Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 219 / Tuesday, November 15, 2005 / Notices 69351 

No leases were issued that affect these 

lands. The lessee agrees to the new lease 

terms for rentals and royalties of $10 per 

acre and 162⁄3 percent or 4 percentages 

above the existing competitive royalty 

rate. The lessee paid the $500 

administration fee for the reinstatement 

of the lease and $166 cost for publishing 

this Notice. 

The lessee met the requirements for 

reinstatement of the lease per Sec. 31(e) 

of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (30 

U.S.C. 188(e)). We are proposing to 

reinstate the lease, effective the date of 

termination subject to: 

• The original terms and conditions 

of the lease; 

• The increased rental of $10 per 

acre; 

• The increased royalty of 162⁄3

percent or 4 percentages above the 

existing competitive royalty rate; and 

• The $166 cost of publishing this 

Notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lourdes B. Ortiz, BLM, New Mexico 

State Office, (505) 438–7586. 

Dated: October 26, 2005. 

Lourdes B. Ortiz, 

Land Law Examiner. 

[FR Doc. 05–22621 Filed 11–14–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–FB–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of 

Terminated Oil and Gas Lease TXNM 

100507 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of 

Section 371(a) of the Energy Policy Act 

of 2005, the lessee, Chief Oil and Gas 

LLC, timely filed a petition for 

reinstatement of oil and gas lease TXNM 

100507 in Wise County, TX. The lessee 

paid the required rental accruing from 

the date of termination, March 1, 2002. 

No leases were issued that affect these 

lands. The lessee agrees to the new lease 

terms for rentals and royalties of $10 per 

acre and 162⁄3 percent or 4 percentages 

above the existing competitive royalty 

rate. The lessee paid the $500 

administration fee for the reinstatement 

of the lease and $166 cost for publishing 

this Notice. 

The lessee met the requirements for 

reinstatement of the lease per Sec. 31(e) 

of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (30 

U.S.C. 188(e)). We are proposing to 

reinstate the lease, effective the date of 

termination subject to: 

• The original terms and conditions 

of the lease; 

• The increased rental of $10 per 

acre; 

• The increased royalty of 162⁄3

percent or 4 percentages above the 

existing competitive royalty rate; and 

• The $166 cost of publishing this 

Notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lourdes B. Ortiz, BLM, New Mexico 

State Office, (505) 438–7586. 

Dated: October 26, 2005. 

Lourdes B. Ortiz, 

Land Law Examiner. 

[FR Doc. 05–22622 Filed 11–14–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–FB–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[UTU 80808] 

Public Land Order No. 7649; 

Withdrawal of Public Land for the 

Moab Mill Site Remediation Project; 

Utah 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Public Land Order. 

SUMMARY: This order withdraws 

approximately 2,300 acres of public 

land from location and entry under the 

United States mining and mineral 

leasing laws, for a period of 5 years, and 

reserves the land for use by the 

Department of Energy to conduct site 

characterization studies to determine a 

suitable location for disposal of uranium 

mill site tailings in connection with the 

Moab Mill Site Remediation Project. 

Effective Date: November 15, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary von Koch, BLM Moab Field Office, 

82 East Dogwood Avenue, Moab, Utah 

84532, 435–259–2128. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The land 

has been and remains open to 

geothermal leasing and mineral material 

disposal. 

Order 

By virtue of the authority vested in 

the Secretary of the Interior by section 

204 of the Federal Land Policy and 

Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 

1714 (2000), it is ordered as follows: 

1. Subject to valid existing rights, the 

land described below is hereby 

withdrawn from location and entry 

under the United States mining laws, 30 

U.S.C. Ch. 2 (2000), and from leasing 

under the mineral leasing laws, 30 

U.S.C. 181 et seq. and 30 U.S.C. 351 et 

seq. (2000), and reserved for use by the 

Department of Energy to protect the 

Moab Mill Site Remediation Project. 

Salt Lake Meridian 

T. 21 S., R. 19 E., 

Secs. 22 and 23, the land lying South of the 

Bookcliffs; 

Sec. 24, lots 1, 2 and 3, the land in lot 4 

lying North of the railroad right-of-way, 

the land in the W1⁄2 lying South of the 

Bookcliffs, and the land in the W1⁄2E1⁄2

lying North of the railroad right-of-way; 

Sec. 25, the land in the N1⁄2NW1⁄4 lying 

North of the railroad right-of-way; 

Sec. 26, the land in the N1⁄2 and 

NW1⁄4SW1⁄4 lying North of the railroad 

right-of way; 

Sec. 27, N1⁄2, N1⁄2SW1⁄4, the land in the 

S1⁄2SW1⁄4 and SE1⁄4 lying North of the 

railroad right-of-way. 

The area described contains approximately 

2,300 acres in Grand County. 

2. This withdrawal will expire 5 years 

from the effective date of this order 

unless, as a result of a review conducted 

before the expiration date pursuant to 

Section 204(f) of the Federal Land 

Policy and Management Act of 1976, 43 

U.S.C. 1714(f) (2000), the Secretary 

determines that the withdrawal shall be 

extended. 

Dated: October 28, 2005. 

Rebecca W. Watson, 

Assistant Secretary—Land and Minerals 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 05–22605 Filed 11–14–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Minerals Management Service (MMS) 

Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), 

Scientific Committee (SC) 

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of vacancies and request 

for nominations. 

SUMMARY: The MMS is seeking 

interested and qualified individuals to 

serve on its OCS SC during the period 

of March 31, 2006, through March 30, 

2008. The initial 2-year term may be 

renewable for up to an additional 4 

years. The OCS SC is chartered under 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act to 

advise the Director of the MMS on the 

appropriateness, feasibility, and 

scientific value of the OCS 

Environmental Studies Program (ESP) 

and environmental aspects of the 

offshore energy and marine minerals 

programs. The ESP, which was 

authorized by the OCS Lands Act as 

amended (Section 20), is administered 

by the MMS and covers a wide range of 

field and laboratory studies in biology, 

chemistry, and physical oceanography, 

as well as studies of the social and 

economic impacts of OCS energy and