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transport; and assisting wild bird

conservation and management programs

in countries of origin.

Section 114 of the WBCA requires

that ‘‘the Secretary, in consultation with

appropriate representatives of industry,

the conservation community, the

Secretariat of the Convention, and other

national and international bodies shall:

(1) Review opportunities for a

voluntary program of labeling exotic

birds, certification of exotic bird

breeding facilities and retail outlets, and

provision of privately organized or

funded technical assistance to other

nations; and

(2) Report to the Congress the results

of this review within 2 years after the

date of enactment of this Act’’.

In accordance with the WBCA, and in

an attempt to comply with the intent of

Congress that the aforementioned

opportunities be reviewed and

considered, the Service wishes to

initiate a discussion of this topic and

invite review and input from the public.

By this notice, the Service announces a

public meeting to discuss the

opportunities for a voluntary program of

labeling exotic birds, certification of

exotic bird breeding facilities and retail

outlets, and technical assistance. This

meeting will serve as a working session

and the Service will facilitate the

discussion of these topics and report to

Congress the results of such discussions.

Interested members of the public may

also submit written comments to the

Service on this issue, which should be

addressed to the Office of Management

Authority [see ADDRESSES, above].

Author: This notice was prepared by

Rosemarie S. Gnam, Office of Management

Authority, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

(703/358–2095; FAX 703/358–2280).

Dated: February 24, 1995.

Bruce Blanchard,

Director.

[FR Doc. 95–5360 Filed 3–3–95; 8:45 am]

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Bureau of Land Management

[WY–920–05–1320–01]

Notice of Competitive Coal Lease Sale

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of competitive coal lease

sale (Eagle Butte Tract, WYW124783).

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

certain coal resources in the Eagle Butte

Tract described below in Campbell

County, WY, 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 2

p.m., Wednesday, April 5, 1995. Sealed

bids must be submitted on or before 4

p.m., Tuesday, April 4, 1995.

ADDRESSES: The lease sale will be held

in the Third Floor Conference Room,

Wyoming State Office (WSO), 2515

Warren Avenue, P.O. Box 1828,

Cheyenne, WY 82003. Sealed bids must

be submitted to the Cashier, WSO, at the

address given above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Laura Steele, Land Law Examiner, or

Eugene Jonart, Coal Coordinator, at 307–

775–6250.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This coal

lease sale is being held in response to

an application for a lease by application

competitive coal lease sale filed by

AMAX Land Company (formerly,

Meadowlark Farms, Inc.) of Gillette,

WY. The coal resources to be offered

consist of all reserves recoverable by

surface mining methods in the following

described lands located approximately 3

miles north of Gillette, WY:

T. 51 N., R. 72 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming

Sec. 28: Lot 13 (W2);

Sec. 33: Lots 1 thru 4, 5 (E2), 6 thru 11,

12 (E2), and 14 thru 16;

Sec. 34: Lots 3 thru 6, and 9 thru 16.

Containing 1,059.175 acres.

The Eagle Butte Tract, located

adjacent to the existing Eagle Butte

mine, contains the Roland and Smith

coal seams both of which are in the Fort

Union Formation. The Roland seam

averages about 40 ft. thick and the

Smith seam averages about 61 ft. thick

on the LBA area. The Roland seam is

thicker in the LBA area than some

adjacent portions of existing leases. This

is due to an upper zone of the seam

becoming dominantly coal on the LBA,

whereas the same zone is an

interbedded claystone and coal on the

existing leases. Total burden on the LBA

averages 217 ft. thick. There is a shaly

coal split separating the Smith and

Roland seems averaging about 4 ft. thick

on the LBA tract. The average in-place

stripping ratio (BCY/ton) for the LBA

tract is estimated to be 1.99:1.

The tract contains an estimated

188,500,000 tons of in-place coal

reserves. However, about 115 acres of

the tract are unavailable for mining

because of a required buffer for U.S.

Highway 14/16. The BLM estimates that

this buffer reduces minable reserves to

approximately 166,400,000 tons.

The coal rank is subbituminous C.

Average as received quality for the

Roland seam on the LBA is 8434 BTU/

LB., 4.95% ash, and 0.54% sulfur.

Average as received quality for the

Smith seam on the LBA tract is 8341

BTU/LB., 4.23% ash, and 0.22% sulfur.

This places the coal reserves in the LBA

tract just slightly below average in heat

content for coal being mined in this

portion of the Power River Basin. Other

quality parameters compare favorably

with coal presently being mined in this

area.

The tract in this lease offering

contains split estate lands. The surface

is not held by a qualified surface owner

as defined in 43 CFR 3400.0–5.

The tract will be leased to the

qualified bidder of the highest cash

amount provided that the high bid

equals the fair market value for 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 bid

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., Tuesday,

April 4, 1995, will not be considered.

The minimum bid is not intended to

represent fair market value (FMV). The

FMV of the tract will be determined by

the authorized officer after the sale.

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.

The lease issued as a result of this

offering will provide for payment of an

annual advance rental of $3.00 per acre,

or fraction thereof, and of a royalty

payment to the U.S. of 121⁄2 percent of

the value of coal produced by strip or

augur 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 203.250(f).

Bidding instructions for the tract

offered and the terms and conditions of

the proposed coal lease are available

from the WSO at the addresses above.

Case file documents are available for

inspection at the WSO.

Robert A. Bennett,

DSD, Mineral Resources.

[FR Doc. 95–5379 Filed 3–3–95; 8:45 am]

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