[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 224 (Wednesday, November 19, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 69676]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-27468]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[ES-930-1310-FI; LAES 51206]


Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease, 
Louisiana

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

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

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of Public Law 97-451, the Bureau of Land 
Management-Eastern States (BLM-ES) received a petition for 
reinstatement of oil and gas lease LAES 51206 from Rhumba Operating, 
LLC for lands in Caldwell Parish, Louisiana. 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: Robyn Shoop, Supervisory Land Law 
Examiner, BLM-ES, 7450 Boston Boulevard, Springfield, Virginia, at 
(703) 440-1512.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: No valid lease has been issued affecting 
these lands. The lessee has agreed to the new lease terms for rental 
and royalties at rates of $10.00 per acre or fraction thereof, per 
year, and 16\2/3\ percent, respectively. The lessee has paid the 
required $500.00 administrative fee and $163.00 to reimburse the BLM 
for the cost of publishing this Notice in the Federal Register. The 
lessee has met all the requirements for reinstatement as set out in 
Sections 31(d) and (e) of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C. 
188), and the BLM is proposing to reinstate the lease effective 
December 1, 2006, under the original terms and conditions of the lease 
and the increased rental and royalty rates cited above.

    Dated: October 22, 2008.
Steven R. Wells,
Deputy State Director, Division of Natural Resources.
[FR Doc. E8-27468 Filed 11-18-08; 8:45 am]
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