Proposed Reinstatements of Terminated Oil and Gas Leases

Federal Register: November 13, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 220)

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

CO-922-09-1310-FI; COC70105

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 COC70105 from Bill

Barrett Corp., for lands in Montrose County, Colorado. The petition was filed on time and was

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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 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 COC70105 effective July 1, 2008, under the original terms and conditions of the lease and the increased rental and royalty rates cited above.

Dated: November 6, 2008.

Milada Krasilinec,

Land Law Examiner.

FR Doc. E8-26942 Filed 11-12-08; 8:45 am

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