[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 87 (Friday, May 5, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26558-26559]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-6782]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NM-920-1310-06; NMNM 105214]


Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease 
NMNM 105214

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of reinstatement of terminated oil and gas lease.

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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 NMNM 105214 from the 
lessee, CHI Energy, Inc., for lands in Eddy County, New Mexico. 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: Bernadine T. Martinez, BLM, New Mexico 
State Office, at (505) 438-7530.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: No lease has been issued that affect the 
lands. The lessee agrees to new lease terms for rentals and royalties 
of $10.00 per acre or fraction thereof, per year, and 16\2/3\ percent, 
respectively. The lessee paid the required $500.00 administrative fee 
for the reinstatement of the lease and $166.00 cost for publishing this 
Notice in the Federal Register. The lessee met

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all the requirements for reinstatement of the lease as set out in 
Sections 31(d) and (e) of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C. 
188). We are proposing to reinstate lease NMNM 105214, effective the 
date of termination, September 1, 2005, under the original terms and 
conditions of the lease and the increased rental and royalty rates 
cited above.

    Dated: April 26, 2006.
Bernadine T. Martinez,
Land Law Examiner.
 [FR Doc. E6-6782 Filed 5-4-06; 8:45 am]
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