[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 194 (Friday, October 4, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 52054]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-25446]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[MT-921-06-1320-01-P; NDM 85516]


Notice of Coal Lease Application--NDM 85516--The Falkirk Mining 
Company

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This is Notice of The Falkirk Mining Company's Coal Lease 
Application NDM 85516 for certain coal resources within the Fort Union 
Coal Region.
    The land included in Coal Lease Application NDM 85516 is located in 
McLean County, North Dakota, and is described as follows:

T. 146 N., R. 81 W., 5th P.M.
    Sec. 30: Lot 4, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\SE\1/4\

    The 158.75-acre tract contains an estimated 1.7 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: The entire area included within this lease 
application lies within the Falkirk Mine NAFK 9601 permit area. The 
area applied for would be mined as an extension of the Falkirk 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 3 months and 
enable recovery of coal that might never be mined if not mined as a 
logical extension of current pits.

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, Dakotas District Office, whose 
address is 2033 Third Avenue West, Dickinson, North Dakota 58601-2619, 
between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ed Hughes, telephone 406-255-2830, 
Bureau of Land Management, Montana State Office, 222 North 32nd Street, 
P.O. Box 36800, Billings, Montana 59107-6800.

    Dated: September 24, 1996.
Francis R. Cherry, Jr.,
Acting State Director.
[FR Doc. 96-25446 Filed 10-3-96; 8:45 am]
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