Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease

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Federal Register: April 22, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 78)

Notices

Page 21648-21649

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

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

CO-922-08-1310-FI; COC60856

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 of oil and gas lease COC60856 from Black

Resources, Inc., for lands in Montezuma County, Colorado. 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, Milada

Krasilinec, Land Law Examiner, Branch of Fluid Minerals Adjudication, at (303) 239-3767.

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

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has met all the requirements for reinstatement of the lease as set out in section 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 COC60856 effective October 1, 2007, under the original terms and conditions of the lease and the increased rental and royalty rates cited above.

Dated: April 15, 2008.

Milada Krasilinec,

Land Law Examiner.

FR Doc. E8-8619 Filed 4-21-08; 8:45 am

BILLING CODE 4310-JB-P

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