[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 203 (Wednesday, October 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 56217]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-28029]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[(WY-920-09-1320-01); WYW146735]
Invitation for Coal Exploration License
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Invitation for Coal Exploration License.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 2(b) of the Mineral Leasing Act of
February 25, 1920, as amended by section 4 of the Federal Coal Leasing
Amendments Act of 1976, 90 Stat. 1083, 30 U.S.A. 201(b), and to the
regulations adopted as 43 CFR, subpart 3410, all interested parties are
hereby invited to participate with Jacobs Ranch Coal Company on a pro
rata cost sharing basis in its program for the exploration of coal
deposits owned by the United States of America in the following-
described lands in Campbell County, WY:
T. 44 N. R. 70 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming,
Sec. 19: Lots 13 thru 20;
Sec. 20: Lots 9 thru 16;
Sec. 21: Lots 9 thru 16;
Sec. 22: Lots 8 thru 10, 12 thru 15;
Sec. 26: Lots 9, 10;
Sec. 27: Lots 1 thru 16;
Sec. 28: Lots 1 thru 16;
Sec. 29: Lots 1 thru 16;
Sec. 30: Lots 5 thru 20;
Sec. 31: Lots 5 thru 20;
Sec. 32: Lots 1 thru 16;
T. 44 N., R. 71 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming,
Sec. 23: Lots 9, 10, 15, 16;
Sec. 24: Lots 9 thru 16;
Sec. 25: Lots 1 thru 16;
Sec. 26: Lots 1, 2, 7 thru 10, 15, 16.
Containing approximately 6,744.31 acres.
All of the coal in the above-described land consists of unleased
Federal coal within the Powder River Basin Known Recoverable Coal
Resource Area. The purpose of the exploration program is to obtain coal
quality data to supplement data from previous adjacent coal exploration
programs.
ADDRESSES: The proposed exploration program is fully described and will
be conducted pursuant to an exploration plan to be approved by the BLM.
Copies of the exploration plan are available for review during normal
business hours in the following offices (serialized under number
WYW146735): BLM. Wyoming State Office, 5353 Yellowstone Road, PO Box
1828, Cheyenne, WY 82003; and, BLM, Casper Field Office, 1701 East
``E'' Street, Casper, WY 82601.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice of invitation will be published
in ``The News-Record'' of Gillette, WY, once each week for two
consecutive weeks beginning the week of October 19, 1998, and in the
Federal Register. Any party electing to participate in this exploration
program must send written notice to both the BLM and Jacobs Ranch Coal
Company no later than thirty days after publication of this invitation
in the Federal Register. The written notice should be sent to the
following addresses: Jacobs Ranch Coal Company, Attn: Richard A.
Turpin, Caller Box 3013, Gillette, WY 82717, and the BLM, Wyoming State
Office, Minerals and Lands Authorization Group, Attn: Mavis Love, PO
Box 1828, Cheyenne, WY 82003.
The foregoing is published in the Federal Register pursuant to 43
CFR 3410.2-1(c)(1).
Dated: October 13, 1998.
Pamela J. Lewis,
Chief, Leasable Minerals Section.
[FR Doc. 98-28029 Filed 10-20-98; 8:45 am]
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