ELR Citation: ELR 20897
No(s). 91-5099 (D.C. Cir. May 11, 1992)

The court upholds a decision of the Department of the Interior's Board of Land Appeals (IBLA) rejecting a noncompetitive oil and gas lease offer for federal land. Applying Mineral Lands Leasing Act §226(b)(1), the IBLA determined that the type of land in question be leased only through competitive ...