20828 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 75 / Tuesday, April 18, 2000 / Notices

Rental and Royalty: 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 a royalty

payable to the United States of 8 percent

of the value of coal mined by

underground methods. The value of the

coal will be determined in accordance

with 30 CFR 206.

Notice of Availability: Bidding

instructions for the offered tract are

included in the Detailed Statement of

Coal Lease Sale. Copies of the statement

and the proposed coal lease are

available upon request in person or by

mail from the Colorado State Office at

the address given above. The case file is

available for inspection in the Public

Room, Colorado State Office, during

normal business hours at the address

given above.

Dated: April 12, 2000.

Matthew R. McColm,

Mining Engineer, Branch of Solid Minerals

Resource Services.

[FR Doc. 00–9616 Filed 4–17–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–JB–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO–933–99–1320–EL; COC 61357]

Notice of Coal Lease Offering By

Sealed Bid

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of competitive coal lease

sale.

SUMMARY: Bureau of Land Management,

Colorado State Office, Lakewood,

Colorado, hereby gives notice that

certain coal resources in the lands

hereinafter described in Delta and

Gunnison Counties, Colorado, will be

offered for competitive lease by sealed

bid in accordance with the provisions of

the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as

amended (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.).

DATES: The lease sale will be held at 1

p.m., Tuesday, May 23, 2000. Sealed

bids must be submitted no later than 12

noon, Tuesday, May 23, 2000.

ADDRESSES: The lease sale will be held

in the Conference Room, Fourth Floor,

Colorado State Office, 2850 Youngfield

Street, Lakewood, Colorado. Sealed bids

must be submitted to the Cashier, First

Floor, Colorado State Office, 2850

Youngfield Street, Lakewood, Colorado

80215.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Karen Purvis at (303) 239–3795.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The tract

will be leased to the qualified bidder

submitting the highest offer, provided

that the high bid meets the fair market

value determination of the coal

resource. The minimum bid for this

tract is $100 per acre or fraction thereof.

No bid less than $100 per acre or

fraction thereof will be considered. The

minimum bid is not intended to

represent fair market value.

Sealed bids received after the time

specified above will not be considered.

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 tiebreaking sealed bids must be submitted

within 15 minutes following the Sale

Official’s announcement at the sale that

identical high bids have been received.

Fair market value will be determined

by the authorized officer after the sale.

Coal Offered: The coal resource to be

offered is limited to coal recoverable by

underground mining methods in the D

seam on the Elk Creek Tract in the

following lands:

T. 12 S., R. 90 W., 6th P.M.

Sec. 31, all;

Sec. 32, lots 3 to 6 inclusive, lots 11 to 14,

inclusive, and NW1⁄4.

T. 12 S., R. 91 W., 6th P.M.

Sec. 35, all;

Sec. 36, all.

T. 13 S., R. 90 W., 6th P.M.

Sec. 5, lots 7 to 10, inclusive, lots 14 to 15,

inclusive, and lots 17 to 18, inclusive;

Sec. 6, lots 8 to 17, inclusive.

T. 13 S., R. 91 W., 6th P.M.

Sec. 1, lots 1 to 4 inclusive, S1⁄2NW1⁄4, and

SW1⁄4;

Sec. 2, lot 1 and S1⁄2NE1⁄4;

Sec 12, S1⁄2NE1⁄4 and NW1⁄4.

Containing 4,443.57 acres.

Total recoverable reserves are

estimated to be 20.92 million tons. The

underground minable coal is ranked as

high volatile C bituminous coal. The

estimated coal quality for the D seam on

an as-received basis is as follows:

Btu—11,890 Btu/lb.

Moisture—8.67%

Sulfur Content—0.43%

Ash Content—8.17%

Rental and Royalty: 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 a royalty

payable to the United States of 8 percent

of the value of coal mined by

underground methods. The value of the

coal will be determined in accordance

with 30 CFR 206.

Notice of Availability: Bidding

instructions for the offered tract are

included in the Detailed Statement of

Coal Lease Sale. Copies of the statement

and the proposed coal lease are

available upon request in person or by

mail from the Colorado State Office at

the address given above. The case file is

available for inspection in the Public

Room, Colorado State Office, during

normal business hours at the address

given above.

Dated: April 12, 2000.

Matthew R. McColm,

Mining Engineer, Branch of Solid Minerals

Resource Services.

[FR Doc. 00–9617 Filed 4–17–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–JB–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AZ–020–00–5101–ER–A172; AZA–31094]

Notice of Intent To Prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

on 500kv Line in Maricopa County,

Arizona

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an

EIS on a 500kv line and notice of

scoping meetings.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

is proposing to prepare an EIS for

Arizona Public Service Company’s

(APS) Southwest Valley 500kv

Transmission Line Project in the

southwest metropolitan area of Phoenix,

Arizona.

DATES: The public, state, and local

governments, and other federal agencies

are asked to participate in the EIS

process. Written comments on the

initial scoping process will be accepted

until May 19, 2000. Public scoping

meetings will be held from 6 p.m. to 9

p.m. on May 2, 2000, at the Millennium

High School, 14802 W. Wigwam

Boulevard, Goodyear, Arizona, and from

6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on May 4, 2000, at the

Buckeye Union High School Gym, 902

E. Eason Avenue, Buckeye, Arizona.

Additional meetings will be considered

as appropriate.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: APS plans

to construct and operate a 500kv

transmission line from the existing Palo

Verde Nuclear Generating Station

(approximately 45 miles west of

Phoenix, Arizona) to a proposed 500/

230kv substation located 30 to 50 miles

to the east. The project would provide

needed energy to the Phoenix

metropolitan area and the southwest

valley. The proposed project will take

approximately one year to construct,

with an in-service date of January 2003.

The BLM’s scooping process for the EIS

will include: (1) Identification of

significant issues; (2) identification of