22606 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 73 / Monday, April 16, 2012 / Notices 

Dated: April 6, 2012. 

Lisa J. Lierheimer, 

Supervisory Policy Specialist, Branch of 

Permits, Division of Management Authority. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9035 Filed 4–13–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLCAN03900 L17110000 AL0000] 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Visitor Use Surveys for Headwaters 

Forest Reserve and King Range 

National Conservation Area 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: 30-Day Notice and Request for 

Comments. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) has submitted a 

request to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) to approve surveys of 

visitors to the Headwaters Forest 

Reserve (Reserve) and the King Range 

National Conservation Area (KRNCA) in 

California. In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

BLM invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to comment on 

this proposed information collection. 

DATES: The OMB is required to respond 

to this information collection request 

within 60 days but may respond after 30 

days. Therefore, written comments 

should be received on or before May 16, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: Please submit comments 

directly to the Desk Officer for the 

Department of the Interior (OMB #1004– 

New), Office of Management and 

Budget, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, fax 202–395–5806, 

or by electronic mail at 

oira_docket@omb.eop.gov. Please 

provide a copy of your comments to the 

BLM. You may do so via mail, fax, or 

electronic mail. 

Mail: U.S. Department of the Interior, 

Bureau of Land Management, 1849 C 

Street NW., Room 2134LM, Attention: 

Jean Sonneman, Washington, DC 20240. 

Fax: To Jean Sonneman at 202–245– 

0050. 

Electronic mail: 

Jean_Sonneman@blm.gov. Please 

indicate ‘‘Attn: 1004–New’’ regardless of 

the form of your comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Chris Heppe, Arcata Field Office, at 

(707) 825–2351 (Commercial or FTS). 

Persons who use a telecommunication 

device for the deaf (TDD) may call the 

Federal Information Relay Service 

(FIRS) on 1–800–877–8339, to contact 

Mr. Heppe. You may also review the 

information collection request online at 

http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501–3521) and OMB regulations at 5 

CFR part 1320 provide that an agency 

may not conduct or sponsor a collection 

of information unless it displays a 

currently valid OMB control number. 

Until OMB approves a collection of 

information, you are not obligated to 

respond. In order to obtain an OMB 

control number, Federal agencies are 

required to seek public comment on 

information collection and 

recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR 

1320.10(a)). 

The BLM published a 60-day notice in 

the Federal Register on February 8, 

2011 (76 FR 6815), and the comment 

period ended April 11, 2011. The BLM 

received no comments. The BLM now 

requests comments on the following 

subjects: 

1. Whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

functioning of the BLM, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

2. The accuracy of the BLM’s estimate 

of the burden of collecting the 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

3. The quality, utility and clarity of 

the information to be collected; and 

4. How to minimize the information 

collection burden on those who are to 

respond, including the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other forms of 

information technology. 

Please send comments as directed 

under ADDRESSES and DATES. Please 

refer to OMB control number 1004– 

NEW in your correspondence. 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 

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. 

The following information is provided 

for the information collection: 

Title: Visitor Use Surveys for 

Headwaters Forest Reserve and King 

Range National Conservation Area. 

Forms: None. 

OMB Control Number: 1004–New. 

Abstract: The proposed visitor use 

surveys would assist the BLM in 

meeting goals set forth in Resource 

Management Plans (RMPs) for the 

Reserve and the KRNCA that the BLM 

approved in 2004 and 2005, 

respectively. The BLM conducted 

baseline studies of visitor-use 

characteristics in the Reserve and the 

KRNCA in 1999 and 2003, respectively. 

In light of the addition of new 

facilities, the implementation of new 

management actions, and increasing 

annual visitation, the BLM needs to 

conduct new visitor-use studies. The 

information will assist the BLM in 

determining changes in visitor 

characteristics, including demographics, 

usage, user conflicts, and perspectives 

on management programs and facilities. 

The methods will include conducting 

on-site interviews with visitors on a 

stratified random sampling basis and 

distributing mail-back questionnaires. 

The study will take place during the 

summer season when visitation rates are 

highest. Data will be analyzed and a 

final report developed for both the 

Reserve and the KRNCA. This collection 

of information will enable the BLM to 

respond to problems, protect natural 

and cultural resources, and develop 

appropriate interpretive programs. 

Frequency: One-time. 

Description of Respondents: Visitors 

and recreationists. 

Respondents’ Obligation: Voluntary. 

Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: The 

estimated reporting burden for this 

collection is 1,700 responses and 467 

hours. The following table details the 

individual components and estimated 

hour burdens of this collection. 

ESTIMATED NUMBER OF RESPONDENTS, RESPONSES AND TIME

Activity 

Estimated 

number of 

respondents 

Estimated 

number of responses per 

respondent 

Completion 

time per 

response 

(minutes) 

Total burden 

hours 

Headwaters Visitor Interview ........................................................................... 600 1 7 70 


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ESTIMATED NUMBER OF RESPONDENTS, RESPONSES AND TIME—Continued 

Activity 

Estimated 

number of 

respondents 

Estimated 

number of responses per 

respondent 

Completion 

time per 

response 

(minutes) 

Total burden 

hours 

Headwaters Mail-back survey .......................................................................... 420 1 30 210 

KRNCA Visitor Interview .................................................................................. 400 1 7 47 

KRNCA Mail-back survey ................................................................................ 280 1 30 140 

Totals ........................................................................................................ 1,700 ........................ ........................ 467 

Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’ 

Burden: None. 

