[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 179 (Monday, September 15, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 53274]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-21424]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NM-920-1310-08; TXNM 118212]


Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease 
TXNM 118212

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 TXNM 118212 from the lessee, 
Woodward Development LLC, for lands in Houston County, Texas. 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 TXNM 118212, effective the date of 
termination, June 1, 2008, 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: September 9, 2008.
Lourdes B. Ortiz,
Land Law Examiner, Fluids Adjudication Team.
[FR Doc. E8-21424 Filed 9-12-08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-FB-P