[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 120 (Thursday, June 22, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 32559]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-15274]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[UTU-69635]


Notice of Coal Lease Offering by Sealed Bid

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Competitive Coal Lease Sale.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that certain coal resources in lands 
hereinafter described in Carbon County, Utah, will be offered by 
competitive lease by sealed bid of $100.00 per acre or more to the 
qualified bidder submitting the highest bonus bid in accordance with 
the provisions of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended (41 Stat. 
437). However, no bid will be accepted for less than fair market value 
as determined by the authorized officer. A company or individual is 
limited to one sealed bid. If a company or individual submits two or 
more sealed bids for this tract, all of the company's or individual's 
bids will be rejected.

DATES: The lease sale will be held in the State of Utah, Division of 
Community and Economic Development Conference Room, 324 South State 
Street, Suite 501, Salt Lake City, Utah, at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, 
July 19, 1995. At that time, the sealed bids will be opened and read. 
No bids received after 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, July 19, 1995, will be 
considered.

COAL OFFERED: The coal resources to be offered consist of all 
recoverable reserves available in the following described lands located 
in Carbon County, Utah, approximately 9 miles northeast of Wellington, 
Utah:

T. 13 S., R. 11 E., SLM, Utah
    Sec. 1, lots 1-7, lot 8 (for all coal except the Rock Canyon 
Bed)
    Sec. 10, E2E2;
    Sec. 11, all;
    Sec. 12, W2W2;
    Sec. 13, W2NW, SENW, SW;
    Sec. 14, N2, N2S2, SESE;
    Sec. 15, NENE;
    Sec. 23, N2NENE;
    Sec. 24, N2N2NW.
Containing 2,177.32 acres

    Two economically recoverable coal beds, the Gilson Seam and the 
Rock Canyon Seam, are found in this tract. The seams average between 
6.8 to 7.8 feet in thickness. The tract contains an estimated 
12,700,000 tons of recoverable high volatile C bituminous coal. The 
estimated coal quality using weighted average of samples on an as-
received basis is:

12,333 to 12,434...................  BTU/lb.;                           
3.4 to 4.1.........................  Percent moisture;                  
0.6................................  Percent sulphur;                   
10.0 to 10.7.......................  Percent ash;                       
48.6 to 49.4.......................  Percent fixed carbon;              
36.8 to 37.4.......................  Percent volatile matter.           
                                                                        

RENTAL AND ROYALTY: A lease issued as a result of this offering will 
provide for payment of an annual rate of $3.00 per acre and a royalty 
payable to the United States of 12.5 percent of the value of coal mined 
by surface methods, and 8 percent of the value of coal mined by 
underground methods. The value of coal shall be determined in 
accordance with BLM Manual 3070.

NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY: Bidding instructions are included in the 
Detailed Statement of Lease Sale. A copy of the detailed statement and 
the proposed coal lease available by mail at the Bureau of Land 
Management, Utah State Office, 324 South State Street, Suite 301, Salt 
Lake City, Utah 84111-2303 or in the Public Room (Room 400). All case 
file documents and written comments submitted by the public on Fair 
Market Value or royalty rates, except those portions identified as 
proprietary by the commentator and meeting exemptions stated in the 
Freedom of Information Act, are available for public inspection in the 
Public Room (Room 400) of the Bureau of Land Management.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The unleased coal in this tract is included 
in Proposed Legislation cited as the ``Utah Public Lands Management Act 
of 1995'' concerning the Designation of BLM Wilderness Land in Utah. 
Provisions of the Proposed Act call for the exchange of State and 
Federal Lands. The State of Utah has designated the unleased coal tract 
(Alkali Creek) for acquisition by the State. Consummation of the 
exchange under the Proposed Act may, in the future, allow for the State 
of Utah to succeed to some or all of the United States interest in this 
tract.
Douglas M. Koza,
Acting State Director.
[FR Doc. 95-15274 Filed 6-21-95; 8:45 am]
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