3480 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 13 / Friday, January 18, 2008 / Notices 

Section 20: Lots 10 (NW1⁄4 and S1⁄2) and 

11through 15; 

Section 29: Lots 1 (W1⁄2), 2 through 7, 8 (W1⁄2

and SE1⁄4), and 9 through 16; 

Section 30: Lots 5, 6, 11 through 14, 19, and 

20. 

Containing 1,427.77 acres more or less. 

The tract is adjacent to an existing 

Federal coal lease along the western 

boundary of the Eagle Butte Mine. It is 

adjacent to additional unleased Federal 

coal to the north, west, and south. All 

of the acreage offered has been 

determined to be suitable for mining 

since current plans include moving U.S. 

Highway 14/16. However, BLM has 

excluded approximately 80 acres along 

the northeastern portion of the tract 

from its economic analysis to provide a 

blasting buffer between the mining 

activity and existing residences. Other 

features such as pipelines, utilities, and 

Little Rawhide Creek can be relocated to 

permit coal recovery. In addition, oil 

and/or gas wells have been drilled on 

the tract. The estimate of the bonus 

value of the coal lease will include 

consideration of depletion and any 

future production from these wells. An 

economic analysis of any future income 

stream will determine whether a well is 

bought out and plugged prior to mining 

or re-established after mining is 

completed. The surface estate of the 

tract is owned by Foundation Coal West, 

Inc. 

The tract contains surface mineable 

coal reserves primarily in the Wyodak 

seam with minor additions from up to 

four lower splits. The Wyodak is 

generally mined as two separate seams, 

the Roland and the Smith, in the area 

and on the LBA. The total coal thickness 

ranges from about 95–115 feet thick 

with the overburden thickness ranging 

from about 250–450 feet thick on the 

LBA. The tract contains approximately 

255 million tons of mineable coal. This 

estimate of mineable reserves is 

primarily from the Roland and the 

Smith seams and does not include any 

tonnage from localized seams or splits 

containing less than 5 feet of coal. It 

does not include any tonnage from the 

existing, adjacent Federal coal lease 

although additional reserves are 

expected to be recovered in conjunction 

with the LBA once the highway is 

moved. The total mineable stripping 

ratio (BCY/Ton) of the LBA coal is about 

2.9:1. Potential bidders for the LBA 

should consider the recovery rate 

expected from multiple seam mining. 

The Eagle Butte West LBA coal is 

ranked as subbituminous C. The overall 

average quality on an as-received basis 

is 8434 BTU/lb with about 0.4% sulfur. 

These quality averages place the coal 

reserves near the lower end of the range 

of coal quality currently being mined in 

the Wyoming portion of the Powder 

River Basin. 

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 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 

4 p.m., on Tuesday, February 19, 2008, 

will not be considered. The minimum 

bid is not intended to represent fair 

market value. The fair market value of 

the tract will be determined by the 

Authorized Officer after the sale. 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 of a royalty payment to the 

United States of 12.5 percent of the 

value of coal produced by strip or auger 

mining methods and 8 percent of the 

value of the coal produced by 

underground mining methods. The 

value of the coal will be determined in 

accordance with 30 CFR 206.250. 

Bidding instructions for the tract 

offered and the terms and conditions of 

the proposed coal lease are available 

from the BLM Wyoming State Office at 

the addresses above. Case file 

documents, WYW155132, are available 

for inspection at the BLM Wyoming 

State Office. 

Dated: January 11, 2008. 

Larry Claypool, 

Acting Deputy State Director, Minerals and 

Lands. 

[FR Doc. E8–882 Filed 1–17–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

Indian Gaming 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Deemed Approved 

Amended Tribal—State Class III Gaming 

Compact. 

SUMMARY: This notice publishes the 

Deemed Approved Amendment to the 

Tribal—State Compact between the 

State of California and the San Manuel 

Band of Mission Indians. 

