[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 194 (Friday, October 4, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52054-52055]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-25447]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[MT-921-06-1320-01-P; NDM 85517]


Notice of Coal Lease Application--NDM 85517--The Coteau 
Properties Company

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This is Notice of The Coteau Properties Company's Coal Lease 
Application NDM 85517 for certain coal resources within the Fort Union 
Coal Region.
    The land included in Coal Lease Application NDM 85517 is located in 
Mercer County, North Dakota, and is described as follows:

T. 146 N., R. 87 W., 5th P.M.
    Sec. 30: Lot 2
T. 146 N., R. 88 W., 5th P.M.
    Sec. 26: SE\1/4\SE\1/4\

Sec. 34: E\1/2\
    The 398.790-acre tract contains an estimated 5.6 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

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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 Coteau Properties Company is the lessee 
and operator of Coal Lease NDM 071813 at the Freedom Mine. The entire 
area included within this lease application lies within the Freedom 
Mine NACT 9501 permit area.
    On November 3, 1994, The Coteau Properties Company received Federal 
Coal Exploration License NDM 83356 from the BLM to conduct drilling on 
lands contained within the Coteau Properties coal lease application 
tract.
    The area applied for would be mined as an extension of the Freedom 
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 4 
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. 96-25447 Filed 10-3-96; 8:45 am]
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