[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 168 (Thursday, August 28, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50839-50840]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-19963]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY-923-1310-FI; WYW161810]


Wyoming: Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and 
Gas Lease

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Proposed 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 from Retamco Operating Inc. for competitive 
oil and gas lease WYW161810 for land in Carbon County, Wyoming. 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: Bureau of Land Management, Pamela J. 
Lewis, Chief, Branch of Fluid Minerals Adjudication, at (307) 775-6176.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The lessee has agreed to the amended lease 
terms for rentals and royalties at rates of

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$10.00 per acre, or fraction thereof, per year and 16\2/3\ percent, 
respectively. The lessee has paid the required $500 administrative fee 
and $163 to reimburse the Department for the cost of this Federal 
Register notice. The lessee has met all the requirements for 
reinstatement of the lease as set out in sections 31(d) and (e) of the 
Mineral Lands Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C. 188), and the Bureau of 
Land Management is proposing to reinstate lease WYW161810 effective 
April 1, 2008, under the original terms and conditions of the lease and 
the increased rental and royalty rates cited above. BLM has not issued 
a valid lease affecting the lands.

Pamela J. Lewis,
Chief, Branch of Fluid Minerals Adjudication.
[FR Doc. E8-19963 Filed 8-27-08; 8:45 am]
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