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Show Interior official says DOI plans K more oil shale leasing in 1983 By HelenrC. MixiherR (Special to Ihf Vernal Kxpress) Washington-Assistant Interior Secretary Carrey K Carruthers told the House Mining Subcommitee on June 25 the Interior IVpartmont plan to lease more oil shale land in r.vi He made the prediction in rvply to a question by Subcommittee Chairman Jim Santini, I) Nov . in a brief hearing which preceded the Suttcommittoe's marking up and reporting out a clean, now oil shale hill The Subcommittee plans to have the bill ready for consideration con-sideration by the House Interior Committee on July R. v. hen the Hoice returns from a two week July 4 vacation which starts on June The Carrutheni prediction was the first believed to bo made publicly by an Interior Department official on uhen public land leasing w ill resume on oil shale publicly-held land There has been no leasing since the Interior Department leased four tracts in 1974 under a lest lease, or prototype, program It is understood that Interior is planning to go ahead with more leases under Ihe prototype program while preparing an environment impact im-pact statement for long term leasing lntrmy rficLs to! 1 to wp.irj!r hrann;s in Cc-.grevs on Jure ti :h.t the rr.ly IrVUtion which Interior wants at the prevent Iirr.e is auth'n:a!:on od a wornl trad !a huKVrs f o: h !e lc.i".f- on h:ch they c.in Ixr.'. ', (c:l;'.:' to i-i-h-t-va oil from vrule arti !:spnM of the v; rt ha!r Hut S.irtmi ar.il Krp tan MarTuy.. H I't.ih. nwml A1min:s'.rat:on rii.T'.s to limit nil ha!e le if. via '.ion Thev firt:cir,s cV thnr own oil sh.i!r b;!'.s an,i (.ivhionril a new bill, approval by the Svihoyr.rr.ittrc io Jurx- Thry in trrxtucrvl the new "clean" hi',! trie vjme diy The bill pmvnW oft s.te leas'.r.g. Nil it has no V.i1lirr to iVit.i'.n Mich a second lease by hoKlrrs 0 n.l shale leases niiw or in the future There is also no acreage limitation in the new bill The new Jvantim Marriott oil shale legislation also authonres the SecrrtaPi of Interior to lease more than S.liarre trart in oil shale country tf he nV'termines that more acreage is needed to support a commercial operation r The sUitu'ory limit or. ieiS-i Fj rr.iity is raised from th rrr Lx r r s'-ate to two per wi c-r-.'.ior w ide This means k rrf cxi'.J hold two leases a Cirr. f two in l!ah. Lh-e pTrii; state The Sorre'.ary ff: i-4 loaT.ow Ux ir.ul'a-rr.nfn: 'i;t vhaic rcix'.ry Ip Iv.iv KooA"sei. Tx : sensor of the initial Sj"'; 1 N'.I. avkesl CarrutVrs ii: rvr.'.v'.ra'.'.ofi position xi 1 concurrence on Ifis Orruther va:d tV Airjs-c5'pise1 Airjs-c5'pise1 state courretv '-oor.sultatKTi '-oor.sultatKTi but not cpvjttv Kvo sck said he tr.i.: --v 1 ametvlment provui r f Si currcoe when the bill coc?a' ll.xive In'.eniT Committef f' I jter. Kivrk tvd the prrs : - I plan to U'.k it (v ' :oerror iK'.chard Laa. and Mi-vnte Tass-w. inJ stnx-tcly they feel about cav-Then cav-Then I 11 decide w hat to do Vr " owies up in the lUvs htrs tiuttee." Ko;o-sek sj'd r ;. it. rector o( the CoKrvV IV?"' : Natural HeiHirces |
