Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 246 / Friday, December 21, 2001 / Notices 65985

the BLM Rock Springs Field Office, 280

Highway 191 North, Rock Springs,

Wyoming will be announced in local

media.

If you have concerns or issues that

you believe the BLM should address in

processing this LBA proposal, you can

express them verbally at the scoping

meeting; or you can mail, e-mail or fax

written comments to BLM at the

addresses given below.

ADDRESSES: Please address questions,

comments or concerns to the BLM Rock

Springs Field Office, Attn: Teri Deakins,

280 Highway 191 North, Rock Springs,

Wyoming 82901, fax them to 307–352–

0329, or email them to the attention of

Teri Deakins at teri_deakins@blm.gov.

Please refer to Ten Mile Rim Lease in

the subject field.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Teri

Deakins or Ted Murphy at the above

address, or phone: 307–352–0256.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

September 28, 2001, Bridger Coal

Company filed a coal lease application

for the following lands adjacent to the

Bridger Mine in Sweetwater County,

Wyoming:

Ten Mile Rim—WYW154595

T. 21 N., R. 100 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming

Section 2: Lots 5–8, S2N2, S2;

Section 4: Lots 5–8, S2N2, S2;

Section 6: Lots 8–14, S2NE, SENW, E2SW,

SE;

Section 8: All;

Section 10: All;

Section 12: W2;

Section 14: All.

T. 22 N., R. 100 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming

Section 30: Lots 5–8, E2W2, E2;

Section 32: All;

Section 34: All;

T. 22 N., R. 101 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming

Section 26: Lots 1–16;

Section 34: Lots 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 13, NESE,

SWSE.

Containing 7,054.34 acres, more or less.

The tract includes an estimated 110

million tons of in place coal reserves.

According to the application the coal

would be required to provide fuel to the

nearby Jim Bridger Power Plant for an

additional 15 to 20 years. Land

ownership in the area is checkerboard,

where BLM manages for the Federal

government approximately every even

numbered section.

As part of the coal leasing process,

BLM will evaluate the tract

configuration and may decide to add or

subtract Federal coal to avoid bypassing

coal or to increase estimated FMV.

The Bridger Mine, which is adjacent

to the Ten Mile Rim LBA Tract, has an

approved mining and reclamation plan

from the Land Quality Division of the

Wyoming Department of Environment

Quality (DEQ) and an approved air

quality permit from the Air Quality

Division of the Wyoming DEQ.

The Office of Surface Mining

Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM)

will be a cooperating agency in the

preparation of the environmental

document. If the tract is leased as a tract

then the lease must be incorporated into

the existing Jim Bridger Mining and

Reclamation Plan and the Secretary of

the Interior must approve the revision to

the Mineral Leasing Act (MLA) mining

plan before the Federal coal in the tract

can be mined. OSM is the Federal

agency that would be responsible for

recommending approval, approval with

conditions, or disapproval of the revised

MLA mining plan to the office of the

Secretary of the Interior if the tract were

leased.

Tentative issues have been identified

as occurring in the area of the Ten Mile

Rim LBA Tract or during the processing

of previous applications to lease Federal

coal in the State of Wyoming. These

include:

1. The need for resolution of conflicts

between existing and proposed oil and

gas development, including coal bed

methane, and coal mining on the tracts

proposed for leasing;

2. Potential impacts on air and water

quality, and the Great Divide Basin

Watershed.

3. Subsidence.

4. Potential impacts to surface

resources including crucial winter

range, raptor nesting, sage grouse, and

listed, proposed for listing, candidate,

and BLM-sensitive plant and animal

species.

Comments, including names and

street addresses of respondents, will be

available for public review at the

address listed above during regular

business hours (7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.),

Monday through Friday, except

holidays. Individual respondents may

request confidentiality. If you wish to

withhold your name or street address

from public review or from disclosure

under the Freedom of Information Act,

you must state this prominently at the

beginning of your written comment.

