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3. Advise the BLM on working with 

stakeholders to develop or enhance 

resource management programs and 

objectives. 

4. Make recommendations on future 

PAWG resource management priorities. 

Nominations are being solicited for 

persons representing the following 

categories: 

1. Transportation and rights-of-way 

interests. 

2. Energy and mineral development 

interests. 

Nomination packages should contain 

the following information: 

1. Name of Resource Advisory 

Council to be Considered For 

2. Specific Area of Interest Nominee 

Seeks to Represent 

3. Full Legal Name of Nominee 

4. Business Address 

5. Home Address 

6. Mailing Address 

7. Business Phone 

8. Home Phone 

9. Email Address 

10. Occupation/Title 

11. Education 

12. Work History 

13. Career/Education/Experience 

Highlights 

14. Experience or Knowledge of the 

Council’s Geographic Area of 

Jurisdiction 

15. Experience Working with 

Disparate Groups to Achieve 

Collaborative Solutions 

16. Any BLM Permits, Leases or 

Licenses Held by Nominee or Employer 

17. Whether or Not Nominee is a 

Registered Lobbyist 

18. Original Signature and Date 

19. Two Letters of Reference From 

Interests or Organizations to be 

Represented 

20. A Current Resume 

A group nominating more than one 

person should indicate a preferred order 

of appointment. The Obama 

Administration prohibits individuals 

who are currently federally registered 

lobbyists from being appointed or reappointed to FACA and non-FACA 

boards, committees, or councils. 

Members are expected to attend all 

scheduled PAWG meetings. Members 

are appointed for 2-year terms and may 

be reappointed to additional terms at 

the discretion of the Secretary of the 

Interior. 

Additional information about the 

PAWG, its membership and activities, 

and the nomination process can be 

found at: http://www.blm.gov/wy/st/en/

field_offices/pinedale/pawg.html. 

Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4–1. 

Donald A. Simpson, 

State Director. 

[FR Doc. 2012–652 Filed 1–13–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLMT921000–12–L13200000–EL0000–P; 

MTM 97988] 

Notice of Competitive Coal Lease Sale, 

Montana 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the coal reserves in the lands described 

below in Musselshell County, Montana, 

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. on February 28, 2012. Sealed bids 

must be submitted on or before 10 a.m. 

on February 28, 2012. 

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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Greg 

Fesko by telephone at (406) 896–5080 or 

by email at gfesko@blm.gov; or Connie 

Schaff by telephone at (406) 896–5060 

or by email at cschaff@blm.gov. Persons 

who use a telecommunications device 

for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 

1–(800) 877–8339 to contact the above 

individuals during normal business 

hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours a 

day, 7 days a week, to leave a message 

or question with the above individuals. 

You will receive a reply during normal 

business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This sale 

is being held in response to a lease by 

application (LBA) filed by Signal Peak 

Energy LLC. The Federal coal resource 

to be offered consists of all reserves 

recoverable by underground mining 

methods in the following described 

lands: 

Principal Meridian, Montana 

T. 6 N., R. 27 E., 

Sec. 4, lot 1, S1⁄2NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, S1⁄2; 

Sec. 8, NE1⁄4, NE1⁄4NW1⁄4, S1⁄2NW1⁄4, S1⁄2; 

Sec. 10, W1⁄2NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, NW1⁄4, S1⁄2; 

Sec. 14, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, NW1⁄4, S1⁄2; and 

Sec. 22, W1⁄2, SE1⁄4. 

Containing 2,679.86 acres, more or 

less, in Musselshell County, Montana. 

The tract (LBA MTM 97988) contains 

an estimated 35.5 million tons of 

recoverable coal reserves. The tract’s 

coal reserves average 12.4 feet in 

thickness, 9,735 BTU per pound in 

heating value, 9.64 percent ash, and 

0.87 percent sulfur content. The coal 

reserves to be offered are based on 

mining the Mammoth coal seam 

described in the proposed action in the 

Environmental Assessment and consists 

of all reserves recoverable by 

underground mining methods. 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. No bid 

that is less than $100 per acre, or 

fraction thereof, will be considered. The 

minimum bid is not intended to 

represent fair market value. The fair 

market value will be determined by the 

authorized officer after the sale. 

Sealed bids clearly marked ‘‘Sealed 

Bid for MTM 97988 Coal Sale—Not to 

be opened before 11 a.m. on February 

28, 2012’’ must be submitted to the 

Cashier, BLM Montana State Office, at 

the address given above. 

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 $132,739 in addition to 

all processing costs the BLM incurs after 

the date of this sale notice (43 CFR 

3473.2). 

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 10 a.m. on February 

28, 2012, 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 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. A lease 

issued as a result of this offering will 

provide for 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 and 8.0 percent of 

the value of coal mined by underground 

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. 

Case file MTM 97988 is also available 


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for public inspection at the Montana 

State Office. 

Phillip C. Perlewitz, 

Chief, Branch of Solid Minerals. 

[FR Doc. 2012–651 Filed 1–13–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–DN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLAZ910000.L14300000.ET0000.

