[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 66 (Friday, April 5, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13711-13712]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-06753]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLWY920000. L51040000.FI0000. 19XL5017AR]


Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease 
WYW173785, Wyoming

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 a petition for 
reinstatement of competitive oil and gas lease WYW173785 from Maurice 
W. Brown O&G, LLC, for land in Converse County, Wyoming. The lessee 
filed the petition on time, along with all rentals due since the lease 
terminated under the law. No leases affecting this land were issued 
before the petition was filed.

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 and additional 
lease stipulations. The lessee has paid the required $500 
administrative fee and the $159 cost of publishing this notice. The 
lessee met the requirements for reinstatement of the lease per Sec. 
31(d) and (e) of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C. 188). The 
BLM proposes to reinstate the lease effective February 1, 2017, under 
the amended terms and conditions of the lease and the increased rental 
and royalty rates cited above.


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    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. 2019-06753 Filed 4-4-19; 8:45 am]
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