[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 142 (Monday, July 26, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43552-43553]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-18213]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[ES-930-1310-FI; ARES 54051, ARES 54053, ARES 54055, ARES 54058, ARES 
54063]


Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas 
Leases, Arkansas

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty 
Management Act of 1982, the Bureau of Land Management-Eastern States 
(BLM) received a petition for reinstatement of oil and gas leases ARES 
54051, ARES 54053, ARES 54055, ARES 54058, and ARES 54063 from 
Pergamos, L.P. for lands in Pope and Johnson counties, Arkansas. 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: Kemba Anderson-Artis, Acting 
Supervisory Land Law Examiner, BLM-ES, 7450 Boston Boulevard, 
Springfield, Virginia, at (703) 440-1659.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: No valid lease has been issued affecting 
these lands. The lessee has agreed to the new lease terms for rental 
and royalties at rates of $10 per acre or fraction thereof, per year, 
and 16\2/3\ percent, respectively. The lessee has paid the required 
$500 administrative fee and $163 to reimburse the BLM for the cost of 
publishing this Notice in the Federal Register. The lessee has met all 
the requirements for reinstatement as set out in Sections 31(d) and (e) 
of the

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Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C. 188), and the BLM is proposing 
to reinstate the lease effective August 1, 2009, under the original 
terms and conditions of the lease and the increased rental and royalty 
rates cited above.

Steven Wells,
Deputy State Director, Division of Natural Resources.
[FR Doc. 2010-18213 Filed 7-23-10; 8:45 am]
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