[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 182 (Tuesday, September 21, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 51138]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-24534]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[WY-920-1320-00]
Powder River Regional Coal Team Activities: Notice of Public
Meeting
AGENCY: Department of Interior, Wyoming.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Powder River Regional Coal Team (RCT) announces that it
has scheduled a public meeting for October 27, 1999, to review current
and proposed activities in the Powder River Coal Region and to review
pending coal lease applications (LBA).
DATES: The RCT meeting will begin at 9 a.m., M.D.T., on Wednesday,
October 27, 1999. The meeting is open to the public.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn, 2009 S. Douglas
Highway, Gillette, WY 82718, 307-686-3000. Attendees are responsible
for making their own reservations.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mel Schlagel, Wyoming State Office,
BLM, P.O. Box 1828 (922), Cheyenne, WY 82003, 307-775-6257.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The primary purpose of the meeting is to
discuss the North Jacobs Ranch LBA. The Jacobs Ranch Coal Company
(Kennecott Energy Company), filed an LBA (WYW146744), on October 2,
1998, for an estimated 519 million tons and 4,821 acres. In accordance
with the Powder River Operational Guidelines (1991), the initial public
notification of North Jacobs Ranch pending LBA was made at the February
23, 1999, RCT meeting in Billings, MT. At this meeting, the RCT
approved processing for the North Jacobs Ranch LBA. This LBA has
several conflicts between oil and gas development and coal mining. The
RCT left open the possibility of another RCT meeting in the fall of
1999, to further address existing conflicts. Coal and oil and gas
conflicts need further consideration by the RCT, and are the primary
topic of discussion for this RCT meeting. Processing time frames
between the North Jacobs Ranch LBA and the Belle Ayr LBA also need to
be discussed by the RCT.
Two possible coal exchanges also need to be discussed by the RCT.
The Belco exchange involves exchanging coal near Buffalo, WY, for
Federal coal just north of the Buckskin Mine in Campbell County. The
Pittsburg & Midway exchange proposal is to exchange Federal coal near
Sheridan, WY, for private lands located throughout WY. The RCT may
generate recommendation(s) for any or all of these topics. No new LBA's
have been filed since the February 23, 1999, RCT meeting.
Any party interested in providing comments or data related to the
above pending applications may either do so in writing to the State
Director (925), Wyoming State Office, BLM, P.O. Box 1828, Cheyenne, WY
82003, no later than October 15, 1999, or by addressing the RCT with
his/her concerns at the meeting on October 27, 1999.
The draft agenda for the meeting follows:
1. Introduction of RCT Members and guests.
2. Approval of the Minutes of the February 23, 1999, RCT meeting
held in Billings MT.
3. Regional Coal Activity Status:
a. Activity Since Last RCT Meeting.
b. Status of pending LBAs previously reviewed by RCT.
c. Belco Coal Lease Exchange.
4. Industry Presentations:
--Jacobs Ranch Coal Company
--Belle Ayr Coal Company
--Pittsburg & Midway Exchange
7. RCT Activity Planning Recommendations--Review and
recommendation(s) on pending Lease Application(s).
8. Discussion of the next meeting.
9. Adjourn.
Alan R. Pierson,
State Director.
[FR Doc. 99-24534 Filed 9-20-99; 8:45 am]
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