[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 246 (Friday, December 21, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65985-65986]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-31401]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management


ES-930-01-1300-241A: MSES 46775, MSES 46780, MSES 46782, MSES 
46788, MSES 46798, MSES 46800, MSES 46803, MSES 46806, MSES 46809 MSES 
47871, MSES 48069, MSES 48070 and MSES 48071; Notice of Proposed 
Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Leases

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Per Public Law 97-451, the lessees timely filed a petition for 
reinstatement of oil and gas leases MSES 46775, MSES 46780, MSES 46782, 
MSES 46788, MSES 46798, MSES 46800, MSES 46803, MSES 46806, MSES 46809 
MSES 47871, MSES 48069, MSES 48070 and MSES 48071, Wayne and Jones 
Counties, Mississippi. The lessee paid the required rentals accruing 
from the date of termination.
    The Bureau of Land Management has not issued any leases affecting 
the lands. The lessee paid the $500 administration fee for the 
reinstatement of each lease. The lessee has met the requirements for 
reinstatement of the leases per Sec. 31(d) and (e) of the Mineral 
Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C. 188). We are proposing to reinstate the 
leases, effective the date of termination, subject to:
     The original terms and conditions of the leases;
     The increased rental of $5 per acre (Non Competitive)
     The increased rental of $10 per acre (Competitive Leases);
     The increased royalty rate of 16\2/3\ percent of 4 
percentages above the existing competitive royalty rate;
     The $158 cost of publishing this Notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ida V. Doup, Chief, Branch of Use 
Authorization, Division of Resources, Planning, Use and Protection, BLM 
Eastern States Office, 7450 Boston Boulevard, Springfield, Virginia 
22153, (703) 440-1541.


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    Dated: November 30, 2001.
Ida V. Doup,
Chief, Branch of Use Authorization, Division of Resources Planning, Use 
and Protection.
[FR Doc. 01-31401 Filed 12-20-01; 8:45 am]
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