[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 240 (Friday, December 13, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 68189]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-26898]


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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 Leases 
WYW185919, WYW185924, WYW185925, and WYW185926, 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 leases WYW185919, WYW185924, 
WYW185925, and WYW185926 from Hat Creek Resources, LLC for land in 
Johnson County, Wyoming. The lessee filed the petition on time, along 
with all rentals due since the leases 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: Termination of a lease is automatic and 
statutorily imposed by Congress when rental fees are not paid in a 
timely manner. Similarly, reinstatement terms are also set by Congress 
upon submission of a petition for reinstatement from a lessee. Rental 
was not paid in time for competitive oil and gas leases WYW185919, 
WYW185924, WYW185925, and WYW185926, prompting lease termination by 
operation of law. As provided for under the Mineral Leasing Act of 
1920, as amended, the BLM received a petition for reinstatement from 
the lessee of record, Hat Creek Resources, LLC for land in Johnson 
County, Wyoming. The lessee filed the petition on time along with all 
rentals due since the leases terminated under operation of law. The 
leases will be reinstated 30 days after publication of the proposed 
reinstatement notice in the Federal Register.
    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 leases per Sec. 31(d) and (e) of the Mineral 
Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C. 188).
    Reinstatement of this lease conforms to the terms and conditions of 
all applicable land use plans, including the 2015 Approved Resource 
Management Plan Amendments for the Rocky Mountain Region, and other 
National Environmental Policy Act documents. The BLM proposes to 
reinstate the leases with the effective date of April 1, 2018, under 
the amended terms and conditions of the leases and 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. 2019-26898 Filed 12-12-19; 8:45 am]
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