DATES: Effective Date: January 18, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

George T. Skibine, Director, Office of 

Indian Gaming, Office of the Deputy 

Assistant Secretary—Policy and 

Economic Development, Washington, 

DC 20240, (202) 219–4066. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 

section 11 of the Indian Gaming 

Regulatory Act of 1988 (IGRA) Public 

Law 100–497, 25 U.S.C. 2710, the 

Secretary of the Interior shall publish in 

the Federal Register notice of approved 

Tribal—State compacts for the purpose 

of engaging in Class III gaming activities 

on Indian lands. The compact allows for 

an increase in gaming devices and any 

devices or games authorized under State 

law to the State lottery. Finally, the term 

of the compact is until December 31, 

2030. The Assistant Secretary—Indian 

Affairs, Department of the Interior, 

through his delegated authority, is 

publishing notice that the Amendment 

between the State of California and the 

San Manuel Band of Mission Indians is 

now in effect. 

Dated: December 31, 2007. 

Carl J. Artman, 

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. 

[FR Doc. E8–894 Filed 1–17–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–4N–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[MT–100–1430–EU; MTM 95676] 

Notice of Realty Action; (NonCompetitive) Direct Sale of Public 

Land; Granite County, MT 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of realty action. 

SUMMARY: A 1.08-acre parcel of public 

land in Granite County, Montana, is 

being considered for sale under the 

provisions of the Federal Land Policy 

Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA), at 

no less than the appraised fair market 

value, to resolve a longstanding, 

inadvertent unauthorized use. 

DATES: Interested parties may submit 

comments regarding the proposed sale 

until March 3, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to 

the Missoula Field Manager, BLM, 

Missoula Field Office, 3255 Ft. Missoula 

Road, Missoula, Montana 59804–7293. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim 

Ledger, Realty Specialist, at the above 

address or phone (406) 329–3914. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following described public land is being 

considered for possible disposal by 

direct sale under Sections 203 and 209 

of FLPMA, 43 U.S.C. 1713 and 1719. 


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Principal Meridian, Montana 

T. 12 N., R. 14 W. 

Sec. 15, lot 17. 

The area described contains 1.08 acres, 

more or less, in Granite County, Montana. 

The parcel will be offered by direct 

sale at no less than the appraised fair 

market value of $5,800 to Robert C. 

Nylund and Sandra J. Nylund. The 

Nylunds are the owners of an adjoining 

parcel and improvements which lie 

partially on the subject parcel. The sale 

meets the disposal criteria in Section 

203(a)(3) of FLPMA and 43 CFR 2710.0–

3(a)(2). Sale of the parcel also conforms 

to the criteria of the Garnet Resource 

Management Plan (RMP) approved 

January 10, 1986. Disposal by direct sale 

will protect existing equities in the land 

and resolve the longstanding, 

inadvertent unauthorized occupancy of 

the parcel and is provided for in 43 CFR 

2710.0–6(c)(3)(iii). 

As proposed, the land will be 

conveyed subject to: 

1. A right-of-way for ditches and 

canals reserved by the United States 

pursuant to the Act of August 30, 1890 

(43 U.S.C. 945); 

2. All valid existing rights. 

The land will not be offered for sale 

until at least 60 days after the date of 

publication in the Federal Register. 

Unreserved mineral interests will be 

conveyed simultaneously with the sale 

of the land. These unreserved mineral 

interests have been determined to have 

no known mineral value pursuant to 43 

CFR 2720.2(a). Acceptance of the sale 

offer will constitute an application for 

conveyance of those unreserved mineral 

interests. 

On January 18, 2008, the abovedescribed land will be segregated from 

appropriation under the public land 

laws, including the mining laws, except 

the sale provisions of the FLPMA. Until 

completion of the sale, the BLM is no 

longer accepting land use applications 

affecting the identified public land. The 

segregative effect will terminate upon 

issuance of a patent, publication in the 

Federal Register of a termination of the 

segregation, or January 19, 2010, unless 

extended by the BLM State Director in 

accordance with 43 CFR 2711.1–2(d) 

prior to the termination date. 

