[Federal Register: September 16, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 179)]
[Notices]
[Page 54769]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY-920-1310-01; WYW 144663]


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.

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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 of oil and gas lease WYW144663 from Crown
Oil & Gas Co., Inc. for lands in Sublette 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 INFORMATION CONTACT: Bureau of Land Management, Pamela J.
Lewis, Chief, Fluid Minerals Adjudication, at (307) 775-6176.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The lessee has agreed to the amended lease
terms for rentals and royalties at rates of $10.00 per acre or fraction
thereof, per year and 16\2/3\ percent, respectively. The lessee has
paid the required $500 administrative fee and $166 to reimburse the
Department for the cost of this Federal Register notice. The lessee has
met all the requirements for reinstatement of the lease as set out in
Section 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 WYW144663 effective April 1, 2004, 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, Fluid Minerals Adjudication.
[FR Doc. 05-18460 Filed 9-15-05; 8:45 am]

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