[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 13 (Friday, January 19, 1996)] [Notices] [Page 1397] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 96-496] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR [NM-040-1610-00] Notice of Extension of Public Comment Period for the Draft Texas Resource Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement (TX RMP/EIS)
Agency
Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
Action
Notice.
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Summary
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Tulsa District, announces that the public comment period for the Draft Texas RMP/EIS will be extended from January 6, 1996 to January 30, 1996 due to the effects of the recent Federal government shutdown. This document analyzes land use planning options for BLM managed Federal lands and minerals throughout the state of Texas.
Dates
Comments on the Draft RMP/EIS will be accepted if they are submitted or post-marked no later than January 30, 1996.
Addresses
Comments can be sent to: Paul Tanner, Assistant District Manager, Bureau of Land Management, 221 North Service Road, Moore, Oklahoma 73160.
For Further Information Contact
For further information or copies of the Draft RMP/EIS contact the Bureau of Land Management, 221 North Service Road, Moore, Oklahoma 73160 Telephone: (405) 794-9624.
Supplementary Information
The Draft Texas Resource Management Plan (RMP) and Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) identifies and analyzes the future options for managing the Federal mineral estate situated within Texas administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Tulsa District. The Texas RMP is being prepared using the BLM planning regulations issued under the authority of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. When completed, the RMP will provide a comprehensive framework for managing the Federal minerals within Texas over the next 20 years. The contents of this Draft RMP/EIS focus on resolving on resource management issue, the leasing and development of Federal oil and gas resources in Texas. Three RMP alternatives have been developed to describe the different management options available to the BLM for administering Federal oil and gas in Texas. These alternatives were specifically developed to respond to that issue. Each alternative presents a different level of oil and gas leasing stipulation application.
Alternative A. No Action
This alternative represents a continuation of present resource allocation levels and management practices. This alternative provides a baseline for comparison of other alternatives, and may not adequately resolve the issues identified in the RMP/EIS.
Alternative B. Intensive Surface Protection (Agency Preferred Alternative)
This represents an alternative which would place primary emphasis on protecting important environmental values through the use of additional leasing stipulations. The goal of this alternative is to change present management direction so that identified surface resource values are considered in the leasing process in a manner that provides additional protection for valuable surface resources.
Alternative C. No Leasing
This represents an alternative which would remove Federal oil and gas from availability for leasing and development. It would change management direction so that the issue is resolved in a manner that places highest priority on the preservation of the oil and gas resource and protection of the associated surface resources.
For Further Information Contact
For further information or copies of the Draft RMP/EIS contact the Bureau of Land Management, 221 North Service Road, Moore, Oklahoma 73160 Telephone: (405) 794-9624.
Dated: January 8, 1996. Jim Sims, District Manager. [FR Doc. 96-496 Filed 1-18-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-FB-M