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You must contact the Policy 

Advisor for International Affairs (see FOR FURTHER 

INFORMATION CONTACT) 

no later than. . . 

Submit written information before the meeting for the council to consider during the meeting ................................... September 21, 2018. 

Give an oral presentation during the public comment period ....................................................................................... September 21, 2018. 

Attend the meeting and request reasonable accommodations ..................................................................................... September 19, 2018. 

Members of the public requesting 

reasonable accommodations, such as 

hearing interpreters, may contact Mr. 

London in writing (preferably by email), 

or via the Federal Relay Service at 1– 

800–877–8339 no later than September 

19, 2018. 

Submitting Written Information 

Interested members of the public may 

submit relevant information for the 

council to consider during the public 

meeting. Written statements must be 

received by the date in the table above 

so that the information may be made 

available to the council for 

consideration prior to the meeting. 

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following formats: one hard copy with 

original signature, and/or one electronic 

copy via email (acceptable file formats 

are Adobe Acrobat PDF, MS Word, MS 

PowerPoint, or rich text file). 

Giving an Oral Presentation 

Requests to address the council 

during the public comment period will 

be accommodated in the order the 

requests are received. Interested parties 

must contact the Policy Advisor for 

International Affairs in writing 

(preferably via email; see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT). Depending on 

the number of people who want to 

comment and the time available, the 

amount of time for individual oral 

comments may be limited. Registered 

speakers who wish to expand upon their 

oral statements, or those who had 

wished to speak but could not be 

accommodated on the agenda, may 

submit written statements up to 30 days 

after the meeting. 

Public Disclosure of Comments 

Written comments we receive become 

part of the administrative record 

associated with this action. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

email address, or other personal 

identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

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that we withhold your personal 

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from individuals identifying themselves 

as representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, will be 

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their entirety. 

Meeting Minutes 

Detailed minutes of the meeting will 

be available for public inspection within 

90 days of the meeting. They will be 

posted on the internet at http://

www.fws.gov/iwcc. 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. Appendix 2. 

James W. Kurth, 

Deputy Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, exercising the authority of the 

Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 

[FR Doc. 2018–19310 Filed 9–5–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4333–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLMT921000–15X–L51100000.GA0000– 

LVEME15CE410; NDM 102083; MO# 

4500119938] 

Competitive Coal Lease Sale, North 

Dakota 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of coal lease sale. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

coal resources in lands in Oliver 

County, North Dakota, will be offered 

for competitive lease by sealed bid in 

accordance with the provisions of the 

Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as 

amended. 

DATES: The lease sale will be held at 11 

a.m. Mountain Time on October 10, 

2018. Sealed bids must be submitted on 

or before 10 a.m., October 10, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: The lease sale will be held 

in the 920 Conference Room of the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 

Montana State Office, 5001 Southgate 

Drive, Billings, Montana 59101–4669. 

Sealed bids must be submitted to the 

Cashier, BLM Montana State Office, at 

this same address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gregory Fesko by telephone at 406–896– 

5080 or by email at gfesko@blm.gov. 

Persons who use telecommunication 

devices for the deaf (TDD) may call the 

Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–800– 

877–8339 to contact the above 

individual during normal business 

hours. The FRS is available 24 hours a 

day, 7 days a week, to leave a message 

or question with the above individual. 

You will receive a reply during normal 

business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This sale 

is being held in response to a Lease-byApplication (LBA) filed by BNI Coal, 

Ltd. (BNI). The Federal coal resources to 

be offered are located in the followingdescribed lands: 

T.141 N, R. 83 W, 5th P.M. 

sec. 18: NE1⁄4. 

The 160-acre tract, located in Oliver 

County, North Dakota, contains an estimated 

2.4 million tons of surface mineable Federal 

coal resources. The tract contains one 

mineable coal bed, the Hagel A bed. The 

Hagel A bed averages approximately 9.0 feet 

in thickness with an average overburden 

thickness of 43 feet. The coal quality for the 

Hagel A bed averages 6,729 BTUs per pound 

in heating value, 39.31 percent moisture, 5.74 

percent ash, 0.76 percent sulfur, and 6.23 

percent sodium-in-ash content. 

The tract will be leased to the 

qualified bidder of the highest cash 

amount, provided that the high bid 

meets or exceeds the BLM’s estimate of 

the fair-market value of the tract. The 

minimum bid for the tract is $100 per 

acre or fraction thereof. The minimum 

bid is not intended to represent fairmarket value. The fair-market value will 

be determined by the authorized officer 

after the sale. 

The sealed bids should be sent by 

certified mail, return receipt requested, 

or be hand delivered to the Cashier, 

BLM Montana State Office, at the 

address provided in the ADDRESSES

section and clearly marked ‘‘Sealed Bid 

for NDM 102083 Coal Sale—Not to be 

opened before 11 a.m. October 10, 

2018.’’ The cashier will issue a receipt 

for each hand-delivered bid. Bids 

received after 10 a.m. will not be 

considered. If identical high bids are 

received, the tying high bidders will be 

requested to submit follow-up sealed 

bids until a high bid is received. All tiebreaking sealed bids must be submitted 

within 15 minutes following the sale 


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official’s announcement at the sale that 

identical high bids have been received. 

Prior to lease issuance, the high bidder, 

if other than the applicant, must pay to 

the BLM the cost-recovery fees in the 

amount of $240,321.00 in addition to all 

processing costs the BLM incurs after 

the date of this sale notice (43 CFR 

3473.2). 

A lease issued as a result of this 

offering will require payment of an 

annual rental of $3 per acre, or fraction 

thereof, and a royalty payable to the 

United States of 12.5 percent of the 

value of coal mined by surface methods. 

