[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 196 (Tuesday, October 11, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62830-62831]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-26193]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[ES-930-1310-FI; MSES 56250]


Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease, 
Mississippi

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as 
amended, the Bureau of Land Management-Eastern States (BLM-ES) received 
a petition for reinstatement of oil and gas lease MSES 56250 from 
Antares Exploration Fund, L.P. for lands in Perry County, Mississippi. 
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: Kemba Anderson-Artis, Supervisory Land 
Law Examiner, BLM-ES, 7450

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Boston Boulevard, Springfield, Virginia, at (703) 440-1659. Persons who 
use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to contact the above 
individual during normal business hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours 
a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message or question with the above 
individual. You will receive a reply during normal business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: No valid lease has been issued affecting 
these lands. The lessee has agreed to the new lease terms for rental 
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 BLM for the cost of 
publishing this Notice in the Federal Register. The lessee has met all 
the requirements for reinstatement as set out in Sections 31(d) and (e) 
of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C. 188), and the BLM is 
proposing to reinstate the lease effective June 1, 2011, under the 
original terms and conditions of the lease and the increased rental and 
royalty rates cited above.

Kemba Anderson-Artis,
Supervisory, Land Law Examiner, Division of Natural Resources.
[FR Doc. 2011-26193 Filed 10-7-11; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-GJ-P