greater; this area is shown on the

Stipulations, Lease Terms, and Bidding

Systems map applicable to this Notice

(see paragraph 13). Leases issued on the

blocks offered in this area will have a

fixed royalty rate of 121⁄2 percent.

(2) Leases with a 162⁄3-Percent

Royalty. This royalty rate applies to

blocks in water depths of less than 400

meters (see aforementioned map).

Leases issued on the blocks offered in

this area will have a fixed royalty rate

of 162⁄3 percent.

5. Equal Opportunity. The

certification required by 41 CFR 60–

1.7(b) and Executive Order No. 11246 of

September 24, 1965, as amended by

Executive Order No. 11375 of October

13, 1967, on the Compliance Report

Certification Form, Form MMS–2033

(June 1985), and the Affirmative Action

Representation Form, Form MMS–2032

(June 1985) must be on file in the Gulf

of Mexico regional office prior to lease

award (see paragraph 14(e)).

6. Bid Opening. Bid opening will

begin at the bid opening time stated in

paragraph 2. The opening of the bids is

for the sole purpose of publicly

announcing bids received, and no bids

will be accepted or rejected at that time.

If the Department is prohibited for any

reason from opening any bid before

midnight on the day of bid opening, that

bid will be returned unopened to the

bidder as soon thereafter as possible.

7. Deposit of Payment. Any cash,

cashier’s checks, certified checks, or

bank drafts submitted with a bid may be

deposited by the Government in an

interest-bearing account in the U.S.

Treasury during the period the bids are

being considered. Such a deposit does

not constitute and shall not be

construed as acceptance of any bid on

behalf of the United States.

8. Withdrawal of Blocks. The United

States reserves the right to withdraw

any block from this sale prior to

issuance of a written acceptance of a bid

for the block.

9. Acceptance, Rejection, or Return of

Bids. The United States reserves the

right to reject any and all bids. In any

case, no bid will be accepted, and no

lease for any block will be awarded to

any bidder, unless:

(a) the bidder has complied with all

requirements of this Notice and

applicable regulations;

(b) the bid is the highest valid bid;

and

(c) the amount of the bid has been

determined to be adequate by the

authorized officer.

No bonus bid will be considered for

acceptance unless it provides for a cash

bonus in the amount of $25.00 or more

per acre or fraction thereof. Any bid

submitted which does not conform to

the requirements of this Notice, the OCS

Lands Act, as amended, and other

applicable regulations may be returned

to the person submitting that bid by the

RD and not considered for acceptance.

10. Successful Bidders. Each person

who has submitted a bid accepted by

the authorized officer will be required to

execute copies of the lease, pay the

balance of the cash bonus bid along

with the first year’s annual rental for

each lease issued, by electronic funds

transfer in accordance with the

requirements of 30 CFR 218.155, and

satisfy the bonding requirements of 30

CFR 256, Subpart I, as amended. See

Federal Register at 58 FR 45255,

published August 27, 1993.

11. Leasing Maps and Official

Protraction Diagrams. Blocks offered for

lease may be located on the following

Leasing Maps or Official Protraction

Diagrams which may be purchased from

the Gulf of Mexico regional office (see

paragraph 14(a)):

(a) Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)

Leasing Maps—Louisiana Nos. 1

through 12. This is a set of 30 maps

which sells for $32.

Note: On January 13, 1995, it was

announced (60 FR 3258) that two new maps,

LA–6 (South Timbalier Area) and LA–6C

(Bay Marchand Area), have replaced one old

map LA–6 (South Timbalier and Bay

Marchand Areas). No changes were made to

the leasing areas nor to any of the blocks

within. The only effect of the map

replacement is that the Bay Marchand Area

is now known as map LA–6C. The South

Timbalier Area remains map LA–6. These

two new maps are available separately for

$2.00 each. The new map designation for the

Bay Marchand Area (LA–6C) must be used

when preparing bids.

(b) Outer Continental Shelf Official

Protraction Diagrams. These diagrams

sell for $2.00 each.

NH 15–12 Ewing Bank (rev. 12/02/76)

NH 16–4 Mobile (rev. 02/23/93)

NH 16–7 Viosca Knoll (rev. 12/02/76)

NH 16–10 Mississippi Canyon (rev.

12/02/76)

NG 15–3 Green Canyon (rev. 12/02/76)

NG 15–6 Walker Ridge (rev. 12/02/76)

NG 15–9 (No Name) (rev. 04/27/89)

NG 16–1 Atwater Valley (rev. 11/10/83)

NG 16–4 Lund (rev. 08/22/86)

NG 16–7 (No Name) (rev. 04/27/89)

(c) A complete set of all the above

OCS Leasing Maps and Official

Protraction Diagrams is available on

microfiche for $5.00 per set.

12. Description of the Areas Offered

for Bids.

(a) Acreages of blocks are shown on

Leasing Maps and Official Protraction

Diagrams. Some of these blocks,

however, may be partially leased, or

transected by administrative lines such

as the Federal/State jurisdictional line.

Information on the unleased portions of

such blocks, including the exact

acreage, is included in the following

document available from the Gulf of

Mexico regional office and also

included with this Notice:

Central Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale

152—Final—Unleased Split Blocks and

Unleased Acreages of Blocks with

Aliquots and Irregular Portions Under

Lease.

(b) Blocks which have recently

become available for leasing since

January 30, 1995: Attention is drawn to

the following update list which is

included as a matter of convenience for

interested parties. This update list

reflects blocks which have become

available since the publication of the

Preliminary Final Notice of Sale 152.

Any questions on this may be directed

to Ms. Patricia Bryars, phone (504) 736–

2763.

Update List: West Cameron Area

blocks 241 and 247; West Cameron

Area, South Addition, block 619; East

Cameron Area block 39; Eugene Island

Area, South Addition, blocks 326 and

336; and Green Canyon Area blocks 128

and 354.

(c) Blocks not available for leasing

due to appeals: The lease status of the

following blocks are currently under

appeal and therefore these blocks are

unavailable for leasing in this sale:

South Marsh Island Area, South

Addition, blocks 165, 168, 169, 179,

180, 181, 185, and 186; and Main Pass

Area, South and East Addition, blocks

253 and 254.
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(d) Blocks currently leased and not

available for leasing: The areas offered

for leasing include all those blocks

shown on the OCS Leasing Maps and

Official Protraction Diagrams listed in

paragraph 11 (a) and (b), except for

those blocks or partial blocks already

under lease, as listed at the end of this

Notice.

13. Lease Terms and Stipulations.

(a) Leases resulting from this sale will

have initial terms as shown on the

Stipulations, Lease Terms, and Bidding

Systems Map applicable to this Notice

and will be on Form MMS–2005 (March

1986). Copies of the map and lease form

are available from the Gulf of Mexico

regional office (see paragraph 14(a)).

(b) The applicability of the

stipulations which follow is as shown

on the map described in paragraph 13(a)

and as supplemented by references in

this Notice.

