82_FR_40064 82 FR 39903 - Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease NDM 94112, North Dakota

82 FR 39903 - Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease NDM 94112, North Dakota

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 161 (August 22, 2017)

Page Range39903-39903
FR Document2017-17725

As required under the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, Emerald Oil, Inc. timely filed a petition for reinstatement of competitive oil and gas lease NDM 94112, McKenzie County, North Dakota. The lessee paid the required rental and royalties accruing from the date of termination. No leases were issued that affect these lands. The Bureau of Land Management proposes to reinstate the lease.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 161 (Tuesday, August 22, 2017)
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 161 (Tuesday, August 22, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 39903]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-17725]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLMT922200-17X-L13100000-FI0000-P;NDM 94112-MO#4500107589]


Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease NDM 94112, 
North Dakota

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of lease reinstatement.

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SUMMARY: As required under the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, Emerald 
Oil, Inc. timely filed a petition for reinstatement of competitive oil 
and gas lease NDM 94112, McKenzie County, North Dakota. The lessee paid 
the required rental and royalties accruing from the date of 
termination. No leases were issued that affect these lands. The Bureau 
of Land Management proposes to reinstate the lease.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kimberly Werven, Chief, Fluids 
Adjudication Section, Bureau of Land Management Montana State Office, 
5001 Southgate Drive, Billings, Montana 59101-4669; telephone: 406-896-
5091; email: [email protected]. Persons who use a telecommunications 
device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 
1-800-877-8339 to contact the above individual during normal business 
hours. The FRS 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: 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 agrees to additional or 
amended stipulations. The lessee paid the $500 administration fee for 
the reinstatement of the lease and $159 cost for publishing this 
Notice.
    The lessee met the requirements for reinstatement of the lease per 
Sec. 31(d) and (e) of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920. We are proposing 
to reinstate the lease, effective the date of termination, subject to 
the:
     Original terms and conditions of the lease;
     Additional and amended stipulations;
     Increased rental of $10 per acre;
     Increased royalty of 16\2/3\ percent; and
     $159 cost of publishing this Notice.

    Authority:  30 U.S.C. 188.

