[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 45 (Tuesday, March 10, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 10264]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-5035]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY-923-1310-FI; WYW173883]


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 Kodiak Oil & Gas (USA) Inc., and O'Neal 
Resources Corporation for Competitive oil and gas lease WYW173883 for 
land in Sweetwater 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, Julie L. 
Weaver, Acting Chief, Branch of Fluid Minerals Adjudication, at (307) 
775-6176.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The lessees have agreed to the amended lease 
terms for rentals and royalties at rates of $10.00 per acre, or 
fraction thereof, per year and 16\2/3\ percent, respectively. The 
lessees have paid the required $500 administrative fee and $163 to 
reimburse the Department for the cost of this Federal Register notice. 
The lessees have 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 WYW173883 effective August 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.

Julie L. Weaver,
Chief, Branch of Fluid Minerals Adjudication.
 [FR Doc. E9-5035 Filed 3-9-09; 8:45 am]
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