LXSIURAM0000 241A; AZA–35138] 

Notice of Availability of Record of 

Decision for the Northern Arizona 

Proposed Withdrawal 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) announces the 

availability of the Record of Decision 

(ROD) for the Northern Arizona 

Proposed Withdrawal. The Secretary of 

the Interior signed the ROD on January 

9, 2012, which constitutes the final 

decision of the Department of the 

Interior. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD are 

available upon request from the State 

Director, Arizona State Office, One N 

Central Ave, Phoenix, AZ, or via the 

Internet at http://www.blm.gov/az/st/en/ 

prog/mining/timeout/rod.html. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Chris Horyza, Project Manager, Bureau 

of Land Management, Arizona State 

Office, One North Central Avenue, Suite 

800, Phoenix, Arizona 85004–4427, 

(602) 417–9446, email chris_horyza@

blm.gov or Scott Florence, District 

Manager, Arizona Strip District BLM, 

345 East Riverside Drive, St. George, 

Utah 84790. Persons who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at (800) 877–8339 

to contact the above individual during 

normal business hours. The service 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 Final 

EIS for the Northern Arizona Proposed 

Withdrawal was released and made 

available for a 30-day public availability 

period on October 28, 2011. The final 

EIS documents the effects of 

withdrawing from location and entry 

under the General Mining Law 

1,006,545 acres of Federal land and 

interests in land in the vicinity of the 

Grand Canyon, Arizona for 20 years, 

subject to valid existing rights. The 

withdrawal would also apply to lands 

subsequently acquired by the United 

States within the boundaries of the 

withdrawal. The Resource Management 

Plan for the Arizona Strip Field Office 

and Forest plans for the Kaibab National 

Forest would be amended to reflect the 

intent of the withdrawal. Based on the 

analysis in the Northern Arizona 

Proposed Withdrawal EIS, and as set 

forth in the ROD, the Department of the 

Interior has decided a withdrawal of 

1,006,545 acres from location and entry 

under the Mining Law, subject to valid 

existing rights and in accordance with 

the preferred alternative is warranted. 

Unpatented mining claims with valid 

existing rights and private lands will not 

be affected. 

The Record of Decision constitutes 

the final decision of the Secretary of 

Interior. There is no administrative 

protest or appeal from a decision of the 

Secretary. 

Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 43 CFR part 

2310. 

Robert V. Abbey, 

Director, Bureau of Land Management. 

[FR Doc. 2012–620 Filed 1–13–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–32–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Captain John Smith Chesapeake 

National Historic Trail Advisory 

Council 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: As required by the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, the National 

Park Service (NPS) is hereby giving 

notice that the Advisory Committee on 

the Captain John Smith Chesapeake 

National Historic Trail will hold a 

meeting via conference call. Designated 

through an amendment to the National 

Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1241), the 

trail consists of ‘‘a series of water routes 

extending approximately 3,000 miles 

along the Chesapeake Bay and its 

tributaries in the States of Virginia, 

Maryland, Delaware, and in the District 

of Columbia,’’ tracing the 1607–1609 

voyages of Captain John Smith to chart 

the land and waterways of the 

Chesapeake Bay. This meeting is 

available to the public through a tollfree call-in number. Preregistration is 

required to receive call-in information. 

Any individual who wishes to 

participate in the call or provide public 

comment should register prior to 

February 1, 2012 via email at Christine_

Lucero@nps.gov or telephone: (757) 

258–8914. For those wishing to make 

comments, please provide a written 

summary of your comments prior to the 

meeting. The Designated Federal 

Official for the Advisory Council is John 

Maounis, Superintendent, Captain John 

Smith National Historic Trail, 

telephone: (410) 260–2471. 

DATES: The Captain John Smith 

Chesapeake National Historic Trail 

Advisory Council will meet from 1 p.m. 

to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, February 1, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will convene 

via conference call at 1 p.m. on 

February 1, 2012. For more information, 

please contact the NPS Chesapeake Bay 

Office, 410 Severn Avenue Suite 314, 

Annapolis, MD 21403. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christine Lucero, Partnership 

Coordinator for the Captain John Smith 

Chesapeake National Historic Trail, 

telephone: (757) 258–8914 or email: 

Christine_Lucero@nps.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 

section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), this 

notice announces a meeting of the 

Captain John Smith Chesapeake 

National Historic Trail Advisory 

Council for the purpose of reviewing the 

land conservation strategy of the 

Captain John Smith Chesapeake 

National Historic Trail. 

The Committee meeting is available to 

the public through a toll-free call-in 

number. Preregistration is required to 

receive call-in information. Any 

individual who wishes to participate in 

the call or provide public comment 

should register prior to February 1, 2012 

via email at Christine_Lucero@nps.gov 

or telephone: (757) 258–8914; a written 

summary of comments should be 

provided prior to the meeting. Before 

including your address, telephone 

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 be 

made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. All comments will be made part 

of the public record and will be 

electronically distributed to all 

Committee members. 


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