Stipulation No. 1—Topographic

Features.

(This stipulation will be included in

leases located in the areas so indicated

in the Biological Stipulation Map

Package associated with this Notice

which is available from the Gulf of

Mexico regional office (see paragraph

14(a)).)

The banks that cause this stipulation

to be applied to blocks of the Central

Gulf are:

Bank name

No activity

zone defined

by isobath

(meters)

McGrail Bank ........................ 85

Bouma Bank ......................... 85

Rezak Bank .......................... 85

Sidner Bank .......................... 85

Rankin Bank ......................... 85

Sackett Bank 2 ...................... 85

Ewing Bank ........................... 85

Diaphus Bank 2 ..................... 85

Parker Bank .......................... 85

Jakkula Bank ........................ 85

Sweet Bank 1 ........................ 85

Bright Bank ........................... 85

Geyer Bank 3 ......................... 85

MacNeil Bank 3 ..................... 82

Alderdice Bank ..................... 80

Fishnet Bank 2 ....................... 76

29 Fathom Bank ................... 64

Sonnier Bank ........................ 55

1Only paragraph (a) of the stipulation applies. 2Only paragraphs (a) and (b) apply.

3Western Gulf of Mexico bank with a portion

of its ‘‘3–Mile Zone’’ in the Central Gulf of

Mexico.

(a) No activity including structures,

drilling rigs, pipelines, or anchoring

will be allowed within the listed isobath

(‘‘No Activity Zone’’ as shown in the

aforementioned Biological Stipulation

Map Package) of the banks as listed

above.

(b) Operations within the area shown

as ‘‘1,000-Meter Zone’’ in the

aforementioned Biological Stipulation

Map Package shall be restricted by

shunting all drill cuttings and drilling

fluids to the bottom through a downpipe

that terminates an appropriate distance,

but no more than 10 meters, from the

bottom.

(c) Operations within the area shown

as ‘‘1-Mile Zone’’ in the aforementioned

Biological Stipulation Map Package

shall be restricted by shunting all drill

cuttings and drilling fluids to the

bottom through a downpipe that

terminates an appropriate distance, but

no more than 10 meters, from the

bottom. (Where there is a ‘‘1-Mile Zone’’

designated, the ‘‘1,000-Meter Zone’’ in

paragraph (b) is not designated.)

(d) Operations within the area shown

as ‘‘3-Mile Zone’’ in the aforementioned

Biological Stipulation Map Package

shall be restricted by shunting all drill

cuttings and drilling fluids from

development operations to the bottom

through a downpipe that terminates an

appropriate distance, but no more than

10 meters, from the bottom.

Stipulation No. 2—Live Bottoms

(To be included only on leases in the

following blocks: Main Pass Area, South

and East Addition, Blocks 190, 194, 198,

219–226, 244–266, 276–290; Viosca

Knoll, Blocks 473–476, 521, 522, 564,

565, 566, 609, 610, 654, 692–698, 734,

778.)

For the purpose of this stipulation,

‘‘live bottom areas’’ are defined as

seagrass communities; or those areas

which contain biological assemblages

consisting of such sessile invertebrates

as sea fans, sea whips, hydroids,

anemones, ascidians, sponges,

bryozoans, or corals living upon and

attached to naturally occurring hard or

rocky formations with rough, broken, or

smooth topography; or areas whose

lithotope favors the accumulation of

turtles, fishes, and other fauna.

Prior to any drilling activities or the

construction or placement of any

structure for exploration or

development on this lease, including,

but not limited to, anchoring, well

drilling, and pipeline and platform

placement, the lessee will submit to the

Regional Director (RD) a live bottom

survey report containing a bathymetry

map prepared utilizing remote sensing

techniques. The bathymetry map shall

be prepared for the purpose of

determining the presence or absence of

live bottoms which could be impacted

by the proposed activity. This map shall

encompass such an area of the seafloor

where surface disturbing activities,

including anchoring, may occur.

If it is determined that the live

bottoms might be adversely impacted by

the proposed activity, the RD will

require the lessee to undertake any

measure deemed economically,

environmentally, and technically

feasible to protect the pinnacle area.

These measures may include, but are

not limited to, the following:

(a) the relocation of operations; and

(b) the monitoring to assess the

impact of the activity on the live

bottoms.

Stipulation No. 3—Military Areas

(This stipulation will be included in

leases located within the Warning Areas

and Eglin Water Test Areas 1 and 3, as

shown on the map described in

paragraph 13(a)).

(a) Hold and Save Harmless

Whether compensation for such

damage or injury might be due under a

theory of strict or absolute liability or

otherwise, the lessee assumes all risks of

damage or injury to persons or property,

which occur in, on, or above the Outer

Continental Shelf (OCS), to any persons

or to any property of any person or

persons who are agents, employees, or

invitees of the lessee, its agents,

independent contractors, or

subcontractors doing business with the

lessee in connection with any activities

being performed by the lessee in, on, or

above the OCS, if such injury or damage

to such person or property occurs by

reason of the activities of any agency of

the United States Government, its

contractors or subcontractors, or any of

its officers, agents or employees, being

conducted as a part of, or in connection

with, the programs and activities of the

command headquarters listed in the

following table.

Notwithstanding any limitation of the

lessee’s liability in Section 14 of the

lease, the lessee assumes this risk

whether such injury or damage is

caused in whole or in part by any act

or omission, regardless of negligence or

fault, of the United States, its

contractors or subcontractors, or any of

its officers, agents, or employees. The

lessee further agrees to indemnify and

save harmless the United States against

all claims for loss, damage, or injury

sustained by the lessee, or to indemnify

and save harmless the United States

against all claims for loss, damage, or

injury sustained by the agents,

employees, or invitees of the lessee, its

agents, or any independent contractors

or subcontractors doing business with

the lessee in connection with the

programs and activities of the
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aforementioned military installation,

whether the same be caused in whole or

in part by the negligence or fault of the

United States, its contractors, or

subcontractors, or any of its officers,

agents, or employees and whether such

claims might be sustained under a

theory of strict or absolute liability or

otherwise.

(b) Electromagnetic Emissions

The lessee agrees to control its own

electromagnetic emissions and those of

its agents, employees, invitees,

independent contractors or

subcontractors emanating from

individual designated defense warning

areas in accordance with requirements

specified by the commander of the

command headquarters listed in the

following table to the degree necessary

to prevent damage to, or unacceptable

interference with, Department of

Defense flight, testing, or operational

activities, conducted within individual

designated warning areas. Necessary

monitoring control, and coordination

with the lessee, its agents, employees,

invitees, independent contractors or

subcontractors, will be effected by the

commander of the appropriate onshore

military installation conducting

operations in the particular warning

area; provided, however, that control of

such electromagnetic emissions shall in

no instance prohibit all manner of

electromagnetic communication during

any period of time between a lessee, its

agents, employees, invitees,

independent contractors or

subcontractors and onshore facilities.

