[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 233 (Monday, December 7, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 64098]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-29099]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY-923-1310-FI; WYW172440]


Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease, 
WYW172440, Wyoming

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)(2), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a 
petition for reinstatement from Chesapeake Exploration, LLC, North 
Finn, LLC, American Oil & Gas Inc., and Khody Land & Minerals Company 
for competitive oil and gas lease WYW172440 for land in Converse 
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, 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 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 BLM 
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). 
The BLM is proposing to reinstate lease WYW172440 effective April 1, 
2009, under the original terms and conditions of the lease and the 
increased rental and royalty rates cited above. The BLM has not issued 
a valid lease affecting the lands.

Julie L. Weaver,
Chief, Branch of Fluid Minerals Adjudication.
[FR Doc. E9-29099 Filed 12-4-09; 8:45 am]
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