Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Leases:

Federal Register Volume 76, Number 190 (Friday, September 30, 2011)

Notices

Page 60864

From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]

FR Doc No: 2011-25257

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

WY-923-1310-FI; WYW176210

Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease

WYW176210, WY

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a petition for reinstatement from Ridgeland Wyoming Inc. for competitive oil and gas lease WYW176210 for land in Converse 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, Julie L.

Weaver, Chief, Fluid Minerals Adjudication, at (307) 775-6176. Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the

Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to contact the above individual during normal business hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message or question with the above individual. You will receive a reply during normal business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The lessee has agreed to the amended lease terms for rentals and royalties at rates of $10 per acre or fraction thereof, per year and 16-\2/3\ percent, respectively. The lessee has paid the required $500 administrative fee and $159 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 BLM is proposing to reinstate lease WYW176210 effective February 1, 2011, under the original terms and conditions of the lease and the increased rental and royalty rates cited above. The

BLM has not issued a valid lease to any other interest affecting the lands.

Julie L. Weaver

Chief, Branch of Fluid Minerals Adjudication.

FR Doc. 2011-25257 Filed 9-29-11; 8:45 am

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