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Leasing of Solid Minerals Other Than Coal and Oil Shale; Correction
This document contains corrections to the final regulations for leasing of solid minerals other than coal and oil shale published in the Federal Register on October 1, 1999 (64 FR 53512).
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Financial Assistance, Local Governments
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposes to revise its regulations governing procedures for disbursing Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) to units of general local government for entitlement lands within their boundaries. This proposed rule would incorporate statutory changes to the authorizing legislation.
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National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska-Unitization
This proposed rule would add a new subpart to the Bureau of Land Management's oil and gas regulations implementing new statutory authority allowing operators to form units in the National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska (NPRA). Units allow for the sharing of costs and spreading of revenues among several leases, and allow for production from unit...
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Permits for Recreation on Public Lands
This proposed rule would update the regulations of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) that tell how to obtain recreation permits for commercial recreational operations, competitive events and activities, organized group activities and events, and individual recreational use of special areas. It would establish a new system for determining costs...
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Leasing of Solid Minerals Other Than Coal and Oil Shale
On April 28, the Mineral Leasing Act was effectively amended to change the acreage limits on a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) customer who leases public lands and minerals to produce sodium. The new law increased the maximum number of acres a person can lease in any one state from 15,360 acres in any one state to 30,720 acres. This rule revises...
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Financial Assistance, Local Governments
This final rule revises the regulations governing procedures for disbursing Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) to units of general local government for entitlement lands within their boundaries. In addition, this final rule incorporates statutory changes to the authorizing legislation.
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Mineral Materials Disposal; Sales; Free Use
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposes to amend its mineral materials regulations by adding or amending provisions on inspection of operations, production verification, contract renewal, procedures for cancellation, bonding, and appeals. The proposed rule also addresses the rights of purchasers and permittees versus subsequent users of the...
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Mining Claims Under the General Mining Laws; Surface Management
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM or ``we'') amends its regulations governing mining operations involving metallic and some other minerals on public lands. We are amending the regulations to improve their clarity and organization, address technical advances in mining, incorporate policies we developed after we issued the previous regulations...
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Oil and Gas Leasing: Onshore Oil and Gas Operations
The final rule will: Clarify the responsibilities of oil and gas lessees and operating rights owners for protecting Federal and Indian oil and gas resources from drainage; specify when the obligations of the lessee or operating rights owner to protect against drainage begin and end; clarify what steps to take to determine if drainage is...
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Mining Claims Under the General Mining Laws; Surface Management
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposes to suspend final regulations published on November 21, 2000, that amended the rules governing mining operations involving metallic and some other minerals on public lands. A suspension would provide the BLM an opportunity to review some of the new requirements in light of issues plaintiffs raise in...
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Oil and Gas Leasing; Onshore Oil and Gas Operations
The document contains corrections to the amendatory instructions of the final regulations on protecting Federal and Indian oil and gas resources from drainage published in the Federal Register on January 10, 2001, (66 FR 1883) and delayed on February 8, 2001, (66 FR 9527).
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Geothermal Resources Leasing and Operations; Correction
This document contains a correction to the current regulations for geothermal resources leasing and operations published in the Federal Register on September 30, 1998 (63 FR 52356).
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Mining Claims Under the General Mining Laws; Surface Management
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is issuing this final rule to amend at this time only one provision of its regulations for surface management of mining operations conducted under the Mining Laws. This final rule changes the date by which operators with plans of operation approved by BLM before January 20, 2001, must provide a financial...
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Mining Claims Under the General Mining Laws; Surface Management
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM or ``we'') amends its regulations governing mining operations involving metallic and some other minerals on public lands. We are amending the regulations by removing certain provisions of the regulations and returning others to those in effect on January 19, 2001. We intend these regulations to prevent...
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Mining Claims Under the General Mining Laws; Surface Management
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM or ``we'') proposes to amend its regulations governing mining operations involving metallic and some other minerals on public lands. The purpose of the proposed rule is to obtain further public comment on changes to these regulations that BLM is adopting in a final rule that appears elsewhere in today's Federal...
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Mineral Materials Disposal; Sales; Free Use
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is amending its mineral materials regulations by adding or amending provisions on inspection of operations, production verification, contract renewal, procedures for cancellation, bonding, and appeals. The final rule also addresses the rights of purchasers and permittees versus subsequent users of the same...
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Coal Management: Noncompetitive Leases; Coal Management Provisions and Limitations
The purposes of this proposed rule are to correct a technical error relating to coal lease modifications made in a final rule published on September 28, 1999 (64 FR 52239)(the 1999 rule), and to amend the regulations to reflect the statutory increase in the maximum acreage of Federal leases for coal that may be held by an individual or entity in...
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National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska-Unitization
This final rule adds a new subpart to the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) oil and gas regulations implementing new statutory authority allowing operators to form units in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A). Units allow for the sharing of costs and spreading of revenues among several leases, and allow for production to be attributed...
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Locating, Recording, and Maintaining Mining Claims or Sites
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is promulgating this final rule to amend regulations on locating, recording, and maintaining mining claims or sites. In this rule, BLM amends its regulations to respond to a recent law extending until September 30, 2003, the provisions that require claimants to pay location and annual maintenance fees for...
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Permits for Recreation on Public Lands
This final rule updates the regulations of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) that tell how to obtain recreation permits for commercial recreational operations, competitive events and activities, organized group activities and events, and individual recreational use of special areas. It establishes a new system for determining costs for...