81_FR_15613 81 FR 15557 - Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease COC73441, Colorado

81 FR 15557 - Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease COC73441, Colorado

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 56 (March 23, 2016)

Page Range15557-15558
FR Document2016-06608

As provided for under the Mineral Lands Leasing Act of 1920, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a petition for the reinstatement of oil and gas lease COC73441 from Synergy Resources Corporation, for lands in Morgan County, Colorado. The lessee filed the petition on time, along with all the rentals due since the lease terminated under the law.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 56 (Wednesday, March 23, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 56 (Wednesday, March 23, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15557-15558]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-06608]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLCO922000-L13100000-FI0000-16X]


Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease COC73441, 
Colorado

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: As provided for under the Mineral Lands Leasing Act of 1920, 
as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a petition for 
the reinstatement of oil and gas lease COC73441 from Synergy Resources 
Corporation, for lands in Morgan County, Colorado. The lessee filed the 
petition on time, along with all the rentals due since the lease 
terminated under the law.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cheryl Hirschel, BLM Land Law 
Examiner, Fluid Minerals Adjudication, at (303) 239-3749. Persons who 
use a telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to contact the above 
individual during normal business hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours 
a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message or questions with the above 
individual. You will receive a reply during normal business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The lessee has agreed to the amended lease 
terms for additional stipulations and for

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rentals and royalties at rates of $10 per acre or fraction thereof, per 
year and 16\2/3\ percent, respectively. The lessee has paid the 
required $500 administrative fee and $159 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 Lands Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C. 188), 
and the BLM is proposing to reinstate lease COC73441 effective December 
1, 2010, under the modified terms and conditions of the lease and the 
increased rental and royalty rates cited above.

Ruth Welch,
BLM Colorado State Director.
[FR Doc. 2016-06608 Filed 3-22-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4310-JB-P

Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 56 / Wednesday, March 23, 2016 / Notices 15557 Documents pertinent to this proposal constructed of guyed galvanized steel Before including your address, phone may be examined at the Arizona State with a height ranging from 100 to 190 number, email address, or other Office. feet, and a width of approximately 100 personal identifying information in your FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: feet. The distance between each comment, you should be aware that Eddie Arreola, Project Manager, at structure would depend on site-specific your entire comment—including your telephone 602–417–9505; address: BLM, characteristics, but is expected to be 400 personal identifying information—may Arizona State Office, One North Central to 2,200 feet with an average span be made publicly available at any time. Avenue, Suite 800, Phoenix, AZ 85004; length of approximately 1,600 feet. While you can ask us in your comment email: earreola@blm.gov. People who The Project would involve additional to withhold your personal identifying use a telecommunications device for the facilities, including the construction of information from public review, we deaf (TDD) may call the Federal a series compensation substation cannot guarantee that we will be able to Information Relay Service (FIRS) at parallel to the existing compensation do so. 800–877–8339 during normal business substation located in Vicksburg, Federal, State, and local agencies, hours to contact the BLM Project Arizona. To the extent possible, existing along with tribes and other stakeholders Manager listed above. The FIRS is access roads for the DPV1 transmission that may be interested in or affected by available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, line would be used for construction and the Project are invited to participate in to leave a message or question for the maintenance. For a 2.8-mile segment of the scoping process. If eligible, they may above individual. You will receive a the proposed route, DCR Transmission request or be requested by the BLM to reply during normal business hours. would need an agreement with SCE to participate in the development of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The use the vacant circuit positions on SCE’s environmental analysis as a cooperating applicant, DCR Transmission, LLC, has existing double-circuit towers in the agency. submitted an application to the BLM for Copper Bottom Pass area. The requested Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7. a right-of-way (ROW) to construct, ROW width on public lands is 200 feet. Raymond Suazo, operate, maintain, and decommission a The purpose of the public scoping process is to identify relevant issues that Arizona State Director. single-circuit 500-kV transmission line. will influence the scope of the [FR Doc. 2016–06626 Filed 3–22–16; 8:45 am] Authorization of the proposed transmission line may require an environmental analysis, including BILLING CODE 4310–32–P amendment to the Yuma Field Office potential alternatives, and guide the Resource Management Plan (January process for developing the EIS. At present, the BLM has identified the DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 2010) to change visual resource management classifications and to following preliminary issues: Visual Bureau of Land Management possibly change or reclassify designated resource management classifications utility corridors. The proposed that would not allow a 500kV [LLCO922000–L13100000–FI0000–16X] transmission line may require other transmission line, possible route changes outside the designated Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated land use plan amendments for the corridors, potential interference with Oil and Gas Lease COC73441, Project, including the Lower Sonoran, the U.S. Army’s Yuma Proving Ground; Colorado Bradshaw-Harquahala, Lake Havasu Resource Management Plans and the cultural resources; Native American AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, California Desert Conservation Area cultural concerns; social and economic Interior. Plan, depending on newly proposed effects; potential public health and ACTION: Notice. alternatives during scoping and during safety; wildlife (including migratory the analysis. The Project would provide birds); special status species; and SUMMARY: As provided for under the a connection between the Arizona recreation. The analysis will also Mineral Lands Leasing Act of 1920, as Public Service Company’s Delaney consider mitigation at a regional scale amended, the Bureau of Land Substation in Tonopah, Arizona, and for those resources that warrant Management (BLM) received a petition the Southern California Edison mitigation offsite. for the reinstatement of oil and gas lease Company’s (SCE) Colorado River The BLM will use the NEPA public COC73441 from Synergy Resources Substation in Blythe, California. The participation requirements to assist the Corporation, for lands in Morgan project purpose is to strengthen the agency in satisfying the public County, Colorado. The lessee filed the electrical grid and improve reliability. involvement requirements under petition on time, along with all the The Project area involves approximately Section 106 of the National Historic rentals due since the lease terminated 83 miles of public lands along a route Preservation Act (NHPA) (54 U.S.C. under the law. spanning roughly 114 miles. 306108) pursuant to 36 CFR 800.2(d)(3). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Approximately 97 miles is in Arizona The information about historic and Cheryl Hirschel, BLM Land Law and 17 miles is in California. The cultural resources within the area Examiner, Fluid Minerals Adjudication, Project would largely follow the existing potentially affected by the Project will at (303) 239–3749. Persons who use a SCE Devers-Palo Verde 500-kV No.1 assist the BLM in identifying and telecommunication device for the deaf (DPV1) transmission line in an evaluating impacts to such resources in (TDD) may call the Federal Information established utility corridor. The the context of both the NEPA and Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 transmission line may be supported by Section 106 of the NHPA. to contact the above individual during a combination of self-supporting H- The BLM will consult with Indian normal business hours. The FIRS is jstallworth on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES frame structures and steel lattice tribes on a government-to-government available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, structures. Any final decision on a basis in accordance with Executive to leave a message or questions with the specific type of structure will be based Order 13175 and other policies. Tribal above individual. You will receive a on topography, structural requirements, concerns, including impacts on Indian reply during normal business hours. economics, the environment, and other trust assets and potential impacts to SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The lessee applicable considerations. The cultural resources, will be given due has agreed to the amended lease terms structures are anticipated to be consideration. for additional stipulations and for VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:26 Mar 22, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00060 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\23MRN1.SGM 23MRN1

