8710 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 31 / Thursday, February 14, 2008 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[WY–920–1320–EL, WYW154432] 

Notice of Competitive Coal Lease Sale, 

Wyoming 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Competitive Coal 

Lease Sale. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

certain coal resources in the North 

Maysdorf Coal Tract described below in 

Campbell County, Wyoming, will be 

reoffered 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 reoffer will be 

held at 10 a.m., on Wednesday, March 

19, 2008. Sealed bids must be submitted 

on or before 4 p.m., on Tuesday, March 

18, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: The lease sale reoffer will 

be held in the First Floor Conference 

Room (Room 107), of the Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) Wyoming 

State Office, 5353 Yellowstone Road, 

P.O. Box 1828, Cheyenne, WY 82003. 

Sealed bids must be submitted to the 

Cashier, BLM Wyoming State Office, at 

the address given above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mavis Love, Land Law Examiner, or 

Robert Janssen, Coal Coordinator, at 

307–775–6258, and 307–775–6206, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This coal 

lease sale is being held in response to 

a lease by application (LBA) filed by 

Cordero Mining Company, Gillette, 

Wyoming. The North Maysdorf Tract 

was previously offered on October 18, 

2007, and the one bid received at that 

sale was rejected because it did not meet 

the BLM’s estimate of fair market value. 

The coal resource to be offered consists 

of all reserves recoverable by surface 

mining methods in the followingdescribed lands located in central 

Campbell County, approximately 2 

miles east of State Highway 59, 4 miles 

south of Bishop Road, and is adjacent to 

the southern lease boundary of the Belle 

Ayr Mine and the northwest lease 

boundary of the Cordero Rojo Mine: 

T. 47 N., R. 71 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming 

Section 7: Lots 5, 12, 13, 20; 

Section 8: Lots 3 through 6, 11 through 13. 

Containing 445.89 acres more or less. 

The tract is adjacent to Federal coal 

leases to the north and east held by the 

Belle Ayr and Cordero Rojo Mines, 

respectively. It is adjacent to additional 

unleased Federal coal to the west and 

south. It is also adjacent to about 40 

acres of private coal controlled by the 

Cordero Rojo Mine. All of the acreage 

offered has been determined to be 

suitable for mining. Features such as 

pipelines can be moved 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 any 

future production from these wells. An 

economic analysis of this 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 Cordero Mining 

Company, Caballo Rojo, Inc. and 

Foundation Wyoming Land Company. 

The tract contains surface mineable 

coal reserves in the Wyodak seam 

currently being recovered in the 

adjacent, existing mine. On the LBA 

tract, the Wyodak seam is generally a 

single seam averaging approximately 70 

feet thick. The overburden depths range 

from 170–360 feet thick on the LBA. 

The tract contains an estimated 

54,657,000 tons of mineable coal. This 

estimate of mineable reserves includes 

the main Wyodak seam but does not 

include any tonnage from localized 

seams or splits containing less than 5 

feet of coal. It does not include the 

adjacent private coal although these 

reserves are expected to be recovered in 

conjunction with the LBA. The total 

mineable stripping ratio (BCY/Ton) of 

the coal is about 3.7:1. Potential bidders 

for the LBA should consider the 

recovery rate expected from thick seam 

mining. 

The North Maysdorf LBA coal is 

ranked as subbituminous C. The overall 

average quality on an as-received basis 

is 8586 BTU/lb with about 0.27% sulfur. 

These quality averages place the coal 

reserves near the middle 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, March 18, 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 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, WYW154432, are available 

for inspection at the BLM Wyoming 

State Office. 

Dated: January 29, 2008. 

Larry Claypool, 

Acting Deputy State Director, Minerals and 

Lands. 

[FR Doc. E8–2043 Filed 2–13–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[CA–110] 

Meeting of the Central California 

Resource Advisory Council 

ACTION: Notice of public tour. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) Central 

California Resource Advisory Council 

(RAC) will hold a public tour as 

indicated below. 

DATES: The public tour will be held 

Saturday, March 15, 2008, at the Clear 

Creek Management Area, which 

comprises 63,000 acres of BLM public 

lands in southern San Benito and 

western Fresno counties, California. 

Members of the public are welcome to 

attend the tour, but must provide their 

own transportation and lunch. Those 

who wish to attend the tour should meet 

at the Oak Flat Campground, located on 

Clear Creek Road off Coalinga-Los Gatos 

Road, at 10 a.m. The tour should 

conclude at about 4 p.m. The event may 

be postponed to a later date if there is 

inclement weather. To confirm the tour 

will take place as planned, call the BLM 

Hollister Field Office at (831) 630–5000. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

BLM Hollister Field Office Manager 


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