[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 168 (Wednesday, August 28, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44342-44343]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-21503]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[WY-920-06-1330-01; WYW139796, WYW139797, WYW139798,WYW139799, 
WYW139800, WYW139801, WYW139802, WYW128038]


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

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior, Wyoming.

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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 Thursday, September 
26, 1996. Sealed bids must be submitted before 1:00 p.m., on Thursday, 
September 26, 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 
tracts will be leased to the qualified bidder of the highest cash 
amount provided that the high bid meets the fair market value 
determinations of the tracts. 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 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.

Tract A (WYW139796)

T. 17 N., R. 109 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 20: All;
    Sec. 28: All.

    Containing 1,280 acres.

    Tract A contains an estimated 37.1 million tons in Bed 14, 25.3 
million tons in Bed 12, 8.4 million tons in Bed 2, and 1.6 million tons 
in Bed 1 for a rounded total of 72.5 million tons of minable trona in 
the tract.

Tract B (WYW139797)

T. 17 N., R. 109 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 22: All;
    Sec. 26: All.

    Containing 1,280 acres.

    Tract B contains as estimated 25.4 million tons in Bed 17, 12.9 
million tons in Bed 14, .6 million tons in Bed 12, 6.2 million tons in 
Bed 9, and 12.9 million tons in Bed 2 for a rounded total of 67.0 
million tons of minable trona in the tract.

Tract C (WYW139798)

T. 17 N., R. 109 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 14: All;
    Sec. 24: Lots 1 thru 16.

    Containing 1,193.60 acres.

    Tract C contains as estimated 35.8 million tons in Bed 17, 4.3 
million tons in Bed 14, 3.4 million tons in Bed 12, 7.0 million tons in 
Bed 9, and 5.4 million tons in Bed 2 for a rounded total of 55.9 
million tons of minable trona in the tract.

Tract D (WYW139799)

T. 17 N., R. 108 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 6: Lots 8 thru 14, S2NE, SENW, E2SW, SE;
    Sec. 8: All;
    Sec. 18: Lots 5 thru 8, E2W2, E2;
T. 17 N., R. 109 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 12: Lots 1, 4 thru 6, 8 thru 10, SW, SWSE.

    Containing 2,312.01 acres.

    Tract D contains as estimated 50.0 million tons in Bed 17, 17.1 
million tons in Bed 14, and 11.5 million tons in Bed 5 for a rounded 
total of 78.6 million tons of minable trona in the tract.

Tract E (WYW139800)

T. 17 N., R. 108 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 30: Lots 5 thru 8, E2W2, E2.

    Containing 638.80 acres.

    Tract E contains an estimated 20.8 million tons in Bed 17, .9 
million tons in Bed 9, 16.4 million tons in Bed 5, and 13.8 million 
tons in Bed 3 for a rounded total of 51.9 million tons of minable trona 
in the tract.

Tract F (WYW139801)

T. 17 N., R. 108 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 20: All;
    Sec. 28: All;
    Sec. 34: All.

    Containing 1,920 acres.


    Tract F contains an estimated 45.8 million tons in Bed 17, .5 
million tons

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in Bed 14, 2.9 million tons in Bed 2, and 9.4 million tons in Bed 1 for 
a rounded total of 58.7 million tons of minable trona in the tract.

Tract G (WYW139802)

T. 15 N., R. 108 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
    Sec. 6: Lots 1 thru 7, S2NE, SENW, E2SW, SE;
    Sec. 8: All.

    Containing 1,269.52 acres.


    Tract G contains an estimated 1.4 million tons in Bed 17, 4.9 
million tons in Bed 9, 31.3 million tons in Bed 4, and 51.7 million 
tons in Bed 2 for a rounded total of 89.2 million tons of minable trona 
in the tract.

Tract H (WYW128038)

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

    Containing 1,280 acres.


    Tract H contains an estimated 2.6 million tons in Bed 17, .6 
million tons in Bed 14, and 30.8 million tons in Bed 12 for a rounded 
total of 34.0 million tons of minable trona in the tract. The lands 
included in Tract H were previously offered as Parcel 3 at the sodium 
sale held May 1, 1996; however, the one bid received for the parcel did 
not meet fair market value as determined by the Authorized Officer.
    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 very 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 production 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.
    The Bureau of Land Management reserves the right to withdraw any or 
all of the parcels at any time prior to the sale.
    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 that office for public inspection.
Dennis R. Stenger,
Acting Deputy State Director, Minerals and Lands.
[FR Doc. 96-21503 Filed 8-27-96; 8:45 am]
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