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The Davis Clipper
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GREAT SALT LAKE -- The Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands will postpone leasing on two-thirds of the land in the Great Salt Lake that has been eligible for oil and gas leasing. The decision was an agreement the division reached between environmental groups and lessees. Just over 55,000 acres of land will remain available for leasing, and more than 116,000 acres will be held in abeyance from leasing. The suspension is designed to permit a new look at the Great Salt Lake Mineral Leasing Plan, which was established in 1996. "The Mineral Leasing Plan is ten years old," said Joel Frandsen, Director of the Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands. "It's time to take a look and see if there's new information or new issues concerning the division's public trust responsibilities and the mineral resources of the Great Salt Lake."
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