[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 235 (Thursday, December 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64530-64531]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-30978]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[MT-921-07-1320-01; MTM 83859]


Coal Lease Offering

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Coal Lease Offering by Sealed Bid MTM 83859--Spring 
Creek Coal Company.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the coal resources in the lands 
described below in Big Horn County, Montana,

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will be offered for competitive lease by sealed bid. This offering is 
being made as a result of an application filed by Spring Creek Coal 
Company, in accordance with the provisions of the Mineral Leasing Act 
of 1920 (41 Stat. 437; 30 U.S.C. 181-287), as amended.
    An Environmental Assessment of the proposed coal development and 
related requirements for consultation, public involvement and hearings 
have been completed in accordance with 43 CFR 3425. The results of 
these activities were a finding of no significant environmental impact.
    The tract will be leased to the qualified bidder of the highest 
cash amount provided that the high bid meets the fair market value of 
the coal resource. The minimum bid for the tract is $100 per acre, or 
fraction thereof. No bid that is less than $100 per acre, or fraction 
thereof, 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.
    Coal Offered: The coal resource to be offered consists of all 
recoverable reserves in the following-described lands:

T. 8 S., R. 39 E., P.M.M.,
    Sec. 22: E\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 25: SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 26: S\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, 
N\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\N\1/
2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/
4\SW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, N\1/
2\S\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/
4\SE\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/
4\;
    Sec. 27: N\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\S\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/
4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\SE\1/
4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, SE\1/
4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\NE\1/
4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\.
T. 8 S., R. 40 E., P.M.M.
    Sec. 30: S\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, 
SW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, W\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/
4\SE\1/4\.

    Containing 320.00 acres.

    Big Horn County, Montana.

    Rental and Royalty: A lease issued as a result of this offering 
will provide for payment of an annual rental of $3 per acre, or 
fraction thereof; and a royalty payable to the United States of 12.5 
percent of the value of coal mined by surface methods and 8.0 percent 
of the value of coal mined by underground methods. The value of the 
coal shall be determined in accordance with 30 CFR 206.
    Date: The lease sale will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, January 
10, 1997, in the Conference Room on the Sixth Floor of the Granite 
Tower Building, Bureau of Land Management, 222 North 32nd Street, 
Billings, Montana 59101.
    Bids: Sealed bids must be submitted on or before 10:00 a.m., 
Friday, January 10, 1997, to the cashier, Bureau of Land Management, 
Montana State Office, Second Floor, Granite Tower Building, 222 North 
32nd Street, Post Office Box 36800, Billings, Montana 59107-6800. The 
bids should be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, or be 
hand-delivered. The cashier will issue a receipt for each hand-
delivered bid. Bids received after that time will not be considered.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Bidding instructions for the offered tract 
are included in the Detailed Statement of Lease Sale. Copies of the 
statement and the proposed coal lease are available at the Montana 
State Office. Casefile documents are also available for public 
inspection at the Montana State Office.

    Dated: November 22, 1996.
Thomas P. Lonnie,
Deputy State Director, Division of Resources.
[FR Doc. 96-30978 Filed 12-04-96; 8:45 am]
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