[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 183 (Thursday, September 20, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 47640]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-20501]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLWY920000.L51040000.FI0000. 18XL5017AR]


Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Leases 
in Wyoming (Southland 17)

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: As provided for under the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as 
amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received petitions for 
reinstatement of competitive oil and gas leases WYW-177798, WYW-183048, 
WYW-183798, WYW- 183807, WYW-183830, WYW-185283, WYW-185588, WYW-
185589, WYW-185591, WYW-185593, WYW-185594, WYW-185595, WYW-185596, 
WYW-185597, WYW-185598, WYW-185599, and WYW-185601 from Southland 
Royalty Company LLC for land in Carbon and Sweetwater Counties, 
Wyoming. The lessee filed the petitions on time, along with all rentals 
due since the leases terminated under the law. No new leases affecting 
these lands were issued before the petitions were filed. The BLM 
proposes to reinstate the leases.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chris Hite, Branch Chief for Fluid 
Minerals Adjudication, Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming State Office, 
5353 Yellowstone Road, P.O. Box 1828, Cheyenne, Wyoming, 82003; phone 
307-775-6176; email [email protected].
    Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf may call 
the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to contact Mr. Hite 
during normal business hours. The FRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 
days a week, to leave a message or question with the above individual. 
A reply will be sent during normal business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The lessee 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 the $159 cost of 
publishing this notice. The lessee agreed to additional lease 
stipulations on lease WYW-177798 to protect nesting raptors, Greater 
Sage-Grouse habitat, amphibian and reptile species habitat, and to 
protect the historic and visual values of the Lincoln Highway/Union 
Pacific Railroad Grade historic property. The lessee agreed to 
additional lease stipulations on leases WYW-183048, WYW-183807, and 
WYW-185588 to protect Greater Sage-Grouse habitat. The lessee agreed to 
additional lease stipulations on lease WYW-183830 to protect raptor 
nesting habitat. The lessee agreed to the removal of a lease 
stipulation to protect Greater Sage-Grouse habitat on lease WYW185283 
because the lease is no longer within 2 miles of a lek managed as 
occupied. No additional stipulations were added to the other leases.
    The lessee met the requirements for reinstatement of the leases per 
Sec. 31(d) and (e) of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C. 188). 
The BLM proposes to reinstate each of the leases effective on the date 
of termination, under amended terms and conditions including the 
increased rental and royalty rates cited above.

    Authority:  30 U.S.C. 188(e)(4) and 43 CFR 3108.2-3(b)(2)(v).

Chris Hite,
Chief, Branch of Fluid Minerals Adjudication.
[FR Doc. 2018-20501 Filed 9-19-18; 8:45 am]
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