(c) Operational

The lessee, when operating or causing

to be operated on its behalf, boat, ship,

or aircraft traffic into the individual

designated warning areas shall enter

into an agreement with the commander

of the individual command

headquarters listed in the following list,

upon utilizing an individual designated

warning area prior to commencing such

traffic. Such an agreement will provide

for positive control of boats, ships, and

aircraft operating into the warning areas

at all times.

W–155A and B (For Agreement)—Chief,

Naval Air Training, Naval Air

Station, Office No. 206, Corpus

Christi, Texas 78419–5100

telephone: (512) 939–3862/2621

W–155A and B (For Operational

Control)—Fleet Area Control &

Surveillance Facility (FACSFAC),

Operations, Naval Air Station,

Pensacola, Florida 32508,

telephone: (904) 452–2735/4671

W–92—Naval Air Station, Air

Operations Department, Air Traffic

Division/Code 52, New Orleans,

Louisiana 70146–5000, telephone:

(504) 393–3100/3101

W–453—Air National Guard—CRTC,

Gulfport/ACMI, Scheduling Office,

Gulfport, Mississippi 39507,

Telephone: (601) 867–2433

Eglin Water Test Areas 1 and 3—Air

Force Development Test Center,

Plans and Programs Department,

Requirement Directorate, 101 West

‘‘D’’ Avenue, Suite 125, Eglin AFB,

Florida 32542–5495, Telephone:

(904) 882–3899/4188

14. Information to Lessees

(a) Supplemental Documents. For

copies of the various documents

identified as available from the Gulf of

Mexico regional office, prospective

bidders should contact the Public

Information Unit, Minerals Management

Service, 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard,

New Orleans, Louisiana 70123–2394,

either in writing or by telephone at (504)

736–2519 or (800) 200–GULF. For

additional information, contact the

Regional Supervisor for Leasing and

Environment at that address or by

telephone at (504) 736–2759.

(b) Navigation Safety. Operations on

some of the blocks offered for lease may

be restricted by designation of fairways,

precautionary zones, anchorages, safety

zones, or traffic separation schemes

established by the U.S. Coast Guard

pursuant to the Ports and Waterways

Safety Act (33 U.S.C. 1221 et seq.), as

amended, and the Deepwater Port Act

(33 U.S.C. 1501–1524). Bidders are

advised that the U.S. Coast Guard

published a notice of final rulemaking

expanding the existing safety zone

around the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port

(LOOP) (59 FR 17480 published on

April 13, 1994).

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE)

permits are required for construction of

any artificial islands, installations, and

other devices permanently or

temporarily attached to the seabed

located on the OCS in accordance with

section 4(e) of the OCS Lands Act, as

amended.

For additional information,

prospective bidders should contact Lt.

Commander Ken Parris, Assistant

Marine Port Safety Officer, 8th Coast

Guard District, Hale Boggs Federal

Building, New Orleans, Louisiana

70130, (504) 589–6901. For COE

information, prospective bidders should

contact Mr. Ron Ventola CELMN-OD-S,

Post Office Box 60267, New Orleans,

Louisiana 70160–0267, (504) 862–2255.

(c) Offshore Pipelines. Bidders are

advised that the Department of the

Interior and the Department of

Transportation have entered into a

Memorandum of Understanding, dated

May 6, 1976, concerning the design,

installation, operation, and maintenance

of offshore pipelines. Bidders should

consult both Departments for

regulations applicable to offshore

pipelines.

(d) 8-Year Leases. Bidders are advised

that any lease issued for a term of 8

years will be cancelled after 5 years,

following notice pursuant to the OCS

Lands Act, as amended, if within the

initial 5-year period of the lease, the

drilling of an exploratory well has not

been initiated; or if initiated, the well

has not been drilled in conformance

with the approved exploration plan

criteria; or if there is not a suspension

of operations in effect. Bidders are

referred to 30 CFR 256.37 and the MMS

Gulf of Mexico OCS Region Letter to

Lessees of February 13, 1995.

(e) Affirmative Action. Revision of

Department of Labor regulations on

affirmative action requirements for

Government contractors (including

lessees) has been deferred, pending

review of those regulations (see Federal

Register of August 25, 1981, at 46 FR

42865 and 42968). Should changes

become effective at any time before the

issuance of leases resulting from this

sale, section 18 of the lease form (Form

MMS–2005, March 1986), would be

deleted from leases resulting from this

sale. In addition, existing stocks of the

affirmative action forms described in

paragraph 5 of this Notice contain

language that would be superseded by

the revised regulations at 41 CFR 60–

1.5(a)(1) and 60–1.7(a)(1). Submission of

Form MMS–2032 (June 1985) and Form

MMS–2033 (June 1985) will not

invalidate an otherwise acceptable bid,

and the revised regulations’

requirements will be deemed to be part

of the existing affirmative action forms.

(f) Ordnance Disposal Areas. Bidders

are cautioned as to the existence of two

inactive ordnance disposal areas in the

Mississippi Canyon area, shown on the

map described in paragraph 13(a). These

areas were used to dispose of ordnance

of unknown quantity and composition.

Water depths range from approximately

750 to 1,525 meters. Bottom sediments

in both areas are soft, consisting of silty

clays. Exploration and development

activities in these areas require

precautions commensurate with the

potential hazards.

The U.S. Air Force has released an

indeterminable amount of unexploded

ordnance throughout Eglin Water Test

Areas 1 and 3. The exact location of the

unexploded ordnance is unknown, and

lessees are advised that all lease blocks

included in this sale within these water

test areas should be considered
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potentially hazardous to drilling and

platform and pipeline placement.

(g) Communications Towers. The

Department of Defense, U.S. Air Force,

has installed seven military

communications towers in the

Chandeleur/Mobile/Viosca Knoll area

which support Air Combat Maneuvering

Instrumentation (ACMI). This project

may impose certain restrictions on oil

and gas activities in that area since no

activity can take place within 500 feet

of a tower site, and unobstructed lines

of sight must be maintained between

towers. The seven towers are located

within Mobile, Blocks 769, 819, and

990; Viosca Knoll, Block 116;

Chandeleur Area, Blocks 33 and 61; and

Chandeleur Area, East Addition, Block

39. Information and maps of the specific

locations and line of sight crossings for

ACMI towers may be obtained from Mr.

Wallace Williams, Minerals

Management Service, (504) 736–2772.

(h) Archaeological Resources. Bidders

are advised that a Final Rule regarding

archaeological resources was published

in the Federal Register on October 21,

1994 (59 FR 53091), granting specific

authority to each MMS Regional

Director to require archaeological

surveys and reports (under 30 CFR 250,

256, 260, and 281) and the submission

of these reports to the Regional Director

prior to exploration, development and

production, or installation of lease-term

or right-of-way pipelines. MMS Notice

To Lessees (NTL) 91–02 (Outer

Continental Shelf Archaeological

Resources Requirements for the Gulf of

Mexico OCS Region) published in the

Federal Register on December 20, 1991

(56 FR 66076) effective February 17,

1992, specifies survey methodology,

linespacing, and archaeological report

writing requirements for lessees and

operators in the Gulf of Mexico Region.

