[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 8 (Friday, January 11, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 2427]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-00319]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY-923-1310-FI; WYW144977]


Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease 
WYW144977, Wyoming

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 from Black Hills Exploration & Productions Inc., 
Chesapeake AEZ Exploration LLC, Chesapeake Exploration LLC, Fossil 
Creek Resources LLC, Jastera LC, Khody Land & Minerals Company, Nerd 
Gas Company LLC, and Slawson Exploration Company Inc., for 
noncompetitive oil and gas lease WYW144977 for land in Niobrara 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, Fluid Minerals Adjudication, at 307-775-6176. 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: The lessees have agreed to the amended lease 
terms for rentals and royalties at rates of $5 per acre or fraction 
thereof, per year and 16\2/3\ percent, respectively. The lessees have 
paid the required $500 administrative fee and $159 to reimburse the 
Department 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), and the BLM is proposing to reinstate lease WYW144977 
effective April 1, 2012, 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 to any other interest affecting the lands.

Debra A. Olsen,
Land Law Examiner.
[FR Doc. 2013-00319 Filed 1-10-13; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-22-P