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have no adverse effect on Rockwood’s 

current or reasonably anticipated 

operations and would need to resolve 

the issue of Rockwood’s ownership of 

any economic quantities of lithium 

remaining in the stockpiles. We 

encourage potentially interested parties 

to carefully review the terms of the 

settlement agreement before initiating a 

notice of interest to the BLM. 

If the BLM determines there is 

competitive interest in the stockpiles, 

and that a competitive sale is warranted, 

Rockwood would first need to waive a 

provision in the settlement agreement 

that currently prevents BLM from 

disposing of the potassium and sodium 

salts in the stockpiles so long as the 

stockpiles contain marketable lithium. 

Subsequently, the BLM and Rockwood 

would need to agree on stipulations to 

ensure that Rockwood’s operations 

would not be adversely impacted by a 

third party sale. The BLM would 

include notice of these stipulations in 

any sale notice for these materials. In 

addition, these stipulations would be 

attached to any contract with a third 

party. 

Parties expressing interest in 

participating in a competitive sale of the 

stockpiles must be authorized to 

transact business in Nevada. Interested 

parties should submit a letter of interest 

to the addressee in the ADDRESSES

section. 

The BLM will review submissions 

from interested parties in response to 

this notice seeking expressions of 

competitive interest and determine 

whether competitive interest exists in 

the Federal Mineral Salt Stockpiles 

described above. If the BLM determines 

sufficient competitive interest exists, 

and issues related to the settlement 

agreement are resolved, the BLM may 

use a competitive-bidding process, 

consistent with the regulations, to 

conduct the competitive sale. 

This notice is a request for 

expressions of interest only. Even if 

competitive interest is expressed, it is 

possible that no competitive sale will 

take place due to the need for a waiver 

and for negotiated stipulations, 

discussed above. 

If a competitive sale takes place, it 

will be conducted in accordance with 

the Materials Act of 1947 (30 U.S.C. 601 

et seq.) and the regulations at 43 CFR 

part 3600, in accordance with the nature 

of the stockpiled materials, which were 

removed from the ground and 

stockpiled on the surface for future use. 

Authority: 43 CFR 3602.40. 

Marci L. Todd, 

Associate State Director. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLES 930 000 L13200000.EL0000; WVES 

50556, WVES 50560] 

Notice of Competitive Coal Lease Sale, 

WVES 50556 and WVES 50560, Wayne 

County, WV 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

certain coal resources in Wayne County, 

West Virginia, known as East Lynn Lake 

(ELL) Argus (WVES 50556) and ELL 

Rockspring (WVES 50560) described 

below will be offered for competitive 

lease by sealed bid in accordance with 

the provisions of the Mineral Leasing 

Act of 1920, as amended. 

DATES: The lease sale will be held at 1 

p.m. on December 4, 2014. Sealed bids 

must be received on or before 10 a.m. 

on December 4, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: The lease sale will be held 

at the Bureau of Land Management 

office, 20 M Street SE., Washington, DC 

20003, 2nd floor Conference Room. 

Sealed bids must be mailed or delivered 

to: BLM Eastern States Office, 20 M 

Street SE., Washington, DC 20003 Attn: 

Davida Carnahan, WS 9204. Each bid 

should be clearly marked on the outside 

of the envelope that it is a sealed bid 

and clearly identify the LBA serial 

number (WVES 50560 or WVES 50556) 

for which it is intended. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael W Glasson, Solid Minerals 

Program Lead, at 202–912–7723; email 

mglasson@blm.gov. Persons who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

to contact Mr. Glasson during normal 

business hours. The FIRS is available 24 

hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a 

message or question for Mr. Glasson. 

You will receive a reply during normal 

business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This coal 

lease sale is being held in response to 

two leases by application (LBAs) 

received by the BLM Eastern States 

Office. 

