12186 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 50 / Thursday, March 15, 2007 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[WY–923–1310–FI; WYW155744] 

Wyoming: Notice of Proposed 

Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and 

Gas Lease 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed 

reinstatement of terminated oil and gas 

lease. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of 30 

U.S.C. 188(d) and (e), and 43 CFR 

3108.2–3(a) and (b)(1), the Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) received a 

petition for reinstatement from Missouri 

Basin Well Service Inc. for competitive 

oil and gas lease WYW155744 for land 

in Sheridan County, Wyoming. The 

petition was filed on time and was 

accompanied by all the rentals due 

since the date the lease terminated 

under the law. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bureau of Land Management, Pamela J. 

Lewis, Chief, Branch of Fluid Minerals 

Adjudication, at (307) 775–6176. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The lessee 

has agreed to the amended lease terms 

for rentals and royalties at rates of 

$10.00 per acre or fraction thereof, per 

year and 162⁄3 percent, respectively. The 

lessee has paid the required $500 

administrative fee and $163.00 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 

Sections 31(d) and (e) of the Mineral 

Lands Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C. 

188), and the Bureau of Land 

Management is proposing to reinstate 

lease WYW155744 effective December 

1, 2006, under the original terms and 

conditions of the lease and the 

increased rental and royalty rates cited 

above. BLM has not issued a valid lease 

affecting the lands. 

Pamela J. Lewis, 

Chief, Branch of Fluid Minerals Adjudication. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[AK–932–1430–ET; FF–84742] 

Notice of Proposed Withdrawal 

Extension and Opportunity for Public 

Meeting; Alaska 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the 

Air Force (USAF) has filed an 

application with the Bureau of Land 

Management that proposes to extend the 

duration of Public Land Order (PLO) 

No. 6705 for an additional 20-year 

period. PLO No. 6705 withdrew 

approximately 3,630 acres of public 

land from surface entry and mining, to 

protect the USAF Beaver Creek Research 

Site. The land has been and will remain 

closed to mineral leasing. This notice 

also gives an opportunity to comment 

on the proposed action and to request a 

public meeting. 

DATES: Comments and requests for a 

public meeting must be received by June 

13, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Comments and meeting 

requests should be sent to the Alaska 

State Director, BLM Alaska State Office, 

222 West 7th Avenue, No. 13, 

Anchorage, Alaska 99513–7599. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Terrie D. Evarts, BLM Alaska State 

Office, 907–271–5630. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

withdrawal created by PLO No. 6705 (54 

FR 978, January 11, 1989), will expire 

on January 10, 2009, unless extended. 

The USAF has filed an application to 

extend PLO No. 6705 for an additional 

20-year period to protect the integrity of 

the information being monitored by 

seismic equipment at the USAF Beaver 

Creek Research Site. This withdrawal 

comprises approximately 3,630 acres of 

public land located within: 

Copper River Meridian 

T.15 N., R. 19 E., 

Secs. 14, 15, secs. 20 to 29, inclusive, 

Secs. 33 and 34, and is described in PLO 

No. 6705 (54 FR 978, January 11, 1989). 

A complete description, along with all 

other records pertaining to the extension 

application, can be examined in the 

BLM Alaska State Office at the address 

shown above. 

As extended, the withdrawal would 

not alter the applicability of those 

public land laws governing the use of 

land under lease, license, or permit or 

governing the disposal of the mineral or 

vegetative resources other than under 

the mining and mineral leasing laws. 

The use of a right-of-way or 

interagency or cooperative agreement 

would not adequately protect the 

Federal investment in the Beaver Creek 

Research Site. 

There are no suitable alternative sites 

available since the Beaver Creek 

Research Site is already constructed on 

the above-described public land. 

No water rights would be needed to 

fulfill the purpose of the requested 

withdrawal extension. 

For a period of 90 days from the date 

of publication of this notice, all persons 

who wish to submit comments, 

suggestions, or objections in connection 

with the proposed withdrawal extension 

may present their views in writing to 

the BLM State Director at the address 

indicated above. Individual respondents 

may request confidentiality. If you wish 

to withhold your name or address from 

public review or from disclosure under 

the Freedom of Information Act, you 

must state this prominently at the 

beginning of your comments. Such 

requests will be honored to the extent 

allowed by law. All submissions from 

organizations or businesses, and from 

individuals identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, will be 

made available for public inspection in 

their entirety. 

Notice is hereby given that an 

opportunity for a public meeting is 

afforded in connection with the 

proposed withdrawal extension. All 

interested parties who desire a public 

meeting for the purpose of being heard 

on the proposed withdrawal must 

submit a written request to the State 

Director at the address indicated above 

within 90 days from the publication of 

this notice. Upon determination by the 

authorized officer that a public meeting 

will be held, a notice of the time and 

place will be published in the Federal 

Register at least 30 days before the 

scheduled date of the meeting. 

The withdrawal extension proposal 

will be processed in accordance with 

the regulations set forth in 43 CFR 

2310.4 and subject to Section 810 of the 

Alaska National Interest Lands 

Conservation Act, 16 U.S.C. 3120 

(2000). 

(Authority: 43 CFR 2310.3–1(b)). 

Dated: November 2, 2006. 

Carolyn J. Spoon, 

Chief, Branch of Lands and Realty. 

Editorial Note: This document was 

received at the Office of the Federal Register 

on March 9, 2007. 

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