Two additional documents are

available from the MMS Gulf of Mexico

Region Public Information Office (see

paragraph 14(a)):

‘‘List of Lease Blocks Within The

High-Probability Area For Historic

Period Shipwrecks On The OCS’’ dated

January 30, 1995. This list supersedes

the list promulgated by the MMS Letter

to Lessees (LTL) of November 30, 1990.

‘‘List of Lease Blocks Within The

High-Probability Area For Pre-Historic

Archaeological Resources On The OCS’’

dated January 30, 1995.

Implementation of this Final Rule and

NTL 91–02 obviates the need for the

Protection of Archaeological Resources

Stipulation required in previous leases.

(i) Proposed Rigs to Reefs. Bidders are

advised that there are OCS artificial reef

sites and planning areas for the Gulf of

Mexico. These are generally located in

water depths of less than 200 meters.

While all existing and proposed sites

require a permit from the U.S. Army

Corps of Engineers, this ‘‘Rigs to Reefs’’

program is implemented through State

sponsorship through the following State

Coordinators:

Alabama Mr. Walter M. Tatum, (205)

968–7577

Louisiana Mr. Rick Kasprzac, (504) 765–

2375

Mississippi Mr. Mike Buchanan, (601)

385–5860

Texas Ms. Jan Coulbertson, (713) 474–

2811

For more information on artificial reef

sites, prospective bidders should

contact the above listed State Artificial

Reef Coordinators for their areas of

interest.

(j) Right of Use and Easement for

Chandeleur Blocks 27 and 30. Bidders

are advised that a right of use and

easement has been granted for portions

of Chandeleur Area Blocks 27 and 30 for

gas storage purposes. The area is

generally on the southernmost quarter of

the federal portion of Chandeleur Area,

Block 27 and the W1/2 NW1/4; NW1/4

SW1/4 portion of Chandeleur Area,

Block 30. For additional information,

contact the MMS Gulf of Mexico

Regional Supervisor for Production and

Development at (504) 736–2675.

(k) Proposed Lightering Zones.

Bidders are advised that the U.S. Coast

Guard has proposed designating certain

areas of the Gulf of Mexico (60 FR 1958

of January 5, 1995), as lightering zones

for the purpose of permitting single hull

vessels to off-load oil within the U.S.

Exclusive Economic Zone. Such

designation may have implications for

oil and gas operations in the areas.

Additional information may be obtained

from Lieutenant Commander Stephen

Kantz, Project Manager, Oil Pollution

Act (OPA 90) Staff, at (202) 267–6740.

(1) Statement Regarding Certain

Geophysical Data. Pursuant to Sections

18 and 26 of the OCS Lands Act as

amended, and the regulations issued

thereunder, MMS has a right of access

to certain geophysical data and

information obtained or developed as a

result of operations on the OCS. MMS

is sensitive to the concerns expressed by

industry regarding the confidentiality of

individual company work products and

client lists and the potential burden of

responding to a myriad of requests from

MMS pertaining to the existence and

availability of these types of reprocessed

geophysical data. To resolve the

concerns of both industry and MMS

with respect to such cases, MMS has

worked with industry to develop the

requirements contained within

paragraph 3(b) Method of Bidding

above. These requirements are being

imposed on a trial basis to determine

their effectiveness and are subject to

modification in future sales.

The details of this requirement are

specified in the document ‘‘Trial

Procedures for Access to Certain

Geophysical Data in the Gulf of

Mexico’’, which is provided in the Sale

Notice package and which is available

upon request from the MMS Gulf of

Mexico Region Public Information

Office (see paragraph 14(a)). In brief,

these requirements include:

1. In the period for ninety (90) days

after the sale, bidders will allow MMS

to inspect such data within seven (7)

days of a written request from MMS,

and upon further written request will

transmit to MMS, within ten (10)

working days, such data. After this

ninety day period, a response time of

thirty (30) days following an MMS

written request will be considered

adequate.

2. Successful bidders must retain such

data for three (3) years after the sale, and

unsuccessful bidders must retain such

data for six (6) months after the sale, for

possible acquisition by MMS.

For the six (6) month period after the

sale, based on a review of the allowable

cost of data reproduction to MMS for

three-dimensional and two-dimensional

data sets, the company providing the

reprocessed data will be reimbursed at

a rate of $480 per block or part thereof

for three-dimensional data and $2 per

line mile for two-dimensional data.

Afterwards, reimbursement will be

subject to the terms and conditions of 30

CFR 251.13(a).

All geophysical data and information

obtained and reviewed by MMS

pursuant to these procedures shall be

held in the strictest confidence and

treated as proprietary in accordance

with the applicable terms of 30 CFR

251.14.

For additional information, contact

the MMS Gulf of Mexico Regional Office

of Resource Evaluation at (504) 736–

2720.

Dated: April 4, 1995.

Carolita U. Kallaur,

Acting Deputy Director, Minerals

Management Service.

Bob Armstrong,

Assistant Secretary—Land and Minerals

Management.

