[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 32 (Friday, February 15, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8901-8902]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-2846]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[(NM-920-08-1310FI); (OKNM 116599, OKNM 116600, OKNM 116604, OKNM 
116605, OKNM 116606, OKNM 116607, OKNM 116609)]


Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Leases 
OKNM 116599, OKNM 116600,OKNM 116604, OKNM 116605, OKNM 116606, OKNM 
116607, OKNM 116609

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Leases.

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SUMMARY: Under the Class II provisions of Title IV, Public Law 97-541, 
the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a Petition for 
Reinstatement of Oil and Gas Leases OKNM 116599, OKNM 116600, OKNM 
116604, OKNM 116605, OKNM 116606, OKNM 116607 and OKNM 116609 from the 
lessee, Upland Exploration, Inc., for lands in Le Flore County, 
Oklahoma.

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    The petition was filed on time and was accompanied by all the 
rentals due since the date the leases terminated under the law.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Becky C. Olivas, BLM, New Mexico State 
Office, at (505) 438-7609.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: No valid leases have 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 reinstatements of the leases and $166.00 
cost for publishing this Notice in the Federal Register. The lessee met 
all the requirements for reinstatement of the leases 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 leases OKNM 116599, OKNM 116600, 
OKNM 116604, OKNM 116605, OKNM 116606, OKNM 116607 and OKNM 116609, 
effective the date of termination, September 1, 2007, under the 
original terms and conditions of the leases and the increased rental 
and royalty rates cited above. Before including your address, phone 
number, email address, or other personal identifying information in 
your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment--including 
your personal identifying information--may be 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: February 8, 2008.
Becky C. Olivas,
Land Law Examiner, Fluids Adjudication Team 1.
[FR Doc. E8-2846 Filed 2-14-08; 8:45 am]
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