[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 206 (Tuesday, October 27, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 55257]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-25851]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLNM920000 L13100000 FI0000; NMNM 117542]


Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease 
NMNM 117542

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 received a petition for reinstatement of 
oil and gas lease NMNM 117542 from the lessee David H. Arrington Oil 
and Gas for lands in Eddy 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: Becky C. Olivas, Bureau of Land 
Management, New Mexico State Office, P.O. Box 27115, Santa Fe, New 
Mexico 87502 or at (505) 438-7609.

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 per acre or fraction thereof, per year, and 16\2/3\ 
percent, respectively. The lessee paid the required $500 administrative 
fee for the reinstatement of the lease and $166 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 117542, effective the date of 
termination March 1, 2009, under the original terms and conditions of 
the lease and the increased rental and royalty rates cited above.

Becky C. Olivas,
Land Law Examiner, Fluids Adjudication Team.
[FR Doc. E9-25851 Filed 10-26-09; 8:45 am]
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