[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 95 (Wednesday, May 17, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 26452]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-12167]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[MT-921-05-1320-01-P; MTM 83859]


Notice of Coal Lease Application--MTM 83859--Spring Creek Coal 
Company

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This is Notice of Spring Creek Coal Company's Coal Lease 
Application MTM 83859 for certain coal resources within the Powder 
River Coal Region.
    The land included in Coal Lease Application MTM 83859 is located in 
Big Horn County, Montana, and is described as follows:

T. 8 S., R. 39 E., P.M.M.
    Sec. 25: SW\1/4\SW\1/4\
    Sec. 26 S\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/
2\S\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\N\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/
4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\S\1/2\NW\1/
4\SE\1/4\
    Sec. 27: N\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, 
NE\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/
2\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/
4\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\
T. 8 S., R. 40 E., P.M.M.
    Sec. 30: S\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, 
NW\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, S\1/
2\S\1/2\N\1/2\SE\1/4\, S\1/2\SE\1/4\.

    The 285.00-acre tract contains an estimated 37.8 million tons of 
recoverable coal reserves.

    The application will be processed in accordance with the provisions 
of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended (30 U.S.C. 181, et 
seq.), and the implementing regulations at 43 CFR 3400. A decision to 
allow leasing of the coal resources in said tract will result in a 
competitive lease sale to be held at a time and place to be announced 
through publication pursuant to 43 CFR 3422.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Spring Creek Coal Company is the lessee and 
operator of Coal Lease MTM 069782 at the Spring Creek Mine. The entire 
area included within this lease application lies south of and adjacent 
to the Spring Creek Mine and is within the Spring Creek Mine permit 
area.
    On September 17, 1992, Spring Creek Coal Company received Federal 
Coal Exploration License MTM 81096 from the BLM to conduct drilling on 
lands contained within the Spring Creek coal lease application tract. 
The drilling program has been completed and the required information 
has been forwarded to the BLM.
    Due to its coal reserve base and configuration, the Spring Creek 
lease application tract is a logical step to extend the life of the 
Spring Creek Mine. With the current permitted reserves of coal, the 
current level of production at the Spring Creek Mine can be maintained 
for approximately 19 additional years.
    The area applied for would be mined as an extension of the Spring 
Creek Mine and would utilize the same methods as those currently being 
used. The lease being applied for can extend the life of the mine by 
about 4 years and enable recovery of coal that might never be mined if 
not mined as a logical extension of current pits at the Spring Creek 
Mine.

NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY: The application is available for review between 
the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. at the Bureau of Land Management, 
Montana State Office, 222 North 32nd Street, Billings, Montana 59101, 
and at the Bureau of Land Management, Miles City District Office, whose 
address is Garryowen Road, Miles City, Montana 59103, between the hours 
of 7:45 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ed Hughes telephone 406-255-2813, 
Bureau of Land Management, Montana State Office, 222 North 32nd Street, 
P.O. Box 36800, Billings, Montana 59107-6800.

    Dated: May 8, 1995.
Larry E. Hamilton,
State Director.
[FR Doc. 95-12167 Filed 5-16-95; 8:45 am]
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