[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 21 (Friday, January 31, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5694-5695]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-01843]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLWY920000. L51040000.FI0000. 16XL5017AR]


Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease 
WYW180623, 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 WYW180623 from Bondero, 
LLC and Wave Petroleum, LLC for land in Converse County, Wyoming. The 
lessees 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, Cheyenne,

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Wyoming 82009; 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. Reinstatement terms are also set by Congress. Oil and 
gas lease WYW180623 terminated effective April 1, 2016, for failure to 
pay rental timely. The lessees petitioned for reinstatement of the 
lease and met all filing requirements for a Class II reinstatement. The 
lessees 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 lessees paid the required $500 
administrative fee and the $159 cost of publishing this notice. The 
lessees 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). 
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 lease effective April 1, 2016, 
under the original terms and conditions of the lease and the increased 
rental and royalty rates cited above. The lease will be reinstated 30 
days after publication of this proposed reinstatement notice in the 
Federal Register.

    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. 2020-01843 Filed 1-30-20; 8:45 am]
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