Central Gulf of Mexico Leased Lands

March 20, 1995

Description of blocks listed represent all

Federal acreage leased unless otherwise

noted.
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Sabine Pass

3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14

West Cameron

17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 34, 35,

36, 38, 39, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 53,

54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66,

67, 68, 69, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79,

81, 82, 83, 91, 92, 93, 95, 97, 98, 99, 101, 102,

104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112,

113, 114, 115, 117, 118, 128, 130, 131, 132,

133, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 141, 142, 143,

144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 153,

165, 166, 167, 168, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174,

176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 183, 184, 191,

192, 193, 194, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201,

202, 205, 206, 207, 211, 212, 213, 215, 216,

222, 224, 225, 226, 229, 230, 231, 236, 237,

238, 239, 240, 242, 244, 245, 246, 248, 249,

250, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 258, 259, 261,

264, 265, 266, 269, 275, 276, 277, 279, 280,

282, 284, 285

West Cameron, West Addition

154, 161, 162, 163, 287, 288, 290, 291, 292,

293, 294, 295, 296, 298, 299, 305, 306, 310,

312, 313, 315, 321, 323, 324, 331, 332, 333,

334, 337, 338, 340, 342, 343, 344, 347, 351,

352, 359, 363, 367, 368, 369, 370, 379, 380,

383, 385, 386, 391, 392, 398, 400, 401, 404,

405, 406, 408, 409, 410, 411, 416, 417, 418,

421, 422, 423, 424, 425, 426, 427, 430, 431,

432, 433, 435, 436, 437, 438, 442, 444

West Cameron, South Addition

445, 447, 450, 455, 456, 457, 458, 459, 461,

462, 463, 464, 466, 467, 469, 470, 471, 474,

475, 476, 478, 480, 482, 483, 485, 486, 487,

488, 491, 492, 495, 496, 498, 503, 504, 505,

507, 510, 513, 514, 517, 522, 524, 527, 528,

529, 531, 532, 533, 534, 536, 537, 538, 541,

542, 543, 544, 548, 551, 552, 553, 554, 556,

557, 560, 561, 563, 564, 565, 566, 569, 570,

571, 572, 573, 575, 576, 580, 586, 587, 588,

589, 590, 591, 592, 593, 594, 596, 599, 600,

601, 604, 605, 606, 607, 609, 612, 613, 616,

617, 618, 620, 621, 624, 625, 630, 633, 635,

639, 642, 643, 645, 648, 653, 654, 657, 660,

663

East Cameron

2, 9, 11, 12, 14 (E1⁄2NW1⁄4; NE1⁄4) (Landward

of 8(g) Line), 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24,

25, 26, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42,

44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 55, 56, 57, 58,

60, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 70, 71, 72, 75, 76,

77, 78, 81, 82, 83, 84, 87, 88, 89, 92, 94, 95,

96, 103, 104, 106, 109, 110, 111, 112, 114,

115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 122, 123, 125, 129,

131, 132, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140,

141, 142, 143, 145, 148, 149, 151, 152, 153,

154, 155, 157, 158, 160 (E1⁄2), 169, 170, 171,

172, 176, 178, 179, 182, 184, 185, 188, 189,

190, 192, 193, 194 (E1⁄2E1⁄2SE1⁄4), 195 (S1⁄2),

196, 199, 200, 201, 203, 204 (N1⁄2N1⁄2), 205,

211, 213, 214, 215, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222,

223, 226, 227, 229, 230, 231, 232, 234, 235

East Cameron, South Addition

236, 242, 243, 245, 251, 254, 255, 257, 259,

260, 261, 264, 265, 268, 270, 271, 272, 274,

275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283,

284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 292, 293, 297,

298, 299, 300, 302, 303, 306, 307, 309, 310,

311, 312, 313, 314, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320,

321, 322, 323, 324, 328, 330, 331, 332, 334,

335, 336, 337, 338, 346, 347, 348, 349, 351,

352, 353, 354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 362,

363, 364, 365, 366, 367, 368, 369, 370, 371,

373, 374, 377, 378, 380

Vermilion

16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28,

30, 31, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 46,

(N 1⁄2), 48, 49, 51, 52, 53, 54, 57, 58, 60, 65,

66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 75, 76, 78, 82, 83,

84, 85, 86, 92, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 101, 102,

104 (SE1⁄4; N1⁄2; E1⁄2W1⁄4; E1⁄2W1⁄2SW1⁄4), 107,

108, 109, 111, 112, 114, 115, 116, 117, 119,

120, 123, 124, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 143,

144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 155, 156, 157, 158,

160, 161, 162, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169,

171, 172, 175, 176, 178, 179 (E1⁄2E1⁄2NE1⁄4;

W1⁄2NE1⁄4NE1⁄4; NE1⁄4NE1⁄4SE1⁄4), 182, 185,

186, 187, 191, 195, 196, 198, 199, 200, 201,

202, 203, 205, 207, 208, 213, 214, 215, 216,

217, 218 (E1⁄2NW1⁄4SE1⁄4; NE1⁄4SW1⁄4SE1⁄4;

E1⁄2SE1⁄4), 220, 221, 222, 223, 225 (E1⁄2NE1⁄4;

NE1⁄4SE1⁄4), 226, 229, 230, 232, 233, 237, 242,

245, 246, 247, 249, 250, 251

Vermilion, South Addition

252, 253, 255, 256, 257, 258, 261, 262, 265,

266, 267, 268, 270, 271, 272, 273, 275, 276,

277, 279, 280, 282, 284, 286, 287, 288, 289,

290, 291, 292, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299,

300, 301, 302, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309,

310, 311, 313, 314, 315, 317, 318, 319, 320,

321, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 332,

333, 335, 336, 337, 338, 339, 340, 341, 342,

343, 347, 348, 349, 350, 355, 357, 358, 359,

362, 363, 365, 367, 368, 369, 370, 371, 372,

374, 375, 376, 377, 378, 379, 380, 384, 385,

386, 389, 393, 394, 395, 397, 398, 399, 400,

404, 405, 406, 407, 409, 410, 412

South Marsh Island, North Addition

207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215,

216, 217, 218, 219, 220 (Landward of lease

0310 stip. Line), 221 (Landward of lease 0310

stip. Line), 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228,

229, 230 (Landward of lease 0310 stip. Line),

231 (Landward of lease 0310 stip. Line), 232,

233, 234, 235 (Landward of lease 0310 stip.

line; portion more than 3 marine leagues

swd. of a line connecting Tiger Pt. & Shell

Keys), 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241

(Landward of lease 0310 stip. Line), 242

(Landward of lease 0310 stip. Line), 243, 244,

245, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 255, 256, 257,

260, 261, 262, 265, 266, 268, 269, 272, 274,

275, 276, 277, 278, 280, 281, 282, 283, 285,

286, 287, 288

South Marsh Island

2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18,

19, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 33, 34, 35, 36,

37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 55,

57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 64, 66, 68, 69, 70

South Marsh Island, South Addition

71, 72, 73, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81 82, 83,

84, 85, 90, 91, 92, 93, 95, 96, 97, 99, 102, 103,

106, 107, 108, 109, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118,

119, 120, 121, 122, 124, 125, 127, 128, 129,

130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 136, 137, 139, 140,

141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 149, 150,

151, 154, 155, 156, 158, 160, 161, 164, 166,

171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 178, 182, 187,

188, 189, 190, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197,

198, 199, 204, 205

Eugene Island

10, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 28, 29, 30,

31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 38, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46,

47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 56, 57, 58, 59,

60, 62, 63, 64, 65, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76,

77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88,

89, 90, 93, (E1⁄2), 94, 95, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101,

