75558 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 242 / Friday, December 17, 2004 / Notices 

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Dated: December 14, 2004. 

Willie R. Taylor, 

Director, Office of Environmental Policy and 

Compliance.

[FR Doc. 04–27677 Filed 12–16–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MN–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management 

[WY–920–1320–EL, WYW154595] 

Notice of Competitive Coal Lease Sale, 

Wyoming

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of competitive coal lease 

sale. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

certain coal resources in the Ten Mile 

Rim Tract described below in 

Sweetwater County, WY, will be offered 

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 will be held at 10 

a.m., on Wednesday, January 19, 2005. 

Sealed bids must be submitted on or 

before 4 p.m., on Tuesday, January 18, 

2005.

ADDRESSES: The lease sale will be held 

in the First Floor Conference Room 

(Room 107) of the 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: Julie 

Weaver, Land Law Examiner, or Robert 

Janssen, Coal Coordinator, at 307–775–

6260, and 307–775–6206, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This coal 

lease sale is being held in response to 

a lease by application (LBA) filed by 

Bridger Coal Company. The Federal coal 

tract being considered for sale is 

adjacent to the Jim Bridger Mine 

operated by Bridger Coal Company. The 

coal resources to be offered consist of all 

reserves recoverable by underground 

mining methods in the followingdescribed lands located in Sweetwater 

County north of Point of Rocks, 

Wyoming. It is approximately 10 miles 

north of Interstate 80 and is 

immediately adjacent to the 

northwestern boundary of the existing 

Jim Bridger surface mine.

T. 21 N., R. 100 W., 6th PM, Wyoming. Sec. 

6: Lots 8–14, S1⁄2NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, 

E1⁄2SW1⁄4, SE1⁄4; 

T. 22 N., R. 100 W., 6th PM, Wyoming. Sec. 

30: Lots 5–8, E1⁄2W1⁄2, E1⁄2; 

T. 22 N., R. 101 W., 6th PM, Wyoming. Sec. 

26: Lots 1–16; Sec. 34: Lots 1, 2, 6–8, 13, 

NE1⁄4SE1⁄4, SW1⁄4SE1⁄4.

Containing 2,242.18 acres, more or less.

The tract is adjacent to sections 

within an existing federal coal lease to 

the south, to alternating sections under 

a private coal lease, and to an imbedded 

section under a State of Wyoming lease, 

all controlled by the Jim Bridger Mine. 

It is also adjacent to additional unleased 

federal and private coal to the east, 

north, and west. 

All of the acreage offered has been 

determined to be suitable for 

underground mining. There are no 

existing surface facilities or structures 

that will be impacted by the proposed 

underground mine. There are no 

producing oil and/or gas wells on the 

tract. All of the surface estate is 

controlled by the Jim Bridger Mine. 

The tract contains underground 

mineable coal reserves in the Deadman 

zone of the Fort Union formation 

currently being recovered in the 

adjacent, existing surface mine. In this 

area, the Deadman occurs in numerous 

seams, but only the D–41 seam is 

considered to be recoverable in the 

proposed mine area. This seam ranges 

from about 7–16 feet thick and occurs 

over the entire LBA. The depth from the 

surface ranges from about 250–1050 feet 

from the shallow southwest corner to 

the deep northeast corner. 

The tract contains an estimated 

32,145,000 tons of recoverable coal 

based on a longwall recovery method. 

This method assumes 7–8.5 foot 

recovery for continuous miner sections 

and 7–11 foot recovery for longwall 

panels. The estimate of recoverable 

reserves includes only the D–41 seam. 

The Ten Mile Rim LBA coal is ranked 

as subbituminous B. The overall average 

quality is approximately 9,900 BTU/lb. 

with about 10.25% ash, 0.59% sulfur, 

and 3.21% sodium in the ash. These 

quality averages are generally higher 

than the reserves currently being mined 

in the adjacent surface mine. 

The tract will be leased to the 

qualified bidder of the highest cash 

amount provided that the high bid 

equals 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, January 18, 2005, 

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, WYW154595, are available 

for inspection at the BLM Wyoming 

State Office.

Alan Rabinoff, 

Deputy State Director, Minerals and Lands.

[FR Doc. 04–27486 Filed 12–16–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–22–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management 

[WY–030–1610–DS] 

Notice of Availability of the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Rawlins Resource Management 

Plan Revision

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of a Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) 

for the Rawlins Resource Management 

Plan (RMP), Wyoming.