Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 229 / Tuesday, November 30, 2004 / Notices 69619

ACTION: Notice of Competitive Coal 

Lease Sale Reoffer. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

certain coal resources in the NARO 

North Tract described below in 

Campbell County, WY, will be reoffered 

for competitive lease by sealed bid in 

accordance with the provisions of the 

Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as 

amended (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.).

DATES: The lease sale reoffer will be 

held at 10 a.m., on Wednesday, 

December 29, 2004. Sealed bids must be 

submitted on or before 4 p.m., on 

Tuesday, December 28, 2004.

ADDRESSES: The lease sale reoffer will 

be held in the First Floor Conference 

Room (Room 107), of the Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) Wyoming 

State Office, 5353 Yellowstone Road, 

P.O. Box 1828, Cheyenne, WY 82003. 

Sealed bids must be submitted to the 

Cashier, BLM Wyoming State Office, at 

the address given above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mavis Love, Land Law Examiner, or 

Robert Janssen, Coal Coordinator, at 

307–775–6258, and 307–775–6206, 

respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This coal 

lease sale reoffer is being held in 

response to a lease by application (LBA) 

filed by Powder River Coal Company of 

Gillette, WY. The NARO North Tract 

was previously offered on August 31, 

2004, and the one bid received at that 

sale was rejected because it did not meet 

the BLM’s estimate of fair market value. 

The coal resources to be reoffered 

consist of all reserves recoverable by 

surface mining methods in the 

following-described lands located in 

southeastern Campbell County 

approximately 6 miles east of State 

Highway 59, 10 miles south of State 

Highway 450, and adjacent to the Piney 

Canyon and Antelope County Roads:

T. 42 N., R. 70 W., 6th PM, Wyoming 

Sec. 28: Lots 5–16; 

Sec. 29: Lots 5–16; 

Sec. 30: Lots 9–20; 

T. 42 N., R. 71 W., 6th P.M, Wyoming 

Sec. 25: Lots 5–15; 

Sec. 26: Lots 7–10; 

Sec. 35: Lots 1, 2, 7–10, 15, 16.

Containing 2,369.38 acres, more or less.

The tract is adjacent to Federal and 

State of Wyoming coal leases to the 

south held by the North Antelope 

Rochelle Mine. It is also adjacent to 

additional unleased Federal coal to the 

east, north, west, and southwest. 

All of the acreage offered has been 

determined to be suitable for mining. 

Features such as the county roads and 

pipelines can be moved to permit coal 

recovery. Numerous oil and/or gas wells 

have been drilled on the tract. The 

estimate of the bonus value of the coal 

lease will include consideration of the 

future production from these wells. An 

economic analysis of this future income 

stream will determine whether a well is 

bought out and plugged prior to mining 

or re-established after mining is 

completed. The surface estate of the 

tract is owned by the North Antelope 

Rochelle Mine and the United States. 

The tract contains surface mineable 

coal reserves in the Wyodak seam 

currently being recovered in the 

adjacent, existing mine. On the tract, the 

Wyodak seam is generally a single seam 

averaging about 77 feet thick. A small 

area in the northeast corner of the LBA 

has a split off the bottom of the main 

seam. This split starts at about 17 feet 

thick but thins rapidly to the east. The 

interburden increases to about 15 feet 

thick at the eastern edge of the LBA. The 

overburden depths range from about 290 

to 365 feet thick on the LBA. 

The tract contains an estimated 

324,627,000 tons of mineable coal. This 

estimate of mineable reserves includes 

the main Wyodak seam and split 

mentioned above, but does not include 

any tonnage from localized seams or 

splits containing less than 5 feet of coal. 

It does not include the State of 

Wyoming coal, although these reserves 

are expected to be recovered by the 

NARO mine. The total mineable 

stripping ratio (BCY/Ton) of the coal is 

about 3.9:1. Potential bidders for the 

LBA should consider the recovery rate 

expected from thick seam and multiple 

seam mining. 