102, 105, 106, 108, 109, 110, 111, 113A,

113B, 116 (E1⁄2), 119, 120, 125, 126, 127, 128,

128A, 129, 129A, 133, 134, 135, 136, 138,

142, 143, 144, 146, 148, 153, 154, 155, 156,

157, 158, 159, 162, 164, 167, 172, 173, 174,

175, 176, 177, 179, 181, 182, 184, 186, 187,

188, 189, 190, 191, 193, 196, 197, 198, 199,

200, 201, 202, 204, 205, 206, 208, 211, 212,

213, 214, (W1⁄2W1⁄2E1⁄2; W1⁄2), 215, 216, 217,

218, 219, 222, 223, 224, 227, 228, 229, 230,

231, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 242, 243,

245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 251, 252, 253, 254

(S1⁄2), 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 261, 262, 265,

266

Eugene Island, South Addition

267, 268, 269, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277,

278, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 289,

292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 299, 300, 301,

302, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312,

313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 320, 322, 324,

325, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 332, 333, 335,

337, 338, 339, 340, 341, 342, 343, 344, 345,

346, 347, 348, 349, 352, 353, 354, 355, 356,

359, 360, 361, 364, 365, 366, 367, 368, 370,

371, 372, 374, 378, 380, 384, 385, 386, 388,

389, 390, 391, 392, 395, 396

Ship Shoal

13 (S1⁄2SE1⁄4), 14 (S1⁄2S1⁄2), 15, 25 (Seaward

of Zone 2 line), 26 (SE1⁄4), 27, 28, 29, 30, 31,

32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 52, 55, 58, 59, 62, 63,

64 (W1⁄2), 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 71 (W1⁄2), 72, 73,

75, 77, 78, 80, 81, 84, 86, 87, 90, 91, 92, 93,

94 (S1⁄2SE1⁄4), 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103,

104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 111, 112, 113,

114, 115, 117, (N1⁄2), 118 (N1⁄2), 119, 120,

122, 123, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 133, 134,

135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 145, 146,

148, 149, 150, 153, 154, 156, 157, 158, 159,

160, 163, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171,

174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182,

183, 184, 185, 186, 189, 190, 191, 193, 196,

197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205,

206, 207, 208, 209, 214, 215, 216, 218, 219,

220, 222, 223, 224, 225, 227, 229, 230, 233,

235

Ship Shoal, South Addition

237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 246, 247,

248, 249, 251, 252, 253, 256, 257, 258, 259,

261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 268, 269, 270,

271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 282, 290,

291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 299, 300, 301, 304,

307, 309, 312, 315, 316, 317, 319, 321, 322,

323, 326, 327, 328, 331, 335, 336, 337, 338,

339, 341, 343, 344, 347, 348, 349, 350, 351,

353, 356, 357, 358, 359, 360, 361, 364, 367,

368

South Timbalier

10, 11, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27

(N1⁄2; N1⁄2SW1⁄4), 28 (NE1⁄4), 29, 30, 32, 33,

34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54,

55, 63, 66, 67, 68, 71, 72, 73, 74, 76, 77, 78,

83, 86, 91, 92, 95, 99, 100, 101, 106, 108, 110,

111, 112, 123, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132,

133, 134, 135, 136, 140, 142, 143, 144, 145,

147, 148, 149, 151, 152, 155, 159, 160, 161,

162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 169, 170, 171,

172, 173, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181,

182, 184, 185, 188 (NW1⁄4), 189, 190, 191,

192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200,

203, 205, 206, 207, 208, 210
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South Timbalier, South Addition

212, 214, 215, 217, 219, 220, 221, 223, 224,

225, 226, 228, 229, 231, 233, 234, 235, 238,

241, 245, 246, 249, 251, 252, 254, 258, 259,

260, 264, 265, 267, 273, 275, 276, 277, 278,

280, 283, 285, 288, 289, 292, 293, 295, 296,

297, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302, 305, 306, 308,

309, 310, 320

South Pelto

1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15,

16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25

Bay Marchand

2, 3, 4, 5

Grand Isle

16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29

(N1⁄2), 30 (Por. landward of 3 marine league

line), 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40,

41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 51, 52, 53,

54, 55, 63, 65, 66, 67, 69, 72, 73, 75, 76, 77,

78, 79, 82 (NW1⁄4; S1⁄2), 83, 84, 85

Grand Isle, South Addition

86, 88, 89, 90, 91, 93, 94, 95, 99, 100, 101,

102, 103, 104, 108, 110, 111, 113, 115, 116,

117, 118, 119, 121

West Delta

17, 18, 19, 20, 21 (S1⁄2 S1⁄2 S1⁄2; S1⁄2S1⁄2), 22,

23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36,

37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 48, 49,

50, 56, 57, 58, 59, 61, 62, 63, 64, 67, 68, 69,

70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 79, 80

(NW1⁄4NW1⁄4; W1⁄2SW1⁄4; SW1⁄4NW1⁄4;

NE1⁄4SW1⁄4; SE1⁄4NW1⁄4; S1⁄2NE1⁄4; N1⁄2SE1⁄4;

NE1⁄4NW1⁄4; N1⁄2NE1⁄4), 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90,

91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101,

102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109

West Delta, South Addition

110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 117, 118, 121,

122, 123, 126, 128, 129, 132, 133, 134, 135,

137, 138, 140, 144, 145, 148, 149, 152

South Pass

6, 17, 18, 19, 27, 28, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36,

37, 38, 42, 43, 45, 47, 38, 49, 50, 51, 52

(Seaward of 8(g) Line), 54, 56, 57 (Swd. of 75

Degree Line to 1 ft. swd. of 3rd Supp. Decree;

1 ft swd. of 3rd Supp. Decree to 3 geog. miles

swd. of 1st Supp. Decree), 58, 59, 60, 61

South Pass, South & East Addition

62, 63, 64, 65, 66 (Seaward of 65 Decree

Line), 67, 69, 70, 71, 72, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78,

82, 83, 86, 87, 88, 89, 92, 93, 94, 96

Main Pass

6, 7, 18, 19, 20, 30, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42,

43 (NE1⁄4; E1⁄2NW1⁄4; E1⁄2W1⁄2NW1⁄4;

W1⁄2W1⁄2NW1⁄4; NW1⁄4SW1⁄4;

W1⁄2NE1⁄4SW1⁄4), 44, 55, 57, 58, 59, 61, 62,

63, 64, 65, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 77, 78,

86, 87, 90, 91, 92, 93 (Seaward of 8(g) Line),

94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100 (N1⁄2; N1⁄2N1⁄2S1⁄2;

SE1⁄4 NE1⁄4SE1⁄4; E1⁄2SE1⁄4SE1⁄4), 102, 103,

104, 105, 106 (SW1⁄4SE1⁄4NE1⁄4; S1⁄2

SW1⁄4NE1⁄4; S1⁄2S1⁄2NW1⁄4; SW1⁄4; W1⁄2SE1⁄4;

