[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 190 (Friday, September 30, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60865-60866]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-25255]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLNM920000 L13100000 FI0000; NMNM-113413, NMNM-117541]


Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Leases 
NMNM 113413 and NMNM 117541

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Under the Class II provisions of Title IV, Public Law 97-451, 
the Bureau of Land Management received a petition for reinstatement of 
oil and gas leases NMNM 113413 and NMNM 117541 from the lessee Three 
Rivers Acquisition, LLC, for lands in Lea County, New Mexico. The 
petition was filed on time and was accompanied by all the rentals due 
since the date the leases terminated under the law.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Margie Dupre, Bureau of Land 
Management, New Mexico State Office, P.O. Box 27115, Santa Fe, New 
Mexico 87502-0115 or at (505) 954-2142. Persons who use a 
telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to contact the above 
individual during business hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours a day, 
7 days a week, to leave a message or question with the above 
individual. You will receive a reply during normal business hours.

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 leases and $166 cost for publishing 
this Notice in the Federal Register. The lessee met all the 
requirements for reinstatement of the leases as set out in Section 
31(d) and (e) of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C. 188). We 
are proposing to reinstate leases NMNM 113413 and NMNM 117541, 
effective the date of termination, March 1, 2011, under the original 
terms and conditions of the

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lease and the increased rental and royalty rates cited above.

Margie Dupre,
Land Law Examiner, Fluids Adjudication Team.
[FR Doc. 2011-25255 Filed 9-29-11; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-FB-P