Kimberly Werven,
Chief, Fluids Adjudication Section.
[FR Doc. 2017-17725 Filed 8-21-17; 8:45 am]
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                                                  Before including your address, phone                  thereof, per year, and 162⁄3 percent,                 request with information in support of
                                                number, email address, or other                         respectively. The lessee agrees to                    the request to the Arkansas State
                                                personal identifying information in your                additional or amended stipulations. The               Highway and Transportation
                                                comment, you should be aware that                       lessee paid the $500 administration fee               Department at the address in this notice
                                                your entire comment—including your                      for the reinstatement of the lease and                by September 21, 2017.
                                                personal identifying information—may                    $159 cost for publishing this Notice.                 ADDRESSES: Kristina Boykin, Arkansas
                                                be made publicly available at any time.                    The lessee met the requirements for                State Highway and Transportation
                                                While you can ask us in your comment                    reinstatement of the lease per Sec. 31(d)             Department, P.O. Box 2261, Little Rock,
                                                to withhold your personal identifying                   and (e) of the Mineral Leasing Act of                 AR 72203, telephone (501) 569–2079,
                                                information from public review, we                      1920. We are proposing to reinstate the               email Kristina.Boykin@ahtd.AR.gov.
                                                cannot guarantee that we will be able to                lease, effective the date of termination,             SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
                                                do so.                                                  subject to the:                                       here given in accordance with the
                                                                                                           • Original terms and conditions of the
                                                Authority                                                                                                     Native American Graves Protection and
                                                                                                        lease;
                                                                                                                                                              Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
                                                  We provide this notice under section                     • Additional and amended
                                                                                                                                                              3003, of the completion of an inventory
                                                10 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).                 stipulations;
                                                                                                           • Increased rental of $10 per acre;                of human remains under the control of
                                                  Dated: June 7, 2017.                                                                                        the Arkansas State Highway and
                                                                                                           • Increased royalty of 162⁄3 percent;
                                                Benjamin N. Tuggle,                                                                                           Transportation Department. The human
                                                                                                        and
                                                Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife                  • $159 cost of publishing this Notice.             remains were removed from a salvage
                                                Service.                                                                                                      operation in Randolph County, AR.
                                                [FR Doc. 2017–17710 Filed 8–21–17; 8:45 am]               Authority: 30 U.S.C. 188.                             This notice is published as part of the
                                                BILLING CODE 4333–15–P                                  Kimberly Werven,                                      National Park Service’s administrative
                                                                                                        Chief, Fluids Adjudication Section.                   responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
                                                                                                        [FR Doc. 2017–17725 Filed 8–21–17; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                                                                              U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d).
                                                DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR                                                                                    The determinations in this notice are
                                                                                                        BILLING CODE 4310–DN–P
                                                                                                                                                              the sole responsibility of the museum,
                                                Bureau of Land Management                                                                                     institution, or Federal agency that has
                                                [LLMT922200–17X–L13100000–FI0000–                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR                            control of the Native American human
                                                P;NDM 94112–MO#4500107589]                                                                                    remains. The National Park Service is
                                                                                                        National Park Service                                 not responsible for the determinations
                                                Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated                                                                          in this notice.
                                                Oil and Gas Lease NDM 94112, North                      [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–23717;
                                                Dakota                                                  PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]                          History and Description of the Remains
                                                                                                        Notice of Inventory Completion:                          In 1888, human remains representing,
                                                AGENCY:    Bureau of Land Management,                                                                         at minimum, two individuals were
                                                Interior.                                               Arkansas State Highway and
                                                                                                        Transportation Department, Little                     recovered from site 3RA387 in
                                                ACTION:  Notice of lease reinstatement.                                                                       Randolph County, AR. The human
                                                                                                        Rock, AR
                                                                                                                                                              remains were discovered during a
                                                SUMMARY:    As required under the                       AGENCY:   National Park Service, Interior.            salvage operation of site 3RA387 as part
                                                Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, Emerald
                                                                                                        ACTION:   Notice.                                     of the re-routing of Highway 304.
                                                Oil, Inc. timely filed a petition for
                                                                                                                                                              Excavations were undertaken by the
                                                reinstatement of competitive oil and gas                SUMMARY:    The Arkansas State Highway                Arkansas State Highway and
                                                lease NDM 94112, McKenzie County,                       and Transportation Department has                     Transportation Department. Currently,
                                                North Dakota. The lessee paid the                       completed an inventory of human                       the remains are being stored at the
                                                required rental and royalties accruing                  remains, in consultation with the                     Arkansas Archeological Survey’s
                                                from the date of termination. No leases                 appropriate Indian tribes or Native                   curation facility. The gender and age of
                                                were issued that affect these lands. The                Hawaiian organizations, and has                       the human remains were undetermined.
                                                Bureau of Land Management proposes                      determined that there is no cultural                  No known individuals were identified.
                                                to reinstate the lease.                                 affiliation between the human remains                 No associated funerary objects are
                                                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                        and any present-day Indian tribes or                  present. No diagnostic artifacts were
                                                Kimberly Werven, Chief, Fluids                          Native Hawaiian organizations.                        found at site 3RA387 to indicate when
                                                Adjudication Section, Bureau of Land                    Representatives of any Indian tribe or                these human remains were buried. The
                                                Management Montana State Office, 5001                   Native Hawaiian organization not                      cultural and temporal identity of these
                                                Southgate Drive, Billings, Montana                      identified in this notice that wish to                human remains is difficult to discern
                                                59101–4669; telephone: 406–896–5091;                    request transfer of control of these                  and they cannot be clearly culturally
                                                email: kwerven@blm.gov. Persons who                     human remains should submit a written                 affiliated with an Indian tribe.
                                                use a telecommunications device for the                 request to the Arkansas State Highway
                                                deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay                   and Transportation Department. If no                  Determinations Made by the Arkansas
                                                Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to                      additional requestors come forward,                   State Highway and Transportation
                                                contact the above individual during                     transfer of control of the human remains              Department
                                                normal business hours. The FRS is                       to the Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian                 Officials of the Arkansas State
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                                                available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,                organizations stated in this notice may               Highway and Transportation
                                                to leave a message or question with the                 proceed.                                              Department have determined that:
                                                above individual. You will receive a                    DATES: Representatives of any Indian                    • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
                                                reply during normal business hours.                     tribe or Native Hawaiian organization                 human remains described in this notice
                                                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The lessee                   not identified in this notice that wish to            represent the physical remains of two
                                                agrees to new lease terms for rentals and               request transfer of control of these                  individuals of Native American
                                                royalties of $10 per acre, or fraction                  human remains should submit a written                 ancestry.


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of lease reinstatement.
ContactKimberly Werven, Chief, Fluids Adjudication Section, Bureau of Land Management Montana State Office, 5001 Southgate Drive, Billings, Montana 59101-4669; telephone: 406-896- 5091; email: [email protected] Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to contact the above individual during normal business hours. The FRS 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.
FR Citation82 FR 39903 

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