Bidding instructions for the tract offered 

and the terms and conditions of the 

proposed coal lease are included in the 

Detailed Statement of Lease Sale. Copies 

of the statement and the proposed coal 

lease are available at the Montana State 

Office. Casefile NDM 102083 is also 

available for public inspection at the 

Montana State Office. 

Authority: 43 CFR 3422.3–2 

Al Nash, 

Acting State Director, BLM Montana/Dakotas. 

[FR Doc. 2018–19299 Filed 9–5–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–DN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLWO260000.L10600000.PC0000.

LXSIADVSBD00.18X] 

Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of advisory board 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976 and the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management’s (BLM) Wild Horse 

and Burro Advisory Board (Advisory 

Board) will meet as indicated below. 

DATES: The Advisory Board will hold a 

public meeting Tuesday through 

Thursday, October 9–11, 2018; from 7 

a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday; and from 8 

a.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday and 

Thursday. A public comment period 

will be held on Thursday, October 11, 

2018, from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. All times 

are in Mountain Daylight Time (MDT). 

ADDRESSES: The Advisory Board will 

meet at the Courtyard Marriott Salt Lake 

City Downtown, 345 West 100 South, 

Salt Lake City, UT 84101; hotel website: 

https://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/ 

slccd-courtyard-salt-lake-citydowntown/; hotel phone: 385–290– 

6500. 

Written comments and statements 

must be mailed to the U.S. Department 

of the Interior, Bureau of Land 

Management, National Wild Horse and 

Burro Program, Attention: Dorothea 

Boothe WO–260, 20 M Street SE, Room 

2134LM, Washington, DC 20003, or 

emailed to: whbadvisoryboard@blm.gov 

by October 2, 2018, in order for the 

Board to consider them at the October 

meeting. Please include ‘‘Advisory 

Board Comment’’ in the subject line of 

the email. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dorothea Boothe, Wild Horse and Burro 

Program Coordinator, at 202–912–7654, 

or by email at dboothe@blm.gov. 

Persons who use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) may call the 

Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–800– 

877–8339 to contact the above 

individual during normal business 

hours. FRS is available 24 hours a day, 

7 days a week, to leave a message or 

question with the above individual. You 

will receive a reply during normal 

business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Advisory Board advises the Secretary of 

the Interior, through the BLM Director, 

and the Secretary of Agriculture, 

through the Chief of the U.S. Forest 

Service, on matters pertaining to the 

management and protection of wild, 

free-roaming horses and burros on the 

Nation’s public lands. The Advisory 

Board operates under the authority of 43 

CFR part 1780, subpart 1784. The 

tentative agenda for the meeting is: 

I. Advisory Board Public Meeting 

Tuesday, October 9, 2018 (7:00 a.m.– 

5:00 p.m.) 

Field Tour of the Onaqui Horse Herd 

Management Area—7:00 a.m. to Noon 

(The field tour is open to limited 

public attendance with advanced signup on a first-come, first-served basis. 

Attendees must provide for their own 

transportation (high-clearance vehicle 

recommended) and personal needs. 

Field tour attendees will depart from the 

Courtyard Marriott at 7:00 a.m. To sign 

up, contact Dorothea Boothe by email at 

dboothe@blm.gov by September 28, 

2018.) 

Advisory Board Working Group 

Meetings—1:15 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

Wednesday, October 10, 2018 (8:00 

a.m.–5:00 p.m.) 

Welcome, Introductions, Agenda 

Review 

Program Overview 

Advisory Board General Business 

Thursday, October 11, 2018 (8:00 a.m.– 

5:00 p.m.) 

Welcome, Introductions, and Agenda 

Review 

Topics of Interest to the Board 

Advisory Board General Business 

Advisory Board Working Group Reports 

Public Comment Period 

Advisory Board Discussion and 

Recommendations to the BLM 

The detailed final agenda will be 

posted 48 hours in advance of the 

meeting at https://www.blm.gov/ 

programs/wild-horse-and-burro/getinvolved/advisory-board. 

The meeting will be live-streamed at 

www.blm.gov/live. The meeting site is 

accessible to individuals with 

disabilities. An individual with a 

disability needing an auxiliary aid or 

service to participate in the meeting, 

such as an interpreting service, assistive 

listening device, or materials in an 

alternate format, must notify Ms. Boothe 

no later than September 25, 2018. 

Although the BLM will attempt to meet 

a request received after that date, the 

requested auxiliary aid or service may 

not be available because of insufficient 

time to arrange for it. 

II. Public Comment Procedures 

On Thursday, October 11, 2018, 

members of the public will have the 

opportunity to make comments to the 

Board on the Wild Horse and Burro 

Program. Persons wishing to make 

comments during the public comment 

period should register in person with 

the BLM by 2:00 p.m. (MDT) on October 

11, 2018, at the meeting location. 

Depending on the number of 

commenters, the Advisory Board may 

limit the length of comments. At 

previous meetings, comments have been 

limited to 2 minutes in length; however, 

this time may vary. Speakers are 

requested to submit a written copy of 

their statement to the address listed in 

the ADDRESSES section above no later 

than October 2, 2018, or bring a written 

copy to the meeting. There will be a 

webcam present during the entire 

meeting and individual comments will 

be recorded. 

Participation in the Advisory Board 

meeting is not required to submit 

written comments. The BLM invites 

written comments from all interested 

parties. Your written comments should 

be specific and explain the reason for 

any recommendation. The BLM 

considers comments that are either 

supported by quantitative information 

or studies or those that include citations 

to and analysis of applicable laws and 

regulations to be the most useful and 

likely to influence the BLM’s decisions 


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