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[FR Doc No: 94-3652]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[MT-921-03-4120-03; NDM 81582]

 

Coal Lease Offering

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of coal lease offering by sealed bid NDM 81582--The 
Coteau Properties Company.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the coal resources in the lands 
described below in Mercer County, North Dakota, will be offered for 
competitive lease by sealed bid. This offering is being made as a 
result of an application filed by The Coteau Properties Company, in 
accordance with the provisions of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (41 
Stat. 437; 30 U.S.C. 181-287), as amended.
    An Environmental Assessment of the proposed coal development and 
related requirements for consultation, public involvement and hearing 
have been completed in accordance with 43 CFR part 3420, subpart 3425. 
The results of these activities were a finding of no significant 
environmental impact.
    The tract will be leased to the qualified bidder of the highest 
cash amount provided that the high bid meets the fair market value of 
the coal resource. 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 minimum bid is not intended to 
represent fair market value. The fair market value will be determined 
by the authorized officer after the sale.

COAL OFFERED: The coal resource to be offered consists of all 
recoverable reserves in the following described lands located 
approximately 10 miles north of the town of Beulah:

T. 145 N., R. 86 W., 5th p.m.,
    Sec. 6: Lots 3, 4, 5, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 8: E\1/2\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, SE\1/
4\SW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 18: E\1/2\.

    Containing 792.900 acres, Mercer County, North Dakota.

    The Beulah bed, averaging 12.0 feet in thickness, is the only 
economically minable coal seam within the tract. The tract contains an 
estimated 9.1 million short tons of recoverable lignite. Coal quality, 
as received, averages 6831 BTU/lb, 37.78 percent moisture, 5.9 percent 
ash, 0.8 percent sulfur, 29.3 percent fixed carbon, and 27.0 percent 
volatile matter. This coal bed is being mined in adjoining tracts by 
The Coteau Properties Company.

RENTAL AND ROYALTY: A lease 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 payable to the United States of 2.0 percent of 
the value of coal mined. The value of the coal shall be determined in 
accordance with 43 CFR 3485.2.

DATE: Lease Sale--The lease sale will be held at 10 a.m., Tuesday, 
March 22, 1994, in the Conference Room on the Sixth Floor of the 
Granite Tower Building, Bureau of Land Management, 222 North 32nd 
Street, Billings, Montana 59107.
    Bids--Sealed bids must be submitted on or before 9:00 a.m., 
Tuesday, March 22, 1994, to the cashier, Bureau of Land Management, 
Montana State Office, Second Floor, Granite Tower Building, 222 North 
32nd Street, Post Office Box 36800, Billings, Montana 59107-6800. 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 that time will not be considered.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Bidding instructions for the offered tract 
are included in the Detailed Statement of Lease Sale. Copies of the 
statement and the proposed coal lease are available at the Montana 
State Office. Casefile documents are also available for public 
inspection at the Montana State Office.

    Dated: February 7, 1994.
Francis R. Cherry, Jr.,
Acting State Director.
[FR Doc. 94-3652 Filed 2-16-94; 8:45 am]
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