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the development and implementation of 

an integrated resource management plan 

for those lands and waters within the 

Corridor. 

The meeting will convene on May 21, 

2009 at 9 a.m. at the Blackstone Valley 

Regional Vocational Technical High 

School, located at 65 Pleasant Street, 

Upton, MA for the following reasons: 

1. Approval of Minutes. 

2. Chairman’s Report. 

3. Executive Director’s Report. 

4. Financial Budget. 

5. Public Input. 

It is anticipated that about thirty 

people will be able to attend the session 

in addition to the Commission 

members. 

Interested persons may make oral or 

written presentations to the Commission 

or file written statements. Such requests 

should be made prior to the meeting to: 

Jan H. Reitsma, Executive Director, John 

H. Chafee, Blackstone River Valley 

National Heritage Corridor Commission, 

One Depot Square, Woonsocket, RI 

02895, Tel.: (401) 762–0250. 

Further information concerning this 

meeting may be obtained from Jan H. 

Reitsma, Executive Director of the 

Commission at the aforementioned 

address. 

Jan H. Reitsma, 

Executive Director, BRVNHCC. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–RK–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

[LLMT921 09 L51100000.GD0000 

LVEMCE280000; NDM 97633] 

Notice of the Availability of the BNI 

Coal, Ltd., Federal Coal Lease 

Application Environmental 

Assessment and Notice of Public 

Hearing 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability and notice 

of public hearing. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal coal management regulations at 

43 CFR 3422 and 3425, the BNI Coal 

Lease by Application Environmental 

Assessment (EA) is available for public 

review and comment. A public hearing 

will be held to receive comments on the 

EA and associated Finding of No 

Significant Impact (FONSI), Fair Market 

Value (FMV), and Maximum Economic 

Recovery (MER) of the coal resources for 

BNI Coal, Ltd.’s (BNI) Federal Coal 

Lease Application NDM 97633. 

DATES: The public hearing will be held 

at 9 a.m. on April 30, 2009. Written 

comments must be received on or before 

4:30 p.m. on May 13, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: The public hearing will be 

held at the BLM North Dakota Field 

Office Conference Room, 99 23rd 

Avenue West, Dickinson, North Dakota. 

Written comments on the FMV and 

MER should be sent to the Bureau of 

Land Management, Montana State 

Office, 5001 Southgate Drive, Billings, 

MT 59101–4669. Written comments or 

questions on the EA should be sent to 

Angela Wetz, Natural Resource 

Specialist, North Dakota Field Office, 

Bureau of Land Management, 99 23rd 

Avenue West, Dickinson, ND 58601. 

Copies of the EA are available at the 

North Dakota Field Office at the above 

address. The EA is also available on the 

Internet at http://www.blm.gov/mt/st/ 

en/fo/north_dakota_field.html. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The land 

included in Coal Lease Application 

NDM 97633 contains an estimated 4.1 

million tons of recoverable coal 

reserves. It is described as follows: 

T. 142 N., R. 84 W., 5th P.M 

Sec. 32: N2NW, SWNW, NWSW; 160.00 

acres. 

The land is adjacent to BNI’s Center Mine, 

located in Oliver County, North Dakota. 

The EA addresses the cultural, 

socioeconomic, environmental and 

cumulative impacts that would likely 

result from leasing these coal lands. 

Two alternatives are addressed in the 

EA: 

Alternative 1: (Proposed Action) The 

tract would be leased, as applied for. 

Alternative 2: (No Action) The 

application would be rejected or denied. 

The Federal coal reserves would be 

bypassed. 

Proprietary data marked as 

confidential may be submitted to the 

Bureau of Land Management in 

response to this solicitation of public 

comments. Data so marked shall be 

treated in accordance with the laws and 

regulations governing the 

confidentiality of such information. A 

copy of the comments submitted by the 

public on FMV and MER, except those 

portions identified as proprietary by the 

author and meeting exemptions stated 

in the Freedom of Information Act, will 

be available for public inspection at the 

Bureau of Land Management, 5001 

Southgate Drive, Billings, Montana 

59101–4669, during regular business 

hours (9 a.m. to 4 p.m.) Monday through 

Friday. Other comments will be 

available for public inspection at the 

Bureau of Land Management, North 

Dakota Field Office, 99 23rd Avenue 

West, Dickinson, ND 58601 (9 a.m. to 4 

p.m.) Monday through Friday. 

Written comments on the FMV and 

MER should address, but not necessarily 

be limited to, the following: 

1. The quality and quantity of the coal 

resources; 

2. The mining method or methods 

which would achieve MER of the coal 

including specifications of the seams to 

be mined, timing and rate of production, 

restriction to mining, and the inclusion 

of the tract in an existing mining 

operation; 

3. The FMV appraisal including but 

not limited to the evaluation of the tract 

as an incremental unit of an existing 

mine, selling price of the coal, mining 

and reclamation costs, net present value 

discount factors, depreciation and other 

tax accounting factors, value of the 

surface estate, and any comparable sales 

data on similar coal lands. The values 

given above may or may not change as 

a result of comments received from the 

public and changes in market 

conditions between now and when final 

economic evaluations are completed. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, e-mail address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, please be aware that your 

entire comment, including your 

personal identifying information, may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you may 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ed 

Hughes, Supervisory Industry 

Economist, (406–896–5057), Bureau of 

Land Management, Montana State 

Office, 5001 Southgate Drive, Billings, 

Montana 59101. 

Phillip C. Perlewitz, 

Chief, Branch of Solid Minerals. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–$$–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R3–R–2009–N0036; 30136–1265– 

0000–S3] 

Kirtland’s Warbler Wildlife 

Management Area, Located 

Throughout 8 Counties in the Northern 

Lower Peninsula of Michigan 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability: draft 

comprehensive conservation plan and 

environmental assessment; request for 

comments.