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RIN: 1004-AD90

Publication ID: Spring 2008

Title: Oil Shale Leasing and Operations
Abstract: The Energy Policy Act of 2005 envisions a 3-step approach to the development of oil shale resources. The first step is the creation of a limited Research, Development, and Demonstration (RDD) Leasing Program designed to evaluate and test promising oil shale technology. Step two in the process is the completion of a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for leasing of Oil Shale and Tar Sands on public lands, with an emphasis on the most geologically prospective lands within the States of Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming. The third step in the process is the creation of rules regulating the leasing and development of the oil shale. This rule would create the regulations necessary to develop converted RDD leases and make commercial exploration, leasing, and development possible.
Agency: Department of the Interior(DOI)	Priority: Economically Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage
Major: Yes	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 43 CFR 3900
Legal Authority: Sec. 369(d) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
ANPRM	08/25/2006	71 FR 50378
ANPRM Comment Period End	09/25/2006
Comment Period Extended	09/26/2006	71 FR 56085
ANPRM Comment Period End	10/25/2006
NPRM	06/00/2008

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: No	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: Yes
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Mitchell Leverette Division Chief, Solid Minerals (WO-320) Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Room 2134 LM, 20 M Street SE, Washington, DC 20003 Phone:202 912-7113 Fax:202 912-7199 Email: mleveret@blm.gov