[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 82 (Thursday, April 29, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22624-22625]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-10010]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLNM920000 L13100000 FI0000; TXNM 118757]


Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease 
TXNM 118757, New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease.

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SUMMARY: Under the Class II provisions of Title IV, Public Law 97-451, 
the Bureau Of Land Management (BLM) received a petition for 
reinstatement of oil and gas lease TXNM 118757 from the lessee, Forest 
Oil Corporation, for lands in Hill County, New Mexico. 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: Becky C. Olivas, Bureau of Land 
Management, New Mexico State Office, P.O. Box 27115, Santa Fe, New 
Mexico 87502 or at (505) 954-2145.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: No valid lease has been issued that affects 
the lands. The lessee agrees to new lease terms for rentals and 
royalties of $10 per acre or fraction thereof, per year, and 16\2/3\ 
percent, respectively. The lessee paid the required $500 administrative 
fee for the reinstatement of the lease and $166 cost for publishing 
this Notice in the Federal Register. The lessee met all the 
requirements for reinstatement of the lease as set out in Section 31(d) 
and

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(e) of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C. 188). We are 
proposing to reinstate lease TXNM 118757, effective the date of 
termination, September 1, 2009, under the original terms and conditions 
of the lease and the increased rental and royalty rates cited above.

Becky C. Olivas,
Land Law Examiner, Fluids Adjudication Team.
[FR Doc. 2010-10010 Filed 4-28-10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-FB-P