[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 118 (Monday, June 21, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 35083]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-14909]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLNM920000 L13100000 FI0000; TXNM-107307, TXNM-107313]


Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas 
Leases, Texas

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 the Federal Oil and Gas 
Royalty Management Act of 1982, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 
received a petition for reinstatement of oil and gas leases TXNM 107307 
and TXNM 107313 from the lessee, Southern Bay Energy, LLC, for lands in 
Burleson and Washington Counties, Texas. The petition was filed on time 
and was accompanied by all the rentals due since the date the leases 
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) 954-2142.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: No valid lease has been issued that affects 
the lands. The lessee agrees to new lease terms for rentals and 
royalties of $20 per acre or fraction thereof, per year, and 18\2/3\ 
percent, respectively. The lessee paid the required $500 administrative 
fee for the reinstatement of the leases and the $166 cost for 
publishing this Notice in the Federal Register. The lessee met all the 
requirements for reinstatement of the leases 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 leases TXNM 107307 and TXNM 107313, effective 
the date of termination, December 1, 2009, under the original terms and 
conditions of the lease and the increased rental and royalty rates 
cited above.

Margie Dupre,
Land Law Examiner, Fluids Adjudication Team.
[FR Doc. 2010-14909 Filed 6-18-10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-FB-P