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1988 Interior Dec. (IBLA) 349 (1988)

handle is hein.amindian/ibla1988 and id is 1 raw text is: W. C. PALMER

IBLA 86-15 10 Decided January 11, 1988
Appeal from a decision of the New Mexico State Office, Bureau of Land Management, rejecting
oil and gas lease application NM 66710.
Affirmed.
1.     Oil and Gas Leases: Applications: Drawings
BLM may properly reject a simultaneous oil and gas lease application
where the applicant failed to disclose that he received the assistance of
any person or entity in the business of providing assistance to
participants in the Federal simultaneous oil and gas leasing program.
APPEARANCES: W. C. Palmer, pro se.
OPINION BY ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE MULLEN
W. C. Palmer has appealed from a decision of the New Mexico State Office, Bureau of Land
Management (BLM), dated July 2, 1986, rejecting his noncompetitive application to lease for oil and gas.
Palmer's application for parcel 283 had been selected with first priority for the April 1986
simultaneous oil and gas filings. On May 23, 1986, BLM requested further information regarding the
nature of Palmer's relationship with Max Wilson, Inc. (Wilson), of Roswell, New Mexico. Palmer
responded that he did not have any contractual relationship or service agreement with Wilson but had
merely purchased a list of tracts being offered for lease for a fee of $40. BLM then issued its July 2,
1986, decision rejecting his application for noncompliance with 43 CFR 3112.2-4 and 43 CFR 3112.0-5,
stating:
You did not indicate on your application that Max Wilson, Inc., provided you
with filing assistance. Enclosed, find copy of check No. 1096 in the amount of
$2,665.00, submitted to BLM from Max Wilson, Inc., for the April filings and rentals, on
your behalf. The filing of this check constitutes assistance to the participant (you).
In his statement of reasons for appeal Palmer objects to the BLM decision, stating that he had
merely purchased a list of recommendations from Wilson for a nonrefundable fee of $40 with no other
charges being made by

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