[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 247 (Wednesday, December 26, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 76070]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-30856]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLNM920000 L13100000 FI0000; NMNM 126063]


Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease 
NMNM 126063, NM

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 (BLM) received a petition for 
reinstatement of oil and gas lease NMNM 126063 from the lessee Nadel & 
Gussman Permian LLC, 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: Elizabeth Rivera, Bureau of Land 
Management, New Mexico State Office, P.O. Box 27115, Santa Fe, New 
Mexico 87502-0115 or at 505-954-2162. 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 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 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 $159 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). The BLM is 
proposing to reinstate lease NMNM 126063, effective the date of 
termination, March 1, 2012, under the original terms and conditions of 
the lease and the increased rental and royalty rates cited above.

Elizabeth Rivera,
Land Law Examiner, Fluids Adjudication Team.
[FR Doc. 2012-30856 Filed 12-21-12; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-FB-P