The NARO North LBA coal is ranked 

as subbituminous C. The overall average 

quality on an as-received basis is 9090 

BTU/lb with about 0.25% sulfur and 

2.4% sodium in the ash. These quality 

averages place the coal reserves at the 

top of the range of coal quality currently 

being mined in the Wyoming portion of 

the Powder River Basin. 

The tract will be leased to the 

qualified bidder of the highest cash 

amount provided that the high bid 

meets or exceeds BLM’s estimate of the 

fair market value of the tract. The 

minimum bid for the tract is $100 per 

acre or fraction thereof. No bid that is 

less than $100 per acre, or fraction 

thereof, will be considered. The bids 

should be sent by certified mail, return 

receipt requested, or be hand delivered. 

The Cashier will issue a receipt for each 

hand-delivered bid. Bids received after 

4 p.m., on Tuesday, December 28, 2004, 

will not be considered. The minimum 

bid is not intended to represent fair 

market value. The fair market value of 

the tract will be determined by the 

Authorized Officer after the sale. The 

lease issued as a result of this offering 

will provide for payment of an annual 

rental of $3.00 per acre, or fraction 

thereof, and of a royalty payment to the 

United States of 12.5 percent of the 

value of coal produced by strip or auger 

mining methods and 8 percent of the 

value of the coal produced by 

underground mining methods. The 

value of the coal will be determined in 

accordance with 30 CFR 206.250. 

Bidding instructions for the tract 

offered and the terms and conditions of 

the proposed coal lease are available 

from the BLM Wyoming State Office at 

the addresses above. Case file 

documents, WYW150210, are available 

for inspection at the BLM Wyoming 

State Office.

Phillip C. Perlewitz, 

Acting Deputy State Director, Minerals and 

Lands.

[FR Doc. 04–26448 Filed 11–29–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–22–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management 

[CO–200–0777–XZ–241A] 

Notice of Meeting, Front Range 

Resource Advisory Council (Colorado)

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) Front Range 

Resource Advisory Council (RAC), will 

meet as indicated below.

DATES: The meeting will be held January 

5, 2005 from 9:15 a.m. to 4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Holy Cross Abbey 

Community Center, 2951 E. Highway 

50, Canon City, Colorado 81212.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken 

Smith, (719) 269–8500.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 15 

member Council advises the Secretary 

of the Interior, through the Bureau of 

Land Management, on a variety of 

planning and management issues 

associated with public land 

management in the Royal Gorge Field 

Office and San Luis Valley, Colorado. 

Planned agenda topics include: Manager 

updates on current land management 

issues; a presentation and discussion on 

Tamarisk control and local BLM weed 

control efforts and a briefing on power 

transmission and supply across public 

land. All meetings are open to the 

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public. The public is encouraged to 

make oral comments to the Council at 

9:30 a.m. or written statements may be 

submitted for the Councils 

consideration. Depending on the 

number of persons wishing to comment 

and time available, the time for 

individual oral comments may be 

limited. Summary minutes for the 

Council Meeting will be maintained in 

the Royal Gorge Field Office and will be 

available for public inspection and 

reproduction during regular business 

hours within thirty (30) days following 

the meeting. Meeting Minutes are also 

available at: http://www.blm.gov/rac/co/

frrac/co_fr.htm.

Dated: November 18, 2004. 

Linda McGlothlen, 

Acting Royal Gorge Field Manager.

[FR Doc. 04–26420 Filed 11–29–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–JB–P

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Foreign Claims Settlement 

Commission 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comments Requested

ACTION: 30-Day Notice of Information 

Collection Under Review; Claims of U.S. 

Nationals Against Albania. 

The Department of Justice (DOJ), 

Foreign Claims Settlement Commission 

(FCSC) has submitted the following 

information collection request to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed 

information collection is published to 

obtain comments from the public. This 

proposed information collection was 

previously published in the Federal 

Register Volume 69, Number 156, on 

page 50215, on August 13, 2004, 

allowing for a 60 day comment period. 

