Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease WYW150539: Wyoming

Federal Register: March 15, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 49)

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

WY-923-1310-FI; WYW150539

Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease

WYW150539, Wyoming

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)(2), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a petition for reinstatement from Gas Holdings, Inc., for non-competitive oil and gas lease WYW150539 for land in Park 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, 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 $5 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 BLM is proposing to reinstate lease WYW150539 effective May 1, 2009, 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.

Julie L. Weaver,

Chief, Branch of Fluid Minerals Adjudication.

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