Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease: Wyoming

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Federal Register: August 28, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 168)

Notices

Page 50839-50840

From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

DOCID:fr28au08-98

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

WY-923-1310-FI; WYW161810

Wyoming: Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and

Gas Lease

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas

Lease.

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of 30 U.S.C. 188(d) and (e), and 43 CFR 3108.2-3(a) and (b)(1), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a petition for reinstatement from Retamco Operating Inc. for competitive oil and gas lease WYW161810 for land in Carbon County, Wyoming. The petition was filed on time and was accompanied by all the rentals due since the date the lease terminated under the law.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bureau of Land Management, Pamela J.

Lewis, Chief, Branch of Fluid Minerals Adjudication, at (307) 775-6176.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The lessee has agreed to the amended lease terms for rentals and royalties at rates of

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$10.00 per acre, or fraction thereof, per year and 16\2/3\ percent, respectively. The lessee has paid the required $500 administrative fee and $163 to reimburse the Department for the cost of this Federal

Register notice. The lessee has met all the requirements for reinstatement of the lease as set out in sections 31(d) and (e) of the

Mineral Lands Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C. 188), and the Bureau of

Land Management is proposing to reinstate lease WYW161810 effective

April 1, 2008, under the original terms and conditions of the lease and the increased rental and royalty rates cited above. BLM has not issued a valid lease affecting the lands.

Pamela J. Lewis,

Chief, Branch of Fluid Minerals Adjudication.

FR Doc. E8-19963 Filed 8-27-08; 8:45 am

BILLING CODE 4310-22-P

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