The coal resources in the ELL Argus 

tract, Serial Number WVES 50556, are 

being offered in response to the LBA 

filed by Argus Energy WV, LLC, and 

consist of all reserves recoverable by 

underground room and pillar mining 

methods, with first extraction only, in 

lands located in southeastern Wayne 

County, West Virginia. These lands lie 

approximately 1 mile south of East 

Lynn, West Virginia, on United States 

Army Corp of Engineers (USACE)- 

administered surface with BLMadministered minerals. The sub-tracts 

listed below (A, B and C) are so named 

by the USACE, in dividing the lands 

following their acquisition: 

Sub-tract A: 177M–1, 177M–14, 177M– 

11, 1717M, 1813M, 2321M, 

containing 838.80 acres 

Sub-tract B: 177M–1, 745M, 746M, 808, 

840M, 843M, 846M, 1140M, 1140, 

1301, 1313M, 1330M, 1718M, 1810M, 

1811M, 1813M, 2020M, 2737, 

containing 5,372.20 acres 

Sub-tract C: 177M–12, 177M–1, 2321M, 

2430M, 2431M, containing 1,430.63 

acres 

The areas described aggregate 

7,641.63 acres. 

The land in sub-tracts A, B, and C 

constitutes less than the entire tract 

acquired by the United States (of nearly 

25,000 acres) and is described in 

accordance with 43 CFR 3471.1–1. 

Further detailed definition of the tract 

can be found at: http://www.blm.gov/es/ 

st/en/prog/east_lynn_lake_coal/

documents.html. It should be noted that 

prior to entering onto the lease tract for 

any reason, the successful bidder and/ 

or eventual lessee will be responsible 

for a survey of the boundaries of this 

tract, to be used as the final legal 

boundary certificate for this tract. The 

ELL Argus tract (WVES 50556) has one 

minable coal bed known as Coalburg/

Winifrede (C/W). The minable portions 

of the C/W coal bed in this area are from 

3.0 feet up to 8.7 feet in thickness. First 

mining only will leave coal pillars, 

structural barriers and gas well barriers 

behind. The ELL Argus tract reserve 

contains 15 million tons of recoverable 

high-volatile A and B bituminous coal. 

The estimated average coal quality range 

in the bed on an ‘‘as received basis’’ is 

as follows: 

12,500–13,200 Btu/lb. 

7.00 Percent moisture * 

4.5–8.5 Percent ash 

28.0–32.0 Percent volatile matter 

50.0–53.0 Percent fixed carbon 

0.4–0.9 Percent sulfur 

* Estimated as received moisture; also 

used for calculating as received from 

dry basis. 

The resources in the ELL Rockspring 

tract, Serial Number WVES 50560, are 

being offered in response to the LBA 

filed by Rockspring Development, Inc., 


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and consist of all coal recoverable by 

underground room and pillar, first 

mining only, mining methods in lands 

located in Wayne County, West 

Virginia. These lands lie approximately 

20 miles south of Huntington, West 

Virginia, on USACE-administered 

surface with BLM-administered 

minerals. The sub-tracts listed below 

(A–E) are so named by the USACE, in 

dividing the lands following their 

purchase: 

Sub-tract A: 174M, 184M, 177M–1, 

375M, 377M, 376ME–1, 376ME–2, 

382M, 545M, 554M, 390ME–1, 395M, 

378M, 380M, 381M, 384M, 386M, 

177M–2, 430M, 556M, containing 

1,517.00 acres 

Sub-tract B: 177M–1, containing 320.00 

acres 

Sub-tract C: 430M, 177M–1, 177M–2, 

382M, 545M, 553M, 554M, 550M, 

547M, 548M, 745M, 1450M, 1451M, 

1452M, 1453M, 517A, 517B, 

containing 1,912.00 acres 

Sub-tract D: 177M–1, containing 72.00 

acres 

Sub-tract E: 177M–1, 1718M, 1717M–1, 

containing 1,274.00 acres 

Sub-tract F: 177M–1, containing 358.00 

acres 

The areas described aggregate 5,453.00 

acres. 

The land in sub-tracts A, B, C, D, E 

and F constitutes less than the entire 

tract acquired by the United States (of 

nearly 25,000 acres) and is described in 

accordance with 43 CFR 3471.1–1. 

Further detailed definition of the tract 

can be found at: http://www.blm.gov/es/ 

st/en/prog/east_lynn_lake_coal/

documents.html. 

