[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 49 (Thursday, March 12, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14499-14500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-05054]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLWY920000.L57000000.FI0000. 18XL5017AR]


Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease 
WYW185480, 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 WYW185480 from BP 
America Production Company for land in Sweetwater 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, 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 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 on time for competitive oil and gas lease WYW185480 
prompting lease termination by operation of law. As

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provided for under the Mineral leasing Act of 1920, as amended, the BLM 
received a petition for reinstatement from the lessee of record, BP 
America Production Company for land in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. The 
lessee filed the petition on time along with all rentals due since the 
lease terminated under operation of law. The lease 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. 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).
    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 June 01, 2017, 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. 2020-05054 Filed 3-11-20; 8:45 am]
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