II PREFACE This volume of Decisions of the Department of the Interior covers the period from January 1 to December 31, 1989. It includes the most important administrative decisions and legal opinions that were rendered by officials of the Department during this period. The Honorable Manuel Lujan, Jr., served as Secretary of the Interior during the period covered by this volume; Mr. Frank A. Bracken served as Under Secretary; Ms. Stella A. Guerra, Ms. Constance B. Harriman, Messrs. Eddie F. Brown, Lou Gallegos, David C. O'Neal, and John M. Sayre served as Assistant Secretaries of the Interior; Mr. Ralph W. Tarr served as Solicitor; and Mr. James L. Byrnes served as Director, Office of Hearings and Appeals. This volume will be cited within the Department of the Interior as "96 I.D." Mamel Layan Dr. Secretary of the Interior IV ERRATA: The word "parcel" should be "proposal" in the 11th paragraph on page 153. The word should be "leases" on line 6 of page 174. The beginning of the second quoted text should read "In any instance where the trial tribunal. . . ." on page 178. The middle of line 8 from the top should read, “. . . resort, the communication was not done in a manner that alerted, or should have alerted, the Roberts . . .' on page 179. The word "show" on the line 9 from the bottom should be "whole." The word "operations" is misspelled on line 4, page 184. . dis The cite reference in the first quoted paragraph should be "AB at 22" on page 185. The missing text in line 4 of the third full paragraph on page 188 should read ". ruption from June through December 1984; and 50 percent "consequential" disruption during 1985, . . ." The word "ownership" is misspelled on line 10 of page 201. The phrase should read "introduced to meet" on line 16, page 298. The word "hydrocarbons" is misspelled on line 3 of the second quoted paragraph on page 418. |