Federal Register: December 31, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 249)
DOCID: fr31de07-66 FR Doc E7-25387
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Land Management Bureau
ES ID: [ES-930-5104-FI]
NOTICE: NOTICES
DOCID: fr31de07-66
ACTION: Oil and gas leases:
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
Under the provisions of Public Law 97-451, the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) received a petition for reinstatement of the oil and
gas leases, ARES 52198 and ARES 52200 located in Scott and Montgomery
County, Ouachita N.F., Arkansas, and ARES 53624 located in Yell County,
Ouachita N.F., Arkansas. The petition was filed on time and was accompanied
[[Page 74325]]
by all rentals due since the date the leases terminated under law.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Ann Dickerson, Land Law Examiner, at
7034401512, or Bureau of Land ManagementEastern States, 7450 Boston
Boulevard, Springfield, Virginia 22153.
SUMMARY:
Arkansas,
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
The lessee has agreed to the amended lease
terms for rentals and royalties at rates of $10 per acre (competitive)
and $5 per acre (noncompetitive), or fraction thereof, per year and 16
2/3 percent respectively. The lessee has paid the required
administrative fee and publication fee to reimburse the Department for
the cost of this Federal Register notice. The lessee has met all the
requirements for reinstatement of the lease as set out in Section 31(d)
and (e) of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended (30 U.S.C. 188),
and the BLM is proposing to reinstate the leases listed above,
effective September 1, 2004 (ARES 52198 and ARES 52200) and November 1,
2005 (ARES 53624), under the original terms and conditions of the
leases and the increased rental and royalty rates cited above. The BLM has not issued any valid leases affecting the lands.
Dated: December 21, 2007.
Steven R. Wells,
Acting State Director, Eastern States.
[FR Doc. E725387 Filed 122807; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310GJP