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ADDRESSES: A copy of the decision may 

be obtained from: Bureau of Land 

Management, Alaska State Office, 222 

West Seventh Avenue, #13, Anchorage, 

Alaska 99513–7599. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

Bureau of Land Management by phone 

at 907–271–5960, or by e-mail at 

ak.blm.conveyance@ak.blm.gov. Persons 

who use a telecommunication device 

(TTD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–

8330, 24 hours a day, seven days a 

week, to contact the Bureau of Land 

Management. 

D. Kay Erben, 

Land Law Examiner, Branch of Adjudication 

II. 

[FR Doc. E7–7883 Filed 4–24–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–$$–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[CO–921–06–1320–EL; COC 68590] 

Notice of Federal Competitive Coal 

Lease Sale Reoffer, Colorado 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of competitive coal lease 

sale, lease application COC 68590. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the United States Department of the 

Interior, Bureau of Land Management 

(BLM), Colorado State Office, will 

reoffer certain coal resources describe 

below as Federal coal lease by 

application (LBA) COC 68590 in Moffat 

County, Colorado, for competitive sale 

by sealed bid, in accordance with the 

provisions for competitive lease sales in 

43 CFR 3422.2(a), and the Mineral 

Leasing Act of 1920, as amended (30 

U.S.C. 181 et seq.). 

DATES: The lease sale will be held at 11 

a.m., Wednesday, May 30, 2007. Sealed 

bid must be sent by certified mail, 

return receipt requested, or be hand 

delivered to the address indicated 

below, and must be received on or 

before 10 a.m., Wednesday, May 30, 

2007. The BLM cashier will issue a 

receipt for each hand delivered sealed 

bid. Any bid received after the time 

specified will not be considered and 

will be returned. The outside of the 

sealed envelope containing the bid must 

clearly state that the envelope contains 

a bid for Coal Lease Sale COC 68590, 

and is not to be opened before the date 

and hour of the sale. 

ADDRESSES: The lease sale will be held 

in the BLM Colorado State Office, 

Conference Room, Fourth Floor, 2850 

Youngfield Street, Lakewood, Colorado. 

Sealed bids must be submitted, hand 

delivered or mailed to BLM Colorado 

State Office, 2850 Youngfield Street, 

Lakewood, Colorado 80215. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kurt 

Barton at BLM Colorado State Office, 

2850 Youngfield Street, Lakewood, 

Colorado 80215 or telephone 303–239–

3714. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This coal 

lease sale is being held in response to 

a LBA filed by Colowyo Coal Company, 

March 8, 2005. The tract was previously 

offered on December 19, 2006, and the 

one bid received at that sale was 

rejected because it did not meet the 

BLM’s estimate of fair market value 

(FMV). The coal resource to be offered 

consists of recoverable coal reserves in 

the X through G seams mined by surface 

mining methods in the following lands: 

T. 3 N., R. 94 W., 6th P.M. 

Sec. 1, lots 7, 8, SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, 

N1⁄2SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, SW1⁄4SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, 

N1⁄2NW1⁄4SW1⁄4, and SW1⁄4NW1⁄4SW1⁄4; 

Sec. 2, lots 5 through 8, S1⁄2N1⁄2, SW1⁄4, 

N1⁄2SE1⁄4, SW1⁄4SE1⁄4, N1⁄2SE1⁄4SE1⁄4, and 

SW1⁄4SE1⁄4SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 3, lot 5, E1⁄2W1⁄2NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, and 

E1⁄2SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 10, NE1⁄4NE1⁄4; 

Sec. 11, NW1⁄4NE1⁄4NE1⁄4, N1⁄2NW1⁄4NE1⁄4, 

SW1⁄4NW1⁄4NE1⁄4, NW1⁄4SW1⁄4NE1⁄4; 

N1⁄2NW1⁄4, NE1⁄4SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, and 

N1⁄2SE1⁄4NW1⁄4. 

T. 4 N., R. 94 W., 6th P.M. 

Sec. 34, S1⁄2NE1⁄4NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, 

E1⁄2W1⁄2SE1⁄4, and E1⁄2SE1⁄4. 

Containing approximately 1,406.71 acres in 

Moffat County, Colorado. 

Total recoverable reserves are 

estimated to be 92 million tons. The 

surface minable coal is ranked as sub 

bituminous B coal. The estimated coal 

quality on an as-received basis for the 

seams are as follows: 

X THROUGH G SEAMS

BTU 10,549 BTU/lb. 

(percent) 

Volatile Matter ................. 33 .52 

Moisture .......................... 15 .90 

Fixed Carbon .................. 44 .92 

Sulfur Content ................. 0 .48 

Ash Content .................... 5 .66 

The tract will be leased to the 

qualified bidder who submits the 

highest bid amount, provided that the 

high bid meets the FMV for 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 

minimum bid is not intended to 

represent FMV. The FMV of the tract 

will be determined by the Authorized 

Officer after the sale. In the event 

identical high sealed bids are received, 

the tying high bidders will be requested 

to submit follow-up bids until a high 

bid is received. All tie-breaking sealed 

bids must be submitted within 15 

minutes following the Sale Official’s 

announcement at the sale that identical 

high bids have been received. 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. 

The required Detailed Statement for 

the offered tract, including bidding 

instructions and sales procedures under 

43 CFR 3422.3–2, and the terms and 

conditions of the proposed coal lease, is 

available from BLM Colorado State 

Office at the addresses above. Case file 

documents and written comments for 

COC 68590 submitted by the public on 

FMV 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 

during normal business hours in the 

BLM Public Room. 

Kurt Barton, 

Solid Minerals Staff, Division of Energy, 

Lands and Minerals. 

[FR Doc. E7–7807 Filed 4–24–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–JB–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

[OMB Number 1190–0008] 

Civil Rights Division; Agency 

Information Collection Activities: 

Proposed Collection; Comments 

Requested: Coordination and Review 

Section, Civil Rights Division, United 

States Department of Justice 

ACTION: 60-day notice of information 

collection under review: COR complaint 

form. 

The Department of Justice (DOJ), Civil 

Rights Division, will be submitting 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 and 

affected agencies. Comments are 

encouraged and will be accepted for 


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