Such requests will be honored to the

extent allowed by law. All submissions

from organizations or businesses, and

from individuals identifying themselves

as representatives or officials of

organizations or businesses, will be

made available for public inspection in

their entirety.

Preparation of the environmental

analysis may include actions that upon

review could require an amendment to

the Green River RMP. Should actions be

found that are not in conformance with

the Green River RMP, a planning review

of existing land-use decisions would be

conducted at that time.

Dated: November 16, 2001.

Darla D. Pindell,

Acting Chief, Branch of Solid Minerals.

[FR Doc. 01–31407 Filed 12–20–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–22–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

ES–930–01–1300–241A: MSES 46775,

MSES 46780, MSES 46782, MSES

46788, MSES 46798, MSES 46800,

MSES 46803, MSES 46806, MSES

46809 MSES 47871, MSES 48069,

MSES 48070 and MSES 48071; Notice

of Proposed Reinstatement of

Terminated Oil and Gas Leases

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Per Public Law 97–451, the

lessees timely filed a petition for

reinstatement of oil and gas leases

MSES 46775, MSES 46780, MSES

46782, MSES 46788, MSES 46798,

MSES 46800, MSES 46803, MSES

46806, MSES 46809 MSES 47871, MSES

48069, MSES 48070 and MSES 48071,

Wayne and Jones Counties, Mississippi.

The lessee paid the required rentals

accruing from the date of termination.

The Bureau of Land Management has

not issued any leases affecting the lands.

The lessee paid the $500 administration

fee for the reinstatement of each lease.

The lessee has met the requirements for

reinstatement of the leases per Sec.

31(d) and (e) of the Mineral Leasing Act

of 1920 (30 U.S.C. 188). We are

proposing to reinstate the leases,

effective the date of termination, subject

to:

• The original terms and conditions

of the leases;

• The increased rental of $5 per acre

(Non Competitive)

• The increased rental of $10 per acre

(Competitive Leases);

• The increased royalty rate of 162⁄3

percent of 4 percentages above the

existing competitive royalty rate;

• The $158 cost of publishing this

Notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ida

V. Doup, Chief, Branch of Use

Authorization, Division of Resources,

Planning, Use and Protection, BLM

Eastern States Office, 7450 Boston

Boulevard, Springfield, Virginia 22153,

(703) 440–1541.

65986 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 246 / Friday, December 21, 2001 / Notices

Dated: November 30, 2001.

Ida V. Doup,

Chief, Branch of Use Authorization, Division

of Resources Planning, Use and Protection.

[FR Doc. 01–31401 Filed 12–20–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–HC–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

[MT–920–02–1310–FI–P; MTM 90089]

Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of

Terminated Oil and Gas Lease MTM

90089

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Per Pub.L. 97–451, the lessee

timely filed a petition for reinstatement

of oil and gas lease MTM 90089,

Sheridan County, Montana. The lessee

paid the required rental accruing from

the date of termination.

We haven’t issued any leases affecting

the lands. The lessee agrees to new lease

terms for rentals and royalties of $10 per

acre and 16–2/3 percent or 4

percentages above the existing

competitive royalty rate. The lessee paid

the $500 administration fee for the

reinstatement of the lease and $148 cost

for publishing this Notice.

The lessee met the requirements for

reinstatement of the lease per sec. 31 (d)

and (e) of the Mineral Leasing Act of

1920 (30 U.S.C. 188). We are proposing

to reinstate the lease, effective the date

of termination subject to:

• The original terms and conditions

of the lease;

• The increased rental of $10 per

acre;

• The increased royalty of 16 2/3

percent or 4 percentages above the

existing competitive royalty rate; and

• The $148 cost of publishing this

Notice

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Karen L. Johnson, Chief, Fluids

Adjudication Section, BLM Montana

State Office, PO Box 36800, Billings,

Montana 59107, 406–896–5098.

