[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 119 (Wednesday, June 21, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 35699]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-5543]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NM-920-1310-06; NMNM 32458]


Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease 
NMNM 32458

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

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

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SUMMARY: Under the Class II provisions of Title IV, Public Law 97-451, 
the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a petition for 
reinstatement of oil and gas lease NMNM 32458 from the lessee, OXY USA 
WTP LP., for lands in Lea 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: Lourdes B. Ortiz, BLM, New Mexico 
State Office, at (505) 438-7586.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: No valid lease has been issued that affect 
the lands. The lessee agrees to new lease terms for rentals and 
royalties of $5.00 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 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 32458, effective the date of 
termination, December 1, 2004, under the original terms and conditions 
of the lease and the increased rental and royalty rates cited above.

    Dated: June 12, 2006.
Lourdes B. Ortiz,
Land Law Examiner.
[FR Doc. 06-5543 Filed 6-20-06; 8:45 am]
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