[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 226 (Monday, November 26, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 65984]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-5825]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[(NM-920-1310-08); (NMNM 97871)]


Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease 
NMNM 97871

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 97871 from the lessee, Energen 
Resources Corp, 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: 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 $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 97871, effective the date of 
termination, December 1, 2006, under the original terms and conditions 
of the lease and the increased rental and royalty rates cited above.
    Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or 
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be 
aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying 
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can 
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying 
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be 
able to do so.

    Dated: November 19, 2007.
Lourdes B. Ortiz,
Land Law Examiner.
[FR Doc. 07-5825 Filed 11-23-07; 8:45 am]
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