Dated: November 30, 2001.

Karen L. Johnson,

Chief, Fluids Adjudication Section.

[FR Doc. 01–31404 Filed 12–20–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–$$–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY–920–1310–01; WYW 139229]

Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of

Terminated Oil and Gas Lease

Pursuant to the provisions of 30

U.S.C. 188(d) and (e), and 43 CFR

3108.2–3(a) and (b)(1), a petition for

reinstatement of oil and gas lease

WYW139229 for lands in Sweetwater

County, Wyoming, was timely filed and

was accompanied by all the required

rentals accruing from the date of

termination.

The lessee has agreed to the amended

lease terms for rentals and royalties at

rates of $10.00 per acre, or fraction

thereof, per year and 162⁄3 percent,

respectively.

The lessee has paid the required $500

administrative fee and $158 to

reimburse the Department for the cost of

this Federal Register notice. The lessee

has met all the requirements for

reinstatement of the lease as set out in

Section 31(d) and (e) of the Mineral

lands Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C.

188), and the Bureau of Land

Management is proposing to reinstate

lease WYW139229 effective July 1,

2001, subject to the original terms and

conditions of the lease and the

increased rental and royalty rates cited

above.

Pamela J. Lewis,

Chief, Fluid Minerals Adjudication.

[FR Doc. 01–31406 Filed 12–20–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–22–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[MT–924–1430–ET; MTM 26024]

Opening of Land; Montana

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Public Land Order No. 6091,

which withdrew 13.42 acres of National

Forest System land from location and

entry under the United States mining

laws for a fire guard station, expired

November 22, 2001, by operation of law.

This action will open the land to

mining. The land has been and will

remain open to such forms of

disposition as may by law be made of

National Forest System lands.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 21, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sandra Ward, BLM Montana State

Office, P.O. Box 36800, Billings,

Montana 59107, 406–896–5052.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public

Land Order No. 6091, published in the

Federal Register November 23, 1981 (46

FR 57289), withdrew 13.42 acres of

National Forest System land for a period

of 20 years for the Thompson Gulch Fire

Guard Station. The public land order

expired November 22, 2001, by

operation of law. The following land is

hereby opened to location and entry

under the United States mining laws:

Helena National Forest

Principal Meridian, Montana

T. 9 N., R. 4 E.,

Secs. 22 and 27, a tract of land lying

in the SE1⁄4SW1⁄4 of section 22 and the

NE1⁄4NW1⁄4 of section 27, more

particularly described as follows:

Beginning at the brass cap quarter

corner monument between sections 22

and 27 which is Corner No. 1, the true

point of beginning: thence S. 66°38′ W.,

656.82 feet to Corner No. 2; thence N.

40°37′ W., 597.80 feet to Corner No. 3;

thence N. 57°01′ E., 994.03 feet to

Corner No. 4; thence N. 83°40′ E.,

129.10 feet to Corner No. 5; thence S.

02°15′ E., 749.46 feet to the true point

of beginning.

The area described contains 13.42

acres in Meagher County.

At 9 a.m. on December 21, 2001, the

land shall be opened to location and

entry under the United States mining

laws, subject to valid existing rights, the

provisions of existing withdrawals,

other segregations of record, and the

requirements of applicable law.

Appropriation of any land described in

this order under the general mining

laws prior to the date and time of

restoration is unauthorized. Any such

attempted appropriation, including

attempting adverse possession under 30

U.S.C. 38 (1994), shall vest no rights

against the United States. Acts required

to establish a location and to initiate a

right of possession are governed by State

law where not in conflict with Federal

law. The Bureau of Land Management

will not intervene in disputes between

rival locators over possessory rights,

since Congress has provided for such

determinations in local courts.

Dated: November 6, 2001.

Thomas P. Lonnie,

Deputy State Director, Division of Resources.

[FR Doc. 01–31402 Filed 12–20–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–$$–P