[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 21 (Friday, January 31, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 5695]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-01844]


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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 
WYW131627, 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 WYW131627 from Osborn 
Heirs Company LTD, Four-Ten Exploration, Gerald Peters, and G H 
Exploration Inc., for land in Campbell 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, 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. Alternatively, reinstatement terms are 
also set by Congress. Oil and gas lease WYW131647 terminated effective 
March 1, 2016, for failure to pay rental timely. The lessee petitioned 
for reinstatement of the leases and met all filing requirements for a 
Class II reinstatement. The lessee 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 and additional lease 
stipulations. The lessee has paid the required $500 administrative fee 
and the $151 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). Reinstatement of the 
lease conforms to the terms and conditions of all applicable land use 
plans and other applicable National Environmental Policy Act documents. 
The BLM proposes to reinstate the lease effective March 1, 2016, under 
the amended terms and conditions of the lease 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. 2020-01844 Filed 1-30-20; 8:45 am]
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