94-3787. Competitive Coal Lease Offering by Sealed Bid; Jefferson, Tuscaloosa and Walker Counties, AL

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[ES 940-04-4120-14-241A; ALES 44853]

 

Competitive Coal Lease Offering by Sealed Bid; Jefferson, 
Tuscaloosa and Walker Counties, AL

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Competitive coal lease offering by sealed bid.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that as a result of an application 
filed by Drummond Company, Incorporated, certain coal resources located 
on scattered tracts located in Jefferson, Tuscaloosa and Walker 
Counties, Alabama will be offered for competitive leasing by sealed bid 
in accordance with the provisions of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, 
as amended and supplemented (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.). The application 
area consists of private surface area with federally-owned coal 
intermingled with private coal. The coal resource being offered is 
underground mineable, bypass, coal. The lands contained in the 
application have been designated the Shoal Creek Bypass Tract and are 
described as follows:

Jefferson County

T. 18 S., R. 7 W., Huntsville Meridian
    Sec. 19, NESE, SENE;
    Sec. 20, E2NE, NESE, W2SW;
    Sec. 21, SWNW;
    Sec. 33, NW;

Tuscaloosa County

T. 18 S., R. 7 W., Huntsville Meridian
    Sec. 5, S2NW;
    Sec. 7, NWNW;
T. 17 S., R. 8 W., Huntsville Meridian
    Sec. 25, SENE, NESE;
    Sec. 26, NENE;
T. 18 S., R. 8 W., Huntsville Meridian
    Sec. 1, S2SW, NWSW, SWNW;
    Sec. 11, N2NE, SWNE, NESW, SENE, E2SE, NWSE;
    Sec. 13, Fractional NWNW;

Walker County

T. 17 S., R. 7 W., Huntsville Meridian
    Sec. 30, N2NE, N2NW, SWNW, NWSW;
    Sec. 32, NW;

    Containing 1,609.5 acres.

    The Shoal Creek Bypass Tract will be leased to the qualified bidder 
of the highest cash amount, provided that the high bid for the tracts 
equals or exceeds the fair market value (FMV) for the tracts as 
determined by the authorized officer after the sale. The Department has 
established a minimum bid of $100 per acre for the tract. The minimum 
bid is not to be considered as representing the amount for which the 
tracts may actually be leased, since FMV will be determined in a 
separate postsale analysis. If identical high-sealed bids are received, 
the tying high bidders will be asked to submit followup sealed bids 
until a high bid is received. All tie-breaking bids must be submitted 
within the 15 minutes following the authorized officer's announcement 
at the sale that high bids have been received.

DATES: The sale will be held at 10 a.m., Friday, March 18, 1994, in the 
Public Room of the Bureau of Land Management, Eastern States, 7450 
Boston Boulevard, Springfield, Virginia 22153. Each bid must be clearly 
identified on the outside of the sealed envelope containing the bid. 
The bids should be sent by certified mail, return receipt or be hand 
delivered on or before 5 p.m., Thursday, March 17, 1994. Any bids 
received after 5 p.m., March 17, 1994, will not be considered.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The coal resource being offered is limited 
to the Mary Lee-Blue Creek Seam. The proximate analysis for the coal 
resource being offered is as follows:

                        Mary Lee-Blue Creek Seam                        
                   [Proximate Analysis (%) Dry Basis]                   
Moisture.....................................................  .........
Ash..........................................................       9.44
Volatile.....................................................      25.34
Fixed Carbon.................................................      65.20
Btu/lb.......................................................     13,872
Sulfur.......................................................       0.66
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(Float composite for the two coal beds)                                 

    The coal contained in the Shoal Creek Bypass Tract contains 
approximately 8.065 million short tons of recoverable coal.

RENTAL AND ROYALTY: Any lease issued as a result of this offering will 
provide for payment of an annual rental of $3 per acre and a royalty 
payable to the United States of 8 percent of the value of the coal 
mined by underground methods and shall be determined in accordance with 
43 CFR 3485.2.

NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY: Bidding instructions and bidder qualifications 
are included in the Detailed Statement of Lease Sale. Copies of the 
Detailed Statement and of the proposed coal lease are available at the 
Bureau of Land Management, Eastern States. Case file documents are also 
available for public inspection at Eastern States.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For more complete data on this lease 
application, please contact Ms. Pearl Flaver Tillman at [phone] 
or Mr. Ian J. Senio at [phone] at the Bureau of Land Management, 
Eastern States, 7450 Boston Boulevard, Springfield, Virginia 22153.

    Dated: February 14, 1994.
Carson W. Culp, Jr.,
State Director.
[FR Doc. 94-3787 Filed 2-17-94; 8:45 am]
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