[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 126 (Thursday, July 2, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31748-31749]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-15655]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLNM920000 L13100000 FI0000; NMNM-96574]


Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease 
NMNM 96574

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 NMNM 96574 from the lessee, OXY USA, 
Inc., for lands in Lea County, New Mexico. 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: Margie Dupre, Bureau of Land 
Management, New Mexico State Office, P.O. Box 27115, Santa Fe, New 
Mexico 87502 or at (505) 438-7520.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: No valid lease has been issued that affects 
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 Section 
31(d) and (e) of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C. 188). We 
are proposing to reinstate lease NMNM 96574, effective the date of 
termination, October 1, 2008, under the original terms and conditions

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of the lease and the increased rental and royalty rates cited above.

Margie Dupre,
Land Law Examiner, Fluids Adjudication Team.
[FR Doc. E9-15655 Filed 7-1-09; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-FB-P