Jean Sonneman, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer, 

Bureau of Land Management. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8969 Filed 4–13–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–84–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLWY922000–L57000000–BX0000; 

WYW176095] 

Notice of Competitive Coal Lease Sale, 

Wyoming 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

certain coal resources in the South 

Porcupine Coal Tract described below 

in Campbell County, Wyoming, will be 

reoffered 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 10 

a.m. on Thursday, May 17, 2012. Sealed 

bids must be submitted on or before 4 

p.m. on Wednesday, May 16, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: The lease sale 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, Wyoming 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 

Kathy Muller Ogle, Coal Coordinator, at 

307–775–6258, and 307–775–6206, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This coal 

lease sale is being held in response to 

a lease by application (LBA) filed by 

BTU Western Resources, Inc., Gillette, 

Wyoming. The South Porcupine Tract 

was previously offered for sale on 

February 29, 2012, 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 

resource to be reoffered consists of all 

reserves recoverable by surface mining 

methods in the following-described 

lands located approximately 1 to 4 miles 

north of the Campbell/Converse county 

line, adjacent and up to 2 miles east of 

the main line railroad, and adjacent to 

the western and northern lease 

boundary of the North Antelope 

Rochelle Mine. 

T. 41 N., R. 70 W., 6th Principal Meridian 

Sec. 7, lots 7 through 10 inclusive and lots 

15 through 18 inclusive; 

Sec. 18, lots 6 through 11 inclusive and lots 

14 through 19 inclusive; 

T. 41 N., R. 71 W., 6th Principal Meridian 

Sec. 1, lots 5 through 20 inclusive; 

Sec. 12, lots 1 through 16 inclusive; 

Sec. 13, lots 1 through 16 inclusive; 

Sec. 14, lots 1, 2, 8, 9, 16, and 18; 

Sec. 23, lots 1 and 17; and 

Sec. 24, lots 2 through 4 inclusive and lots 

17, 19, and 21. 

Containing 3,243.03 acres, more or less, in 

Campbell County, Wyoming. 

The LBA tract is adjacent to Federal 

leases to the east and south as well as 

a State of Wyoming lease to the north, 

all controlled by the North Antelope 

Rochelle Mine. It is also adjacent to 

Federal leases to the west across the 

mainline railroad, which is part of 

Cloud Peak Energy Resources, LLC’s 

Antelope Mine. It is adjacent to 

additional unleased Federal coal to the 

west. 

Most of the acreage offered has been 

determined to be suitable for mining 

except for the mainline railroad right-ofway along the western boundary of the 

LBA. Features such as roads, utilities, 

and pipelines can be moved to permit 

coal recovery. In addition, a producing 

gas well is located on the LBA as well 

as several coal bed natural gas wells. 

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 consider reasonable 

compensation to the gas lessee for lost 

production of the natural gas when the 

wells are bought out by the coal lessee. 

Approximately half of the surface estate 

of the tract is within the Thunder Basin 

National Grasslands and managed by 

the U.S. Forest Service. Most of the 

other half of the surface estate is owned 

by various private entities with a small 

amount owned by a Peabody Energy 

Corporation subsidiary. 

The tract contains surface mineable 

coal reserves in the Wyodak-Anderson 

coal zone currently being recovered in 

the adjacent, existing mines. On the 

LBA tract, there are two mineable 

seams, the Wyodak-Anderson 1 

(Anderson) and the Wyodak-Anderson 2 

(Canyon), located in the southern 

portion of the LBA that merge into a 

single seam in the northern portion. The 

total coal thickness averages about 77 

feet with the shallower Anderson seam 

slightly thicker than the deeper Canyon 

seam where two seams occur. 

The two seams can be separated by as 

much as 80 feet of interburden. 

Overburden depths to the Anderson 

range from about 160 to 460 feet thick. 

The tract contains an estimated 

401,830,508 tons of mineable coal. This 

estimate of mineable reserves includes 

the two seams 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 adjacent State of Wyoming coal 

although these reserves are expected to 

be recovered in conjunction with the 

LBA tract. It also excludes coal within 

and along the railroad right of way as 

required by typical mining practices. 

The total mineable stripping ratio of the 

coal in bank cubic yards per ton is 

approximately 4.8:1. Potential bidders 

for the LBA tract should consider the 

recovery rate expected from thick and 

multiple seam mining. 

The South Porcupine LBA coal is 

ranked as subbituminous C. The overall 

average quality on an as-received basis 

is 8,905 British Thermal Units per 

pound containing about 0.20 percent 

sulfur. These quality averages place the 

coal reserves near the high end of the 

range of coal quality currently being 


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