The purpose of this notice is to allow for 

an additional 30 days for public 

comment until December 30, 2004. This 

process is conducted in accordance with 

5 CFR 1320.10. 

Written comments and/or suggestions 

regarding the items contained in this 

notice, especially the estimated public 

burden and associated response time, 

should be directed to the Office of 

Management and Budget, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention Department of Justice Desk 

Officer, Washington, DC 20503. 

Additionally, comments may be 

submitted to OMB via facsimile to (202) 

395–5806. Written comments and 

suggestions from the public concerning 

the proposed collection of information 

are encouraged. Your comments should 

address one or more of the following 

four points:

—Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

—Evaluate the accuracy of the agencies 

estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

—Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

—Minimize the burden of the collection 

of information on those who are to 

respond, including through the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms 

of information technology, e.g., 

permitting electronic submission of 

responses.

Overview of This Information 

Collection 

(1) Type of Information Collection:

Reinstatement, without change, of a 

previously approved collection for 

which approval has expired. 

(2) Title of the Form/Collection:

Claims of U.S. Nationals Against 

Albania. 

(3) Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the 

Department of Justice sponsoring the 

collection: Form Number FCSC 1–04, 

Foreign Claims Settlement Commission. 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Primary: Individuals or 

households. Others: Not-for-profit 

institutions. The Information collected 

will be used as the basis for determining 

the entitlement of claimants to awards 

payable by the Department of the 

Treasury, out of the Albania 

Compensation Fund in claims of U.S. 

nationals against the Albanian 

government for expropriation of 

property. 

(5) An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond: 100 one-time annual 

respondents at 2 hours per response. 

(6) An estimate of the total public 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: 200 annual burden hours. 

If additional information is required 

contact: Brenda E. Dyer, Department 

Clearance Officer, United States 

Department of Justice, Justice 

Management Division, Policy and 

Planning Staff, Patrick Henry Building, 

Suite 1600, 601 D Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20530.

Dated: November 23, 2004. 

Brenda E. Dyer, 

Department Clearance Officer, Department of 

Justice.

[FR Doc. 04–26353 Filed 11–29–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–BA–P

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employee Benefits Security 

Administration 

[Application No. D–11211, et al.] 

Proposed Exemptions; J.C.O., Inc. 

Retirement Plan and Trust (the Plan)

AGENCY: Employee Benefits Security 

Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Exemptions.

SUMMARY: This document contains 

notices of pendency before the 

Department of Labor (the Department) of 

proposed exemptions from certain of the 

prohibited transaction restrictions of the 

Employee Retirement Income Security 

Act of 1974 (the Act) and/or the Internal 

Revenue Code of 1986 (the Code). 

Written Comments and Hearing 

Requests 

All interested persons are invited to 

submit written comments or requests for 

a hearing on the pending exemptions, 

unless otherwise stated in the Notice of 

Proposed Exemption, within 45 days 

from the date of publication of this 

Federal Register Notice. Comments and 

requests for a hearing should state: (1) 

The name, address, and telephone 

number of the person making the 

comment or request, and (2) the nature 

of the person’s interest in the exemption 

and the manner in which the person 

would be adversely affected by the 

exemption. A request for a hearing must 

also state the issues to be addressed and 

include a general description of the 

evidence to be presented at the hearing.

ADDRESSES: All written comments and 

requests for a hearing (at least three 

copies) should be sent to the Employee 

Benefits Security Administration 

(EBSA), Office of Exemption 

Determinations, Room N–5649, U.S. 

Department of Labor, 200 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210. 

Attention: Application No.lll, stated 

in each Notice of Proposed Exemption. 

Interested persons are also invited to 

submit comments and/or hearing 

requests to EBSA via e-mail or FAX. 

Any such comments or requests should 

be sent either by e-mail to: