[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 92 (Friday, May 10, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21476-21477]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-11661]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[CO-933-96-1320-01; COC 59432]


Colorado; Notice of Invitation for Coal Exploration License 
Application, Cottonwood Land Company

    Pursuant to the Mineral Leasing Act of February 25, 1920, as 
amended, and to Title 43, Code of Federal Regulations, Subpart 3410, 
members of the public are hereby invited to participate with Cottonwood 
Land Company in a program for the exploration of unleased coal deposits 
owned by the United States of America in the following described lands 
located in Moffatt and Routt Counties, Colorado:

T. 5 N., R. 88 W., 6th P.M.
    Sec. 4, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 5, lots 5 to 9, inclusive, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, 
E\1/2\SW\1/4\, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. Tract 37, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 6, lots 8 to 23, inclusive;
    Tract 37, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, and E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Tract 38, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and W\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 7, lots 5 to 11, inclusive, lots 13, and 17, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, 
SE\1/2\NW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Tract 39, lots 12, 14 to 16, inclusive;
    Sec. 8, all;
    Sec. 9, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, W\1/2\W\1/2\, and SE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 17, N\1/2\N\1/2\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and S\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 18, lots 5, 12, 13, 16, and 17, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, and SW\1/
4\NE\1/4\;
    Tract 39, lots 6, and 8;
    Tract 40, lots 7, 9 to 11, inclusive, 14, and 15;
    Sec. 19, lots 7, 8, 13, and 14;
    Sec. 20, NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, and NW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 30, lots 7, 8, 13, and 14.
T. 5 N., R. 89 W., 6th P.M.
    Sec. 1, lot 8;
    Tract 37, lots 5 to 7, inclusive, and 9 to 20, inclusive;
    Sec. 2, Tract 37, lots 14, 19, 20, and 21;
    Tract 39, lots 5 to 8, inclusive, 11 to 13, inclusive, and 15 to 
17, inclusive;
    Tract 42, lots 9, 10, and 18;
    Sec. 3, lots 9, 10, 13, 15, and 19 to 24, inclusive;
    Tract 42, lots 5 to 8, inclusive, 11, 12, 14, 16 to 18, 
inclusive, 25, and 27;
    Tract 45, lot 26;
    Sec. 4, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, S\1/2\N\1/2\, and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 5, lots 5 to 18, inclusive;
    Tract 43, E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Tract 44, lot 19;
    Sec. 6, lots 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and 
SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 7, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, E\1/2\, and E\1/2\W\1/2\;
    Sec. 8, lots 2 to 5, inclusive, 8, 9, 11 to 17, inclusive, and 
E\1/2\NE\1/4\;
    Tract 43, E\1/2\NE\1/4\;
    Tract 44, lots 1, 6, 7, and 10;
    Sec. 9, lots 1 to 13, inclusive;
    Sec. 10, lots 2 to 15, inclusive;
    Tract 45, lot 1;
    Sec. 11, lots 6, 8, 10, and 14 to 19, inclusive;
    Tract 37, lots 1 to 5, inclusive, 7, 9, 11, 12, and 20;
    Tract 47, lots 13, and 21;
    Sec. 12, lots 4 to 6, inclusive, and 9 to 11, inclusive;
    Tract 37, lots 1 to 3, inclusive;
    Tract 47, lots 7, and 8;
    Sec. 13, lots 1 to 3, inclusive, and 5 to 17, inclusive;
    Tract 47, lot 4;
    Sec. 14, lots 2, 3, and 5 to 17, inclusive;
    Tract 47, lot 1;
    Tract 52, lot 4, and 10;
    Sec. 15, lots 1 to 16, inclusive;
    Sec. 16, lots 1 to 10, inclusive;
    Sec. 17, all;
    Sec. 20, all;
    Sec. 21, all;
    Sec. 22, all;
    Sec. 23, all;
    Sec. 24, all;
    Sec. 25, all;
    Sec. 26, all;
    Sec. 27, all;
    Sec. 34, N\1/2\NE\1/4\;

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    Sec. 35, N\1/2\N\1/2\;
    Sec. 36, NE\1/4\, and N\1/2\NW\1/4\.
T. 5 N., R. 90 W., 6th P.M.
    Sec. 1, lots 5, 6, 11 to 14, inclusive, 19, and 20;
T. 6 N., R. 88 W., 6th P.M.
    Sec. 31, lots 3, 4 E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 32, all;
    Sec. 33, N\1/2\, and N\1/2\S\1/2\;
    Sec. 34, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\, and SE\1/
4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 35, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\, and NE\1/4\SE\1/
4\;
T. 6 N., R. 89 W., 6th P.M.
    Sec. 19, lots 10, and 11;
    Sec. 26, lots 9 to 16, inclusive;
    Sec. 27, lots 9, 10, 15, and 16;
    Sec. 28, lots 6 to 8, inclusive, and 11;
    Sec. 29, lots 13 to 16, inclusive;
    Sec. 31, lots 5, 6, and 11;
    Sec. 32, lots 3, and 4;
    Sec. 33, lots 1 to 12, inclusive, and SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 34, lots 1 to 16, inclusive;
    Sec. 35, lots 1 to 16, inclusive.

    The area described contains approximately 24,668.41 acres.

    The application for coal exploration license is available for 
public inspection during normal business hours under serial number COC 
59432 at the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Colorado State Office, 
2850 Youngfield Street, Lakewood, Colorado 80215, and at the BLM Little 
Snake Resource Area Office, 1280 Industrial Avenue, Craig, Colorado 
81625.
    Written Notice of Intent to Participate should be addressed to the 
attention of the following persons and must be received by them within 
30 days after publication of the Notice of Invitation in the Federal 
Register:

Karen Purvis, CO-933, Solid Minerals Team, Resource Services, Colorado 
State Office, Bureau of Land Management, 2850 Youngfield Street, 
Lakewood, Colorado 80215

      and

Cottonwood Land Company, Richard D. Tifft, III, P.O. Box 881007, 
Steamboat Springs, Colorado 80488.
    Any party electing to participate in this program must share all 
costs on a pro rata basis with the applicant and with any other party 
or parties who elect to participate.
    Dated: May 2, 1996.
Karen Purvis,
Solid Minerals Team Resource Services.
[FR Doc. 96-11661 Filed 5-9-96; 8:45 am]
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