W1⁄2E1⁄2SE1⁄4), 107, 108, 111, 112, 114, 115,

116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 122, 123, 124, 125,

126, 127 (N1⁄2), 129, 131, 132, 133, 138, 139,

140, 141, 142, 144, 145, 148, 149, 151, 152

(Seaward of 65 Decree Line), 153

Main Pass, South & East Addition

154, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165,

166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 175,

177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 186, 187,

188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196,

198, 199, 201, 202, 206, 209, 210, 214, 216,

217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225,

226, 227, 228, 229, 231, 232, 233, 234, 236,

237, 242, 243, 244, 245, 248, 249, 251, 252,

255, 258, 259, 260, 261, 264, 265, 273, 277,

278, 280, 281, 283, 286, 288, 289, 290, 291,

292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 298, 299, 300, 301,

303, 304, 305, 306, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312,

313, 315

Breton Sound

41, 42, 43, 53 (W1⁄2 Portion Seaward of 75

Decree Line), 54, 55, 56

Chandeleur

9, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 25, 28, 29,

30 (Seaward of 8(g) Line), 31, 34

Chandeleur, East Addition

36, 37, 38, 40, 41

Mobile

778, 779, 819, 820, 821, 822, 823, 824, 826,

827, 828, 830, 860, 861, 862, 863, 864, 865,

866, 867, 868, 869, 870, 871, 872, 873, 874,

902, 904, 905, 907, 908, 909, 911, 912, 913,

914, 915, 916, 917, 918, 945, 947, 948, 949,

952, 953, 955, 956, 957, 958, 959, 960, 961,

962, 990, 1002, 1003

Viosca Knoll

22, 24, 27, 29, 31, 32, 33, 35, 38, 68, 69, 73,

74, 76, 77, 80, 117, 118 121, 122, 123, 124,

155, 156, 157, 158, 161, 162, 163, 164, 168,

169, 201, 202, 203, 204, 206, 207, 208, 209,

211, 213, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 256, 294,

295, 296, 297, 298, 300, 340, 341, 345, 388,

389, 427, 428, 429, 430, 434, 474, 518, 519,

520, 564, 565, 609, 692, 693, 694, 695, 697,

698, 734, 736, 740, 741, 742, 772, 773, 774,

779, 780, 783, 784, 785, 786, 814, 815, 817,

818, 823, 825, 826, 827, 829, 830, 861, 862,

867, 868, 869, 870, 871, 872, 899, 900, 908,

909, 911, 912, 913, 914, 915, 916, 944, 948,

949, 951, 952, 953, 954, 954, 955, 956, 957,

958, 959, 960, 986, 987, 988, 989, 990, 992,

993, 994, 996, 997, 999, 1000, 1001, 1002,

1003, 1004

Ewing Bank

305, 306, 347, 438, 481, 526, 570, 658, 701,

702, 743, 744, 745, 746, 784, 788, 789, 790,

826, 828, 829, 830, 833, 867, 871, 872, 873,

874, 878, 879, 903, 908, 910, 911, 912, 913,

914, 915, 916, 917, 918, 920, 921, 938, 944,

947, 948, 952, 954, 955, 958, 959, 962, 963,

964, 965, 966, 967, 975, 983, 985, 986, 988,

989, 991, 994, 995, 996, 1000, 1001, 1002,

1003, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1010, 1011

Mississippi Canyon

20, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 33, 34,

35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 41, 63, 65, 66, 67, 72, 73,

