[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 174 (Tuesday, September 8, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55474-55475]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-19758]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLWY920000. L57000000.FI0000. 17XL5017AR]


Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Leases 
WYW-178369, 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 WYW-178369 from WPX 
Energy RM 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: Christopher 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 Christopher Hite during normal business hours. The FRS is 
available 24 hours a day, seven 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. Lease reinstatement terms are also set by Congress. Oil 
and gas lease WYW-178369 in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, was terminated 
by operation of law effective December 1, 2016, for failure to pay 
rental timely. The lessee of record petitioned for reinstatement of the 
lease and met all filing requirements for a Class II reinstatement.
    The lessee agreed to the amended lease terms for rentals of $10 per 
acre, or fraction thereof, per year and royalty rates of 16\2/3\ 
percent. The lessee paid the required $500 administrative fee and the 
$159 cost of publishing this notice. The lessee meets 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 these leases 
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 applicable National Environmental 
Policy Act documents.
    The BLM proposes to reinstate the lease effective December 1, 2016, 
under the amended 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))

Christopher Hite,
Chief, Branch of Fluid Minerals Adjudication.
[FR Doc. 2020-19758 Filed 9-4-20; 8:45 am]
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