15558 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 56 / Wednesday, March 23, 2016 / Notices rentals and royalties at rates of $10 per also agreed to the amended lease and (e) of the Mineral Leasing Act of acre or fraction thereof, per year and stipulations described in the associated 1920. The BLM is proposing to reinstate 162⁄3 percent, respectively. The lessee Reinstatement Certification. The lessee the lease, effective the date of has paid the required $500 has paid the required $500 termination subject to the: administrative fee and $159 to administrative fee and the $159 cost for • Original terms and conditions of the reimburse the Department for the cost of publishing this notice. The lessee met lease; this Federal Register notice. The lessee the requirements for reinstatement of • Additional and amended has met all the requirements for the lease per Sec. 31(d) and (e) of the stipulations; reinstatement of the lease as set out in Mineral Leasing Act of 1920. The BLM • Increased rental of $10 per acre; Section 31(d) and (e) of the Mineral proposes to reinstate the lease effective • Increased royalty of 162⁄3 percent; Lands Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C. May 1, 2013, under the original terms and 188), and the BLM is proposing to and conditions of the lease and the • $159 cost of publishing this Notice. reinstate lease COC73441 effective increased rental and royalty rates cited Authority: 43 CFR 3108.2–3. December 1, 2010, under the modified above. Gloria S. Baca, terms and conditions of the lease and Chris Hite, Supervisory Land Law Examiner, Branch of the increased rental and royalty rates Chief, Branch of Fluid Minerals Adjudication. Adjudication. cited above. [FR Doc. 2016–06569 Filed 3–22–16; 8:45 am] [FR Doc. 2016–06630 Filed 3–22–16; 8:45 am] Ruth Welch, BILLING CODE 4310–22–P BILLING CODE 4310–FB–P BLM Colorado State Director. [FR Doc. 2016–06608 Filed 3–22–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–JB–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management Bureau of Land Management DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR [LLNM920000 15X L13100000.FI0000] [LLWY920000. 16XL5017AR. L57000000.RB0000] Bureau of Land Management Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of [LLWY920000. 16XL5017AR. Terminated Oil and Gas Lease OKNM Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of L57000000.RB0000] 118150, Oklahoma Terminated Oil and Gas Lease WYW178969, Wyoming Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior. AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Terminated Oil and Gas Lease ACTION: Notice. Interior. WYW178970, Wyoming ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, SUMMARY: Per the Mineral Leasing Act of Interior. 1920, Chesapeake Exploration LLC SUMMARY: Per the Mineral Leasing Act of ACTION: Notice. timely filed a petition for reinstatement 1920, James Zerbst filed a petition for of competitive oil and gas lease OKNM reinstatement of noncompetitive oil and SUMMARY: Per the Mineral Leasing Act of 118150, Major County, Oklahoma. The gas lease WYW178969, in Niobrara 1920, James Zerbst filed a petition for lessee paid the required rentals accruing County, Wyoming. The petition was reinstatement of noncompetitive oil and from the date of termination. No leases filed on time, and the lessee paid the gas lease WYW178970, in Niobrara and were issued that affect these lands. required rentals accruing from the date Weston counties, Wyoming. The FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: of termination. No leases that affect petition was filed on time, and the Gloria S. Baca, Supervisory Land Law these lands were issued before the lessee paid the required rentals accruing Examiner, Branch of Adjudication, petition was filed. from the date of termination. No leases Bureau of Land Management New FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: that affect these lands were issued Mexico State Office, 301 Dinosaur Trail, Chris Hite, Chief of Fluid Minerals before the petition was filed. Santa Fe, NM 87508, 505–954–2141, Adjudication, Bureau of Land FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: gbaca@blm.gov. Persons who use a Management, Wyoming State Office, Chris Hite, Chief of Fluid Minerals telecommunications device for the deaf 5353 Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, Adjudication, Bureau of Land (TDD) may call the Federal Information Wyoming, 82009; phone 307–775–6176; Management, Wyoming State Office, Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 email chite@blm.gov. Persons who use a 5353 Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, to contact the above individual during telecommunications device for the deaf Wyoming 82009; phone 307–775–6176; normal business hours. The FIRS is may call the Federal Information Relay email chite@blm.gov. Persons who use a available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to telecommunications device for the deaf to leave a message or question with the contact Mr. Hite during normal business may call the Federal Information Relay above individual. You will receive a hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours a Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to reply during normal business hours. day, 7 days a week, to leave a message contact Mr. Hite during normal business SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The lessee or question with the above individual. hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours a agrees to new lease terms for rentals and You will receive a reply during normal day, 7 days a week, to leave a message royalties of $10 per acre, or fraction business hours. or question with the above individual. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The lessee jstallworth on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES thereof, per year, and 162⁄3 percent, You will receive a reply during normal respectively. The lessee agrees to agreed to the amended lease terms for business hours. additional or amended stipulations. The rentals and royalties at rates of $5 per SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The lessee lessee paid the $500 administration fee acre, or fraction thereof, per year and agreed to the amended lease terms for for the reinstatement of the lease and 162⁄3 percent, respectively. The lessee rentals and royalties at rates of $5 per $159 cost for publishing this Notice. also agreed to the amended lease acre, or fraction thereof, per year and The lessee met the requirements for stipulations described in the associated 162⁄3 percent, respectively. The lessee reinstatement of the lease per Sec. 31(d) Reinstatement Certification. The lessee VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:26 Mar 22, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00061 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\23MRN1.SGM 23MRN1


Document Created: 2016-03-23 00:03:41
Document Modified: 2016-03-23 00:03:41
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
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ActionNotice.
ContactCheryl Hirschel, BLM Land Law Examiner, Fluid Minerals Adjudication, at (303) 239-3749. Persons who use a telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to contact the above individual during normal business hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message or questions with the above individual. You will receive a reply during normal business hours.
FR Citation81 FR 15557 
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