18142 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 68 / Monday, April 10, 1995 / Notices

1The Commission will grant a stay if an informed

decision on environmental issues (whether raised

Any party claiming a property interest

which is adversely affected by the

decision, an agency of the Federal

government or regional corporation,

shall have until May 10, 1995 to file an

appeal. However, parties receiving

service by certified mail shall have 30

days from the date of receipt to file an

appeal. Appeals must be filed in the

Bureau of Land Management at the

address identified above, where the

requirements for filing an appeal may be

obtained. Parties who do not file an

appeal in accordance with the

requirements of 43 CFR part 4, subpart

E, shall be deemed to have waived their

rights.

Margaret J. McDaniel,

Acting Chief, Branch of Gulf Rim

Adjudication.

[FR Doc. 95–8713 Filed 4–7–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–JA–P

[CO–933–95–1320–01; COC 56447]

Notice of Coal Lease Offering by

Sealed Bid; COC 56447

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 Gunnison

County, 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 11

a.m., Monday, May 15, 1995. Sealed

bids must be submitted no later than 10

a.m., Monday, May 15, 1995.

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 sealed

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 B

and D/E coal seams on the Box Canyon

Tract in the following lands:

Sixth Principal Meridian

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

Sec. 10, SE1⁄4SE1⁄4;

Sec. 11, lots 9 to 12, inclusive, and

SW1⁄4SE1⁄4;

Sec. 14, lots 1 to 16, inclusive;

Sec. 15, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, and

E1⁄2W1⁄2SW1⁄4;

Sec. 22, lots 1 to 16, inclusive;

Sec. 23, lots 1 to 16, inclusive;

Sec. 26, lots 1 to 16, inclusive.

The land described contains 2,769.67

acres, more or less.

Total recoverable reserves are

estimated to be 37 million tons. The B

and D/E seams underground minable

coal is ranked as high volatile C

bituminous coal. The estimated coal

quality for the B seam on an as-received

basis is as follows:

Btu 12,975

Btu/lb.

Moisture (percent) ........................ 5.66

Sulfur Content (percent) ............... 0.57

Ash Content (percent) .................. 7.66

The estimated coal quality for the D/

E seam on an as-received basis is as

follows:

Btu 12,162

Btu/lb.

Moisture (percent) ........................ 6.45

Sulfur Content (percent) ............... 0.57

Ash Content (percent) .................. 9.31

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: March 30, 1995.

Karen A. Purvis,

Solid Minerals Team Resource Services.

[FR Doc. 95–8689 Filed 4–7–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–JB–M

INTERSTATE COMMERCE

COMMISSION

[Docket No. AB–290 (Sub-No. 152X)]

Norfolk Southern Railway Company—

Abandonment Exemption—in Caswell

County, NC

Norfolk Southern Railway Company

(NS) has filed a notice of exemption

under 49 CFR 1152 Subpart F—Exempt

Abandonments to abandon a 3.1-mile

rail line extending between milepost

FD–196.9 and milepost FD–200.00 at

Blanch, in Caswell County, NC.

NS has certified that: (1) No local

traffic has moved over the line for at

least 2 years; (2) no overhead traffic has

moved over the line; (3) no formal

complaint filed by a user of rail service

on this line (or a state or local

government entity acting on behalf of

such user) regarding cessation of service

over the line is pending either with the

Commission or with any U.S. District

Court or has been decided in favor of

the complainant within the 2-year

period; and (4) the requirements at 49

CFR 1105.7 (environmental report), 49

CFR 1105.8 (historic report), 49 CFR

1105.11 (transmittal letter), 49 CFR

1105.12 (newspaper publication), and

49 CFR 1152.50(d)(1) (notice to

governmental agencies) have been met.

As a condition to use of this

exemption, any employee adversely

affected by the abandonment shall be

protected under Oregon Short Line R.

Co.—Abandonment—Goshen, 360 I.C.C.

91 (1979). To address whether this

condition adequately protects affected

employees, a petition for partial

revocation under 49 U.S.C. 10505(d)

must be filed.

Provided no formal expression of

intent to file an offer of financial

assistance (OFA) has been received, this

exemption will be effective on May 10,

1995, unless stayed pending

reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do

not involve environmental issues,1