Notice2026-04993
Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease in Weld County, CO
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Published
March 16, 2026
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentLand Management Bureau
Abstract
In accordance with the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (MLA), Incline Energy, LLC, timely filed with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) a petition for reinstatement of competitive oil and gas lease, Incline Energy, LLC--COCO105671521 (COC79880) located in Weld County, Colorado. The lessee paid the required rentals that accrued from the date of termination. The BLM has not issued new leases that affect these lands prior to receiving the petition. The BLM proposes to reinstate the lease.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 50 (Monday, March 16, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Page 12604]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-04993]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[A2407-014-004-065516, O2509-014-004-125222]
Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease in Weld
County, CO
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of lease reinstatement.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (MLA),
Incline Energy, LLC, timely filed with the Bureau of Land Management
(BLM) a petition for reinstatement of competitive oil and gas lease,
Incline Energy, LLC--COCO105671521 (COC79880) located in Weld County,
Colorado. The lessee paid the required rentals that accrued from the
date of termination. The BLM has not issued new leases that affect
these lands prior to receiving the petition. The BLM proposes to
reinstate the lease.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott Curtis, Supervisory Land Law
Examiner, Fluid Minerals Adjudication, Bureau of Land Management
Colorado State Office, P.O. Box 151029, DFC--Bldg., 40, Lakewood, CO
80215, telephone: (303) 239-3600, email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bcfef0f1e3fff3e3f0d9ddcfd9efddd0d9fcded0d192dbd3ca"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="084a4445574b4757446d697b6d5b69646d486a6465266f677e">[email protected]</span></a>.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM proposes to reinstate the lease
because it meets the requirements of the MLA and BLM regulations and is
in conformance with the Environmental Assessment (EA), DOI-BLM-CO-F020-
2026-0003-EA, signed November 6, 2025. The EA is based on the Royal
Gorge Field Office Record of Decision and Eastern Colorado Resource
Management Plan for Oil and Gas signed January 9, 2024, and Record of
Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan for Big Game Habitat
Conservation for Oil and Gas Management in Colorado signed on October
17, 2024. The lessee agreed to the new lease terms for rentals and
royalties of $20 per acre, or fraction thereof, per year, and 20
percent respectively. The lessee paid the required $500 administrative
fee for the lease reinstatement and the $133 cost of publishing this
notice. The lessee met the requirements for reinstatement of the leases
per sec. 31(d) and (e) of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C.
188). Additionally, in accordance with the requirements of IM 2018-010,
the BLM Field Office associated with this lease has reviewed
conformance with the existing Resource Management Plan and supported
its decision to reinstate, through a Determination of National
Environmental Policy Act Adequacy.
The BLM proposes to reinstate the lease referenced below, effective
with its respective termination date, under the original terms and
conditions of the lease and the increased rental and royalty rates
cited above.
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Termination
Lease No. Lessee date County Acres
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COCO105671521 (COC79880).......... Incline Energy, LLC.. 12/1/2021 Weld................. 9.7
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(Authority: 30 U.S.C. 188(e)(4) and 43 CFR 3108.23)
Kemba Anderson,
Fluid Minerals Branch Chief.
[FR Doc. 2026-04993 Filed 3-13-26; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4331-16-P
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