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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Land Management Bureau

NM ID: [NM-920-08-1310FI; TXNM 106959]

NOTICE: NOTICES

DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice of Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease.

SUBJECT CATEGORY: Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease TXNM 106959

DOCUMENT SUMMARY: Under the Class II provisions of Title IV, Public Law 97-451, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a Petition for Reinstatement of Oil and Gas Lease TXNM 106959 from the lessee, Sun West Oil and Gas Inc., for lands in Trinity County, Texas. The petition was filed on time and was accompanied by all the rentals due since the date the lease terminated under the law.

SUMMARY: Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease; TXNM 106959,

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

No valid lease has been issued that affect the lands. The lessee agrees to new lease terms for rentals and royalties of $10.00 per acre or fraction thereof, per year, and 16\2/3\ percent, respectively. The lessee paid the required $500.00 administrative fee for the reinstatement of the lease and $166.00 cost for publishing this Notice in the Federal Register. The lessee met all the requirements for reinstatement of the lease as set out in sections 31(d) and (e) of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C. 188). We are proposing to reinstate lease TXNM 106959, effective the date of termination, September 1, 2007, under the original terms and conditions of the lease and the increased rental and royalty rates cited above.

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Dated: January 31, 2008.
Lourdes B. Ortiz,
Land Law Examiner.
[FR Doc. E82130 Filed 2508; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310FBP

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT Lourdes B. Ortiz, BLM, New Mexico State Office, at (505) 4387586.