[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 190 (Friday, September 30, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 60866]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-25256]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLNM920000 L13100000 FI0000; NMNM-113397, NMNM-113398]


Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Leases 
NMNM 113397 and NMNM 113398

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 113397 and NMNM 113398 from the lessees Three 
Rivers Acquisition, LLC, and Cimarex Energy Co., 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 lessees agree to new lease terms for rentals and 
royalties of $10 per acre or fraction thereof, per year, and 16-\2/3\ 
percent, respectively. The lessees paid the required $500 
administrative fee for the reinstatement of the leases and $166 cost 
for publishing this Notice in the Federal Register. The lessees 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 113397 and NMNM 113398, 
effective the date of termination, March 1, 2011, under the original 
terms and conditions of the lease and the increased rental and royalty 
rates cited above.

Margie Dupre,
Land Law Examiner, Fluids Adjudication Team.
[FR Doc. 2011-25256 Filed 9-29-11; 8:45 am]
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