[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 2 (Tuesday, January 5, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 440]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-31244]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY-923-1310-FI; WYW160181]


Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease, 
WYW160181, 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 El Paso E&P Company LP for competitive 
oil and gas lease WYW160181 for land in Fremont 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 lessee has 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 lessee has 
paid the required $500 administrative fee and $163 to reimburse the 
Department for the cost of this Federal Register notice. The lessee has 
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 BLM is proposing to reinstate lease WYW160181 
effective June 1, 2009, 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. E9-31244 Filed 1-4-10; 8:45 am]
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