[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 202 (Wednesday, October 22, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48446-48447]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-19624]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[A2407-014-004-065516; #O2412-014-004-047181.1]
Call for Nominations and Comments for the 2025 National Petroleum
Reserve in Alaska Oil and Gas Lease Sale
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Alaska State Office is
issuing a call for nominations and comments on all available unleased
tracts for the upcoming National Petroleum Reserve--Alaska (NPR-A) 2025
Oil and Gas Lease Sale. This is a standard step in the leasing process
as BLM prepares to hold the first NPR-A lease sale since 2019 and the
first lease sale under direction in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
This action also advances priorities in the Executive Order, Unleashing
Alaska's Extraordinary Resource Potential, and the associated
Secretary's Order of the same name.
DATES: BLM Alaska must receive all nominations and comments on these
tracts for consideration on or before November 21, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Nominations and/or comments should be mailed or emailed to:
State Director, Bureau of Land Management, Alaska State Office, 222
West 7th Avenue, #13, Anchorage, AK 99513-7504; Email:
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wayne Svejnoha, BLM Alaska Energy and
Minerals Branch Chief, Alaska State Office, 222 West 7th Avenue, #13,
Anchorage, AK 99513; telephone 907-271-4407.
Individuals in the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of
hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or
TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services for contacting
Mr. Wright. Individuals outside the United States should use the relay
services offered within their country to make international calls to
the point-of-contact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to 43 CFR 3131.2, the BLM is
issuing this call for nominations and comments for the upcoming NPR-A
Oil and Gas Lease Sale on all available tracts in the areas designated
for oil and gas leasing in the December 2020 NPR-A Integrated Activity
Plan Record of Decision. This effort implements direction from Section
50105 of Public Law 119-21, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which the
President signed into law on July 4, 2025. This action also advances
priorities in Executive Order 14153, Unleashing Alaska's Extraordinary
Resource Potential, and the associated Secretary's Order 3422.
To identify tracts to nominate for leasing, or to provide comments,
please follow instructions found on the BLM Alaska website at: https://
www.blm.gov/
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programs/energy-and-minerals/oil-and-gas/leasing/regional-lease-sales/
alaska.
The BLM also requests comments on tracts that should receive
``special concern and analysis'' (43 CFR 3131.2).
Before including your address, phone number, email address, or
other personal identifying information in your nominations and/or
comments, you should be aware that your entire comment--including your
personal identifying information--may be made publicly available at any
time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal
identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we
will be able to do so.
Kevin J. Pendergast,
State Director, Alaska.
[FR Doc. 2025-19624 Filed 10-21-25; 8:45 am]
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