[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 34 (Tuesday, February 20, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10899-10900]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-3472]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY-920-09-1320-01, WYW152448]


Coal Lease Exploration License, WY

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of invitation for coal exploration license.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 2(b) of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, 
as amended by section 4 of the Federal Coal Leasing Amendments Act of 
1976, 90 Stat. 1083, 30 U.S.A. 201 (b), and to the regulations adopted 
as 43 CFR 3410, all interested parties are hereby invited to 
participate with Bridger Coal Company on a pro rata cost sharing basis 
in its program for the exploration of coal deposits owned by the United 
States of America in the following-described lands in Sweetwater 
County, WY:

T. 21 N., R. 99 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 6: Lots 8-14, S2NE, SENW, E2SW, SE;
T. 21 N., R. 100 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 2: Lots 5-8, S2N2, S2;
    Sec. 4: Lots 5-8, S2N2, S2;
    Sec. 6: Lots 8-14, S2NE, SENW, E2SW, SE;
    Sec. 8: ALL;
    Sec. 10: ALL;
    Sec. 12: ALL;
    Sec. 14: ALL;
T. 22 N., R. 100 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 20: ALL;
    Sec. 22: ALL;
    Sec. 24: ALL;
    Sec. 26: ALL;
    Sec. 28: ALL;
    Sec. 30: Lots 5-8, E2, E2W2;
    Sec. 32: ALL;
    Sec. 34: ALL.

    Containing 10,250.500 acres, more or less.

    All of the coal in the above-described land consists of unleased 
Federal coal within the Red Desert and Rock Springs Known Recoverable 
Coal Resource Areas. The purpose of the exploration program is to 
obtain information on the coal bearing seams and geologic formations in 
addition to obtaining the following characteristics: coal quality and 
quantity, Btu content, percent ash, percent moisture, percent sulfur 
and percent sodium data from the Fox Hills, Lance and/or Fort Union 
formations.

ADDRESSES: The proposed exploration program is fully described and will 
be conducted pursuant to an exploration plan to be approved by the BLM. 
Copies of the exploration plan are available for review during normal 
business hours in the following offices (serialized under number 
WYW152448): BLM, Wyoming State Office, 5353 Yellowstone Road, P.O. Box 
1828, Cheyenne, WY 82003-1828; and, BLM, Rock Springs Field Office, 280 
Highway 191 North, Rock Springs, WY 82901.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice of invitation will be published 
in the ``Rocket-Miner'' of Rock Springs, WY, once each week for two 
consecutive weeks beginning the week of February 19, 2001, and in the 
Federal Register. Any party electing to participate in this exploration 
program must send written notice to both the BLM and Bridger Coal 
Company no later than thirty days after publication of this invitation 
in the Federal Register. The written notice should be sent to the 
following addresses: Bridger Coal Company, Attn: Scott M. Child, One 
Utah Center, Suite 2100, 201 South Main Street, Salt Lake City, UT 
84140-0021 and the BLM, Wyoming State Office, Branch of Solid Minerals-
922, Attn: Julie Weaver, P.O. Box 1828, Cheyenne, WY 82003-1828.
    The foregoing is published in the Federal Register pursuant to 43 
CFR 3410.2-1(c)(1).


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    Dated: January 29, 2001.
Phillip C. Perlewitz,
Chief, Branch of Solid Minerals.
[FR Doc. 01-3472 Filed 2-16-01; 8:45 am]
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