[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 210 (Tuesday, October 31, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63779-63780]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-18235]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NM-920-1310-07; NMNM 98210]


Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease 
NMNM 98210

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, 
and 43 CFR 3108.2-3(a) and (b)(1), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 
received a

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petition for reinstatement of oil and gas lease NMNM 98210 from the 
lessee, Chesapeak Permian, L.P., for lands in Roosevelt County, New 
Mexico. The petition was filed on time and it 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 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 98210, effective the date of termination, March 1, 
2006, under the original terms and conditions of the lease and the 
increased rental and royalty rates cited above.

    Dated: October 20, 2006.
Bernadine T. Martinez,
Land Law Examiner, NMSO.
[FR Doc. E6-18235 Filed 10-30-06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-FB-P