[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 60 (Wednesday, March 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 13516]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-6805]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[WY-920-06-1330-01; WYW128036, WYW128037, WYW128038]


Notice of Sodium Lease Offerings by Sealed Bid; Cheyenne, WY

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that certain sodium resources in the 
lands hereinafter described, located in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, 
will be offered for competitive lease by sealed bid in accordance with 
the provisions of the Mineral Lands Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C. 181 
et seq.), as amended.

DATES: The lease sale will be held at 2:00 p.m., on Wednesday, May 1, 
1996. Sealed bids must be submitted before 1:00 p.m., on Wednesday, May 
1, 1996.

ADDRESSES: The lease sale will be held in the first floor conference 
room (Room 107) of the Wyoming State Office, 5353 Yellowstone Road, 
P.O. Box 1828, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82003. Sealed bids must be submitted 
to the Cashier, Wyoming State Office, at the address given above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mavis Love, Land Law Examiner, at (307) 775-6258.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: These offerings are being made as a result 
of expressions of interest filed in the Wyoming State Office. The 
parcels will be leased to the qualified bidder of the highest cash 
amount provided that the high bid meets the fair market value 
determination of the parcels. The minimum bid is $200.00 per acre. No 
bid less than $200.00 per acre 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.
    The resource to be offered consists of all the sodium in the 
following described lands located in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. 
Minable reserves are defined as beds that are a maximum of 2000 feet 
deep, are a minimum of 8 feet thick, and have a minimum quality greater 
than 85 percent trona and less than 2 percent halite.

Parcel 1 (WYW128036)

T. 18 N., R. 109 W., 6th P.M., WY,
    Sec. 20: All.

    Containing 640 acres.

    Parcel 1 contains an estimated 18.1 million tons of minable 
trona in Bed 17.

Parcel 2 (WYW128037)

T. 18 N., R. 109 W., 6th P.M., WY,
    Sec. 28: All.

    Containing 640 acres.

    Parcel 2 contains an estimated 15.0 million tons of minable 
trona in Bed 17 and 4.6 million tons of minable trona in Bed 15 for 
a total of 19.6 million tons.

Parcel 3 (WYW128038)

T. 17 N., R. 110 W., 6th P.M., WY,
    Sec. 10: All;
    Sec. 12: All.

    Containing 1280 acres.

    Parcel 3 contains minable trona in all five beds with a total of 
60.2 million tons of minable trona. Bed 17 contains 2.0 million tons, 
Bed 15 contains 6.9 million tons, Bed 14 contains 13.3 million tons, 
Bed 12 contains 23.8 million tons, and Bed 11 contains 14.2 million 
tons.
    The leases issued as a result of this offering will provide for 
payment of annual rentals for each acre, or fraction thereof, as 
follows: 25 cents for the first calendar year or fraction thereof; 50 
cents for the second, third, fourth and fifth calendar years, 
respectively; and, one dollar for the sixth and each and every calendar 
year thereafter during the continuance of the leases. The rental paid 
for any year shall be credited against the first royalties as they 
accrue under the lease during the year for which the rental was paid. 
The royalty rate shall be 8 percent of the quantity or gross value of 
the output of sodium compounds and related products at the point of 
shipment to market. Bidding instructions for the offered tracts are 
included in the Detailed Statement of Lease Sale. Copies of the 
statement and of the proposed sodium leases are available at the 
Wyoming State Office. Case file documents are also available at the 
office for public inspection.
Dennis R. Stenger,
Acting Deputy State Director, Minerals and Lands.
[FR Doc. 96-6805 Filed 3-26-96; 8:45 am]
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