71 FR 127 pg. 37943 - Wyoming: Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease
Type: NOTICEVolume: 71Number: 127Page: 37943
Docket number: [WY-920-1310-01; WYW72473]
FR document: [FR Doc. E6-10377 Filed 6-30-06; 8:45 am]
Agency: Interior Department
Sub Agency: Land Management Bureau
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[WY-920-1310-01; WYW72473]
Wyoming: Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease
AGENCY:
Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION:
Notice of proposed reinstatement of terminated oil and gas lease.
SUMMARY:
Under the provisions of 30 U.S.C. 188(d) and (e), and 43 CFR 3108.2-3(a) and (b)(1), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a petition for reinstatement from Pathfinder Energy and Wellstar Corporation for noncompetitive oil and gas lease WYW72473 for land in Campbell County, Wyoming. The petition was filed on time and was accompanied by all the rentals due since the date the lease terminated under the law.
FOR FURTHER INFORAMTION CONTACT:
Bureau of Land Management, Pamela J. Lewis, Chief, Branch of Fluid Minerals Adjudication, at (307) 775-6176.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The lessees agreed to the amended lease terms for rentals and royalties at rates of $10.00 per acre or fraction thereof, per year and 18 2⁄3 percent, respectively. The lessees have paid the required $500 administrative fee and $174 to reimburse the Department for the cost of this Federal Register notice. The lessees have met all the requirements for reinstatement of the lease as set out in Sections 31(d) and (e) of the Mineral Lands Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C. 188), and the Bureau of Land Management is proposing to reinstate lease WYW72473 effective June 1, 2006, under the original terms and conditions of the lease and the increased rental and royalty rates cited above. BLM has not issued a valid lease affecting the lands.
Pamela J. Lewis,
Chief, Branch of Fluid Minerals Adjudication.
[FR Doc. E6-10377 Filed 6-30-06; 8:45 am]
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