It should be noted that prior to 

entering onto the lease tract for any 

reason, the successful bidder and/or 

eventual lessee will be responsible for a 

survey of the boundaries of this tract, to 

be used as the final legal boundary 

certificate for this tract. The ELL 

Rockspring tract (WVES 50560) has one 

minable coal bed, the C/W seam. The 

minable portions of the coal bed in this 

area are approximately 6 to 10 feet in 

thickness. First mining only will leave 

coal pillars, structural barriers, and gas 

well barriers behind. The ELL 

Rockspring tract contains approximately 

11 million tons of recoverable highvolatile A and B bituminous coal. The 

coal quality in the coal bed on an ‘‘as 

received basis’’ is as follows: 

12,500–13,200 Btu/lb. 

7.00 Percent moisture * 

4.5–8.5 Percent ash 

28.0–32.0 Percent volatile matter 

50.0–53.0 Percent fixed carbon 

0.4–0.9 Percent sulfur 

Totals do not equal 100 percent due to 

rounding. 

* Estimated as received moisture; also 

used for calculating as received from 

dry basis 

The Argus and Rockspring tracts will 

be leased to the qualified bidders with 

the highest cash amount, provided that 

the high bid meets or exceeds the BLM’s 

estimate of the value for each tract. The 

minimum bid for each 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 BLM Eastern States Office 

Cashier will mail a receipt for each 

hand-delivered bid; each hand delivered 

bid will be ‘‘date-stamped’’ by the BLM. 

Bids received after 10 a.m. local time on 

December 4, 2014, 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. The leases that may be 

issued as a result of this offering will 

provide for payment of an annual rental 

of $3 per acre, or fraction thereof, and 

a royalty payment to the United States 

of 8 percent of the value of the coal 

produced by underground room and 

pillar mining methods (the only mining 

method considered on these tracts). The 

value of the coal will be determined in 

accordance with 30 CFR 1206.250. 

Bidding instructions for the LBA 

tracts offered and the terms and 

conditions of the proposed lease sale are 

available from the BLM Eastern States 

Office. Any company or individual 

intending to bid on either tract must 

understand that the successful bidder is 

subject to the requirements of the 

Memorandum of Understanding 

between the BLM and the USACE 

signed March 15, 2012 (see detailed 

leasing statement). Case file documents, 

WVES 50556 and WVES 50560, and 

written comments submitted by the 

public on FMV or royalty rates, except 

those portions identified as proprietary 

by the commentator and meeting 

exemptions stated in the Freedom of 

Information Act, are available for 

inspection at the BLM Eastern States 

Office. 

John F. Ruhs, 

State Director, Eastern States. 

[FR Doc. 2014–24920 Filed 10–17–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–GJ–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLORB00000.L17110000.PH0000.

LXSS020H0000.15XL1109AF; HAG 15–0020] 

Notice of Public Meeting for the 

Southeast Oregon Resource Advisory 

Council 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act and the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972, and the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM), the Southeast 

Oregon Resource Advisory Council 

(RAC) will meet as indicated below. 

DATES: The Southeast Oregon RAC will 

hold a public meeting Monday, 

November 3, 2014, from 1:00 p.m.–4:30 

p.m., and Tuesday, November 4, 2014, 

from 8:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. The meeting 

will be held at the BLM Burns District 

Office, 28910 Hwy 20 W, Hines, Oregon 

97738. A public comment period will be 

available each day of the session. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tara 

Martinak, Public Affairs Specialist, BLM 

Burns District Office, 28910 Hwy 20 W, 

Hines, Oregon 97738, 541–573–4519, or 

email tmartina@blm.gov. Persons who 

use a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 

1(800) 877–8339 to contact the above 

individual during normal business 

hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours a 

day, 7 days a week, to leave a message 

or question with the above individual. 

You will receive a reply during normal 

business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Southeast Oregon RAC consists of 15 

members chartered and appointed by 

the Secretary of the Interior. Their 

diverse perspectives are represented in 

commodity, conservation, and general 

interests. They provide advice to BLM 

and Forest Service resource managers 

regarding management plans and 

proposed resource actions on public 

land in southeast Oregon. Tentative 

agenda items include: Lands with 

wilderness characteristics; Vale District 

RMP update; Malhur fuels contract; 

discussion of Sage Grouse EIS, and 

planning future meeting agendas, dates, 

and locations. Any other matters that 

may reasonably come before the 

Southeast Oregon RAC may also be 

addressed. This meeting is open to the 

public. Information to be distributed to 

the Southeast Oregon RAC is requested 


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