[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 20 (Monday, January 31, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5397-5398]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-2117]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY-923-1310-FI; WYW50761]


Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease 
WYW50761, Wyoming

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as 
amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a petition for 
reinstatement from W.A. Moncrief, Jr., Providence Minerals LLC, LaMar 
B. Roemer, Roemer Oil Company, John F. Sheridan, and Woods Research & 
Development for renewal of oil and gas lease WYW50761 for land in 
Converse 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, Julie L. 
Weaver, Chief, Fluid Minerals Adjudication, at (307) 775-6176.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The lessees have agreed to the amended lease 
terms for rentals and royalties at rates of $5 per acre or fraction 
thereof, per year, and 16-2/3 percent, respectively. The lessees have 
paid the required $500 administrative fee and $163 to reimburse the 
Department for the cost of this Federal Register notice. The lessees 
have met all the requirements for reinstatement of the

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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 BLM is proposing to reinstate 
lease WYW50761 effective July 1, 2010, under the original terms and 
conditions of the lease and the increased rental and royalty rates 
cited above. The BLM has not issued a valid lease to any other interest 
affecting the lands.

Julie L. Weaver,
Chief, Fluid Minerals Adjudication.
[FR Doc. 2011-2117 Filed 1-28-11; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-22-P