To be considered, comments must be 

received at the BLM Missoula Field 

Office on or before March 3, 2008. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, e-mail 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. Only written comments 

submitted by postal service or overnight 

mail to the Field Manager, BLM 

Missoula Field Office will be considered 

properly filed. E-mail, facsimile or 

telephone comments will not be 

considered properly filed. 

(Authority: 43 CFR 2711.1–2) 

Dated: January 9, 2008. 

Nancy T. Anderson, 

Field Manager. 

[FR Doc. 08–149 Filed 1–17–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–$$–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[WY–030–1430–ES; WYW–158818] 

Notice of Realty Action; Recreation 

and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act 

Classification 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) has examined and 

found suitable for classification for lease 

or conveyance under the provisions of 

the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, 

1.54 acres of public land in Carbon 

County, Wyoming. Carbon County 

proposes to use the land for a historic 

cemetery. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

March 3, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to 

the BLM, Rawlins Field Office, 1300 

North 3rd Street, Rawlins, Wyoming 

82301, Attn: Janelle Wrigley. Detailed 

information concerning this action, 

including appropriate environmental 

documentation, is available for review 

at the above address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Janelle Wrigley, Realty Specialist, at the 

above address or at (307) 328–4279. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

response to an application from the 

Carbon County Commissioners, 

Wyoming, the following public lands 

have been examined and found suitable 

for classification for lease and/or 

conveyance under the provisions of the 

Recreation and Public Purposes Act, as 

amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). 

Sixth Principal Meridian, Wyoming 

T. 22 N., R. 80 W., 

Sec. 26, Lot 4 (metes and bounds survey) 

The area described contains 1.54 acres 

more or less. 

The lands are not needed for Federal 

purposes. Lease and/or conveyance is 

consistent with the Great Divide RMP, 

dated November 9, 1990, and would be 

in the public interest. The patent, if 

issued, will be subject to the following 

reservations, terms, and conditions: 

(1) Provisions of the Recreation and 

Public Purposes Act and all applicable 

regulations of the Secretary of the 

Interior. 

(2) The patentee shall comply with all 

Federal and State laws applicable to the 

disposal, placement, or release of 

hazardous substances (hazardous 

substances as defined in 40 CFR part 

302.) 

(3) If, at any time, the patentee 

transfers to another party ownership of 

any portion of the land not used for the 

purpose(s) specified in the application 

and approved plan of development, the 

patentee shall pay the Bureau of Land 

Management the fair market value, as 

determined by the authorized officer, of 

the transferred portion as of the date of 

transfer, including the value of any 

improvements thereon. 

(4) A right-of-way thereon for ditches 

and canals constructed by authority of 

the United States, pursuant to the Act of 

August 30, 1890 (43 U.S.C. 945). 

(5) A reservation of all mineral 

deposits in the land so patented, and a 

right of the United States, or persons 

authorized by the United States, to 

prospect for, mine, and remove such 

deposits from the same under applicable 

laws and regulations as the Secretary of 

the Interior may prescribe. 

(6) Any other valid and existing rights 

and encumbrances of record. 

(7) Such other provisions as may be 

required by law. 

Upon publication of this notice in the 

Federal Register, the lands will be 

segregated from all other forms of 

appropriation under the public land 

laws, including the general mining laws, 

except for lease/conveyance under the 

Recreation and Public Purposes Act. 

The segregative effect shall terminate 

upon issuance of a patent, upon final 

rejection of the application, or 18 

months from the date of this notice, 

whichever occurs first. 

Classification Comments: Interested 

parties may submit comments involving 

the suitability of the land for historical 

cemetery purposes. Comments on the 

classification are restricted to whether 

the land is physically suited for the 

proposed use, whether the use will 

maximize the future use or uses of the 

land, whether the use is consistent with 

local planning and zoning, or if the use 

is consistent with State and Federal 

programs. 


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