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BLM Utah Posts List of Proposed Parcels for Utah Competitive Quarterly Oil and Gas Lease Sale
Salt Lake City—The Bureau of Land Management Utah has posted the proposed list of parcels for the quarterly competitive oil and gas lease sale scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010, in Salt Lake City. The list of proposed parcels includes 13 parcels in the Vernal Field Office totaling 10,180 acres. Posting the list of proposed parcels initiates a 30-day public protest period.
A detailed notice of the lease sale, parcel descriptions, acreage, lease terms and conditions, oral bidding procedures and requirements, and other pertinent sale information is available online at:
http://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/prog/energy/oil_and_gas/oil_and_gas_lease.html
The competitive oral auction will take place at the BLM Utah State Office, 440 West 200 South, Suite 500, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84101. Potential bidders may register and obtain a bid number starting at 7:45, and the competitive oral auction will begin at 9 a.m.
The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land, the most of any Federal agency. This land, known as the National System of Public Lands, is primarily located in 12 Western states, including Alaska. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. In Fiscal Year (FY) 2011, recreational and other activities on BLM-managed land contributed more than $130 billion to the U.S. economy and supported more than 600,000 American jobs. The Bureau is also one of a handful of agencies that collects more revenue than it spends. In FY 2012, nearly $5.7 billion will be generated on lands managed by the BLM, which operates on a $1.1 billion budget. The BLM's multiple-use mission is to sustain the health and productivity of the public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations. The Bureau accomplishes this by managing such activities as outdoor recreation, livestock grazing, mineral development, and energy production, and by conserving natural, historical, cultural, and other resources on public lands.
Utah State Office 440 West 200 South, Suite 500 Salt Lake City, UT 84101