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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[UT-920-94-4120-01]

 

Utah and Colorado: Uinta Southwestern Utah Regional Coal Team 
Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of regional coal team meeting.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the responsibilities outlined in the 
Federal Coal Management Regulations (43 CFR part 3400), the Regional 
Coal Team (RCT) for the decertified Uinta Southwestern Utah Federal 
Coal Production Region will hold a meeting to discuss and make 
recommendations concerning coal leasing and development in the region. 
The RCT will review pending coal lease applications under the ``Leasing 
by Application'' (LBA) program and discuss any additional coal-related 
activities appropriate at this time.
    Members of the public, coal companies and interested agencies are 
invited to make comments at the meeting.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A total of seven coal lease applications are 
pending in the region, including six in Utah and one in Western 
Colorado. The RCT will be reviewing the applications and where 
appropriate making recommendations to the BLM concerning processing the 
applications. Pending applications in the region include:

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                                                               Estimated
      State             Applicant             Coal field        acreage 
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Utah............  Mining & Energy Res.   Wasatch Plateau.....   \1\3,431
                   Inc.                                                 
                  Coastal States Energy  Wasatch Plateau.....      2,020
                  Sage Point Coal Co...  Book Cliffs.........      1,104
                  Sage Point Coal Co...  Book Cliffs.........      2,098
                  PacifiCorp Electric    Wasatch Plateau.....      7,865
                   Oper.                                                
                  Genwal Coal Co.......  Wasatch Plateau.....      4,052
Colorado........  Mountain Coal........  Paonia/Summerset....      2,276
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\1\Portions of this application were leased in early 1994.              

DATES: The Regional Coal Team meeting will be June 16, 1994, at 1 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at Bureau of Land Management, Utah 
State Office, BLM Conference Room, No. 302, 324 South State, Salt Lake 
City, Utah.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Max Nielson, Uinta Southwestern Utah Coal Project Manager, Utah State 
Office, P.O. Box 45155, Salt Lake City, Utah 84145-0155, Telephone 801-
539-4038.

    Dated: May 10, 1994.
James M. Parker,
State Director, Utah.
[FR Doc. 94-11859 Filed 5-13-94; 8:45 am]
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