[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 84 (Tuesday, April 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19081-19082]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10578]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[UT-930-00-1320-00; (UTU-67939)]
Notice of Coal Lease Offering By Sealed Bid
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Competitive Coal Lease Sale.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that certain coal resources in lands
hereinafter described in Carbon County, Utah, will be offered for
competitive lease by sealed bid of $100.00 per acre or more to the
qualified bidder submitting the highest bonus bid in accordance with
the provisions of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended (41 Stat.
437). However, no bid will be accepted for less than fair market value
as determined by the authorized officer. A company or individual is
limited to one sealed bid. If a company or individual submits two or
more sealed bids for this tract, all of the company's or individual's
bids will be rejected.
DATES: The lease sale will be held in the Bureau of Land Management
Conference Room, 324 South State Street, Suite 302, Salt Lake City,
Utah, at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 30, 1996. At that time, the sealed
bids will be opened and read. No bids received after 10:00 a.m.,
Thursday, May 30, 1996, will be considered.
COAL OFFERED: The coal resources to be offered consist of all
recoverable reserves available in the following described lands located
in Carbon County, Utah, approximately 3 miles west of Scofield, Utah,
within the Manti-LaSal National Forest and are described as follows:
T. 12 S., R. 6E., SLM, UT
Sec. 26, S2SE, SESW;
Sec. 34, lots 1-4, S2NE, SENW, E2SWNW, N2S2;
Sec. 35, all.
T. 13 S., R. 6 E., SLM, UT
Sec. 2, all;
Sec. 3, all;
Sec. 10, lots 1 , 2, NE, E2NW;
Sec. 11, N2, N2S2.
Containing 3,291.00 Acres
Two economically recoverable coal beds, the Lower O'Conner and
Upper O'Conner, are found in this tract. The Lower O'Conner seam
averages 9.1 feet in thickness and the Upper O'Conner seam averages 6.3
feet in thickness. This tract contains an estimated 24.1 million tons
of recoverable high volatile C bituminous coal. The estimated coal
quality using weighted average of samples on an as-received basis is:
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Lower Upper
O'Conner O'Conner
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BTU/lb.......................................... 12,756 12,627
Percent moisture................................ 5.95 7.5
Percent sulphur................................. .44 .53
Percent ash..................................... 4.63 4.02
Percent fixed carbon............................ 44.69 45.81
Percent volatile matter......................... 44.73 42.68
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RENTAL AND ROYALTY: A lease issued as a result of this offering will
provide for payment of an annual rate of $3.00 per acre and a royalty
payable to the United States of 12.5 percent of the value of coal mined
by surface methods, and 8 percent of the value of coal mined by
underground methods. The value of coal shall be determined in
accordance with 30 CFR 203.200.
NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY: Bidding instructions are included in the
Detailed Statement of Lease Sale. A copy of the detailed statement and
the proposed coal lease are available by mail at the Bureau of Land
Management, Utah State Office, 324 South State Street, Suite 301, Salt
Lake City, Utah 84111-2303 or in the Public Room (Room 400). All case
file documents and written comments submitted by the public on Fair
Market Value or royalty rates, except those portions identified as
proprietary by the commentator and meeting exemptions stated in the
Freedom of Information Act, are available for public inspection in the
Public Room (Room 400) of the Bureau of Land Management.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The unleased coal in this tract is included
in the Utah Schools and Lands Improvement Act of 1993 (Public Law 103-
93) as a Federal interest which the State of Utah may select to satisfy
the value of the exchange of State for Federal lands authorized in the
Act. In accordance with the Act, the Federal interest, i.e., the
unleased coal, in this tract was offered to the State or Utah on
October 20, 1993. Consummation of the exchange under the Act may, in
the future, allow for the State of Utah to succeed to some or all of
the United States interest in this tract.
Douglas M. Koza,
Acting State Director.
[FR Doc. 96-10578 Filed 4-29-96; 8:45 am]
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