74, 76, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 108, 109,

114, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125,

127, 128, 129, 148, 149, 150, 151, 161, 162,

163 164, 166, 167, 168, 169, 173, 192, 193,

194, 195, 196, 199, 204, 205, 208, 209, 210,

211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 235, 236,

240, 243, 244, 245, 247, 248, 251, 252, 253,

254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 267, 268, 278,

280, 281, 287, 288, 289, 290, 291, 292, 296,

299, 300, 301, 302, 305, 311, 312, 320, 321,

322, 323, 324, 325, 333, 335, 338, 339, 340,

341, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, 348, 353, 354,

355, 356, 357, 363, 365, 378, 382, 383, 384,

385, 386, 392 397, 398, 399, 400, 401, 426,

427, 428, 429, 430, 431, 436, 437, 441, 443,

444, 445, 447, 470, 471, 474, 475, 476, 480,

481, 485, 486, 487, 489, 490, 495, 496, 502,

503, 505, 506, 507, 508, 509, 514, 515, 516,

517, 518, 519, 520, 521, 522, 524, 529, 530,

531, 533, 537, 538, 539, 546, 551, 553, 554,

555, 560, 561, 562, 563, 564, 565, 566, 568,

573, 574, 575, 577, 584, 585, 593, 594, 595,

596, 597, 603, 605, 606, 607, 608, 612, 613,

617, 619, 620, 621, 624, 627, 628, 630, 635,

638, 639, 643, 647, 648, 652, 653, 654, 656,

657, 661, 663, 664, 667, 673, 674, 676, 677,

678, 679, 682, 686, 687, 688, 692, 694, 695,

697, 698, 705, 707, 711, 713, 717, 718, 720,

721, 724, 725, 726, 727, 728, 730, 731, 732,

734 736, 738, 739, 749, 750, 755, 757, 758,

760, 762, 763, 764, 765, 766, 768, 769, 770,

771, 772, 773, 774, 775, 776, 777, 778, 798,

799, 802, 803, 804, 806, 807, 808, 809, 810,

811, 818, 819, 820, 821, 822, 828, 829, 831,

832, 841, 842, 843, 845, 846, 847, 848, 849,

850, 851, 852, 853, 854, 855, 856, 868, 875,

876, 885, 887, 888, 889, 890, 891, 892, 893,

894, 895, 896, 897, 898, 899, 900, 911, 912,

925, 928, 929, 931, 932, 933, 934, 935, 936,

937, 938, 939, 940, 941, 942, 955, 956, 969,

972, 976, 977, 978, 979, 980, 981, 982, 983,

984, 985, 986, 992, 993, 999, 1000

Green Canyon

5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19, 23, 25,

30, 31, 37, 39, 40, 41, 45, 46, 50, 52, 53, 54,

58, 60, 64, 65, 67, 68, 69, 72, 73, 77, 81, 82,

92, 96, 97, 98, 108, 109, 110, 114, 115, 116,

117, 125, 129, 135, 136, 137, 140, 141, 142,

144, 145, 146, 152, 153, 155, 158, 159, 160,

161, 169, 170, 177, 179, 180, 181, 184, 185,

199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 205, 208, 209, 210,

213, 214, 216, 217, 221, 223, 224, 225, 228,

235, 238, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 252,

253, 254, 255, 258, 268, 269, 272, 273, 274,

278, 279, 290, 294, 297, 298, 300, 303, 309,

311, 312, 314, 317, 318, 325, 326, 333, 338,

339, 341, 342, 353, 356, 368, 369, 372, 373,

377, 378, 379, 383, 384, 398, 399, 400, 405,

406, 415, 416, 417, 421, 426, 427, 437, 447,

459, 460, 461, 462, 463, 465, 466, 467, 468,

469, 470, 472, 473, 474, 481, 486, 487, 491,

505, 506, 507, 508, 509, 510, 512, 513, 514,

515, 516, 517, 518, 519, 520, 531, 533, 534,

535, 540, 543, 544, 545, 546, 550, 552, 553,

554, 556, 557, 558, 559, 562, 563, 564, 578,

579, 587, 588, 589, 590, 593, 594, 600, 601,

602, 603, 604, 605, 606, 631, 632, 636, 644,

645, 646, 647, 648, 649, 650, 651, 673, 674,

679, 680, 681, 689, 690, 691, 692, 693, 706,

712, 713, 714, 723, 724, 725, 726, 735, 736,

737, 756, 757, 758, 766, 767, 775, 776, 801,

802, 810, 816, 825, 826, 844, 845, 854, 859,

860, 863, 864, 869, 870, 871, 872, 873, 905,

913, 915, 955, 958, 999, 1001

Atwater Valley

1, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23,

24, 25, 26, 51, 52, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61,

63, 64, 66, 67, 68, 70, 71, 90, 91, 92, 93, 98,

99, 100, 101, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108,

112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 127,

135, 136, 137, 141, 142, 143, 145, 146, 150,

151, 152, 153, 157, 158, 160, 161, 163, 180,

181, 182, 189, 190, 223, 224, 225, 226, 233,

234, 266, 267, 268, 276, 277, 284, 310, 311,

312, 313, 321, 327, 334, 370, 371, 377, 378,

379, 414, 415, 441, 457, 573, 574, 575, 617,

618
17804 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 67 / Friday, April 7, 1995 / Notices

Walker Ridge

22, 45, 46, 66, 120, 121, 164, 197, 198, 678,

723, 766

[FR Doc. 95–8625 Filed 4–6–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P

Outer Continental Shelf Central Gulf of

Mexico; Notice of Leasing System,

Sale 152

Section 8(a)(8) (43 U.S.C. 1337(a)(8))

of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands

Act (OCSLA) requires that, at least 30

days before any lease sale, a Notice be

submitted to the Congress and

published in the Federal Register:

1. Identifying the bidding systems to

be used and the reasons for such use;

and

2. Designating the tracts to be offered

under each bidding system and the

reasons for such designation.

This Notice is published pursuant to

these requirements.

1. Bidding systems to be used. In the

Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Sale 152,

blocks will be offered under the

following two bidding systems as

authorized by section 8(a)(1) (43 U.S.C.

1337(a)(1): (a) Bonus bidding with a

fixed 162⁄3-percent royalty on all

unleased blocks in less than 400 meters

of water; and (b) bonus bidding with a

fixed 121⁄2-percent royalty on all

remaining unleased blocks.

a. Bonus Bidding with a 162⁄3-Percent

Royalty. This system is authorized by

section (8)(a)(1)(A) of the OCSLA. This

system has been used extensively since

the passage of the OCSLA in 1953 and

imposes greater risks on the lessee than

systems with higher contingency

payments but may yield more regards if

a commercial field is discovered. The

relatively high front-end bonus

payments may encourage rapid

exploration.

b. Bonus Bidding with a 121⁄2-Percent

Royalty. This system is authorized by

section (8)(a)(1)(A) of the OCSLA. It has

been chosen for certain deeper water

blocks proposed for Central Gulf of

Mexico (GOM) (Sale 152) because these

blocks are expected to require

substantially higher exploration,

development, and production costs, as

well as longer times before initial

production in comparison to shallowwater blocks. Department of the Interior

analyses indicated that the minimum

economically developable discovery on

a block in such high-cost areas under a

121⁄2-percent royalty system would be

less than for the same blocks under a

162⁄3-percent royalty system. As a result,

more blocks may be explored and

developed. In addition, the lower

royalty rate system is expected to

encourage more rapid production and

higher economic profits. It is not

anticipated, however, that the larger

cash bonus bid associated with a lower

royalty rate will significantly reduce

competition, since the higher costs for

exploration and development are the

primary constraints to competition.

2. Designation of Blocks. The

selection of blocks to be offered under

the two systems was based on the

following factors:

a. Lease terms on adjacent, previously

leased blocks were considered to

enhance orderly development of each

field.

b. Blocks in deep water were selected

for the 121⁄2-percent royalty system

based on the favorable performance of

this system in these high-cost areas as

evidenced in our analyses.

The specific blocks to be offered

under each system are shown on the

‘‘Stipulations, Lease Terms, and Bidding

Systems Map’’ for Central GOM Lease

Sale 152. This map is available from the

Minerals Management Service, GOM

Region, 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard,

New Orleans, Louisiana 70123–2394.

Dated: April 4, 1995.

Carolita U. Kallaur,

Acting Deputy Director, Minerals

Management Service.

Bob Armstrong,

Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals

Management.

[FR Doc. 95–8624 Filed 4–6–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–M

National Park Service

Glacier National Park General

Management Plan/Environmental

Impact Statement, Glacier National

Park, Montana

AGENCY: National Park Service,

Department of Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare

Environmental Impact Statement for the

General Management Plan, Glacier

National Park.

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the

National Environmental Policy Act, the

National Park Service is preparing an

environmental impact statement for the

General Management Plan for Glacier

National park. This statement will be

approved by John Cook, Regional

Director for the Rocky Mountain Region.

The purpose of this federal action is to

facilitate management of visitor use,

natural and cultural resources,

development, and operation of Glacier

National Park according to the enabling

legislation and other laws and

regulations affecting management of this

National Park area. The general

management plan (GMP) and

implementation plans that result from

this process will guide the management

of Glacier National Park for the next 10

to 15 years. The GMP will replace an

existing master plan that has been

guiding management of the park since

1977 and contains actions that have

either been completed or are no longer

appropriate to do. All previously

approved development concept and

implementation plans will be reviewed

and assessed to insure that their

proposals are appropriate in light of the

new general management plan.

Major issues that will be addressed in

the plan include ecosystem

management, visitor experience and

resource protection, role and

management of historic structures and

other cultural resources, the Secretary of

Interior’s trust responsibilities to Native

americans and relationships with Native

americans and park resources, land

protection strategies for private lands

within the park to insure protection of

park resources, administrative facilities

and the concept of sustainability as it

relates to park infrastructure and visitor

use.

A scoping brochure is being prepared

that explains, in more detail, the issues

identified to date and outlines the

public involvement for this planning

effort. Copies of this brochure will be

available in mid April and can be

obtained by writing GMP/EIS Project,

Glacier National Park, West Glacier, Mt

59936 (406) 888–5441

The National Park Service is seeking

information and comments from

individuals and organizations who may

be interested in, or affected by the

proposed action, as well as Federal,

State and local agencies. Scoping will

include the following: a scoping

brochure that will be mailed out to

interested individuals, groups and

federal, state and local agencies asking

for comments, identification of issues,

concerns to interested and potentially

affected individuals, groups, Federal,

State, and local governments;

newsletters, public meetings; and news

releases.

The first set of public meetings were

held as Open Houses, during early

March. Open houses were held in

Missoula, Kalispell, Helena, West

Glacier, Browning, St. Mary and Great

Falls Montana, and in Lethbridge and

Fernie Canada. A summary of issues

identified to date is being compiled

following those meetings.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for information and to be

added to the General Management Plan